What is in your cup? - Page 596

astra · 03-05-2011, 06:59 PM

Almost midnight, but I wanted a cup of black tea.
Taylors of Harrogate's Pure Ceylon.

Yesterday I received one of the two new strainers I ordered.
Fantastic strainer. The metal mesh is very fine indeed.
I would recommend it to anybody who needs a good quality tea strainers.
It is available in 3 sizes. I bought the middle one.

I am waiting for another one, but it will take because it comes from the USA. No sources in the UK

obs20 · 03-05-2011, 07:01 PM

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Originally Posted by desertblues

I always let my coffee get cold; I'll drink from the same coffee the whole day. After dinner I get myself some new coffee, which lasts me the evening.

Caffeine is one of the building blocks of life.

Wheat beer.

Stitchawl · 03-05-2011, 08:21 PM

Find a ring, ( find a ring . . . ) and put it round, round, round,
And with ties so strong the two hearts are bound,
Put it on, ( put it on . . . ) the one you found, found, found,
For you kno’ that this is really love! ( . . . this is really love! )

Good Sunday, everyone! Now that Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday have been seen, we've all given our weekly thanks for being and requests of forgiveness , to whom so ever it is that we should be thanking, and can get back to the business of lying, stealing, cheating, and generally being humans in preparation for next week's days of atonement. Cycles. Ya gotta love 'em. Did I wake up on the wrong side of the bed today?

Drinking Taylors of Harrogate's English Breakfast tea with my rice and miso soup, and getting myself psyched up for a horrible day dealing with car sales men. It is NOT my preferred choice of activities!

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Originally Posted by astra

Another experiment.
Sobacha!
Smells like a buckwheat

Too hot to taste it yet

Astra, even when it cools down, there isn't very much taste to it. Just enough to cover the bleakness of boiled water.

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Originally Posted by bjones6416

My nephew brought me some loose "green mulberry tea" from Thailand. I've googled it and found some ads but nothing from anybody who has tried it. Anybody know anything about it? It's just mulberry with no actual tea, of course.

I drank a lot of this when we lived in Thailand, but never developed a great liking for it. It always reminded me of monkeys and weasels for some reason...

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Originally Posted by astra

Almost midnight, but I wanted a cup of black tea.
Taylors of Harrogate's Pure Ceylon.

How does that measure up?

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Yesterday I received one of the two new strainers I ordered.
Fantastic strainer.

Coincidence? I was just looking at a rack of them at the local home center yesterday! Not as sophisticated as the one in your image, but there must have been 10-15 different sizes and shapes, from single cup to large tea pot. Basket, clam-shell, dipper, etc. I almost picked one up, but then realized that I'm waaaaay too lazy these days. The thought of having one more thing to wash up after using stayed my hand. I'll stick with the silken paper bags. The Tea-pot size are large enough to let the leaves expand, and then I can just throw them away afterwords.

And now another mug of English Breakfast tea... just to put off having to talk to car salesmen....

Stitchawl

willijt · 03-05-2011, 09:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Stitchawl

Saturday night and time for a glass of Bombay Sapphire!

Stitchawl

Yes! All those botanicals. How could you not love it!

willijt · 03-05-2011, 09:04 PM

Just opened a new bag of my Taiwan "Four Season" oolong. Some nights it just tastes better.

Stitchawl · 03-05-2011, 09:12 PM

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Originally Posted by willijt

Yes! All those botanicals. How could you not love it!

10 different healthy herbs... I call it my "Health Tonic."

Stitchawl

Iridal · 03-06-2011, 01:56 AM

Good morning everyone! Another too early morning ... I'm having a Latte Macchiato with my breakfast.

Stitchawl · 03-06-2011, 02:21 AM

Another mug of my new Ceylon Uva! I'm now convinced I really like this tea!

We had lunch at the corner 'kaitenzushi' shop (sushi conveyor belt place) and this time I took a photo of their tea. I really like it, but my wife says it's really low quality macha. That's probably WHY I like it!

Stitchawl

astra · 03-06-2011, 04:57 AM

Good morning!

Sunday! 09.43 and I am still in bed with the first cup of tea, Assam Hazelbank. Yummy

Almost as good as Saturday morning, although not quite. Some clouds above the horizon because I know it is the last one for the next 5 days. Why think about it now with a wonderful cuppa in my hand? I better enjoy it while it lasts

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Originally Posted by Stitchawl

Good Sunday, everyone! Now that Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday have been seen, we've all given our weekly thanks for being and requests of forgiveness , to whom so ever it is that we should be thanking, and can get back to the business of lying, stealing, cheating, and generally being humans in preparation for next week's days of atonement. Cycles. Ya gotta love 'em. Did I wake up on the wrong side of the bed today?

Apparently not, since I started it with a slimline version of rant too. Something in the air probably

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Originally Posted by Stitchawl

Astra, even when it cools down, there isn't very much taste to it. Just enough to cover the bleakness of boiled water.

I guess you are right. It is pleasant cover though

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Originally Posted by Stitchawl

How does that measure up?

Taylors of Harrogate's Pure Ceylon is wonderful. I love it.[/QUOTE]

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Originally Posted by Stitchawl

10 different healthy herbs... I call it my "Health Tonic."

Do you drink it with tonic?

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Originally Posted by Iridal

Good morning everyone! Another too early morning ... I'm having a Latte Macchiato with my breakfast.

Not even 07.00? Why so early on Sunday morning? Don't tell me the hormones are playing up again.

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Originally Posted by Stitchawl

We had lunch at the corner 'kaitenzushi' shop (sushi conveyor belt place) and this time I took a photo of their tea. I really like it, but my wife says it's really low quality macha. That's probably WHY I like it!

I want to try matcha one day.

PuErhTee · 03-06-2011, 04:59 AM

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Originally Posted by GeoffC

Air - fresh ...

I can drink the Pu-Erh I bought a couple of weeks ago, but my wife maintains that it smells a little of fish - and as she's told me, I can now understand why ....

Yes, this is common among shu pu erh teas that haven't been processed/stored optimally.

On thing you can try is to break it up and put it in fresh air, but in some cases that doesn't help either.

Stitchawl · 03-06-2011, 05:41 AM

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Originally Posted by astra

Taylors of Harrogate's Pure Ceylon is wonderful. I love it.

Perhaps I'll have to order some, although I am REALLY enjoying this Japanese purveyor's Ceylon Uva. It may be the best Ceylon I've tried.

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Re: Bombay Sapphire... Do you drink it with tonic?

No. I use a tall 8oz glass, half filled with ice cubes, and fill the glass to 3/4 with the Bombay Sapphire. After giving a quick stir, it's just the right setting for me.

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I want to try matcha one day.

The high quality matcha that is used for the formal Tea Ceremony, the Cha-No-Yu is a very bitter tea (to me.) But this stuff, and the matcha that is used for ice cream here, is a very mild tea but still with some nice flavor. When I first came to the Orient I had a beautiful tea bowl, a bamboo whisk, and a nice pot. I used to put some Koto music on the player ,sit in the middle of my floor and do 'my version' of the tea ceremony. Then I discovered that I really did prefer black tea and at that to just chug it down like a beer. Good stuff.... ARgggggg!

Stitchawl

GeoffC · 03-06-2011, 05:41 AM

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Originally Posted by PuErhTee

Yes, this is common among shu pu erh teas that haven't been processed/stored optimally.

On thing you can try is to break it up and put it in fresh air, but in some cases that doesn't help either.

Really .... !

it's supposed to be quality, 5 year matured tea .....

Now in the mug is black coffee

Stitchawl · 03-06-2011, 05:45 AM

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Originally Posted by PuErhTee

Yes, this is common among shu pu erh teas that haven't been processed/stored optimally.
On thing you can try is to break it up and put it in fresh air, but in some cases that doesn't help either.

Hello Miss Tee, welcome to the MobileRead drinking society. Won't you sit down and tell us about your favorite teas. Although I don't love pu-erh teas myself, there are several folks here who are positively pleased with the touchas!

Stitchawl

pdurrant · 03-06-2011, 05:51 AM

Coke Zero #1 — nice and cold.

desertblues · 03-06-2011, 05:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Stitchawl

Hello Miss Tee, welcome to the MobileRead drinking society. Won't you sit down and tell us about your favorite teas. Although I don't love pu-erh teas myself, there are several folks here who are positively pleased with the touchas!

Stitchawl

Welcome as well from a coffee-drinker who loves to read about tea, so be sure to post some lengthy referrals.

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03-05-2011, 06:59 PM	#8926
astra The Introvert Posts: 8,307 Karma: 1000077497 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: United Kingdom Device: Sony Reader PRS-650 & 505 & 500	Almost midnight, but I wanted a cup of black tea. Taylors of Harrogate's Pure Ceylon. Yesterday I received one of the two new strainers I ordered. Fantastic strainer. The metal mesh is very fine indeed. I would recommend it to anybody who needs a good quality tea strainers. It is available in 3 sizes. I bought the middle one. I am waiting for another one, but it will take because it comes from the USA. No sources in the UK

03-05-2011, 09:04 PM	#8930
willijt Zealot Posts: 111 Karma: 483614 Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Device: Sony PRS-505, Kindle 2, Nook	Just opened a new bag of my Taiwan "Four Season" oolong. Some nights it just tastes better.

03-06-2011, 01:56 AM	#8932
Iridal Mysteriarch Posts: 1,422 Karma: 26606984 Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: The land of impossible deadlines Device: iPhone 4, Kindle 3	Good morning everyone! Another too early morning ... I'm having a Latte Macchiato with my breakfast.

03-06-2011, 02:21 AM	#8933
Stitchawl Opsimath Posts: 12,344 Karma: 187123287 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Chiang Mai, Northern Thailand Device: Sony PRS-650, iPhone 5, Kobo Glo, Sony PRS-350, iPad, Samsung Galaxy	Another mug of my new Ceylon Uva! I'm now convinced I really like this tea! We had lunch at the corner 'kaitenzushi' shop (sushi conveyor belt place) and this time I took a photo of their tea. I really like it, but my wife says it's really low quality macha. That's probably WHY I like it! Stitchawl

03-06-2011, 05:51 AM	#8939
pdurrant The Grand Mouse 高貴的老鼠 Posts: 74,080 Karma: 315558332 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Norfolk, England Device: Kindle Oasis	Coke Zero #1 — nice and cold.