Comments on: Dietribes: Tea

By: Araxie

Araxie — Sun, 02 Jan 2011 11:49:37 +0000

Gotta love tea. I’ll drink it in whatever way it comes- hot, cold, sweet or plain. I’ve grown quite fond of quality green teas (not to mention pu-erhs, a very unique type of tea that’s fermented instead of oxidized- very pungent! lol). White tea is delicious, but for me at least, that’s a little too much caffeine- my theory is that, because the tea is made from young buds and flowers (and since caffeine is a bug repellent), white tea would naturally contain more caffeine than a lower-grade tea like Bancha. (By the way- according to some, if you’re looking to absorb the nutrition from green tea, add lemon juice! http://www.physorg.com/news114191034.html )

During the summer and spring, you’ll find that “wild teas” grow just about everywhere as well! You know that weed that grows between the cracks that smells like pineapple? Pineapple weed! And it makes an excellent, chammomile-like tea.

Other wild teastuffs: wild catnip and other wild mints, mulberry leaves, elderberry flower, sumac berries (late Summer!), wild clovers (red is best), mullein, even stinging nettles (yes, really!).

(Oh and Katie, I enjoy roobios muchly! Try adding dried hibiscus leaves- gives the drink a little citrus flavor!)

By: kumari

kumari — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 12:20:00 +0000

ceylon tea is my preferred tea.

and i only get it from a sri lankan monk. freely. hehehehehe

By: Felicitas

Felicitas — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 19:42:03 +0000

I was astonished when I recently read in an article that one could also put tea leaves in cold water instead of brewing with hot water.. It takes longer to let it “brew”, but this iced tea is a (positively) surprising culinary experience =) I usually put about 2 table spoons of green tea leaves into 1 liter of cold water and leave it in the fridge overnight.. In the morning I flavour and sweeten my iced tea with homemade lemon balm syrup and take a bottle to the office – very refreshing !!
I couldn’t believe it worked in the beginning, but just try it out!

By: Johanna

Johanna — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 20:04:24 +0000

English Breakfast, 2 sugar cubes and milk! My roommate experimented with refrigerating Early Grey though, and that was strange & surprisingly good. Pu-erh is good too if I’m in a very introverted mood (not sure why that is required, but in my head it is).

By: Susanna

Susanna — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 04:41:46 +0000

Bah…iced tea…a desecration. Do anybody but Americans drink it?

By: Katie

Katie — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 00:55:27 +0000

What about rooibos (red tea)?

I am a huge fan of hot tea and oddly particular about how and when I drink it.

Black tea in the morning with sugar and milk. Green tea (flavored or not) in the afternoon, plain. Herbal tea anytime, with honey and not sugar as sweetener.

By: the creature

the creature — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 17:13:13 +0000

those little flowers are tasty. and they are fun to watch open up in your mug!

last summer i made my own sun tea, and it became the summer-time drink. (chill and mix with white wine–reisling works best)

i take mine hot, cold, wine-spiked, but never sweetened.

By: Aemi

Aemi — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 11:59:59 +0000

Sweet iced tea is my water. But I drink lots of hot tea too, all varieties. Preferably sweet, though.

By: Leizl

Leizl — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 02:44:27 +0000

I love absolutely love tea! I drink it in the morning with a pastry and the paper. I usually put semi processed sugar in it because it kind of enhances the flavor of the tea. And since I live in the Philippines, the most common brand here is Lipton. I would really love to get the looseleaf variety but its kind of hard to find here. The closest I could get to looseleaf is my recently purchased Earl Grey teabags from Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf. They come in pyramid shaped bags (like the one on top)and it tastes absolutely wonderful! However, the $10 pricetag is a bit steep (no pun intended)for just 20 bags.

By: Dave

Dave — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 22:44:03 +0000

Earl Grey, hot.

Make it so.