Tea!

[Kristen]

I recently started drinking hot tea, and I need some advice!
I have two brands: Celestial Seasonings and Yogi....I wanna know what tea brands/ flavours you guys drink...
And do certain teas really energize you/ help sleep...etc.
I'm a little tea stupid
Any more advice would be amazing!

[Pheesh]

I prefer iced green tea with lemon, but pretty much all tea is better than coffee imo.

I think it's Earl Grey that helps you relax/sleep, but I may be completely wrong.

[Kristen]

Earl grey...ok I'll have to check that out, yes I'm trying to stay away from coffee haha. Tea seems to be a really healthy alternative. I'm used to drinking coffee/soda to keep me awake at work, but I'm sick of the calories. Celestial Seasonings have no calories or any bad stuff...which I think is amazing. I wanna see what teas other people drink...which brand do you drink?

[Marshall Banana]

Boba milk tea.

BOBA MILK TEA. BOBA MILK TEA.

http://forums.eyesonff.com/general-c...ea-recipe.html

[Kristen]

oh wow! that looks so yummy! thanks guys! i gotta go to work now..ill check this topic when i get back...thanks again!

[Peegee]

Oh my god FINALLY GET TO POST THIS



I love this tea. I mean I was laughing my ass off when Cz told me about it, but damn, it's a good tea

[NorthernChaosGod]

I prefer iced green tea with lemon, but pretty much all tea is better than coffee imo.

Nancy.

[Pheesh]

I prefer iced green tea with lemon, but pretty much all tea is better than coffee imo.

Nancy.

What a coincidence, that's what your mum likes to be called while I lick tea from her naked body.

[Peegee]

I prefer iced green tea with lemon, but pretty much all tea is better than coffee imo.

Nancy.

What a coincidence, that's what your mum likes to be called while I lick tea from her naked body.

any pics?

[NorthernChaosGod]

I prefer iced green tea with lemon, but pretty much all tea is better than coffee imo.

Nancy.

What a coincidence, that's what your mum likes to be called while I lick tea from her naked body.

And thus we prove coffee is better than tea. No one wastes coffee like that.

[Pheesh]

I prefer iced green tea with lemon, but pretty much all tea is better than coffee imo.

Nancy.

What a coincidence, that's what your mum likes to be called while I lick tea from her naked body.

And thus we prove coffee is better than tea. No one wastes coffee like that.

We did things with tapioca pearls that would make MB cringe /smug It was a veritable tapioca pearl necklace.

[CelShadedDreams]

I prefer iced green tea with lemon, but pretty much all tea is better than coffee imo.

I think it's Earl Grey that helps you relax/sleep, but I may be completely wrong.

You're wrong! So very, very wrong. Earl Grey isn't very nice, it's "aromatic" but that isn't a good thing IMO. You'll probably like it if you want a lightish morning tea.

Chamomile tea is the relaxing sleepy one!

If you want a nice strong breakfast tea I suggest Assam tea. It's a little stronger and more full-bodied than say your average PG tips breakfast tea. Let it brew for 2-3 minutes and make sure you don't over milk it. Add a little sugar if you like.

There are certain rules about tea, and whenever I've had it in the states it's done wrong! Giving you the bag and the water seperate so the water is just hot and not boiling be the time you get it... bah! All wrong. The water needs to be added as soon as it's boiled so it's as hot as it can possibly be when it hits the bag and that's true for all types of tea. Everything else is just personal preference.

I'm British, I know what I'm talking about when it comes to tea!

[Yar]

Green or Thai bubble tea is good.

I like raspberry tea. And green tea.

[Shlup]

My friend went on a trip to China a couple of years ago and brought back a troutload of teas, which she promptly gave to me for some reason. A lot of green tea leaves and rose petals and a few little baggies of mixed stuff.

I like a lot of hot teas, but I mostly drink green.

[Kalilung]

I am quickly showing up in here to say, Earl Grey has a freakin' ton of caffeine, and should never be drunk before bed, unless you have some sort of mad caffeine tolerance, in which case, bully for you.

Hot
Chamomile is excellent for relaxing (mighty leaf tea does an incredible job with their chamomile citrus blend. tastes like cake. Celestial Seasons or whatever does just a plain chamomile () and their special Sleepy Time blend, which is pretty good.) Awake by Tazo is a black tea mix with a decent amount of caffeine. PG's PG Tips are freaking DELICIOUS as the standard milk+sugar+hot tea, as is Tetley's British Blend (here in the US) or "tea", as the brits call it. Gunpowder Green Tea by Red Blossom is the most delicious green tea i've ever had, but most of the "gunpowder green" teas sold in stores are pretty decent. Oh, and Earl Grey and all its variants are so delicious that it should be a staple on your tea shelf (I drink a variant of Earl Grey called Dorian Gray, which is regular Earl with a caramel flavoring added to the tea leaves.).

Cold
Vietnamese tea (standard black tea mixed with sweetened condensed milk) + tapioca pearls is delicious. On a related note, mango-peach black tea with tapioca pearls is the pinnacle boba-filled teas. Peppermint, spearmint, or a blend of mints tea is ridiculously refreshing when served cold. Please don't drink Lipton. It's not worth your money or your time. If you must make some sort of sweet southern iced tea, may I recommend Luzianne's blend. Made the best and strongest sweet tea I'd ever had.

Hot or Cold?
Chai (black tea with cloves, cinnamon, cardamom & other spices) fits into this category, 'cause it's delicious both ways. I prefer mine iced, but that's just because I live in a tropical climate. Hot chai is like drinking everything that makes pumpkin pie delicious. You can sometimes find green tea chai, and I highly recommend the experience.