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Also, you also have white tea you can check out. And second Peggy's rec of rooibos. Yum!
Thank you for the recommendations, Rusalka! How is Lexx doing?
All this tea (and mug) talk has got me curious to explore. I'll be looking for teas now and joining up mailing lists and liking fb pages. Thanks for starting this thread, Stephanie! :DTravis, I second the comment good thing you got married! ;)
Travis of NNY wrote: "With all this tea talk I had some sleepytime tea myself last night. Except I added some vodka to make sure it was truly sleepytime"LOL! Sounds like a plan.
You are all making me want to start exploring more teas. I've always stuck with the plain black or green teas until I tried the citrus kiss green tea. I was disappointed when my husband brought it home thinking I wouldn't like it, but it is wonderful. It has lemongrass in it. I just discovered by reading the ingredients list on the box it also has rose petals, chamomile, sweet blackberry leaf, and lemon myrtle.I'm also a huge fan of cold peach teas. I've been drinking the fake stuff from crystal light that you can mix in a bottle of water. It is very yummy, but I'm pretty sure it isn't very good for you.
Rusalka wrote: "I hate teas that are flavoured, so I would watch for those. By that I mean, I like it if it has the thing in it. Orange = bits of orange peel. Rose = actual rose petals. Cinnamon = bits of stick..."Oh, I agree on this. I keep having people trying to convince me to drink David's Tea and they do this, it's awful!
Rusalka wrote: "Tea's also good for medicinal things. Peppermint is good for googely stomachs...."with some Arrowroot cookies too. Works great! :)
I'm not sure if this matters to anyone here but I noticed that some of the Celestial Seasoning Wellness teas (only looked at a couple, not all of them) have soy lecithin. I try to avoid this if possible (even though it is in so much crap) but i'd rather not drink it in my tea. Just thought I would share...
Tasha wrote: "All this tea (and mug) talk has got me curious to explore. I'll be looking for teas now and joining up mailing lists and liking fb pages. Thanks for starting this thread, Stephanie! :DTravis, I s..."
Not a problem! I love all this tea talk :) I've been also wanting to get "fun" mugs. I think with starting to drink tea, that means cute fun mugs to drink out of, right? :-)
For the longest type I thought I did not like tea. Turns out I did not like the black tea bags that was standard here. And I do notlike Earl Grey. I am somewhat of a tea addict. The fact there there is now 2 awesome tea boutique in Qc do not help. Nor the fact that I found an infuser that allows me do drink tea at the office. (something like http://camellia-sinensis.com/en/teawa..., but without the basket)) I cannot say anything about brands as I do not do bags or prepackaged tea.
I have here a creamy oolong that you might quite like. It has become an addiction (and I passed it to the other 2 drinkers at my office). It has a rich buttery taste.
The only flavor tea I drink is Chai really. I love it.
I think the best way is to explore. Buy small quantity and try a few types. There is some many variety available that you are bound to find something you like.
just find out one of the tea shop here has a page in English Checkout http://camellia-sinensis.com/en/tea-a...
It is a nice fact sheet about type of teas
They also seem to have a Facebook page in English...
Thank you so much for the info, Esther!!
While I thought it was vanilla it is actually regular spiced chai we go through the most of. Love the chai
I have here a creamy oolong that you might quite like. It has become an addiction (and I passed it to the other 2 drinkers at my office). It has a rich buttery taste. Where can I get this tea? It sounds delicious.
J'mom mentioned Teavanna. We have one here. Their tea is ridiculously overpriced, but one thing worth buying there is a tea timer. They have a timer with buttons for 3 minutes and 5 minutes, which are both typical brewing times for tea.
Lupicia is my go to, and right now they have a 100 tea sampler... and it's in a book, you guys! Look if you dare...
Kazen wrote: "Lupicia is my go to, and right now they have a 100 tea sampler... and it's in a book, you guys! Look if you dare..."Holy hell! Why didn't you link this for me days ago lol! Perfect Christmas gift for my housemate, I'm stocking up now for next year. Thanks!!
Their holiday gift lineup is really cute!
Lexx is home. We went to a Christmas party last night, that resulted in me losing the last bit of my voice, and I properly have laryngitis this morning. Time to whip out my Christmas tea.NO! I went to find it to tell you what was in it and I'm out! It's Black tea with almond pieces, orange peel, apple pieces, cornflowers, cinnamon & cloves.
KimeyDiann wrote: "You are all making me want to start exploring more teas. I've always stuck with the plain black or green teas until I tried the citrus kiss green tea. I was disappointed when my husband brought it ..."That sounds like a tea I would really like. I shall investigate.
Christmas Tea.... The first time I had Christmas Tea was Second Cup. They've just opened a store here. Off to shop tomorrow.
Rusalka wrote: "...laryngitis this morning. Time to whip out my Christmas tea.NO! I went to find it to tell you what was in it and I'm out! It's Black tea with almond pieces, orange peel, apple pieces, cornflowers, cinnamon & cloves..."
I like these flavors in tea, BUT who wants potpourri in their tea!! :-P
All the more for me then! :PSo much better than syrups and chemicals.
Well, I didn't wait till the 1st of the year to pick up some tea :) I got celestial seasonings peppermint herbal tea caffeine free. The store I went to didn't have a variety pack but I love peppermint stuff so I'm hoping I like it, but if not it was only a couple of dollars :-)
great! I like peppermint tea too. I was at Target today and they had a sale on Tazo tea: 2/$6. I got earl grey and vanilla caramel chai. I especially can't wait to try the chai one. I make a really good sweet vanilla almond milk which I going to put in it to make it nice a creamy. :)
I know! I can't wait to try it but since it has a bit of caffeine I need to wait until tomorrow. :(
Bummer! But at least your day will start off on a happy note via tea :-)
All these great sounding teas - I had to go shopping! I ended up ordering six samples from Tea Guys. I hope they're good.
Stephanie wrote: "Bummer! But at least your day will start off on a happy note via tea :-)"true :)
Enjoy those new teas, Janice! What samples did you get? That Earl grey cream sounds good.
Wow, they seems to have some really interesting teas over there. Have you ordered from them before, Janice?
Tasha wrote: "Wow, they seems to have some really interesting teas over there. Have you ordered from them before, Janice?"Second Cup? It's a franchise like Starbucks and Tim Hortons. I didn't make it to their store yesterday. When I headed out, my son was texting, "Have you left yet?" I figured I'd better not take the time to stop. I'll be in that area tomorrow so will stop then.
Ooooh vanilla caramel chai! I'll have to look into that. :)I will probably start off my tea drinking in the new year with the stuff I've had in my cupboards forever...including some really yummy stuff called sweet & spicy. Smells spicy, but tastes like warm sweet tea I'd say! It's pretty good! I was told to try it cold, tried it, but did NOT like that.
I bought my last coffee creamer yesterday...oh boy, it's getting real now! haha
Janice wrote: "Tasha wrote: "Wow, they seems to have some really interesting teas over there. Have you ordered from them before, Janice?"Second Cup? It's a franchise like Starbucks and Tim Hortons. I didn't m..."
No, sorry, I meant the Tea Guys. After you mentioned buying samples from them I had to check them out. They have some really interesting tea blends over there so I was wondering if you have ordered from them before.
I decided to go with the earl grey at 7:30 this morning. I'll wait to try the vanilla caramel chai later, it's too early for all that sweetness. ;)
That was J'mom using the Tea Guys actually.
haha, now it all makes sense... ;)thanks
I tried an apple cider tea last Saturday and didn't like it. Not very tasty and it smells like I'm in the dentist. I'm going to have a Twinings Darjeelin now while reading Christmas Carol. I'm planning to have a relaxed morning, recharge my energies for a 12 days Christmas break starting this afternoon.
Tasha wrote: "haha, now it all makes sense... ;)thanks"
Yes, it makes sense to me now too. I was a little confused.
LOL! I bet you were. Going back over those msgs it seems funny now. Sometimes I read so fast that inevitably things will get mixed up. I'll have to slow down and pay more attention. ;)
I do things like that too. Sometimes, I zip through the unread comments while my mind is on something else, so have to reread them and focus on what I'm reading.
The peppermint tea I had today was pretty good :) I couldn't wait till the New Year :-)
My Tazo vanilla caramel chai tea was good. I mixed in some almond milk and added a bit of honey. So yummy!! A great afternoon winter drink. :)Glad you enjoyed your peppermint tea, Stephanie!
I decided to be adventurous and ordered some plantain/coconut/green rooibos from republic of tea...yum
sounds really interesting. Let us know how it tastes when you get it! I've had this one before from them and it was tasty:
http://www.republicoftea.com/hibiscus...
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I hate teas that are flavoured, so I would watch for those. By that I mean, I like it if it has the thing in it. Orange = bits of orange peel. Rose = actual rose petals. Cinnamon = bits of stick. I can't stand fake flavours and I will throw out packets over it. They taste fake and chemically.
I'm growing a lemon verbena plant at the moment. Should be big enough soon to be able to pick the leaves off it and make a tea.
Tea's also good for medicinal things. Peppermint is good for googely stomachs. Camomile is good for stomach aches (although doesn't cure appendicitis we just found out :P)