Different kinds of tea...

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  • MaitreyeeMAYHEM
    MaitreyeeMAYHEM Posts: 559 Member
    Have you all ever tried subscription tea boxes like http://steepster.com/select? It's $25 for 5 (40g) teas. Kinda expensive really.
  • smedha
    smedha Posts: 5 Member
    hey im from a tea making country..SriLanka(ceylon)...just try the ceylon tea named Dilmah..its fantastic
  • MaitreyeeMAYHEM
    MaitreyeeMAYHEM Posts: 559 Member
    I have a mint oolong tea that is good but I prefer black. :)
  • BodyByButter
    BodyByButter Posts: 563 Member
    MaitreyeeMAYHEM wrote: »
    Have you all ever tried subscription tea boxes like http://steepster.com/select? It's $25 for 5 (40g) teas. Kinda expensive really.

    Several of them. I got one just today to review from www.curioustea.com. There are a bunch of them out there, some better for people who want more variety and some have specific types.
    Here is a pretty long thread that talks about some of them:
    http://steepster.com/discuss/6488-what-is-the-best-tea-subscription-on-the-market
  • kpw818
    kpw818 Posts: 113 Member
    Love Celestial Seasoning Teas. Drinking Cinnamon Apple Spice right now :)

    I like Black tea to be plain. I drink Twinnings English Breakfast. Celestial has a lot of herbal/fruit teas, and I recommend the Sleepytime Vanilla and Rooibos Madagascar Vanilla. Neither seem to need any sweeteners or anything added!
  • Oneironaut
    Oneironaut Posts: 43 Member
    I haven't had loose leaf tea in a long time. I got into tea through Teavana but don't shop there any more due to how overpriced it is. I ordered a Rooibos, an Oolong, and a Green sampler from Upton Tea and that should arrive on Saturday or early next week. While I wait for those to arrive, I'll continue to drink from my bagged tea collection.

    I just had a pot of Bigelow Green Tea with Pomegranate. It was good, but the fruit flavors were so strong that I couldn't actually taste the tea.
  • pcrucifer
    pcrucifer Posts: 71 Member
    I like Darjeeling, which is a black tea with a rich taste. Recently discovered an Earl Gray Green tea. Its all good.
  • Joannah700
    Joannah700 Posts: 2,665 Member
    MaitreyeeMAYHEM wrote: »
    Joannah700 wrote: »
    Love tea. Sometimes for the ritual, sometimes just because it's delicious.

    If you like to add honey - Tazo's passion tea, either loose leaf or bagged - is delicious with honey. It's my go to tea when I'm sick.

    I've also had some good luck with Fresh and Easy teas. Not sure if that store is by you - but they have some fun flavors of bagged teas like ginger peach and each bag is wrapped in plastic so it seems to keep it 'fresher'.

    Do they have a website?

    Yes. http://www.freshandeasy.com/

    I go out of my way to buy my maple syrup from them. It's 100% maple syrup, no sodium and absolutely delicious.
  • MaitreyeeMAYHEM
    MaitreyeeMAYHEM Posts: 559 Member
    Is it weird I'm not a fan of fruit teas? lol
  • 7lenny7
    7lenny7 Posts: 3,498 Member
    I see you like loose tea, which I do as well. My favorite place to buy is Indigo Tea, which has very good prices, and high quality loose teas.

    One tea I don't see mentioned in this thread is Japanese Sencha. Sencha has very unique, grassy aroma and taste that I love. You can also steep the leaves several times. I usually go at least 3 times. Two of my favorites:

    http://indigo-tea.com/premiumsenchatea.shtml
    http://indigo-tea.com/deepsteamedsenchatea.shtml

  • MaitreyeeMAYHEM
    MaitreyeeMAYHEM Posts: 559 Member
    I like to steep mine twice just so i get the moneys worth
  • HeidiCooksSupper
    HeidiCooksSupper Posts: 3,839 Member
    For hot tea, I like to work my way through the Bigelow "Assorted Teas" box: Lemon Lift, Green Tea, Constant Comment, Earl Grey, Plantation Mint and English Breakfast. I usually have both a caffeinated and an uncaffeinated box working in the cupboard. For iced tea you can't beat Luzianne -- 4 family-sized bags in a gallon of cold water in the fridge overnight = great iced tea.
  • HeidiCooksSupper
    HeidiCooksSupper Posts: 3,839 Member
    edited March 2015
    Alatariel75 wrote: »
    I only drink constant tea at work and I'm super lazy, my first cup I fill my infuser and for the rest of the day I just keep filling my (very large) cup with boiling water from the urn! By the end of the day I'm drinking hot, vaguely flavoured water.

    My brother does something similar but his beige teeth prove his variation on the theme. He adds an additional teabag when he puts in more water without taking out the previous bag. By the end of the day he is drinking tea that looks more like espresso with several bags still in the cup.

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  • Oneironaut
    Oneironaut Posts: 43 Member
    My Upton tea order finally came today, so I'm done with bagged tea for a while. I really love the gunpowder green tea that came in the sampler. I steeped it four times and it seemed to get better with each cup.

    Also, 125 grams is a lot bigger than I thought it would be. I don't know how I'll finish all the rooibos and oolong I got.
  • Becca_250
    Becca_250 Posts: 188 Member
    Last time I counted I had 25 different types on tea in my cupboard :#
    Aside from the usual breakfast tea, my favourites are Rooibos/Redbush, Nettle, Chai and Peppermint.
  • BodyByButter
    BodyByButter Posts: 563 Member
    Becca_250 wrote: »
    Last time I counted I had 25 different types on tea in my cupboard :#
    Aside from the usual breakfast tea, my favourites are Rooibos/Redbush, Nettle, Chai and Peppermint.
    Almost afraid to post this, but 217 teas. http://steepster.com/Marzipan/cupboard
  • 7lenny7
    7lenny7 Posts: 3,498 Member
    BodyByButter wrote: »
    Almost afraid to post this, but 217 teas. http://steepster.com/Marzipan/cupboard

    I see yo have teas from Yunnan Sourcing, one of my favorites!

  • KombuchaCat
    KombuchaCat Posts: 834 Member
    If you have a Home Goods, TJ Maxx or Marshalls around you check out thier food section. You can always find interesting teas discounted there.
  • BodyByButter
    BodyByButter Posts: 563 Member
    7lenny7 wrote: »
    BodyByButter wrote: »
    Almost afraid to post this, but 217 teas. http://steepster.com/Marzipan/cupboard

    I see yo have teas from Yunnan Sourcing, one of my favorites!

    Love them! I have the subscription and have been really happy with it.
  • CrmpetsNTea
    CrmpetsNTea Posts: 23 Member
    I feel like I have just met my people! I drink a lot of tea (4-5 cups daily) and I am a huge fan of Kusmi's green with jasmine and Twining's Lady Grey. I have a tea cupboard that is overflowing with good stuff!
  • EmilyJackCO
    EmilyJackCO Posts: 621 Member
    I don't feel like so much the tea hoarder now! I have found my people! :P

    I have a collection of teas that I just buy randomly from stores, but my favorites are the local looseleafs that I get from Dryad Tea and a 'local' tea shop in Fort Collins, Happy Lucky's. I can honestly say that I really LOVE HL so much. And they benefit great causes.

    http://dryadtea.com/
    http://www.happyluckys.com/

    My favorite things from HL are the Madame Grey, Almond Black, and Cinnamon Spice. You can also blend your own teas, and I get food-grade lavender from them for my baking. And both of them are really affordable and ship anywhere.

    For storebought, I adore Cost Plus World Market. They have so many wonderful teas, and I can get Thai tea to make here at home. I just wish condensed milk wasn't so calorific. They came out with some special stuff for Dotown (sp) Abbey around Christmas, and I got an amazing ceramic teapot from them, along with their Vanilla Earl Grey, which is really good. I just don't like the price of Republic of Tea, when it's the bottom of the barrel shakings of tea. That's when I found the almond tea at Happy Lucky's and that's my goto now.

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    Now I need to go make a pot to go in the refrigerator. I almost always have a pitcher of herbal tea in there for summer.

  • natebollinger
    natebollinger Posts: 24 Member
    edited March 2015
    Green tea all day/everyday for me! I brew it both iced and hot. I don't love the taste of water, so I brew green tea and put pure 100% stevia in it (not the fake stuff). I like the Kirkland green tea from Costco. It's cheap and has matcha in it: http://www.amazon.com/Kirkland-Matcha-Blend-Japanese-Tea-100/dp/B000WB1YSE
  • MaitreyeeMAYHEM
    MaitreyeeMAYHEM Posts: 559 Member
    KombuchaCat wrote: »
    If you have a Home Goods, TJ Maxx or Marshalls around you check out thier food section. You can always find interesting teas discounted there.

    I love TJ Maxx!! I got a cute mug with a matching tray, steeper and tea bag plate there. It was so cute!! I didn't know that Home Goods had a food section.
  • MaitreyeeMAYHEM
    MaitreyeeMAYHEM Posts: 559 Member
    CrmpetsNTea wrote: »
    I feel like I have just met my people! I drink a lot of tea (4-5 cups daily) and I am a huge fan of Kusmi's green with jasmine and Twining's Lady Grey. I have a tea cupboard that is overflowing with good stuff!

    I just tried Lady Grey and I love it!! It's not as strong as Earl Grey but I like it!
  • JeepJeep87
    JeepJeep87 Posts: 38 Member
    I really like Lipton's white tea. I choose the blueberry pomegranate flavor and love it!
  • BodyByButter
    BodyByButter Posts: 563 Member
    EmilyJackCO wrote: »
    I don't feel like so much the tea hoarder now! I have found my people! :P

    I have a collection of teas that I just buy randomly from stores, but my favorites are the local looseleafs that I get from Dryad Tea and a 'local' tea shop in Fort Collins, Happy Lucky's. I can honestly say that I really LOVE HL so much. And they benefit great causes.

    http://dryadtea.com/
    http://www.happyluckys.com/

    My favorite things from HL are the Madame Grey, Almond Black, and Cinnamon Spice. You can also blend your own teas, and I get food-grade lavender from them for my baking. And both of them are really affordable and ship anywhere.

    For storebought, I adore Cost Plus World Market. They have so many wonderful teas, and I can get Thai tea to make here at home. I just wish condensed milk wasn't so calorific. They came out with some special stuff for Dotown (sp) Abbey around Christmas, and I got an amazing ceramic teapot from them, along with their Vanilla Earl Grey, which is really good. I just don't like the price of Republic of Tea, when it's the bottom of the barrel shakings of tea. That's when I found the almond tea at Happy Lucky's and that's my goto now.

    kwsm9c3bs7jq.jpg


    Now I need to go make a pot to go in the refrigerator. I almost always have a pitcher of herbal tea in there for summer.

    I have heard good things about Happy Lucky's!

  • MaitreyeeMAYHEM
    MaitreyeeMAYHEM Posts: 559 Member
    Do you make ice tea for summer the same way you make regular tea? just cold water instead of hot?
  • 7lenny7
    7lenny7 Posts: 3,498 Member
    When I make iced tea I make it the same way as I do for hot tea, except I use half the amount of water (or double the amount of tea if I'm really thirsty), then pour it over a glass full of ice after it's brewed. There is usually enough ice in the glass so the melted ice will chill and dilute the tea, with enough ice remaining to keep it cold while I enjoy it.

    Iced green tea is one of my favorite summer drinks.
  • MaitreyeeMAYHEM
    MaitreyeeMAYHEM Posts: 559 Member
    good idea!! I need more ice tea recipes. haha I haven't tried green tea ice tea before.
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