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[dar512]

Has anyone tried Bigelow Chinese Fortune? It's an oolong. How about Trader Joe's Jade? Is there another oolong you'd like to recommend?

[monster]

Apparently,

Originally Posted by Wikipedia

The word oolong means "black dragon"

*snort*

[orthodoc]

Now I know why decaf tea tastes so insipid! All the best flavors have already been leached out with the caffeine.

Since I had to cut out caffeine I've almost stopped drinking tea. Used to love several of the Jackson's of Piccadilly (loose leaf) teas. And Tazo green tea with ginger and pear ... yum! (I still sneak a cup of that once in awhile.)

[jinx]

Try this. Srsly.

[orthodoc]

Thanks! I'll look for it.

[Cloud]

My favorite is mint tea. I drink tons of it, both hot, and cold, and the best I've found is Celestial Seasonings Mint Magic. I also like the herbal spice teas, Bengal Spice being my favorite. Both of those have enough natural sweetness not to require any added sweetening. I like to buy them by the 12 pack from Amazon.

I've tried and tried to like green tea, since it's supposed to be so good for you. It's okay, but not something I love.

Funny, when I was sick as a kid, my mom would make me tea with milk and sugar (Earl Grey or Constant Comment) and toast or crackers.

Originally Posted by Cloud

My favorite is mint tea. I drink tons of it, both hot, and cold, and the best I've found is Celestial Seasonings Mint Magic. I also like the herbal spice teas, Bengal Spice being my favorite. Both of those have enough natural sweetness not to require any added sweetening. I like to buy them by the 12 pack from Amazon.

I've tried and tried to like green tea, since it's supposed to be so good for you. It's okay, but not something I love.

Funny, when I was sick as a kid, my mom would make me tea with milk and sugar (Earl Grey or Constant Comment) and toast or crackers.

I like one of the CS Mint Magic, or Spearmints and one Chamomile before bed sometimes.
Tension Tamer and Sleepytime both have a lot of mint and Chamomile in them too.

[Undertoad]

Oolong: find the tea dealer in your local Chinatown and ask for the high-grade stuff. It may be pricey. It will look less like what you think of as tea and more like the top picture at the Wikipedia page on oolong. When you brew it, the rolled leaves will unfurl.

[richlevy]

Originally Posted by Undertoad

Oolong: find the tea dealer in your local Chinatown and ask for the high-grade stuff. It may be pricey. It will look less like what you think of as tea and more like the top picture at the Wikipedia page on oolong. When you brew it, the rolled leaves will unfurl.

In my first post here I mentioned Kuan Yin tea. It is by far my favorite oolong. The high quality stuff is usually sold as 'estate tea'. Most tea, although it's the same variety, is blended from many sources. An estate tea is the equivalent of single malt scotch.

[dar512]

Thanks, Rich and UT!

[richlevy]

Ok, I was doing my daily clicks on the Hunger Site, and decided to click through to their shopping section. I did a search for tea, and now I am considering going back to loose teas at work. I figure if I buy from the hunger site, they will buy 20-50 cups of food for someone, I get my tea, and everyone wins.

I stopped drinking loose tea at work a few months ago. I still had some loose teas that were over 2 years old on my desk, so I cannot buy too much tea. I was only thinking about spending $20, which would be one tube or bulk pack. I would need to buy the wooden tea spoon to go over $20 and get the free shipping.

The problem is that I don't know whether to get tea I know (Kuan Yin, Rooibos, Lichee) or go for something new. If you read the descriptions, they all sound good. Exotic locations, dried in woks over smoky fires, etc. I'm still waiting for someone to throw in a 'hand picked by virgins' line.

For example:

Lapsang Souchong -- features the dominant scent and flavor of campfires, overlying the flavor of the black tea itself. Fitting, as this classic tea is prepared over pine or cedar fires before being fully dried.

It all sounds good and I'm in information overload. If I buy the kilo packs, I'll be drinking it for a while, unless someone in the Philly area buys some and we do a tea exchange. Does anyone have any opinions?


80 gram (2.8 oz) tubes with bamboo scoop
Ti Kwan Yin Oolong Tea
Silver Needle White Tea
Green Petal Jasmine Hand-Tied Tea
Lichee Black Tea

Bulk 250-500 gram packs (8.8 - 17.6 oz)
# Assam Estate
# Keemun Panda
# Lapsang Souchong
# Nile Delta Camomile
# Peppermint
# Rooibos
# Spearmint
# Tibetan Wild Lavender
# Darjeeling Estate
# Earl Grey
# English Breakfast
# Genmaicha Japanese Green
# Irish Breakfast
# Jasmine with Flowers Green
# Pai Mu Tan Chinese White
# Pi Lin Gunpowder Green
# Sencha Japanese Green
# Kenya Estate
# Malawi Estate
# Nandi Safari Kenyan White
# Nuwara Eliya Estate
# Rwanda Estate

[Urbane Guerrilla]

Cloud, I'd get a similar dosing from my mom -- invariably Lipton's. That, and light feedings like chicken soup or poached eggs on toast. These were invariably spoken of, Scottishly, around our house as "dropped" eggs.

[DanaC]

I do drink Green tea from time to time, but mainly I drink ordinary tea: PGTips or Yorkshire Tea. I use bags not loose leaves, I don't have a tea-pot I make it in the mug. Lot of milk, no sugar

I think I was about 3 or 4 when I first had tea. My whole family are big tea drinkers.

Drank a lot of Irish Breakfast yesterday. Good stuff.