I have a load of gree tea that I need to drink and its the strong stuff.
Curious if anyone here drinks any kinds of tea and why?
My wife’s English, and were enjoy a cup of tea when I get home from work. We take it with half and half and sugar, and we unload our day with each other until we’re both smiling and having fun together.
It’s damn near perfect.
Several years ago I was getting a lot of acid reflux. Went to the doctor, he gave me the “no-fun diet” list with all the foods to avoid because they can cause indigestion. Everything I loved was on that list. Beer. Cheese. Fried foods. Hot peppers. And, of course, coffee. I was highly motivated to achieve some kind of resolution to these stomach problems so I gave up everything on the list except coffee. Lo and behold, the symptoms remained. I switched the roles and gave up only coffee. The stomach symptoms disappeared, to be replaced by the worst fatigue headaches I’ve ever encountered. It took two weeks for the headaches to finally fade, and now I’m a tea drinker for life.
I drink Earl Grey tea, mostly because I’m forgetful as hell and I need a tea where I can just leave the tea bag in there for as long as it takes me to remember that I made tea. With most other black teas if you don’t yank the bag out at the right time your tea will get bitter as hell. Not Earl Grey, you can forget that shit for half an hour and the Earl don’t mind. You’ll still come back to a cup of tea that’s still perfectly drinkable. When I want to take it to the next level I get some Cream of Earl Grey, the kind with the little blue flower petals in it. Heavenly.
I’m a huge iced tea drinker, and recently tried Earl Grey out of little more than pure boredom. It’s good! Whereas hot, the flavor is a little too much for me, when iced and diluted further, it has a really enjoyable floral bouquet, not unlike Constant Comment.
I love black tea, particularly Earl Grey. I find it very comforting, like a warm hug. Starting in fall I drink several cups a day. During the summer I make iced tea.
Green tea shouldn’t really be strong, you’re probably steeping it too long. I drink green tea if I’m after something light (or if I’m out of milk, which I need for black tea).
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Steeping is just another word for soaking the tea/tea bag. For when the tea is sitting in the boiled water.
I think steeping is the American English for what in Britain we would call brewing. (S)he is saying you’re brewing it too long.
I make a concentrated pot of assam black tea, chamomile, cinnamon, black pepper and cardamom on the stove every couple days. Keep it refrigerated, dilute it as needed and drink it from about 7am-2pm. The mix keeps me awake enough, but the chamomile takes the edge off and keeps me from getting anxious. The cinnamon, black pepper and cardamom help my stomach from getting mad about everything I eat and tastes good. Assam black tea has a maltier flavor I really like, much less tannic. Sometimes, I’ll add fresh turmeric, ginger, citrus peel or other things.
Used to drink coffee, but it’s just too harsh for me anymore. I really like tea.
Assam is delicious. It’s known as the king of teas for a reason.
The refrigeration sounds like a great idea! Do you do this as part of its preparation or is it just economies of time and scale?
Little bit of both. I use whole herbs and loose tea. Half a cinnamon stick boiled well, first in the pot with pepper, makes about a pot the size that I use. Probably about a pint and a half, maybe two, with a strainer lid. Pour spout on the side. Fairly standard cooking pot.
Then, it’s there when I want it.
I’m surprised to have a different take than anyone here, so far. When I drink tea in the evening, I don’t drink alcohol. And it’s hard for me to not drink alcohol. It’s a really nice substitute that fills me up, gives me something to hold and drink, and tastes good.
Yes. For green tea, I steep for 2.5 minutes at 170 degrees Fahrenheit. Higher temperatures or longer extraction times make it taste really bitter. For the longest time I thought I didn’t like green tea because I’d boil water and then leave the tea to steep until I remembered it. That method works fine earl grey and any herbal tea. But green tea is special.
Right. The other half of your question. I’ve always liked tea. Idk.
170 degrees
Are you using a pressure cooker? Or a wizard maybe?
I assume they’re American, because 170F is 77C and that’s a pretty reasonable temperature to steep green tea at
Oh, that would make sense. My brain just didn’t make the leap there for some reason.
Yep, sorry. 170 Fahrenheit. Sorry about that.
Units matter, as my high school teacher pounded into our heads.
This was the lesson I was hoping somebody would give. Green tea shouldn’t be “really strong” if it is you’re probably over-steeping it or using scalding water.
I like tea, but I don’t really like caffeine. It’s a conundrum :(. I wish I could have my sencha every day without it making me feel like a stranger in my own mind.
Yeah I was a bit perplexed by the mention of it being the strong stuff but I think you’re right.
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I drink lots of tea, because it’s delicious.
I will melt some cannabutter in with some tea. More just a medium to mask to flavour than anything else really.
Coffee often causes my stomach to be upset so I started drinking tea instead and found I quite like a lot of it. I usually drink an English breakfast or something strong that isn’t too astringent or malty with the occasional jasmine or tie guan yin green tea in the afternoon.
I’m English, which is probably enough said.
I’m also up at half three in the morning because I’m not feeling well, so the first thing I did was grab a cuppa. Finishing it and needing another is probably the only thing that’s going to get me out of this electric blanket all day.
I’m English, which is probably enough said.
I’m from the US South, which is also probably enough said (except with ice and a lot more sugar).
I used to think tea didn’t taste much. Then I realized I only tried bad tea. Now my goto tea is loose leaf green sencha fukuju (I hope that is the correct spelling) that I steep in 70 C water for a few minutes in a preheated pot that allows the tea to expand properly.
I get the tea from a local tea shop. I often reuse the tea leaves several times throughout the day. I occasionally drink some other teas, but I try to stay away from tea bags because I mostly find them to be less good because lower quality.
Not sure where you are from but being from the UK whenever I go abroad I do not bother with tea as it is weak and tasteless in most places. Was in France last week and made the mistake of having tea with breakfast, even after adding a second tea bag my cup was basically full of warm milky water.
If you are not in the UK you might be able to get hold of Yorkshire brand tea if there is a foreign food section at your supermarket.
That’s not true of all of the rest of the world though, you will get great tea in other tea-consuming areas, France is quite low down on that list.
Absolutely, I didn’t mean all of the rest of the world.
Yes; am English.
My wife and I started to drink Oolong GABA green tea for a few years now as an afternoon habit. We both enjoy it. No caffeine, but γ-Aminobutyric acid which ought to be healthy. However, we drink it mostly to take a break and enjoy the taste. Compared to black teas this tea isn‘t strong in taste but rich in flavour regardless. For me personally it made my tasting sense become more sensitive and appreciative over small nuances in flavour.
Oolong does have caffeine 🤔
I do love me some oolong tea.
Hey if you ever want to roast your own oolong, and can get fresh tea leaves, ping me and I’ll share notes.
I love coffee, but as I’ve gotten older acid reflux has been a more common issue that I must remedy. I currently drink a loose-leaf oolong green tea, called “milk oolong” it’s gentle on my stomach and provides me with some caffeine, and I make enough to last me most of the day in a double insulated mug. During the spring and summer I cold-steep 10 bags of Lipton’s black tea in a large pitcher over night and use that for the next 2-3 days.
