Clarity,
Office 17622,
PO Box 6945,
London.
W1A 6US
United Kingdom
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+1 (561) 459-4758 (US).
Yes, Rooibos is good and in my non-caffeine collection. I still need wake up caffeine, so tend toward black tea in the morning.I discovered red bush tea/ Rooibos I only drink that and recommend that.
Republic of Tea - I don't remember them coming in packets, but if I get a tea infuser spoon, that's a great suggestion.Republic of Tea that has some fine quality teas of all sorts, black, green, hojicha, genmaicha, ... etc
Yogi teas are great for the mild herbal/medicinal type.
st dalfour earl grey is actually great,
but judging by comments on Amazon, there are a lot of unhappy drinkers now
Seems to be time to get a new tea infuser, will look for one when I go shopping in the morning and also see what teas are available online.In my experience in UK, tea bags tend to be less flavoursome than loose-tea.
Chuckles - You are so correct.I switched from coffee to tea a while back, but am now finding myself wondering what is going on with the tea business!
Lipton has been a mainstay here in the U.S. for a long time and now it tastes like watered down whatever they swept up off the floor. I've tried other brands too and it's pretty much the same, Tazo, Bigelow, Twinings. My favorite has been Stash Jasmine (green) tea, but it's lost it's flavor now too. Recently I've also tried Tetley (bland and if I use two bags, then it's too much caffeine), and PG Tips which is better, but still lacks depth of flavor. I bet back in the day PG Tips was great, but judging by comments on Amazon, there are a lot of unhappy drinkers now. Maybe these are good brands elsewhere but stale by the time they reach here, I don't know.
I'm not looking for expensive, gourmet tea. Just a good, flavorful, off the shelf tea bag. Recently I was recommended Marks and Spencer tea. Any other insights as to what is going on with tea, comments, suggestions?
Sorry, just seeing this, my internet during the week is rather spotty. Thank you so much, Kevin, I appreciate your information and validation that something is going on behind the scenes! I'm also glad you're back having joined after you took a break, but enjoyed reading your posts, especially the unbelievable ocean tale.
I was visiting family recently and went to a qijong demonstration and tea tasting by someone from Smith Co. here in the NW, so know what you're talking about with the pouring. This seems to be the beginning of a tea journey for me. Kicking back, taking the time to brew a nice cup of tea isn't in the cards where I work, but I could do it at home.
Will PM (if I can figure out how to do it).
but as alternative to a solid infuser i believe you can just buy empty tea bags, they should come up online in search as tea filters, though i also saw some in supermarkets just next to teas (ironically, there were no leaf teas available only prepacked baggy ones)... anyway, maybe that's another option to prep it for on the go?
and i recommend a french press travel mug - works great for leaf tea and even yerba, so can almost always grab it with me.
Oh really? Then I should be superconcentrated as I drink around 5-10 big mugs a day. I only drink green tea though and loose, so I can't help out with brands. I prefer to get them into organic stores so it's mostly unknown stuff.I also like green tea during the day which seems especially good for concentration.
Oh you know, I leave both teabags and tea leaves forever (even hours!) - do you think it is risky?To get more flavour with tea bags I normally leave the bag in the cup for about 5 mins before drinking, or even leave the bag in the cup until the end.
Me too, I love my filtered teapot ^_^From preference I use loose tea and either use a filtered tea pot
I once bought a very expensive type of tea which grows so high on the mountains that only monkeys can pick it. But I guess monkey labour isn't that costly. There certainly isn't a lot of it around. I think it was Chinese.Am trying to decide if it's any cheaper to grow weaker-flavored tea plants than nicely-flavored ones...don't see how that could be, it's still the same growing and harvesting process I'd assume.
My favourite Chinese tea has moved from £80.00 per kilo to well over 1000.00 a kilo over the last 20 years...
I have noticed that too. They are nice to look at, and come out in different shapes, but I have the feeling the tea tastes different!Do not use any of those 'metal eggs' which you fill and put into the cup. They stop the water circulating and restrict the brewing.
I ve never bought tea online, I want to try and see if these brands you are mentioning are available also where I live. Life has been such a misery, at least I could spend some money on good super wonderful tea!Per last trial test with friends, the top 3 in various order were:
Mark & Spencer jasmine
Republic of Tea white jasmine
Numi jasmine
For some reason, in the above tasting, Whittard's jasmine
Rishi's, The Tao of Tea, and Barry's are on the way to try next...
Clarity,
Office 17622,
PO Box 6945,
London.
W1A 6US
United Kingdom
Phone/ Voicemail:
+44 (0)20 3287 3053 (UK)
+1 (561) 459-4758 (US).