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Eleazar 10-26-2014 12:23 AM
Other than coffee and water, my drink of choice is green or white tea.

Fire Me Boy! 10-26-2014 04:51 AM
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Originally Posted by Cornstock (Post 11053117)
Jasmine tea is amazing. You can buy it at hyvee in bulk like you do coffee. It's expensive, but if you get a dimwit to ring it up as coffee you can get $10 worth of tea for 84 cents

Why not just steal it?

Unsmooth-Moment 10-26-2014 06:53 AM
Hot black tea

BucEyedPea 10-26-2014 08:03 AM
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Originally Posted by Just Passin' By (Post 11053093)
There is a wide variety of tea available. I use loose leaf tea, rather than tea bags. A company like Teavana

http://www.teavana.com/

can get you started, both with basic teas and a variety of flavored teas chai/rooibos/herbal teas. I've usually got between 6 and 12 different teas on hand at any one time, since I don't drink coffee and tea is my hot beverage of choice.

Preparation is important, but there's no sense in you going crazy about it unless you find you really like teas.

The general temperatures are:

175 degrees for White Tea
175 degrees for Green Tea
195 degrees for Oolong Tea
195 degrees for Black Tea
208 degrees for Herbal Tea
208 degrees for Rooibos Tea
208 degrees for Mate Tea

How to brew loose leaf tea
Wait...I need a thermometer to make tea? Sounds complicated, like making hard candy.

BucEyedPea 10-26-2014 08:04 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Cornstock (Post 11053117)
Jasmine tea is amazing. You can buy it at hyvee in bulk like you do coffee. It's expensive, but if you get a dimwit to ring it up as coffee you can get $10 worth of tea for 84 cents
That sounds amazing. 'Cept for the cheating part.

BigOlChiefsfan 10-26-2014 08:59 AM
I like Jasmine tea - and Oolong (oolong 'as this been going on?) and good chai tea (I drink chai tea and play tai chi) I buy bagged green tea and oolong in asian grocery stores - cheap tea, nothing special but tasty to me. I also like Earl Grey - the bergamot peel (bergamot = a type of citrus fruit, similar to an orange) is now being touted as 'as good for you as Statin drugs.

http://http://www.telegraph.co.uk/he...udy-finds.html

I like 'stash' brand double chai w/a splash of whole milk and as mentioned, most of the cheap stuff from my asian market. I've got friends who prefer spendier (better?) grades of tea - and more power to 'em. They don't try to mooch my cheap stuff - I never ask to share their spendy tea. We're all happy.

GloucesterChief 10-26-2014 09:09 AM
Prefer Irish Breakfast blend with it being a bit more maltier than English. Also, straight black tea from Kerala, India. My boss/co-worker flies over every year and he can get it cheap.

Cornstock 10-26-2014 10:21 PM
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Originally Posted by BucEyedPea (Post 11053303)
That sounds amazing. 'Cept for the cheating part.
In my defense, I was home before I looked at the receipt and saw they did it wrong. I wasn't actively trying to deceive the poor high school kid.

Just Passin' By 10-27-2014 12:35 AM
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Originally Posted by BucEyedPea (Post 11053302)
Wait...I need a thermometer to make tea? Sounds complicated, like making hard candy.
They recommend a temperature range for coffee, too.

Quote:
Your brewer should maintain a water temperature between 195 - 205 degrees Fahrenheit for optimal extraction. Colder water will result in flat, underextracted coffee while water that is too hot will also cause a loss of quality in the taste of the coffee. If you are brewing the coffee manually, let the water come to a full boil, but do not overboil. Turn off the heat source and allow the water to rest a minute before pouring it over the grounds....

Pour it into a warmed mug or coffee cup so that it will maintain its temperature as long as possible. Brewed coffee begins to lose its optimal taste moments after brewing so only brew as much coffee as will be consumed immediately. If it will be a few minutes before it will be served, the temperature should be maintained at 180 - 185 degrees Fahrenheit. It should never be left on an electric burner for longer than 15 minutes because it will begin to develop a burned taste. If the coffee is not to be served immediately after brewing, it should be poured into a warmed, insulated thermos and used within the next 45 minutes.
http://www.ncausa.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=71

scho63 10-27-2014 05:38 AM
This stuff is the bomb!

http://ii.worldmarket.com/fcgi-bin/i...=2000&cvt=jpeg

DaKCMan AP 10-27-2014 06:11 AM
All I drink (regularly) is tea & water. Both the tea & the preparation (temperature of the water + seep time) make a difference.

I buy loose leaf and use either french presses, tea presses, or a fancy teamaker that my gf has to brew the tea.

My go-to supplier is Peets (www.peets.com) and their loose-leaf teas. My favorite is a simple gundpowder organic tea. I also really like their Assam golden tip (black tea) and their Masala Chai. When I go to farmer's markets I buy some other varieties and when we were in Vancouver last month we bought some David's tea (a franchise in Canada and maybe the northern states). Some local places here also sell some good blends and we have some herbal teas (no caffeine) that we make at night.

BucEyedPea 10-27-2014 07:31 AM
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Originally Posted by Just Passin' By (Post 11059210)
They recommend a temperature range for coffee, too.



http://www.ncausa.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=71
I just let my coffee maker figure it all out. Then again mine never seems to make it quite hot enough.

BucEyedPea 10-27-2014 07:32 AM
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Originally Posted by scho63 (Post 11059311)
It is! Goes great with my homemade Chai cookies I make every Christmas to represent Asia in my cookie from around the world.

BucEyedPea 10-27-2014 07:33 AM
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Originally Posted by DaKCMan AP (Post 11059322)
All I drink (regularly) is tea & water. Both the tea & the preparation (temperature of the water + seep time) make a difference.

I buy loose leaf and use either french presses, tea presses, or a fancy teamaker that my gf has to brew the tea.

My go-to supplier is Peets (www.peets.com) and their loose-leaf teas. My favorite is a simple gundpowder organic tea. I also really like their Assam golden tip (black tea) and their Masala Chai. When I go to farmer's markets I buy some other varieties and when we were in Vancouver last month we bought some David's tea (a franchise in Canada and maybe the northern states). Some local places here also sell some good blends and we have some herbal teas (no caffeine) that we make at night.
You can use a French press for tea too?
Never had one of those, but read about them and thought I might pick one up.

DaKCMan AP 10-27-2014 08:56 AM
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Originally Posted by BucEyedPea (Post 11059376)
You can use a French press for tea too?
Never had one of those, but read about them and thought I might pick one up.
Absolutely. Coffee is finer than most tea so the press works great. I am partial the Bodum brand.

I own a larger version of this that I use at home:
http://bodum.bodum.com/us/en-us/shop/detail/1844-01US/

I own a version of this that I take each day to work:
http://www.amazon.com/Bodum-Brazil-F...odum+tea+press

This is the teamaker my girlfriend has:
http://www.brevilleusa.com/the-tea-maker-onetouch.html


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