Friday TeaDay 1/30/09 It is in the bag, the teabag?

[Ryoruki]

Trey-- woo another Leo! I think someone said that it was like drinking sunshine or something along those lines, it's quite uplifting i think :3

If i'm drinking a bagged tea, it's usually Twinings. Although when we make Iced Tea at home it's usually Lipton.

Started my morning off with some Moroccan Mint sans sugar.

[Trey Winston]

Trey-- woo another Leo! I think someone said that it was like drinking sunshine or something along those lines, it's quite uplifting i think :3

Agreed. Leo FTW.



PS: Rawr.

[chad]

I really like Stash chai, double-spice chai, and green chai. I also enjoy some other herbal/blends like Biglow's Constant Comment, etc. I prefer my loos teas, but have many enjoyable "bag" teas, too.

Lover's Leap estate pekoe in the mug. I got caught up in a call and over steeped the first cup -- it's STOUT!!

[Victoria]

In my cup this morning - ToT Bohea

Have a nice day everyone!

[Beanbean]

For the most part, I don't like nor use tea bags. I have good loose leaf tea and the wherewithal to make it so I do.

I make an exception for Red Rose, though I think it's more of a "comfort" thing than anything. That's the tea that my grandmother and mother gave to me when I was three years old so...sometimes I just crave it.

[Victoria]

For the most part, I don't like nor use tea bags. I have good loose leaf tea and the wherewithal to make it so I do.

The tea in Adagio's bags and the Teahome brand I posted is Loose Leaf.
That's why it's so good.

[Smari]

Teabags... hmm...
I'd say I like the Adagio teabags and Dammann Frères teabags (4 fruits black tea my fave). They're pretty flavorful for me, and I count them as online vendors.

This morning, made myself a Chai latte to have with my toast and Marmite.

[gingkoseto]

I choose "never met a teabag I liked". But I have to admit I never searched hard either. I sometimes bought teabags from tjmaxx for office meetings, only because the package looks more expensive and the price is not To me they are all the same.

I heard the 3D teabags/sachets from Taiwan are pretty good, with whole oolong leaves. They could be a good compromise between whole leaf quality and convenience. But all those I saw were expensive to me and after all it's only a compromise. So I am not motivated to buy. And a non-tea-drinker friend told me he tried it once and it tasted like spinach soup. Obviously he over brewed it. It's a waste to brew it in the regular (black) teabag way. So I guess to tea drinkers, it may not be enough, and to non-tea-drinkers it may be easily misunderstood.

[Intuit]

Many years ago, before the advent of the world wide web and online shopping, there wasn't much loose leaf tea to be had here in the US. My British family sent off to the UK or Canada for quality teas by the pound that were quite expensive to ship and horded. The only drinkable alternative, even as recently as the 80s, were British teabags purchased at specialty stores - an astonishing variety of fine-leaved Darjeelings, mellow afternoon Ceylon blends, brisk Scots or Irish breakfast teas.

Grocery store teas were and are pathetic, if you were raised in family that favored teas made the traditional way, in a Chatsford or bone china pot of quality washed loose leaf.

When I am on business travel, I tote a 'survival kit' that includes teabags to be used in a pinch in restaurants or in hotels lacking coffee/tea access; these are better quality British black teas purchased from tea shops, foil wrapped and dated.

Using up a mediocre Phoenix Pearl tea that has ignored in my cupboard.

[teahandle]

I love Mighty Leaf's Tropical Green bags, and there are still quite a few Celestial Seasonings blends that I enjoy - though, of course, none are as good as loose tea.

Started the day off with Adagio Valentine's, now moving on to Foxtrot.

[auggy]

Stash teabags got me in to "real" tea - they were so much better than the other ones I had before. But now the only bagged tea I drink hot is PG Tips and that is infrequently. I found it funny last week (when DH was complaining about my tea choices) hubby made himself some tea with a bag of Constant Comment. Even with milk and sugar, he said it tasted bad. That used to be his "go to" hot tea before I brought all the loose stuff in the house. He's back to drinking the tea I make and not complaining.

Hope everyone has a good Friday!

Oops, almost forgot - Castleton silver tips 2nd flush this morning.

[geeber1]

I've been "off the bag" for a while now, but still like to use Red Rose for iced tea and also have some Twining's Irish Breakfast bags in the cupboard. (along with a bunch of really old Celestial Seasonings bags ... why don't I throw those away?)

This morning I had some Adagio Keemun Rhapsody at home. I'm not sure yet what to have here at work.

Intuit, what brands/varieties of teas do you get from Britian/Canada for your 'survival kit?

[Salsero]

I don't really think of the Adagio tea bags as bags. It's more like loose leaf tea in protective custody. You can see them in the mesh there, smiling back at you from their flexible infuser.

[horsencl]

I've mostly made the switch to loose leaf but a few brands stand out in my mind:

-Mighty Leaf (still my go to teabag)
-Teapigs
-Stash
-Tetulia

[Trey Winston]

I don't really think of the Adagio tea bags as bags. It's more like loose leaf tea in protective custody. You can see them in the mesh there, smiling back at you from their flexible infuser.

Great image.