Tea

[BigV]

Sweet tea. A couple of quarts of water and a fistfull of whatever teabags are nearest the front of the cupboard (Lipton, Red Rose, Jasmine) and a couple of cups of sugar. Boil. Stir, remove from heat. Let steep while you get a big pitcher and put at least 4 or 5 or more trays of ice in it. Pour the tea over the ice, top off with cold water from the tap. Serve over ice in large plastic cups. Aaahhhhh!

[melidasaur]

PG Tips are a type of bagged tea... the tea bag is in a pyramid shape for maximum brewage I believe.

[Cyclefrance]

Originally Posted by barefoot serpent

Pissing Gnats????
:p

Some people's tea-making does tend to be described as 'gnat's piss' but luckily PGTips is something more palatable. The site tells you a bit about the name, but surprisingly doesn't mention that the 'tips' comes from the process of using the leaf tips which were originally discarded (I suppose the manufacturer would be worried about that being a negative selling point!)

[Cyclefrance]

Originally Posted by barefoot serpent

Monst... err.. I mean Mother-In-Law

right the first time!!

[Cyclefrance]

Actually this is a better part of the site as you can see the ads with the chimpanzees and the newer Aardman (Wallace and Gromit, Creature Comforts, Chicken Run makers) ones

[BigV]

Cute. "Couldn't fit into the dressing room." hahehehehh. Pretty good. Say, Cyclefrance, that wasn't you getting up from behind the little Renault in the 1970s Tour de France ad, was it?

[Pie]

Bigelow Plantation Mint, Stash Chai, Good Earth Jasmine, Good Earth Ginseng (I don't really "believe" in the herbal crap, I just like the way it tastes... Although a friend of mine told me that it'll "balance my male equilibrium." Snort.)

[seakdivers]

I'm not a huge tea fan, but sometimes I really like to have a cup of Celestial Seasoning's Sleepytime Tea (it's chamomile) before bed.

[Undertoad]

I strongly believe that tea can only properly be made with the leaves of the tea plant, Camellia sinensis.

And that the water should be freshly boiled and poured over loose leaves that have either been fermented (i.e., black) or partially fermented (i.e., oolongs). I do not prefer the unfermented or "green" tea.

I prefer a large mug and half-n-half and sugar.

[Cyclefrance]

Originally Posted by BigV

Cute. "Couldn't fit into the dressing room." hahehehehh. Pretty good. Say, Cyclefrance, that wasn't you getting up from behind the little Renault in the 1970s Tour de France ad, was it?

Non, eet woss jerst a distont relatif...

[Cyclefrance]

Originally Posted by seakdivers

I'm not a huge tea fan, but sometimes I really like to have a cup of Celestial Seasoning's Sleepytime Tea (it's chamomile) before bed.

Beware:

'Take a bedtime cup of tea -
Need an early morning wee!'

[richlevy]

Originally Posted by Undertoad

I strongly believe that tea can only properly be made with the leaves of the tea plant, Camellia sinensis.

And that the water should be freshly boiled and poured over loose leaves that have either been fermented (i.e., black) or partially fermented (i.e., oolongs). I do not prefer the unfermented or "green" tea.

I prefer a large mug and half-n-half and sugar.

Well, technically, an 'herbal' tea is a tisane.

[Undertoad]

I was going to say that but I figured I was deep enough into Clavin territory.

[jinx]

Originally Posted by melidasaur

I like the Tazo Herbal Teas... Passion being my favorite. I have to try to avoid the caffiene as much as possible, so I prefer the herbal tea variety.

I like Passion too, but it stained my teeth purple . I also have to avoid caffiene, and prefer to avoid the fluoride in tea. I mentioned in the other thread that my favorite tisanes are honeybush (Bushman's brew) and rooibos.

[melidasaur]

Originally Posted by jinx

I like Passion too, but it stained my teeth purple . I also have to avoid caffiene, and prefer to avoid the fluoride in tea. I mentioned in the other thread that my favorite tisanes are honeybush (Bushman's brew) and rooibos.

Rooibos is excellent... I love its color too.