Thread: Tea anyone ??!!

...or can you make it with black tea + tea spice + milk:

Originally Posted by wvloony

You can also buy lodge stuff at cracker barrel restruants

I love cracker barrel ! Been to onetwice out here in Denver,it's way the heck in the middle of nowhere . I went with friends and loved it. Good homey grub mmmm !

Originally Posted by Slur

What is this thing Bela?
Mashala Chai with milk ?

Luuuuv Chai tea. Not sure how I feel about the strange Heavy death metal music in the video though.......is that chai tea music ?? Not very mood setting is it ? Slur, Chai is easy to make.When I get home from work tonight,I'll let ya know how I used to make it years ago. Have a great day guys.

Friday night, February 2013. A big cuppa Kusmi Troika with a bit of star thistle honey, and some McClelland Blue Mountain in a King cutty pipe. I was just wondering what the Friday night, February 1983 version of me would think if he were told what he'd be doing tonight?

I notice that brewing tea with a gaiwan is not that simple.
It is not only a matter of practice for extracting the water from the gaiwan without the leaves.
The quantity of the tea leaves is an important matter and the time of brewing is important as well.
For example when I make tea directly in the pot I wait usually 2-3 minutes for brewing.
But I see that using the gaiwan for the same tea the brewing time must be only a few seconds and not more, while the procedure is being repeated for every cup.

Originally Posted by Slur

I notice that brewing tea with a gaiwan is not that simple.
It is not only a matter of practice for extracting the water from the gaiwan without the leaves.
The quantity of the tea leaves is an important matter and the time of brewing is important as well.
For example when I make tea directly in the pot I wait usually 2-3 minutes for brewing.
But I see that using the gaiwan for the same tea the brewing time must be only a few seconds and not more, while the procedure is being repeated for every cup.

There is fun in the learning! For me, the gaiwan is a fun tool to learn the tea. Once you get the steep time for the first steep, then a bit more for each additional one, you notice the character of the tea change with each one. But, when you go to the next tea, little changes in time are needed till you learn what you and that tea like. Never stop learning, I can't imagine what happens when one reaches a point that one stops, and; I hope I never find out.

Have fun, and enjoy the tea!

Originally Posted by NoseWarmer

Tea Of The Morning: Lipton in and Old Camp Cup... (bad choice) with Honey... Morning snack: Open Faced Egg, Ham & Cheese Samitch

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What's wrong with the choice of cup Phil? I rarely drink out of anything else. I like the tin pannikans...Mind you, tea cools down faster in them than in a regular cup I think...Seems to anyway.

Chai! I like chai as wel. I have about three different blends in the pantry, one is just the chai spices the other two are the chai mixes ready to go.
I make chai by bringing it to the boil in milk. I even sometimes add honey for sweetener after it's been made.


Mick

Originally Posted by MickR

What's wrong with the choice of cup Phil? I rarely drink out of anything else. I like the tin pannikans...


Mick

My cup has a few spots were the enamel has chipped off... A little rusty in those areas...

Story of my life heh.

How do you do it?

Add the leaves and the spices straight into the milk and boil it?

Yes, if you think about Chai tea. Or half tea and half milk. + a bit of shredded fresh ginger.