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How will Brits survive ? ๐Ÿ˜ฏ

Sainsbury's warns shoppers to prepare for tea shortage at UK supermarkets.
Brits' favourite cuppa is under threat as โ€œsupply issuesโ€ threaten to cause a shortage of black tea, a major supermarket has said.

https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1865945/tea-shortage-sainsburys-uk-supermarkets
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cherokeepatti ยท 61-69, F
You know what happened in America after the Boston Tea Party? Americans started growing and brewing herbal teas, teas with a number of good medical benefits. Red raspberry leaf tea, red sumac berry tea (tastes like lemonade), Labradore tea made from red root bush and gathered along riverbanks, chamomile, a variety of mints, bee balm, verbena, lemon and many other herbal teas along with various fruits or berries or rose hips. And then coffee was our official drink.
4meAndyou ยท F
@cherokeepatti Pssst...the Brits like the caffeine jolt...๐Ÿ˜‰
Nimbus ยท M
@cherokeepatti I love peppermint tea :)
cherokeepatti ยท 61-69, F
@Nimbus Spearmint is even better if you could grow that. Fresh spearmint makes my mouth water to smell it.
Nimbus ยท M
@cherokeepatti I've never seen that one here.
4meAndyou ยท F
@Nimbus I do, too. I keep Peppermint, Vanilla Chamomile, and Peach teas in the cupboard as staples.
Nimbus ยท M
@4meAndyou Nice!
I have a cup of Chamomile every night and it does aid sleep! :)
cherokeepatti ยท 61-69, F
@4meAndyou Never had vanilla tea. That sounds promising. I wish I could find one that tastes just like strawberries. The problem with a lot of these boxed teas is some companies will add extras like rose hips, red clover, hibiscus or hops to them. I have problems with all of those. Rose hips when I was drinking teas every day would cause me to have an itching scalp especially at night. My daughter was the one who finally solved that problem. I didnโ€™t read all of the ingredients and just went by the flavors on the front of the box. Hops and red clover create too much estrogen for me, Iโ€™ll have symptoms within a day. Hibiscus has some type of salicylates in it that inflame my bladder. So many flavors I canโ€™t have due to these random ingredients. Celestial Seasonings is bad about adding extras.
cherokeepatti ยท 61-69, F
@Nimbus It helped calm me down a bit in the evening when I would drink two cups after being diagnosed this summer. I had to listen to certain types of soothing music on You Tube and would fall asleep with it playing till the videos or batteries played out, some last as long as 8 hours.
Nimbus ยท M
@cherokeepatti Good to hear!
I was a bit doubtful at first about it's alleged benefits but it does work!
@cherokeepatti Our Viking and Anglo-Saxon ancestors would turn in their graves if they knew we were drinking herbal tea!

And then coffee was our official drink.

Now that part sounds promising!