Do You Drink Tea?

No, but I like to spill it whenever I can

Thank you for the picture. Wasn't sure what tea was.

Oohlong, half-n-half, cinnamon, brown sugar

R2 you do seem slow

Which tea has the most caffeeine

Love genmaicha

Currently, green, green and black chai, green with turmeric, and all sorts of herbals.

^with powdered milk and honey. Also love matcha.

Red. Strong and unadulterated.

Earl Gray with honey and half & half

I love the brand Harney & Sons, and I prefer their black teas. My favorite ones are Hot Cinnamon Spice, Paris, and Victorian London Fog. Typically I’ll drink the tea with a splash of vanilla cream.

Lisa Vanderpump prefers English Breakfast with milk

Hate tea…only drink it when I’m sick and make a hot toddy.

One cup of Newman's Own black tea with milk every morning. Some evenings I'll make a cup of Earl Grey, or Sleepytime. I'll occasionally have a cup of coffee, but coffee does weird and non-wonderful things to my gastrointestinal system.

Back when I smoked, a cup of coffee and a ciggie would clean out the pipes every time.

I gave up almost all carbs,a nd because of that i've nearly (unexpectedly) given up tea too.

I'm fine without any sugar in coffee, but for some reason I really don't like tea without sugar, so I just avoid it now.

I alternated days with pots of Earl Grey and Green Jasmine.

One pot, 20 grams loose.

I don’t drink much tea (used to), my favorite was white tea, by Nuumi (sp). So sweet!

My favorite tea is Stash Earl Grey with extra Bergamont. I drink it all day!

It's a wintertime drink for me, especially when I'm feeling slightly sore-throaty, or a little congested. I like black (decaffeinated), jasmine green tea, and lots of herbal kinds, especially ginger tea

Tea seemed like broth to me and I didn't like it at all until I added cream and sugar to it, instead of honey

No. I'm not fond of kidney stones

It's Gumboot tea for me.

Harney & Sons Lapsang Souchong. It's addictive.

Have you experienced beneficial or healing effects of tea?

R21 why not?

I only drink tea if there is a scone or cake to go with it. Earl Grey with a splash of milk.

Stash Chai Spice, with plenty of sugar.

I drink it but not very often. Favorite type is Earl Grey.

I drink cold tea throughout the day. i only like Great Eastern Sun Haiku Japanese organic green tea - about a half teaspoon of white powdered stevia to a pitcher - I steep 5 bags per gallon for an hour (or more) and then stir in the stevia - then chill overnight. I probably drink a gallon every other day (I'm retired)

Great stuff. It's spoiled me for any other drink - except morning coffee.

Chai or Earl grey are my go to's

Yes. Barry's Irish Breakfast, Tetley's Original, Thompson's Irish Breakfast, Thompson's Punjana, Thompson's Everyday Special, Builder's, Marks and Spencer English Breakfast, Yorkshire Red, Glengettie. All day, every day. Sometimes mixed with green tea. Always with milk. I be a civilized motherfucker.

R31 Addendum: Hot in winter, iced in summer.

Hot Tetley Super Green Tea, Antiox with tropical pineapple and mango. I don’t put sugar or cream in it, that’d be gross.

Yes. I love all kinds of tea. I've never met one I didn't like. For several years now, my favorite (iced and hot) is Stassen Jasmine Green Tea. It's immensely fragrant, and very good over ice w/a bit of unsweetened cranberry or cherry juice. When I have it hot, I add just a touch of honey.

No dear, it browns my teeth.

Plain old gumboot, black with no milk, no sugar and stewed good and hard so it's got a kick like a rabid mule

^ can smell the tannin from here.

Earl Grey used to be the only kind of tea I enjoyed. I drank green tea for health reasons but never liked it - bitter and grassy. Then I found a brand of organic Japanese green tea (on Amazon of all places - and there is a LOT of overpriced shit tea on Amazon so I either got lucky or found the over-priced shit tea I happen to love) and it's delicious. I drink it almost every day. No bitterness, just smooth, slightly sweet and sometimes there's a whisper of a weird creamy savouriness. Just a whisper.

Also recently tried Chinese white tea for the first time and it was wonderful. Am going to place an order with a Chinese tea company and try a few different types. Have even begun googling that technique they use (I forget the name, the rebrewing multiple times).

No milk or sugar ever. I bring shame upon my English ancestors.

Trader Joe's Irish Breakfast, whole milk, raw sugar., in a half litre beer stein

Gunpowder tea gives me the perk I need.

r39 i came on this thread to say TJ's Irish Breakfast as well! I generally don't add milk or cream to it (because i usually don't have those things handy) but 1 1/2 spoons sugar. sometimes i'll mix it up with honey but honey doesn't seem to distribute very well throughout the cup and i'll get to the bottom of the cup with too sweet tea. I like my tea very strong so sometimes i'll use 2 teabags as well.

Somebody upthread said something about using powdered milk and i never thought of that and may try it!

Like R11 I also like Harney teas and Victorian London Fog, a variation of Earl Grey, is one of my favorites.

Republic of Tea's hibiscus tea. Sweet enough that it doesn't need anything added.

If I need caffeine, I like the English Breakfast teas, which are basic black teas. I don't add anything to it.

I used to like green teas, but lately they're too bitter.

Yes, I love tea. Earl Grey is my go-to, but I also like mint tea and hibiscus.

Also, Tension Tamer from Celestial Seasonings, which I learned about from the legendary Coco Peru. It’s made with catnip.

R44 - I quit Earl Grey in disgust after finding out from a lesbian friend that we don't actually get authentic Earl Grey because of it's enormous price.

Irish Breakfast with honey and a drop of cream

I drink far more tea than coffee. I like an Earl Grey and I put milk in it even if you aren’t supposed to. It’s not worth having tea if you are in a cafe, restaurant or hotel anywhere except the U.K. and Ireland because the tea is generally vile. The U.S often serves disgusting lukewarm tea with cream in it. I avoid it.

Hot Tea-Bigelow’ Green Tea with Pomegranate, straight up as it has a touch of sweetness. I’m in the South so lots of iced tea-unswwet. Hate the sickeningly sweet Southern Sweet Tea.

Tea is my breakfast drink. I rotate between Lapsang Souchong, Pu-Erh, Hu-Kwa, and a green tea mix with pomegranate, about six weeks of each sort before going on to the next.

Love Trader Joe's Teas - Moroccan Mint, Ginger Turmeric, Blood Orange, Hibiscus

I'm a fan of Harney and Numi, by the pound loose.

Best value.

Southern sweet tea is an abomination and pretty much Kool-Aid.

I once ordered unsweetened iced tea in a drive through and took a big swig once I got the straw in it. Absolutely spit it out - it was f'ing disgusting as hell!

Turkish Tea both hot and iced. No sweetener or lemon or mint or anything.

PG Tips every morning and sometimes in the evening - depending on mood and weather. Always with evaporated milk and cane sugar.

I drink basic English Breakfast tea with a splash of milk. Usually accompany it with white toast and marmalade in the morning. I’m a real Anglophile, in case you’re interested.

Have another cuppa, DL!

Earl Grey - Hot.

I love camomile tea

Camomile tastes like horse piss.

R58 I wouldn't know, never drank horse's piss. Or any other kind of piss.

R45, you’re lesbian friend is full of shit. Earl Grey is a black tea blend flavored with bergamot oil. There’s nothing particularly expensive about it.

Either English or Irish Breakfast. Squirt of lemon only.

Earl Grey, steeped a full 5 minutes. Just as it comes out of the pot.

Tried various green teas, and as Mrs. Slocombe would say "Weak as water!"

Thanks to Datalounge I discovered Yorkshire Gold tea (English Breakfast) - they sell at at Whole Foods and on Amazon.

So thank you whoever posted about it.

^Yorkshire Gold is commonly found in the "International" sections of most large grocery stores (Publix and Kroger in the South both sell it), you don't have to go to a special store to buy it.

I am drinking Hibiscus Tea right now, however I can quite determine if I like it or not. As far as flavor it is more raspberry flavor, only reason I am trying it is the supposed health benefits and lowering of blood pressure.

My favorite is Cinnamon Tea from Bigelow.

All tea kind tastes the same to me.

LOL R64- every "claim" in that article is "Could" or "Might" except "Tastes good"

Lawyers...

I drink black tea. I am currently drinking a nice Assam organic tea from the Banaspaty plantation in India. And I also like a darjeeling tea from Makaibari estate in India. It is free trade and organic, but I learned about it from a German novel. Very flowery and lighter. Still looking for the perfect Ceylon tea.

I've drunk herbal teas at various times, as well as green teas. I have not been in the mood for these for a few years now.

I just watched a video on tea and most people only steep their tea bags for thirty seconds!

That seems odd to me, R68. I've been drinking tea for decades and always brew 3-5 minutes, depending on the tea.

^Most good greens aren't supposed to be steeped for so long, but they are usually infused up to about 3 times before being thrown away.

I’ve been enjoying tea for decades and always like to “mix things up” a bit by switching between Keemun, Jasmine Pearls, Darjeeling, Oolong, scented blends, Lapsang Suchong, White Tea, and herbal infusions, including Rooibus. All great stuff, and different styles and flavors to match mood, food, and season.

That said, my current go-to is a variety I just learned about 2-3 years ago: Puerh Tea. It’s a Black Tea (considered Red Tea) in China and is BEYOND AMAZING! Basically, it is to other teas what wine is to grape juice. It’s fermented and aged into a deep, rich, earthy cup of complex and comforting flavor.

I recently scored a few bricks of 60-year-old Puerh (it’s older than I am!) and thoroughly enjoy drinking it. It can (should!) be steeped multiple times, and pots #3 and #4 are my favorite steepings.

Here’s a really good (but long) article about Puerh Tea. It’s definitely worth a read!

English breakfast with one sugar

In preparing a good pot or cup of tea, a number of factors need to be taken into consideration: 1. Variety of tea (I.e. black, green, white, oolong, etc.); 2. The amount of tea leaves used in the process (teaspoon, 1.5 teaspoons, etc.); 3. Water temperature; and, 4. Steeping time.

The amount of tea and the steeping time are somewhat interchangeable, and I’ve found that I prefer using a larger quantity of leaves and shortening the steeping time. This way you can steep the leaves multiple times and get a different experience with each successive brewing.

Here’s a handy guide for the water temperatures and approximate steeping times for a number of different tea varieties:

Only when I don't want a huge caffeine blast from coffee. And I prefer dark teas especially if they're flavored with orange, raspberry etc.

Black tea. Green tea. Hibiscus. Rooibos. Mint. Peppermint. English Breakfast tea.

[quote]I’ve been enjoying tea for decades and always like to “mix things up” a bit by switching between Keemun, Jasmine Pearls, Darjeeling, Oolong, scented blends, Lapsang Suchong, White Tea, and herbal infusions, including Rooibus. All great stuff, and different styles and flavors to match mood, food, and season.

I totally agree with everything you have posted except for Lapsang Suchong. It tastes like smoked pork, and not in a good way. Oolong is my favorite for tea parties at it is the only variety that "stews".

People don't put the time into making tea taste good like they do with coffee

R76 - Yes, a little bit of Lapsang goes a long way and I don’t drink it frequently. It is a tea for the coldest days of winter - January or February - and is a great accompaniment for smoked salmon sandwiches or blinis with caviar, preferably by a fireplace.

Is lapsang suchong the one that tastes like burnt?

What R45. WHAT!?

How you've been making tea wrong your entire life

The English are the LAST group of people from whom you want to seek advice about preparing tea. They always use boiling water (see R73) an they always over-steep it. YUCK!

Given the English mostly drink black tea R82, the article at R73 recommends a full boil

Sencha and genmaicha hot and pretty much anything turned into a cold beverage. Any green, black, mint, chamomile or rose hip / hibiscus or any fruit tea really will work for a cold beverage for me... as long as it's sweetened enough that it isn't insipid tasting and there's some kind of acidic component to prevent it from tasting cloyingly sweet.

Stash Licorice Tea and Tazo Glazed Lemon Loaf Tea are both good. I had another from Celestial Seasonings that was ginger and maple, which I had in summer but should try it for fall.

Celestial seasonings India Spice, with milk or without.

Twinning's Early grey, no milk.

I see they have K cups now for some teas, has anyone tried them? Are they that much better than standard tea bags?

I drink a glass of fresh brewed iced green tea every day

Every afternoon. Black and strong, with sweetener and milk.

For several months, I have been using two teabags per large mug: one each Twinings Irish Breakfast and Harney &Sons “Paris.”

Why, yes. Yes, I do. And with gusto!

I love Russian Caravan tea from Harney and Sons

Generally, I like Darjeeling, Genmaicha, and Oolong

Apple tea. Nothing in it unless I have a sore throat, then I add a bit of honey.

I drink tea all day and night. In the morning I throw an herbal tea bag in my water bottle - even though the water is cold, the tea flavors it nicely. I switch between Celestial Seasonings ginger + probiotics, peppermint, and Twinings Winter Spice, though lately I'm addicted to Celestial Seasonings Vermont Maple Ginger. I refill the water as needed throughout the day and the tea bag stays in the whole time. At night I make a huge 34 ounce Bubba mug of tea - two tea bags of chamomile that I steep for at least half an hour, then I add a decaf Earl Grey for five minutes. I add nothing to the cold water bottle tea but for my evening tea I add lots of oat milk and agave nectar. I like it sweet and extra milky - I don't care what tea "gatekeepers" say, take your tea the way you like!

I don't like coffee, but I do like the strong, spicy flavor of Indian Masala Chai in the morning. Gives me the right kick to start the day.

I do love chai too, though for me it's more a cold weather tea. Looking forward to enjoying some soon.

I like Constant Comment tho’ I’ll get ripped for it. Also Yorkshire Gold.

Op, you have given us a picture of a tacky tea bag.

Tea bags are tacky. Ugly. Wasteful.

The Oolong tea I bought in LA's Chinatown came in tea bags

r96, I also love both Yorkshire Gold and Constant Comment.

You'd think the gays would be a little more accepting of teabagging.

Green tea and rooibos tea.

R100 It's vile!

I drink tea every day. I drink regular black tea and green tea, without milk or sweeteners. The green tea steeped for only a minute or so otherwise it tastes horrible; the black tea for longer. Coffee I don't drink every day; I just prefer tea.

A friend of mine who was prediabetic got me hooked on gohyah or Bitter melon tea.

It's strong but she added lemon and stevia. I love it now.

Note:. She is no longer prediabetic

My favorite is Celestial Seasonings Peppermint and Stash Moroccan Mint.

R97 What a queen.

I do drink those "sleepy time" teas - but not any actual nice, expensive tea. I actually like tea a lot, so I'm not sure why I don't experiment more!

I'm sure Queen Elizabeth is served tea in tea bags

8 am originally from the South and love most teas,except for rooibos, which tastes like ass to me, and not in a good way. I love unsweetened iced tea. From my Maggiano's days, I love Harney & Sons black current iced tea. When I'm singing, I drink Throat Coat. However, my all-time favorite tea, iced or hot, is called King Crimson and I found it at Intelligencia in Chicago. You can also buy it online. It's a hibiscus, lemongrass herbal blend.

I confess to being a total tea snob. Tea is made only from the leaves of the Camellia sinensis plant. All these modern flowery things are just herbal infusions. With variations in growing region, productions, fermentation, etc. there are many varieties of actual tea. On a daily basis I drink Assam in the morning and Darjeeling in the afternoon. At night I drink oolong or a green tea with aromatic jasmine. No sugar or milk, ever. When brewed properly, tea has magnificent flavor and a natural sweetness. Because I am either an Eldergay or a Bitter Old Queen (depending on who you talk to) I turn up my nose at the sweetened, milky messes that are being foisted on people nowadays. Just as a caramel macchiato isn't a cup of coffee, Sleepytime is not a cup of tea. Sugary drinks are for children.

Now get off my lawn!

Has anyone tried Yorkshire Gold and Yorkshire Red and which do you prefer?

I had never heard of Harney and Sons tea. Now, after reading this thread, I'm seeing sponsored Facebook ads for them!

r109, that is a tisane.

To me tisane is not a 'real' tea. It's more of a bastardised version.

[quote] I'm sure Queen Elizabeth is served tea in tea bags

R108 You are incorrect.

Scottish Blend pyramid tea bags are good if you like a strong cuppa.

I'm sure Queen Elizabeth's midnight drunken kitchen raids include string cheese, cookie dough and Tetley tea in a bag

R117 You republican ideas are incorrect.

There are staff available day and night.

Tacky wet bags, ugly wet string and tacky advertising tags are UNACCEPTABLE!

Earl Grey is my favorite

I would like to know if K-pods are much better than standard tea bags and if they're worth the huge price difference.

Do u eat ass?

No, R120. Coffee is fine, but the tea is weak.

I doubt Queen Lizzy consults staff before she stuffs her face following a girl-on-girl scissoring self-pleasuring marathon on Xhamster

The real question is does The Queen GET teabagged?

[R41], with the constant cry of England having become a nanny state, your comment about using powdered milk in tea suddenly brought me to a scintillating vision of you sitting on a bench on Hampstead Heath on a lovely sunny arvo, not bothering anybody, reading a well used copy of the rare Diana, Princess of Wales autobiography (the BRF stopped its printing but a few copies were already sent to book reviewers) "Boy! What Love Has Done to Me," when you're approached by a stern looking woman (think Sandra Bernhard's manager in the film 'Without You I'm Nothing'), who whips out a Tesco Express notepad size pocket notebook (on her salary she can't afford Smythson, although it's on her Christmas Wishlist every year), and in a loud and self important voice tells you that you are presently in violation of XX Council By Law A36-93.123 paragraph two wh. clearly states that it is a misdemeanour punishable by up to nine years of hard labour for using powdered milk in your tea.

[quote] powdered milk in tea

That is perfectly fine.

On the condition that the powdered milk is reconstituted a couple of hours beforehand.

(Reconstituted powdered milk is a thrifty, ecological alternative to purchasing milk in bulky, plastic bottles)

I throw the powdered milk right into the tea and like it that way just fine.

I drink two, 10-oz. cups of green tea every day.

I like TAZO Wild Orange herbal tea.

Tea is too weak.

I can only drink it in the heat of summer with milk and sugar.

I drink Tetley original throughout the day, if just making a cup. Around once a week though, I treat myself to a pot of Damman Frères Mélange Anglais Supériere, which is just delicious.

I like fruit tea occasionally, especially peach tea from Twinings.

In the summer, I make Harney & Sons mint ice tea & sweeten with a bit of simple syrup flavored with crushed blueberries & mint leaves. Just adds a nice amount of sweetness & flavor

r71 I bought some Puerh tea online after reading your post, but it just tastes like regular black tea, to me. Maybe I got gypped for buying tea on Amazon instead of getting the real deal like you had

I discovered thyme tea last year. It is amazing for sore throat and digestion issues. Its also a good choice when you want tea but prefer less sweet or flowery flavors.

Cold/bottled: Ito En Oi Ocha unsweetened green tea

Hot/loose tea: Dragon pearl jasmine

Chamomile tea with soy milk and a ton of Stevia

A side note about Stevia. Amazing in tea, but terrible in coffee. I can only use sugar in coffee. I guess the bitterness in the coffee does not go well with the Stevia

Totally r136.

[quote]I bought some Puerh tea online after reading your post, but it just tastes like regular black tea, to me. Maybe I got gypped for buying tea on Amazon instead of getting the real deal like you had

Don't buy tea on Amazon. I know very little and am not even close to an expert and even I could tell that 99% of the tea I bought from Amazon (when I went on a buying spree before I knew what I was doing) was shite. It's almost all low quality. See the link for some good places to buy tea online.

Coca leaf tea really does help with altitude sickness.

R133 - Here is an excellent and reasonably priced Puerh that is shipped directly from China. It took almost two months for it to be delivered when I ordered it the first time, but the second order arrived within a few weeks.

My favorite is Earl Grey, but I also drink English and Irish breakfast teas. Years ago I also drank Oolong and Lapsong Souchoung (spelling?), but I gave them up because I'm down to a cup a day, I drink with milk. I buy Twining's because it's the only half-decent tea in my grocery store although years ago I really loved Taylor's. I am intrigued by some of the teas that have been discussed on this thread, and hope to try a few.

Unfortunately, green tea does something to me that, after only a minute or two of brewing time, I will easily be up 30+ hours, unable to sleep.

[quote] Where to Buy Amazing Tea Online

There's nothing amazing about tea.

It is merely hot water tainted with the odour of a dead plant.

Just organic matcha green tea from Jeju. I stopped drinking Japanese green tea because of the radiation from Fukushima. I also drink organic oolong and organic white tea, both from Fujian.

I like tea but it makes me throw up for some reason. Recently I've bought the Mighty Leaf vanilla black tea. On impulse I bought some Republic of Tea pumpkin spice tea. It's good. Neither of those teas has an overpowering flavor.

Thanks r138 & r140!

R143

R143

R142 And coffee is....?

Does anyone know where online that I could purchase the little containers that hold individually wrapped teas? The ceramic-type containers that can sit on tables like the packaged sugars in a cafe?

R149 - Google “Tea Bag Caddy Holder” and take your pick!

I read somewhere that the material used for tea bags releases all these little plastic (?) materials into your tea & that you're better off drinking loose leaf tea

Fun fact: Twinings Prince of Wales tea was specially created for the Prince of Wales (later Edward VIII, even later Duke of Windsor) in 1921. It's as weak and wishy washy as he was.

The taste of loose tea prepared in a china/ceramic teapot is vastly superior to the bagged rubbish. But after 30+ years of scrubbing tea stains out of the teapot, fuck that shit, I'll suffer with the bagged rubbish.

Don't care for hot tea at all. I love iced tea. Nothing exotic. Just plain ol' Tetley Iced Tea Blend.

I well remember back in the early 70s when a family moved into our neighborhood from Pennsylvania, and I became friends with their two twin brothers. They came to lunch one day and as usual iced tea was served. They both immediately asked for some milk which was obliged. They took the milk and poured it into their iced tea and drank it down. I almost puked.

I end up adding more sugar to tea than with coffee

R153 = Tea Snob

Using a tongue scraper after drinking coffee versus drinking tea should convince people to choose tea instead

If I drank TWELVE cups of tea a day like Padma Lakshmi, I would never leave the bathroom and could go nowhere

Harney & Sons Hot Cinnamon Spice Tea. Delicioso. Especially in Autumn and Winter.

Twinings English Breakfast Decaffeinated.

I'm surprised only one person mentioned Taylor's, given its royal warrant.

White and green tea are perfect for me, given their moderate caffeine content.

Coffee makes me want to die, I get so anxious.

[quote]Earl Gray

Earl Grey is vile. It's like drinking perfume.

Harney & sons Paris, with stevia and cream.

Fun book about how the UK stole tea from China, and introduced it to India.

I don't drink tea from India anymore because I want the "real" thing lol.

I like this Canadian brand, David's. They have an advent calendar that is great for sampling 24 different varieties of their tea.

You know how it's traditional in some cultures to drink coffee while holding a sugar cube in your teeth?

I drink tea while chewing on goji berries. It's fantastic. Oolong, green, white, pu'erh, Yunnan black (Chinese breakfast, etc.). All organic, but not particularly expensive. My palate isn't really that refined.

Or I just add some monkfruit sweetener to it. Whole Foods has several brands, but I go with their monkfruit-erythritol blend. I find stevia and stevia-erythritol too "tinny" tasting (saccharine being the most "tinny" or metallic to me).

I go to the farmer's market and get green and white teas from China. Some are $100/pound, but the tea is so dry and light, you can get a decent size container for $5.

I really enjoy them in the afternoon.

I just started drinking Traditional Medicinals Hibiscus tea. Just a bit of Lemon and raw honey, it's so good. I also had no idea that it has a lot of health benefits.

I'm going to buy some Certified Elephant Friendly Tea. I love this idea.

Elephant Friendly Tea Certification site.

R166, interesting about the Monk fruit...I shall check it out. Thank you

R171, enjoy!

I have both of those, R89. I'll have to try it.

Do you eat ass?

Do you drink man piss?

Lapsang Souchong tastes like ass, but not in a good way.

R174 Yes R175 No

R164, if he hadn't done it, someone else would have. The British East India Company was truly reprehensible, but tea would not have lasted in India if it didn't have the topography to support the crop. Additionally, India made its own modifications to the product making it different than Chinese varieties.

R178, I was just joking.

I order from a good American purveyor. My favorite lately is an Indian Assam (properly C. sinensis var. assamica), but I switch to a Darjeeling for brightness, Lapsang Souchong when I want the smoke, and Oolong when I want something subtle.

It seems drinking guys piss is getting popular in porn.

Always stick with organic, if possible.

Careful with the big brands: Lipton, Tetley, and Twinings. All of them have very high pesticide levels.

[quote] CBC’s research found multiple chemicals in eight out of 10 popular brands of green and black tea. Half the teas contained pesticide levels in excess of allowable limits. Tetley, Lipton and Twinings, brands popular with Australians, were among those highest in pesticide contamination.

Indian teas have particularly high prevalences and concentrations of pesticides.

[quote] About 94 per cent of 49 Indian tea brands tested by Greenpeace contained pesticide residues, and 59 per cent contained at least one pesticide above the Maximum Residue Levels set by the EU.

I stick with organic green and white tea.

Link for R182.

I grow my own tea bushes. No pesticides and I enjoy draining them. I Live in Los Angeles metro area, so I keep my sundeck heated using a thermostat sin of coolishce we go get a few days of coolish temperatures.

should read in post 184: I enjoy drying them (the leaves, of course)

For fucks sake r184

Can't stand the stuff.

I drink two cups of green tea each day. Love it.