Tea Drinker/Aficionado Thread - Page 2

HyePower · 02-09-2010, 05:30 PM

I like Earl Grey Tea as well. I drink Ahmad tea every morning.

Uranus · 02-09-2010, 05:31 PM

Sweat tea

Timmycuddler · 02-09-2010, 05:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Uranus

Sweat tea

cant go wrong with some good ol' southern sweet tea

drg · 02-09-2010, 05:50 PM

It's pretty interesting to use different types of base tea for southern-style sweet tea. I tried it once with lapsang souchon, that was pretty interesting.

drg · 02-09-2010, 05:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Timmycuddler

Bao Zhong Royale Oolong looks good and ive heard good things about it; it's as close as you can get to green without being green i might try it

That looks/sounds fantastic. I bet it's somewhat similar to tieguanyin, only light oxidation.

zenmic · 02-09-2010, 05:55 PM

Depends on the meal. Not being a coffee drinker, I do a hot tea and milk mix in the morning. I can always do a Boba milk tea most any day, but they get expensive. Oolong, jasmine, or a mix of po lei and chrysanthemum mixed together are great at lunch. Usually at dinner we do a jasmine or oolong. I can not argue with a good southern sweet tea either. Since it is so hard to find sweet tea here in California, I usually do an Arnold Palmer (tea and lemonade).

Falcon16 · 02-09-2010, 05:57 PM

I'm a big tea drinker. my personal favorites right now are a Niagara icewine tea and a blood orange tea both from Victoria Galleries in Niagara on the lake

Finnigan · 02-09-2010, 06:13 PM

I really like the tea in your typical chineese buffet resturants. I was always told it was green tea, but I've never been able to get a green tea in the supermarket that tastes like it.

What am I doing wrong?

ta2maki · 02-09-2010, 06:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Finnigan

I really like the tea in your typical chineese buffet resturants. I was always told it was green tea, but I've never been able to get a green tea in the supermarket that tastes like it.

What am I doing wrong?

You want pu-er or pu-erh tea. I think it's classified as a black tea. That's what more of the super chinese places serve. The more expensive varieties come in a cake form. I've seen crazy prices like $100 for a small puck.

Cheaper restaurants use a jasmine-oolong blend.

Finnigan · 02-09-2010, 06:36 PM

Thanks! I'll check them out.

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drg Banned Join Date: Mar 2007	It's pretty interesting to use different types of base tea for southern-style sweet tea. I tried it once with lapsang souchon, that was pretty interesting.

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zenmic Seasoned Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Pasadena, CA by way of Memphis, TN	Depends on the meal. Not being a coffee drinker, I do a hot tea and milk mix in the morning. I can always do a Boba milk tea most any day, but they get expensive. Oolong, jasmine, or a mix of po lei and chrysanthemum mixed together are great at lunch. Usually at dinner we do a jasmine or oolong. I can not argue with a good southern sweet tea either. Since it is so hard to find sweet tea here in California, I usually do an Arnold Palmer (tea and lemonade).