Just as well your not English, not liking tea is enough to get you expelled.
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I forgive you and I offer you some tea.
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Repent to tea asap!
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If that’s what it does then why are you all over the place? Maybe meth?
No one is begging anyone to participate in any thread in this site. Off topic threads are generally for those who have interest in them.
Who the hell said I was begged? Get your shit straight, I commented on the effects of. And to the snide assed comment to spender, can’t take it but can dish it. Like so many posers
At ease Gentlemen.
Wow, that went from 0 to 100 faster than Mikes MG :dropjaw:
There are many people who dislike tea because they have been confronted with iced tea made from concentrate or tea brewed from tea bags containing tea dust and fannings. If you hate such tea, you are well within your right to do so.
There are hundreds (perhaps thousands) of different varieties of high quality loose leaf teas. Some are made with the same care and craftsmanship as a fine wine, cognac, bourbon, or single malt. Some teas are even aged for decades to improve quality. Please do not dismiss all teas based on your experience with a few teas made of poor quality leaves or even worse, the "flavored" teas now so common on supermarket shelves. No matter what types of beverages you consume, there is likely to be a tea that will have similar flavors.
My apologies to those who like flavored teas, some of which do not even contain Camelia Senensis real tea leaves. I do like some scented teas that pick up the natural aromas of flowers like orchid and jasmine or essential oils like bergamot and mint.
If you like bar b que try Lap sang Souchang.
My wife loves Earl Grey with extra bergamot
I don't think you can beat a nice cuppa ty-phoo or PG Tips, they come loose as well as in bags.
Tetley comes 3rd, Yorkshire comes fourth but i don't like Red Rose.
Very well said. Also , often flavored teas are flavored because the tea itself is not very good. That is not so with all flavored teas but often. My comment about it making you a nicer person was not smart assed, it's true. I drink coffee sometimes also but it makes me tight in the jaw if I drink too much. Tea has a calming effect that accompanies the lift. It keeps me from being as snappy.
Other reasons for hating tea include:
-Tea was given to you when you were a child only when you were sick. This is true over here. So, if you ask somebody, in my country, if he wants a cup of tea, he may answer “I am not sick”.
- Falling to marketing rules you tried green tea from a coffee or tea shop. Even if the tea was good quality (rare) they didn’t know how to brew it correctly. They used boiling water for green tea and they over-brewed it following the stupid instructions. As a result, this tea was bitter as hell and undrinkable.
- You are so used to refined and unnatural products like coca cola, milkshakes, etc that you are unable to feel the natural sweetness of a good tea. You can’t taste the natural flowers’ taste in it or the fruits.
Absolutely!
To make a wonderful "cuppa" you need high quality tea leaves, high quality water (my tap water is horrible, so I use water purified by reverse osmosis) and the skill to brew the tea at the right temperature for the right length of time. In Chinese this skill is called Gong Fu, making tea with skill.
Drinking tea when you are ill is a great practice as it keeps you hydrated. However, since many of us have some degree of illness due to the stresses of life, tea when properly brewed can be a wonderful drink at any time. Bad tea is just as unpleasant as boiled coffee or sour wine.
All valid points as well.
I had to undo initial bad impressions on my daughter as early on I gave her some first flush single estate high mountain tea, I think from Nepal, maybe Darjeeling. The astringency can be off putting if you're not used to it. It is an acquired taste just like dry wine. She still hasn't completely overcome those initial reactions to it even now in adulthood.
I drink tea all day, beakfast, mid morning, lunch and dinner. My only coffee is in the evening while I'm watching the Telly.
A tea bag in the cup, very hot freshly boiling water and 2 sugars or in my case 2 sweet and low's. Stir the teabag until the water looks right then bin the teabag and add mlk until it looks good.
A nice cuppa tea isn't Rocket surgery, or maybe us Brits drink so much of it that we have it down to a really fine art.
When I drink tea, I use the same method as you do except I also squash the tea bag with the spoon as I do not want too be able to see the bottom of the cup through the tea. I know people who just drop the tea bag in long enough to colour the water a little bit and call it good. Never could understand that. Also yes, you can get good tea in tea bags.
Bob
I only ever drink loose tea, brewed in a pot, of course, one for the cup one for the pot, at present my morning cuppa in the lovely Yorkshire leaf tea, loads of flavour, I also enjoy but it rather expensive some tippy Assam there are some amazing teas out there, I'm milk & sugar first, but the choice is yours.
I drink Ice tea from tea bags. One of the big-name sellers. None of that fancy stuff or flavored stuff. It's been a staple for as long as I remember. Even when I was a kid growing up in Mom's house.
Boil water, remove from heat and drop in 5 tea bags. Steep for 30 minutes. Pour into a gallon container. Add a cup of sugar, and top off the water.
Coffee is the morning drink.
Now when I'm in the big truck I drink coffee most of the day. Then when I get home it's tea or beer until after diner. Then a mixed drink.
But it's been months since that has happened. Now it's one pot of coffee in the morning. Tea and water depending until evening. The beer and or mixed drink until sleep time.
That's the way I learned it. It has changed very little since then except I don't count the cups. I've used the same measure so long I count out 6 heeping teaspoons into the basket and pour the water to the level by eye. If I'm just making a cup I put the wire basket in the cup and one spoon for each cup and one for the...cup in this case. Steep for 4 minutes. That's the method for black tea. Tried and true. No reason to change it. Milk and sugar for all black tea except the high mountain teas then sugar only.
That's the typical American way and also tried and true. The only things I do differently is I don't steep as long and I fill the pitcher with ice, pour the hot tea over it and then fill the rest of the way with water. Plus I drink iced tea unsweetened.
Edit: By the way, I think Lipton yellow label is one of the best teas for iced tea.
MIF (milk in first) as expected. Very British. Enjoy it. Nice video.
Nice one Jamie, I'm going to have to have a cuppa now.
I have a teapot that i use with a tea strainer and don't bother with it too much but maybe I should look out for one with a built in strainer like yours, much less messing about and I could make enough for a second cup.
The amount of sugar Jamie used is not important because it's a completely personal taste. I use 2 sugars in my tea while my wife doesn't take sugar in tea at all.Quote:
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I have a question with your instructions.
I would think that you use a teaspoon. But your hands cover the amount, both sugar and tea. A flat or heaping spoon?
Having tea with my daughter.
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Pulled out my Old Country Roses china (my wife calls it my little old lady china) for her birthday. She's 21 today.
Upton Tea Importers Season's pick Assam GFOP organic
2 drinker cast iron pot with stainless basket
Served with 2% milk and sugar
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Nice start for the day
Upton is having a sale today.
I cashed in a gift cert and some rewards points. I find I am ordering Darjeeling more and more.
I saw that. I need to place an order.
Darjeeling was my first venture outside of the traditional orange pekoe/pekoe cut black teas and my first discovery of high mountain teas. Also my first introduction to single estate teas and fine teas in general.
Nope
PG Tips and Tetley or Typhoo for me all day everyday.
I tried the other teas cos everyone raves about them but I think I'll stick to my proper tea.
2023 Dragonwell. I haven’t been drinking a lot of tea lately.
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Organic Rooibos Chai - 100 Tea Bags for $20 on Amazon