Tea Drinkers

[Frosted]

I am british, so yeah i drink tea. When i moved here i got into coffee mainly for the reason of convenience. Then last year i went back to England for a week and was staying at my mum's house. Now i'm back into tea. I'm not into gourmet teas at all though. My tea of choice would be PG tips but can't find any locally. Recently i found Tetley "British" blend bags in our local Superwalmart, 80 for less than $3.00. I make mine with milk and maybe 1/2 tsp of sugar.
We also use the british blend to make our ice tea.

Yep - PG is the best tea.

[muddyfunkstar]

Hi, I'm new here, and as another Brit I couldn't resist a thread about tea to make my first post!

My absolute favourite is Sainsbury's Red Label - it has a stronger richer flavour that I really like. (For the non-Brits, Sainsbury is a UK supermarket chain.)

Twinings Assam is also a good strong black tea, and a good alternative to English/Irish Breakfast.

Lapsang Souchong is another black tea worth checking out, it's quite a smoky flavour, and something of an acquired taste, but nice every now and again.

[teeotee]

Hi, I'm new here, and as another Brit I couldn't resist a thread about tea to make my first post!

My absolute favourite is Sainsbury's Red Label - it has a stronger richer flavour that I really like. (For the non-Brits, Sainsbury is a UK supermarket chain.)

Twinings Assam is also a good strong black tea, and a good alternative to English/Irish Breakfast.

Lapsang Souchong is another black tea worth checking out, it's quite a smoky flavour, and something of an acquired taste, but nice every now and again.

Hi ya Muddy - i wish i could get sainsbury's here. I remember that being a good tea. That's what my mum had when i visited last year. I am really restricted on tea choices here, well good tea anyway. I can get twinings but it's not exactly cheap and when i drink about 6 - 7 cups of tea a day that's not really an option. PG, Yorkshire Gold and a few other brands are available to order online but at a very inflated price, every now and then i will treat myself to a box of pyramids. Mostly though the tetley works as a good everyday tea.

I may have to pick up some of that Twinings Assam tonight since i am shopping later.

[ratcheer]

I also like tea but have not gone gourmet about it. As a Southerner, I always enjoy goof fresh-brewed iced tea (with lemon and sugar. When I want hot tea, it is almost always regular black or orange pekoe, occasionally it is fresh-brewed green tea.

Tim

[MGX]

I do have the second the twinings assam. Around here it seems only available as loose leaf, which isn't bad but the particles are quite small so a large kettle is needed so they fall to the bottom before pouring. Using a tea strainer (tea ball/whatever) always mucks up the flavor IMO. The lapsang souchong is another really nice tea with a little milk but some complain it tastes of firewood.

[daruckis]

i thoroughly hate people who put milk in tea. why would you do that? what is wrong with you? im a total tea snob though. i mostly like earl grey and jasmine oolong teas. irish and english breakfast are both good. genmai cha is too mealy. white blueberry is probably my number 1 tea though. i also drink iced tea, like a lot of iced tea. used to just be sweet tea, now im drinking more iced greens and unsweetened. i dont know why but ive always like sweet iced tea and unsweetened hot tea. im trying to get away from sweeteners though.

[muddyfunkstar]

Another good tea that's recently become popular in the UK is African rooibos (pronounced roy-boss, or Anglicised to Red Bush). It's naturally caffeine free, full of anti-oxidants and a really refreshing, slightly sweet brew. It's good hot or chilled. My preference is hot with a little honey.

Because it's caffeine-free I give it to my toddler in her doidy cup, and she gets all excited because she gets to have a cup of tea like Mummy and Daddy.

[lxskllr]

Another good tea that's recently become popular in the UK is African rooibos (pronounced roy-boss, or Anglicised to Red Bush). It's naturally caffeine free, full of anti-oxidants and a really refreshing, slightly sweet brew. It's good hot or chilled. My preference is hot with a little honey.

Because it's caffeine-free I give it to my toddler in her doidy cup, and she gets all excited because she gets to have a cup of tea like Mummy and Daddy.

I like that too. It has a peculiar smoky flavor I enjoy, or the brand I have does anyway. I prefer honeybush to rooibos though.

[muddyfunkstar]

I like that too. It has a peculiar smoky flavor I enjoy, or the brand I have does anyway. I prefer honeybush to rooibos though.

Never heard of honeybush, I'll keep an eye out for it.

[lxskllr]

Never heard of honeybush, I'll keep an eye out for it.

It's similar to rooibos, but minus the smoke. It has an earthy, kind of dark flavor, with just a hint of sweetness. I believe it's from Africa also.

[deadohsky]

Wasn't expecting this many tea drinkers here, awesome. I will have to come back and check out the suggestions when i have some spare money. A few brands mentioned (Twinings and Celestial Seasonings) are the two most recent ones i bought as they were they 'top shelf' of the local grocery. I really do enjoy the Twinings Earl Gray and will probably order some of the loose leaf from amazon as i start expoloring 'better' teas.

One thing that i love about tea (and coffee) is that there are a ton of varieties and 'subculture' that goes along with both.

[NonServiam]

My wife recently bought one of those Keulig coffee makers where you put the little cup into the brewer and it makes a single cup. I thought to myself, I need one of those for tea. I usually just drink Cain's iced tea, but I've been meaning to get into "real" tea.

I was really happy when she said that her Keulig could do tea as well, and it came with an Earl Gray. It was pretty good stuff. Now I just need to go online and order me some tea. Luckily this thread came around because it gave me some ideas on what to buy.

[sgreger1]

Chai baby.

[Snussles]

I think by this point my blood most likely has been replaced be tea. Have been a daily drinker for most of my life, even before I started drinking coffee. Any flavor, brand, country of growth, etc. I drink 'em all. I am not too snobby about it, don't mind either a regular Lipton or a teashop quality brew.

[daruckis]

loose leaf really is the way to go. i would do teabags in a pinch, but the shit in the teabags is like the worst parts left over from loose leaf tea.