Tea

Shelli · #1 12-05-2006, 01:54 AM

My all time favorite tea is oolong tea. Delicious! :caffeine:

When I'm in the mood for something rich, Celestial Seasonings, Chocolate Caramel Enchantment is soooo good. :^^

I also like chai, green, white, and ginger teas. :coffeemug:

Today, for the first time, I bought and tried Twinings, Ceylon Tea and I love it. I don't think it'll replace oolong tea as my staple though. :nope:

What's your favorite tea(s)? :ffsmile:

godfry n. glad · #2 12-05-2006, 02:07 AM

Cannabis!

Dingfod · #3 12-05-2006, 02:43 AM

Tetley orange pekoe and black tea blend.

ms_ann_thrope · #4 12-05-2006, 03:23 AM

livius drusus · #5 12-05-2006, 03:28 AM

I like green tea and white tea, although to tell the truth I'd just as soon have herbal teas, like rooibos with vanilla beans or wee dessicated peach chunks.

lisarea · #6 12-05-2006, 05:37 AM

I like puerh the best overall, but I also like just about every other kind, too.

I don't know the name of the brand I usually drink, because all the writing is in Chinese.

Dingfod · #7 12-05-2006, 05:47 AM

Eliteaist.

Julie · #8 12-05-2006, 05:58 AM

Red Rose tea or Tetley orange pekoe if I'm just going for a quick cup of tea.

If I want something stronger I have some amazing black tea that I get locally, but i can't tell you anything about it cause its all written in some Indian language....I'm sure if I asked at the store the nice ladies there would try and tell me...but they don't speak English either.

I also have some great loose leaf blends from a place called The Jammery that makes and sells the most amazing Jalapeño jellies...cranberry, pineapple and lime...all perfect to go on a ham for baking!

fragment · #9 12-05-2006, 10:38 PM

I'm only an occasional tea drinker, but it would normally be Earl Gray. A good quality Chai goes down nicely too.

I was amazed to discover the different variants on tea in different countries. I've drunk:
- iced lemon green tea in Taiwan, very refreshing in the tropical heat
- countless little shot-size cups of milky, sweet and spicy chai on train rides in India
- salted tea in the Himalayas, which was surprisingly good, but more like soup than a nice cuppa. I passed on the yak butter, but did add some of the toasted barley flour.
- mint tea in Morocco, that's finely pwdered green tea and a whole frigging branch of a mint bush in the pot. Lots of sugar too.
- strong, sweet black tea in Turkey, which every carpet merchant is eager to offer

Dammit, I'm going to make a cup of chai right now!

Shelli · #10 12-05-2006, 11:42 PM

Wow, fragment! What a terrific variety of teas you've tried. :thumbup:

livius drusus · #11 12-05-2006, 11:43 PM

Mmmm... That Moroccan mint tea sounds scrumptious, fragment.

Anastasia Beaverhausen · #12 12-06-2006, 12:20 AM

I have, currently at my disposal:

Oolong tea
Hibiscus spice
Jasmine
Orange spice
Vanilla chai
Earl Grey

But sweet tea with some lemon or orange.. *sigh*

Shelli · #13 12-06-2006, 12:42 AM

Oooh.. orange spice.. I forgot that one. Yum! :samovar:

I have jasmine tea and I love the smell of it, but I'm not so hot on the taste. :meh:

I do NOT like Earl Grey. :nuhuh:

Miss Shelby · #14 12-06-2006, 01:35 AM

I like all kinds of tea, but the black and bitter one's are my favorite. Definitley unsweetned.

Javaman · #15 12-06-2006, 02:05 AM

Wow, no votes for darjeeling yet? It's my fave. Very delicate -- maybe too delicate for some tastes, though.

Corona688 · #16 12-06-2006, 06:56 AM

Despite my sister trying for years to get me to like it, I don't drink tea. When I was little, I used to drink herbal tea at grandma's. Which I now know, thanks to my sisters tea-itis, that it wasn't really tea at all since tea comes from tea leaves, not herb leaves.

Shelli · #17 12-06-2006, 11:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Javaman

Wow, no votes for darjeeling yet? It's my fave. Very delicate -- maybe too delicate for some tastes, though.

I've seen it but never tried it. That'll be my next tea taste though. :=)

Javaman · #18 12-06-2006, 11:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Shelli

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Originally Posted by Javaman

Wow, no votes for darjeeling yet? It's my fave. Very delicate -- maybe too delicate for some tastes, though.

I've seen it but never tried it. That'll be my next tea taste though. :=)

Very good. Report your findings as soon as possible or it'll be the Comfy Chair for you!

Or whenever.

Miisa · #19 12-06-2006, 11:42 AM

Im a a tea philistine. No loose teas or flavoured stuff for me, thanks. It's the English industrial-sized and -strength (black) tea bags all the way (PGTips, Barry's, Tetley...).

Javaman · #20 12-06-2006, 11:56 AM

I'm partial to Yorkshire Gold brand, myself but it's hard to get here.

Edit: Linky and to add that it appears amazon sells it! Weird.

Shelli · #21 12-06-2006, 01:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Javaman

QUOTE]Very good. Report your findings as soon as possible or it'll be the Comfy Chair for you!

erm.. that's not much of an incentive. Why wouldn't I want to be in the comfy chair? :wriggle:

This coming Sunday when I go :cart:

, I intend to pick some up. :didi:

ceptimus · #22 12-06-2006, 01:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Miisa

Im a a tea philistine. No loose teas or flavoured stuff for me, thanks. It's the English industrial-sized and -strength (black) tea bags all the way (PGTips, Barry's, Tetley...).

livius drusus · #23 12-06-2006, 01:53 PM

I read that even the bag tea producers are looking to jump on the loose tea bandwagon and start using actual tea leaves instead of the remnants they've been using since post-war malaise set in.

I'll see if I can find that article.

Leesifer · #24 12-06-2006, 02:04 PM

Fruit teas for me. I don't like the normal stuff. :bleh:

My current favourite is echinacea and raspberry.

Javaman · #25 12-06-2006, 11:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Shelli

Why wouldn't I want to be in the comfy chair? :wriggle:

Oh, I see you're not as geeky as some of us. It's from Monty Python's 'Spanish Inquisition' skit:

Spanish Inquisition