Do you know what the difference is between green tea and black tea? I didn't know, but found out recently. They are the same plant, but black tea is fermented, while green tea is closer to the natural state. Green tea has some caffeine, but black tea has much more, as the fermentation process increases the caffeine. Herbal teas refer to preparation as tea rather than to the tea plant, so any tea made of something other than tea tree leaves may be considered herbal tea. Most of these are naturally free of caffeine.

I avoid caffeine generally - chocolate is my biggest caffeine source. The tea I use for headaches has 17 mg of caffeine in it, as it contains some green tea. I figure that's ok, since tylenol has a whole lot more caffeine than that, and I don't need it very often.

Drinking water, or water with a bit of lemon, works ok for me except that I just don't get around to drinking enough water. Usually I make a quart of herbal tea - usually SJW with peppermint, or various other combinations, and keep it in the refrigerator. I drink it without sugar or any sweetener, and try to remember to get through the whole quart in one day. Sometimes I might start on a second quart. If you need a sweetener, Stevia is an option to consider - it is an herb that is naturally very sweet but it isn't a sugar. You can either grow a plant, and add a leaf from the Stevia plant, or you can buy it in powdered form - a little goes a long way. You could probably just put some lemon and some stevia in a cup of water and be pretty close to lemonade (especially if you add ice and a sprig of mint), but I haven't tried it.

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