Thread: Tea anyone ??!!

Thanks for that Nose....just copied the shortcut. Good lookin stuff here indeed.I like how it covers all Med. styles too.Just checked out the Spanish foods. Thanks.

Originally Posted by Slur

Hot Linden tea this afternoon. Very nice.

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Slur--that looks delicious; I'll have to try it next time our lindens are at this stage.

The very best honey I have ever tasted comes from northeast Iowa, where the beekeeper has hives in linden and basswood groves, and very conscientously times her supers so that the honey is purely from the linden/basswood (generically, Tilia) nectar run. The honey tastes like that sweet smell you get from stripping bark off a sapling in early spring--it's definitely from a woody source.

Nosewarmer--if you want to check this stuff out, she usually sells it on the scenic overlook of the Great River Road (Hwy 52) just south of Guttenberg. I think she has a store too, now, at the far southern edge of town. Everyone in town calls her the Honey Lady; that might also be the name of her store.

OK all you good-influence kind of guys, I've quit drinking soda at work and replaced it with green tea. Lipton in bottles for a while, then I decided that I don't like a) high-fructose corn syrup and b) drinking from plastic, so I've evolved the next step of brewing my own in a big stainless-steel bottle. Here's tomorrow's tea, from Bigelow.



There are a couple of tablespoons of honey in there, too, nothing fancy but it's nice, light clover honey. All my fancy honey is still four hours north in Grand Junction, though I'm bringing it down here next weekend.

This big bottle of tea, all brewed, is now sitting on the camper roof to cool down for tomorrow's enjoyment.

Best wishes to y'all...

You said Corn syrup......my food nemisis !

That is an interesting steel bottle you have there Tim.Is it thermal ? It almost reminds me of those metal containers I have seen from India ?

Originally Posted by Mcduck

Sorry Gents! been flat out with work and organising to move interstate at the end of the year.... But still been drinking plenty of tea, just been slack with getting onto SRP.

My main drinks at the moment is a nice iced English Brekky with lime juice, and an iced green sencha (Japanese green tea) with orange.

Luke

Where they transferring you to at the end of the year mate?


Mick

Down to the snowy blizzards of Canberra... can't believe I have to live amongst blues supporters for 3 years again!

Originally Posted by MickR

Where they transferring you to at the end of the year mate?


Mick

Mick!! I gather from you posting, that you made it through the storm. We ended up getting a little storm, but about 100 miles North, they had one band of rain come through dropping 2 1/2 inches an hour. I got just enough here to knock out my internet from Friday night till afternoon Sunday. Gave me more time to stay off this board and drink some tea, and get some stuff done.

Take care, donv

Originally Posted by Mcduck

Down to the snowy blizzards of Canberra... can't believe I have to live amongst blues supporters for 3 years again!

My commiserations. What a cold, cold place...

TODAY'S TEA: Bai Hao (Oriental Beauty) Oolong Tea
TEA POT: 120 ml YiXing tea pot
TEA PITCHER: Clear glass mini tea pitcher Cha hai 120ml
TEA CUP: Old Chinese Tea Cup

There are many stories about the origin of Bai Hao tea. According to one Taiwanese tea book, a tea farmer in Beipu noticed that small green insects resembling grasshoppers had damaged the leaves of his newly picked spring crop. Rather than destroying his crop, he decided to process the leaves into tea. He took his finished tea to a local tea merchant, who liked it well enough to pay him twice the price of his usual tea.

Bai Hao is also known as "Dong Fang Mei Ren" or Oriental Beauty. The origin of this name dates back to the early 20th century when a British tea merchant presented a sample of this tea to Queen Elizabeth II. The Queen was captivated by the special aroma and taste of Bai Hao. Because of the tea's lovely appearance, like a beautiful lady, and its origin in Asia, the Queen named it "Oriental Beauty".

Wishing you all a great day with a great tea!
Cheers,
Béla