Friday, 02 April 2010
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Tea-Friendly Water Bottle
In a previous post, I recommended placing a green tea bag in your water bottle for a refereshing iced green tea that will help boost your metabolism while adding a refreshing flavor! I noticed that my classmate had a really cool water bottle. I've never seen anything like it before!
At the bottom of this water bottle is another twist off cap. There's a built-in tea strainer in this bottle! It's meant for loose leaf teas, but not many people buy loose leaf anymore. My friend just had a tea bag in this section anyway. Tea bags are just much more convenient! But I've seen a couple of really nice Taiwanese specialty tea stores that sell all kinds of black, green, and rooibos loose leaf teas in a variety of fruity, nutty, and sweet flavors.
There was some Korean writing on this water bottle, so I assumed that my friend bought it in Asia or in a Korean store in Toronto. Natural tea-flavored water is much more common than I thought it was!
I still think just sticking a green tea bag in your water bottle is just as good :)
Remember that this is the most natural and healthy way to drink tea. Making it yourself! Most store-bought green teas are full of sugar or artificial sweeteners.
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Comments (23)
Cool! You should find out a place for people to buy it.
I've bought Arizona Diet Green Tea and poured into my plastic water bottle. :/
This method might be better.
i don't like my teas cold unless it's lipton/brisk/arizona lemon iced tea... or if it's green tea ice cream... weird i know...
@Roadlesstaken - But it's so common when people ask "oh where did you get this shirt from?" -- "I bought it in Asia", and then it's like okay fail. I'm never going to find it! coz not in Asia! I'd just stick with tea bags :P
@NoMoreThinSpos - Some people have a strange aversion to artificial sweeteners. My mother absolutely hates splenda. It tastes like metal to her. Strange huh? I'm glad I don't have this problem. But I still try to avoid artificial sweeteners most of the time because the research for them is pretty new and there are some studies saying that they are safe while there are others saying they're not. Research findings are always changing!
I was actually just thinking about water bottles for tea this morning. People in China have them everywhere. Like this bottle, right? Or here or here. Google "tea tumbler" and you'll get what I think you're looking for.
Oooh that is cool O_O.
I try not to drink too much tea though-- the caffeine scares me off ;x.
i've seen similar bottles like these when I was abroad in china but i've never seen them in the US... they're so useful!
@Dhurakha - I had a person advertising their company's tea tumblers to me after this post went up on my Twitter account! But I still don't know how to use Twitter much lol... These tea tumblers seem to be made for hot drinks, which is great for not burning yourself. Hot water can steep the tea better too. I don't think my friend's water bottle in the picture above is heat insulated tho. Thanks for showing me more tea tumblers :)
@ailili - hmm... i see a potential business opportunity!! ;)
This is cool - never seen anything liek this before!
Yes. I once read- from a con artist, mind you- that there are no medical facts. Only medical theories- because in 5-10 years the opposite would be proven true.
Example: Butter, margarine, butter, margarine, butter, margarine......?!?!?!
@NoMoreThinSpos - Yea that's an awesome example. It's margarine now! well "good" margarines like Becel, which actually have omega-3 fats in them now coz they're just made out of vegetable oil.
but doesn't leave the tea bag for too long makes the tea something like from alkaline or something to something else/??
love the portable tea! the first bottle is super cute, but until I can find one I'll probably use your idea. thanks for the tip :)
@y_tc - Steeping tea too long definitely makes it more bitter, which repulses a lot of people. I've never heard of it becoming more alkaline. Most foods are more acidic except for a very few number of foods. But in general, steeping tea in cold water does not make it bitter because only hot water can steep tea well. So leaving a tea bag to steep in cold water all day just adds in a bit of flavor, not overpowering :)
does the tea steep when you stick it in there? i thought you could only make tea with hot water! if it will steep without hot water, then that's amazing! i can drink wonderful tea all the time! it'll help me drink more, too.
@droftreeology - try it with room temperature water and let the tea bag just sit there all day. You can chill the water later if you prefer it cold. It steeps slightly, not as much as with hot water, but it adds flavor to it! But what's good is that it won't become overly bitter like if you left the teabag in too long with hot water. Cold water definitely doesn't work from what i've tried. good luck :)
@i_Nutrition - i'll try that then. thanks!
@i_Nutrition - I put the teabags in cold water bottles all the time, actually. I do have to move the bottle around a bit and sometimes shake it/swirl it around, but it definitely works.
Just a general question, I've always loved to put a green tea bag in my water because I don't like drinking water on its own, but i keep getting told that once water becomes tea it's not water anymore and your body doesn't treat it the same way, so I can drink 3 Litres of green tea a day and that still won't help with my fluid intake and apparantly my body will still be dehydrated. Is this a myth or is it true? Cos I really hate drinking water but I can drink tones of diluted green tea =P
@anonymouscapii - It's definitely still a fluid, but the caffeine in green tea is a diuretic. This means that it will make your body lose more water and you'll want to pee faster! You're still intaking tons of fluids when you drink the green tea though. I think you're fine! If this encourages you to drink more fluids then go for it. Green tea has tons of healthy antioxidants and polyphenols and it's also completely calorie-free. Just remember that having the feeling of thirst means that your body is already dehydrated. If you constantly have this feeling even after 3 Litres of green tea, then yes maybe you should cut it down and switch it up with water! I definitely think you'd be hydrated enough though ;)
Thanks for your help XD I'm definately not getting dehydrated, just getting annoyed at ppl nagging me about not drinking enough water and that drinking so much green tea doesn't help ><! But all is good! Thanks again ^^