Tea; Whats your fave, how do you make it...

[Lionheart]

Hey all,

For tea drinkers; what is your fave tea? How do you usually fix it? In the cup? In the kettle? What do you like to put in it?


My fave tea; Uncle Lee's Green Tea 'Jasmine' (great stuff)

New tea I am trying; Guayaki Yerba Mate (has a strange flavor, but famous in the health food sector)

Creation: Fill the coffee maker up with water, drop in 6 bags of Jasmine, maybe 1 or 2 Guayaki bags as well. Lasts a few hours. No additives with it.

Curious to see how others have theirs.....


Bill

[Matt Wynn]

usually Earl Grey or Darjeeling for me, although assam isn't bad... preperation: Drop single tea bag in a mug, add 2 sugars , add boiling water let brew for 3-4mins, add milk, remove tea bag and enjoy... (the 2 sugars makes it a NATO.... oh and don't let the NAAFI do it for you.... unless you like luke warm weak stuff), or for a twist, go with the earl grey, same procedure as above and add a capfull of Scotch... great for a cold morning... really kickstarts the system...

another favourite tea of mine is called Liptons, comes in Peach or Lemon flavour bottled, and is served cold with ice < THAT is my favourite tea...

gonna have to try yours though Bill, sounds quite nice...

[guzler]

Lol, off topic somewhat !!!!

I like mine with coffee !

[grunau_baby]

Currently it´s green tea, but only high quality japanese. Cheap green tea is a pure disgrace IMHO!

My fav. is Kabusecha Tenko.

Preparation:
You have to wait some time for the boiled water to cool down to araund 60°-70°. And don´t let the tea in the water any longer than 60 sek. You can use the same leaves for two further infusions, it get´s a little softer in taste then.

Superb stuff!!! Highly recomended for "hardcore-green-tea-lovers" you´ll find here:
http://prostores4.megawebservers.com...%2C/Detail.bok

Regards
Alex

PS: Personally I am a coffee-nut, too. Need both tea (strong assam in the morning) and loads of coffee to make my day

[jetstreamsky]

Straight forward 'proper' tea like English Morning Breakfast, NATO Standard. All day, every day :salute:

Fresh water always boiled, straight in to a mug with the bag, stir it around a few times to get enough flavour and a good colour without stewing it, then remove the bag and add Milk and sugar.

Perfection

[Slund]

Vanilla Rooibos tea is my new favorite, I'm still trying different brands but haven't found one I disliked. If you enjoy tea and haven't tried Rooibos tea your in for a treat.

[txnetcop]

Lipton Tuscan Lemon....love it. I never was much a tea drinker until introduced to it by my Virginia wife. A very nice habit around 2:00 in the afternoon. I believe our British friends had something there.
Ted
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[MudMarine]

Tea, Earl Gray, hot. Just like John Luck Picards!!

[Lionheart]

Tea, Earl Gray, hot. Just like John Luck Picards!!

LOLOLOL.... Love that, when he would have his tea made, lolol.. Good one Tim.



Man, some really great ways of having Tea. I didnt know there was so many ways. I know there is alot of tea out there.

Alex, sounds like you have it down to an engineered science. I too like to reuse the tea bags and add a fresh one as well.


I must admit I am also a coffee-aholic and have to have my morning doses or the day isnt complete... On that 'off topic', I mix a scoop and a half of Walmart decaf and half a scoop of good, french roasted Espresso custom. I cant take alot of caffiene, but I can sure take alot of tea...


Bill

[grunau_baby]

Alex, sounds like you have it down to an engineered science

I am too sloppy for making a science out of anything realy:redf: Just discoved greentea rather late - always prefered solid strong black teas - and figured my way through it. Don´t use any thermometer for the temp or stopwatch for the infusion or anything, just pure feeling! If it tasts good it sure is good!

Alex

[kilo delta]

Lyons Gold Blend... http://www.amazon.com/Lyons-Gold-Lab.../dp/B000FAB4GE

2 or 3 bags in a teapot, pour in boiling water and let it sit for a few minutes. Pour into mug and small amount of milk, no sugar ...couple of biscuits.....sorted!

[MudMarine]

Bill, usually when I stand in front of my replicator every morning I order "coffee black, hot". I don't report to the bridge until I have my coffee and I've kicked Dr. Crusher out of my quarters. I'm not worried because Number One has everything under control.

[huub vink]

My favourite cup of tea is actually coffee . I normally drink instant coffee as other persons in this house normally drink "green tea". On the rare occasion I drink tea I drink ordinary black tea (Pickwick - English melange).

Cheers,
Huub

[Odie]

Iced Lipton tea preferably aged at least 4-5 days in the fridge and served with fried catfish and hush puppies.

[luckydog]

Arizona outa the bottle...............

[cheezyflier]

while you folks are drinking your tea, i'll have some hot chocolate with 3 drops of orange extract, or 1 drop of mint

[Naismith]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgzEBLa3PPk

Search YT for the PG Tips Chimps, classic stuff, a reasonable blended tea, but classic chimps.

[oakfloor]

Temple of heaven, china green tea. "special gun powder"

[GT182]

Tetley Tea..... strong, hot, or iced and on the rocks. But, straight up ONLY. The way tea was meant to be. :d

[PRB]

Marines don't drink tea. Sorry Mud, you have to turn in your USMC card, LOLOLOLOL. I like iced tea. With some lemon. In the morning it's coffee. Black. Hot.

[6297J]

I'm another coffee drinker (I've just come back from two weeks in the US - sorry guys but what you drink is not coffee, it's just brown water and you should be ashamed ) but I also like a strong cup of Lapsang souchong from time to time.

[Bjoern]

Boil up water, pour it into a kettle, drop in some tea bags, wait a few minutes and done?

I like peppermint.

[Dain Arns]

Iced Lipton tea preferably aged at least 4-5 days in the fridge and served with fried catfish and hush puppies.

Ditto, sans the fish. I'll never turn away a hush puppy though.
I drink iced tea with lemon by the gallons.

[Navy Chief]

I used to buy from a company online called Specialty Teas:

http://www.specialteas.com/

But haven't done so in a while. But they carry some very delicious green teas...

NC

[rpjkw]

Red Rose tea. A little hard to find, but so worth the effort. Smooth, never bitter. I prefer boiling water in a whistling tea kettle, then letting the bag steep for a moment or two. Makes excellent iced tea, too.

Bob




Think I'll go brew some hot tea now.