If you are a tea drinker, how do you take your tea?
After voting I kinda realized that this may fall under Sugar Substitute but I add local honey to my tea.
If using a tea bag, boil the kettle but wait until it boils and there's no more sound coming from the kettle. Pour the water over the tea bag and leave it for up to 3 minutes, squeezing the bag once or twice. Once the tea bag is removed, I pour in a little milk.
I have just read your post ... I,m ashamed ! Tea Bag ? Milk after ? Have you had some sort of aberration man ? You need help .
@Crimson67 they are supposedly good when cold for putting on your eyes - and without milk having been added.
@MarcIveson You obviously misread the first word of my comment. It is not I who needs help.
2sugars first , drop of milk , breakfast tea so strong you can stand your spoon up in it ( builders tea ) . also used to be known as ' gunfire '.
Leaves thrown into steel mug and boiled over burner, paint stripper or suspended over brazier. Still reheat that way.
I'm English, so my blood type it T Positive
HAHAHA! Brilliant!!
I liike all kinds of tea very much. I mix two bags in a mug, like peppermint and green tea or blue berry and black tea, and so on.
'There once was man named Twining who lived in the Strand, who would still be wining deprived of his T.'
I use stevia alone if it's one of the concentrates or a brand that has a fairly intense sweetness. Most brands do not, and so I add some aspartame, which having a different flavor profile, intensifies the sweetness more than using either alone.
I like my tea like I like my women: lukewarm and bitter.
Lmao You're welcome @resserts I prefer mine passionate, rational and full of differing flavours
@atheist did she also say to you after making love "George, the ceiling needs painting?"
@FrayedBear no, she said, Nice pillowcase.
Just like our beer !
@MarcIveson Flat?
Just a slight step up from cold and bitter, I guess.
@FrayedBear like my women ! ,
Sun tea is the best. If I have it fresh, a sprig of mint makes it just that much better.
@Crimson67 Technically it is cold brewed tea, without the refrigeration. It does not need to be set out in the sun to brew, I set mine on the kitchen counter and it brews quite nicely over 12-24 hours. Good method for making a larger quantity (like a gallon) that avoids the bitter taste that sometimes comes with not brewing a concentrate to get a quantity of cold tea. It does make a smooth tea with the least amount of effort, IMO.
Chai black tea with milk and sugar. Or berry tea with sugar.
got to be Yorkshire tea
yes, pg but never heard of barries.
Until you have had Nerada you haven't had a black tea.
The best tea that I ever tasted was Darjeeling Vintage. It seemed to only be available for a year or so and then disappeared. The leaf was a greeny color and dry rolled into a cylinder. Infused it opened up to the size of your little finger nail. Exquisite!
Just had a cup of ginseng tea with sugar infused with ginger and a few chunks of the ginger.
I like hot tea with honey. If it's iced I like sugar and lots of lemon
Particularly if Honey is sitting on my knee sharing! And as for iced with sugar and lemon only if you let me choose the receptacle for drinking it from. ???
At Chinese restaurants: Hot, unsweetened, in one of those handle-less cups.
At home, winter: Hot, always in bags, never bulk tea, usually sweetened with Splenda or similar.
At home, winter: Iced, prepared in gallon batches: 16 bags in 1 pint boiling water. Steeped 6 minutes.
Poured into gallon pitcher with 14 cups water and 2 cups Splenda.
My father was a tea gourmet. He'd go to a local spice shop and buy tea in bulk, and he had a special tea ball he used to infuse it. Myself, when I get really lazy I buy instant tea and make that.
Below: My favorite tea. It's not for the taste (it's a plain old oolong), but for the name.
Depends on tea and mood:
Black tea+milk
Earl Grey usually + milk
Lady Grey usually just warer
Mint tea just water
Chai depends on mood - may be water only or with milk
Jasmine + water only