Thread: Tea anyone ??!!

Originally Posted by donv

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

Made it through just fine Don, but she was a doozy of a storm that night and I was doing a damn fine job of dodging the rain on the return trip home as well. I managed to be visiting family, then friends, and then home, all just in time to be under cover when the next three storms came through with a fourth (a supercell) after I was home in the evening. Another doozy of a storm in that one. Glad I was not out on the bike when that came through! I would have had to have gone into psyciatric care I'd reckon! That or Intensive . I think we might be in for a helluva rainy season, here in the sub-tropics.

But back on the subject. I have just found the ideal way to brew iced tea, and it has nothing to do with hot water of any kind. Just cool water, time (about eight hours), decanting (to filter out the leaf) and chilling (if you hadn't already had it chilling for the past eight hours). I have just tried my first batch of black tea (Swan) with honey and lemon/lime juice. Wow! It was nice. I've now put on a second batch using Earl Grey, Mint, Lemon and Lime Juices and Honey all added in. If it is half as good cold as it was hot (I made a seperate cup of the stuff to see what I might end up getting), it should be quite nice. No pictures yet, but I will see how I go tomorrow.


Mick

Did a little baking this morning at the request of my daughter... Pumpkin & Banana Bread for the holiday...

Tea: Whole Dragon Jasmine

Originally Posted by Nightblade

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 ?

Hi Steph,

Nope, not one of the Indian ones--but I've got a nested set I use for lunch on days I take a salad or some couscous. The bottle is from Wiggy's in Grand Junction. His bread-and-butter business is sleeping bags, many for the military, and other special-purpose extreme cold-weather gear. There are occasional other goodies, like these bottles. Very heavy stainless, sturdy as all get-out. It was around $40, I think, and isn't insulated, but I'll never ever have to replace it and if I ever manage to dent it I'll have been trying very hard!

There's a Wiggy's website. The bottle also comes smaller than my ~1 quart version.

Best wishes,

Tim

Originally Posted by MickR

Made it through just fine Don, but she was a doozy of a storm that night and I was doing a damn fine job of dodging the rain on the return trip home as well. I managed to be visiting family, then friends, and then home, all just in time to be under cover when the next three storms came through with a fourth (a supercell) after I was home in the evening. Another doozy of a storm in that one. Glad I was not out on the bike when that came through! I would have had to have gone into psyciatric care I'd reckon! That or Intensive . I think we might be in for a helluva rainy season, here in the sub-tropics.

But back on the subject. I have just found the ideal way to brew iced tea, and it has nothing to do with hot water of any kind. Just cool water, time (about eight hours), decanting (to filter out the leaf) and chilling (if you hadn't already had it chilling for the past eight hours). I have just tried my first batch of black tea (Swan) with honey and lemon/lime juice. Wow! It was nice. I've now put on a second batch using Earl Grey, Mint, Lemon and Lime Juices and Honey all added in. If it is half as good cold as it was hot (I made a seperate cup of the stuff to see what I might end up getting), it should be quite nice. No pictures yet, but I will see how I go tomorrow.


Mick

Over here we call that sun tea.You buy these glass jars from the market.Plop in several tea bags and let'em sit out on the porch for about 8 hrs. then ya flavor'em as ya like.You can do the same with herbal teas. I like the honey lemon lime idea. Why do you guys call it Brekky ??And is SWAN a brand of Tea ? Settelin down with Chai tea tonight. I feel old as hell today physically and mentally ?? Like I just had an 8hr. bar fight and lost kinda tired. Blllluuuaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhh.............

Thanks Tim. I'll check 'im out.

yes steph. swan is a brand, its also known as alwazah, if you go to a middle eastern market there in denver i am sure you will find it, nosey sent me a sample of it some time back, and found it at the middle eastern market here in harrisonburg va, the closest large city to me.

Ah middle eastern....meaning I'll probably find it on that Med. Food link that he sent me. I'll check'er out. Thanks Loon.

Loon...is this it ? SwanTea England - www.swantea.co.uk

Found it..... New Page 1

Swan, over here, is a really crappy South Australian beer also available in other areas of Mexico like New South Wales, Victoria and Western Australia. We here in Queensland only deal in decent local beers, so you don't see it much around these parts.
Swan is also a large, long necked bird, and yes, so it seems it's also a brand of tea. It is a good down to earth tasting tea too. Nothing fancy, but honest as far as tea goes in my opinion.
That sun tea you mentioned, I didn't actually stand mine anywhere warm. I just made it up in one bottle with cold tap water, put it straight in the fridge and decanted to another bottle about 24 hours later to sieve out the tea leaf. I also added the extra's at that time. My second batch has had all that added already. We'll see how it all goes.

'Brekky' is just your typical Australian desire to abbreviate words. Brekky is Breakfast (as you already know I'm sure )


Mick