Tea Drinkers

[lxskllr]

I'm currently drinking a pot of Thompson's Irish Breakfast tea. They're some outfit from N. Ireland. It's pretty good. Twinings Irish Breakfast was always a favorite of mine. I got this stuff from BigLots at a pretty good price, and I'm happy with it.

[Bigblue1]

Two leave and a bud is awesome bagged tea. The bag is some sorta mesh and not paper, it has really impressed me...

[bill77.017]

Yeah, i drink tea. I only use teabags though, not loose, with milk and sugar. Here in Ireland the most popular tea i think would be Lyon,s or Barrys.

[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.

[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.

[sgreger1]

Chai baby.

[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.

[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.

[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.

[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]

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]

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.

[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.

[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.

[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