Tea - How do you take yours?

I typically drink a blend of thyme, st john's wort, red oregano (white is for cooking, red is for tea), and mint. I find it refreshing and the taste very pleasant. Either that or I'll make tea with some of the life-time supply of mountain horsetail my mother brought me from her hiking trips. I add no milk or sweeteners to my tea.

Depends on what I'm drinking. One of my favorites is a tropical green tea (has some passion fruit and hibiscus and some other things in it). I may put a tiny bit of agave nectar in it if I'm at home (a teeny bit of sugar If not at home). I also love a good spicy chai, and will usually add a teeny bit of sweetener to that. I find the quality of the tea often dictates whether I add anything. At work we have custom blends made for us by a local high end tea company, and I rarely sweeten those, but grocery store tea needs a bit of something.

I do love a chai latte with soy or almond milk, and will sometimes make a nice milky cuppa with black tea.

Greens, Whites, and most herbals I drink just straight.
Light Blacks some berry herbals I put a bit of cream in.
Heavy Blacks, Rooibos, and some Pu-Erhs I I use a lot more cream.

I sometimes make "Heavy Tea" as it's a whole meal. Heavy Black tea, heavy whipping cream, coconut oil, and a bit of unsweetened cocoa. Keeps me full all morning long.

Lemon iced tea made by mixing a 2 quart packet of lemonade Crystal Light with a gallon of tea. I forgot who suggested it but it's actually really good. I also have a box of trial size loose leaf teas that I occasionally pick one from to try out, making a list of the ones I do like so far.

khan2187 wrote: »

Are their any better combinations for energizing the body and refreshing the mind?

What does refreshing the mind mean? The higher caffeine content, the more energy you will feel you have, so the longer you steep your tea, the more caffeine it could have.

I like vanilla, pumpkin, and chai teas when I want caffeine, and lemon, passionfruit, or blackberry herbal teas when I want to wind down. I hate chamomile, wish I liked it.

Milky with 2 teaspoons of sugars, i wish i could have it without the sugar but i dont like the taste otherwise.

Hibiscus with orange jce pineapple jce
No sugar over ice
Refreshing

Unsweetened iced tea made with Twinings Mixed Berry (not cold brew tea bags- blech!)

Or Unsweetened iced green tea made with Mejier Berry store brand (Lipton new & improved....isn't).

For hot tea - current favorite is Twinings Winter Spice - it's camomile w/apple and cinnamon

Earl Grey straight up, or sometimes with a little unrefined sugar... if you get the good stuff, it doesn't need any sweetener. I also brew up a killer ground ginger/lemon/honey tea.

Lady Grey tea with skimmed milk or I have a delicious Twinings Rhubarb and Ginger that I very much enjoy.

Nothing added

Favourite teas
Green - Dragon Pearl
Black - tinderet, lapsang suchong
Pu'er

Builders, as the good lord intended. Balm for the soul.

I'll drink ANY tea, whether iced or hot, and no sugar or milk. I probably have 15+ types of tea at home. The only bummer is I can't drink caffeinated tea on an empty stomach because it makes me nauseous.

I've been drinking tea (made by my English grandmother) since I was about 3 years old. Always made with milk and sugar. Now, I can't drink it any other way as much as I want to.

So, 20 oz. of strong black tea with 1% milk and 2 teaspoons of sugar up to 3 times a day. I've tried to cut it out, lighten the sugar, etc. and I just don't enjoy it. So it's my "vice" and I work it in.