Teas in Japan

Hello my dearies 🙂

I love going into Daiso, as I know and expect all the prices to be the same at $2.80. 🙂

Daiso has an exquisite range of hot and cold beverages on offer. It’s so hard to choose what stands out the most and which to try first.

Green Tea

I decided to go for their cold fridge section, since its summer here in Australia and the humidity is like wild cards not sure how humid it’s going to get?

In Daiso’s fridge section, there is a choice of purchasing 2 drinks at a cost of $2.80 that is the option of grabbing selected 340ml serving size and/or smaller. Otherwise you can purchase larger bottled drinks for $2.80 each.

I ended up grabbing a can of green tea and can of oolong tea, both serving size of 340ml.

Some but not all of Daiso products are made in Japan. I only made this discovery until recently, so keep your eyes peeled and make sure to read the label. Thankfully, I was sure to be purchasing two cold beverages that were made in Japan.

Green Tea purchased from Daiso

The green tea serving of 340ml had zero sugar and ingredients included were water, green tea and vitamin C. I’ve been fortunate to have tasted an array of Japanese green tea, even the ones with zero sugar. So, I immediately knew before purchasing that I was expecting quite a bitter taste of Japanese green tea.

This green tea was not overpowered with bitterness, or watered down. It had the perfect unfermented flavour of a green tea with zero sugar content, the way it should be. The enjoyment of drinking a green tea with zero sugar content allows me to get a healthy taste of real brewed tea.

It may not be exactly the same, as premium green tea leaves. It does, however soothe my tired mind and body especially recovering from the heat wave we’ve been having here in Sydney. Making it even more excellent is enjoying the taste directly served cold from the fridge.

Oolong tea purchased from Daiso

The oolong tea serving of 340ml also had zero sugar content and ingredients included were water, oolong tea and vitamin C. I’ve tasted oolong tea before, but it was a hit for me the first and second time I tried it. Though, I have never tried oolong tea without sugar before so this was a first. As with previous occasions I had tried oolong tea with sugar and wasn’t a fan of it at all.

I was honestly caught off guard by the taste, as the immediate flavour hit was perfect. It had a delightful bitter taste however as a green tea, I could taste the oolong teas are partially fermented because of the processing of black tea. The oolong tea may have tasted like the green tea, but there is a difference between the two. Oolong tea is known to be fermented, whereas green tea unfermented.

Oolong Tea

Oolong tea like a cup of coffee helps sharpen thinking skills and improve mental alertness.

I personally believe the black tea used in the oolong tea is not as strong, as compared to having a double espresso shot. It has the perfect strength to keep you calm, collected and still maintain the analytical and mental alertness you need to get you through the day if you’re not in a coffee mood or coffee drinker in general.

– Jazo

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Cinnamon Anise Tea – Lebanese Cuisine

Cinnamon Anise Tea

Hello my darlings 🙂

I’ve had dinner at Yasmin 1, at the Chester Hill restaurant many times and at the end of every meal you receive free cinnamon tea

Baba Ghanouj

or coffee. I’ve been to many Yasmin 1 restaurants around Sydney, such as the ones in Bankstown, Punchbowl, Auburn and Lakemba. I’m sure there are many more Yasmin 1 restaurants in Sydney, but I simply can’t name them all off the top of my head.

Falafel

By far, this Yasmin 1 is one of the best Lebanese restaurants I’ve been too in a very long time. If you’re interested in enjoying a home-style Lebanese meal, then your best option is to go there because it’s as best you can get to a decent home cooked Lebanese meal. Their serving, price and size of meals they offer is excellent for choice and you can’t go wrong.

Mixed Plate

I absolutely love their cinnamon tea after every meal I’ve had there, it has such a refreshing cinnamon after taste from the saltiness of Lebanese food. As much as I love Lebanese food, there are times when you don’t notice the saltiness until afterwards.

Cinnamon tea or coffee is a traditional Middle Eastern beverage to end your meal. Sometimes people have the preference of one or the other, others might enjoy the taste of both. I personally always have the number one preference of enjoying cinnamon tea. I usually have two to three cups after a meal. It’s a guilty pleasure of mine … shush don’t tell anyone. 😉

I didn’t realise until now, but did you know there are health benefits to drinking cinnamon tea? From what I have read, the cinnamon tea benefits include:

–        Anti-Oxidants

–        Helps people who suffer from Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)

–        Helps the Menstrual cycle

–        Indigestion

–        Blood sugar control

–        Weight loss and belly fat reduction

–        Cognition, Alertness and memory

–        Blood circulation

–        Mouth freshener

–        Helps in the flu season

See link below

Please note: this is my own personal opinion and done on the basis of my own research. I am not a qualified G.P., Pharmacist, or Health Practitioner.

Cheerio 🙂

– Jazo

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