One of my New Year's resolutions for this year is to wean off coffee and drink more tea. It’s quite the challenge considering that I require a minimum of four cups of caffeine to function on a daily basis. But I can proudly say that I’m already off to a great start.
In February, during a gnarly bout of the flu, I found both comfort and strength in my very first cup of elderberry lemon balm tea. So much so that the tea is now an essential bedtime beverage that I look forward to sipping on every night. Same with moringa tea, which I’ll take with a dollop of honey. Most recently, I indulged in buckwheat tea (also known as soba cha in Japanese) while enjoying omakase in New York City. Its toasty yet slightly sweet flavor was unlike any other tea that I’ve tried.
