Good sign? Or no?

[-Kyriaki-]

Green tea only tastes bad if you try to prepare it the same as black tea. If you use boiling water it's horrible, you need about 80*C then it's lovely

 

[nestoj]

Green tea only tastes bad if you try to prepare it the same as black tea. If you use boiling water it's horrible, you need about 80*C then it's lovely

Didn't know that. Hmmmm...thanks Kyriaki, will try.

 

[ArmyMatt]

Green tea only tastes bad if you try to prepare it the same as black tea. If you use boiling water it's horrible, you need about 80*C then it's lovely

interesting, because the green tea here is boiling hot and tastes amazing. I could down Afghan sheen chai by the gallon.

 

[SeraphimSarov]

Does anybody else put cream and sugar in their tea?I love it that way.

 

[nestoj]

Does anybody else put cream and sugar in their tea?I love it that way.

Sugar - yes, but no cream. I like camomile and mint with lemon though.

I've just realized I sound like my granny more and more with each passing day.

 

[Dorothea]

Does anybody else put cream and sugar in their tea?I love it that way.

Just honey in mine. I have heard people like milk in their tea.

 

[Anhelyna]

That's how tea is drunk over here - cold milk BTW not hot

 

[nestoj]

I've tried black with milk - not my cup of tea.

 

[SeraphimSarov]

I've tried black with milk - not my cup of tea.

I see what you did there.

 

[choirfiend]

I drink all my coffee and tea with milk or cream, and I prefer a smidge of sugar. We were in South Africa, and we were offered Rooibos. We declined cream and sugar to drink it plain and they were speechless. I guess they always drink it that way there? I drink rooibos daily now, I love it!

 

[nestoj]

I see what you did there.

You do? Well, in my defence, I only later realised it was someone else's cup...and I've apologized over the empty cup.

 

[-Kyriaki-]

interesting, because the green tea here is boiling hot and tastes amazing. I could down Afghan sheen chai by the gallon.

Afghan tea isn't what most people know of as green tea, which is chinese/japanese. Afghan tea is amaaazing though!

 

[-Kyriaki-]

I am of country Australian heritage, which is culturally British with its own quirks, and as a result drink gallons of tea and can't remember when I wasn't allowed to drink real tea, although I'm sure it was true. We had tea sets as kids, proper china ones, for us and our dolls Every time people are around us and there's a lull, someone says 'would anyone else like a cuppa [tea]?'

I drink black with milk and one and a half teaspoons of sugar, Mum drinks hers black, Dad has milk but no sugar (but only because he's decided to be healthy in the last year or so, he used to drink his like mine), my sister drinks hers even sweeter than me but with less milk. And she prefers a really high quality vanilla & black tea that we get from a fancy tea place, while I like a bit of everything but my standard cuppa is black tea from the daintree rainforests in northern australia...yum.

 

[Anhelyna]

Oh my goodness - I'd forgotten about dolls teasets !

I had one - 4 cups and saucers , 4 tea plates , sugar bowl, cream jug and teapot - oh and wee metal teaspoons

Oh dear me - what memories .

 

[RKO]

In my part of the US, the tea is "Sweet Tea," which is on ice, of course. I can't give you the full effect of this without actually pronouncing the words "sweet tea" in my southern drawl. But the "ee" sound in "sweet" and "tea" is about halfway between the normal "ee" you would pronounce and a "long a" sound. Sort of like putting an S on the front of the word "wait." Go ahead and try it. ;-)

 

[ArmyMatt]

Afghan tea isn't what most people know of as green tea, which is chinese/japanese. Afghan tea is amaaazing though!

yeah it's an Indian/Chinese blend, and they make it scalding hot with enough sugar in it to sugar rush a tranq darted rhino. I dunno why it is so amazing, but it is.

 

[-Kyriaki-]

Haha, I don't know either, but it's awesome.

Anhelyna, you had SPOONS? We only had a little china one in the sugar bowl. I'm jealous! My best one had fluted edges and roses on it. My grandfather gave it to me when I was 12 or 13 and too old for it, but he meant well, and I've put it away for my children

 

[Anhelyna]

well - someone got all my toys - and it wasn't me.

My Stepmother 'disposed' of a huge amount of things without asking me if I wanted them - the tea set , my favourite doll - German I think - a porcelain head and a kid body - beautifully articulated - she was fully clothed and was in a swinging cradle

Ah well - those times have long gone

 

[Mary of Bethany]

Does anybody else put cream and sugar in their tea?I love it that way.

I don't like cream or milk in tea. I drink it with a 1/2 pkg of splenda for a little sweetness. I generally prefer black teas over green, but drink both.

Mary

 

[choirfiend]

Mary, consider Rooibos! It's slightly sweet on its own. And if you like it sweetened, stevia can do a good job while still being a "natural" substance.

I'm also familiar with "swait taiy". On crushed ice, please. Mmmmmmm.