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yesno

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Re: Tea
« Reply #75 on: November 14, 2008, 12:44:12 PM »
I'm also considering volunteering for Project Gutenberg. 

PG is the best.  They're the first "charity" I donated to when I was 18.  I've done some things for Distributed Proofreaders before.  They've come a long way from people just typing stuff in.  I bet they even piggyback on Google Books scans.

ON TOPIC:

The Little Tea Book by Arthur Gray

http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/19392

Josh

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« Reply #76 on: January 11, 2009, 10:29:16 PM »
Okay, I thought I would pop in again for an update.


The PG Tips are my go-to black tea. I have at least one cup in the morning.




And the yerba mate I use is really cheap at the Argentinian store in my neighborhood:




I picked up two teas at the Middle Eastern market. First, an everyday green tea, which is a little stronger than most other green teas I've had:




and a ginger tea that I haven't really gotten into:







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« Reply #77 on: January 12, 2009, 10:21:21 AM »
My boss brought a water heater from Japan into our office. It looks something like this (except his is a little fancier, and quite a bit less filthy):



Rather than boiling water when you'd like a cup of tea, this device keeps water in its reservoir at the ideal temperature for brewing green tea! So you just press the button whenever you want some - WOW! The environmentalist in me is a little uncomfortable with it, but the gadget-lover is delighted.


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Re: Tea
« Reply #78 on: January 12, 2009, 02:15:55 PM »
Because of this thread, I bought a cast iron tea kettle so that I could easily make loose leaf tea.  It takes a lot longer than bags and, depending on what you get, it may end up being more expensive per cup (I haven't tried to figure this out yet), but it's so much fun and I do think it makes a better cup once you get the hang of it.  I've also gotten into adding extra ingredients in with the leaves, like lavender, agave nectar, etc.

So far I've only bought the loose leaf tea from http://enjoyingtea.com/, but I'm very open to suggestions for better sites or places.  I've yet to look in my local Asian Food market.



I recently got into this stuff, which is amazing:



It's Jasmin Dragon Pearl, which is a type of green tea.

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« Reply #79 on: January 12, 2009, 02:32:21 PM »

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Re: Tea
« Reply #80 on: January 12, 2009, 05:47:58 PM »
Celestial Seasonings sweet coconut thai chai
&
Stash licorice spice
they're so good they'll make your dick hard.

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« Reply #81 on: January 12, 2009, 10:00:27 PM »
I bought a single-cup mesh filter at Target for $4.25.  Our water filter at work puts out tea-hot water as well as cold.  Pair that with loose leaf Marriage Freres, the best tea in the world, and it's a truly outstanding, easy tea experience.
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Re: Tea
« Reply #82 on: January 13, 2009, 01:38:05 AM »
I know that maté is aforementioned supra.  But I just got into making it at home.  Man, that stuff is like adrenochrome to me.

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« Reply #83 on: January 13, 2009, 03:34:18 AM »
So much for hard hats.

Gilly, green tea is generally pretty mild anyway compared to, say, coffee.  Stash actually makes a green tea, black tea fusion that's a good compromise.

As far as iced tea goes, here's what you do:  make a superconcentrated batch of your favorite hot tea (I like to go crazy and throw in a wildcard bag of a different flavor) with four or five bags in a couple inches of water.  Put it in your pitcher and add filtered water to to dilute it to taste then put it in the fridge.  Then on a hot summer day (or a hot January day as we had today) you get out your glass and crush some fresh mint leaves in it.  Then you pour in some agave nectar (or honey if you're a barbarian) stir it around, filter out the crushed mint so all that remains is the now-minty syrupy goo, pour in your tea, stir it up, add a few cubes of ice, garnish with another sprig of mint, and have a mouthgasm.  It's nice and sweet just like DFK likes it, but it won't give you the die-a-bed-es.

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« Reply #84 on: January 13, 2009, 12:08:08 PM »
hugman, that sounds delicious.

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« Reply #85 on: January 13, 2009, 01:38:29 PM »
So much for hard hats.

Gilly, green tea is generally pretty mild anyway compared to, say, coffee.  Stash actually makes a green tea, black tea fusion that's a good compromise.

As far as iced tea goes, here's what you do:  make a superconcentrated batch of your favorite hot tea (I like to go crazy and throw in a wildcard bag of a different flavor) with four or five bags in a couple inches of water.  Put it in your pitcher and add filtered water to to dilute it to taste then put it in the fridge.  Then on a hot summer day (or a hot January day as we had today) you get out your glass and crush some fresh mint leaves in it.  Then you pour in some agave nectar (or honey if you're a barbarian) stir it around, filter out the crushed mint so all that remains is the now-minty syrupy goo, pour in your tea, stir it up, add a few cubes of ice, garnish with another sprig of mint, and have a mouthgasm.  It's nice and sweet just like DFK likes it, but it won't give you the die-a-bed-es.

And then add six tablespoons of dark corn syrup.

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« Reply #86 on: January 13, 2009, 02:44:24 PM »
So much for hard hats.

Gilly, green tea is generally pretty mild anyway compared to, say, coffee.  Stash actually makes a green tea, black tea fusion that's a good compromise.

As far as iced tea goes, here's what you do:  make a superconcentrated batch of your favorite hot tea (I like to go crazy and throw in a wildcard bag of a different flavor) with four or five bags in a couple inches of water.  Put it in your pitcher and add filtered water to to dilute it to taste then put it in the fridge.  Then on a hot summer day (or a hot January day as we had today) you get out your glass and crush some fresh mint leaves in it.  Then you pour in some agave nectar (or honey if you're a barbarian) stir it around, filter out the crushed mint so all that remains is the now-minty syrupy goo, pour in your tea, stir it up, add a few cubes of ice, garnish with another sprig of mint, and have a mouthgasm.  It's nice and sweet just like DFK likes it, but it won't give you the die-a-bed-es.

And then add six tablespoons of dark corn syrup.

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hugman

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« Reply #87 on: January 13, 2009, 02:45:33 PM »
Oh, that same goo is also wonderful in whiskey and soda.  Sort of a hippy version of a mint julep.

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« Reply #88 on: January 13, 2009, 02:54:58 PM »
hugman, did i mention i was going to be in LA the weekend of the 23rd...?

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« Reply #89 on: January 13, 2009, 04:19:57 PM »
Yes, I saw that.  Wanna go to Urth and drink tea where the doofuses in Entourage do?