Tea Drinkers

[xnewyawka]

Irsih tea only here.  Barry's Gold Blend.  I brew it by the pot, once a day, every day.

Paul, can you give some more details on how you brew, and what kind of pot, etc. ?

I've had both Breakfasts (English, Irish) before, and Earl Grey, both in tea bag form.
Any other pointers would be fine.

[-Doug-]

For all you tea baggers out there.   All joking aside, do you remove the tea bag after it has steeped or do you leave it in while you drink? I've seen it done both ways and I was wondering if there was any benefit to leaving the it in.

[tomgallagher]

Seems to me that the tea would just keep getting stronger.

[Razor X]

Leaving the bag in will make the tea bitter and stewed.  It should be removed from the mug or the tea pot after 3 or 4 minutes. 

[Ming the Merciless]

I have spells of drinking tea, but it's usually just easier to grind some beans and brew a pot.  Friends are always brewing tea and saying, "Do you want some?"  But it's always generic bag tea and de-caf.  Shudder.  If it's not that, it's some herbal abomination, which I always say tastes like a Lifesaver candy dissolved in too much water.  I pass.

BUT, I have fond memories of drinking some pots of lapsang souchong while sitting in an unkempt garden behind a vintage adobe on Canyon Drive in Santa Fe.  It gave me a taste for creosote.  Earl Grey, if I want to drink perfume.

Since then, when I look for tea, it's lapsang.  I've not bought such from Upton, but plan to--since I can't find much loose tea locally, even on the fringes of the world's capital (Oh, you know: New York City), but maybe I don't look hard enough.

[D.A.L.U.I.]

Finding good tea isn't hard:

https://marktwendell.com/

[Paul]

Irsih tea only here.  Barry's Gold Blend.  I brew it by the pot, once a day, every day.

Paul, can you give some more details on how you brew, and what kind of pot, etc. ?

I've had both Breakfasts (English, Irish) before, and Earl Grey, both in tea bag form.
Any other pointers would be fine.

Barry's Irish Tea comes in a larger than normal tea bag.  I have a ceramic tea pot that I just put the bag in and then fill with boiling water.  I brew until the color is right, with the Barry's I drink, it is a deep redish color.   Hope that helps Joe

[bubbadave3]

PG Tips with a little milk.  The most important thing to remember about brewing black tea is to always bring the water to a full, rolling boil.

http://www.amazon.com/PG-Tips-Pyramid-160-Count-Boxes/dp/B001EQ5JKK/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1297203364&sr=8-5

My mother-in-law was from the UK.  (She was born in Liverpool, but lived in St. Louis a good part of her life).  She passed away last year, and we inherited a box of PG Tips from her.

[Alexander215]

I drink a lot of tea, iced and hot. My favorite is formosa gunpowder, a very potent green tea.

In an effort to eradicate sweets and sugar from my diet the flavored rooibos teas are really good too.

Check out http://www.teabrewery.com/ they will ship anywhere.

I should mention it's all loose tea, and I brew it in a french coffee press.