Brit's and tea connoisseurs, please spill the tea on tea taste and briskness :)

just shut up already, didn't you read the poster above you????

This is exactly the advice and recommendations I was looking for!

THE BUCK STOPS HERE

All you other posters in this thread should be ashamed of yourselves, you sound like a bunch of hillbillies without couth! I'm almost embarrassed I even asked now, you all have embarrassed me!

Thank you AC! I'm going to have to start with amazon but my ultimate purchase will be the peral jasmine.

I have never seen a Chinese tea shop but I've had the best Jasmine tea from a Chinese restaurant I asked what kind it was they either didn't understand or didn't want to tell me. I will search my heart out for a Chinese tea shop and will travel to it if I have to.

I love you AC, can you send your ex husband my way?

Stash brand Double Bergamot earl grey is the best one i've tried

teabags do not affect the taste of tea. I know because ive tried both.

For tea to mash correctly you must place it in the microwave for 15 seconds AFTER you pour the boiling water onto it in the mug.

You then add full organic milk and honey.

I love tea and have been a bit of a connoisseur for years.
The first thing I tell people that ask such questions is DON’T make tea with milk or sugar or both, you’re missing the whole point of tea.
When you make tea without milk / sugar it should be made much weaker than you would using milk or sugar or both, the tea should be translucent, if it’s not its way to strong. So if using a t-bag it should only be in the hot water no more than 10 seconds and that’s too long for some verities.
A very healthy alternative to a cup of coffee in the morning is green tea with half a spoon of "real cinnamon" from Sri Lanka. This will make you much more alert and awake than coffee and it’s very good for you.
Only use Sri Lanka Cinnamon (Real Cinnamon) as all other Cinnamon which all super markets sell contains Coumarin which can damage your liver, promote cancer development and impair cognitive development. Real Cinnamon does have trace amounts of Coumarin but over 2,000 times less than that of the super markets fake Cinnamon.
Green Tea with half a t-spoon of “Real Cinnamon”

Total calories = 6 per cup (1 full t-spoon of Cinnamon added)

Real Cinnamon
1. It has anti-viral, anti-bacterial and anti-fungal properties
2. Contains antioxidants with anti-inflammatory effects
3. Its prebiotic properties may improve gut health
4. Reduces blood pressure
5. Lowers blood sugar and risk of type 2 diabetes
6. Relieves digestive discomfort

Green Tea
1. Contains healthy bioactive compounds
2. Improve brain function
3. Increases fat burning
4. Antioxidants lower the risk of some cancers
5. Help protect the brain from aging
6. Reduce bad breath
7. Help prevent type 2 diaabetes
8. Help prevent cardiovascular disease

Don’t drink it before bed, you won’t sleep.

Speak for yourself !
Personally I like Assam.
Important to have water freshly boiling. Also allow 3 minutes to brew.

Not sure where you made the assumption that I am female or a pole smoker, but I am male, 1/2 British, 1/4 Mongolian and 1/4 Tibet, just for the record.

My tea knowlege comes from the Asian half, not the Anglo half.

I like mighty leaf brand tea, their English breakfast is great, just don’t drink on an empty stomach!!

Also tazo Zen is my favorite late day tea. Spearmint, green tea and a small amount of caffeine.

I cold brew my tea.

I use Ceylon and Assam loose leaf as a base and I'm experimenting with different combinations.

Vanilla, Spearmint, Peppermint, orange peel.

I have a bunch of different dried fruits also.

Aye...Yorkshire Tea then Tetley's..rest are crap..tea bags?.yes but only for convenience.

the gays tend to have more refined taste.

You also came across as kind of snobby too, but I like that because I imagined you in tight pants with a dad bod, now that you mention being gays and I had some time to think about it. I did think you were a female at first because of these gays characteristics.

But I still like you, in fact I would like to talk more about stuff you know is better than other stuff. What else you got?

I don't even want to talk to anyone else in this thread now, they all disappoint. Just you AC, I only want to read what you have to say.

BOOM. We have some really good tea. My faves are tea masala and there's a recipe where my mum uses lemon leaves. Fucking awesome.

That does sound good with lemon.

Depends on how uncouth and uncivilized you think I am.

Cheap, mass-market brand black tea is hideous.

I can taste the aluminum in some of them.

The only black tea in a bag I can drink is Barry's. Irish breakfast and English breakfast have the real tea taste.

I have some organic loose leaf black English breakfast which is decent. I will check out some of the loose leaf brands recommended.

Stash Tea Company

Herbal teas

Organic

No pesticides

A parvenu of the tea underworld, barbarian to the untrained eye.

I'm all yours, go on please

Harvey supports trans peeple

All this Tea talk,,, be right back, "gonna put the kettle on"

The tai'chi spins, the great wheel both go round and round where they stop nobody knows.

The fires of the kali yuga burn brigher than ever. A warm campfire, not too close to gt burnt, do not leave the tea water on the fire too long, just long enough to heat the tea and move closer to the fire as the flames turn into hot coals. The tea is not too strong and not too weak.

The five elements play in the ten directions.

Now, it is your turn.

I like Pukka brand Matcha Supreme Green tea right now...

with lime juice.

sugar makes it taste good but w/e I hold off on sugar usually..

And Guayaki in cans.

Also HopTea is great.

I also like yaupon a lot. I found this yaupon matcha and it is great. I also found a good yerba mate matcha brand.

i would make my yaupon really dark.

Yaupon Bros and Lost Pines are the best IMO. that i've tried.

sparkling hoptea.. I like to drink it with some alcohol...

fuck tea bags. thats why I get Pukka anyways. But it would be nice if the inks were also uhh, vegan.

i mean its kinda important because it goes together in with the packaging the teabag goes into. Whatever I'm sensitive to those kind of things.

But yeah Pukka has "natural tea bags"...

yeah the green yaupon is loose.. or the one Ive gotten. And I would like to roast it myself for a bit more of a toasty flavor sometimes..

Try this blend:

1 bag roobios
1 bag earl grey
1 bag tulsi green

Brew it with a cinnamon stick

Add steamed milk

Tell me what ya think