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Any fans of loose tea around here? About a year or two ago, I went through a serious loose tea craze after visiting a great cafe, so now I have a small collection of delicious loose teas, and a cute teapot to brew them in. I have chocolate curry masala, samurai chai mate, white apple tea, youthberry orange, and a few others. Most are from Teavana, but I do find others about.
What about you? Or do you like teabags all over your face?
As soon as I read the thread title, I imagined a world full of anthropomorphic drinks with one particular cup of tea wearing a miniskirt and offering her "services" to strangers.
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Originally Posted by Rye
My dad loves using loose tea.
I've never tried loose tea! Samurai Chai sounds good, though. I'll take chai in any form.
I'll do whatever, but my favorite tea is Mad Tea Party Blend from Disneyland, which I buy loose. I put it in my Mickey Mouse tea ball and it is lovely. It's a black tea, with peach and apricot and ginger. Other than that, I usually just grab a bag of green tea. It's A Grind has a green tea latte I love, but for some reason it gets me really wired.
Tea bags all over my face. I'll have loose tea if it's offered to me though.
I've never been particularly discriminatory, but I do tend to find loose tea better tasting than bagged. My favourite tea is a long cut rooibos.
All we drink here is loose tea, whether in hot or cold variety.
However, we just buy like Earl Grey, White Earl Grey, and Rose tea. Nothing fancy.
What the hell is "loose tea"?
I think the fact that Rye drinks it should pretty much answer that question for you. :irked:Quote:
Originally Posted by I'm my own MILF
Tea leaves that don't come in a bag. You put them in a tiny ball-shaped object with holes in the bottom, and you stick that in your water. I don't know if it makes the tea taste any better.Quote:
Originally Posted by I'm my own MILF
Giving the leaves more room to float around is supposed to let them steep better.
it's tea that made terrible choices during high school
If I buy teabags and just like, cut that trout open, does it suddenly become loose tea?
I accidentally my tea this morning. The teabag had a draw string and I drew it too hard and some of the leaves emerged o_o
your WHOLE TEA?
I wish I could like tea but I have come to the realization that I am unable to give a :skull::skull::skull::skull: about tea. I'll only really drink it with lots of honey/sugar, and for a purpose. (Immunity, aphrodisiac, etc.)
Yes. Though it's cheaper to just buy it loose.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jiro
Whoa, seriously? I need to get me some loose tea. That trout's off the hook. There I was, thinking your teabag splitting open is like a bad omen or summat, and it's actually better.
I dabble in both loose and err... caged tea.
I think the term 'loose tea' should be changed to 'free tea'. Loose tea sounds like tea that has been 'let loose' ready to wreak havoc on the world.
On second thoughts, if it were called free tea then no-one would pay for it...
How about 'liberated tea'?
http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e1..._tea_party.jpgQuote:
Originally Posted by Bubbaforever
Americans are all about Liberated Tea.
LIBERTY TEA
USA
USA
USA
I believe we refer to them as "Freedom Leaves".Quote:
Originally Posted by Pike
I like my tea like I like my women.
Orange Black Pekoe? Eh, the joke doesn't really work unless I like loose tea.
I like my women the way I like my coffee: In my lap with a burning sensation.Quote:
Originally Posted by Clo
bitter and they leave stains