I have been a long time coffee drinker, nothing was better than a good strong cup of morning coffee. Drank it all day sometimes.
Around a month ago i was at a friend’s home and she offered me a tea that I drank out of a gourd. It was the best stuff in the world, was so good that I completely switched over to tea. I have to say it has been a game changer in my health! Less jitters, sleep better at night, lost 10 lbs and just general feeling of wellness.
I am new at this, any tea enthusiast want to share some different teas flavors, preferred containers or different uses or therapy methods?
Funny you should bring this up. I just finished brewing a fresh pot of tea. Just run-of-the-mill stuff, but warm and satisfying as I work to meet a deadline.
My favorite tea is English Breakfast. I drink it two ways: with evaporated milk and golden sugar, or with honey and lemon.
Irish Breakfast is good too. Very strong.
Haven’t stopped drinking coffee altogether, but generally drink a lot more tea nowadays than I did 20 years ago.
I can’t drink coffee anymore and have switched to tea. I guess I have been drinking too much coffee and it gave me pounding headaches. When I stopped drinking coffee, the headaches stopped too.
The only tea I have ever drank is Orange Pekoe that you get from the supermarket in tea bags.
I heard someone say they brew tea the “real way” without using tea bags. They said there is no comparison between the flavor you get from a tea bag and from other methods of brewing tea.
Can anyone please enlighten me?
What is the “real way” to brew tea and what kinds of tea would be good for me to try? I must say that I like the store bought tea bag “Tetley” Orange Pekoe. But I don’t know any other kinds.
I’d really like to be educated as to what I may be missing.
They’re talking about using “loose”, dried leaves - there are various ways to go about it and everyone has their favorites, we had a thorough discussion here recently you might want to check out - but in the end it’s not rocket science, you just need to steep the leaves in boiling water and then somehow strain off the tea or remove the leaves.
Fresh cold water brought to the boil, ceramic pot, loose leaf tea, strainer when pouring.
When I was a grad student in Moscow, there was always an afternoon tea in the cafeteria. The nice lady who ran it always had a container of condensed milk for me, since she knew I liked to stir it into my tea.
Russians often have jam with their tea, and they drink it all day long. The way a samovar works is that you boil the tea separately until it’s very strong and then dilute it with hot water from the tank, which has a heating element inside (used to be a tube where you burned charcoal; now it’s electric). You then put the pot on top of the tank to keep it warm.
Spoonful of jam, sip of tea. Spoonful of jam, sip of tea. Little cakes called pryaniki (similar to German* Pfeffernüsse* cookies) are often served with the tea too.
Harrison E Salisbury, if you know who he was, wrote about this when he was a correspondent with the Red Army in WWII. Really keeps you warm at night! :o
I can’t stand coffee, so it’s tea for me. My favorite is probably PG Tips, but I like a wide range, from black to green to white to yerba mate and roiboos.
Argo Tea makes an amazing mate latte, which is great with a little sugar and milk.
I drink a lot of tea (1+ liters/day), almost exclusively loose leaf. I get most of my tea at UptonTea.com which has a large selection of tea from pedestrian to posher-than-thou. I prefer black tea, especially Darjeeling.
It takes a little time to acquire a discerning palate. When I first got into tea I didn’t think I could tell the difference between good loose leaf and cheap grocery-store bags. I stuck with it because, well, I had bought a few bags of loose leaf and didn’t want to waste it. After getting used to it, though, I tried Red Rose and realized it was swill. Good tea is divine.