Tea drinkers... chime in
I used to drink a lot of tea while working on the farm when I was younger (1970s-80s). It was probably a lower quality tea since we were out in the middle of nowhere and you get what you get.
I recently asked for tea as my beverage at a decent restaurant. Wow! It was really good! I asked about it and the waitress said it was a black/green tea mix steeped in boiling water. My question is: Is it the tea or the preparation... or both? Are there any brands that are better than others? Lipton seems to dominate the market, but as in all things "food related" the biggest seller isn't always the best thing. Chime in please. |
Donger will be all over this thread.
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I always like how the settlers in the 13 original colonies trolled the Brits army by dressing up as Indians and dumping a bunch of tea in the Boston harbor. I bet they had fun doing it.
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https://marktwendell.com/1291-thickb...typhoo-tea.jpg
Also all tea pots are not created equal. Get a good tea pot designed for brewing tea. |
Tea? Earl Grey, hot.
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Not a fan.
My son, however, would have a Tea IV if he could. |
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Cold with ice and lemon. If a little whiskey falls in it I can forgive that...
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Hot tea or iced tea? I generally only drink iced tea or water.
Both preparation AND the tea you choose make a difference. I don't generally make my own. At work, I drink tea from the Chick-Fil-A downstairs. At home, I usually buy Milo's. When I do make my own, I have some White Ayurvedic Chai from Teavana that's freakin' awesome - sweet, spicy, and very complex. Sweet tea is nasty. I prefer plain tea with just a touch of sweetener to take the edge of bitterness off. |
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As someone mentioned, Typhoo or Tetley's, which is what my folks drink. http://www.tetleyusa.com/our-teas/products?id=41 |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_tea English breakfast tea, most likely. |
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And I hate hot tea. |
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Just once in my life....I am going to eat one of those.
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Sorry, no. That's an example of an "English breakfast." Just clicked on it while looking up English breakfast tea. Brought back memories. |
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This is epic BTW, Donger.
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Nothing!! |
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One of the few food/beverages I really dislike. It just tastes like tainted water to me. I really enjoy coffee, though.
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It was a treat, really. |
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The best tea I've ever had was always in England and it wasn't that so-called "English Breakfast Tea" which I find foul-tasting. I think it's part the type of tea and how they brew it by having it sit in a ceramic pot on the table. I've never been able to replicate it though. Same with their wonderful dairy and cream. Maybe it's the difference in the water? Closest I could come to it is another wonderful tea called Darjeeling. That's because I enjoy a light-bodied floral tea. It's wonderful. This thread reminds me to buy it again. I've not had it in years. Chia tea is another but I can't find the original one I ever had, nor can I remember the brand but none taste the same. Chai tea, for some reason, tastes best with soy milk. Don't know why. It must be because the first cup I ever had used it. It was served to me by my Sikh chiropractor's office which was in Cambridge. It was wonderful. |
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I am not crazy about green tea tho' and I have a ton of it from Costco still sittin' in the cupboard or garage maybe. Never had it mixed with black though and it did taste better with lemon. I wouldn't think to ever put milk or cream in green tea tho.'
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Unless I am sick, I only drink hot tea in autumn and winter. I like Twining's English breakfast and Earl Grey, both with honey and lemon juice. When I am sick, I have green tea. At Christmas, I like some of the Christmas teas with ginger and cloves.
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If you really want to try other teas, might as well try Darjeeling, Stewie.
Here's a good write-up on it's magnificence.
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Earl Grey hot with milk and sugar is my go-to when I don't want the heavy coffee jolt. Also do various chai teas, pu-erh, and blooming teas
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There is a wide variety of tea available. I use loose leaf tea, rather than tea bags. A company like Teavana
http://www.teavana.com/ can get you started, both with basic teas and a variety of flavored teas chai/rooibos/herbal teas. I've usually got between 6 and 12 different teas on hand at any one time, since I don't drink coffee and tea is my hot beverage of choice. Preparation is important, but there's no sense in you going crazy about it unless you find you really like teas. The general temperatures are: 175 degrees for White Tea 175 degrees for Green Tea 195 degrees for Oolong Tea 195 degrees for Black Tea 208 degrees for Herbal Tea 208 degrees for Rooibos Tea 208 degrees for Mate Tea How to brew loose leaf tea |
Jasmine tea is amazing. You can buy it at hyvee in bulk like you do coffee. It's expensive, but if you get a dimwit to ring it up as coffee you can get $10 worth of tea for 84 cents
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Other than coffee and water, my drink of choice is green or white tea.
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Why not just steal it? |
Hot black tea
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I like Jasmine tea - and Oolong (oolong 'as this been going on?) and good chai tea (I drink chai tea and play tai chi) I buy bagged green tea and oolong in asian grocery stores - cheap tea, nothing special but tasty to me. I also like Earl Grey - the bergamot peel (bergamot = a type of citrus fruit, similar to an orange) is now being touted as 'as good for you as Statin drugs.
http://http://www.telegraph.co.uk/he...udy-finds.html I like 'stash' brand double chai w/a splash of whole milk and as mentioned, most of the cheap stuff from my asian market. I've got friends who prefer spendier (better?) grades of tea - and more power to 'em. They don't try to mooch my cheap stuff - I never ask to share their spendy tea. We're all happy. |
Prefer Irish Breakfast blend with it being a bit more maltier than English. Also, straight black tea from Kerala, India. My boss/co-worker flies over every year and he can get it cheap.
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All I drink (regularly) is tea & water. Both the tea & the preparation (temperature of the water + seep time) make a difference.
I buy loose leaf and use either french presses, tea presses, or a fancy teamaker that my gf has to brew the tea. My go-to supplier is Peets (www.peets.com) and their loose-leaf teas. My favorite is a simple gundpowder organic tea. I also really like their Assam golden tip (black tea) and their Masala Chai. When I go to farmer's markets I buy some other varieties and when we were in Vancouver last month we bought some David's tea (a franchise in Canada and maybe the northern states). Some local places here also sell some good blends and we have some herbal teas (no caffeine) that we make at night. |
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Never had one of those, but read about them and thought I might pick one up. |
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I own a larger version of this that I use at home: http://bodum.bodum.com/us/en-us/shop/detail/1844-01US/ I own a version of this that I take each day to work: http://www.amazon.com/Bodum-Brazil-F...odum+tea+press This is the teamaker my girlfriend has: http://www.brevilleusa.com/the-tea-maker-onetouch.html |
My best suggestion is get to the nearest farmer's market and track down a loose tea bin purveyor [KC has a great one]. That way you can read the descriptions, smell the dry leaves and dole out as much or as little as you wish. Further, if it's not too busy, you can get some input from the owner of the stand.
Hibiscus, Ceylon, Oolong, Jasmine Green, English Breakfast Black, Raiboos, it's a great way to efficiently evaluate what is right for you. Also, though not technically a tea, Yerba Mate [Mah-tay] is delicious and hard to mess up. Also, if you can track it down, I've enjoyed several toasted teas. I'm not sure if it's for everyone, as it kind of takes on a tobacco-ey taste on toasting, but it can breath some life into a milder tea. Going for brand names, I usually stay with RedRose, Republic of Tea and Tazo, . . . and personal fave, Ito En. |
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I put that in the Sub-Zero fridge and Viking range category, with a much narrower utility. |
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