Favorite Tea?

[PomonaCA]

And no, you're not racist if you vote for white.

[Silcc69]

Tea Part because the only thing Sarah Palin is good for is spreading her legs open.

[rockabilly]

I'll play it safe and vote black. lol

But i do like green as well.

[anaxander]

Green ftw! Actually, hibiscus.

[renoned]

I voted White and Green
IMHO a lot more mellow as far as the caffeine buzz goes, but get's you goin all the same.
Bulk is the way to go. I'm currently doing gunpowder green, and lose white.

[stillies77]

Green Tea is the one for me

[Jericho]

PG Tips! :shrug

[dc_guy_75]

I find white tea doesn't really taste like anything and oolong smells like dirty socks.

For me, I like the ritualistic tea drinking in west africa, black tea mixed with lots of sugar, usually drunk from a dirty glass cup about twice the size of a shot glass. Three servings is the norm.

[Jack59]

I prefer Irish Breakfast, a black tea.

[DL_NL]

A mixture of English Breakfast and Earl Grey, quite strong and with a little milk and sugar please.

[seamonkey]

Black tea for me, though sometimes an oolong is nice. Lightly steeped. Iced tea (nonsweetwened) is my soft drink. There are a few high quality Chinese green teas that are good, too, but generally green teas taste like lawn clippings to me. I get my teas from an importer. Americans are just (barely) waking up to the joys of fine tea, though I have been a connoisseur for many years. In the US people usually get the bagged stuff that is basically the floor sweepings, rather than the better parts of the leaf.

Did you all know that caffeine gives the bitter taste to tea and coffee? And that one's threshold for tasting this is genetic. People tend to be tasters or non-tasters, though it runs across a spectrum. Tasters, like me, prefer cream and/or sugar in coffee and tea, or lighter blends and brews. I prefer tea without anything added, but very lightly steeped. Non-tasters tend to like black coffee or heavily steeped tea because they don't taste the bitterness. As a taster, I really never liked the trend toward strong, dark roasts of coffee (Starbucks). I like traditional, smooth restaurant coffee. But I love tea best of all.

Developing a taste for fine tea is like becoming a wine lover--there are so many types, grades, and sources.

Perhaps many do not know the origins of tea? Except for herbal "tea" (meaning "infusion"), all teas are the same plant, that originated in China, and spread throughout the world via trade. White, green, oolong & black teas are the same plant but the difference is in how much oxidation is allowed to occur after harvesting. If you want to try the really heavy stuff, try a pu-erh tea from China. These are buried and allowed to ferment in the ground for some length of time.

Orange pekoe does not refer to a flavor, rather, to the way the tea leaf is cut and processed. Like brandy, teas are assigned letters that designate the cut: OP = orange pekoe (full leaf), and others.

I buy my teas from this site, which has a lot of great info about tea: http://www.uptontea.com. You can also buy small sampler packs.

[mbf]

Drink tea only when I am sick. And then, it's usually some herbs.

[Caff_Racer]

PG Tips! :shrug

Oh aye, and Tetley too!

[RedDevil81]

PG Tips! :shrug

The monkey's favourite.

[Caff_Racer]

The monkey's favourite.

The name's Bond.... Brooke Bond! :lol:

[Anubis1779]

Sweet Dreams by Bigelow, it's a mixture of chamomile and peppermint and deliciousness!

[renoned]

kombucha!
im addicted.. i drink a bottle everyday!

I've been meaning to try that stuff, but it kinda gives me the heebee jeebees.:confused:

[south ov da border]

Earl Grey...

[snacks35]

Marijuana...the best tea on earth!

[GroobySteven]

PG Tips! :shrug

You cheeky chimp!

[GroobySteven]

First pot of the day : PG Tips.
Mid-Morning : Yorkshire Tea
Late Afternoon : Green or Gen Maicha or maybe Earl Gray depending on mood.

Usually 3 pots minimum a day.

I even have a tea pot made for me!
http://www.emmabridgewater.co.uk/content/ebiz/eb/invt/bwbr105/black-toast-gallon-teapot-medium.jpg

[Paladin]

Earl Grey or Blackcurrant for me thank you.

[Prospero]

Coffee, coffee, coffee, coffee, coffee.... Après lunch Yorkshire tea or decaf coffee. Evening wine or perhaps jasmine tea

[danthepoetman]

I love cofee but it's depriving me of most sleep. I have a middle size tea (500ml) pot of gunpowder green tea every morning and I abstain for the rest of the day.

[robertlouis]

Taylors of Harrogate Darjeeling tea

[bluesoul]

coffee & a cigar

http://coffeenomad.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/coffee-cup-cigar-smoke-450x337.jpg

[drongo]

Dragon Moon tea.

[C. Saw]

Earl Grey, hot...
engage...

[fab]

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[Falrune]

Green tea - great alone or for ochasuke.

[Willie Escalade]

Joanna Jet was supposed to bring me some of her favorite tea when she visited...I'm still waiting lol!

Seriously though, I like black and green...lightly sweetened. No iced tea for me!

[Prospero]

When I DO drink tea - see my earlier post - I do sometimes like flavoured teas. There is a teashop in Paris that is the only place i know that serves a rather lovely coconut tea. But i usually yield to the temptation there of a place called the Lys d'argent on the Ile St louis which has the best hot chocolate in the world. I don't usually give it's name out. it is tiny.

[danthepoetman]

I enjoy Chai tea, from time to time. It is quite heavily spiced to my taste, usually, but I like it as a little special. lol