What's Your Favorite Tea?

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·May 18, 2018

I tend to drink a lot of coffee, but I also like tea a lot. What is your favorite tea? How do you prefer to brew it and prepare it (loose/bags,cream, sugar, etc)?

I use a Teavana tea maker and am a fan of Harney and Son's. Earl Grey Supreme in my cup now.

 

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AAAKK

·May 18, 2018

Bought a Breville One Touch a few years ago. Fantastic appliance. Just load the basket with loose leaves, push a button, and it lowers the basket and cycles through the steeping process. My preference is any quality Sencha green tea, nothing added

 

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Rman

·May 18, 2018

Huge tea lover here.

All Chinese and Taiwanese teas in my collection.
Puerh, red, and oolong brewed in a Yixing clay pot.

Here is a cake of Yunnanese dian hong from last year.

Highly recommend taking the time to source clean or organic tea because it’s a pesticide-intensive crop and causing a lot of environmental destruction around the world.

 

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llvhhui

·May 18, 2018

Hands down Dragon Well tea, a type of green tea from southern China.

 

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Vitezi

·May 18, 2018

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Earl Grey

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X350 XJR

·May 18, 2018·Vintage Omega Aficionado

Completely different for different days, really good green or Earl Grey for me.

 

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Vitezi

·May 18, 2018

Can't resist Da Hong Pao either. Or a good cup of Moroccan mint tea.

 

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noelekal

·May 18, 2018·Home For Wayward Watches

We're probably atypical for this region of the US for we consume a lot of tea. While we have some nice loose teas on hand for lingering weekend cups we drink a lot of this. Some of y'all may consider it to be some rot-gut sort of brew but in Texas it is gold and to be preferred over any tea found on store shelves in this region. A Yorkshire friend is our pusher ... I mean occasional supplier, kindly sending over, or bringing over boxes when he visits and we've brought it back form visits to see him on several occasions. We order online to supplement his supplies.

 

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dougiedude

·May 18, 2018·Carpe horologium!

Favorite Tea?

Why, The Tea-Gee-One-Ninety-Five!

 

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noelekal

·May 18, 2018·Home For Wayward Watches

Well dougiedude, that's off topic ...

... but it sure is nice.

 

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dougiedude

·May 18, 2018·Carpe horologium!

noelekal

Well dougiedude, that's off topic ...

... but it sure is nice.

Yeah, sorry for interrupting an interesting convo...

Back ON topic...

I'm headed to London and other points around GB in a few months... the Yorkshire sounds like the kind of tea that would be worthwhile bringing back over when I return... I'll try to be sure to try out a few while I'm there.

 

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Rman

·May 18, 2018

dougiedude

Yeah, sorry for interrupting an interesting convo...

Back ON topic...

I'm headed to London and other points around GB in a few months... the Yorkshire sounds like the kind of tea that would be worthwhile bringing back over when I return... I'll try to be sure to try out a few while I'm there.

There’s actually a tea farm in Cornwall and the Cornish cream tea is something to experience if you make it over that way, stunning area and food.

 

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subsurface

·May 18, 2018

A good strong English breakfast tea in a bag is my morning choice.

 

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lillatroll

·May 18, 2018

My go to tea is Lipton Yellow Lable. I like it because you can buy it all over the world. My preferred tea is Twinings Lady Grey but that is not so easy to find everywhere in the world.
I actually visited the Lipton tea estates in Sri Lanka a few years ago. It was a bit of a hike and very humid.

 

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ulackfocus

·May 18, 2018

Mighty Leaf - Green Dragon green tea
Sayan - Chaga Mushroom green tea
Republic of Tea - Raspberry Quince black tea

 

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Larry S

·May 18, 2018·Color Commentator for the Hyperbole.

Trader Joe's Irish Breakfast
PG Tips
Turkish Tea (my French Press does a great job)
Costco Japanese Macha blend
Fresh Green Tea (when I can get it which is rare)

I like gourmet teas as well but the above are my go to's. Very fond of Tekkane Peppermint as well.

 

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Gurn

·May 18, 2018

Larry S

Costco Japanese Macha blend
Fresh Green Tea (when I can get it which is rare)

I second the Costco Green

 

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Philou

·May 18, 2018

A very classic Earl Grey for me

 

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Peemacgee

·May 18, 2018·Purrrr-veyor of luxury cat box loungers

White tea for me as a treat - I discovered it on a trip to Hong Kong
but you have to buy a decent brand as the cheaper ones are pretty disappointing

For 'builder's tea', as I'm a Geordie exile in Yorkshire, its Yorkshire Tea- I have to give the Yorkshire folk their due, they do make great tea
However, water makes all the difference to the taste of tea. (Hard/ soft)
You'll often hear the cry from Northerners - "you can't get a decent cup of tea down south"

And for all you Earl Grey fans - as I said, I'm originally from the most Northern reaches of England and we can lay claim to the man for whom the tea was named - Charles Grey 2nd Earl Grey (1764- 1845)
You can visit his house Howick Hall - north of Newcastle in Northumberland (and you can drink tea there)
- and we liked him so much we erected a monument in his honour as the centre piece of Newcastle

 

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Pun

·May 18, 2018

A genuine Darjeeling tea is champagne of all teas, it is said; and I believe it’s said for a reason!!