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Old 10-13-2007, 02:46 PM   #93
Undertoad
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If you get the Lapsang Souchong you may throw it out after the first cup, requiring another purchase and thus more funding for hunger. On the other hand, if you lick your fireplace and find it has "intriguing ashy notes", you might like it.

If you don't know what to get, get English Breakfast, which is a fine hearty "regular" tea.

The Darjeeling is one of the best teas from India. Assam is a particular tea of India, Keemun is a particular tea of China. Each has its own distinctive flavor, and some you will surely like more than others.

I don't know anything about the African teas and don't know that I'd trust a tea from where Madonna goes to adopt children.

Camomile and Peppermint and such are not real teas. Earl Grey is an English Breakfast-style blend of black tea infused with oils from the bergamot fruit, which gives it a mild citrusy kind of flavor.
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