My cup of tea

Late night snack with my cousin during our vacation in Cebu. This was at Vanille in Ayala Terraces. I ordered hot tea with cheese cake.

Lately, I have become obsessed with tea. I have always been a milk drinker but  but the shift was due to the shortage of milk and abundance of tea where I'm staying. Due to the lack of options, I started drinking tea and I love it! At first, I drank the regular Lipton tea and then tried their green tea with Jasmine. I prefer the green tea with jasmine more because of it's lighter taste and aroma. I'm loving tea lattes and bubble milk teas as well since the craze started in the country, bubble teas are popping out everywhere and its hard to resist them.  

Bubble Tea from Tokyo Bubble Tea Restaurant at The Fort, Manila. All I can say about the drink is that the pearls are awesome!

While I tried Tokyo Bubble Tea, my friends stuck to their fave, Serenitea. To the left is Stephanie (check out her photo blog at http://theworldasiseeit.posterous.com/) and in the right is Jarmaine.

Nowadays, I drink hot tea at least twice a day because drinking it makes me feel refreshed every time. It's the first thing I drink in the morning and when I get home from a long day in school and it doesn't fail to pick my mood up with every sip. Tea is known for it's many benefits such as cholesterol reduction, oral health, enhanced cognitive, immunity, and weight management. Although studies have yet to prove it, there are claims that tea reduces risk of certain cancer and cardiovascular disease. Tea also contains negligible amount of calories without  additives such a sugar, milk, cream, and the likes.  Green tea is the healthiest among the others because it undergoes just minimal amount of oxidation which preserves most of the catechins (a flavonoid that attributes the health benefits of tea).  

Drinking tea should be a habit everyone should develop because it has so much health benefits. The more you drink them, the healthier you are unlike those highly sweetened, carbonized drinks. " Two studies found that drinking three or more cups of tea daily is associated with an 11% reduced incidence of myocardial infarction and a 21% reduced risk of ischemic stroke."  
(https://nurse-practitioners-and-physician-assistants.advanceweb.com/Columns/Nutrition-Now/Health-Benefits-of-Tea.aspx )

I love all of Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf's tea lattes. They're all really gooooood.

Anyway, I'd love to hear your comments. Tell me about the best tea you're ever had, your favorite flavor, your favorite tea shop or if you'll ever replace your fave drink for tea. All this talk about tea makes me wanna have some so that's it for now. Anyone up for tea? :)