Tuesday TeaDay 4/6/10 Shuweeeet?

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Today's TeaPoll and discussion topic is a natural progression and really shuweet. Do you ever sweeten your tea with any kind of sweetener. Please remember to share who what when where and/or why!

I sweeten all the time and with many different sweeteners
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No votes
I sweeten all the time, but with one main sweetener
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I sweeten frequently and with many sweeteners
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I sweeten frequently but with one type
3
8%
I sweeten occasionally and with various sweeteners
1
3%
I sweeten occasionally but with one type
3
8%
I rarely sweeten
4
11%
I sweeten only one kind of tea, or a few types
8
22%
I never sweeten
18
49%
Other
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Re: Tuesday TeaDay 4/6/10 Shuweeeet?

by Dreamer » Apr 7th, '10, 20:17

I sweeten iced tea with stevia (actually drinking some right now with a splash of lemon too). I have several Adagio flavored rooibos that I usually sweeten too.

I never have sweetened green tea or oolong. I haven't sweetened hot black tea since shortly after I found good loose leaf black tea.

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Re: Tuesday TeaDay 4/6/10 Shuweeeet?

by Chip » Apr 7th, '10, 20:21

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Re: Tuesday TeaDay 4/6/10 Shuweeeet?

by debunix » Apr 7th, '10, 23:12

What I like about that one particularly is the spicy edge to the strong sweet. I had some a few evenings ago and it was lovely.
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Re: Tuesday TeaDay 4/6/10 Shuweeeet?

by verus » Apr 8th, '10, 16:38

Chip wrote:
verus wrote:On the subject of sweet: I bought a small quantity of Amacha hydrangea tea from a shop here, pretty expensive: € 4 for 20 grams.

Ugh. Sickeningly sweet. The taste was like a cup of average black tea with 30 lumps of sugar.
Gamro from Hankook is Korean Hydrangea leaves. Only 1-2 leaves per 6-10 ounces water. My first reaction was, whoa, sweet. But it is also refreshing and a nice diversion in the evening.

I would imagine if you used too much, it would be sickeningly sweet.
Ah! That might be it. I'll use less leaf next time, I haven't thrown it away yet like I wanted to do after that first disgusting sip...
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Re: Tuesday TeaDay 4/6/10 Shuweeeet?

by Chip » Apr 8th, '10, 16:47

verus wrote:
Chip wrote:
verus wrote:On the subject of sweet: I bought a small quantity of Amacha hydrangea tea from a shop here, pretty expensive: € 4 for 20 grams.

Ugh. Sickeningly sweet. The taste was like a cup of average black tea with 30 lumps of sugar.
Gamro from Hankook is Korean Hydrangea leaves. Only 1-2 leaves per 6-10 ounces water. My first reaction was, whoa, sweet. But it is also refreshing and a nice diversion in the evening.

I would imagine if you used too much, it would be sickeningly sweet.
Ah! That might be it. I'll use less leaf next time, I haven't thrown it away yet like I wanted to do after that first disgusting sip...
Yeah, hope that works for you. BTW, it is sometimes used as a sweetener, so yeah, it is sweet. :mrgreen:
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Re: Tuesday TeaDay 4/6/10 Shuweeeet?

by debunix » Apr 8th, '10, 20:33

I first tasted the hydrangea tea when I was given some as a free sample, and I was stunned when I first sipped this incredible tea, then opened the lid to see just two leaves flavoring a pint of hot water. When I got home, I steeped it again for another pint of wonderful sweet tea.
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