Lemon Tea: It's Worth the Initial Inertia

    The brand was Twinings Tea. 

    The slogan: over 300 years of experience. 

    The question: could this tea tie my depression over?

    An advisor for my little college program passed out study kits for freshmen finals. In it, there were some pencils and pens, maybe a pack of notecards, peppermints, and herbal tea.

 
    Now, I tried being an herbal tea girlie, but little freshman Allison was not in that era. 

    Flashforward to October 9th, 2025, Allison, a sophomore with no hope left, found one of the old tea packets she had avoided after failing to be a tea drinker. 

    It tastes sooo good!

    I don't know. Something about it - though I don't have ice in my glass tumbler on campus right now - the drink just shines through. The bright lemon flavor isn't too tart, like the Great Value Packets of Lemonade. It doesn't taste like a college student chugging on a Monster. It was free to me, and you can buy like a box of Great Value brand 10 or so herbal tea packets for the price of one Energy drink at Walmart. 

    The light and airy flavor transports me away from my surroundings. I forget I'm sitting at my laptop. The drink is just that encapsulating, while it's still nice and cold from the water bottle fill-up station. 

    It's so good that I feel naughty drinking the tea in lecture. 

    It's so non-conspicuous looking that I feel comfortable having it in lecture in my see-through glass tumbler.

    It's so healthy for me that I don't feel guilty like I do when I drink the artificial sugar energy drinks from a carbonated beverage can.

    If you're curious about the brand, non-affiliate, the tea flavor was Lemon and Ginger, to aid with digestion.