I’m currently drinking tea. Chinese white tea. I may or may not have butchered it with some cinnamon, but it’s too hot to tell right now. I’ve also bought a cool looking Chinese (I think) teapot, so I want to step up my tea game.

Are there any tea lovers here? And if so, what do you recommend?

  • bobs_guns
    2·
    2 years ago

    Licorice root can raise your blood pressure so exercise caution and use a sphygmomanometer if you’ve got one lying around.

    • KiG V2
      1·
      2 years ago

      Oh wow, that’s weird because I definitely have a higher blood pressure the last few years…around the same time I started drinking it. I thought it was my salt intake! I used to have very low blood pressure so it’s just normal now, but wow, thank you for the tip, it certainly doesn’t say that anywhere on the box.

      • bobs_guns
        2·
        2 years ago

        You also shouldn’t take it with certain diuretics. Herbs and supplements are things you should use caution with in general. I know I read on my own licorice root tea box that it shouldn’t be taken for more than maybe four weeks at a time, too. So give it a break for a week every so often, but if your blood pressure is just normal it’s probably not a problem.