Tea

[iAmBaronVonTito]

ive tried to enjoy hot tea but its hard; i prefer the cold stuff (tea and coffee).

[yesno]

Electric Kettle:  Worthwhile?

[AndrewVDill]

Electric Kettle:  Worthwhile?

Yes.

[Martin]

Electric Kettle:  Worthwhile?

Absolutely. Couldn't live without mine.

[yesno]

Thank you, gentlemen.

I've been doing the "throw a teabag in a mug of tap water and microwave for two minutes,* then wait another 5 minutes or so" technique technique because it takes too damn long to use the stove.

Another appliance which is totally great but may seem redundant is the rice cooker. 

* which is actually 120 seconds, Martin--I know you use Metric Time rather than the Babylonian in Sweden

[allanalpha]

McSweet Tea   1 dollar

[Sarah]

Electric Kettle:  Worthwhile?

Absolutely. Couldn't live without mine.

I bet you could, Martin.  I have faith in you.

[Martin]

That warms my heart, Sarah. Not as much as a kettle of hot water, of course, but still.

[Matt]

I like that fuckin' Black Darjeeling.

[buffcoat]

I switched from black to green and have been much happier with the average quality of a cup.  Hardcore black tea drinkers will not believe the package, but green tea really is best with about a minute - and no more than a minute-and-a-half - of steeping.

[Martin]

For my evening tea pot (I usually do one in the morning, one in the evening) I decided on a red rooibos with champagne aroma, which sounds like a novelty tea but is actually quite sensational. Also good because it doesn't keep me up all night.

[Sploops]

i like russian caravan with a teaspoon of maple syrup and soy milk.

[sleepytako]

Teas Tea is the same as Itoen tea here in Japan. Gotta second the glory of that stuff. I wish it didn't cost an arm and a leg in the states. Also you might be able to find Yamamotoyama powered green tea in an Asian market near you or online. I buy it at Mitsuwa markets in the USA. It's great to toss into your favorite water bottle, shake up, and you got some green tee goodness.

http://www.yamamotoyama.com/greentea_3.html

[buffcoat]

I love Teas Tea Golden Oolong - it's the stuff, man.


Unfortunately, I love it behind Mt. Dew (I'm sick!  I'm sick!), but it helps me cut my HFCS intake by a good bit.

[sleepytako]

I'm with you on that. Thankfully Coke out here isn't HFCS, but real sugar.

One great thing about living here is the selection of beverages. We don't have a lot of energy drinks, but lots of teas. And then there's the weird ones. Pepsi comes out with a new wacky cola every summer. Last year it was blue something, the year before that it was Ice Cucumber... this year it's shiso flavored. Shiso's that green leaf with the unique flavor that you might find in sushi sometimes. It's called perilla in English.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perilla


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