tea time!

[freyar]

Being a southern boy I like iced sweet tea - and yes, you do have to sweaten it while its still hot or the sugar doesnt disolve correctly. People who bring you iced tea and say "but we have packets of sweatener on the table" do not know what they are talking about.

QFT. (I was raised in NC.)

And you're right about the instant stuff. It tastes like lemonade, which is fine but not tea.

 

[Tinker Gnome]

I like Celestial Seasonings Herbal Teas. I also like Green and Black tea. I will really drink any kind though.

 

[Mustrum_Ridcully]

It takes out the bitter aftertaste. And I prefer my tea as bitter as possible, then I add the milk - this gives me all of the flavour without being bitter.

Of course, black tea and derivatives (Earl Grey and so on) are the only ones where you should do that. If you add milk to green tea, peppermint tea, and similar teas, you'll get crap.

Cheers, LT.

Yep, except for the bitter as possible. It shouldn't be on the weaker side, but to bitter is not that good, either.

 

[Pbartender]

Being a southern boy I like iced sweet tea - and yes, you do have to sweaten it while its still hot or the sugar doesnt disolve correctly. People who bring you iced tea and say "but we have packets of sweatener on the table" do not know what they are talking about.

Okay... that's the first time the difference between "sweet tea" and "iced tea" has made sense to me.

Thank you. Up until now, they always seemed the same thing to me, despite the protestations of countless people to the contrary.

 

[Gilladian]

Earl Grey or Constant Comment for just a nice cup of tea, sometimes sweet, sometimes not. Vanilla Chai was good while my grocery store carried it, but of course because I liked it, it went away :-(

I can handle milk in strong, black tea, like Irish Breakfast, but it isn't my preference.

I like some herbal teas - Red Zinger is good, so is Lemon Zinger. Sleepytime is a good bedtime tea. They all taste better sweet. Peppermint tea is only good when you dissolve so much sugar in it that it won't take any more.

Iced tea can NOT be sweet. Cold sweet tea makes me gag.

 

[Thunderfoot]

Being a southern boy I like iced sweet tea - and yes, you do have to sweaten it while its still hot or the sugar doesnt disolve correctly. People who bring you iced tea and say "but we have packets of sweatener on the table" do not know what they are talking about.
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Preach on brother! And it needs to be sweet, not just a little, near tea flavored syrup. BTW, being from the south, have you ever heard of the practice of crumbling up your cornbread into your tea? Of course, it would have to be 'real' cornbread, backed in a cast iron skillet about 1 1/2 inches thick, crumbly, and not just corn flavored cake minus the icing. I was shocked when I first heard of the practice when I went to South Carolina, but admit, it tastes fantastic!!!

 

[Mustrum_Ridcully]

Preach on brother! And it needs to be sweet, not just a little, near tea flavored syrup. BTW, being from the south, have you ever heard of the practice of crumbling up your cornbread into your tea? Of course, it would have to be 'real' cornbread, backed in a cast iron skillet about 1 1/2 inches thick, crumbly, and not just corn flavored cake minus the icing. I was shocked when I first heard of the practice when I went to South Carolina, but admit, it tastes fantastic!!!

I am familiar with dipping bread rolls (Brötchen) or cookies into tea. I ike the former, on a nice sunday or saturday morning breakfast, or on a week-end brunch...

 

[Stormborn]

Preach on brother! And it needs to be sweet, not just a little, near tea flavored syrup. BTW, being from the south, have you ever heard of the practice of crumbling up your cornbread into your tea? Of course, it would have to be 'real' cornbread, backed in a cast iron skillet about 1 1/2 inches thick, crumbly, and not just corn flavored cake minus the icing. I was shocked when I first heard of the practice when I went to South Carolina, but admit, it tastes fantastic!!!

Doesnt sound appealing. My grandmother always ate cold cornbread and and buttermilk - which i always thought was pretty nasty looking too. Now personally i do think there is a place for the swweet corn cake like cornbread (Jiffy Brand in the blue and white box) just so long as you aren't expecting the other kind of cornbread.

At Pbartender: Glad I could help. Explain it to your friends and family. You will save a lot of people a lot of misery.

 

[WhatGravitas]

I am familiar with dipping bread rolls (Brötchen) or cookies into tea. I ike the former, on a nice sunday or saturday morning breakfast, or on a week-end brunch...

Into tea!? I can see dipping rolls into milk, hot chocolate, or Kaba... but into tea?

Well... It's probably like not wanting milk (or cream) in your tea!

Cheers, LT.

 

[Thunderfoot]

But it's only crumbled up into ICED teas, not hot tea. and it taste better than it sounds, trust me...