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[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

Broken Orange Pecoe, hot or chai masala, or dut chia if we're in Nepal

[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago

Depends on the tea. Black tea with a little milk is the classic, bonus points if loose leaf

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

Iced. No sweeteners at all.

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

For most of the year, Assam (loose leaf) with a splash of milk; when it's available, first flush Darjeeling.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

Black tea: either just black or with lemon and honey

Green/white tea: no additives

[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago

Preferably liquid, but I wouldn't say no to solid or gaseous forms. Would probably not try to ingest it in plasma form.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

I prefer green tea blends, but I drink black if I need more caffeine. I don't drink coffee at all, so it's my main source of it and I drink most teas without anything else. No milk, no sugar, no honey, nothing. To me, sugar in tea just ruins the taste and milk in tea is really weird to my culture's palette (most people here drink herbal or fruit teas by the way, very few drink green or black)

[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Not German. I mean that. Any black tea you drink in Germany just doesn't mix right with milk. The colour goes grayish and you taste more the milk than the tea.

English black tea mixes impressively well with milk. Breakfast Tea, Yorkshire Blend, hell, even Earl Grey -- the colour goes a deep vibrant brown and the tea taste and effect is intensified.

I'm neither joking nor exaggerating.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Is it the type of water as well maybe? Are you describing German brands of tea (a new concept to me)

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

It could be the water. I don't think it is, as I can't believe that UK water is so drastically different than what's going on in Germany, but it could be.

I described common English brands/types that mix well with milk. In the UK, when you say "tea" it's immediately understood that you're referring to black tee.

In Germany, "tea" is something else. Tea could mean fruit or herbs or black, it's all on the same level there. Black tea is just another herb tee somehow to them

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Depends entirely on the tea, but, if black: at home it's usually hot, with a half to a full teaspoon of raw sugar and a splash of milk. At work it's usually just hot and straight, no sugar or milk. If green: hot, sometimes honey and lemon, usually just straight. If herbal: hot or chilled depending on the temp outside, no sugar if hot, a bit of sugar if chilled.

I drink a lot of fuckin tea.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Are you the Spiffing Brit? ๐Ÿฅฒ

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

Just a humble midwestern tea snob ๐Ÿ˜†

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago
[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago

I like mine bitter, idk why but I like water that's bitter but hate bitter on everything else

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Iced and with a moderate amount of sugar

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I need the acid to blend the sugar and tea together into a nice harmony. You can just add lemon. But I find a little ice tea mix does the job faster and easier.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

Yeah I'm fine with the mix. Try fresh lime instead of lemon sometime.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

Earl grey is the ol' reliable. But basically any type of tea is amazing. Expect English Breakfast ๐Ÿคข

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

Not scorching hot like some girls do, what's wrong with you!?

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

I drink a pot of camomile every day. 1st cup is still hot while rest is more lukewarm.

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago
[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago

Hot. No sugar. Black as my heart.

Yes I was an emo during my teenage years, how did you guess?

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

Couple minutes in the pressure cooker, and natural release.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Black tea, warm, with a small amount of sugar, and ice.

Simple but soothing

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)
[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

I don't like cold tea but I don't like it hot.

Think of it like putting ice in fresh brewed tea and drinking it right away.

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

2 decaf and 1 caf Lipton bag in a pot of boiling water, let it steep for 10 minutes or so, then pour the lot over ice into a gallon pitcher and fill it up the rest of the way with cold water. I then pour it into a glass of ice and drink about half a gallon a day.

[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Yorkshire Gold, 2 sugars, small splash of evaporated milk.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)
[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Funny, on other tea threads I've gotten similar comments. I don't know who SpiffingBrit is but they have great taste in tea!

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

It's a youtuber who famously loves Yorkshire Gold and once got a care/marketing package of teas from them. He's mignon exploiting games bugs or balance issues.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

He is funny and is OBSESSED with Yorkshire brand teas- watch the tea brand/type ranking one.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Like i'm sucking the fruity ballsack of a rooibos. Yes, I suck the tea bag. It's the optimal way to enjoy it, at least until the teabag breaks.

[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago

Cold

Iโ€™ll go half and half with fruit juice and a strong black tea

Or do Thai iced tea

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Japanese teas are my jam lately: oolong, hojicha, genmaicha, matcha.

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