Friday TeaDay 6/26/09 Iced tea choice?

[Chip]

Happy TeaDay everyone. Please come on in and share what is in your cup today.

Yesterday responders answered the question of how many TEA vendors they would guestimate using for the balance of 2009. You can still vote and discuss yesterday's topic.

Today's TeaPoll and discussion topic. Finally it is warming up, soooo, if you are going to brew iced tea, what type would it most likely be? Please share specifics! Also if you want, share an iced tea additive you like ... if you have one.

I am looking forward to sharing this TeaDay with everyone. Bottoms up.

[Salsero]

Cold powdered sencha would be my preference ... but it might be worth giving genmaicha a try too.

A Japanese blank jar painted in Hong Kong. I think the characters are supposed to be Japanese—hey, a couple look to have swords—but what do I know!

[PuerhlyAwesome]

I enjoy iced taiwan oolongs.

[CutieAgouti]

It's a toss up between herbal (honeybush) and green (matcha smoothie). Too bad it's been cold enough for hot tea here!

[olivierco]

I very rarely drink iced tea.

Kirameki shincha this morning.

[Trey Winston]

I've been known to chill both sencha and SN on a warm summer's day, but then I realized that I prefer them both hot.

Having some nice Dragon Well today.

[Victoria]

I don't make much Iced Tea at home, when I do it's usually Ceylon.
But I may try using up some older teas this year, so perhaps some
Darjeeling and maybe an Oolong or two. But I'll stick with Black for my
vote.

I like it plain - no sugar - nothing added.

[Trioxin]

I like flavored blacks for iced. Mainly blackberry and grapefruit. Sometimes though I'll go for some gunpowder green with some fresh mint from the garden.

[Drax]

I don't have it too often (and I rarely make it myself), but I would choose iced black tea. I have enjoyed iced green tea from time to time as well, usually sencha.

I started a nice pot of Menghai Da Yi cooked pu'erh last night, and I'm enjoying a few more cups this morning. So nice. Makes me happy.

[Herb_Master]

Iced Tea

I don't have it very often, as I am used to getting the most out of my Gong Fu style Oolongs whilst they are hot, I would be tempted to use up my less favoured leaves WITH additives!

Mint and Borage leaves come to mind (with little IceTea Cubes of Borage Flowers).

in my garden the Centaurea Macrocephala has burst open



Perhaps I will add Honey to my Iced Tea

[J.]

Ice sencha for me.

[sriracha]

I rarely make iced tea, once or twice I've put some less than fantastic greens in a glass of water and left it in the fridge for an hour or two. Just to use up the leaves mind you.

And of course no sugar or anything else added.

Today's first tea was some hastily prepared matcha before leaving for work. Right now I'm waiting for the first steep of my mini tuocha to cool a little.

[chad]

I'm southern so my preference is black tea, however I do enjoy green iced tea and most other teas iced, too.

Pai Mu Tan in the mug this morning.

[MASALACHAAAAIIIIII]

I don't enjoy iced tea much. I prefer hot tea.

Nepalese fk-2 this morning before class

[kymidwife]

I drink both hot and iced tea every day. So, whatever is in my hot cup in the morning usually also goes into my iced tea glass to carry to work. Most often, that will be Darjeeling... but also senchas and blacks very regularly.

I only sweeten flavored teas like some of my favorite signature blends.

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

In my cup was some leftover houjikukicha from Den's... time for something new...

Sarah