What is your favorite tea?

[Nlighten1]

Poll question: What is your favorite tea?

My favorite is the White Jasmine tea myself.

[mitchtv]

1. peppermint

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[greendog]

46. another vote for peppermint

n/t

[Lostmessage]

2. I like Irish Tea

I can't think of the name but it comes in a box like liptons and it sells for $5.00 dollars. It's so good....

[corporatewhore]

3. tea.earlgrey.hot

[non sociopath skin]

4. Yes: Earl Grey gets my vote

The Skin

[supernova]

5. 3rd Vote for earl grey

:thumbsup:

For herbal tea, I'm digging a Twinings Lemon&Ginger blend I found recently. :9

[Pegleg Thd]

6. Home made

sassafras tea.

[StClone]

28. Sassafras has a problem

It is a potent carcogenic agent.

http://www.bccancer.bc.ca/PPI/UnconventionalTherapies/SassafrasTea.htm

[texastoast]

35. Maybe . . .

If, like the link stated, you use the concentrated volitile oil to constitute 1% of your total diet on a regular basis. I don't know even Southerners who ever did that.

Sassafras has some wonderful medicinal properties, and its medicinal use is generally very safe. Kicks the hell out of menstrual cramps.

Most of those type of studies have an interest in promoting expensive, FDA-approved medicines and making people who are interested in alternative medicines afraid, very afraid.

[lumpy]

39. Daddy was from the South.

Sassafras tea was a staple in our house. I think I'll try to find some, sounds good. Haven't have a cup in years. I am a tea drinker and Earl Grey is my favorite although I use Red Rose black for the morning kick. Picky about Earl Grey brands, Stash is pretty good. Constant Comment is good but hard to find in my neck of the woods.

[cally]

8. Another Earl Grey vote..nt

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[Lindsay]

25. Jackson's Earl Grey

Very soothing to the soul.

[Captain Absolut]

7. Woo

I vote for long island!!!

[Exultant Democracy]

20. well done

[Terwilliger]

9. I'm not an avid hot-tea drinker, but I like green tea

cold and hot...tastes purty good :-)

[StClone]

29. Iced Green Tea with Mint is a favorite

White tea is great too. I mix in chamomile and elder flowers.

[nuxvomica]

37. Same here. I never liked black tea but green tea is nice

I had to start drinking it when I went off coffee for a year. The stronger the green tea, the better. For a real treat, put four bags in a bottle of Aquafina and let it sit for an hour. I use Stash brand almost exclusively cuz it makes "green", not "amber" tea.

[TheMightyFavog]

10. What do you say to a nice hot cup, Father Jack?

FECK OFF, CUP!!!

[renegade000]

11. heh my mom and grandmother have about fifteen

different containers of jasmine tea...each from different regions in china and taiwan

[SeanQuinn]

12. I like Black tea

I dunno why. Maybe the taste; maybe the texture

[renegade000]

23. thats another favorite of mine

i drink it straight usually

[EXE619K]

13. Orange Oolong.

Haunting aromas.....

[Hell Hath No Fury]

14. A perfect San Francisco day...

is sitting in the Hagiwara Japanese Tea Garden in Golden Gate park on a crisp day, sipping Jasmine tea and looking out at the cherry blossoms in full bloom. :)

[Nlighten1]

17. mmmm

sounds like heaven

[Hell Hath No Fury]

32. It is! Here is the view...

from the tea house --





If you want to see other pictures of the garden -- including the wonderful "moon" bridge -- you can find them here at:

http://www.holymtn.com/garden/Gallery/index_teagarden.html

[lumpy]

40. Blessed

Wish I was there.

[Nlighten1]

41. Wow

That place is stunning.

[Hell Hath No Fury]

51. DUers visiting the Bay Area...

always have a standing invitation to get a tour of the tea garden, and the first pot is ALWAYS on me! :hi:

[greatauntoftriplets]

15. Bewley's.

Very strong, with milk. Takes me back to Dublin.

http://bewleys.4gifts.ie/search.asp?CatType=tea

[SiobhanClancy]

47. Yes! I still have some from my last trip over..

The Clipper Gold blend,which is what is served in Bewley's cafes.:)

[devilgrrl]

16. Here's a great site for tea!!!!

Their Coconut flavored with coconut bits is to die for. :7
http://www.specialteas.com/cgi-bin/SoftCart.exe/cgi-bin/product/detail.pl?U+scstore+tcdm3692+915

http://www.specialteas.com/

[ironflange]

19. Fabulous site

Thank you!

[MMT]

18. Ceylon

[sleipnir]

21. English Breakfast Tea

[ironflange]

22. Lapsang Souchong

That's usually what I favour. Or else a good Darjeeling or Murchie's No. 22 Blend.

[scarlet_owl]

31. Another Lapsang fan here.

[northofdenali]

50. Me three! Lapsang is awesome, especially with a little honey.

I love the smoky aroma.

[Syncronaut Seven]

24. Cannabis tea

Always seems to lift my spirits. :hippie:

[Nlighten1]

44. Is there really such a thing?

I suppose you could make tea out of cannabis...

[xultar]

26. Matte Carnivale, I have a great site for tea

http://www.teavana.com/ edited to correct addy

[MaineDem]

27. Darjeeling White tea is lovely

Expensive, though.

My favorite is Vanilla Almond from MacNab's Tea Room.

http://www.macnabstearoom.com/shopping/

[cprise]

30. Red Rose

[lumpy]

43. Red Rose has that get up and go.

Good stuff.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

33. Stash Chai Spice

brewed strong with a little milk or soy/rice milk and a drop of honey. Perfect on a subzero evening.

[Pobeka]

34. Gunpowder tea

Called that because the tea-leaves are hand-rolled into little balls, and they "explode" back to full size when the hot water hits them.

I have no source, just had some at my parent's last thanksgiving, it was a 1 year old jar of these little bb-sized balls and it tasted great. Sort of half-way between a green and a black tea.

[Snow]

36. Another vote for Earl Grey, and this'll draw flame, my second fav

is Lapsong Souchong, which to me, anyway, tastes like smoke - I've heard considerably less flattering comparisons.

[Mass_Liberal]

38. English Breakfast

failing that, Irish breakfast.

[proud patriot]

42. Green tea for the Antioxidants

:D

[Nlighten1]

45. Did you know that...

White teas have more antioxidant than green?

[smirkymonkey]

48. Fortnum & Mason's Rose Tea

It's a wonderful black tea w/ rose petals. Completely mood altering in a positive way. I can't find it anywhere in the states though. But occasionally I will run across something similar in certain tea shops.

With scones and clotted cream, of course!

[TrogL]

49. Long Island Iced Tea