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Brittany2907
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21 May 2008, 11:26 am

I used to drink Earl Grey tea until I became vegan....I think soy milk in tea is disgusting, and theres no way i'm drinking it without milk.

I've never developed a like for herbal teas, even though i've tried to do so.

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21 May 2008, 2:50 pm

You know, we have to be careful with this thread...too much tea talk, and soon, scientists will be saying it causes autism @_@

Chibi_Neko wrote:

I completely forgot about Iced tea! That stuff rocks!

That's the only way I'll drink it. Anything hot burns my tongue too easily, and then I won't be able to taste anything all day =/

BenYoung wrote:

So whats the best way to prepare tea?

I want to try Alton Brown's method.

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21 May 2008, 3:37 pm

SabbraCadabra wrote:

BenYoung wrote:

So whats the best way to prepare tea?

I want to try Alton Brown's method.

Its fairly straightforward:

4 heaping teaspoons loose tea
4 cups water

Place loose tea leaves into a warmed tea kettle. Pour heated water over loose tea leaves. Let steep. Strain tea and serve.
*Note: For Oolong and Green tea, water should simmer at 200 degrees F. and 180 degrees F.
*For Irish and English tea bring water to a full boil.
*Black tea should soak for 3 to 5 minutes. Oolong tea should soak for 4 to 7 minutes. Green Tea should soak for 2 to 3 minutes.

(from http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/recipes/recipe/0,1977,FOOD_9936_16494,00.html)

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22 May 2008, 9:16 am

i really like green and white tea. i got some loose leaf white tea recently and really liked it. i enjoy black tea as well but don't drink it as often.

as for which i prefer, i think i like tea more than coffee but sometimes a really good cup of coffee is what i really want rather than tea. i don't drink either very often because i don't want a caffeine addiction.

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22 May 2008, 10:21 pm

autisticstar wrote:

My favorite teas are Earl Grey, English Breakfast Tea, and Jasmin tea. Does anyone else here like tea a lot more than coffee? What are your favorite kinds of tea?

I have been quite enjoying mango green tea this week. I also like strawberry tea, chai tea and chocolate mint tea. I found a really nice tea that was very relaxing (it had mint, cinnamon and a few other things in it) but I haven't had a cup since I had laryngitis this spring (it hurt too much to drink this particular blend on a raw throat :cry:

and I just can't make myself have a cup quite yet).

One tea I didn't like was a blend I found called "kyoto cherry rose" tea. I like rose tea, but with the cherry (I think actual bits of cherry tree, actually) in it, it made it too ... dry, if that makes any sense at all. It was still a neat name for a tea, though, LOL!

I like certain teas better than coffee, but at work, I tend to go for the coffee, because I don't have the time to brew a proper cup of tea.

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22 May 2008, 11:18 pm

Jasmine tea.

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23 May 2008, 12:35 am

I drink lot of green Gun Powder tea or Jasmine tea, I am not a big diet pop drinker

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23 May 2008, 5:14 pm

I like peppermint tea best,although I'm also a coffee drinker.

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23 May 2008, 6:32 pm

I had cottage cheese and cherry tomatoes for my tea. On some bread.

Wait, that was what you wanted to know, right?

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24 May 2008, 6:46 pm

Tequila wrote:

I had cottage cheese and cherry tomatoes for my tea. On some bread.

Wait, that was what you wanted to know, right?

Ah yes,I remember the days when what is now known as 'lunch' was called 'dinner' in
some parts and what is now 'dinner' was called 'tea'. Kids playing football in the street and
being disappointed they had to stop when the call came "Come in,yer tea's oot ! "

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28 May 2008, 2:56 pm

spudnik wrote:

I drink lot of green Gun Powder tea or Jasmine tea, I am not a big diet pop drinker

I seldom drink soda pop anymore. I switched to unsweetened iced teas to replace snack drinks, as I call them. But now I can't even drink the kind you get in the store because they all add citric acid and I find it burns my throat. I sometimes brew up a large batch of tea in the morning and put it in a thermos to enjoy at work and school.

I like Gun Powder, but it is tempermental and does not react well to overbrewing or using too hot of water. I tend to forget I started my tea and typically come back 10-15 minutes later to a powerfully stringent pot.
I have had good and bad Jasmine. Not enough practice with that one to reliably make it well.

A really good summer time drink is barley tea. You usually drink it chilled just like iced tea. It reminds me of the good tastes of beer without the nasty taste.

I also remember making sun tea when I was little. I can't remember the exact method, but I think it was like a handful of orange pekoe tea bags in a large, closed glass jar left to brew sitting in the sun until it was dark and warm. It was best after sitting a whole day outside.

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28 May 2008, 3:03 pm

I'm a spearmint tea lover. It is my favorite, although I like several different flavors.

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28 May 2008, 3:09 pm

Black tea - Ceylon (Sri Lanka) or Assam

The huge, whole leaves, not the finely minced ones

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28 May 2008, 3:25 pm

kclark wrote:

The secret to good Gun powder tea is to not use boiling water, it has to be just below boiling or it gets to stringent, but I still like it that way too, with the green teas you need the water to be below boiling since the biofavinoids are damaged by boiling water. I havent heard of Barley tea, but I seem to remember my mom making some drink with it as a child, how do you make barley tea.

CityAsylum wrote:

Black tea - Ceylon (Sri Lanka) or Assam Very Happy

The huge, whole leaves, not the finely minced ones

I remember the black whole tea leaves, that were sold in a foil bricks here in Canada, it made great tea, alot of it was sold in the north and was drank with condensed milk, which kind of tastes weird, but it was the only way to have milk up north

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30 May 2008, 3:48 pm

spudnik wrote:

That makes a lot of sense. I was making really good gunpowder until we got a new kettle. Now I have a hard time telling when the water is the right temp, used to use the sound of the kettle to tell exactly when it was ready. The new kettle sounds completely different.
My brother can't drink the gunpowder when I make it, but that just means more for me! I will say that really stringent tea in the morning on an empty stomach is just asking for trouble.

The barley tea is just roasted barley grains, sometimes ground up. So it isn't technically tea, but a tisane. I got it in large (like 4 times the normal size) tea bags from a Japanese food store. It is called mugicha in Japanese.

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30 May 2008, 4:01 pm

Why i no longer drink tea:

Green Tea - A Cup full of Contaminants

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