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Depends on the tea. Black tea with a little milk is the classic, bonus points if loose leaf
Iced. No sweeteners at all.
For most of the year, Assam (loose leaf) with a splash of milk; when it's available, first flush Darjeeling.
Black tea: either just black or with lemon and honey
Green/white tea: no additives
Preferably liquid, but I wouldn't say no to solid or gaseous forms. Would probably not try to ingest it in plasma form.
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)
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.
Is it the type of water as well maybe? Are you describing German brands of tea (a new concept to me)
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
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.
Are you the Spiffing Brit? ๐ฅฒ
Just a humble midwestern tea snob ๐
I like mine bitter, idk why but I like water that's bitter but hate bitter on everything else
Iced and with a moderate amount of sugar
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.
Yeah I'm fine with the mix. Try fresh lime instead of lemon sometime.
Earl grey is the ol' reliable. But basically any type of tea is amazing. Expect English Breakfast ๐คข
Not scorching hot like some girls do, what's wrong with you!?
I drink a pot of camomile every day. 1st cup is still hot while rest is more lukewarm.
Twisted.
Hot. No sugar. Black as my heart.
Yes I was an emo during my teenage years, how did you guess?
Couple minutes in the pressure cooker, and natural release.
Black tea, warm, with a small amount of sugar, and ice.
Simple but soothing
Warm tea, with ice?
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.
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.
Yorkshire Gold, 2 sugars, small splash of evaporated milk.
Is that you SpiffingBrit?
Funny, on other tea threads I've gotten similar comments. I don't know who SpiffingBrit is but they have great taste in tea!
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.
He is funny and is OBSESSED with Yorkshire brand teas- watch the tea brand/type ranking one.
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.
Japanese teas are my jam lately: oolong, hojicha, genmaicha, matcha.