Need help with tea,and tea questions please.

[Vannie]

I like sweet silver needle tea.

Thats something I have never tried.

We have some of our teas shipped to us form Harney's.

The website has some reasonably priced blends that sound good.

Thank you guys.

 

[zuckerbrof]

Yes you can do that easily.

 

[gsdx]

Wow, Vannie. You've aged! But your cabbage leaves are still crisp and crunchy.

 

[Vannie]

I'm very well preserved ^

I went back to tea bagging.

I have some foil wrapped Earl Grey thats very good. As well as Chamomile and green. And some market Salada and PG Tips. But I'm a coffee fiend at the moment.

Thank you all.

 

[fabulouslyghetto]

Aw man this is about the boring kind of tea.

 

[gsdx]

I have some foil wrapped Earl Grey thats very good.

Can you answer this? Without Googling it, what is the ingredient that makes tea 'Earl Grey'?

 

[Vannie]

Can you answer this? Without Googling it, what is the ingredient that makes tea 'Earl Grey'?

Without looking I thought it was oil or essence of bergamot. Spelling?

I had a cup yesterday that tasted very citrusy and kinda herbal. Hard to explain but good

 

[gsdx]

^ It is Bergamot. ('Bergamot' is marked by FireFox as a misspelling. FireFox offers correct spellings, and there is only one: 'Chamberpot'. Care for a little piss pot in your tea?)

Anyway, Earl Grey is my favourite tea (it's also the favourite tea of Star Trek's Capt. Jean-Luc Picard), and you're right that it is citrusy. Bergamot is an orange-flavoured citrus fruit from Italy.

 

[Vannie]

I adore ^citrus. Pink grapefruit,limes and blood orange's are my favorite.

I can still remember how excited I was as a teenager to taste blood orange's.

 

[Zeno Lorea]

The only real tea is loose leaf tea, infused by water of the right temperature, so you need a water cooker with adjustable temperature. I use 90-100°C for infusions, 80-90°C for black tea, 70-80°C for Chinese green tea, 60-70°C for white tea and 50-60°C for Japanese green tea.

And yes, the good kinds can be a bit expensive, but nothing like smoking or drinking good whiskey, so that's that.

 

[Kahaih]

/\ Tea also needs to be handled/stored properly.

Most boxed and bagged tea arrives as little more than dust, and gets worse if stored improperly.

 

[smokeshadow]

for those of you who like herbal teas: https://celestialseasonings.com/collections/herbal-tea/products/sangria-zinger

 

[Vannie]

That sounds good^

 

[cityboy-stl]

If you are going to use a coffee maker to make tea, you can never use the same machine to make coffee. Not even once. Your coffee will be fine, but tea from that machine will be forever ruined. Your tea will never taste right again. If you drink coffee as well, get two machines and keep them separate.

 

[belamyi]

Calling all tea experts around the world....

First question...
Can you make loose tea in an automatic coffee pot?(I have several new ones still in the box)Has anyone used this method before? Pros-Cons?Not hot enough maybe?

Like you can filter coffee with American Socks.

Second question...
What is good loose black tea that taste great,but doesn't cost an arm and a leg.I need those I know the Pianist has probably mentioned what he drinks,as well as others.If anyone can chime in,it would be appreciated.

Whose leg and arm?

I think this is all the tea expertise you may need:

 

[gsdx]

for those of you who like herbal teas: https://celestialseasonings.com/collections/herbal-tea/products/sangria-zinger

Can you buy Celestial Seasonings in stores? Our local cheese shop had been selling an assortment of them for decades. They're quite popular here.

 

[smokeshadow]

Can you buy Celestial Seasonings in stores? Our local cheese shop had been selling an assortment of them for decades. They're quite popular here.

Yes, although lately the selection has been rather limited. I do miss the Sangria Zinger flavor

 

[belamyi]