Originally Posted by cmac2012

I say, dear fellow, you must give these things time. I hated coffee as a child and now it pulls me with a strong lure that takes all my strength to resist most of time -- and I often succumb. Its longterm effect on me is not good. A net loss of energy masked by a seductive illusion of a boost of energy. You borrow and the front side and pay back with interest on the back side. Makes your bones weak, too.

Oo - long is from the same plant as green tea, just picked at a different age and processed differently. It has many of the same attributes as green tea, though less of them, is much more agreeable, and is a big improvement over coffee. Give it a go, old chap. Make it King's Tea! (Oo-long with a dash of ginseng)