Tea questions time

I enjoy tea and in the summer we drink tons of it cold with ice and lemon. I don't put sugar in it. I didn't by Typhoo,almost bought Builders but I have trouble with B.P. and don't need the extra caffeine! Bought Cornish gingerbread cookies instead! Calories being the lesser of two evils?

nellemoser,It would have been smarter to of just steal the tea! They just didn't know any better and went for the drama!

Flicketyb,are you still around? I was wondering do you use a strainer when you pour your tea or a straining holder for your lose tea?I find it so messy.

I only drink tea once a day - a mug-full in the afternoon.

Twining's loose Assam, warmed pot, filtered water - rolling boil. Pour it about three minutes later, NO MILK, a couple of sweeteners - lovely.

Sometimes I'll enjoy a pot of Darjeeling for its delicate flavour - no sweeteners there.

Oh - in summer I sometimes like iced tea - closed jar of water with tea leaves allowed to infuse in the fridge.

Glad to see you've discovered Cornish gingerbread Envious I mostly drink Tetley's although I like Clipper fair Trade tea too. Perhaps my husband should let you into the secret of real builder's tea, which was apparently made by mixing tea leaves, water, sugar and sterilised (yuck) milk together in a billy can and boiling it up over a brazier. No wonder he only drinks coffee now

I only used to drink coffee. I was always bemused by the older generation's love of tea, particularly my mother and my parents in law, it was if their life depended on a cup of tea as soon as they arrived at our house. I think I used to liken it to drug dependency. Now I have gone from drinking coffee all day to two cups in the morning and from midday I now find I just have to have tea, I don't like any of the poncy Earl Grey stuff good old builders, something like Yorkshire tea, although I have to admit tea tastes best drunk out of china.

I drink one cup of coffee a day,brewed by one of those Keurig contraptions.It doesn't taste like the coffee I love of old. Perculated on top of the stove.That strong coffee tasted great in china cups to me!

Deedaa,sounds like it got drunk tea leaves and all!

Enviousamerican - Please don't take this personally, I love America and have been there many times, but coffee is horrible!

Defiantly an acquired taste as they say!

Envious I'm on BP meds which is why I drink decaffeinated tea.

Nellie

My preferred brand is Taylor's of Harrogate who make a good range of speciality teas. Not always easy to get hold of here.

I would die without tea, 2 mugs before getting up, 2 middle of morning and 2 about 5.00. Typhoo or PG tips. made in a tea pot with tea bags. We drink it milk, no sugar. Would not be able to live without my 'amber nectar'. I like fresh coffee but tea is bliss.

We had a mature American student teacher staying with us 20 years ago. She became a convert and took a teapot back with her. One of her colleagues said " You have to be careful of that stuff, remember they grew up on it,.You never know what affect it'll have on you." doh!!! {not from Tennessee Envious Arkansas.} [smikle]

They also make Yorkshire tea which is one of the best too.
What I really detest is Lapsang Souchong!

Sook,decaf cost more,but if it taste just as good? I'll try it.

Loose leaf Yorkshire tea, in a pot, don't forget the strainer ! Strong but milky. Aaaaahhhhhhh.

Envious
I went off coffee many years ago it made me feel odd.
A cup of tea has this almost mystical cure all quality in the British Psyche. Any crisis in life, make a cup of tea. Bombed out of your house in the war? Have a cup of tea. It seems to be a symbol of offering someone care and concern when there is nothing much else you can do to help.

I think that during both wars the UK government took over the importing of tea as a moral booster for the war effort.

I was born a bit after the end of the war but I am addicted to tea. There is nothing really to beat it.

Totally agree. Don't need anything to pick you up but tea.

Don't drink much tea myself but it is the only thing to have with scones I think. I like Ceylon tea as not too strong - cannot drink builders type tea at all - for that reason I always have coffee when out as I can drink that any way.

I can`t stand Earl Grey, tastes like the smell of calomine lotion! Any ordinary tea will do for me, but I like it very weak, no milk or sugar. Can`t remember the last time I used a china cup, they`re right at the back of the highest cupboard, we always use mugs. My daughter talked me into trying a toffee flavoured tea once in a shop, but it was vile!

I didn't drink tea until I was 18. I then realised that I'd only ever been offered it with milk, so tried it without. And the rest is history...

I didn't drink much tea until I was eighteen, and then I realised that my mum makes it like boot polish. The rest is history....

Darjeeling or earl grey tea leaves made in a small metal tea pot with an inbuilt strainer. Drunk from a fine china cup, no milk or sugar. That is my favourite and is why I generally drink coffee when I'm out, a tea bag dunked in water just doesn't compare.