Tea

[Adam]

I love tea. I normally drink a few cups a day. I find it can be invigorating in the morning and relaxing at night. I normally drink green tea through the day and then at night switch to peppermint or chamomile.

 

I love discovering new teas. Any suggestions? What tea do you drink?

[Chrissy]

Fennel tea is lovely and apparently great for the digestion. I also have a peach and raspberry tea that I love.

[Kimmy619]

I like normal, every day tea. I don't really like Earl Grey as the scent makes me feel a little sick. If I fancy a change, I drink Rooibos (Red Bush) tea which is quite nice and refreshing. It is South African and has 'natural health giving properties' apparantly.

[Loopyloo100]

I was a normal tea drinker until I started having problems with caffeine. I then found a drink called No-caf that is an organic coffee substitute and I got used to drinking that, but then I found Redbush tea and was drinking this for a few months, but it now appears I may have an allergy to this and so I am back to the No-caf. The only time I have a caffeinated cup of tea is when I have a bad migraine as this gets rid of it very quickly. Unfortunatley though, even just one cup of tea causes anxiety symptoms in my body so it cures one problem but causes another!

[Rawr]

I love tea too it is quite relaxing when your just sitting and not doing much. I recently have started to drink Green tea a lot also, it's a bit of getting used to, but it's lovely and good for you too.

[frankie]

I don't enjoy tea unless I can have milk in it and lots of sugar. When I was working at a cafe people were somewhat disturbed when I used to ask them whether they would like milk in their tea, some customer said that she wouldn't drink such 'dishwater' I'm a coffee person, me.

[Nollaig]

Customers like that should be kicked in the head.

 

I drink 2-3 cups of traditional dishwater everyday, and always have milk and sugar in.

[frankie]

Customers like that should be kicked in the head.

 

I drink 2-3 cups of traditional dishwater everyday, and always have milk and sugar in.

 

I was a bit miffed about that customer, she said it in such a nasty way. Just because you don't want milk in your tea doesn't mean anyone else who does is a freak.

 

By the way, it seems customary to me that people here usually drink their tea without milk. That's the way they can "taste the actual tea", milk would ruin the whole essence of it, I've heard.

[Rawr]

Dishwater? that's stupid, i am drinking milk right now, does that make me a freak?? I actually need to buy some more Green tea, i ran out

[Nollaig]

She meant putting milk and tea together is dishwater, not either milk or tea on it's own.

[Rawr]

Yes, but i do that too.

[Nollaig]

I know. I was just saying.

[Raven]

What's wrong with a dash of cow juice?! (as P J O'Rourke put it!).

 

I tend to buy Twinings tea, and at the moment have a box of Assam, and like Roxi I have two to three cups a day (sometimes more) and add both milk and sugar.

 

I've tried to kick the sugar habit on more than one occasion, but after 30 odd years of drinking tea, I just can't drink the stuff without it.

 

But back to Adam's original question, I don't know if you can get them in Canada, but Twinings do a great range of different teas.

 

You can even sign up for t-mails! (did you see what they did there, very funny!).

Edited July 26, 2009 by Raven
Putting in a missing "and"!

[Nollaig]

I can drink tea in any form. I'll drink it plain, milk and no sugar, sugar and no milk. I just happen to like it with a good drop of milk and 2-3 sugars.

[Chrissy]

I like normal, every day tea. I don't really like Earl Grey as the scent makes me feel a little sick. If I fancy a change, I drink Rooibos (Red Bush) tea

I use Yorkshire tea bags for a 'normal' cup - strong with milk (and a hint of sugar sometimes). I also hate Earl Grey it smells like medicine. I love Rooibos tea, it is really refreshing, and can be taken with or without milk.

 

But I do enjoy the herbals too, the fennel and peachy ones I already mentioned, plus berry ones and strong peppermint.

[Nici]

I love tea but only drink decaf 'everyday' tea.

 

I couldn't manage without my morning cuppa!

[madcow]

I love a good cup of PG especially in the mornings, I can't be doing with these 'fancy' teas they smell and taste yuk I can only drink my tea with a splash of milk and no sugar, if it's milky (gnats p**s a I call it) then it will go untouched. The milk thing only came about through being pregnant but even after Hannah was born (nearly 15 years ago) I still cannot stand milky tea.

[Kell]

I like good old Tetley's with either a splash of skimmed milk, or a squaaeze of lemon juice and a small dollop of honey. I also occasionally enjoy peppermint or fennel tea, but I have to be in the right mood for them. I usually choose coffee over tea, but if I'm feeling just a tad under the weather, it's tea I'll turn to every time.

[Echo]

I like all teas, but my favorites are Chai and Green tea. I also love herbal tea, and my favorite is the Detox blend from Yogi Tea. I drink Iced Green Tea almost everyday, and I love it hot with a little honey.

 

I've had rooibos, but it tasted like cough medicine to me. Maybe I just need to try a different kind.

[lexiepiper]

I drink de-caf tea, and because it doesn't have as much flavour as normal tea I have to have a sugar in it to sweeten it up. Don't drink coffee at all as it gives me migraines.

 

I have a bunch of the Twining's fruit teas too, they're very nice

[Scarlette]

I love tea. As a baby I refused to drink milk, so my mother gave me Rooibos (red bush) tea, instead. I still drink several cups a day.

[chrysalis_stage]

I love tea too, normal tea makes me sluggish so I only if ever have it at night before bed but I adore green tea, my favourite is jacksons sencha green tea...i have two sugars and it saves me on money for milk...it's so refreshing! If i have a normal cup of tea I love yorkshire but normally just have what mum has in which is pg tips I think. I'll only have normal if green tea has ran out or i'm at the Orchard in Cambridge...tea and scones....ah so good!

Edited July 26, 2009 by chrysalis_stage

[Lucybird]

I drink my tea strong with milk and one sugar. My favourite is Twinnings Everyday but I usually drink Teadirect which is fairtrade.

 

I like green tea too (usually with mint), peppermint, and have recently discovered Ginger and Lemon tea which is really nice

[rach.at.the.disco]

I love a good cup of PG especially in the mornings, I can't be doing with these 'fancy' teas they smell and taste yuk I can only drink my tea with a splash of milk and no sugar, if it's milky (gnats p**s a I call it) then it will go untouched. The milk thing only came about through being pregnant but even after Hannah was born (nearly 15 years ago) I still cannot stand milky tea.

 

I totally agree with you there I cannot stand the smell of fruit teas etc they make me feel sick. I much prefer a normal cup of tea strong with 3 sugars (terrible I know) and quite milky (it has to be semi-skimmed milk and organic if possible). I very rarely drink tea apart from in the winter when I have nearly everyday (I love snuggling up in bed with a book and a cuppa )

[BookBee8]

I hate tea. Well, any hot drinks really. I wish I did like it though. I never get offered a drink when I visit family! All the tea drinkers are given a cup of tea and I'm sat without anything. Then I'm asked "Would you like some juice?". It makes me feel ridiculous.