diggin' on tea

I love a good cup of Rosy Lee, it's great. I enjoy Twinings breakfast blend in the day, and calming down with an Earl Gray in the evenings. I was planning on joining this:

http://shop.twinings.co.uk/shop/tea-tasters-club.html

I cannot stand full or semi skimmed milk it has to be fully skimmed or I'd rather go without. Green tea is nice but I personally only like 1 strength rather then 2 or 3 as they can have a 'fishy' aroma and taste, it also works well with jasmin.

Iron Goddess Oolong.

And then I usually ruin it by making it in a cack handed way.

i was just wondering yesterday about mixing teas. herbal teas... like a lemon zinger and a green tea or something. *strokes beard*

i never understood using a teakettle when you have a microwave. maybe it's an english thing?

we have an "electric" kettle, you plug it in, push a button, and it boils the water. but even that's too slow for my impatient ass... no, the microwave is fast and precise. exactly the temperature i want. i'm feeling 1:52 on high today, yes sir

  On 3/9/2011 at 7:47 PM, hahathhat said:

i never understood using a teakettle when you have a microwave. maybe it's an english thing?

 

we have an "electric" kettle, you plug it in, push a button, and it boils the water. but even that's too slow for my impatient ass... no, the microwave is fast and precise. exactly the temperature i want. i'm feeling 1:52 on high today, yes sir

That's so barbaric, when water isn't properly boiled it creates a slight foamy, bubbly surface. I always make sure that I use fresh water, that has reacted a good rolling boil this allows for more oxygen, this is key for a good taste, I then let it settle for a few seconds and proceed to brew. Brew for around 40 seconds depending on what strength and or what tea I am having.

I like mixing my teas chamomile works well with many others.

while you were busy being non-barbaric i got a bunch of work done

At the cost of poor tasting tea! It doesn't take much longer either.

I have a theory that putting in the milk before the tea back has brewed inhibits flavour as the lactose binds to the tea leaves, but that's just a thought.

i don't let wine breathe before drinking it, i use a fork with whatever hand i find convenient at the time, and i prefer the metallic taste of canned V8 over the plastic bottle.

currently drinking this. it's like there's an orgy in my mouth, and all my favorite cartoon characters are invited.

I love all kinds of black & green teas. Earl Grey, PG Tips, Chai, Genmaicha, Jasmine, etc.

Whenever I need to do a ton of work, I brew an ultra strong pot of Jasmine using a ton of leaves, and then drink the whole thing, and it keeps me wide awake the whole night.

  On 3/9/2011 at 7:47 PM, hahathhat said:

i never understood using a teakettle when you have a microwave. maybe it's an english thing?

 

we have an "electric" kettle, you plug it in, push a button, and it boils the water. but even that's too slow for my impatient ass... no, the microwave is fast and precise. exactly the temperature i want. i'm feeling 1:52 on high today, yes sir

nay! you always use a kettle!

that's just the way it's done. TRADITION

  On 3/9/2011 at 10:52 PM, ezkerraldean said:

  On 3/9/2011 at 7:47 PM, hahathhat said:

i never understood using a teakettle when you have a microwave. maybe it's an english thing?

 

we have an "electric" kettle, you plug it in, push a button, and it boils the water. but even that's too slow for my impatient ass... no, the microwave is fast and precise. exactly the temperature i want. i'm feeling 1:52 on high today, yes sir

nay! you always use a kettle!

 

that's just the way it's done. TRADITION

MAN SPEAK TRUFF

microwaved water seems kind if disgusting for some reason

i like the whistling of my kettle

im just amazed people care so much

who the fuck makes tea in a microwave jesus christ

besides anything else it can superheat the water and when you add teabags it'll boil over in a somewhat dangerous way

sometimes when I've microwaved water it's gotten too hot, seemingly hotter than normal boiling water.

im going to go superheat some water in my microwave brb

  On 3/9/2011 at 11:20 PM, nene multiple assgasms said:

sometimes when I've microwaved water it's gotten too hot, seemingly hotter than normal boiling water.

correct

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superheating

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nucleation

you are amazed people have preferences?

welcome to the world

  On 12/2/2010 at 8:52 AM, ZiggomaticV17 said:

Got into Tea myself once I went to this store I thought was gay and nasty called Teavana. Don't remember how I wound up going in there but I tried one of their sample teas and WOW I was amazed. Since then I bought a bad ass expensive tea kettle and several type of teas from them. I quit sodas a couple months back and this made the move so much easier. I even managed to hook my family and a few friend into the Tea Scene , cause here in America tea isn't really that big of a deal.

This is the most bizarrely extreme negative prejudice against/positive reaction to Teavana ever, Teavana being exceedingly innocuous.

  On 3/9/2011 at 8:20 PM, rixxx said:

At the cost of poor tasting tea! It doesn't take much longer either.

 

 

I have a theory that putting in the milk before the tea back has brewed inhibits flavour as the lactose binds to the tea leaves, but that's just a thought.

I 100% agree with this. The milk definitely "puts a stop" to the brewing and you end up with much less flavor.

Also, I like to pour my milk into a little cream pitcher to sit while I'm making the tea to get it to room temp before pouring it in. Don't want it too cool the tea down too fast.

Flavors are fun to experiment with but the go-to teas are PG Tips with milk n sugar or Earl Grey straight up. It's hard to beat the scent of Earl Grey leaves in the tin.

lady grey is the idm of earl grey tea

  On 3/9/2011 at 11:17 PM, hahathhat said:

im just amazed people care so much

yes. boiling tea in a microwave is IDM IMO. I will suggest it for the next most idm thing. I use an electrical kettle though. it's just more convenient and it's just as fast.

Or you can boil it on a woodfire on the edge of the Moroccan desert, with a couple oranges/cinnamon.*put sunglasses on*

I really need some Lapsang souchong right now; it's been way too long.