Tea... an important issue

You need water for beer too. Epic tea fail.

I certainly prefer tea to beer! Easy one, this.

Tea made with Baileys instead of milk.

Best of both worlds.

water temperature is of utmost importance- boiling for black, 80 deg Celsius for green and white and oolongs anround 95.
many people are put off green teas due to a bitter taste but this is usually because they have used boiling water which scorches the leaves.
it all comes down to oxidation

Ha! and the coffee thread was getting shit for being geeky.. :)

Tea made with Baileys instead of milk, water and tea.
Best of both worlds.

Fixed.

look at all those tags..

I like Chai, especially with frothy rice milk.. yum!

Chai or as written in russian "чай" means tea
learn something new everyday

Stewing tea is bad, by most accounts.

"Putting the tea in the water before you boil it will produce stewed tea. It's a very strong tea usually drunk with a lot of sugar. It's not to everyone's taste."
http://www.wikihow.com/Make-a-Good-Cup-of-Tea

Leaving the bag(s) in for about 4 hours will also stew tea. I learned the hard way the first time I made a thermos of tea for a really long ride. After 2 hours I thought, right my first stop of the day, I'll have a cup of tea and half a sandwich. I'd stupidly just poured water on top of 3 teabags, added milk and closed it up. I made the thermos about 2 hours before I left, hence the 4 hours in total. That tea tasted so strong I could have stood bread up in it.

Ah-ha. No, the person who corrected me insisted that 'brewing tea' should be 'stewing tea'. Consensus opinion seems to be that 'brewing tea' is something different from 'stewing tea' and that stewed tea exists but isn't as drinkable as brewed tea. Thanks.

As far as I can tell, stewing tea makes a fucking soup. It's undrinkable, tastes horrible, and would be better used as a substitute for Waxoyl.

Stewed tea = tea that has been brewed for too long.

I am currently drinking chili tea. Spicy!

As far as I can tell, stewing tea makes a fucking soup. It's undrinkable, tastes horrible, and would be better used as a substitute for Waxoyl.

Maybe it can be used as fuel, too?

For Yorkshire mining robots?

I certainly prefer tea to beer! Easy one, this.

well said mate! could do with a fucking brew right now, after a few grolshs. no bastard sugar. shite.

Russian Caravan, here.

^^^^Russian Caravan, epic tea win.

I tried Darjeeling for the first time last night.

Ohmyfuckinggod...

Champagne of Tea's eh?

I got some Fortnum and Mason Royal Blend tea leaves for Christmas. Fucking lovely.

Champagne of Tea's eh?

I actually can't wait to get home from work today, so I can stick the kettle on and have another cup.

It's like tea pornography...

rooibos for the win. with whole packet of plain hobnobs.

I'm currently drinking a delicious tea called Verveine tea. Highly recommended. Beautiful leaves, lovely lemonish flavour. Should be widely available in London, as quite a lot comes up when Googling.

tea can only be called as such if it contains tea. take your verbena infusions elsewhere!

Really got into drinking my coffee and tea black these days.

Earl Grey at least once at day.

Tea made with Baileys instead of milk.

Best of both worlds.

+1

If you can find Assam Joonktollee BUY IT! The only problem is you'll never be able to drink normal tea again.