Tea Time
 

I seem to go through phases when I forget that I really like tea. Yesterday, though, I rearranged the cupboards (I bought new dishes, so I had to make them fit) and then I was trying to find something on the spice shelf (turned out it was right in front of me) and I found a canister of Wild Berry Plum Green Tea.

I guess I'm back in a tea-drinking phase.

I highly recommend the Republic of Tea's Wild Berry Plum Green Tea. I'd like your recommendations.

What are your favorite teas? Do you prefer hot or cold tea? Do you like sweet tea (blech) or plain? Do you add milk? Do you dip biscotti in it?

Please also feel free to write odes about your favorite teacup, if your muse so inspires you.

My all time, favorite tea is Earl Grey with Lavendar. I usually add a bit of honey and cream to make a delish snack. It is impossible to find here so I make my own mixture. The only place I know to buy it is at the tea shop at Pike Place Market. I think I need to go to Seattle soon.

I drink tea in glass, usually. I have a set of four cobalt-colored tea mugs that are soothing to me.

Earl Grey is my favorite, and I first sampled it in a drink native to Ann Arbor MI (at the University of Michigan) called the Dharma Bums. Half Earl Grey, half steamed milk, shot of almond. It's delightful. Plain Earl Grey is good too. Or, as in the Earl of Sandwich shop in DTD/WDW, Earl's Grey Lemonade is the tastiest Arnold Palmer ever.

But I'm always willing to try something new. Greens, reds, any floral or herbal... I dig on the tea. Usually plain, or sometimes with a little lemon and honey if it's Lipton (and) or not fresh.

Sometimes a tea latte is nice. Audra got me hooked on this blueberry pomegranite latte from Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf. Delightful.

I like my tea like I like my coffee. Strong and black. However, I like my men weak and of non-descript ethnical origin.

Favorite tea is Fortnum and Mason Royal Blend. Not a better tea to be had. It's not sold in the states, and it's a rather exhorbitant expense to get in imported. So my parents make a point to give anyone who happens to be going to London anyway a shopping list. It's oh so worth it.

I recently had a bagged tea that was surprisingly good. I don't remember the name, but I saved the paper wrapper, so I'll check it when I get home.

I don't get very adventurous when it comes to flavored teas. Earl Gray is as far as I go. Other than that, give me a good English breakfast, or other blended black tea.

And I LOVE iced tea. I'll most any iced tea, including mixed stuff, but nothing beats a real brewed iced tea. I've found English breakfast works best. So refreshing and satisfying. Sometimes I sweeten it, sometimes I don't, depends on my mood and the particular tea. I'm not a huge fan of passion fruit iced tea and the like, but I'll drink it.

Oh, and I've recently discovered that Cost Plus sells loose leaf tea. I've only had one cup of the English breakfast, so I don't have a complete verdict, but I enjoyed my cup. Next on the tasting list is the Earl Gray (I don't think I've ever even had loose leaf Earl Gray).

PG Tips. Pyramid bags. Splash of milk. Yum.

I think it was Bigelow that used to sell large cold-brew iced-tea bags (one bag would make 2 liters or something like that). My favorite was Peach.

Does anyone know if that's still available? My goodness I loved that stuff.

I have to admit, I've gotten hooked on the bottled tea/juice blends from the supermarket. There are a couple different brands. My favorite flavor is peach. Mmm. They're like 3/4 sugar, but soooo delicious.

Ooh, Arizona does a Splenda iced tea in blueberry that's tasty.

Tea: It's not real if it's not loose. :coffee:

I say that about a lot of things. ;)