TvTropes Tea Drinkers (TTTD)

I might have let it steep for too long, then — I usually let my tea steep for five, six minutes since I like it strong.

Me too.

So, does anyone like to put honey in the tea instead of sugar? It's great for when I have a cold or when the temperature's too low.

That is indeed the case with honey, but I prefer my tea unsweetened.

I can't abide sugar in tea. It makes it taste like sugar. Splash of milk, for me, though sometimes a slice of lemon is preferable depending on the type of tea.

I think perhaps it became the tradition to consume biscuits and other little sweets with tea in part because tea is not fun on an empty stomach. However, this is just a hypothesis, and I've not done enough research to declare it true or not.

I am currently coming to terms with my tea affinity.

Made an infusion of the sweet wormwood growing in my grandmother's yard with some black tea and assorted herbs and flowers that I bought at a market in Chinatown a little while back. It was good. Had a nice, subtle camphorous taste to it.

You know, the best cup I ever had was at French practice.

Currently enjoying a cup of fine organic Himalayan black tea. And with (Japanese) incense burning right now as well.

I prefer tea done Newfie style. Carnation milk baby!

My brother would fit in here, he drinks tea.

And coffee.

And Pepsi.

And...anything non-alcoholic.

I love tea! I'll drink just about any variety: green, black, masala chai, chamomile, oolong, peppermint, herbal, etc cetera.

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I like mint and chamomile teas. They're nice for winding down on a cold winter evening (heh, other seasons, too, I suppose).

Indeed. Mint, chamomile, basil and valerian are excellent for sleep.

I grew up on sweet iced tea. I lived in Arizona, where it was a common drink. I discovered how good hot tea could taste when I was using it with lemon as a remedy for sore throats. Somewhere along the way, after moving to Pennsylvania, discovered loose-leaf tea. I prefer it when I can get it, but usually stick to bagged tea for the price.

I prefer black teas. (I sometimes think I should have been born British rather than American). I also like oolong and, on occasion, white tea. I like it with sugar, occasionally with milk or cream (only the black and oolong). I like that German beet-rock sugar you can get from Teavana. I don't like green tea with sugar, though... strangely enough, I like it best either plain or with honey, but I'm not overly fond of green to begin with. I can drink any good tea plain, especially chilled, but most often use a little sugar.

For a Christmas present one year, my sweetie got me a cast iron tea pot to brew my fancy teas in.

I'm mad. I spent so many years chugging soda and no one told me how much tastier, more creative and more healthy tea is!

I have had five cups today. Yeah, I'm still playing catchup from those 13 years I spent NOT drinking tea. I drink mine with only light sweetener, and the flavors I've tried so far are cinnamon-orange, chamomile, chamomile with mint, and coconut chai. So far cinnamon-orange definitely weighs in as the favorite.

Also if you're worried about me after hearing I drank five cups; don't worry, my parents simply aren't around for today so I'm doing totally rebellious teenage behavior and drinking too much...tea. They'd never let me go through this much. THEY CAN'T CONTROL M-

Aaaand I have to pee. This may not have been my brightest idea.

I don't recall if I mentioned this before, but I found a wonderful chai at Teavana. They call it "Samurai Mate" and yes, it's a chai/mate blend. Heavy on the citrus, light on the clove, medium cinnamon. And whoo-boy, is it caffeinated!

I'd love to find something caffine-free or less-caffinted that still has the richness of flavor that I'm looking for in a black tea.

I live in Britain, so there is so much tea of all types sold I can always get some. Decaff Earl Grey is sold in my local supermarket.

I like good old English breakfast or some kind of strange herbal tea. Both taste better with sugar imo. I used to like milk in my herbal tea, too.

A question for British tropers? How do you rate Ahmad Tea in general? I quite like it, but I would like to hear a second opinion.

What even is Ahmad tea?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmad_Tea

Never actually had any

Would an answer from Kazakh troper do?

Unless we count specialized tea shops, Ahmad Earl Grey is one of the tastiest kinds of tea available for mass consumption around here. Granted, about half of the tea around here is essentially dried grass at best (at worst there are other ... ingredients present).

I brew three spoons' worth of Ahmad tea leaves in a 300 ml teapot every day. The tea is enough for about 4-5 cups until it starts losing its strength. Didn't try other kinds the Ahmad teas. And the tea in tea bags doesn't seem to be much better than any other brands of tea available here.

Best tea I've ever tasted was one called Lapsang Souchong. It had a smoked taste that was absolutely great.

Fortunately for me, there's an organic food shop not far away from I do my usual groceries that is filled with dozens of varieties of tea, so I can try many different tastes once in a while.