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fandomsecrets2011-08-07 04:08 pm
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If you have a real problem with UTIs, have you tried regularly drinking cranberry tea? Because I know unsweetened cranberry juice (usually recommended) is a bit nasty, and also hard to find, and cranberry supplements don't have the advantage of being, y'know, liquid... Also raspberry and peppermint tea to mix it up.
(I'm going to go ahead and act like your answer is already "no," just because I might not have time to make it back to this thread after today. If it's "yes," disregard the rest of this comment.)
You could make your own, but that's kind of a pain. You can get bagged cranberry tea, but pre-bagged stuff is often (not always, but often) crap, so I avoid it these days (otherwise I'd rec you some, sorry). And it's not much cheaper than loose leaf, BUT it is more convenient and less of an investment in terms of time and equipment, so maybe try that first.
If there's a Teaopia or something like that in a mall near you, that might be easiest. They've got a Superberry White (http://www.teaopia.ca/products2.cfm/ID/1440/c/Flavoured-White-Tea) with cranberries in it; I haven't tried it, but I haven't totally disliked one of their teas yet. Also, there's a peppermint tea (http://www.teaopia.ca/products2.cfm/ID/112/c/Loose-Leaf-Wellness-Tea) in their Wellness blends, and an organic raspberry leaf (http://www.teaopia.ca/products2.cfm/ID/1750/c/Loose-Leaf-Wellness-Tea). (The raspberry leaf one is pretty weird-looking - it straight up looks like grass clippings or something, but it tastes pretty good.) There's also Immune Support (http://www.teaopia.ca/products2.cfm/ID/1769/c/Loose-Leaf-Wellness-Tea) in their Wellness blends, but it's one of those "blue tin" ones, which you cannot get in smaller amounts (that I'm aware of), and even then it's twice the price of the rest of their teas. So I'd try the others first.
Oh yeah, and if you've never had loose leaf before: white tea like the Superberry is VERY easy to burn (and super nasty if you do), so watch the water temperature closely. Their recommended 80 degrees C might even be too hot - water boils at 86 or so where I am, and it's definitely too hot...I brew my whites at 68 degrees C. Your own paper filters (http://www.teaopia.ca/products2.cfm/ID/998/c/Brewing-Tea) are probably the easiest and cheapest way if they have them in. Otherwise, get some sort of infuser (something like this (http://www.teaopia.ca/products2.cfm/ID/1070/c/Brewing-Tea)). But DO NOT use a tea ball (http://www.teaopia.ca/products2.cfm/ID/185/c/Brewing-Tea), they're crap, and you'll be chewing on tea leaves.
Other tea shops (David's Tea, the Banff Tea Shop, Tea Haven, etc.) should have similar teaware and their own recommendations for immune boosters, etc., so don't get stuck on any one store, but check out whatever is nearest to you.
/long comment about nothing but tea.
This thread is just an excuse to talk about tea for me, really. It's a good thing I don't work in a tea shop, or I'd be scary./just realized I don't have a tea icon
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*Easiest if you go loose leaf, is what I meant there, whoops.