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| Thread ID: 117319 | 2011-04-13 02:48:00 | Do you guys like Choysa tea? | Question (15792) | PC World Chat |
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| 1194247 | 2011-04-13 04:25:00 | Maybe don't get Bell tea either then :D Maybe skip the stronger Earl Grey for English Breakfast :confused: You might want to get a smaller box to begin with :p I find that many teas incl the Dilmah/Twinnings range without tea can be alright but after a while it can be harsh (for me). I knew Choya has been here for a while and many meeting groups have them ... it kind of gave me a low cost image of them. It's quite 80s style? |
Nomad (952) | ||
| 1194248 | 2011-04-13 04:39:00 | Naah. Too strong and coarse. I like some of the Twinings herbal teas, but as a mainstay these days it's either Twinings Earl Grey, or Lady Grey. Without milk or sugar; I like the more delicate and subtle flavours. Choysa from my recollection of the austere days when growing up couldn't be drunk without copious amounts of milk and heaps of sugar. :2cents: Nomad, I just re-read #11. You're right. Choysa and Bell both have the same image for me - austerity and institutional (i.e. boarding school and army). And maybe tea at Taihape in Railway Cups. |
WalOne (4202) | ||
| 1194249 | 2011-04-13 04:41:00 | I noticed that "special" tea versions like early grey or english breakfast cost WAY more than "normal" tea. Any particular reason? How are they different? | Question (15792) | ||
| 1194250 | 2011-04-13 04:44:00 | When teabags first appeared, we used to reckon they were made from the sweepings off the tea warehouse floor. Now it is increasingly difficult to find leaf tea on supermarket shelves, so I reckon the tea is first ground up into dust, poured onto the floor and then swept up into the tea bags. At one time fortune tellers could predict the future, like earthquakes, from the tea leaves at the bottom of the cup, now they only get dust, even with many so-called leaf teas. Dilmah leaf tea used to be ok, but that has turned to nearly dust, so currently am on Bell leaf tea. When did anyone last see a tea chest? I think the stuff is pre-ground to dust before shipping to NZ. Making Billy Tea is somehow not the same when throwing in a handful of dust into boiling water. :banana |
Terry Porritt (14) | ||
| 1194251 | 2011-04-13 04:49:00 | At one time fortune tellers could predict the future, like earthquakes, from the tea leaves at the bottom of the cup Is that like reading cats' paws? :devil |
WalOne (4202) | ||
| 1194252 | 2011-04-13 04:51:00 | Ah tea. Not that keen on Dilmah as you have to wait forever for it to steep. Not really picky though, currently have Choysa because the teabags are round. Why does that matter? It doesn't, it's just because. And I have loose Choysa because it appears to be hard to find loose tea (without paying a fortune for posh "blends".) and it's only $3 for 250g. I now have a tea bush and when it's big enough will be having a go at making my own. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 1194253 | 2011-04-13 05:01:00 | I now have a tea bush and when it's big enough will be having a go at making my own. Interesting, pctek How many bushes would you need to grow to keep a typical family in tea for a year? What's involved - just drying and storing, or what? :) |
WalOne (4202) | ||
| 1194254 | 2011-04-13 05:05:00 | So you already knew you didn't like it :) As with all things it's all down to personal taste - I don't like Tea in general much but I'd choose bell if I was to drink it. Earl grey tastes like dishwashing liquid to me. but then I turn my nose up at gourmet stuff in general :) |
dugimodo (138) | ||
| 1194255 | 2011-04-13 05:19:00 | I noticed that "special" tea versions like early grey or english breakfast cost WAY more than "normal" tea. Any particular reason? How are they different? Bear in mind our taste buds are different. English breakfast tea is "fuller bodied" than standard teas and the leaves are probably better quality and therefore more expensive. It has more of a smokey flavour. Earl Grey tea is blended with oil of bergamot and tastes slightly scented. I prefer Lady Grey tea to Earl Grey tea. tea. html" target="_blank">www.streetdirectory.com Earl Grey is usually drunk without adding milk, but it sometimes has a slice of lemon added to it. However, it's entirely up to you as to what or how you prefer to drink tea. |
Marnie (4574) | ||
| 1194256 | 2011-04-13 05:34:00 | Maybe we are missing something here - the difference between black teas that are fermented, and green teas that are non-fermented. If you are from China, Taiwan etc, your taste in tea has probably already been set by drinking green teas, which I think are often really refreshing and thirst quenching. If we go to a Chinese restaurant, we don't bother with wine - we just get the bottomless teapot of jasmine tea. You could never do that with Choysa! Or Earl Grey come to that. Indian style teas (which are the traditional teas in most of the British Commonwealth countries) are much harsher and full of tannin compared with Chinese style green teas. I thoroughly enjoyed going to the tea shops in Hong Kong and trying all the different styles of green tea. I reckon if you start with Indian teas you can maybe change to Chinese, but I seriously doubt how easy it would be to go back the other way... |
John H (8) | ||
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