Spiced Tea

[clairelesley]

I'm a huge fan of herb-y teas!
I don't really like fruit ones and am not drinking any flower ones (camomile or jasmine) now I'm back on SS but I have a big box of Twinings Chai which is 'spiced' tea; it's leaf tea with cardamom, cinnamon, cloves, ginger and star anise.
I'm not sure whether it falls into the category of herb tea and is therefore OK, or whether it is more akin to fruit or flower and therefore might knock me out of ketosis.
Does anyone know?
Thanks heaps,
Claire

 

[CW Consultant]

Hi it should only be from the leaf so this would not be okay.

Green tea, black tea, redbush, mint, nettle are all okay.

 

[clairelesley]

Thank you!

:thankyou:​

 

[DEvans]

Thanks Linda. can we use pepermint too?

 

[kellymundy]

Thanks Linda. can we use pepermint too?

Yummy Peppermint!:drool:
I drink it by the bucket...ok not quite a bucket I did by the biggest mug I could find for it!

 

[Cupcake]

Dumb question I'm sure but is Earl Grey ok then?

Thanks - first day on SS!! EEeeek

 

[kellymundy]

Dumb question I'm sure but is Earl Grey ok then?

Thanks - first day on SS!! EEeeek

No earl grey has a kind of citric acid in it that can knock you out of ketosis. Sorry!

 

[CW Consultant]

Earl Grey has bergamot oil which is citrus so can affect some.

Peppermint is fine.

 

[Cupcake]

Oh bugger - that's a good start then had a cup at work, but won;t be in ketosis yet as it's first day but will remember that and steer well clear - thanks

 

[clairelesley]

Oh bugger - that's a good start then had a cup at work, but won;t be in ketosis yet as it's first day but will remember that and steer well clear - thanks

Yup, that's why I thought I'd better ask now rather than drink it all week and wonder what went wrong

Happy (leaf) tea drinking all!
(hey, if I got actual tea leaves I could learn to read them and have a second income by the end of the diet :giggle