Tea for one

I'm a tea-aholic. I love it! I usually drink Yorkshire (black-breakfast blend). If I'm feeling wild, I'll have some chai, or other flavoured tea.

I am totally addicted to spicy tea. My go-to teas are either black or green chai tea mixed with Celestial Seasonings Bengal Spice tea. The Bengal Spice doesn't actually have any tea in it, it's a mix of roasted carob, chickory and spices. So delicious!

I am loving this Honey Camomile tea by Celestial Seasonings. They have some great flavors, like a True Blueberry, and I love their Sleepytime-they make one that is lightly mentholated that I drink when I have a cold or my allergies are bothering me. If I want caffeine, they had an awesome harvest pumpkin flavored one (black tea).

I have about 40 kinds of tea in my drawer at work. Among my favorites are licorice spice, jasmine and peppermint.

I don't know where you live or if there is anything like this around you but where I'm at one of our farmers markets during the summer has a stand where this lady sells tea that she grows all the ingredients of and puts together herself. It's awesome. Best tea I've had. Maybe see if you can find some locally grown/made tea and start working your way through the different types they have.

I also drink it with local raw honey. Good stuff.

And now I want tea sandwiches and scones to go with the cup of tea I am drinking...

Pineapple Waikiki Tropical Black Tea. Yummy

I just visited Glenn's Tea Shoppe, a gem here in central Alberta, and came back with several tea balls, Jasmine and 1,000 day flower, and "Cloud Forest Rainbow White Tea" and Vanilla Chai from the Metropolitan Tea Company.

Tea is my current obsession, lol. I prefer to buy loose leaf as it's generally cheaper and better quality. I love earl grey, or lavender earl grey (sometimes called lady grey). Chai, chai blends or flavored chais are great. I have this delicious tea called Marie Antoinette's rose tea that is to die for. I'm also a big fan of the Winter Dream tea from Coffee Bean- I usually buy a couple tins in the winter and make it last throughout the year.

I really like Bird Pick to buy tea from, though I'm not sure how many locations there are.

I can mail you some samples if you let me know what looks good to you. Here's what I have.
http://steepster.com/Marzipan/cupboard

I've been a tea addict for years but I didn't care about the kinds of tea that much. Any tea would do.

But recently I've developed love for Chinese teas. I treat myself and my family members to a small ceremony or two pretty much every day. There's something really nice and calming about pouring all that water and drinking tea from little cups. There are a lot of different teas and some of them can be a major turn off for a first time drinker (I did not discover love for ripe pu-erhs from my first cup for sure). But popular oolongs like Tieguanyin and Da Hong Pao or white tea Bai Mudan are nice safe first tries. Jin Xuan (Milk Oolong) is one of the most popular Chinese teas and it really does smell attractive but I personally stay away from it because, unlike all other teas in the list, this one is artificially aromatised. I get my Chinese teas from yunnansourcing personally. They are reasonably priced and reliable. Tea sold in big shops and supermarkets is usually of very poor quality.

I also really enjoy herbal teas that I put together with the plants in our garden and forest nearby. They are light, aromatic and super calming.

I drink iced tea, infused overnight in cold water then served with ice and a spoon of raw sugar and a slice of lemon or a shirt of the lemon juice stuff in a bottle.