Re: Hmm, interesting problem
I gave in and ordered the ingenuiTEA with the black sampler and added assam harmony and melody samplers to the order. So in a few days I'll be sipping higher quality tea. I hope I like them. I'm excited!
Re: Hmm, interesting problem
Well I found out I do not like assam teas. I did order a sampler of ceylon sonata which I like. Not as an every day tea but it's good. I'm finding I like ceylon blends.
I ordered a huge 31 tea sampler (each sample has only about 3 cups worth of tea in it. I ordered it from Golden Moon Teas. I found out I love Honey Pear tea from them. It's very tasty. So next time I buy tea I'll buy some of that. I have yet to try the other teas from that sampler as I found out I have an allergy to tea or the pesticides in tea. I get a lot of hives from it. Weird, I know. I tried my organic chai (bagged) after I stopped drinking tea for about a week and the hives were gone. I didn't get hives from that tea. I then tried the Honey Pear and got woke up with hives the next morning.
I am just starting to recover from throat and nose surgeries I had on monday so i have to wait until my throat is healed before I drink anything hot so it may be a few weeks before I can drink tea again.
I'd make iced tea but I don't like tea iced.
I ordered a huge 31 tea sampler (each sample has only about 3 cups worth of tea in it. I ordered it from Golden Moon Teas. I found out I love Honey Pear tea from them. It's very tasty. So next time I buy tea I'll buy some of that. I have yet to try the other teas from that sampler as I found out I have an allergy to tea or the pesticides in tea. I get a lot of hives from it. Weird, I know. I tried my organic chai (bagged) after I stopped drinking tea for about a week and the hives were gone. I didn't get hives from that tea. I then tried the Honey Pear and got woke up with hives the next morning.
I am just starting to recover from throat and nose surgeries I had on monday so i have to wait until my throat is healed before I drink anything hot so it may be a few weeks before I can drink tea again.
I'd make iced tea but I don't like tea iced.
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Re: Hmm, interesting problem
xdunlapx, I think you need this: http://www.denstea.com/index.php?main_p ... th=377_386
For $3 (or free if you order more from them), you get 5 samples of tea, some paper filters to brew it with if you don't have a teapot, and several booklets about Japanese tea and how to brew it. I'm already a Japanese tea fan and I thought it was great, even the tea bags.
For $3 (or free if you order more from them), you get 5 samples of tea, some paper filters to brew it with if you don't have a teapot, and several booklets about Japanese tea and how to brew it. I'm already a Japanese tea fan and I thought it was great, even the tea bags.
Re: Hmm, interesting problem
The allergy is probably not from tea but from one of the additives they used to give the tea the honey-pear flavour.
If you have allergies and are buying flavoured teas check ALL of the ingridients.
Or you could buy pure, unflavoured tea which doesn´t come with much of an allergy risk since it has only on ingridient, Camellia sinensis leaves.
If you have allergies and are buying flavoured teas check ALL of the ingridients.
Or you could buy pure, unflavoured tea which doesn´t come with much of an allergy risk since it has only on ingridient, Camellia sinensis leaves.
Re: Hmm, interesting problem
I would try an Oolong tea, no real grassy flavor, and it has a nice aftertaste to it. I used to get my teas strictly from Stash or Celestal Seasonings, BUT then I realized there were better places to get them. There are a few different varities of Oolong out there, IMHO the best is the Ti Kuan Yin Oolong, the one I get is from the Guangdong Province in China. To me it differs slightly from the standard Oolong in that its flavor profile is a little less pronounced.
edit* and yes I realize that this is the Black Tea section, but I figured you might like Oolong.
edit* and yes I realize that this is the Black Tea section, but I figured you might like Oolong.
Re: Hmm, interesting problem
Definitely a good Assam pekoe. I don't like ready made chai blends I like to make them myself and Assam pekoe has always been my preferred base