― Alan (Alan), Monday, 27 January 2003 17:14 (twenty-one years ago) link
but what do I know, I loves me some herbal teas and have no qualms whatsoever about teabags
― J0hn Darn1elle (J0hn Darn1elle), Monday, 27 January 2003 17:24 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Dave B (daveb), Monday, 27 January 2003 17:27 (twenty-one years ago) link
― thuddd (thuddd), Monday, 27 January 2003 23:51 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Ed (dali), Monday, 27 January 2003 23:53 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 27 January 2003 23:56 (twenty-one years ago) link
I just almost started a thread about tea til I saw this one. How come whenever anything is wrong wth you, people recommend you drink tea? Headache? Drink tea! Can't sleep? Drink tea! Eaten by wolves? Drink tea!
― Ally (mlescaut), Tuesday, 28 January 2003 04:28 (twenty-one years ago) link
I have all this tea around. I should drink more of it.
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 28 January 2003 05:19 (twenty-one years ago) link
― That Girl (thatgirl), Tuesday, 28 January 2003 05:21 (twenty-one years ago) link
― roxymuzak (roxymuzak), Monday, 22 March 2004 15:47 (twenty years ago) link
― Karl Marx (RickyT), Monday, 22 March 2004 16:20 (twenty years ago) link
― Sengai, Monday, 22 March 2004 16:47 (twenty years ago) link
Sometimes lemon is busy and doesn't have time to drink tea with you. Then you have to drink tea with sally or perhaps trevor.
― Skottie, Monday, 22 March 2004 16:52 (twenty years ago) link
x-post
― Mikey G (Mikey G), Monday, 22 March 2004 16:52 (twenty years ago) link
― El Diablo Robotico (Nicole), Monday, 22 March 2004 17:02 (twenty years ago) link
i've been drinking a lot of constant comment and am looking for other recommendations - something with spice but not too much. or just anything. good teas?
― Surmounter, Tuesday, 17 July 2007 04:05 (sixteen years ago) link
SCARLETT JOHANNSEN
― wanko ergo sum, Tuesday, 17 July 2007 04:37 (sixteen years ago) link
tea leoni
― Heave Ho, Tuesday, 17 July 2007 05:23 (sixteen years ago) link
lol
i want a good tea dammit
― Surmounter, Tuesday, 17 July 2007 05:54 (sixteen years ago) link
I made a gallon of regular and a gallon of decaf iced teas. BUT then I got them mixed up and I don't know what's what so I am afraid to drink either at night and I just drink Diet Coke in the morning b/c I need the caffeine and don't know which one has it. My clever plan went wrong. :(
I think tomorrow morning I'll conduct a little experiment involving chugging 2 pints and seeing if I get a buzz.
― Jesse, Tuesday, 17 July 2007 06:02 (sixteen years ago) link
Ah it has been too long since I made myself a nice plate of fresh scones, a big pot of tea, and a heaping of double cream and raspberry jam.
Might have the ex over for just that this week some time. Scones are so easy to whip up in 15 mins flat after all.
― Trayce, Tuesday, 17 July 2007 06:56 (sixteen years ago) link
really? can u tell me how? scones are lovely
― Surmounter, Tuesday, 17 July 2007 06:58 (sixteen years ago) link
lol Jesse that's crazy
go hang a salami, i'm a lasagna hog
― iiiijjjj, Tuesday, 17 July 2007 06:59 (sixteen years ago) link
I love:
http://www.marktwendell.com/images/Hukwa2006_80.jpg
― Beth Parker, Tuesday, 17 July 2007 13:01 (sixteen years ago) link
Only the loose tea, though. Teabags never have enough tea in them.
― Beth Parker, Tuesday, 17 July 2007 13:02 (sixteen years ago) link
http://sfile.ydy.com/bbs/attachment/Mon_0610/78_233938_94124c292604516.jpg
― Phil D., Tuesday, 17 July 2007 14:02 (sixteen years ago) link
Here's a good basic scone recipe:
http://www.taste.com.au/recipes/10710/basic+scones
The key thing is a good hot oven.
― Trayce, Wednesday, 18 July 2007 00:36 (sixteen years ago) link
ooh thanks trayce
― Surmounter, Wednesday, 18 July 2007 03:47 (sixteen years ago) link
ryan has been making candied ginger scones lately
i'm trying irish breakfast tea for the 1st time today. it's sweet.
― Surmounter, Tuesday, 24 March 2009 13:21 (fifteen years ago) link
http://www.strandtea.com/shop/images/uploads/teatiger(1).jpg
The Tea Tiger. When I walk into a room, someone always asks where I got it. My girlfriend bought one for everyone in her family. We bought so many of them from the small, local tea store that the proprietress had to be like "could you please lay off buying out all of our Tea Tigers for a bit?"
Every sale benefits tiger conservation.
Sorry to be all street team, but I saw the revive and thought to share this cool thing with ilx.
― Sod Mood (kingkongvsgodzilla), Tuesday, 24 March 2009 17:42 (fifteen years ago) link
whoa i need one of those, i drink like a quart of tea every day
― (lbrah) (harbl), Tuesday, 24 March 2009 18:10 (fifteen years ago) link
12 oz is not really big enough for me thoug, they should have a mega size for americans
― (lbrah) (harbl), Tuesday, 24 March 2009 18:12 (fifteen years ago) link
Hot Tea, Coffee May Increase Throat Cancer RiskThe Cancer Could Be Deadly, but a Simple Test Can Catch It Quickly
By LAUREN COXMarch 27, 2009 —
Tea has been touted for its potential health benefits for millennia, but new research shows if you drink it too hot, you may end up increasing your risk for esophageal cancer.
Doctors have long wondered whether very hot beverages increase the risk for squamous cell esophageal cancer. Considering the many things people eat and drink, studies have come back mixed on the hot drink and cancer connection.
To vote on whether you'd change your coffee and tea habits, click here.
But in the Golestan Province in Iran, people tend to drink just two beverages: water and very hot tea. The people in the province also tend to have an abnormally high rate of esophageal cancer.
A research team traveled to Golestan and documented the smoking, alcohol use and tea habits of 871 people in the region, 300 of whom were recently diagnosed with esophageal cancer. According to the study published in the British Medical Journal, the researchers found a strong link between the temperature at which people preferred their tea and the likelihood that they developed cancer.
"We have found many factors and the hot tea is one of the factors," said Reza Malekzadeh, professor and director of the Digestive Disease Research Center at the Tehran University of Medical Sciences in Iran.
"Having a poor social economic status, not eating enough vegetables and fruit and not brushing their teeth are some [risk factors]. One of the main ones is the hot tea," he added.
So how hot is too hot for your throat? The scientists classified warm tea at anything below 149 degrees Fahrenheit. Hot tea, anything measured above 156 degrees Fahrenheit, doubled the risk of esophageal cancer. People who frequently had very hot tea, at 158 degrees Fahrenheit or above, had an eight-fold increased risk of esophageal cancer.
At the very hot temperature, Malekzadeh said, "it would even hurt your finger -- but they get used to it, you see."
"The temperature -- this is probably a cultural type of thing," he added.
Other Potential Culprits
Hot tea is not the only beverage linked to esophageal cancer. Drinking alcohol and using tobacco also ups the risk for cancer in the windpipe.
But unlike booze and cigarettes, Malekzadeh said evidence in his study showed it's not the chemicals in the tea that matters.
"It doesn't seem to be that," he said. "Especially this specific type of cancer -- the so called squamous cell cancer."
Past studies comparing adjacent tea drinking areas in Linxian, China and areas surrounding the Golestan province in Iran, showed temperature affects cancer rates, according to data cited in Malekzadeh's article. Esophageal cancer numbers rose in regions where people preferred their tea very hot, and dropped where tea was served at a cooler temperature.
But gastroenterologists aren't entirely convinced of hot tea's effects. Dr. Jennifer Christie, an assistant professor in the Division of Gastroenterology at Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta, said she's not making any new recommendations to her patients yet.
"I think it's an important study and it clearly adds to our knowledge about esophageal cancer," said Christie. "But I would not tell people to stop drinking hot tea at this point. Also there's diet, and you have to look at genetic factors that are involved, as well."
Christie said esophageal cancer, especially the squamous cell variety, is much more prevalent in Asian and South American countries than in the United States.
"So there's not a recommended screening for esophageal cancer in the U.S.," she said.
Instead, Christie said U.S. doctors perform esophageal testing based on symptoms.
― I seldom pass on tea now. (libcrypt), Friday, 27 March 2009 14:47 (fifteen years ago) link
ole news. this is why this type of cancer is more prevalent in japan
― the tip of the tongue taking a trip tralalala (stevienixed), Friday, 27 March 2009 14:55 (fifteen years ago) link
Did I mispost on the bullfighting thread or something?
― I seldom pass on tea now. (libcrypt), Friday, 27 March 2009 14:57 (fifteen years ago) link
― (lbrah) (harbl), Tuesday, March 24, 2009 2:12 PM (3 days ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
12 oz. ends up being plenty though, because you can reinfuse two or three times.
― kingkongvsgodzilla, Friday, 27 March 2009 15:00 (fifteen years ago) link
oh no,libcrypt, just aiming my silly anger at newspaper. SORRY
― the tip of the tongue taking a trip tralalala (stevienixed), Friday, 27 March 2009 15:12 (fifteen years ago) link
science needs to take a fuckin hike. i'ma drink my damn tea
― Surmounter, Friday, 27 March 2009 16:33 (fifteen years ago) link
I don't like my tea super-hot anyway, let it hit that magic temperature where I just chug it.
― mh, Friday, 27 March 2009 16:49 (fifteen years ago) link
ew
― Surmounter, Friday, 27 March 2009 17:13 (fifteen years ago) link
me too, i let tea and coffee cool to the point where it's like soup temperature. i have a magic timer in my head that tells me when it's ready. no esophagus tumors for me
― (lbrah) (harbl), Friday, 27 March 2009 17:36 (fifteen years ago) link
soup temperature should be hot too!
― Surmounter, Friday, 27 March 2009 18:00 (fifteen years ago) link
i get this from my aunt. she can't drink her coffee unless it's like scalding
― Surmounter, Friday, 27 March 2009 18:01 (fifteen years ago) link
Guardian blog post about 'artisanal' teas. Anyone here get seriously into that stuff? I'll drink peppermint or green in the evenings, but otherwise it's English Breakfast.
― Bathtime at the Apollo (G00blar), Wednesday, 27 May 2009 14:00 (fourteen years ago) link
not really but these people have a shop in NY's chinatown where they sell some kinds of black tea for $250 a pound -
http://www.tenren.com
― Tracer Hand, Wednesday, 27 May 2009 16:40 (fourteen years ago) link
tea is taken way more seriously outside of the UK, which is interesting given how much we drink. i have mentioned elsewhere that i was told off by a barista in pasadena for not letting a cup brew for long enough. i must drink 30+ cups per week, but apparently i don't know what i'm doing. i can't even remember the last time i got loose leaf tea here outside of a restaurant.
― caek, Wednesday, 27 May 2009 17:05 (fourteen years ago) link
haha yeah the only time I've been around Brits getting persnickety about steeping time it was that I let the teabag steep for too long (like, longer than three mintues).
― Bathtime at the Apollo (G00blar), Wednesday, 27 May 2009 17:10 (fourteen years ago) link
that can taste kind of bitter so i understand
― Surmounter, Wednesday, 27 May 2009 17:13 (fourteen years ago) link
What is with the sudden popularity of white teas? I don't understand it at all.
― my ghost ixi wants to read more books (Viceroy), Wednesday, 27 May 2009 17:15 (fourteen years ago) link
I've not tried Barry's but I've not seen it for sale in the South of England anywhere.
― Vanishing Point (Chinaski), Saturday, 8 January 2022 19:57 (two years ago) link
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
― covidsbundlertanze op. 6 (Jon not Jon), Saturday, 8 January 2022 19:59 (two years ago) link
Barry’s is very easy to find in Brooklyn, surprising that’s not the case in the South of England
― Josefa, Saturday, 8 January 2022 20:23 (two years ago) link
Yeah I saw Barry's way more in the US than in where I live in the UKSame 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.
― kinder, Saturday, 8 January 2022 20:36 (two years ago) link
Tetley British Blend turned out to be just what I was looking for. Thanks!
― youn, Wednesday, 19 January 2022 17:23 (two years ago) link
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.
― youn, Sunday, 13 February 2022 18:33 (two years ago) link
I think my favorite part of making tea is the forced meditation of the steep
― calstars, Sunday, 23 April 2023 10:13 (one year ago) link
Loving the hojicha lately...Roasted goodness... mmmm...
― m0stly clean (Slowsquatch), Sunday, 23 April 2023 10:35 (one year ago) link
loving Constant Comment lately!
― Swen, Sunday, 25 February 2024 17:12 (two months ago) link
Prince’s favorite tea!
― realistic pillow (Jon not Jon), Monday, 26 February 2024 05:04 (two months ago) link
!! well he has great taste
― Swen, Monday, 26 February 2024 05:31 (two months ago) link
lol my friends used to say that was my tea because I never shut up
― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Monday, 26 February 2024 10:21 (two months ago) link
😂 i mean, that's prob why i like it too 😂
― Swen, Monday, 26 February 2024 13:32 (two months ago) link
I just ordered a pound of Russian Caravan tea
It's really good but I'm not sure why I ordered an entire pound
― Andy the Grasshopper, Monday, 4 March 2024 23:13 (one month ago) link
my favourite of the strong teas
― nxd, Tuesday, 5 March 2024 00:06 (one month ago) link
this one is a little less smokey than blends I've had in the past, but still pretty kick ass
― Andy the Grasshopper, Tuesday, 5 March 2024 00:29 (one month ago) link
lol a pound! never heard of this tea
― Swen, Tuesday, 5 March 2024 01:47 (one month ago) link
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.
― o. nate, Tuesday, 5 March 2024 04:00 (one month ago) link
now what would you recommend as the best way to make iced tea
if you're lazy af
― Swen, Tuesday, 5 March 2024 04:36 (one month ago) link
sun tea, probably?
― Piggy Lepton (La Lechera), Tuesday, 5 March 2024 15:15 (one month ago) link
the general steps i follow are
1. brew strong tea1a. for sweet tea add sugar2. mix with cold water3. cool in fridge4. serve over ice
― c u (crüt), Tuesday, 5 March 2024 16:02 (one month ago) link