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Situation: It's only 1 pm and you're dragging at work, but the coffee has gone solid because someone left the pot on and you don't have the energy to clean it.
Tea Time: Now. Well, as soon as it steeps.
Tea Type: I would say whatever is available in the free tea drawer at work, but sometimes it's down to peppermint and lemon, neither of which I like. If there is no Earl Grey or Jasmine Green left, you could try the Mandarin Orange or Apple Spice if you're desperate, but I'd probably go with good old Lipton first.
I'll admit, I am a coffee drinker. Usually, when I need a perk up at work, I turn to the coffee pot. But recent changes at work (we used to have a single-cup brewing system, now we have a drip coffee pot) have made that a much harder task. Everyone loves the coffee I make, because of my secret. I clean the coffee pot. Not because of germs or anything like that (I usually just rinse out my cup!) but because there ends up with this horrid baked-on film of nasty coffee-ness on the inside of the pot that a simple swish does not take care of. Also, oils build up on the filter basket AND the drip head gets coated in this icky black tar. So I scrub the pot and filter with soap and baking soda, and wipe off the water spigot thing. And thus my coffee is un-tainted by the foul, burnt taste of the many pots that have been left on the burner previously. And is good.
But this all takes time and energy, and while tea does not have as much caffeine as coffee (95-200 mg/8oz brewed coffee, 14-61 mg/8oz black tea), it also requires a lot less effort. And if I'm already nodding off at 1, I have no energy to spare.
Tea Time: Now. Well, as soon as it steeps.
Tea Type: I would say whatever is available in the free tea drawer at work, but sometimes it's down to peppermint and lemon, neither of which I like. If there is no Earl Grey or Jasmine Green left, you could try the Mandarin Orange or Apple Spice if you're desperate, but I'd probably go with good old Lipton first.
I'll admit, I am a coffee drinker. Usually, when I need a perk up at work, I turn to the coffee pot. But recent changes at work (we used to have a single-cup brewing system, now we have a drip coffee pot) have made that a much harder task. Everyone loves the coffee I make, because of my secret. I clean the coffee pot. Not because of germs or anything like that (I usually just rinse out my cup!) but because there ends up with this horrid baked-on film of nasty coffee-ness on the inside of the pot that a simple swish does not take care of. Also, oils build up on the filter basket AND the drip head gets coated in this icky black tar. So I scrub the pot and filter with soap and baking soda, and wipe off the water spigot thing. And thus my coffee is un-tainted by the foul, burnt taste of the many pots that have been left on the burner previously. And is good.
But this all takes time and energy, and while tea does not have as much caffeine as coffee (95-200 mg/8oz brewed coffee, 14-61 mg/8oz black tea), it also requires a lot less effort. And if I'm already nodding off at 1, I have no energy to spare.
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