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The Official Tea Thread

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Adding milk or creamer just seems so odd to me. Nothing against others doing what they like though :link
Certain teas it goes great with, I add it to Earl Grey and Chai
I cannot fathom drinking my English black tea without milk and sugar. Likewise, I would feel weird about anyone putting milk in herbal tea.

Anyway, I ran out of PG Tips and have been having to slum it with Tetley's until I can order more. Pray for me.
 

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Also, I could be wrong here, but there are teas out there that don't mix well with milk, because if you do, it will curdle.
I think that's only of its too hot
Googling seems to suggest it can happen with high acidity teas, too. But I'd imagine heat is the most common variable given it being... tea...
 
Twinnings fucking sucks. How is that the super cheap tea I find at diners is always better than a big BRITISH tea brand? I always take a sniff of the bag before I put it in the cup, and Twinnings has no smell. Steep it for like 10 minutes and no flavor.

Lipton is better somehow
What flavor?

I've also found typically I need two tea bags for a cup, at least the bags that aren't loose leaf and are grinded up?

I do like their loose leaf though
 

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My dad's side of the family are from Tennessee/Alabama, the 'South', and are fond of tea as most are.

Im from Kentucky, so sweet tea was my gateway as well


I can go through 10 gallons of unsweet a week. It depends on how long I'm at home during the week. I usually drink a gallon, maybe two, of sweet.

I probably go through close to a gallon a day of tea, at least during work days, combination of sweetened black tea or unsweet green/oolong
 
My dad has it down to a science and makes some of the best tea I've ever had. Friends support this claim and believe he should bottle and sell it.

My sweet iced tea recipe I got from an exs dad , so good and simple

Two iced tea bags and two constant comment bags, gives it a little something extra

I often swap the constant comment with raspberry tea
 

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Yeah, I make five gallons. I boil water on the stove, steep fourteen bags and fill the gallon jugs halfway with water. Then I pour, refill and repeat until they're all full.
 
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