Tea

[Hagakure]

That's Twining's Everyday tea. Stephen Fry has just done a series on America where he travels in aLondon taxi to every state, it's very good.

Indeed, great show. Wonderful actor/writer/producer/comedic specimen.

I drink tea on a daily basis, green, black, always piping hot, always refreshing. I'm partial to Earl Grey in particular, Yorkshire Tea (although I'm not from the Independent Republic of Yorkshire ) and Assam. I once tried ice tea, and thought it was a crime against humanity.

I'm heartened by the amount of US types embracing civilisation and tea drinking, always rather thought of the US as being a coffee nation. Which, I only drink when there's nothing else around, or when it's made for me.

I bloody love tea. Come to my house, and I'll put the kettle on! We'll drink tea and talk nonsense.

 

[Hagakure]

Harrogate is a great place to visit and it's also situated in the best place in England - Yorkshire. Some folk call Yorkshire "God's Own County" and when you visit it it is easy to see why.

Admittedly, most of those people are FROM Yorkshire. I've never met a Yorkshire lad/lass who wasn't proud of being from there. It's not the same being from the West Midlands.

My relatives are in Sheffield, is that where you're from?

 

[Sukerkin]

Beat me to it, Hagakure :lol:.

My current 'working' tea of choice is Twinings Everyday. That gets me through and is very tolerant of changes in water/kettle/milk et al.

 

[Hagakure]

Beat me to it, Hagakure :lol:.

My current 'working' tea of choice is Twinings Everyday. That gets me through and is very tolerant of changes in water/kettle/milk et al.

Is that with reference to the Yorkshire comment? Or the West Mids? Or both?

 

[Sukerkin]

The Yorkist Divine Origins Oligarchy being largely espoused by Yorkshiremen observation .

 

[Hagakure]

The Yorkist Divine Origins Oligarchy being largely espoused by Yorkshiremen observation .

I shall say nothing....

Seriously though, Yorkshire Tea - "The way tea used to be"....

 

[tellner]

I'm lucky enough to live in a city which embraced craft beverages wholeheartedly from the microbrewing and espresso revolutions to microdistilling and now teahouses.

Unfortunately, it's still hard to find our favorite go-to tea anywhere. That would be African Pride from Tanzania. Most of it ends up in English Breakfast and Irish Breakfast blends. It tastes good. It has sufficient life-giving caffeine. Most of all it doesn't stew. You can brew it strong enough to lift bricks, and it won't turn bitter.

 

[Flying Crane]

wow, just discovered this thread, haven't read all the way thru it, but I also am a big fan of tea.

I used to drink coffee, but finally clued into the fact that it leaves my digestion chronically upset. I still like a cup of coffee, but I try to minimize how much I drink. Instead, I drink tea like there is no tomorrow. When I'm at my desk at work, I've ALWAYS got a cup of tea at hand.

Mostly Irish Breakfast, but also Earl Grey, Oolong, Darjeeling, stuff like that. Black teas are my favorite, I can't quite get excited about green teas and herbal teas.

 

[Hagakure]

Ok guys,

Here's a question.

How do you drink yours...?

For me;

Green tea - as is.
Black (super market) tea - milk, 1 sugar.
Earl Grey - as is.

Cheers,

H

 

[Flying Crane]

for the most part I drink my tea straight up.

Once in a while I will add honey and lemon. I find they gotta go together. Either alone is no good.

 

[Xue Sheng]

Green tea as is and generally Chinese style - meaning with the leaves in the cup and keep adding hot water. However I am drinking Hoji Cha at the moment without the leaves, but hey it's Japanese so I can get away with it.

Oolong - as is

Black tea - well it depends, Irish teas, British teas I add milk all others straight up (as is)

Earl Grey I no longer drink, somewhere along the way I lost the taste for it.

 

[Brian R. VanCise]

Personally I love all kinds of green tea.

 

[morph4me]

Black tea, Green tea, Earl Grey, English Breakfast, Assam, Oolong, Darjeeling, and any other tea I've ever enjoyed - straight up

 

[Bob Hubbard]

Bumping this because I'm drinking tea. That's why.

Also, it's good for you

Been drinking a lot of Puerh lately. Just got in a Numi Puerh tea brick. Kinda cool.

 

[hussaf]

anyone find good macha in the US? What do you think of what Teavana sells (matcha wise)?

 

[Xue Sheng]

Bumping this because I'm drinking tea. That's why.

Also, it's good for you

Been drinking a lot of Puerh lately. Just got in a Numi Puerh tea brick. Kinda cool.

I've been drinking Numi Gun Powder tea and Puerh lately. I did not know they had a brick, I have been missing my brick of Pu erh tea

anyone find good macha in the US? What do you think of what Teavana sells (matcha wise)?

Wouldn't touch it. It is over priced and if you believe the studies I've read, loaded with a lot of non-tea stuff I don't want to drink

 

[hussaf]

About stuff from Teavana? I'm not surprised. I got some matcha from there and it wasn't very good.

 

[ballen0351]

I want to get into tea. I always want to but I don't know enough about it

 

[Xue Sheng]

I want to get into tea. I always want to but I don't know enough about it

Put tea in cup, add boiling water, let steep for about 5 minutes......drink.....that is about all you need

 

[Carol]

I want to get into tea. I always want to but I don't know enough about it

What Xue said. Just add hot water and drink it straight.

Some cultures consider it an insult to add anything (like sugar) to the tea.

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