Thread: Tea

Originally Posted by Tsuness

Bad experience as a child makes me gag when I even smell tea. So I prefer my water straight up, no tea added.

You mean you like hot water? I know heaps of people who like that but I just can't bring myself to drink it.

Tea leaves > tea bags

I drink mostly green tea. I prefer a brew in low temperature water so the water is slightly greenish in color.

But I also like Oolong.

By the way, the worst tea I ever had is tea from Charleston Tea Plantation. It is very, very bitter and not much else.

Ice water works well too ;)

Originally Posted by Tsuness

Ice water works well too ;)

When one of my friends comes over for tea, she will often just take a cup of hot water with a slice of lemon in it and a little honey. She says that she is used to only having tea when shes sick, so it brings up bad memories...

I noticed lots of people here (and various other places) like camomile. I have to admit, it is the only type of tea that I dislike. Its something about the smell...

I love tea, but don't drink too often (only for my quick, late night caffeine fix/cafe or coffeehouse trips).
I really enjoy loose-leaf teas over tea bag, but it's a hassle to make, unfortunately.
But I do like watered down matcha tea with milk and honey. It's quick to make, and it warms me up <3 .

But my guilty pleasure is Bubble Tea. So bad for you (nowadays I order without the bubbles), but the sweet creaminess of it is soooo good.

The tea I'm not really big on is Peppermint. For some reason it has the reverse effect and makes me nauseous.

I drink Arizona.

Nah, but my mom is kinda Asian, and she works at a hotel. (The latter part actually has me encountering a new tea every now and again.) Chamomile is what I'm most familiar with, and I've had Thai tea at restaurants. I'm familiar with Jasmine tea I think [?] / am sure [?]. Had some raspberry-flavor stuff too, and green tea [via tea bags, mind you] as well. I'm probably selling my mom short here, as I've probably had way more teas than I've listed.

I also dig sweet tea.

Nah, but I've concocted a concoction from simply water and honey before--generally, my tea must be sweet.

@Itsuki You worked at Teavana, eh? Despite my general tea ignorance, I'm a little mystified by the place, and it ever intrigues me.

It's a wonderful place~ <3 Just make sure you go on your own terms and don't let them upsell you. It's literally in the manual to try and upsell all the time. With stuff like adding in more tea and then saying we can't put it back in when it's in the container. It's really sneaky. I didn't do those things and the manager was corrupt so the whole store got purged except the assistant manager.

BUT the tea is wonderful and very high quality. And the tea accessories are AMAZING. So if you can get past the pushy salespeople, it's wonderful. <3

Not trying to be mean, but I have had nothing but bad experiences with Teavana. I found their salespeople to be far too pushy to be working with something as laid back as tea should be. They didn't really have the greatest selection of loose teas, but their variety of accessories was rather good. Their website is the best way to experience what the store has to offer, as it is no pressure.

That being said, I have a favorite local tea shop with an amazing selection of loose & bagged tea, accesories, and snacks. It also doesn't help that I sometimes work there as seasonal help... :)

I do like tea but I don't love it. I usually only make it when I have biscuit because they go together so well. I usually just have normal tea (PG Tips) with semi-skimmed milk and two or three sugars. I sometimes have green tea when I'm backed into a corner by my mum. In that, I add honey to make it sweeter but it still tastes bad to me.