The Syndicate

Metalmarsh89 wrote:Some things are best made in China.

Not today. I am drinking iced sencha, so the best things are made in Japan today.

My package from China came today! I got some longjing and tieguanyin.

Mongoose wrote:

A Person wrote:

Mongoose wrote:I'm cranky (I'm on two kinds of antibiotics) so I'm enjoying regular ole iced tea.

Green or black?

At the time, black. Presently, green. Stop with all the questions already.

Are they annoying?


I am sick so I was drinking the green tea with ginger and lemongrass I had but I steeped it three times so it's pretty much spent.

Mongoose wrote:I'm cranky (I'm on two kinds of antibiotics) so I'm enjoying regular ole iced tea.

Green or black?

Tea is an aromatic beverage commonly prepared by pouring hot or boiling water over cured leaves of the Camellia sinensis, an evergreen shrub native to Asia.

Mongoose wrote:Yall. Have you ever tried the coconut green tea from Trader Joe's? It's a slam dunk iced.

Seriously, you guys.

No, no I have not. They don't make Trader Joe's here

I lately have been given a few teas. One is a chai blend, one is a yerba mate, green tea, and matcha blend flavored with lemongrass and ginger, and one is call Movie Night and it is green tea with lots of apple bits and has a maple flavor to it.

Mongoose wrote:I'm drinking some happy tea I got from World Market during the days. It's herbal and I ice it because Florida.

I ice tea all summer, too. I need more longjing for delicious, delicious iced green tea.

Elohcin wrote:Ephraim: Mommy, I can't bewieve you're drinking coffee.
Me: It's not coffee. Its tea.
Ephraim: Does it make you poop?

If it's a more caffeinated tea it makes me poop.

thellama73 wrote:Tea? What kind of limey nonsense is that?

none at all, i don't drink tea flavored milkwater thank you very much

Elohcin wrote:I normally drink about 50-60 ounces of water a day, 6-8 ounces of milk a day, and a soda probably once a month. I am looking to have more energy though and I hate coffee. I think I might become a tea drinker Have any of you tried either of these? I am thinking of getting both and brewing them together.

http://www.amazon.com/Bigelow-Tea-Pomeg ... B0052HX7MO

http://www.amazon.com/Celestial-Seasoni ... B005P0TPBU

I think that would be fine, I've never had either brand before but with fruit flavored teas the fruit flavor is generally what matters most.

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Man, mate has an amazing caffeine/theanine kick.

Epignosis wrote:

A Person wrote:I'm going to have me a cuppa right now, any suggestions?

Miller Lite. 'Swhat I'm having.

My brother has some bud lite, he probably wouldn't notice one can missing.

I'm going to have me a cuppa right now, any suggestions?

It's not technically tea, but today I received 1kg of yerba mate from a friend. After one cup I very much love it <3

Thanks to a friend I have lately been making with this lately. It's so nice! It makes me want to drink tea even more. I also have been drinking coffee puerh thanks to that same friend. I mixed it with coffee grounds and it is pretty good. The tea has a mainly puerh flavor and it mixes well with coffee. I tried mixing lapsang and coffee the other day and that worked pretty well too.

nutella wrote:nice! I love jasmine, and the other ones sound awesome too.

My aunt gave me a Manatea infuser :D and three teas from Medley in Portland to go with it: Rose City Blend, Hawaiian Blend, and Honeybush. The first one is a rose petal black, which of course I love. The Hawaiian one seems to have hibiscus and ginger, and it is wayyy too fruity/strong on the hibiscus for my tastes. The Honeybush is a rooibos I think, and is ok. Mostly I'm really happy about the infuser, it's awesome

Honeybush is actually different from rooibos, but it's another herbal tea from South Africa. I think it's a little sweeter than rooibos.

For Christmas, I got lapsang souchong, longjing, and jasmine tea. I also got a golden eyebrow (Jin Jun Mei) sample. They are all amazing, especially the longjing and jasmine tea. All the other jasmine tea I've had before has had a sharp taste to it. If not steeped carefully, it would be very unpleasant. This however has a smooth, flowery taste and I rather like it. The longjing is wonderfully grassy in that longjingy way, and I love the color of the tea and the look of the steeped leaves. The lapsang souchong is great too, nothing unexpected from it but still smoky and delicious. I have only sampled jin jun mei once before and it was hands down my favorite black tea I've tasted, so I look forward to tasting that again. It has a naturally sweet flavor that needs absolutely nothing added.

I was pretty much in love with it the second I smelled it.

Epignosis wrote:My first taste of Lapsang Souchong. Good Lord, it's like sipping a campfire.

ture <3

I had forgotten to mention the tea mongoose sent me for my birthday, it was good and helped me find a brand of herbal tea that I really like. Lately I've not tea'd much either because I am still using up the coffee I have, and it goes stale faster.

I should take pics of my way of making tea that I invented.

Epignosis wrote:I've been drinking Rooibos red tea most mornings. I enjoy it very much- so much so that I have even substituted my last beer of the night for a cup. And that, ladies and gentlemen, is saying something.

For me, it smells of sweet pipe tobacco. I do not smoke, but once upon a time I did enjoy a pipe or a cigar two or three times a year when the weather was perfect and the mood struck.

It's like that, in a cup.

That reminds me, there is a kind of bagged oolong I sometimes get that, when steeped, reminds me of the smell of the tobacco my mom uses to roll cigarettes for some reason.

Theoretically I should like Lady Grey more than Earl Grey but I've only had it once and it wasn't very strong so I dn't have much of an opinion on it yet.

bea wrote:that's good to know Matty. Twinnings is my fav Earl Grey. I thought about trying Tazo as I love the passion tea so much, but I won't try it now.

Thank you for being the sacrifice the island demanded.

A couple of earl greys I've had were like that, they have this sort of bitter aftertaste I can't describe well. I used to drink Tazo Zen a lot when I was first getting into tea, and I still like that. I've also had their loose leaf green at a Starbucks and that was good too. I think it's the bergamot flavoring that messes with me. I've not had Twinings' Earl Grey but I have had Numi's and that was good, so I'm not sure what causes it. :S

I'm drinking Tazo Earl Grey, it's got a bad aftertaste

Mongoose wrote:

Epignosis wrote:I've never had Oolong either, so that's on my list of things to try.

This is an oversimplification, but it's inbetween a black tea and a green tea on the black <---> white spectrum.

ture, and there are greener oolongs that are oxidized only a little more than green teas, and darker ones that are almost completely oxidized like black tea is.

thellama73 wrote:

Turnip Head wrote:Tea is gross, where's the coffee thread?

I love coffee and almost never drink tea, but I don't know what a coffee thread would be besides:
"Had a cup of black coffee. It was awesome."

You could talk about different style roasts and brewing methods and stuff.

Turnip Head wrote:Tea is gross, where's the coffee thread?

no ur gross

i like jasmine more for the smell than the taste

Lizzy wrote:It could be called monkey diarrhea. It's still absolutely delicious (the tea, I mean).

I'd love me a cup of monkey diarrhea.

It's also called Tung Ting if that sounds better.

insertnamehere wrote:Well, lookie here at all of these snot-nosed prim n' proper types with their "Doolung" and "Rudy-O" tea? Why can't they drink Lipton Black Tea, the drink of America? No sugar, sweetener is for pussies. And if you even mention milk, they're gonna be scraping bits of your ass off of the Big Wall of China, or whatever the hell it's called.



Seriously though, reading this thread makes me feel ashamed at my amateur level of tea appreciation. I still use tea bags, yes, I ashamed of myself too. Every time I try and delve deeper into the world of tea, I read about infusions, blends, mixtures, concoctions, and all sorts of witchcraft that makes me feel intimidated and inadequate.

The secret to appreciating tea more is to drink more

I am drinking iced longjing ^_^

nijuukyugou wrote:Money is the reason I haven't replenished my Ten Tea. She is a cruel mistress.

ture

nijuukyugou wrote:Ahhhhhh other tea drinkers!! This makes me so happy!

I dig a good strong Irish Breakfast or regular chai tea in the morning with honey and a splash of milk.

Also, at the risk of looking like a creepy selling Internet bot (I promise I won't try to sell you knock-off shoes), if anyone is looking for reasonably priced, tasty teas with nerd themes, adagio teas is AWESOME. My friend got me Ten Tea (Ten for the Tenth Doctor, of course) and it was incredible (I just ran out and I'm terribly, terribly sad about that). Irish Breakfast, chocolate nibs, and marigold flowers. Here's the site: http://www.adagio.com/

I saw a collection of MLP themed tea a while back and wanted it but I need to get the money first

I made the last cup of lapsang souchong I had as a gift from Lizzy, it was the last remaining tea from her that I had. [cry face]

oolong tea here

abump

I have longjing tea k :o

that sounds yummy

Steeping my last cup of milk oolong leaves for a third time.

I'm sure :O

:O

I haven't had any second infusionable rooibos

About to be Earl Grey I think.

Another experiment: iced pu-erh. Not sure if it works well but it was interesting
Experiment part 2: adding a little whiskey. Tasted sort of like how I would imagine liquified rotting wood to taste. 7/10 would experiment with again.

Mongoose wrote:

A Person wrote:i made iced tea with a mixture of longjing and gunpowder tea. It's not bad.

\I wouldnt have thought gunpowder would be good iced. Is that why you paired it with the longjing?

I hate it when that happens, Hedge!!

I just wanted to see what they tasted like together, but gunpowder doesn't make the best iced tea by itself. The longjing is amazing hot or cold, though.

i made iced tea with a mixture of longjing and gunpowder tea. It's not bad.

You want to make sure you put enough in the infuser that you get nice strong tea but not so much that it doesn't have any room to expand otherwise you won't get the full flavor anyway.

Vompatti wrote:

A Person wrote:

Vompatti wrote:

A Person wrote:

Vompatti wrote:Would you believe me if I told you I finally bought the kind of metallic cage thingy I can make non-bagged tea with?

I would k
Are you going to make lots of yummy finnish tea now q.m.

I bought pu-erh and mate k

omg wut kind of pu-erh

it deosn't say very specifically k

oih