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Major Nikon

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18. Tea bags have improved

Reply to siligut (Reply #1)

Fri Feb 24, 2012, 05:09 PM

Feb 2012

Some of the higher end ones aren't too bad. Certainly I prefer steeping in a good tea pot, but I'll use bags at work and when I'm on the road.

There's nowhere around here in North Texas you can find good tea (at least that I've found), however there's plenty of good online outlets.

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A good cup of tea [View all] Ron Obvious Feb 2012 OP

And once you have had tea in China, you will never use a bag again siligut Feb 2012 #1

Agreed! Ron Obvious Feb 2012 #4

I have had some very good tea in Victoria BC and London siligut Feb 2012 #6

Loved the Empress... Ron Obvious Feb 2012 #24

Have you tried driving to Port Angeles and then taking the ferry? siligut Feb 2012 #32

Yeah, but that's the one I described as Checkpoint Charlie Ron Obvious Feb 2012 #33

Agreed, depending on where you are in China. geardaddy Feb 2012 #5

I agree, the tea is very important, but it is the whole experience that makes it extra special siligut Feb 2012 #8

Tea bags have improved Major Nikon Feb 2012 #18

Coffee is better. HappyMe Feb 2012 #2

Boiled water is the same ... surrealAmerican Feb 2012 #3

Not the same in the microwave Sanity Claws Feb 2012 #9

It sounds to me like the main difference is ... surrealAmerican Feb 2012 #12

It can happen although it's rare Major Nikon Feb 2012 #20

That doesn't always happen and there's an easy fix Major Nikon Feb 2012 #19

I quite like snapple limpyhobbler Feb 2012 #7

I am also very fussy about tea Sanity Claws Feb 2012 #10

Yes, green teas definitely need to be steeped at lower temperatures Major Nikon Feb 2012 #11

Respectfully, iced tea is the antidote to Southern ennui. nolabear Feb 2012 #13

Tung Ting Oolong tea geardaddy Feb 2012 #14

And if you don't like sugar, GoneOffShore Feb 2012 #15

True Brit, eh??? elleng Feb 2012 #16

I am not a true Brit even though my heritage is English, RebelOne Feb 2012 #27

Couldn't pass up a thread with such a British-sounding title! LeftishBrit Feb 2012 #17

Actually green tea your make with water that is hot but not boiling. Otherwise it ends up bitter. applegrove Feb 2012 #21

If this is coffee, then please-bring me some tea. pokerfan Feb 2012 #22

But 6 lbs. 4 oz. of Lipton Instant Tea makes 9 1/2 GALLONS of iced tea! trof Feb 2012 #23

Alright then.. Ron Obvious Feb 2012 #25

Boo hi$$!! Dude111 Mar 2012 #34

Mmmmm, jasmine tea---black, not green. Curmudgeoness Feb 2012 #26

Loose leaf is the best. Neoma Feb 2012 #28

You must never have spent summer in Washington DC or points south LiberalEsto Feb 2012 #29

Found a great tea shop Diana Prince Feb 2012 #30

Sounds like the shop in Edmonds HeiressofBickworth Feb 2012 #31

So for those of us who can't get to China OriginalGeek Mar 2012 #35