Tea

[Remember Colo]

Oh, and for black teas I like milk and sugar. More herbally teas I just like sweetened, and honey or agava nectar are a nice alternative to sugar sometimes.

[bodacious benny]

Honey in tea is nice.

[overseasTOON]

Tradional English Ale...

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Hot drinks are s*** and only s*** people drink them.

So Tea drinking equates to cannibalism?

[skalpel]

Yeah I only have meat a couple of times a week, and its usually fish. Mostly eat things like ratatouille, or a vegetable pasta dish, or a big salad. Vegetables have more taste and don't leave you feeling like a f***ing blobfish afterwards .

Yeah very true, my downfall is whisky and real ale it used to be coffee but i've replaced that with tea and infusions.

Hell yeah. I drink all of that except whisky. I love ale, coffee and tea of all kinds. My tea and coffee shelves are absolutely stacked with tins and jars. Everything from longjing to lapsang, columbian roast to kenyan . We have a pretty big tisane/infusion collection as well.

[Tsi]

Yeah very true, my downfall is whisky and real ale it used to be coffee but i've replaced that with tea and infusions.

Hell yeah. I drink all of that except whisky. I love ale, coffee and tea of all kinds. My tea and coffee shelves are absolutely stacked with tins and jars. Everything from longjing to lapsang, columbian roast to kenyan . We have a pretty big tisane/infusion collection as well.

I only have about 2 cups of coffee a day now it used to be 10 + at one time.Might pick your brains sometime for tea not long got into drinking loose tea.Have you tried rooibos if not i can recommend the orange flavour also if you like sour try a Hibiscus infusion, it's what i have first thing in the morning

[skalpel]

Is that the Twinings orange and cinnamon Rooibos? I've got some here! You've just set my tastebuds onto it now, I may have to go and make myself a cup . I've never tried hibiscus before though, I'll grab some next time I'm out. I'm a bit of a snob with tea, to be honest. If I see somebody re-boiling water in a kettle, or pouring scalding water into a green tea, or putting milk in anything besides Chai, I have to start biting my nails aggressively to prevent myself from saying something .

Yeah I had to cut down on coffee a few years ago for medical reasons I was having about ten cups a day at the time as well. I usually only have the two nowadays, the same as you .

[Wedge Head Tiote]

Is that the Twinings orange and cinnamon Rooibos? I've got some here! You've just set my tastebuds onto it now, I may have to go and make myself a cup . I've never tried hibiscus before though, I'll grab some next time I'm out. I'm a bit of a snob with tea, to be honest. If I see somebody re-boiling water in a kettle, or pouring scalding water into a green tea, or putting milk in anything besides Chai, I have to start biting my nails aggressively to prevent myself from saying something .

Yeah I had to cut down on coffee a few years ago for medical reasons I was having about ten cups a day at the time as well. I usually only have the two nowadays, the same as you .

What's wrong with re-boiling water in keetle?

[KingoStarr]

Is that the Twinings orange and cinnamon Rooibos? I've got some here! You've just set my tastebuds onto it now, I may have to go and make myself a cup . I've never tried hibiscus before though, I'll grab some next time I'm out. I'm a bit of a snob with tea, to be honest. If I see somebody re-boiling water in a kettle, or pouring scalding water into a green tea, or putting milk in anything besides Chai, I have to start biting my nails aggressively to prevent myself from saying something .

Yeah I had to cut down on coffee a few years ago for medical reasons I was having about ten cups a day at the time as well. I usually only have the two nowadays, the same as you .

Skalps start a tea thread I'm far too lazy to do it

[Tsi]

Is that the Twinings orange and cinnamon Rooibos? I've got some here! You've just set my tastebuds onto it now, I may have to go and make myself a cup . I've never tried hibiscus before though, I'll grab some next time I'm out. I'm a bit of a snob with tea, to be honest. If I see somebody re-boiling water in a kettle, or pouring scalding water into a green tea, or putting milk in anything besides Chai, I have to start biting my nails aggressively to prevent myself from saying something .

Yeah I had to cut down on coffee a few years ago for medical reasons I was having about ten cups a day at the time as well. I usually only have the two nowadays, the same as you .

No i get my loose tea from a internet site called nothing but tea http://nbtea.co.uk/store/rooibos/158-ro ... range.html
As for hibiscus get it from tesco it's cheaper make sure the water is boiling for best taste.
Hopefully not tap water i have a filter fitted for drinking water f*** filling myself full of s***.

[Tsi]

Is that the Twinings orange and cinnamon Rooibos? I've got some here! You've just set my tastebuds onto it now, I may have to go and make myself a cup . I've never tried hibiscus before though, I'll grab some next time I'm out. I'm a bit of a snob with tea, to be honest. If I see somebody re-boiling water in a kettle, or pouring scalding water into a green tea, or putting milk in anything besides Chai, I have to start biting my nails aggressively to prevent myself from saying something .

Yeah I had to cut down on coffee a few years ago for medical reasons I was having about ten cups a day at the time as well. I usually only have the two nowadays, the same as you .

Skalps start a tea thread I'm far too lazy to do it

Great idea as long as it includes infusions as well (i'm also too lazy to start one )
Speaking of infusions try hibiscus infusion ice cubes in oat milk or coffee ice cubes in oat milk with a little dash of honey.

[Toondes]

Builders tea , milk no sugar.
Chocolate digestives for dunking.

[skalpel]

Is that the Twinings orange and cinnamon Rooibos? I've got some here! You've just set my tastebuds onto it now, I may have to go and make myself a cup . I've never tried hibiscus before though, I'll grab some next time I'm out. I'm a bit of a snob with tea, to be honest. If I see somebody re-boiling water in a kettle, or pouring scalding water into a green tea, or putting milk in anything besides Chai, I have to start biting my nails aggressively to prevent myself from saying something .

Yeah I had to cut down on coffee a few years ago for medical reasons I was having about ten cups a day at the time as well. I usually only have the two nowadays, the same as you .

What's wrong with re-boiling water in keetle?

What's right with it?

Seriously, though, it makes no difference at all if this is your cup of tea:

Bag in cup
Pour in water
Stir and squeeze bag against side
Bag in bin
Pour in milk.

But if you're drinking loose leaf greens, whites, and oolongs, or delicate black teas like first flush darjeeling, then it can make your drink taste pretty flat if you use reboiled water.

[skalpel]

No i get my loose tea from a internet site called nothing but tea http://nbtea.co.uk/store/rooibos/158-ro ... range.html
As for hibiscus get it from tesco it's cheaper make sure the water is boiling for best taste.
Hopefully not tap water i have a filter fitted for drinking water f*** filling myself full of s***.

Cheers for the link, that site looks great.

[Tsi]

No i get my loose tea from a internet site called nothing but tea http://nbtea.co.uk/store/rooibos/158-ro ... range.html
As for hibiscus get it from tesco it's cheaper make sure the water is boiling for best taste.
Hopefully not tap water i have a filter fitted for drinking water f*** filling myself full of s***.

Cheers for the link, that site looks great.

Yeah it is really fast delivery with a points system as well when you purchase i got 100g of earl grey green for free due to points for previous orders
Oh yeah try their sample batches

[skalpel]

I'm gonna go ahead and order myself a batch of their Dragonwell Longjing .

I am going to drain them of their sample collections this Christmas. Everyone I know is getting tea.

[KingoStarr]

When I was in Sri Lanka I tried so much tea, I even went to a Tea processing plant in the mountains of Nuwara Elia was really interesting and got a few cups of silver tip on the walk around

[Tsi]

I'm gonna go ahead and order myself a batch of their Dragonwell Longjing .

I am going to drain them of their sample collections this Christmas. Everyone I know is getting tea.

i'll email you my address
i've tried quite a few of their samples and they are really good.

[skalpel]

When I was in Sri Lanka I tried so much tea, I even went to a Tea processing plant in the mountains of Nuwara Elia was really interesting and got a few cups of silver tip on the walk around

Amazing. Fresh pickings .

Do you remember a favourite?

i'll email you my address
i've tried quite a few of their samples and they are really good.

[Cal]

Subscription coffee services seem to have made themselves a thing recently (my referral link for Pact... first bag's £1, warning; they insist on trying to call or text you when welcoming you to the service), I'd imagine there's a similar thing for tea that might interest you lot.

Still not got around to being adventurous with my teas, nor got close to consistently making a good brew with whatever I do try (got some Darjeeling and Ceylon that I'm slowly working through), but Lapsang Souchoung.

Also, although it's probably s*** to anyone with a taste for the stuff, I quite like that Tesco Finest Chocolate Tea...