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Earl Grey
This is my number 1 choice. I adore it! Gladly, I will choose this over any other available concoction. That said, I do like the variants of Lady Grey and a Tropical Grey which is a blend made by a lovely cafe called Hall and co in a place called Ramsden Heath. I am particularly fond of the Twinings and M&S varieties.
English Breakfast
Can't beat it for sheer simplicity and a good honest tea. Again, Twinings is great.
PepperMint
Can't beat this for a post-dinner, pre-bed drink. Ideally, I love to use fresh mint leaves. The flavour is so much nicer. Failing that, the Pukka teas 3 mint variety is tasty.
Jasmine Green tea
Every time we frequent the Thai restaurant that we enjoy, I always drink their Jasmine Green tea, made with leaves, not a bag. I am happy to drink this. Normal green tea is not nice, this is!
Rose tea
Black rose tea is really tasty. I remember Whittards doing a delicious variety and a lovely tearooms in Chelmsford called Small Talk tea rooms, does a great rose tea.
Vanilla black tea
This one brings me back memories of my childhood and early teens. My dad used to buy Vanilla Tea leaves from a nice tea man and I always loved this slight sweet taste. I bought some from a super tea merchant in France a few years ago and I can recommend it. In the meantime, Vanilla Roiisbos is not a bad alternative.
Darjeeling
It's an oldie but goodie. Fairly tame and a little bland but comforting.
Lemon Verbena - I tried a wonderful Cordon Bleu one once from TK Maxx. SOOOOo tasty. Neal's yard does a mean Lemon verbena loose-leaf too.
Lemon Balm- fresh leaves from the garden.
Lemon balm used to grow like a weed in my childhood home and I am very fond of popping a few leaves in a cup and drinking.
Camomile
I'll drink this if there is no other herbal alternative. It is mildly inoffensive and quite calming.
Now, you knew the converse was coming so here are ....
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Teas I do not like:
Nettle tea:
Horrid, makes me gag in the sort of way that mushrooms do! I did persevere with it and drank the whole box full but it was still vile.
Chai tea- nasty spicy, bonfire!!! Also makes me gag! Smiles horrid! I do not like Christmas spices which this reminds me of!
Lapsang Soochong
Again, like drinking a bonfire! One of my most hated smells in the world is Smoky Bonfire. Therefore, WHY would I want to drink it?
Flavoured fruit teas:
Smell gorgeous, taste of bath water!
Licorice tea:
URGH, wwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwhyyyyyyy??????
Matcha:
The proper Green tea that is used for Wabicha, the tea ceremony. Not nice, not nice at all.
Ginger:
I honestly think I must have some mild allergic reaction to Ginger (or I am just a wuss) as it gives me a weird pins and needles in my tongue whenever I eat with it in food or drink it. Thus, in tea? No thanks!
What about you? Please do share your teas or choice or your tea nemeses???
xx
Hmmm. I like Darjeeling, PG Tips black, Earl Grey, and many different green tea blends. Do you put cream, milk, or sugar in your tea, Kezzie?
ReplyDeleteI have a spot of milk in my Earl Grey or English breakfast (though I also like Earl Grey without milk) but otherwise, I just drink it black!
DeleteMmmm...Lady Grey is delicious. I do like chai, too, with milk and sugar - I have a giant sweet tooth.
ReplyDeleteA cup of tea sounds good right now!
L G is wonderful!! I don't like mine with sugar at all. I'm v cross as I made myself a cup of Earl Grey in my travel cup to drink on the train and left it on the counter in my haste to catch the train so your parting comment really does ring true for me right now!
DeleteI really enjoy Redbush tea, but I can't stand ordinary tea - I'm so unIrish/British lol Sorry Kezzie. But I do love the Pukka 3 mint tea and fresh peppermint and decaf green tea.
ReplyDeleteFair enough! It's the weirdos that don't like ANY hot drinks that I worry about!!
DeleteI love Earl Grey, Jasmine Green Tea (it smells divine!) and Chamomile, like you, and I too detest fruit flavour teas, which I think smell and taste too artificial. I also love fennel tea, but I don't think it would be your "cup of tea", as it tasted slightly liquorish-ish. Good for tummy upsets, though. xxx
ReplyDeleteI only drink tea - coffee in my opinion is the work of the devil! Like you my number one favourite is Earl Grey. I used to drink lady Grey black, because where I used worked there was no facilities to keep milk cold, and my bosses only drank fruit teas which to me is like drinking hot squash - YUK!
ReplyDeleteGinger and Lemon Tea is good if you have flu, and that is the only obscure tea I will drink.
Oh I meant to say, my favourite tea shop is in Totnes Devon called Greys they have a tea list well longer than anyone's arm and they have the own blend of Earl Grey - it is very yummy I have to use it sparingly till the next visit when I purchase another tin!
ReplyDeleteJulie xxxxx
Twinings breakfast or everyday tea for me. I like Ceylon too and jasmine green tea. I have pink lemonade tea in the cupboard, but that sounds nicer than it is, it's a bit of an anti-climax really. I don't like anything liquorice, which includes aniseed and fennel, yuck!
ReplyDeleteI don't like Earl Grey - to me it tastes like perfume! I once tried a cocktail with bergamot in as well. YUK!
ReplyDeleteLove an English breakfast tea. And Tesco do an AMAZING chocolate tea. Mmmm. It's chocolate and vanilla black tea and it's divine. In fact, I now wish Switzerland had Tesco so I could buy some. I will actually drink most plain black teas - Ceylon, Darjeeling, Assam. I'm not fussy there :-)
With fruit tea it depends on the type. There are some that taste as good as they smell (honest!). Others are disappointing.
Hmm, nettle tea tastes like grass but is supposed to be good for you. I have a nettle and mango tea, which tastes slightly better. I'm currently trying to cut down on caffeine so I'm only allowing myself one cup of normal tea a day. The rest of the time I'm drinking dandelion tea. I had one that was HORRIBLE. So bitter! I had to add honey so I could force it down! Now I've found one that doesn't taste of anything much so I'm drinking that.
And I don't like Rooibos (is that how you spell it?). It just tastes weird to me.
Hi Kezzie, oh no... you left your tea behind... I hope it doesn't affect the way your day is going. I love Earl Grey but my everyday tea is a locally blended Orange Pekoe King Cole tea. I'm very fussy with my tea and it has to be steeped just right.
ReplyDeleteI also drink a variety of teas like Jasmine tea, green tea, ginger tea, camomile, Darjeeling. I drink Cinnamon Apple in the winter only for some reason that I haven't figured out...
The only tea I take with milk is Orange Pekoe tea. The rest is all taken black. No sugar please.
Hugs, Julia
I was wondering if you are going to mention Lapsang Soochong :)) That is my favourite tea, I also love Chai, so tasty wiht an intense flavour and matcha. I use matcha in baking and as a tea, I love it. :)) Exactly the opposite.
ReplyDeleteMine would go: Earl Grey, rooibos (absolutely NOT vanilla rooibos though, I hate it!), mint (preferably with fresh mint leaves but tea leaves or a bag is fine), Darjeeling, English breakfast, chai. All drunk black and without sugar.
ReplyDeleteI recently tried the vanilla rooibos at work and was pleasantly surprised. I have been sent a rose tea to try, saving that for a suitable day. Other than that I have really ventured too far into the world of tea, the thought of mint and citrus do nothing for me.
ReplyDeleteLisa x
I'm afraid I'm not really a tea person - I'm a coffee drinker. (Though some of my colleagues would dispute that. There are some purists amongst them. :) )
ReplyDeleteIncidentally, LC always claims that I make better tea than she does. But I'm not convinced that that isn't a tea-generation ruse on her part.
Earl Grey , yes, although I drink Lady Grey more often, with or without milk.
ReplyDeleteMint tea is nice, best drunk in Morocco :)
I like and often drink Twinings Jamins green tea, I love the delicate flavour.
I haven’t heard of black rose tea, so I’m going to have to hunt some down.
I like yerba mate (although I’m told it’s not actually a tea), tung ting oolong by Teapots is nice too, as it their popcorn tea.
Nettle, YUCK (capitals for that one). Chai tea I can only drink as a latte. Lapsang Soochong I don’t believe I’ve ever tried.
I had to laugh at your description of fruit teas, but you are quite right! Liquorice I don’t mind. Matcha I think is hyped, and ginger, no, I don’t like ginger at all.
I am interested in trying turmeric tea.
Hello Kezzie. An interesting post about tea! I'm afraid my tea often goes cold if I make a mugful during the morning when I'm on the computer and forget it as I can't drink it when it's hot. Mr P makes a good cuppa first thing in the morning. It's always fairly strong breakfast tea as I don't like it wishy washy. I might drink mint tea or ginger and lemon made with tea bags in an afternoon. I hope you're having a good day today.
ReplyDeleteI'm so boring. My favourite is just normal breakfast tea. I do like some fruit teas though - love Pukka's elderberry and echinacea. x
ReplyDeleteYou can't beat that first cup of tea of the day.
ReplyDeleteMy favourite is 'ordinary breakfast tea'
All the best Jan
better not to risk it with ginger, some people are indeed allergic to it. I love all kids of tea really. I avoid mint because I have a sensitive stomach but that's about it. I tend to drink chamomile when I want to relax and calm down.
ReplyDeleteOhmagoodness, you are hilarious! Why do I go so long between readings of your blog? Love this!!! Well, while I do appreciate your list, mine is quite different, although I also am a tea-lover. Coffee? BLEH!
ReplyDeleteMy favorite I drink every morning religiously is hot, sweet chai. I make it myself with whole spices, and yes I do love it. Sorry :)
My next favorite for just a straight cup of honest tea is darjeeling. I know it means I'm a wimp, but there you go. Perhaps if I'd been born "on the island" I would be a sturdier tea-drinker.
Earl Grey is too strong for me, too bitter. But it's my husband's favorite.
English breakfast is quite nice. I really hate most U.S. standbys like Lipton, and your basic grocery store tea bag. Quite yucky.
Thanks for this fine list! I have a huge bunch of lemon balm growing in my garden. I should give that a try this evening.
But, Kezzie -- what about that book up there in the photo? You did not mention it, and now I'm quite curious!! Is it good?
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