My current "tea crush" is a blend produced by Stash called "Breakfast In Paris". It is best described as an Earl Grey with lavender notes. I still have my Murchie's No. 10 blend and Wedding Blend on hand, and of course the P&G Tips, but yah, the "Breakfast In Paris" has pushed my standard favourites aside for the moment.
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I drink all kinds really, depends on the time of day of what kind I'm having. English Breakfast/earl Grey, Green Tea and Night Time Tea are the 3 goto's mostly but i buy some varieties of different flavors just to try them. Too many to list really
I only have two teas I enjoy in this order. They both send a tingle through my body: Earl Grey, steeped for four minutes, one sugar per cup, nothing else and English Breakfast, a particular loose English tea blend, brewed in a French Press for one minute thirty seconds, one sugar per cup. Both use purified water with no additives and poured just short of the water boiling. The loose tea is stirred once after pouring the water and then the French Press is wrapped in a hand towel to keep the heat even.
I also use a loose leaf tea from Taiwan which is in another category by itself, roasted in a way traditional for a thousand years. It comes looking like small round round dark beads. I use a terracotta tea pot made by Henry Watson Pottery, Suffolk, England, a long time ago. If this sounds pretentious, it is not. If you really desire to taste the best of a loose leaf tea, this is the ONLY way to brew a quality tea leaf to bring out its true potential. The dark beads of tea slowly unfold into their original tea leaf shape and are beautiful to watch as that happens. It is a very subtle tea which surprises each time.
I've been drinking these teas from Russia recently. One is black peppermint, which is nice, and the other is thyme tea. It has a subtle flavour but I enjoy it.
Just your standard English breakfast tea...followed closely by Peppermint! Those M&S ones ^^^ are amazing!
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Quote by Liz They're like crack. Any other tea just taste like dish water after you've tried these.
Should have grabbed some while I was over there, I guess. Marks & Spencer's Canadian operation went under more than twenty years ago. I did buy the odd thing there, including some of their imported UK groceries. Got some nice Scottish meat pies once.
Currently drinking Scottish Breakfast and a nice lemon blend at home, Japanese sencha and Tetley's at work.
Some tea lover said the better stuff is sold as loose leaves. Whatever is left on the floor is swept up and sold in little bags for the American preference of lower quality and more packaging.