Tea Thread (Currently Drinking)

I bought loose Georgian (the country, not the US state) black tea today. Quite good. 

You'd already be suffering type 2 diabetes if you drank the American kind.

US tea has sugar in it? I've never tried any tea from US.

  On 1/20/2017 at 8:09 PM, Redruth said:

palpitation strength jasmine 

again

  On 1/20/2017 at 10:00 PM, Bulk VanderHooj said:

^ They sell it on Amazon.co.uk! I might have to give it a try.

Go to www.dorsettea.co.uk buy direct from them and save money

  On 1/21/2017 at 10:34 PM, mokz said:

US tea has sugar in it? I've never tried any tea from US.

bought a bodum teapot that looks similar to this:

next step is to buy glass teacups 

ooh lush!

let's see what others in this thread choose as receptacles. Do you go full on aesthetic or bogstandard/whatever?

I used to use this mug at work

One of those handleless japanese cups which are neat because as soon as it's cool enough to pick up it's cool enough to drink.

Alas one day I picked it up in its box upside down it slid out and smashed :(

So now I use something I think I was gifted by my mother one xmas years ago and had been sitting in the back of a cupboard ever since.

Basically I don't care if I break this one

ma huang

This nice roasted rice tea a Japanese friend of mine from college gave me - I had no idea rice tea was a thing, but I like it. I remember she was appalled at how us southerners usually like our tea. 

Got a Yoga ginger tea going here. Very relaxing. *sip*

  On 1/22/2017 at 12:25 AM, doublename said:

 

  On 1/21/2017 at 10:34 PM, mokz said:

US tea has sugar in it? I've never tried any tea from US.

Americans (just Southerners really) put life-threateningly large amounts of sugar in iced tea. Cannae stand it.

Yeah Southerners like to sweeten their tea don't they.

I could go for some mugicha (Japanese roasted barley tea) right now. No additives necessary. I miss that natural, woody flavor on a cool October morning.

  On 1/26/2017 at 5:37 AM, Atom said:

 

This nice roasted rice tea a Japanese friend of mine from college gave me - I had no idea rice tea was a thing, but I like it. I remember she was appalled at how us southerners usually like our tea. 

that brand is my go to for green tea with rice. There may be better varieties but for the price genmaicha is really quite nice, tons of flavor.

strong cinnamon taste, though it reminds me a lot more of fireball candy;

Genmaicha is the shit

  On 1/26/2017 at 8:56 AM, ambermonk said:

 

  On 1/22/2017 at 12:25 AM, doublename said:

 

  On 1/21/2017 at 10:34 PM, mokz said:

US tea has sugar in it? I've never tried any tea from US.

Americans (just Southerners really) put life-threateningly large amounts of sugar in iced tea. Cannae stand it.

Yeah Southerners like to sweeten their tea don't they.

Yeah so much so it's more typical of restaurants to be out of unsweet tea than sweet tea. 

I'm coffee all the way though, I never liked tea much.

I have a bad feeling as a married man in Texas that when I hit social security retirement age I will start drinking the stuff without blinking, along with wearing tube socks with white tennis shoes and shorts, tucking in my t-shirt, watching Matlock re-runs, and forgetting my wi-fi password at home.

black tea with just under 2 sugars every morning

fuck milk, minging scaly nonsense and fuck cawfee too, makes me wanna fkn puke

Got my first proper pot today and brewed some Lady Earl Grey in it but it's hell of bitter. Any tips? Is is the temperature of the water or the steeping time? Poured boiling water over the tea and steeped for about 4-5 minutes.

Try slightly less than boiling temperature (~90 °C) and 2 minutes.

Cheers man, will try this tomorrow.