Film-Tech Forum ARCHIVE: How Do You Like Your Tea?

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Posted by Manny Knowles (Member # 1171) on 12-27-2003, 09:17 PM:

By the cup or by the pot?

Leaves or bag?

What kind of tea?

Boiling water or just hot water?

Do you pour the water over the bag or does the bag go into the water?

What about sugar?

White granulated?
Milled cane?
Brown sugar?

or honey?

Milk? Cream?

Lemon?

How do you like your tea?

Posted by Mike Fitzgerald (Member # 1304) on 12-27-2003, 10:31 PM:

Only Barrys Irish Tea with a little milk no sugar. I boil the water put the teabag in a prewarmed cup and steep for a couple of minutes and enjoy. My cousin come in from Ireland twice a year and keeps me supplied. [beer]

Posted by Paul Mayer (Member # 355) on 12-27-2003, 11:04 PM:

For "black" teas, British Breakfast or Earl Grey; cream (half-n-half) and sugar (raw cane or honey). Water boiling as it hits the tea in a pre-warmed pot or cup. Usually have to settle for bags.

For "green" teas, Oolong, Genmai, Ban, Uji; hot, straight up. Again usually have to settle for bags, but I can get the Genmai in bulk and I have a real teapot to steep it in.

Posted by Gracia L. Babbidge (Member # 582) on 12-28-2003, 12:57 AM:

I own a few teapots, sometimes I drink tea by the cup, sometimes I opt to make a whole pot - it all varies with what kind of 'tea mood' I'm in.

In general, I use teabags. Although, I have been known to use tea leaves in my coffee maker - in fact my coffee maker has brewed more tea than coffee! [Eek!]

I prefer the water hot, not boiling, and pour the water over the tea, and cover the vessel in which it is steeping.
Steeping times vary from tea to tea - for example the 'Taylors of Harrogate' Yorkshire tea that I'm fond of only needs to steep for about three minutes, whereas most of the other black teas I have need to steep anywhere from 5 to 10 minutes.

In black tea, I tend to add about two teaspoons of granulated sugar, and a splash of cream - such as half & half, light or even heavy cream, milk is a last resort. Occasionally I'll instead use an amaretto flavored creamer instead.

In herbal teas I add about a tablespoon of honey.

However, each tea is different, and the amount of what gets added sometimes needs to be adjusted a wee bit. [Wink]

There are many teas that I like a lot, some of them are:
from Taylors of Harrogate - Yorkshire, and Yorkshire Gold
from Stash - Grean & White Fusion, Chai Spice, Earl Grey
from Bigelows - Earl Grey, and Raspberry Royale
from Tazo - Zen blend
from Traditional Medicinals - Raspberry Leaf, Female Toner, Throat Coat, and Lemon Echinacea Throat Coat
from Celestial Seasonings - Tuscany Orange Spice, Rainbow of Berries, Emperor's Choice, Almond Sunset, Chamomile, Gingerbread Spice, Apple Spice, and Devonshire English Breakfast

...Yeah, so I do love tea! [Smile]

Posted by Aaron Garman (Member # 1653) on 12-28-2003, 01:03 AM:

Boil water in a kettle, pour water into glass, insert Lipton's tea bag into water, let it settle for awhile, and then drink up! Yummy!

AJG

Posted by Chris Hipp (Member # 1788) on 12-28-2003, 01:14 AM:

I like it how my Grandma makes it, not sure how.

Posted by Hugh McCullough (Member # 1542) on 12-28-2003, 07:19 AM:

There is only one way to make a decent cup of tea.
The old fashioned Belfast way.
Pour a small quantity of milk into a cup, add sugar to taste.
Put water into a saucepan, and add two teaspoons of tea leaves.
Bring to the boil & simmer for two minutes.
Strain into cup and enjoy.

Posted by Bruce McGee (Member # 131) on 12-28-2003, 08:14 AM:

Lipton bags.

Boiling water into the cup with the tea bag. Dip the bag until the tea 'looks right,'

Remove the tea bag, add a small spoon of sugar, and add milk.

What a way to get warm on a cold day in the mountains.

Posted by Manny Knowles (Member # 1171) on 12-28-2003, 11:58 AM:

How do warm drinks affect homeostasis?

Do they truly warm you up or do they trick your body into cooling further?

Posted by Ian Price (Member # 14) on 12-28-2003, 12:53 PM:

Chai tea in a tea-bag (strong). Sugar and Half & Half.

But mostly coffee, French Roast, finely ground, French Press, sugar and half & half.

Both help the 35-mile commute be more enjoyable. And both are a recent addition to my lifestyle.

Posted by Gordon McLeod (Member # 33) on 12-28-2003, 01:24 PM:

By the Pot
First the kettle is filled with fresh cold water and brought to a boil
The tea pot is pre warmed and loose or bags don't make a big difference
As soon as it comes to a boil pour it in
I use Homoginised milk no sugar

The tea brand varries but usually is one of
Red Rose
Flowerdale
PG tips
Brooke Bond Red Label
Lipton Yellow Lable
Twinnings Earl Grey
and sometime
Oulong and Jasmine tea (the name I can't translate from the tins I buy in chinatown

Posted by Andy Muirhead (Member # 712) on 12-28-2003, 08:07 PM:

I can't function in the morning without a good cup of tea and a cigarette! Hot and sweet, dudes.

Put a teabag in a mug, add sugar (i like 6 spoons), pour in boiling water, stir, then squeeze the tea bag against the side of your mug, retract tea bag and casually throw into bin, add milk until tea is brown, light cigarette (optional), drink. Ah!

Posted by Gracia L. Babbidge (Member # 582) on 12-29-2003, 01:50 AM:

Looks like at least a handful of booth people are fellow tea fiends!
[thumbsup]

Posted by Christopher Duvall (Member # 284) on 12-29-2003, 01:52 AM:

How do I like my tea...
not in my cup...I hate the stuff. [puke]

Posted by Brad Miller (Member # 2) on 12-29-2003, 03:05 AM:

Every time I hear of tea I am reminded of that horrific movie "Howard's End", where a bunch of British women sit around day after day talking about how lovely it would be to return to Howard's End, drinking tea non-stop.

The Brits can have it. Just don't seperate me from my Coca-Cola.

Posted by Phil Hill (Member # 371) on 12-29-2003, 03:50 AM:

I make my "tea" as follows:

Pour Bacardi Light 1/4 way up in a 16 oz glass. Top off with Coke from a can. Add ice.

It ain't Long Island "Iced Tea", But! YUM! [thumbsup]

>>> Phil

Posted by Jeff Stricker (Member # 224) on 12-29-2003, 05:57 AM:

Float a Lipton's teabag in a cup of cold water. Place in microwave and heat just to the point of boiling (keep an eye on things while the microwave is running). Remove and let steep for approx 3 minutes, add sweetener to your liking and away you go...

Posted by Randy Stankey (Member # 64) on 12-29-2003, 08:39 AM:

Iced Tea! I got the bug for it while living down South.

If you go to virtually any restaurant in the South you'll usually have a choice of two drinks: Coca Cola or iced tea... SWEET tea.

There is no real standard of what sweetened iced tea means. It could be anywhere from a couple of spoons full of sugar in a whole pot to a couple of spoons full of tea in a whole pot of sugar. You'll often see a waitress in the restaurant just dump sugar into the pot until it "looks about right".

In the North it's hard to get decent iced tea. Nobody here makes it sweetened unless it comes from a soda fountain, in which case it's probably pretty grody. It's hard to explain to people why iced tea should be MADE sweetened... Sugar doesn't dissolve in cold water nearly as well.

I'm reduced to drinking bottled Lipton iced tea from a soda machine. It's nowhere near as good as freshly made.

As for hot tea, I don't drink it too often. Usually only in the evenings after dinner because it has less caffeine. I often don't want to be up late with a coffee buzz. Many times it'll be herb tea. I'm not particular which kind of herb tea... depends on mood, I guess.

Posted by Chris Hipp (Member # 1788) on 12-29-2003, 08:44 AM:

a lot of people use non sugar sweeteners such as sweet n low or that new splenda stuff, its supposed to dissolve better. I prefer it to not be so sweet that you cant taste the tea, I put 1/2
cup of sugar for 3 quarts.

Posted by Rachel Gilardi (Member # 1016) on 12-29-2003, 09:15 AM:

I hate tea. Just give me a coke in the morning, afternoon, night (ANYTIME) for my pick-me-up. [Big Grin]

Posted by Manny Knowles (Member # 1171) on 12-29-2003, 11:36 AM:

I haven't seen this personally but I'm told that Lipton's "Brisk" Ice Tea is specially made and packaged for the "Southern" markets. It is extra sweet.

Here's how I make Ice Tea:

4 cups boiled water
4 tea bags: Lipton Yellow Label
4 tea bags: Earl Grey (usually Bigelow)
1 tea bag: Coconut

1 cup sugar -- add to hot tea and stir to dissolve

Pour into an ice-filled pitcher.

If necessary, it is a simple matter to dilute the ice tea for reduced sweetness. On the other hand, it is a real bitch to add sugar to cold ice tea.

Posted by Chris Hipp (Member # 1788) on 12-29-2003, 09:07 PM:

I kinda like the liptoon brisk, but I dont think it is really tea.

It seems like the "Orange Drink" equivelant to tea. It's not real tea. It's not bad, just not tea.

Posted by Charles Everett (Member # 889) on 12-30-2003, 08:36 AM:

I prefer my tea straight -- no milk, no sugar. Some of the Celestial Seasonings flavoured teas are good.

Posted by Gary Crawford (Member # 2038) on 12-30-2003, 01:23 PM:

In the morning and during the day I'm a coffee person. But after say about 7 PM I drink tea, otherwise I'd be up for 3 days. Tea's caffeine doesn't wire me like coffee does.

We have most any kind of tea you can name at home. My wife loves her tea and she is easy to buy for, just a gift set of assorted teas. I can go from fancy loose tea down to the 100-for-a-dollar cheap tea bags (Tetley makes the store brands here in the East BTW).

Soda is a rarity at home. We drink powdered iced tea mix all year long. Fast and tasty, make it in a 2-gallon jug. Want something tasty? Add bourbon to the onstant iced tea and it makes a great hot toddy, or great cold too. Somehow the combination of flavors gives it an apple taste. Don't know why, it just does.

I am a fan of sun tea. Always an old gallon pickle jar brewing in the sun. Add fresh mint leaves to the mix and it is great!

I can take hot tea most any way. Plain (no sugar or anything), or with honey, or maple syrup, or sugar, or lemon, or evaporated milk.