What one guilty pleasure you enjoy with tea?
Posted: Mar 17th, '14, 13:04
For me its not really a guilty pleasure, but I love earl grey with milk and sugar every once in a while. I only drink straight teas besides that
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I save these for post tea partay(s)! Because everyone knows tea blocks the body from absorbing all those fats, right?debunix wrote:No one guilty pleasure, but many....chocolate, cookies, other desserts....and especially with puerh or dark oolongs, savory snacks too.
Well Said!mcrdotcom wrote:I drink supermarket tea bag black with milk everyday! In normal society it feels like loose leaf tea is my guilty pleasure, yet in the tea community tea bags and milk seems like a guilty pleasure!
I find that funny!
If I'm pouring for myself then tea alone is my "guiltless pleasure" but if I am pouring for others I drive to the Ranch 99 Asian market to buy various, fresh moon cakes (taro, red bean, lotus, green tea filling, etc.) and other subtly sweet East Asian treats from the bakery there. My wife and I particularly like the way the Chinese moon cakes are not overly sweet yet they are filling and subtle and don't ruin the ability to taste tea. I've read before that tea inhibits the amylase enzyme and thus allows some sugars to pass through the digestive system undigested because they remain in an unbroken form. I have the studies of this for green tea but am not sure if it is true for all tea. Either way, having a subtle sweet to accompany tea seems fitting when pouring for others and to ward off any stomach discomfort as the tea engages the belly...also to extend the ability to keep on drinking tea . As well, the Chinese moon cakes are very attractive and artistic in and of themselves; I cut them into quarters and prepare them on a small plate.debunix wrote:No one guilty pleasure, but many....chocolate, cookies, other desserts....and especially with puerh or dark oolongs, savory snacks too.
nothing wrong with that..mcrdotcom wrote:I drink supermarket tea bag black with milk everyday! In normal society it feels like loose leaf tea is my guilty pleasure, yet in the tea community tea bags and milk seems like a guilty pleasure!
I find that funny!
Yes! I love it too and a must have everyday. The local call it Teh Tarik and I love it even more if they add ginger juice in it. The hotter the better.kyarazen wrote:nothing wrong with that..mcrdotcom wrote:I drink supermarket tea bag black with milk everyday! In normal society it feels like loose leaf tea is my guilty pleasure, yet in the tea community tea bags and milk seems like a guilty pleasure!
I find that funny!
i socially and regularly drink sock-brewed tea dust... together with a douse of sugared condense milk doped with vegetable fat....
pretty enjoyable though, especially if it has been repeatedly aerated by pouring it from a cup to another with some height and accuracy. this is tea in our region, our culture. not so much of fancy tiny pots and graceful dispensing anymore..
Add ginger, Teh Halia already. It is hard to find a good one now, dying art. Any recommendations?Teaism wrote: Yes! I love it too and a must have everyday. The local call it Teh Tarik and I love it even more if they add ginger juice in it. The hotter the better.
Cheers!