[wolfen]

9 out of 10 of my vital organs agree that alcohol is no longer allowed in my bloodstream. (The brain didn't agree, but no one listens to him anyway)

So I've become a tea FREAK. Never really got into...tea. It's for old people and the English.

Anyone have a favorite tea that they really enjoy?

[demograph68]

I hate tea.

[Spliff]

Originally posted by wolfen:
Anyone have a favorite tea that they really enjoy?

I switch between coffee and tea.

For my morning cup, it's either Ridgeway's or Typhoo, both British brands. I drink it with milk and sugar, but I've got to drop the sugar before I develop diabetes.

For my peppermint or camomile "herbal tea" kick, it's Messmer only (German brand).

I'm trying to get into green tea. The Japanese green tea with the puffed rice kernels is pretty good.

Peet's Coffee and Tea in Portland have a informative list of all their tea varieties. It's worth checking out here

[wolfen]

Originally posted by Spliff:
I switch between coffee and tea.

For my morning cup, it's either Ridgeway's or Typhoo, both British brands. I drink it with milk and sugar, but I've got to drop the sugar before I develop diabetes.

For my peppermint or camomile "herbal tea" kick, it's Messmer only (German brand).

I'm trying to get into green tea. The Japanese green tea with the puffed rice kernels is pretty good.

Peet's Coffee and Tea in Portland have a informative list of all their tea varieties. It's worth checking out here

Thanks for the recommendations. I haven't heard of Ridgeway or Typhoo, so I'll have to look'em up.

Here's my favorite tea site so far: Culinary Teas I linked you to a mild but flavorful Japanese green tea there. I like it, anyway. They also have a very interesting Jasmine tea.

The yixing pots are cool. The dragon pot is amazing. But I digress.


wolfen

[RonnieoftheRose]

Me. Because I'm a snotty posh Briton who likes vintage things...and new gadgets.

[Eug Wanker]

The best tea (if you like green tea) is the tea that comes with each leaf in a ring.



The tea is hand-picked and then hand-rolled onto small sticks and dried. The leaves thus are ring-shaped when they dry.

It's the lightest possible taste you can have in a tea. Bloody expensive though.

[Spliff]

Originally posted by wolfen:
Thanks for the recommendations. I haven't heard of Ridgeway or Typhoo, so I'll have to look'em up.

They're both basic orange pekoe everyday teas, nothing fancy. Typhoo is apparently the most popular tea in the UK. I just like saying the name.

For fancier teas, I sometimes pop into one of Vancouver's many excellent tea shops, like Infuze.

And for the real tea fanatic, the ultimate tea kettle: utiliTEA

[Spliff]

Originally posted by Eug Wanker:
The best tea (if you like green tea) is the tea that comes with each leaf in a ring.

The tea is hand-picked and then hand-rolled onto small sticks and dried. The leaves thus are ring-shaped when they dry.

It's the lightest possible taste you can have in a tea. Bloody expensive though.

That's cool. I had never heard of that style of tea before.

[argod]

Chai
http://www.odie.org/chai/

using Darjeeling Tea.

[wolfen]

Originally posted by Eug Wanker:
The best tea (if you like green tea) is the tea that comes with each leaf in a ring.

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The tea is hand-picked and then hand-rolled onto small sticks and dried. The leaves thus are ring-shaped when they dry.

It's the lightest possible taste you can have in a tea. Bloody expensive though.

I love Stash tea -- I just finished a cup of Stash decaf green. So thanks for the link. Here's a green tea for about twice the price: Culinary Teas

[Spliff]

Originally posted by argod:
Chai
http://www.odie.org/chai/

using Darjeeling Tea.

Thanks for the link. I'm going to try some of those chai recipes.

I've had some great chai, but I've also had some truly nasty chai. A lot of tea places offer what they think is chai, but it tastes like crap.

[ManOfSteal]

If Dr. Pepper tea came out, I'd be all over it.

[AppleOptionFour]

Sweet Leaf Green Tea could be the Dr Pepper of tea.

http://www.sweetleaftea.com/

oh so l337 at 3pm when work starts to suck.

[dcmacdaddy]

My sister drinks some British teas (it begins with a "P") that comes with little pyramidal teabags; It's quite nice. Me, I'm an Earl Grey or English Breakfast kinda guy. Nothing fancy. However, I like a good lapsong souchong when I have time to really enjoy a cuppa.

[roberto blanco]

Originally posted by argod:
Chai...

i stopped drinking coffee last year (along with smoking), since i noticed it was causing sever stomach problems for me. tea is good stuff.

i also like green tea (especially bancha (japanese)) and roiboos (south african), - tastes great hot and cold.

[Scotttheking]

For my 4000th post

I drink English breakfast tea. It's great before bed, in the morning, whenever (no, not the decaf). I'll check the brands I use, but the one I like the most is Choice tea. It's just very expensive.

[Sandbaggins]

I drink White tea (Pai Mu Tan leaves).

I'll occasionally have some camomile and peppermint herbal teas (aka: herbal infusions )

[Spliff]

Originally posted by Sandbaggins:
I'll occasionally have some camomile and peppermint herbal teas (aka: herbal infusions )

You mean "tisanes"?

[analogika]

Originally posted by Eug Wanker:
Bloody expensive though.

Once you figure it per liter, though, it's probably on par or cheaper than Coke or orange juice.

[Nivag]

there is only one tea i drink at home and that's Twinings Earl Grey, at work i pretty much drink whatever is on offer. on airplanes, i never stuff it, how they can get away with calling it tea is amazing, it's a lawsuit waiting to happen

[analogika]

That's ironic, considering Earl Grey is usually tea brushings (what's left on the warehouse floor after the real tea - leaves - have been packed and shipped out) drowned in bergamot oil to hide the bitter flavour of cheap crap...

[iCol]

If you like English tea then 'Yorkshire Tea' or 'PG Tips' are undoubtedly the best.

If you cant get Yorkshire Tea over there I would be happy to send some over if you give me the cash for P&P!

C

[f1000]

Lipton sweetened without lemon, but only occasionally.

[willed]

Nothing like a good English Breakfast tea. I practically live on the stuff. I had about 300 tea bags at the start of last term and we managed to get through them all by the end of term (8 weeks). Many of those were used in a tea pot as well, so one tea bag > one cup. It's a great procrastination thing I guess. And of course 'instant tea' (ie teabags) are better than instant coffee. I enjoy a proper coffee occasionally as well.

[SimeyTheLimey]

My nick is SimeyTheLimey. Yes I drink tea -- usually Twinings English Breakfast stewed so long it could dissolve a spoon. As a matter of fact, I am drinking some right now.

The best tea I ever had was NAAFI tea, which I used to get from a British base in Germany. The NAAFI is roughly the equivilent of the US PX (i.e. AAFES). It's great stuff, so good that the British Army equips its tanks with built in kettles that work off the engine cooling system (I kid you not).

[Goldfinger]

That's my cup of tea.

[philm]

Originally posted by wolfen:
It's for old people and the English.

Not so. According to this web site tea is the most widely consumed beverage in the world. the Irish drink the most, going through 3kg of tea per person per year. Gotta love the web for these sorts of top facts.

[mdc]

rooibos (would translate to red bush) tea. get it in south africa, found it at walmart here, but does not taste the same though. i wonder if the south african/british shop here has any?

[dav]

i've been ordering from this site: adagio teas

worth checking out, i think. i'm partial to the green and white teas.

[typoon]

Originally posted by Nivag:
there is only one tea i drink at home and that's Twinings Earl Grey, at work i pretty much drink whatever is on offer. on airplanes, i never stuff it, how they can get away with calling it tea is amazing, it's a lawsuit waiting to happen

Yes this tea is great. I got a BIG tin of it for xmas this year. I also like green tea as well. But Earl Grey is my favorite.

[wolfen]

Originally posted by Nivag:
there is only one tea i drink at home and that's Twinings Earl Grey, at work i pretty much drink whatever is on offer. on airplanes, i never stuff it, how they can get away with calling it tea is amazing, it's a lawsuit waiting to happen

Nivag, you might like to try Stash Earl Grey. It's a much bolder taste, though you may prefer the milder form.

[Nivag]

cheers Woflen, i'll check it out - i like the idea of buying a tea called Stash

i can't find any UK suppliers as yet

but found a great domain name while searching

http://www.nicecupofteaandasitdown.com/

[Nicko]

Originally posted by Goldfinger:


That's my cup of tea.

engage!

[wolfen]

Originally posted by Nivag:
cheers Woflen, i'll check it out - i like the idea of buying a tea called Stash

i can't find any UK suppliers as yet

but found a great domain name while searching

http://www.nicecupofteaandasitdown.com/

Does Stash not ship to UK? (stashtea.com)

Loved the biscuit site!

[Osirisis]

Personally I drink tea twice a day, sometimes three times. I drink Tetley Tea British Blend as my generic tea. I have been trying a lot of different teas lately and prefer Earl Grey for the times I like to unwind. As a relocated Irishman myself I can attest to the fact that the Irish drink a ton of tea It's used as a means to unwind over there and for a side during breakfast. Teatime is definitely not to be missed

[FulcrumPilot]

get sneaky and try this:

2 1/4 cups water
1/3 cup honey
1/4 cup (packed) golden brown sugar
2 tablespoons chopped peeled fresh ginger
16 whole cloves
16 whole allspice
1 vanilla bean, chopped
1 tea bag (preferably Earl Grey)
1 750-ml bottle dry red wine
1/4 cup dark rum

Crushed ice (if serving punch chilled)

[Mithras]

It seems to be an Israeli thing to do, but I LOVE black tea with mint:

Here in New York it's easy to get, though I imagine it'd be tougher elsewhere.

I also really like green tea with mint, like this Stash "Moroccan Mint Green Tea"

[Spliff]

Originally posted by SimeyTheLimey:
It's great stuff, so good that the British Army equips its tanks with built in kettles that work off the engine cooling system (I kid you not).

Looks as if not much has changed since trench-warfare in WWI:

Our machine-gun crew boil their hot water by firing off belt after belt of ammunition at no particular target, just generally spraying the German line. After several pounds' worth of ammunition has been used, the water in the guns - which are water-cooled - begins to boil. They say they make German ration and carrying parties behind the line pay for their early-morning cup of tea. But the real charge will be on income-tax after the war.

�from Goodbye to All That by Robert Graves



FYI, Graves is either lying or exaggerating greatly here for humourous effect.

[Angus_D]

Originally posted by Goldfinger:


That's my cup of tea.

[aecheylon]

http://www.uptontea.com/

Excellent selection, quality and customer service.

[aecheylon]

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