whats your favorite tea?

[monkey]

mine: white tea with bergamot. just about the most amazing tea ever.

[alexandra]

i'm not really a fan of tea, but my mom is. some forest fruit and raspberry tea makes the whole house smell lovely.

[synch]

Mint, Jasmin or something more masculin.

[abcdefz]

Oolong.(y)

[burbboi]

Earl Grey...hot.

[monkey]

thw white tea with bergamot kinda has that earl gray taste without the bitterness. it's a sweeter earl gray without caffeine. i feel cleaner when i drink it.

[CJM]

i prefer chrysanthemum tea, but it's hard to find in the bud form around here. the crystal stuff just tastes nasty.

[Tone Capone]

Chai Tea... if that don't count for some reason, I have to say Green Tea.

[Lyman Zerga]

ice tea

the only one i drink and be able to taste

[cosmo105]

i make a pitcher of iced jasmine green tea and drink that throughout the day instead of soda or something. it's so yummy, doesn't need any sweeteners.

i drink peppermint tea or fennel (peppermint tastes way better though) when my tummy's upset, a great pms tea when i need a diuretic, and very occasionally, english breakfast tea. mmm. i'm sensitive to caffeine, though, so i can't do more than a cup of that at a time usually.

actually, pauli, white tea has more caffeine than green, unless it's been decaffeinated. granted, it's a slightly different caffeine than say, coffee, and earl grey actually uses a different tea plant, but still...the more you process the green tea plant, the less caffeine it has. white tea>green tea>oolong, which has practically none. white has lots of antioxidants in it, though.

[jabumbo]

black with a dab of honey

[Lindsey_1535]

minty!

[monkey]

cosmo: i think it's the bergamot they add that makes it taste like earl gray (grey? fuck it i dont know). and i dont know if it has been decaffeinated actually. it just doesnt jolt me like black tea. i find green tea sometimes a bit too bitter. i have to be in the mood for it or eating japanese food.

[jackrock]

Orange Pekoe or Raspberry. Red Rose, too

[cosmo105]

cosmo: i think it's the bergamot they add that makes it taste like earl gray (grey? fuck it i dont know). and i dont know if it has been decaffeinated actually. it just doesnt jolt me like black tea. i find green tea sometimes a bit too bitter. i have to be in the mood for it or eating japanese food.
see, i don't really like most green tea, but i LOVE jasmine green tea. it's so smooth.

and yeah, the caffeine in green/white tea is different than that of earl grey...it's more of a mental energy. i can drink a liter of green tea before bed and sleep like a baby, but if i do more than one cup of earl grey in the morning, my eyelids are twitching and i'm tossing and turning all night.

[HEIRESS]

peach apricot honeybush with extra honey

mint straight up

earl grey with lots of sugar and milk, chai too

raspberry apple is great

and actually Ill pretty much drink any type of tea except lemony or orangy ones

[Gareth]

lychee

[cosmo105]

lychee
oh HELL yes.

[Gareth]

lychee martinis are aight too

[Gareth]

i'm not gay

[Lex Diamonds]

Jus plain old Earl Grey for me please. Anything else doesn't taste like tea.

[enree erzweglle]

My favorite in the winter is ginger and in the summer it's a jasmine green blend. No sweeteners.

I have so, SO much lemon balm and a mess of varieties of mint (one is a chocolate mint leaf) that run crazy through my back yard. That makes summer tea very nice and it's gorgeous smelling when the breeze ruffles through them in the early part of the night.

Numi teas are so great and they make pretty gifts. Often after I've paper-edited a report, I'll attach one of those tea bags to my markups just to spread some numi around. :)

I also make tea from bugleweed, which I grow in my back yard. It's not the best-tasting tea, but it has some medicinal effects and that's good. The same thing can be said for ginger tea--I started out using it medicinally but I acquired a taste for it in time and now I love it in the winter, by the heater, with a book, a blanket, and my cat.

[Calimero jr.]

Black tea, Darjeeling or Lapsang Souchong, I love that smokey taste (y)

[cosmo105]

my aunt has chocolate mint! she has all these weird herbs that are so cool. she had a pineapple sage and a cucumber something or other...i wish i could have taken some clippings with me!

[cookiepuss]

Good Earth brand (caffeine-free) sweet and spicy tea. it's chai-like but sweeter. lots o' cinimon.(y)

[monkey]

once i had an almond tea that was so amazing. never had the same amazing experience again :(

[*HOTWIFE*]

peppermint tea for me please

[TimDoolan]

Earl Grey...hot.


'Course it's hot, whatcha want in it!?

[BangkokB]

I don't know 'bout tea

But Tea Bagging is spot on

[Funkyfreshgrape]

mint tea

[BangkokB]

You are correct. Mint tea is the cats meow

[monkey]

IM HAVING THE JASMINE GREEN TEA!!!!!

it is fantastic tasting. it doesnt have that bitterness of green tea but it has that mild green tea flavor.

thanks ladies (y)

[Bob]

i've been meaning to try breaking in to tea. are you supposed to put anything in it, or do you just drink it straight?

[cosmo105]

IM HAVING THE JASMINE GREEN TEA!!!!!

it is fantastic tasting. it doesnt have that bitterness of green tea but it has that mild green tea flavor.

thanks ladies (y)
exactly. i can't really do just straight green tea, but jasmine has this smoothness to it - doesn't need any sweetener whatsover. there's this brand that you can get at health food stores that's imported from japan (it even comes in their cool bottles) that is sooo yummy. isn't it awesome?

[cosmo105]

i've been meaning to try breaking in to tea. are you supposed to put anything in it, or do you just drink it straight?
you can sweeten it if you want to, but most herbal and green teas don't need it. if you drink black tea straight, you've got my respect and some serious balls.

[monkey]

it really depends also on how long you steep it. i like mild black tea, i steep leaves (and a bit o' cinnamon stick) little in a little teapot, then when i want black tea, i pour a little of this black tea and fill the cup with hot water. not bitter. if im feeling dangerous, i'll splash a little milk. the key to tea is to drink something more...wholesome than lipton. tends to have more flavor.

[b i o n i c]

i drink DOUBLE bagged black tea straight on the regular. i like it better than coffee for the caffeine

[Bob]

what's so crazy about black tea? i drink black coffee, is it far worse than that?

[b i o n i c]

they mean that drinkin it sugarless is a challenge

[beastiegrrl23]

licorice when i get sick, and green tea, when i need to stay awake its wonderful.

[discopants]

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