Tea drinkers

[ccowden 0]

Yeah, I like the idea of adding honey. I am a black coffee drinker though and love strong, bold flavors, so I may not need it.

[Diezel 0]

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And you do know you don't add any sugar in your tea, right?

Is that bad??

I haven't heard of any health benefits from consuming sugar. As to the taste, it's personal. I don't even remember how tea+sugar tastes like. Probably tastes like some cheap instant stuff

[RhondaLea 4]

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So, you are saying for someone like me, who is just looking to add tea to my diet as a health benefit, I should just go with some good ol' Tetley bags?

That's about the size of it.

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[ccowden 0]

That makes it easy then!

[Diezel 0]

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Traditional chai is made with milk and sugar....


I add fresh honey to mine tea all the time...


Jen

They also put spice in it. That's why they had to come up with a separate name 'chai' because it's not tea anymore

[mailin 0]

hate to break it to you - but chai means tea....



Jen

Arianna Frances

[PLFXpert 0]

I'm a runner and subscriber to Runner's World magazine.

I read once about TAZO teas. I'm a green tea drinker, personally, but I do love the black and green TAZO and they have wonderful varieties.

But, mostly I buy the Lipton green tea packets you can add to a water bottle, shake it up and WALLA. It's just easier than making a pitcher or cup of tea---especially since I like my tea cold.

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[skycat 0]

I like white tea over green tea, it has more antioxidants and it doesn't taste like grass. I'm actually drinking a travel sized mug of it right now. You only steep it for 3 minutes max though and you need to use water that just started to boil otherwise it can get a bitter taste to it.

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[Ashtanga 0]

I use to have Tea Parties when I lived in Boston. I would send out invitations, "Come to the Boston Tea Party!"

[wartload 0]

Look in your local Yellow Pages and see if there's an Asian food store anywhere within driving distance. You'll probably find a huge selection there. I don't drink coffee anymore. I usually drink green tea, but often drink black. I have a very suspicious-looking collection of baggies filled with leafy stuff in my desk at work. They're all different kinds of teas. Jasmine's very good. Now and then I like a toasted rice black tea that I've found. A friend sent me some white tea that's excellent--but too expensive for me to buy often. (Some teas can cost hundreds of dollars per cup!)

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I use to have Tea Parties when I lived in Boston. I would send out invitations, "Come to the Boston Tea Party!"

wow...that was..ummm....wow.

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[Ashtanga 0]

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wow...that was..ummm....wow.

We called ourselves the "Sons of Liberty". We dressed as Mohawk Indians.

[Diezel 0]

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hate to break it to you - but chai means tea....



Jen

Yeah, I know, it was just one of my lame attempts at humor

[Girlfalldown 0]

Go find some Yerba Mate. It'll blow any tea you've ever drank out of the water. It's like crack only it's actually good for you. I brink it back from Argentina by the pound.

It's only about $1 a bag if you get it in Argentina but if you get it in the states is more like $10. Well worth it. Get a Mate gourd and a bombila too.

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[PLFXpert 0]

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chai means tea

Actually, chai, though known as "chai tea" is actually specifically something they put in the tea to make it "chai". It's very strong, concentrated black tea-herb. But, actually, I received this info from an Asian market owner, so I'm probably screwing up what he actually said, as it was a while ago and he quite possibly isn't the only source to the answer to that question.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chai

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chai

nerd moment:

Is anyone else as fascinated with wikipedia as I am? I can go on there and bounce form link to link for hours.

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[PLFXpert 0]

I remember the "from India" part, etc. But, as mentioned he quite possibly wasn't the only source. But, I have to say, we have an Indian restaurant here (which I love--they do belly dancing!) in which the waitress also said the "chai" is actually something added to the tea to make it specifially "chai tea" b/c not all teas are chai, etc.

But, anywho...no worries

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[Shotgun 1]

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Is anyone else as fascinated with wikipedia as I am? I can go on there and bounce form link to link for hours.

Yes, I love wikipedia too. It is one of my most-visited sites. I use it a lot for school, or for just looking up all kinds of random stuff.

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Is anyone else as fascinated with wikipedia as I am? I can go on there and bounce form link to link for hours.

A little bit---I guess an hour will go by sometimes---but mostly I look things up that come up that I'm unfamiliar with. I've always been that way---if I don't know a word that I read or hear, etc., I look it up. Same with other things.

I now have a reason to investigate "chai" further. My old college professor used to tell us to cite multiple sources. And, since I'm a multiple kind of girl...

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[benforde 0]

"It all began in 2737 BC in China. According to legend, whilst the emperor Shen Nung was boiling water to slake his thirst in the shade of a tree, a light breeze rustled the branches and caused a few leaves to fall. They mixed with the water and gave it a delicate colour and perfume. The emperor tasted it and found it to be delicious. The tree was a wild tea plant: tea was born.

In India, another legend tells of how Prince Dharma was touched by Divine grace and went out to preach the teachings of Buddha in China. To make himself worthy of such a mission, he vowed never to sleep during the nine years of his journey. Towards the end of the third year, however, he was overcome by drowsiness and was about to fall asleep when by chance he plucked a few leaves from a wild tea plant and began to chew them. The stimulating qualities of tea immediately had their effect; Dharma felt much more alert and thereafter attributed the strength he found to stay awake during the six remaining years of his apostolic mission to these leaves.

In Japan the story goes a little differently: after three years Bodhi Dharma, exhausted, ended up falling asleep while he prayed. On awaking, infuriated by his weakness and devastated by his sin, he cut off his eyelids and threw them to the ground. Some years later, on passing the same spot, he saw that they had given birth to a bush that he had never seen before. He tried the leaves and discovered that they had the property of keeping a person awake. He told the people around him about his discovery and tea began to be cultivated in all those places through which he travelled.

Legends aside, it seems that the bush was originally from China, probably from the region around the border between north Vietnam and Yunnan province, and that the drinking of this beverage was first developed by the Chinese."

I like it White, Mate and real Chai..

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Is anyone else as fascinated with wikipedia as I am? I can go on there and bounce form link to link for hours.

Yes, I love wikipedia too. It is one of my most-visited sites. I use it a lot for school, or for just looking up all kinds of random stuff.

I have it added to my search function in Firefox. While not the definitive place to find everything, it nearly is always a fantastic starting point

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[masterblaster72 0]

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Go find some Yerba Mate. It'll blow any tea you've ever drank out of the water. It's like crack only it's actually good for you. I brink it back from Argentina by the pound.

It's only about $1 a bag if you get it in Argentina but if you get it in the states is more like $10. Well worth it. Get a Mate gourd and a bombila too.

My best friend is married to an Argentinian and he turned me on to Yerba Mate. I love the stuff, but try not to drink it too often b/c it wires me up. Other downside is the funny looks you get when you're sipping it out of the gourd and bombilla -- looks somewhat like a bong.

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[davidlayne 5]

To make good tea you must boil the water. Heating the water in a Microwave is not good enough. You need to buy an electric kettle, boil the water and pour over tea leaves or drop tea bag into the boiling water.

Let the tea mash for a few minutes, its the boiling water that releases the taste. According to taste use more or less tea and vary length of mash to make stronger or weaker tea.
I always buy my tea when I am in England but have seen tea available in American stores. Avoid fancy "yuppie" teas, most good tea comes from Indian, Ceylon and China.

Again the answer to a good cuppa char is boiling hot water. Like coffee sugar and milk (real milk) can be added for taste. Cheers!

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[masterblaster72 0]

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Look in your local Yellow Pages and see if there's an Asian food store anywhere within driving distance.

Yes indeedy -- by far the best places to find tea. Chinese grocery stores have great variety, and Oolong is a tasty and relatively inexpensive dark tea.

I prefer the loose-leaf green teas from the Japanese grocery stores. A bit pricier but well worth it.

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