tea

that's incredibly parsimonious

shdn't imagine that you will die tho, in any case you will be immersing the leaves in boiling water right?

lol not parsimonious! I'm a firm believer that tea tastes better on the second brewing

never heard that before, my only association w/ reusing tea is this story

However, he was very indignant that the police who searched his house said he was so mean he kept tea bags in order to re-use them. That is typical, he says, of the evil lies the police and media put about. The tea bags were on the draining board because the previous police made tea, but couldn't find the rubbish bin, and the reason they couldn't find it is because he doesn't have one - disgusting things, standing around breeding germs.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/theobserver/2006/jan/15/features.magazine97/print

resteeping tea bags, now that's a practice of disgusting savages

new us politics thread title amirite

I did this until I got married, because my parents did it (and reused straws, and did a couple of other depression-baby type things) and I didn't know any better.

My (chinese-american) boss assures me that in China everyone discards the first steeping after a couple of minutes and only actually start drinking with the second pot.

that is true of the tea ceremony. I'm not sure how many bother with doing that if they're just casually drinking tea.

largely quit coffee a couple years back (still have a cup now and again, but just one, and even then it's like -- once in a few months) and got really into tea, there's this whole world of aged pu-erh & hei cha brick teas and methods of steeping -- like, there's the ceremony, but you don't need a ceremony to brew gong fu style, which you're gonna wanna do when you're drinking a pricier aged tea to get the most out of it -- and while this sounds like snobby terrain, which I avoid, the bottom line is that great Chinese tea is some of the most delicious stuff I've ever had in my life, like a huge daily joy to me, and it's like a never-ending world of goodness

I usually like to brew a cup in the afternoon (I still stick to coffee in the morning). Lately the teas I've been most into are Autumn Flush teas from India. There's a company online you can order and have shipped directly from Darjeeling. They even have an oolong which is made from a blend of autumn flush teas, I believe. It's most similar to the red, more-oxidized oolong style from China. I've never tried pu-ehr, but heard good things about it.

Is there a difference between what is sold in U.S. or U.K. markets as English tea and Irish tea? I've tried Bigelow English tea and Twinings Irish tea from tea bags and think the latter is slightly maltier and enjoyed both.

never really got this myself.

also weirdly, in Canada at least, what is sold as English breakfast tea is generally not what a British person would consider as standard tea, tea that is marked as "orange pekoe'', which I believe is a grade rather than a type of tea, is generally what I think of as "regular tea". I mainly just drink british tea like tetley or Yorkshire mind

Thanks! I'll look for Tetley. (To be honest, I think I preferred the Irish tea or at least I saved my one remaining tea bag until I was nearly out of the Bigelow.) But I have a strong feeling Tetley is just what I am looking for ... something to which you can add milk and drink hot during the winter.

I was curious about Irish/English tea as well and so made a cup of Barry's Gold and one of Yorkshire Gold to compare. Slightly preferred the Barry's and I guess maltier is as good a word as I could come up with to describe the difference. Mind you I'm a coffee drinker so I'm not very tea sensitive.

I've not tried Barry's but I've not seen it for sale in the South of England anywhere.

Barry’s Irish Breakfast is my current favorite tea (ahead of Barry’s Gold for sure) followed by Yorkshire Red. Barry’s Irish is like the fruition of what the usual Irish breakfast Twining’s etc only hint at

Barry’s is very easy to find in Brooklyn, surprising that’s not the case in the South of England

Yeah I saw Barry's way more in the US than in where I live in the UK
Same with Irish pubs.

This past year I've stopped having a cup of normal tea first thing in the morning and have a gentle fruit tea instead. Feel better for it. Still have loads of tea during the day/evening though.

Tetley British Blend turned out to be just what I was looking for. Thanks!

There should be a thé au lait; (certain kinds of) tea could be just as deserving. In a translation, presumably from French to English or written by a native speaker of French, I was amused to find a reference to pipper mint.

I think my favorite part of making tea
is the forced meditation of the steep

Loving the hojicha lately...
Roasted goodness... mmmm...

loving Constant Comment lately!

Prince’s favorite tea!

!! well he has great taste

lol my friends used to say that was my tea because I never shut up

😂 i mean, that's prob why i like it too 😂

I just ordered a pound of Russian Caravan tea

It's really good but I'm not sure why I ordered an entire pound

my favourite of the strong teas

this one is a little less smokey than blends I've had in the past, but still pretty kick ass

lol a pound! never heard of this tea

I just received about a pound of tea shipped from India. You have to buy that much to qualify for free shipping. It lasts me the better part of a year at the rate I drink it.

now what would you recommend as the best way to make iced tea

if you're lazy af

sun tea, probably?

the general steps i follow are

1. brew strong tea
1a. for sweet tea add sugar
2. mix with cold water
3. cool in fridge
4. serve over ice