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I've been drinking tea since I was four, I go through probably 3 or 4 cups a day easily, mostly decafe or herbal. I'll make a cup and it'll just disappear. I won't even notice it going. It'll just be gone.
It just happened to me again. I made a cup of decafe Earl Grey to have something to sip at while I worked on something. I just examined my cup and it's empty. I have no memory of finish it, it's just gone. Very depressing.
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I have a 18-ounce beer mug (which says "ebay cares" on it, but that's another story...) which I use to consume mass quantities of tea each day. Smaller cups don't work for me, because it takes too much effort to brew a cup of tea just to see it all disappear in two minues. Sadly, because of a health issue, I have to limit the amounts of black tea and especially green tea that I drink. Luckily, there are a lot of herbal teas out there.
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I was just thinking about how much I needed tea! If Only I was not boiling these stupid potatoes. I got this 500 GRAM CAN OF EARL GREY TEA! It's great, and recently I discovered Lady Grey which is quite nice mixed with Earl Grey... Maybe I'll just take these potatoes and put them in the large pot. *goes to do that*
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I like tea, but I love coffee. There was a health thing I just read about drinking tea(black or green) being good for ___________________.
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Green and black tea...antioxidents...heart health, I think it was. Or veins or something like that.
I looooove tea. I'm a great believer in the tangible and intangible health benefits that are the result of drinking ridiculously large amounts of tea. Fennel for acid reflux, chamomile to sleep and for anxiety, green tea in the morning for a small jumpstart and antioxients, bilberry for stronger retinas. And I can't have peppermint tea anymore, but studies show that peppermint is a mood elevator. I think that's true. Plus, there's the comfort that comes from holding a hot mug of tea in cold hands and inhaling the steam. Just makes the day better.
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Alcon most people when they say tea, mean red, or green.
You might consider trying some of the Chinese teas that are made from flowers or fruit. Wheat tea, Winter Melon (Winter Goard tea) are both AMAZING IMO. Lemon tea and Jasmine are pretty high up there for me as well.
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Never was much for hot tea, but back when I was employed I used to drink several pitchers of iced tea a day. Now I just have a couple pots of coffee each morning instead.
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quote:Alcon most people when they say tea, mean red, or green.
In New Zealand when you are invited in for a cup of tea it is always black. If you have green tea or rasberry tea, that needs to be said beforehand otherwise it is assumed you are serving normal tea. I have never been invited in for any kind of herbal tea, and only know a few people that drink it, thats just not the norm in NZ
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When people say 'tea' I always assume black. Just how I was raised. Tea in my family meant black tea, usually of the Twinnings variety.
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I used to love Irish Breakfast from Peet's. It's the one thing I sacrificed when I converted that I miss.
But I'm actually glad that I gave it up; it made it easier for me to give up most decaffeinated sodas so that I can reserve them for when I really need them (blood pressure issues; they don't give me that quick boost as well if I've been consuming lots of caffeine.)
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quote:Alcon most people when they say tea, mean red, or green.
Outside of America, few people call herbal teas "tea" at all. They're usually called "infusions."
Sorry I should have specified more
In China they definately call it tea thats where most of my tea experience comes from.
I personally won't drink tea leaves, but there are some GREAT teas out there. Wheat tea tastes really good served hot or cold.
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The only kind of tea that I like really is Chai. I can't get into black or green, only things that have nice spices.
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I'm like that, except with green tea instead of Chai. I've tried to drink other types, but I just don't like them as well. Not even close.
(As an aside, every time someone mentions Chai tea, I hear Lisa Simpson's recipe for dealing with stress: "Tai Chi, Chai tea...")
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I'm obsesseed with tea. I have had all kinds of tea (meaning black, red, green, or white) and I have to say that my favorite is still black tea. Orange Pekoe is the best (it's what Salada serves) and I'm addicted. The only problem is that now my hot pot broke, and so I have nothing to heat up water with. It's a dilemma that I must soon rectify.
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Every morning at about 10 I need my cup of Earl Grey. When I'm feeling adventures, I go for the chinese Lapsang Souchong tea, which has a nice smoky flavour.
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The coffee machine here broke down the other day. (Sure, we can maintain a 100-million-dollar linear accelerator, not to mention the thirty-ton detector, but a coffee machine? Nah...) I was gloating all day at the looks on the faces of the poor coffee drinkers. They'd come swinging into the kitchen, expecting to get their fix, and they'd see the machine gone, and the looks on their faces would be just priceless! It was absolutely the classic five stages : Disbelief, anger, and so on up to acceptance. (One of them demonstrated this quite nicely; on being told there was a coffee machine down in building 40, he responded "Nah - it's just too far.") Bwah-hah, tea for the win!
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quote: Outside of America, few people call herbal teas "tea" at all. They're usually called "infusions."
In Portugal (my only real "outside the U.S." experience), they use the same word (cha) for "real" tea and herbal teas, and they are big herbal tea drinkers. The term "cha preto" (black tea) is commonly used to distinguish, and everyone knows what it means.
I can't get used to the word infusion--perhaps because it sounds too much like transfusion to me? I like the idea of it, because it's descriptive of what it is. But I guess not having grown up hearing it, it sounds more like a medical or scientific term than something I want to drink on a chilly afternoon! Now, "tisane" I might be able to train myself to say.
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I first heard tisane in David Gemmell's Rigante series. It took me a surprisingly long time to figure out what he was talking about. And then I thought it was just a word he'd made up for his alternate celtic world. Till I ran across it in a dictionary.
I actually kinda like it better than "infusion" or "herbal tea".
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Tea is great. My best friend is half Indian, and her dad used to make us tea all the time. Lots of sugar and milk. It's like ambrosia. Hmmm, tea.
I've finally got to a point where I can drink tea without sugar and milk, but for years I just couldn't do it. Of course, I also spent a lot of time in Mississippi when I was a kid, and I like sweet tea. Unfortunately there are only a couple of places in Chicago that offer Real sweet tea.
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quote:Originally posted by Uprooted: In Portugal (my only real "outside the U.S." experience), they use the same word (cha) for "real" tea and herbal teas, and they are big herbal tea drinkers. The term "cha preto" (black tea) is commonly used to distinguish, and everyone knows what it means.
That's fascinating. Do you know the etymology of the Porteguese 'cha?' I ask because that is the same word as tea in Mandarin Chinese. I'm not too aware of the history of tea but I wonder if when tea was brought from China, it carried the name as well as the leaves?
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Personally, I love Lipton tea. Yes, I know it's a very unsophisticated tea, but it has a wonderfully naturally sweet flavor. I've loved it as a kid, and as an adult. Of course, always best with milk and a hint of sugar.
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