Tea time!

QueenQuinzel · November 2014

Tea drinkers unite! This is a little specific for what I hope will be a flourishing thread, but I thought we could gather here to share our favorite teas. I learned of a new tea through this forum, so I thought this thread might be welcome here.

I'll start.

-Suggested to me on this forum was white rose tea, which is white tea with rose buds. It has a light, minty taste, and it's refreshing.
-Seven blossoms tea. Presumably a Mexican tea consisting of seven different flowers, this one has a grassy taste (and will probably be an acquired taste) and is apparently known for its relaxing effect.
-Bramblewine is an organic tea that mixes berries and green tea. I have yet to taste it, but it smells mesmerizing.
-Green needle tea is a green tea that I tried a long time ago from Adagio Teas. I can't seem to find it now, but it's memorable to me for the fact that it basically tastes like nature-in-a-cup.

Elrandir · November 2014

I have four that I drink frequently. (once a week or so. I don't drink too terribly much tea, despite enjoying it greatly)

-The first is one that Quinzel's already mentioned, mainly because I'm the one who recommended it. It's the White Rose Tea from Numi.

The next three are all from Harney & Sons, which is sold at where I work. (A Barnes & Nobles cafe)

-The first is a Hot Cinnamon Spice, which I drink predominantly when I have a sore throat. Excellent with extra cinnamon. It's a black tea, and apart from the three types of cinnamon, it also has orange peel and sweet cloves in it.

-Next up is my favorite tea to get at work, a rooibos tea called African Autumn. It has cranberry and orange in it and has a delightful flavour.

-Finally we have one that I get less frequently, the Peppermint Herbal tea. Obviously enough, it tastes like peppermint. I don't drink this often, but sometimes I crave a lightly sweetened peppermint tea.

Apart from those four, I don't drink too much tea, though over the years I've tried a variety. Generally any fruity herbal tea is a big hit with me.

Kamigoroshi · November 2014

Funny fact: I *only* drink tea. Neither coffee, soft drinks, mineral water, or fruit juices does it for me.

Personally I prefer teas with somewhat heavier tastes: black tea, green tea, oolong tea and yellow tea are amongst my favourites. But I also do enjoy various herb and flower teas such as rose hip tea, fennel tea, ginger tea or some spicy chili tea.

Not a fan of white tea and similar teas with weak aroma though. To me, they taste like hot water...

old_jolly2 · November 2014

Tea > Coffee > Alcohol = 0

wubble · November 2014

I just prefer normal tea but two of my flatmates are very into other types, still this is a awesome thread idea (not quite as awesome as the beer thread though XD).
I fancy a brew now...

Put kettle on!

QueenQuinzel · December 2014

So many great suggestions already.

@Kamigoroshi‌, yellow tea? I'll have to look into this.

elminster · December 2014

I like black currant tea.

Squire · December 2014

Earl Grey, or normal black tea.

@Kamigoroshi‌ I also don't drink coffee...I just can't acquire the taste of it. Although I do drink fruit juice.

CrevsDaak · December 2014

I only and very rarely drink Earl Grey tea, without milk and very strong.

JuliusBorisov · December 2014

Just plain simple japanese sencha for me. Only tea leaves and water

Djimmy · December 2014

I like this one. I prefer to drink it cold and in summer without adding sugar or honey.

http://en.teekanne.at/zenchai.php

QueenQuinzel · December 2014

I also thought I'd mention English breakfast tea. It's a pretty common one, to my understanding, but I find its taste remarkable. It just has the right balance of all segments of the flavor. Nothing's too overpowering.

wubble · December 2014

QueenQuinzel said:
I also thought I'd mention English breakfast tea. It's a pretty common one, to my understanding, but I find its taste remarkable. It just has the right balance of all segments of the flavor. Nothing's too overpowering.

To those of us that reside in the UK and don't have experience of different types of tea(or simply don't spend time in american chain coffee shops) the aforementioned variant of tea will simply be known as "tea" (not to be confused with the supper tea), sometimes referred to as a "brew". Now obviously we're disgusted that anybody could ever have different names for anything else. Damn *insert foreigners here*! corrupting our language *random barely coherent grumbling*.

jackjack · December 2014

Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.

Daralon87 · December 2014

I always drinks with Jägertee (Austrian = Jagatee), so comparative this with the Samurai named @bengoshi‌ goes to be an "drunken Master" if he drinks too.

Index
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jagertee

meagloth · December 2014

I order tea from here. http://www.seattleteacup.com Usually Earl grey and aristocrat blend for black tea, dragonwell or gunpowder for green tea, and immunitea or eucomint for herbal.

wubble · December 2014

my mum bought me a big box of yorkshire tea before i went to uni

Anduin · December 2014

@Wubble I think we are going to be the only true tea bellies here.

Great Britain.

Once, along with Ireland, drank milk by the barrel full. It was safer to drink than the water... Plus the other safe drink... Ale, was looked down upon by the puritans. Then a ship came from China carrying the sacred tea leaf... But flavoured water was not going to be sold to the masses. So the first milkshake was made. That it was hot and tea flavoured is of no consequence!

The new world brought the coffee bean.

But Blighty stayed true to its indian colonies! Even if those irksome noisemakers at the Boston Tea Party did not and abandoned the sacred tea leaf for the home grown coffee bean...

Soooo... You who do not drink tea with milk. NOOOOOOOO! Tea should be a warm golden brown. Never green! A green cup of tea means you have not used boiling water!

*Anduin starts swinging the china teapot in a zealous manner*

And we invented the Hob Nob! The only biscuit to be able to survive multiple dunkings in a cuppa without dying a limp biscuit death! Take you biscottis and eat them dry Europe!

*Anduin starts devouring custard creams, malt milks and pink wafers in a nationalistic biscuit and tea fervour... begins to choke*

*cough*

Sorry... lost my train of thought... Love a cuppa me! PG tips, inventors of the pyramidal bag are my favourite for obvious reasons.

iKrivetko · December 2014

I don't drink tea that much lately, but I love a cuppa, earl grey being my all-time favourite.

Anduin · December 2014

old_jolly2 said:
Tea > Coffee > Alcohol = 0

A Whisky Tea is a famous pick me up... Although nowadays deeply frowned upon. My old headteacher was very fond of them. Seemed to have one every time my mates and I turned up in his office...

Anduin · December 2014

Peter Kay on Tea and Biscuits... This is a PG (Dorn says worse in game, but still seems fair to warn first). Some mild swearing at the horrors that biscuits can bring to the to the tea tray...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSWzBnt0dlc

Tea time!

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