positivestress

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hackermatic
@hackermatic

I drink Lipton green tea but leave the bag in so long that the astringent tannins leave me thirsty as soon as I've finished a sip.

Edit: That isn't all the tea I drink, just my most unusual habit, and I was drinking it right when I made the chost. I also like:

  • Constant Comment (I found it because of Scott Pilgrim shut up)
  • Earl Grey and half-and-half (a lazy London Fog?)
  • This delicious rooibos drink called a Red Symphony from a cafe down the street from where I used to live. I think it was this recipe but I don't have the means to make it.

corhocysen
@corhocysen

usually loose-leaf black tea (golden yunnan, english breakfast, qimen). bit of soy milk or creamer. one tablet of cyclamate sweetener. steep it with the creamer already in there, and leave the strainer in too long. drink about half, then forget about it for long enough that it's gone cold. drink the other half

or sometimes: a black tea mix with dried chili pepper and cocoa. one sweetener tablet, no creamer.

or at night: just ginger tea. once again, one sweetener tablet


montrith
@montrith

For green tea I actually prefer a nice jasmine tea without any sweeteners. For black tea I'm actually partial to chai masala and even made my own spice mix a couple of times. Simmer the spices in milk, combine that with a nice simple black tea, good times. Or if I'm feeling lazy just chai powder and hot water.


positivestress
@positivestress

I used to think I didn't like tea. then I found out you are legally allowed to put milk and sugar in it


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in reply to @hackermatic's post:

About every two days, we brew and chill around 1.7 liters of black tea, which we have unsweetened over ice with lemon. Occasionally we will use the black tea to make milk tea (with sugar and soy milk over ice).

Less commonly, we will make masala chai or matcha, or just have (hot) english breakfast tea.

Living in West Virginia means sweet tea is a lot more common here than it was back home. Roxy likes it to an extent but generally prefers unsweetened tea. I find it kind of odd due to the lack of lemon.

A few days ago, we actually purchased an electric kettle, so that we can make tea more efficiently.

I just drink whatever tea is available, though I mostly prefer whatever Earl Grey is laying around in the pantry. I don't really bother taking the tea bag out of my cup so when it gets too strong and there's half left I just add a bit more water to my cup to even things out.

in reply to @montrith's post:

It's pretty easy to make your own spice mix if you can't find it near you and it also makes it easy to adjust the flavor profile in the direction you want, but if you haven't tried it before I would recommend just finding a good coffee shop and ordering a chai tea latte there just to see if you like the taste in general. It's after all a bit time consuming to make proper chai at home and the powder flavor can't really compare to the real thing.