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The tea thread
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SilkRoad
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SilkRoad I am coming over!
*raids your tea cupboard*
Tea party!
I think herbal and fruit teas are still lowest on my list, despite the fact that I like them and have a few. I like flavoured/scented black teas (usually with milk) best, followed by regular black tea (almost always with milk), followed by varieties of green teas...but even the green teas are fairly far behind the black teas. Herbal and fruit teas come some way down the list again, though I think reducing my caffeine intake some more is a good idea.
What are some herbal/fruit teas that should just blow my mind, or that I'll love the more regularly I consume them?
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Yes indeed!
I drank quite a lot of tea even before I moved to Ireland and later the UK, but now it's kind of at obsession level.
Oddly enough, my Finnish mum got me started. I say "oddly" because the Finns are voracious coffee drinkers...and my mum doesn't touch it. (My Canadian dad is quite a coffee enthusiast, though.) My mum did say that her tea addiction started when she lived in England. However, I find that she and my dad drink tea very very weak. I used to drink it very weak but some English/Irish people laughed at me.
Then I started to find that if I brewed it a bit stronger (still not ridiculously strong) I enjoyed it more. 
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Did you sprinkle fresh ginger into the cup of green tea and mix it up?
(or was it a prepackaged green tea+ginger blend?)
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It's prepackaged, but Ooooooh I have some minced ginger in a jar and some plain green tea, maybe I should try making some of my own and compare.
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It sounds like it might be pretty good! And maybe a little sugar to top it off (would brown work? I never add sugar to my tea as I prefer it without, but when it comes to green teas, and esp. the ginger, I'm thinking some sweetness might be good too)
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A few recent favourites:
-Black tea with apple, from Japan
-PG Tips decaf black tea for the evening (interestingly, my favourite tea chain in England is Whittard of Chelsea, but I wasn't that impressed with the decaf - the PG Tips is very good)
-Matcha Tea Latte - I first had this late last year in Japan, at Starbucks...so delicious. Bitter but sweet at the same time. It seems to be catching on in the West somewhat as some cafes have it now (not Starbucks, at least not in England yet) but they don't seem to do it quite right. I have some Match Tea Latte mix which is not quite as good as the Starbucks, but still very good.
-Black tea with rose/mango flavour
My favourite thing recently, and actually for the last couple of years, is flavoured black tea. By the way, I always drink black tea with milk.
-Black tea with apple, from Japan
-PG Tips decaf black tea for the evening (interestingly, my favourite tea chain in England is Whittard of Chelsea, but I wasn't that impressed with the decaf - the PG Tips is very good)
-Matcha Tea Latte - I first had this late last year in Japan, at Starbucks...so delicious. Bitter but sweet at the same time. It seems to be catching on in the West somewhat as some cafes have it now (not Starbucks, at least not in England yet) but they don't seem to do it quite right. I have some Match Tea Latte mix which is not quite as good as the Starbucks, but still very good.
-Black tea with rose/mango flavour
My favourite thing recently, and actually for the last couple of years, is flavoured black tea. By the way, I always drink black tea with milk.
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white tea is said to have 3 times the antioxidants of green tea. while I don't entirely trust this statistic, white tea is an extremely potent source of antioxidants
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I fucking love tea.
Earl Grey and Dragon Pearl are nice. Dandelion tea is good for the soul.
Earl Grey and Dragon Pearl are nice. Dandelion tea is good for the soul.
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OMG, TEA? IS IT AWESOME OR TOO AWESOME? IS IT PURE WHITE GODLY LOVE OR IS IT THE SEDUCTIVE VAGINA OF THE DEVIL SATAN LUCIFER HIMSELF???? IT IS MYSTERY.
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