Friday TeaDay 6/26/09 Iced tea choice?

[iannon]

In the summer I will brew up some iced green tea..sometimes i'll add some honey and mint to it as i brew

[brad4419]

Ive never made iced tea so Im not really sure I do drink some at other peoples houses that Im sure its liptons or some other walmart tea.

earl grey cream to start the day

[geeber1]

Black tea for me. Usually we have a pitcher in the refrigerator at all times of the year, but strangely, I haven't made any for a couple of weeks.

If making plain iced tea, I use Ceylon or a mixture of Ceylon and Assam. The only way I drink flavored teas is iced, so occasionally I will make up a pitcher of Ginger Peach or Raspberry Lime Rickey blend. (Both from Adagio)

I will fess up to using sweetener (Sweet 'n Low - gasp!) in my tea, just enough to take the edge off.

[Rich Perry]

I make ice tea out of a Yunnan Green that I get from the Tea Gallery. I put the leaves in a bottle of room temperature spring water and let them sit for a few hours before I put it in the frig. I strain it the next day and take large bottles of it with me when I work. I also sometimes make it from green Tieguanyin or Phoenix Oolong.

[Chip]

Kirameki shincha this morning.

I make less iced tea than I could, since I do like it. I think the issue of caffeine comes into play a lot since I can only drink so much tea. I actually make more iced tea for others including DW.

But I enjoy higher grown Indian region blacks such as Darjeeling, Ceylon, Sikkim, etc.

I also like green, mostly cold brewed such as Japanese. These I tend to add a touch of honey to to act as a natural preservative, unless I am going to drink it right away.

Began the TD with Kirameki shincha from O-Cha which was outstanding as SweeTea can attest. Pyrit, Gandalf, Koi, Wulong, and TEAh made for a very crowded TeaTable.

[Intuit]

I drink traditional Ceylon iced tea, but I also make up herbal, green and oolong. Depends on what I have on hand and if I'm feeling adventurous.

I answered 'other' because I like variety in my iced tea - I often add Stevia for a bit of sweetening.

Leftover Kukicha this morning, then maybe a bit of Nilgiri (hot).

[Mrs. Chip]

Kirameki shincha this morning.

I make less iced tea than I could, since I do like it.I actually make more iced tea for others including DW

Chip makes a delish tisane of usually just peppermint for me, sometimes w/lemongrass added. This is the only 'flavored tea' I will drink. It is quite refreshing on a hot day.

+1 on the Kirameki this morn...
-10 on the weather...rain in the forecast again.

May everyone have a TEArrific TeaDay today, enjoying lots of their favorite tea.

[Victoria]

In my cup this morning a mixture of the last of several of my
FF Darjeelings, still good.

Friday might afford a chance to make a Boba run at work!

Have a nice day everyone!

[clareandromeda]

green green green. Thats all i drink, hot or cold. Today I'm experimenting with yutaka midori shincha. I noticed people use almost 2x as much leaf compared to sencha.

[Mrs. Chip]

Let me just say too... I am so excited that Darjeeling got its own category for a poll! My lobbying has finally paid off. Sarah

Sarah, I had to twist his arm, however gifts don't hurt the cause either!

Green tea iced [O-cha tea bags] is often imbibed while out to dinner after DH brews a cup or two hot first. Good way to end the meal.

[Salsero]

Started the day with a successful brew of a Tumsong Estate BPS, Broken Pekoe Souchong, Darjeeling, code named Firefly by the vendor. Since then I have moved on to the Sugimoto, SA, sencha that I have been enjoying lately.

Exceptional tea day so far.

[Aphroditea]

This is the time of year when I cannot live without iced tea (it has been over 100 degrees for 7 days running now, with no end in sight)!!

For basic iced tea I just use Ceylon. Usually sweetened with honey. I also like to ice fruit flavored blacks or add fresh mint. I also will take my chai blends and turn them into iced tea (in the same manner of Thai iced tea). Making iced greens I have found to be tricky, but the Bengal Green Chai from Adagio makes a very lovely spiced iced green

In my cup: TeaSource Milk Oolong

[olivierco]

Cha Wang Lu An Gua Pian this afternoon.
Cha Wang Tai Ping Hou Kui in a few minutes.

[Chip]

Cha Wang Lu An Gua Pian this afternoon.
Cha Wang Tai Ping Hou Kui in a few minutes.

Wow, you are having a great TD.

[horsencl]

I haven't made some in a while but I love freshly brewed iced tea, especially oolong. Drinking Tavalon Grand Pouchang at work this morning.