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Post by p.t.b.d » Tue Sep 08, 2009 8:44 pm

Keggah wrote:Only Earl Grey is drunk with honey and lemon. All about a noice PG, maybe a Tetley with milk and sugar.
Although Chai is fuckin lush if its made properly (with condensed milk.)
I like my tea black


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Post by dubfama » Tue Sep 08, 2009 8:47 pm

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Post by ::g-sus:: » Tue Sep 08, 2009 9:21 pm

There isn't a Jamaican household on the planet without a box of mint tea.
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Post by bass hertz » Wed Sep 09, 2009 1:37 am

::G-SUS:: wrote:There isn't a Jamaican household on the planet without a box of mint tea.
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Post by spooKs » Wed Sep 09, 2009 1:47 am

james fox wrote:all about PG tips double bagged with a bit of milk and no sugar tbh
double bagged?!

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Post by triky » Wed Sep 09, 2009 9:01 am

Baron_von_Carlton wrote:Most Tea drank in England was originally Green Tea. It's only when the English set up plantations in India that they started using Milk. Probably due to the influence of Indian spiced tea which used milk and sugar.
i read somewhere that they did indeed drink green tea initially over there, but the time it took to ship the tea back to england, it would oxygenate and so be black by the time it arrived.
so although they wanted to drink green tea in england, all they had in the end was black tea, thus the milk + sugar.
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Post by bass hertz » Wed Sep 09, 2009 9:08 am

triky wrote:
Baron_von_Carlton wrote:Most Tea drank in England was originally Green Tea. It's only when the English set up plantations in India that they started using Milk. Probably due to the influence of Indian spiced tea which used milk and sugar.
i read somewhere that they did indeed drink green tea initially over there, but the time it took to ship the tea back to england, it would oxygenate and so be black by the time it arrived.
so although they wanted to drink green tea in england, all they had in the end was black tea, thus the milk + sugar.
that make sense. Green tea is less "touched" therefor better for you. at least that's what the "experts" say.

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Post by bright maroon » Wed Sep 09, 2009 9:18 am

There are a couple of Tea Houses here - That serve lunch and stuff made w/tea..


Lapsang Souchong - is a russian tea, and early on, 17th century, they would travel in caravans, with like 300 camels and the tea would be kept inside these leather pouches - and with the heat and the time it took to cross - the tea took on a bacon/smokey flavor..but people liked it..so they standardized the practice by pan frying the leaves and such..

Here, they poach chicken in it for sandwich..
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Post by diss04 » Wed Sep 09, 2009 10:03 am

it's proper tea, innit.
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Post by tripaddict » Wed Sep 09, 2009 10:29 am

:) :) :) YORKSHIRE TEA MILK IN FIRST NO SUGAR :) :) :)

just going to make one now :)

ginger tea is good for your stomach (and makes you feel hungry)
+ green tea is an antioxidant (i dont like it but drink it)

caffeine is suppose to be an elixir as well :)

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Post by pk- » Wed Sep 09, 2009 10:53 am

fuck off with your milk in first

PG Tips or M&S Extra Strong, brewed for 10 minutes until it's the consistency of lava and then a dash of milk

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Post by bright maroon » Wed Sep 09, 2009 10:56 am

I was drinking some green tea the other day, and I was thinking this stuff does not taste that great, but it had a nice tonifying quality to it -

I will buy more because of that..
this kind..

Ito En - Pure Green

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What tastes good is Lemon Lift with milk and sugar..

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and I like Kusmi, Prince Vladimir, also w/milk and sugar..is similar to Earl Grey because of the bergamont..

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Post by magma » Wed Sep 09, 2009 10:58 am

jduffy wrote:anything but tetleys i am a tetleys hater.


yeah man yorkshire tea is the best but milk in first? go home ;)
My girlfriend's a fucking particular tea drinker... got to be Yorkshire and the milk's go to go in SECOND.

Milk goes in first for coffee, second for tea. She reckons she can taste the difference and everything. :x
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Post by bass hertz » Wed Sep 09, 2009 10:59 am

bright maroon wrote:There are a couple of Tea Houses here - That serve lunch and stuff made w/tea..


Lapsang Souchong - is a russian tea, and early on, 17th century, they would travel in caravans, with like 300 camels and the tea would be kept inside these leather pouches - and with the heat and the time it took to cross - the tea took on a bacon/smokey flavor..but people liked it..so they standardized the practice by pan frying the leaves and such..

Here, they poach chicken in it for sandwich..
http://www.savannahtearoom.com/
bacon flavored tea sounds nasty.

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Post by pk- » Wed Sep 09, 2009 10:59 am

you can taste the fucking difference

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Post by bass hertz » Wed Sep 09, 2009 11:03 am

whats all this talk about putting the milk in first? as long as it gets in the cup, does it matter when you put it in?

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Post by bright maroon » Wed Sep 09, 2009 11:11 am

bass hertz wrote:bacon flavored tea sounds nasty.
..it's really more smokey than baconie - but I didn't like it to drink..


I would try the chicken sandwich though..

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Post by uncle bill » Wed Sep 09, 2009 11:14 am

Most people in England use the word "tea" for their main evening meal. As in "Give it a rest, woman, I'm having my tea".

Although people in the South-East often call it "dinner".

Which mutates into "supper" when it happens in North London and there are servants involved.
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