Anyone Here Drink Tea?

[Marvolo]

Teapots are inefficient and good novelty items that people pay a lot of money for, but most tea drinkers don't need a tea pot. You can boil your water in an electric water boiler, which boils it faster than a tea pot.

If you want to keep your tea hot and the brew in good condition, get yourself a good sturdy thermal carafe. People use them for coffee, but in Asia and elsewhere, this is what they use to keep their tea piping hot.

Trust me, I know my tea:

I dont want the tea pot for boiling water. Its for steeping the tea leaves. I boil my water using an electric kettle with temp controls.

 

[Midnyte_Sun]

I dont want the tea pot for boiling water. Its for steeping the tea leaves. I have a kettle for boiling water.

You simply drop them straight into the thermal carafe filled with the hot water, no bag required. Teavana and other sites always try to tell you exactly how much you need to put in a bag, or how long to steep, or the exact temperature...it's really nothing like that.

You experiment with the exact amount and you leave the tea leaves in the thermal carafe; You'll learn the exact amount by taste. When you pour it into your cup, you can use a cheap 1 dollar tea strainer if you don't like the leaves mixing in your cup. This also works for black tea or Milk Tea.

 

[Marvolo]

You simply drop them straight into the thermal carafe filled with the hot water, no bag required. Teavana and other sites always try to tell you exactly how much you need to put in a bag, or how long to steep, or the exact temperature...it's really nothing like that.

You experiment with the exact amount and you leave the tea leaves in the thermal carafe; You'll learn the exact amount by taste. When you pour it into your cup, you can use a cheap 1 dollar tea strainer if you don't like the leaves mixing in your cup. This also works for black tea or Milk Tea.

So is a carafe like a kettle or something?

 

[BH/HHH]

I love a good cuppa, having one right now

 

[The Apocalypse]

I've been drinking Yogi tea for the past couple of months. Just the regular green tea, berry and ginger. The ginger tea actually really helped my throat when I was getting over the flu. I sounded like I was going through puberty again, for the day. Had a couple cups of it and the next day my voice was getting back to normal.

I still prefer coffee a lot more though.

 

[Sunshine72]

Can anybody recommend me a good tea to try? I've only had chai, chamomile, and green tea so far, but want to try more.

 

[JJJ's Ulcer]

Can anybody recommend me a good tea to try? I've only had chai, chamomile, and green tea so far, but want to try more.

Oolong, jasmine, peppermint... That's general terms. There's literally thousands of unique, awesome teas out there. I have a great red, spiced tea that I bought in England and it's different from everything I've had before (www.teapigs.co.uk/). You can order tons of great teas online if you can't find them near you.

 

[soundofyousick]

Teapots are inefficient and good novelty items that people pay a lot of money for, but most tea drinkers don't need a tea pot. You can boil your water in an electric water boiler, which boils it faster than a tea pot.

If you want to keep your tea hot and the brew in good condition, get yourself a good sturdy thermal carafe. People use them for coffee, but in Asia and elsewhere, this is what they use to keep their tea piping hot.

Trust me, I know my tea:

That is a very unusual tea you have posted up there, are you taking the piss?


Yeah, i like herbal teas, it's best to get the herbs raw(instead of in pre-prepared teabags), and steep them in a wee closed strainer, you get the health benefits of the herbs that way. The same as how you only get the benefit of vitamins out of fruit, as most of it is lost in manufacturing when you buy it in juice form.

 

[bored]

There is an Asian foods market in Kansas City I visit whenever I go to hang out with my brother, and they have a ginseng green tea I've gotten really fond of.

 

[Piper Maru]

Does anyone here add milk to their tea?

 

[RustyCage]

I'm having a huge glass of Chai with some almond milk mixed into it right now. <3

Goes great with internets.

 

[Marvolo]

Does anyone here add milk to their tea?

On occasion I will add it to black teas exception being earl grey. Never with green tea. Havent tried milk with chai.

 

[JJJ's Ulcer]

Does anyone here add milk to their tea?

Well sure, but it depends on the tea. Some teas practically require milk. Other teas are ruined by it.

 

[Sunshine72]

Oolong, jasmine, peppermint... That's general terms. There's literally thousands of unique, awesome teas out there. I have a great red, spiced tea that I bought in England and it's different from everything I've had before (www.teapigs.co.uk/). You can order tons of great teas online if you can't find them near you.

Those sound like they might be good, I'll give them a try, and also check out that link and see if I want to try a tea or two from there. Thank you.

 

[JJJ's Ulcer]

Those sound like they might be good, I'll give them a try, and also check out that link and see if I want to try a tea or two from there. Thank you.

Also try: http://www.teavana.com/the-teas

Enjoy!

 

[Marvolo]

Anyone tried teavana's earl grey?

 

[Asteroid-Man]

You crazy westerners and your "lemon tea".

 

[Marvolo]

You crazy westerners and your "lemon tea".

Here in the South a glass of ice-cold sweet tea with lemon is amazing on a sweltering 90+ degree day.t:

I even put a slice of lemon in my ice water.

 

[Asteroid-Man]

Here in the South a glass of ice-cold sweet tea with lemon is amazing on a sweltering 90+ degree day.t:

I even put a slice of lemon in my ice water.

You crazy westerners and your "cold tea".

 

[Marvolo]

You crazy westerners and your "cold tea".

Only in the South, tho. Up North they can't do sweet ice tea to save their life.

 

[JJJ's Ulcer]

I like a cold glass of iced, sweet tea once in a while, but it's a totally different experience than sipping a mug of hot green tea. That's what's so great about tea; it's so versatile. Much moreso than coffee.

 

[Midnyte_Sun]

That is a very unusual tea you have posted up there, are you taking the piss?


Yeah, i like herbal teas, it's best to get the herbs raw(instead of in pre-prepared teabags), and steep them in a wee closed strainer, you get the health benefits of the herbs that way. The same as how you only get the benefit of vitamins out of fruit, as most of it is lost in manufacturing when you buy it in juice form.

That's Bon Cha Green tea, utility tea of the world. It's not aromatherapy, its just tea, you drink it, lots of it, and go about your day.

 

[Midnyte_Sun]

I like a cold glass of iced, sweet tea once in a while, but it's a totally different experience than sipping a mug of hot green tea. That's what's so great about tea; it's so versatile. Much moreso than coffee.

Sweet Tea at Mary Mac's Tea Room in Atlanta

 

[Marvolo]

Sweet Tea at Mary Mac's Tea Room in Atlanta

If Im in Atlanta again (Im sure I will be) Im gonna try that place.

 

[Asteroid-Man]

Only in the South, tho. Up North they can't do sweet ice tea to save their life.

I think I need to sit down...