tea

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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?

SCARLETT JOHANNSEN

tea leoni

lol

i want a good tea dammit

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.

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.

really? can u tell me how? scones are lovely

lol Jesse that's crazy

go hang a salami, i'm a lasagna hog

I love:

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Only the loose tea, though. Teabags never have enough tea in them.

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Here's a good basic scone recipe:

http://www.taste.com.au/recipes/10710/basic+scones

The key thing is a good hot oven.

ooh thanks trayce

ryan has been making candied ginger scones lately

i'm trying irish breakfast tea for the 1st time today. it's sweet.

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.

whoa i need one of those, i drink like a quart of tea every day

12 oz is not really big enough for me thoug, they should have a mega size for americans

Hot Tea, Coffee May Increase Throat Cancer Risk
The Cancer Could Be Deadly, but a Simple Test Can Catch It Quickly

By LAUREN COX
March 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.

ole news. this is why this type of cancer is more prevalent in japan

Did I mispost on the bullfighting thread or something?

12 oz is not really big enough for me thoug, they should have a mega size for americans

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12 oz. ends up being plenty though, because you can reinfuse two or three times.

oh no,libcrypt, just aiming my silly anger at newspaper. SORRY

science needs to take a fuckin hike. i'ma drink my damn tea

I don't like my tea super-hot anyway, let it hit that magic temperature where I just chug it.

ew

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

soup temperature should be hot too!

i get this from my aunt. she can't drink her coffee unless it's like scalding

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.

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

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.

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).

that can taste kind of bitter so i understand

What is with the sudden popularity of white teas? I don't understand it at all.

Ten Ren has a shop in Chicago's Chinatown as well, and yeah, some of the prices are astounding.

As someone who can't abide caffeine most of the time but doesn't really like a lot of fruity herbal teas, my everyday tea is Roastaroma, made by Celestial Seasonings. If I go out to a cafe, I'll usually order a rooibos. My favorite is probably Octavia Tea's Winter Mint Rooibos.

now drinking: tulsi sweet rose

it is so lovely!!!

tea is delicious

Okakura Kakuzo to thread!

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Tza that sounds delicious. Still can't find any of the Aztec sweet chilli btw. Booooooo.

awww, i found it at whole foods!

I will keep looking. I'm on a mission. I realize I could just order online but I'm up for the challenge.

i got this bigelow lemon ginger tea and it tastes like oatmeal cookies to me?
maybe it's my sinus congestion masking flavors. still... weird!

making my friend drink kava kava tea to calm her down from her panicky stuff today

question, so I make tea at the office but sometimes I only have half the pot or only one pot. is it safe to leave the tea leaves in overnight and make more the next day? or will some kind of bacteria/mold start growing.

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

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