Earl Grey Appreciation Post

[Ravenstorm]

Hey, everyone's allowed one of these stupid appreciation posts and this one is mine.

I love Earl Grey tea. For years and years, it's been my favorite tea. Thing is, I'm not often a tea drinker so months might pass between cups. And then when I get a sore throat or some such, I'll make myself a cup of tea and rediscover the Earl Grey on my shelf all over again. Like (surprise, surprise) tonight.

9 out of 10 starship captains recommend Earl Grey tea!

So what's your favorite?

Raven

[Edaarin]

Most kinds of green tea are good.

[Back]

Iced mainly. Lipton powder with lemon, Arizona raspberry, or, brew bag with cream and sugar.

[Snapp]

Lipton Sweetened No Lemon (NOT Southern Style).. I'm totally addicted and have been for years now. I buy a few 6 packs a week of them.

Edit to add: That's an Iced Tea, if you didn't know. :yes:

[Edited on 5-31-2004 by Snapp]

[The Korean]

Good ole southern iced tea! no lemon!

[Drew2]

wtf what kind of freak doesn't like southern tea???

Snapp is fired.

[The Korean]

if it ain't southern, it ain't iced tea. I should be able to go into a restaurant, ask for some sweet tea, and I should get a huge glass of sweetened southern iced tea put in front of me, not a "sorry, we only have unsweetened" or, "we only have hot tea". *fumes*

[Skirmisher]

Home made iced tea.....lipton plain old orange pekoe(sp?) with lemon and sugar......is the best thanks.:medieval:

[Satira]

There are too many teas for me to pick my favorite, but I definitely have to say oolong is up there.

Oolong and darjeeling.

And I hate chai. I don't know who these fruitcakes are. Fess up!

[HarmNone]

English Breakfast tea in the morning, Earl Grey in the evening. Mmmm. :)

HarmNone, tea drinker

[Bobmuhthol]

Tea is for the weak.

http://www.thinkgeek.com/images/products/front/buzz-water.jpg

200 milligrams of caffeine rox.

[Gan]

Long Island Iced Tea....

[Ravenstorm]

Originally posted by HarmNone
English Breakfast tea in the morning, Earl Grey in the evening. Mmmm. :)

Of the five teas on my shelf, English Breakfast is right next to the Earl Grey. The others are Lapsang Souchong for when I want somehting different, Celestial Seasoning's Sleepytime for when nothing else is working and Chai.

Raven

[Galleazzo]

I like vanilla, Earl Grey, Formosa Oolong, and the estate Darjeelings best. I really liked Wagner's Rare Mandarin but Wagner's went out of the tea business for a lot of years and came back without it.

Now if you really like EG, Raven, you got to try this stuff. It ain't cheap but you'll never drink the regular EG again, swear to God.

Really Hot Shit Earl Grey, no fucking lie (http://www.harney.com/earlgreysupreme.html)

:thumbsup:

[Ravenstorm]

Originally posted by Bobmuhthol
Tea is for the weak.


You have to drink it down? Wimp. This is what I used in college. Magnum 357.

Raven

[Scott]

Wawa Ice Tea or Swiss Farms Tea Cooler.

[Ravenstorm]

Originally posted by Galleazzo
Now if you really like EG, Raven, you got to try this stuff. It ain't cheap but you'll never drink the regular EG again, swear to God.

Eh. I can't afford the good stuff. I get mine at the 99 cent store :)

Raven

[Edited on 5-31-2004 by Ravenstorm]

[Bobmuhthol]

Way to take the less healthy approach.

Though I do want some. Maybe combine it with BUZZ Water....

[Meos]

I always thought it was funny or clever that Pennyroyal Tea cured minor head scars...

[longshot]

I like the Chinese black tea... "Uronchya" as it's called here.

I like green tea too.

Green tea speeds up your metabolism as well, for you health people out there.

[Hulkein]

I never knew there were that many variations of tea.

I stick to the raspberry, peach, and lemon iced tea from wawa.

[The Eternal Klaive]

Originally posted by longshot
I like the Chinese black tea... "Uronchya" as it's called here.

I like green tea too.

Green tea speeds up your metabolism as well, for you health people out there.

Green Tea rocks! Especially the kind with Jasmine. :up:

[DeV]

Originally posted by The Eternal Klaive

Originally posted by longshot
I like the Chinese black tea... "Uronchya" as it's called here.

I like green tea too.

Green tea speeds up your metabolism as well, for you health people out there.

Green Tea rocks! Especially the kind with Jasmine. :up: Agree 100%. Green tea is my main choice.

[Galleazzo]

Originally posted by Ravenstorm
Eh. I can't afford the good stuff. I get mine at the 99 cent store :) Come on, man, cowboy up already. A quarter pound of loose tea makes about 60 cups. That means each cup costs you a frigging dime. You know you want it.

And fer those of you who like green tea, a couple places I know make green Earl Grey. They just whomp some bergamot oil in jasmine tea or something like that. Try this:

EG for you health freaks (http://www.uptontea.com/shopcart/item.asp?itemID=TG10&from=searchResults.asp&search String=%22earl+grey%22&searchOptionMatchAll=1&sear chOptionCategory=1&searchOptionItemName=1&searchOp tionItemDescription=1&searchOptionDocuments=1&sear chOptionLimitCategory=&searchOptionPriceRange=0&sT ype=item&begin=10)