Cold Dragon Well out of the Ed Hardy tattoo mug shannon got me for Easter.
Monday, April 13, 2009
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It is said that tea began after a monk had fallen asleep amidst a vow of meditation. He was so disgusted with himself that he tore off his eyelids and threw them to the ground. Amazingly, a shrub grew from his discarded eyelids, a tea plant, with the properties of mental clarity that would become legendary.
are you sticking to the green teas? or do you like fruity tea too?
ReplyDeletehibiscus is might tasty, and so is german "fruechtetee" (fruit tea made out of hibiscus, apples, other dried fruit).
something asian to try is chrysanthemum tea. great if you dissolve a bit of rock sugar in it. and taste great hot or cold.
in nyc, there is a store in chinatown (on mott st) called ten ren. you can find some expensive, but tasty, loose tea there too. i like "long jing" (dragon well) and "bie long" (another green tea).
for the darker, earthier teas, you can try roobios.
leaves + water is mighty taste, but so is milk (and optional sugar) with black teas. for those i like earl gray, english breakfast, and lady grey.
I'm all about green and oolong teas. Dried fruit, milk, sugar etc in teas I think masks the flavor of the tea, and might make a delicious beverage (the fruechtetee sounds awesome) but its not tea. That said, Irish Breakfast tea with cream and sugar...awesome, but not "tea" in my mind.
ReplyDeleteDragon well is one of my favorites, its a classic and balanced green which doesn't have the "grassy" flavor that most people get uptight about when trying green tea. Dragon well is a great tea to turn people who don't like green tea onto green tea.
Dried fruit = "Fruit Tisane"
ReplyDeleteBlack tea + Milk = Watered down.
I do enjoy fruit tisanes, and consider them as wonderful as drinking tea. Milk and sugar added I don't care for.
Roobios is wonderful, as well as blended teas with flowers... rosehips, hibiscus, jasmine pearls, honeysuckle. Oolong teas are nice as well, and many varieties are blended with jamine flowers.. so, not technically 100% tea, but still badass.
Tea drinkers are opinionated, and we're all correct in our own ways. I don't like sugar, but with fruit/blends/tisane/herbal teas or tea like drinks... sometimes I feel raw honey is necessary. Especially in berry tisane.