tea time!

[Thunderfoot]

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...

Ja, das ist wunderbar!!!! (I am familiar with brotchen as I spent 3 years in Augsburg at the behest of my Uncle...you know, Sam?)

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

It takes out the bitter aftertaste.

Well, for me the bitter taste is a feature, not a bug!

Then again, when its iced down with a huge load of fresh lemon or lime...WOW!

Refreshing and it just clears the throat, let me tell you.

 

[Mustrum_Ridcully]

Ja, das ist wunderbar!!!! (I am familiar with brotchen as I spent 3 years in Augsburg at the behest of my Uncle...you know, Sam?)

I think I know him.
Brötchen are of the bread types that are unfortunately not existent everywhere. I remember Jürgen Huberts blog about his time in the US and how he had trouble finding good bread... Heck, some types of bread I know and like are not even available everywhere in Germany...

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

One of my favorite breads in Germany was an 8"x3" pretzelbrot. There simply isn't anything like a Ham & Swiss on one of those over here, though the one at Corner Bakery is similar. Its not firm enough, though.

We also used to get a hearty, dense dark bread to eat with our Hungarian Goulash that, up until I went to the European Bistro in Pflugerville, TX (just north of Austin), I hadn't found in the USA.

 

[Pbartender]

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

Right.

As far as iced tea goes, I'm awfully partial to mixing one part iced tea with one part lemonade or limeade... Very tasty, very refreshing.

I think I know him.
Brötchen are of the bread types that are unfortunately not existent everywhere. I remember Jürgen Huberts blog about his time in the US and how he had trouble finding good bread... Heck, some types of bread I know and like are not even available everywhere in Germany...

Yeah... I miss them... I'd spent a year or two in Germany during my pre-school years.

In the US, you'd have to look for "hard rolls". That's about as close as you'll get to Brötchen. They're still not quite the same, but they're as close as you'll get over here, without going to a specialty bakery.

 

[Nyaricus]

AWESOME a topic I can have a spiel about

I have specific combinations of elements for each type of tea I enjoy.

My fav is hands down a tie. Either:
- Orange Pekoe with a spoon or two of honey, or
- Spiced Chai with milk and sugar. Especially the holiday ones with a dash of rum flavour!

I also enjoy:
- Earl Grey with milk and sugar. I was convinced I didn't like this brand of tea till I had it with milk and sugar
- plain green tea. YUM!
- certain flavoured teas.

I also enjoy Iced Tea, but not the American-style (which I find absolutely repulsive, no jokes). A quick peek on Wikipedia gives me nothing, so I dunno what the standard Canadian variety of iced tea would be called.

Also, FWIW, I will dip in tea biscuits into my Orange Pekoe, but not any other type of tea I have.

cheers,
--N

 

[Merkuri]

- Earl Grey with milk and sugar. I was convinced I didn't like this brand of tea till I had it with milk and sugar

That reminded me of a time in college when I used to drink my teas black with nothing in them. I was hanging out in the cafe on campus with a bunch of friends and I had ordered the "bottomless cup of tea", so basically I could keep going up and refilling my cup with different types of teas. I tried something peach flavored (don't know what it is now) and found it absolutely horrendous. Now, I couldn't get a new cup of tea until I finished the one I had, so in an effort to allow me to gulp it down I put a little sugar in it. It went from something I didn't know I'd be able to choke down to something that was really awesome. I was amazed at the change the flavor went through when it was sweetened. It really brought out the peach taste.

 

[freyar]

@Nyaricus, what's Canadian iced tea like (that's different than American)? And, if you've been following the thread, you'll know there're at least two "American" iced teas -- sweet and "plain." Sweet tea is mostly only available in the South.

 

[freyar]

That reminded me of a time in college when I used to drink my teas black with nothing in them. I was hanging out in the cafe on campus with a bunch of friends and I had ordered the "bottomless cup of tea", so basically I could keep going up and refilling my cup with different types of teas. I tried something peach flavored (don't know what it is now) and found it absolutely horrendous. Now, I couldn't get a new cup of tea until I finished the one I had, so in an effort to allow me to gulp it down I put a little sugar in it. It went from something I didn't know I'd be able to choke down to something that was really awesome. I was amazed at the change the flavor went through when it was sweetened. It really brought out the peach taste.

Yeah, I don't like milk much in my tea, but I find sugar essential to bringing out the flavor.

 

[Mustrum_Ridcully]

I just remember the times when my flatmates, me and some of our friends had our big "tea afternoon". We'd often sit around for 1-2 hours and drink (East-Frisian) tea and ate cookies. Ah... good times...

Once, to of my flat-mates had been on a vacation and had taken some of our various tea sorts (only our "tea party" was limited to East-Frisian tea) with them.
A few days later, on our tea party, I noticed a strange taste to the tea. It tasted a little bit like cherry. So I inquired what had happened to the tea, and everyone seemed puzzled - Nothing, of course, it was the same tea as always. Until we eventually figured out that they had put the various tea sorts & bags close together, and in closest proximity to "my" tea had been a cherry-flavored tea sort.
Well, shows that you can't fool a real East-Frisian about his tea.