Monday TeaDay 6/28/10 HOT HOT HOT ...

[woozl]

Half a gallon of icey cold green per hot work day.
My sweat is green

[nickE]

After the Ma Hei, I had a session with Kinari from Maiko (OTTI) of which I posted a review.

Can't decide what is up next. Maybe some Yunnan Black? Still unsure.

Oh and I am quite excited for OTTI #4! Looks to be some great teas there. The Shincha Takumi from Zencha (made from gyo leaves) in particular intrigues me.

[Cuppatea]

I have been thoroughly enjoying my Hamilton Beach iced tea maker. My favorite iced teas so far have been: adagio's white peach; white blueberry; and of course casablanca twist. A new favorite iced tea this year: adagio's green raspberry. De-lish! So thirst quenching.

[Chip]

Thanks for coloring TD nickE!

Iced tea is sounding more and more tempting as I am considering hopping into a sauna to cool off here!

Still ... however sipping HOT tea. Next up, shincha of course. Shincha Sencha from Maiko. Finishing the TD with Adagio Shincha.

Speaking of OTTI 4 nickE, thinking about prelim tastings!!!

[Dreamer]

Oh yeah...iced tea starts here as soon as the days warm up. In winter 2nd and 3rd brew of our morning black tea is for hot tea late in the day. But when the days get warm 2nd and 3rd brew get made in early in the day and popped into the frig for iced tea in the afternoon/evening.

Today's teas: A 3:1 combo of Ceylon Kenilworth and Vithanakande at breakfast and in my thermos for work. This afternoon some no-English-labeled organic sincha...tastes good, but I probably won't order because of vendor issues.

Happy "cool" sipping,
Dreamer

[LauraW]

"Tea, Earl Grey, Hot." Sorry, I know the tv/movie quote TD was a week or so ago, but I couldn't resist, given the temperature of the topic. Anyway, tea consumption has stayed about the same for me; while it's pretty darn hot outside, the office is still fridge-cold, so hot tea doesn't bother me while I'm at work. My post-work tea has been stifled lately though, partially due to me working out directly after work 2-3x per week.

And I just can't get used to iced tea, although I'm getting better about drinking tea that has cooled a bit too much. I keep trying different kinds, from different places, making it myself, etc. Best I can do is about room-temp tea. Any colder and it just tastes funny to me.

[Victoria]

Last tea of the day Hawaiian Oolong.
Beautiful day here.

[brad4419]

The only thing I drink more of than hot tea is water and that will never change because I drink so much.

[aya_s]

Me too, brad4419!

I'm an athlete, so I drink room-temperature water in large quantity all year-round, then try to make room for tea on top of that once or twice a day.

When the weather is temperate I think the only thing that changes is I'll indulge once a week or so in an oolong milk tea with boba at my favorite boba shop.