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I quite like iced tea, the peach stuff. On the label it says black tea, peach flavour, hibiscus and something else I cant think if. I might try to make some
I love the off the shelf iced tea but there is a ridiculous amount of sugar, artificial flavouring and price involved, the closest I've gotten in flavour was with cold steeped tea + cordial and sugar. Cold steeping herbal teas is a different flavour imo but still nice.
 
I love the off the shelf iced tea but there is a ridiculous amount of sugar, artificial flavouring and price involved, the closest I've gotten in flavour was with cold steeped tea + cordial and sugar. Cold steeping herbal teas is a different flavour imo but still nice.
It is silly expensive. I might get some hibiscus and whatever it is teabags and combine with rhe sacred Yorkshire brew
 
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Sounds like something painful that you need a cream for.

My guilty occasional pleasure is the iced tea you can get in cartons from countries like Germany and Belgium. Peach especially. It’s not ‘real’ tea to my eyes, but it is refreshing ice cold on a hot day.

A scalding hot cup of Yorkshire Tea is also refreshing on a hot day. Or a cold day. Or any other day of your choosing.

Basically, Yorkshire Tea is the best.
 
Essential oils are processed differently and have different parameters to food grade products. I'd strongly recommend against consuming the topical shit. Look for products- powders, essences, dried flowers etc- that are explicitly labelled as food grade.
This is correct. I would like to add that there are MLMs which say otherwise, such as Young Living. Don't listen to them, and anyone who tells you that you can use EOs in food and beverages is either plain ignorant, or a retard trying to sell you something.
 
I love the off the shelf iced tea but there is a ridiculous amount of sugar, artificial flavouring and price involved, the closest I've gotten in flavour was with cold steeped tea + cordial and sugar.
When I want a treat, I get a bottle on Ito En peach tea. Tasty, but the sugar content is massive. I also buy Bickford's peach tea cordial in summer.
 
I love the off the shelf iced tea but there is a ridiculous amount of sugar, artificial flavouring and price involved, the closest I've gotten in flavour was with cold steeped tea + cordial and sugar. Cold steeping herbal teas is a different flavour imo but still nice.
Reminds me of watching this streamer IRL in taiwain. They'd sell 2 liter bottles with a tea bag thrown in for a few hours. Wonder how effective that is.. healthier maybe too?

I started drinking tea some years ago because coffee gave me anxiety. At first I did loose leaves but now I just use tea bags. Any idea what the difference actually is? I've read that shaking or soaking the bag releases a lot of bad, sour shit into the water, yet you see people dragging that shit for 3 minutes and then keeping it in afterwards. What's proper tea bagging etiquette?

One thing I do miss about coffee is how filling it felt. Tea is just tinted water; coffee has some "I got filled up" density to it.
 
What's proper tea bagging etiquette?
1) approach your victim
2) place one foot at either side of their head.
3) squat, straight down until you scrotum touches their face
4) repeat until satisfied with the humiliation your victim underwent

At first I did loose leaves but now I just use tea bags. Any idea what the difference actually is
Generally, bagged tea is the left overs from after loose leaf tea has been processed. Often it's more dust than actual tea leaves. It's just mediocre or even bad tea.
How long you should keep your bag in depends on the brand and the size of your cup, how you like your tea etc etc but keeping it steeped will result in a bitter, overbrewed mess.
Tea bags are very convenient but if I want to sit down and relax with a good cup I go with loose leaf.

One thing I do miss about coffee is how filling it felt. Tea is just tinted water; coffee has some "I got filled up" density to it.
Have you ever gotten tea-drunk?
 
Generally, bagged tea is the left overs from after loose leaf tea has been processed. Often it's more dust than actual tea leaves. It's just mediocre or even bad tea.
Meanwhile people make a point out of going "Lmaooo this machine coffee is such shit!" as they drink 4 cups, so can't imagine it's that bad a choice. Often tea is just a more time-appropriate version of drinking fruit juice, which few people have ready to go in public spaces.
will result in a bitter, overbrewed mess
Really underlines how little interest people have in this shit, buying into "purpose-oriented" teas while not remotely following instructions or even logic. Yet, I can't bring myself to drink green tea or fruit tea even though I don't do it for the caffeine and feel none of the effects.
Teabagcels will never know the pride of watching one of these bad boys slowly turn bronze with staining over repeated use.
I've considered those. Certainly less messy than a whole-ass filter cylinder pot going brown instead.
 
Got a tea set at the King's Day market today, it's a nice old porcelain. First time I've had a teapot with one of those little internal filter holes. I tried it with Keemun, it doesn't seem to stop all the leaves but at least stops the big leaves from getting in the cup.

That also reminded me that I gotta get more keemun
 
>cold brewed the perfect cup of iced green tea today
>delicious light flavor without even a hint of bitterness
>forgot to make note of the brewing time

Fug.
 
Generally, bagged tea is the left overs from after loose leaf tea has been processed. Often it's more dust than actual tea leaves. It's just mediocre or even bad tea.
There is an alternative, and that's buying empty tea bags and loading them yourself. Helpful if you're on the road and bringing loose leaf and associated kit isn't an option.
 
I was experimenting with adding lemon pieces to my tea. It definetly adds some value, but at the same time it introduces a weird and awful organic taste. The only thing I can compare it with is when I roast grapes on top of the oven. Somehow adding less lemon makes it worse. The zestiness also kind of ruins it. It waters down the tea. What is the optimal way to integrate lemon with tea?
 
There is an alternative, and that's buying empty tea bags and loading them yourself. Helpful if you're on the road and bringing loose leaf and associated kit isn't an option.
I have a bunch of those. They're easier to deal with than those little metal things.
 
I was experimenting with adding lemon pieces to my tea. It definetly adds some value, but at the same time it introduces a weird and awful organic taste. The only thing I can compare it with is when I roast grapes on top of the oven. Somehow adding less lemon makes it worse. The zestiness also kind of ruins it. It waters down the tea. What is the optimal way to integrate lemon with tea?
Use lemon myrtle instead- if it's available in your country, that is.
 
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