favourite type of tea?

[fluttery_by]

I like normal tea with milk but by far the coolest tea I have ever tasted and aquired a taste for is Japanese green tea.

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[glittery girlie]

Raspberry tea is the best! Especially if you sweeten it! Mmmmmm!

Chai tea with spices in it is also yummy. I love tea- how can any of you drink coffee?

[Louise]

Earl Grey is definitely the ruler of all teas...it's just always gorgeous, no matter what time of day, any mood, for any reason (or none at all!) for a bit of variety, tho... rooibos is really good, especially with tons of milk and honey. dragonfly brand chai is excellent and celestial seasonings do this really lovely vanilla and pear white tea. i read somewhere that white tea has the most health benefits so thought i'd give it a try - it was really good! unflavored white tea just tastes pretty much like strong green tea tho.

and i agree...who can opt for coffee when there are such brilliant teas out there?

[blondie]

On a tangent...what to eat with tea? (or indeed to eat at all with tea?) It's gotta be biscuits. Nothing better than nice cup of tea, handful of biscuits and a comfy chair to sit in. Any kind of biscuits, I'm not fussy. Though bourbons or Nice biscuits would be...nice.

[loretta]

custard creams!!! or fig rolls..mm

[The Man Next Door]

i've not had fig rolls since i was like, 7. Does tesco sell them?

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[exnihilo]

Might I suggest that all you afficionados hie yourself with all haste to the Coffee House on Greyfriars Garden (no, I'm not on commission) where you will find a really very good range of teas from all over the world which certainly used to include both Illam and First Flush Darjeeling (at appropriate times, and never for long, and behind the counter so you'll have to ask for it) and many many others both mentioned here and not. Thank you for your time.

[quarterstaff]

best with tea snack is


milk chocolate hob-nobs

[Ashley]

Normal plain, British blend black tea, with, strongly brewed but milky.

And if I'm being posh, pure 'single erm tea' Assam. Now, what was that about avoiding work?

[Ashley]

Oh, and it's bourbons.

-As in bourbon creams; a drop of the hard stuff in a brew always sounds much better an idea than it actually turns out to be.

[Tipperary]

chai is the supreme overlord of all teas. only problem is getting hold of it. and i mean proper chai, not that weak pish some places serve.

[Louise]

butler and co sell dragonfly teas which make a really good chai and i haven't checked the coffee house on greyfriars but i would expect they'd also have a good chai. mmm...chai. so good.

[loretta]

The Man Next Door wrote on 18:53, 15th Mar 2004
i've not had fig rolls since i was like, 7. Does tesco sell them?


Indeed they do....

[The Man Next Door]

My associate informed me of this - (within seconds of me posting before, wierdly), I will be purchasing some of these miracle-treats tomorrow. To be honest, I bet they'll taste terrible - it has been 12 years. Things change over time. Given another 12, I might even like coffee (but I can't see that happening, to be honest).

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[loretta]

Yea they aren't that nice..I think its just for posterity that I eat them. Hope they bring back all your childhood memories. p.s. your signature gets more interesting every day!

[The Man Next Door]

Soon it will be so large that just a single person viewing it will use up the entire month's bandwidth

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[Peaches]

Coca Tea (Mate de coca), though it is technically an infusion.

Unavailable outside of certain countries, it is the most fantastic thing ever. It is made with the leaves that cocaine is extracted from and has been used for centuries to calm pains, take away hunger and remove weariness.

It works.

It tastes good too, but bitter.

[Peaches]

Coca Tea (Mate de coca), though it is technically an infusion.

Unavailable outside of certain countries, it is the most fantastic thing ever. It is made with the leaves that cocaine is extracted from and has been used for centuries to calm pains, take away hunger and remove weariness.

It works.

It tastes good too, but bitter.

[David Bean]

I very much agree with Andrew about first flush darjeeling, which I tend to drink rather strangely: just a small pinch in a cup, with boiling water poured directly over it and no straining. Oolong is very nice on occasion, but as a stalwart I almost always return to ceylon - it has a fresh, clean taste, and can be drunk to just about any strength.

In terms of herbal teas, I too would like to go out on a lim and say that I generally dislike them, with the exception of camomile. Twinings does an excellent camomile, honey and vanilla that I'd recommend to anyone.

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[fruit bat]

[s]glittery girlie wrote on 17:15, 15th Mar 2004:[i]
Raspberry tea is the best! Especially if you sweeten it! Mmmmmm!

I agree! I love all types of fruit tea. I have a cupboard FULL of many different types of fruit tea. I thought I was limited to the flavours available in Tescos, but then I discovered J & T Rogers which do every type of fruit tea you could ever imagine possible, and probably impossible too under the sun. They are also the only place in the whole of Britain that I have found who do Libby's tinned pumpkin. Perfect for a traditional american pumpkin pie.

I find that most of my favourates have raspberry. I love blueberry too, but can't find anywhere which sells it separately. I've only found it in a pack of 4 which included orange and echinacea, the only fruit tea I've ever found which I dislike.

My most favourate flavour ever was Sainsbury's strawberry, rose and elderflower. But that has been discontinued. Boo hoo! A camomile, vanilla and honey tea is the perfect way to make relax and wind down just before bed. Even if I've staggered back at 4am from a mad party, I have a warming cup of honey tea, and I feel lovely and soothed.

Fruit tea is the best. No sugar though. I only use artificial sweetener-low calories, kind to the hips! I don't drink "normal" tea. I don't dislike it really, but I MUCH prefer fruit tea and coffee. Black, no sugar, only sweetner. Perfect for a low-cal kick when I'm bleary-eyed in the morning. Darn 9:00am lectures on the far side of town. Bah!