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RE: How come sometimes some of the most enticing tea na... - 10/30/2008 3:30:32 PM

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fill to the amount you need with boiling water, preferably still boiling

Word of information for people brewing herbal teas or teas for medicinal value... do -not- pour boiling water on the herbs. Water for making tisanes or water extractions as supplements or medicinally need to use water "off the boil", which is water that has come to a full, rolling boil, then removed from the heat until it is no longer bubbling at all. This is then poured over the tea, and steeped for 5 minutes for a tisane of leaves or flowers, and 10-15 minutes for a tisane of roots, berries, seeds, or bark.

Most medicinal teas (as opposed to nutritional or beverage teas) will be a little bitter, as the active principles are often alkaloids. Honey is your friend.

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RE: How come sometimes some of the most enticing tea na... - 10/30/2008 5:55:17 PM

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I don't know if this helps any, but tea tastes better if drank out of a glass. I do not know why this is, I cannot even think why, but I was told to drink tea out of glass when I learned to make Moroccan tea, which is basically green tea and spearmint, though I use peppermint out of my garden.

Another interesting tea is masala chai ;

http://www.wikihow.com/Make-Chai-Tea

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RE: How come sometimes some of the most enticing tea na... - 10/30/2008 6:15:15 PM

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Exactly!

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The primary problem is that you're getting teas that aren't really tea.

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RE: How come sometimes some of the most enticing tea na... - 10/30/2008 9:15:29 PM

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Celestial Seasonings tea sampler. Two of my favorites mixed are peppermint and lemon zinger. Jasmine and West Indian Lemongrass are also wonderful. Many herb dealers (the legal kind) also have great resources for good quality tea. I adore it with milk and splenda now (gave up sugar). It's the same way I drink my coffee.
My mom use to bring us demitasse cups of hot milk and sugar with a little bit of coffee as children. In the winter it was always hot tea.

I have always steeped my tea for at least 10mins.

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RE: How come sometimes some of the most enticing tea na... - 10/30/2008 9:37:36 PM

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If they're not tea's what are they?

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Exactly!

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The primary problem is that you're getting teas that aren't really tea.

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RE: How come sometimes some of the most enticing tea na... - 10/30/2008 9:39:59 PM

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Watered-down crap. Tea comes from tea leaves, not peach fuzz and other shit.

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RE: How come sometimes some of the most enticing tea na... - 10/31/2008 6:12:11 AM

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If you can find a specialty shop that imports British goods (or you can go on the web for it, I'm sure) Fortnum and Mason makes a kick ass Earl Grey with lapsang in it... It is very strong and a bit smokey and is great with some honey and milk...it is the perfect cuppa for a crisp fall day!

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RE: How come sometimes some of the most enticing tea na... - 10/31/2008 6:42:10 AM

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Exactly!

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The primary problem is that you're getting teas that aren't really tea.

Me three.

If you want a good, strong cup of tea, try a black tea.

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RE: How come sometimes some of the most enticing tea na... - 10/31/2008 11:58:43 AM

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I don't want really really strong, as in bitter or strong like coffe, but I do want to be able to tell hey this is vanilla chai with caramel, you know taste the flavors and not a watered down mess.

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RE: How come sometimes some of the most enticing tea na... - 10/31/2008 12:21:11 PM

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Have you tried snorting that powdery crap ?

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RE: How come sometimes some of the most enticing tea na... - 10/31/2008 1:05:05 PM

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Teapot, either china or earthenware. Loose tea will be better quality. Boil water, don't microwave it. It has to be boiling fully. And let steep five to ten minutes.

For chai I microwave a small amount of milk and add that to the steeped tea, plus I add more vanilla to the pot. I find most commercial chais don't have enough vanilla. Starbucks has almost no vanilla and way too much cinnamon.

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