Tea enthusiasts

I love tea. I bought an electric tea kettle for my office and I drink cup after another all day long. I'm lazy so I usually go for bagged tea from trader joes, but I keep some loose leaf stuff around for when im feeling fancy.

I cant say that ive tried all that many. So far ive been quite fond of Earl gray and Darjeeling...also some fruity abominations that im kind of ashamed to admit.

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peacenl May 25 2012 21:55. Posts 452

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On May 25 2012 16:47 IMoperator wrote:
Brisk is the best tea.

Which tea would be brisk?

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Wala.Revolution Liechtenstein. May 25 2012 22:11. Posts 6040

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On May 25 2012 21:55 peacenl wrote:

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Which tea would be brisk?

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sylverfyre United States. May 25 2012 22:25. Posts 4137

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BAN HIM FROM THIS THREAD.

In more seriousness, teasy tea (formerly portsmouth teas) www.teasy.com is a nice place in the New England area that carries a lot of good teas. One of my favorites that I can't get anywhere else is their blend that they call "Midsummer Night's Dream" - it's a blend of Black and Green tea with bits of dried fruit. It's sweet without sugar and really delicious. Great for making iced tea, too.

GreEny K Germany. May 25 2012 23:07. Posts 7264

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-_- been looking through this for 2 days now. Unfortunately this college town I live in doesn't have tea shops!

peacenl May 26 2012 03:40. Posts 452

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On May 25 2012 22:25 sylverfyre wrote:
BAN HIM FROM THIS THREAD.

In more seriousness, teasy tea (formerly portsmouth teas) www.teasy.com is a nice place in the New England area that carries a lot of good teas. One of my favorites that I can't get anywhere else is their blend that they call "Midsummer Night's Dream" - it's a blend of Black and Green tea with bits of dried fruit. It's sweet without sugar and really delicious. Great for making iced tea, too.

ICED TEA??? Blasphemy !! Just kidding, to each his own

, for something named like a shakespeare play, it has to be special. Do you have any pics? Am very curious what it looks like.

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EchoZ China. May 26 2012 03:46. Posts 3157

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Yay about time. I love tea. LOVE IT.

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Knighthawkbro United States. May 26 2012 03:57. Posts 109

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I think you linked the wrong site. http://www.portsmouthtea.com/. seems pretty interesting. I watched the teasy.com intro vid and was like waiting for the tea.

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TheWorldToCome United States. May 26 2012 04:36. Posts 363

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I know that with white tea you want to steep under boiling point in water, and I've heard you only need to steep for 30 - 60 seconds BUT

Is it true the longer you steep white tea the more antioxidants you get? If so I would probably steep longer than 60 seconds.

EDIT: Great thread btw :D

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chennis Taiwan. May 26 2012 04:41. Posts 227

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I have this thing for oolong tea....its called I want to marry it

Trozz Canada. May 26 2012 04:51. Posts 2180

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Steeping for seconds??
I steep until its lukewarm.
French press steeping rules.

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Fishball Canada. May 26 2012 04:55. Posts 4702

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Never expected a thread like this to pop up on TL.
I drink Dragon Well tea everyday (Xihu Longjing variant from Meijiawu).
Even the Queen has been there before.
My current stock will probably last me another year. Stocked up on it when I visited China back in 2010.

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Primadog United States. May 26 2012 04:56. Posts 4395

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On May 26 2012 04:55 Fishball wrote:
Never expected a thread like this to pop up on TL.
I drink Dragon Well tea everyday (Xihu Longjing variant from Meijiawu).
Even the Queen has been there before.
My current stock will probably last me another year. Stocked up on it when I visited China back in 2010.

Best way to acquire tea! Although it always unnerves me to walk across customs with a dufflebag of tea.

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Kiett United States. May 26 2012 05:00. Posts 3622

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I live for tea.

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NeMeSiS3 Canada. May 26 2012 05:00. Posts 2969

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I believe....

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The tea party is the best tea...

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Sriracha United States. May 26 2012 05:03. Posts 3

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I've been buying tea from http://www.uptontea.com/ for 10+ years. They have a good selection of loose-leaf teas (and no gimmicky stuff). Recommended.

Also, OP: Rooibos is not black tea, or even tea.

Trozz Canada. May 26 2012 05:06. Posts 2180

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It's totally tea.
Its what they call ti-su-ne.
Or is it ti-sune?

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DivinO United States. May 26 2012 05:09. Posts 4693

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I am sadly a newbie when it comes to tea, but I just want to point out that a word like "enthusiast" is a perfect word to describe those passionate about tea.

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Treadmill Canada. May 26 2012 05:14. Posts 2117

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A. Tea is fantastic, this is known.

B. I come from the very British tradition of Earl Grey tea with milk and sugar, although any more than half a teaspoon of sugar is gross.

C. My Grandma in Newfoundland has always done the 'all day teapot' thing. If you aren't aware of this, how it works is in the morning you make a pot of tea with 2 teabags. Then midmorning, when the tea has been drunk, you add more builing water and two more teabags. At lunchtime, more water and more teabags. Again at midafternoon, then finally in the evening more water and two more teabags. At the end of the day you get a pot with 10 moldering bags sitting in the bottom and tea that is, well, rather strong.

D. Rooibos is not a type of black tea. It's a herbal tea made from a specific plant from South Africa. To be fair, it's often blended with black teas, and usually drank the same way (milk n sugar), but rooibos itself doesnt come from the tea plant. It's also fantastic. Red tea really should be considered its own kind of tea, like green tea and black tea - or at least it is at most tea stores here in Edmonton.

Edit: E. I needed this thread.

Edit 2: F. Breakfast tea is gross.

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Sriracha United States. May 26 2012 05:15. Posts 3

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On May 26 2012 05:06 Trozz wrote:
It's totally tea.
Its what they call ti-su-ne.
Or is it ti-sune?

Tisane? I'm used to calling only this tea, but I see there an Herbal Tea section, so that's where roobios should go.

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