[Grizzly]

<p>Actually no, it's Silver Needle, leaf.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>I alternate with my current absolute favourite, a Green Chai blend prepared and sold by friends of ours here in town, called "Emerald Lake Chai". </p>
<p> </p>
<p>It is named after one of the most amazingly beautiful places on God's Green Earth... </p>
<p> </p>
<p><a class="H-lightbox-open" href="http://www.kickrunners.com/content/type/61/id/81926/width/1000/height/800/flags/" target="_blank"><img alt="236446102_732f1ca7cd.jpg" class="lightbox-enabled" data-id="16628" data-type="61" src="http://www.kickrunners.com/content/type/61/id/16628/width/408/height/500" style="; width: 408px; height: 500px"></a></p>
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<p>And it never fails to refresh and bring me to that happy place.  Hmm.  Beer does that too.</p>
<p> </p>
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[Buxtehude]

<p>My teas will seem like rot-gut in comparison.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Typhoo decaf, for evenings</p>
<p>Twinings, black with blackcurrent flavoring</p>
<p>Yamamotoyama oolong</p>
<p> </p>
<p>I drink them through a straw now, on account of the staining. But I'm not sure it helps.</p>

 

[Buxtehude]

<p><em>Oh Tea! You are a tannic mistress!</em></p>

 

[Grizzly]

<p>I went without caffeine for so long.  I really overdid it in college and ended up forswearing it for 25 years.  The summer I turned 50 my tea trader friend offered me some Yunan and I realized that I had deprived myself of a world of flavour for too long.  For my 50th my wife conspired with them to create a tea sampler for me of 50 varieties.  I am still working my way through it.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Ooolong, Darjeeling Poobong (don't laugh), Yunan, green teas and blacks, Rooibos and other herbal blends including the delightful Honeybush. </p>
<p> </p>
<p>I do recall with fondness your Twining's flavoured tea...</p>

 

[RaisingArizonainNH]

<p> I love Earl Grey tea.</p>
<p> </p>
<p> Last week I was sick and my tea of choice is chamomile  ( liek Peter Rabbit's Mom fixed for hiim..) with slices of fresh ginger root, lemon juice and honey.. HMmmm.  That is a good tonic!</p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>

 

[kerfwango]

<p>Earl Grey with honey every morning.</p>

 

[coachie]

<p>Earl Grey is like the only tea I seem to enjoy.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>For whatever reason.</p>

 

[Buxtehude]

<br><br><div class="quote-container"><span>Quote:</span>
<div class="quote-block">Originally Posted by <strong>RaisingArizonainNH</strong> <a href="/forum/thread/73353/tea-earl-grey-hot#post_1992929"><img alt="View Post" class="inlineimg" src="/img/forum/go_quote.gif" style="border-bottom:0px solid;border-left:0px solid;border-top:0px solid;border-right:0px solid;"></a><br><br><p> I love Earl Grey tea.</p>
<p> </p>
<p> Last week I was sick and my tea of choice is chamomile  ( liek Peter Rabbit's Mom fixed for hiim..) with slices of fresh ginger root, lemon juice and honey.. HMmmm.  That is a good tonic!</p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
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<p><br><br>
This reminds me of my newest "tea" obsession.</p>
<p>I grate a pile of fresh ginger. I put the ginger in a metal tea-ball-strainer-thing, and steep it. I add milk and sweetner.</p>
<p>Not real tea, I know.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>I based it on a "tea" I got at a local Asian, boba-style snack shop, (there are millions of them in California.) I decided I could make it cheaper, at home!</p>
<p>It's good. Really good.</p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>

 

[coachie]

<p>you tea drinkers are making me thirsty.... for coffee.  </p>

 

[Buxtehude]

<br><br><div class="quote-container"><span>Quote:</span>
<div class="quote-block">Originally Posted by <strong>coachie</strong> <a href="/forum/thread/73353/tea-earl-grey-hot#post_1993066"><img alt="View Post" class="inlineimg" src="/img/forum/go_quote.gif" style="border-bottom:0px solid;border-left:0px solid;border-top:0px solid;border-right:0px solid;"></a><br><br><p>you tea drinkers are making me thirsty.... for coffee.  </p>
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<p><br><br>
I just "got" this. I was wondering, "gee, coachie is thirsty. Big whoop."</p>
<p>But I just noticed the coffee part.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Heh!</p>
<p> </p>

 

[kerfwango]

<br><br><div class="quote-container"><span>Quote:</span>
<div class="quote-block">Originally Posted by <strong>coachie</strong> <a href="/forum/thread/73353/tea-earl-grey-hot#post_1993013"><img alt="View Post" class="inlineimg" src="/img/forum/go_quote.gif" style="border-bottom:0px solid;border-left:0px solid;border-top:0px solid;border-right:0px solid;"></a><br><br><p>Earl Grey is like the only tea I seem to enjoy.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>For whatever reason.</p>
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<p><br><br>
Bergamot.</p>
<p> </p>

 

[coachie]

<p><br><br>
There's no reason to resort to name calling.  </p>
<div class="quote-container"><span>Quote:</span>
<div class="quote-block">Originally Posted by <strong>kerfwango</strong> <a href="/forum/thread/73353/tea-earl-grey-hot#post_1993236"><img alt="View Post" class="inlineimg" src="/img/forum/go_quote.gif" style="border-bottom:0px solid;border-left:0px solid;border-top:0px solid;border-right:0px solid;"></a><br><br><br><br><p><br><br>
Bergamot.</p>
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[kerfwango]

<p>Heh.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>I was making my tea one morning and a co-worker said, "Like the bergamot, huh?" I had no idea what he was talking about. It's right on the Twinings label.<br><br>
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<div class="quote-block">Originally Posted by <strong>coachie</strong> <a href="/forum/thread/73353/tea-earl-grey-hot#post_1993256"><img alt="View Post" class="inlineimg" src="/img/forum/go_quote.gif" style="border-bottom:0px solid;border-left:0px solid;border-top:0px solid;border-right:0px solid;"></a><br><br><p><br><br>
There's no reason to resort to name calling.  </p>
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