Wednesday TeaDay 8/26/09 What's in your tea?

[geeber1]

I will fess up to using sweetenerregularly, in my black tea, but just a small amount. Oolongs and greens I leave plain.

Victoria, I'm glad the Boba is working out for you! I thought those green tea ones looked interesting. The rainbow colored ones were more from the influence of my 10 year-old.

[Maitre_Tea]

Actually, now that I think of it, a moth flew into my tea during a late-night session. Does that count? I was a little peeved but thank goodness it wasn't the expensive stuff. I wonder how well alcohol goes with tea...I had green tea liqueur but it was like's green tea ice cream to high-grade matcha

[chicagopotter]

I generally steep my tea in Everclear. some delicious hojicha from Den's today...

[Intuit]

For stiff breakfast teas, a spot of milk and honey or Stevia to cut the bitterness. For masala chai, spices, honey and milk. For delicate afternoon teas, I add lemon, although I am now thinking about lime for Asian black teas, as Herb suggested in his post. Speaking of herbs, I sometimes add them to my cold-brewed teas and to hot teas in the winter and before bedtime.

WuYi oolong to start my day. TKY later on.

[Victoria]

Victoria, I'm glad the Boba is working out for you! I thought those green tea ones looked interesting. The rainbow colored ones were more from the influence of my 10 year-old.

Yeah ... I haven't ventured there yet. I'm a little scared.

In my cup now: Decided on another black, trying to use up the last of my Yunnan Noir.

[Salsero]

you have the "new and improved" lid after all the old style glass ones kept breaking and breaking. Now instead of a pot, I have a creamer.

I didn't know how lucky I was!

Salsero - from where did you get that cool tea vessel?

The cauldron shaped teapot with the new and improved wooden lid is from Dragon Tea House.

[shogun89]

Nothing, why change what is already perfect in its own simplicity?

[Saifuddin]

I usually put nothing i my tea, with two exceptions:

When I have dark Assam in the morning I sweeten it a little. My preferance is acacia honey or brown sugar crystals.

When I have Moroccan mint tea I put fresh mint leaves and granulated sugar in gunpowder, but I rarely drink it.

I'm currently fasting so no tea for me until sunset.

[leiche2]

I like my tea unadulterated, but sometimes I do add tea to baked goods. It makes for quite delicious scones. Now I want some, and it's a bit too hot to bake. Nnnooo!

I think my afternoon study session is in dire need of a nice roasty oolong.

[Chip]

No poison or drugs in my tea ... for the record. Now if I happen to serve someone else, well, sipper beware.

Generally straight up for me, but if I cold brew some sencha/gyokuro I will often add a tad of honey more a preservative if I want it to last more than one day. I actually like the added barely detectable hint of sweetness. But I do not want it sweeeet.

Again iced, I have added fruit to my tea. I also bake/cook with tea ... mostly matcha.

Began the TD with Yutaka Midori from who else, O-Cha. SweeTea must have a radar for this stuff while Wulong, Precious and Pyrit have not.

[Trey Winston]

Nope, I don't put anything in the tea. Also, I forbid other people to put anything in theirs if we're having tea at my place (my friends know I'm crazy).

Stash Mutan White today, and 'tis mucho good.

[Artemis]

I think I read somewhere that you can make tea from MJ. Although you'd need to add some fat or something to activate the THC, I think... Maybe that counts as drug tea?

[TomVerlain]

For tea bag tea - like liptons etc, I like milk and a little sugar.

For pu'erh or oolong or green tea - the tea by itself is the focus.

There are some teas I like, like moroccan, where an herb, mint, is pretty much a requirement (with lots of sugar)

I am surprised flowers did not have their own catagory, as they are not really herbs, yet a pretty popular additive to tea.

Monkey paws are delicious with many beverages, tea included. Stay away from the deer penis tea though - it was banned from the chinese olympics.

[Cinnamon Kitty]

Every so often I will add either a non-dairy milk product or some sort of sweetener to my teas. I had a nice cup of Irish Breakfast this morning with just a splash of vanilla coconut milk to mellow it out. One of my iced tea pitchers gets some sugar, while the other one stays unsweetened. There are certain teas that work well with honey, like chai, too.

I had some Earl Grey Creme a few moments ago from trying to finish off the sample. For now, my cup is empty as it is time to walk the dogs.

[Riene]

I put ice in the tea meant for drinking with dinner, and milk/sugar in the tea meant for drinking hot with breakfast.

I don't really like "flavors" in tea.

Tried amaretto in tea once, wasn't impressed.