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[โ€“] ThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Black tea, warm, with a small amount of sugar, and ice.

Simple but soothing

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[โ€“] LemmyFeed@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago
[โ€“] mortemtyrannis@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

Hot. No sugar. Black as my heart.

Yes I was an emo during my teenage years, how did you guess?

[โ€“] tacosplease@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Iced and with a moderate amount of sugar

[โ€“] Pilferjinx@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I need the acid to blend the sugar and tea together into a nice harmony. You can just add lemon. But I find a little ice tea mix does the job faster and easier.

[โ€“] tacosplease@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Yeah I'm fine with the mix. Try fresh lime instead of lemon sometime.

[โ€“] shuzuko@midwest.social 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Depends entirely on the tea, but, if black: at home it's usually hot, with a half to a full teaspoon of raw sugar and a splash of milk. At work it's usually just hot and straight, no sugar or milk. If green: hot, sometimes honey and lemon, usually just straight. If herbal: hot or chilled depending on the temp outside, no sugar if hot, a bit of sugar if chilled.

I drink a lot of fuckin tea.

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[โ€“] tetris11@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Not German. I mean that. Any black tea you drink in Germany just doesn't mix right with milk. The colour goes grayish and you taste more the milk than the tea.

English black tea mixes impressively well with milk. Breakfast Tea, Yorkshire Blend, hell, even Earl Grey -- the colour goes a deep vibrant brown and the tea taste and effect is intensified.

I'm neither joking nor exaggerating.

[โ€“] Sizzler@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Is it the type of water as well maybe? Are you describing German brands of tea (a new concept to me)

[โ€“] tetris11@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It could be the water. I don't think it is, as I can't believe that UK water is so drastically different than what's going on in Germany, but it could be.

I described common English brands/types that mix well with milk. In the UK, when you say "tea" it's immediately understood that you're referring to black tee.

In Germany, "tea" is something else. Tea could mean fruit or herbs or black, it's all on the same level there. Black tea is just another herb tee somehow to them

[โ€“] atan@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

For most of the year, Assam (loose leaf) with a splash of milk; when it's available, first flush Darjeeling.

[โ€“] Corno@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

Strong, with quite a lot of sugar, and only a little bit of milk, so that the tea I end up with is a chocolate color ๐Ÿต

Looseleaf Russian Caravan. I can't find the right blend any more, the company that made it right changed the formula and it tastes weaker. It needs to be smoky and rich with a bit of red clover. Anyone know where I can buy this?

[โ€“] TH1NKTHRICE@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

With Amarula as a treat

[โ€“] leanleft@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

with LEMMon

I prefer green tea blends, but I drink black if I need more caffeine. I don't drink coffee at all, so it's my main source of it and I drink most teas without anything else. No milk, no sugar, no honey, nothing. To me, sugar in tea just ruins the taste and milk in tea is really weird to my culture's palette (most people here drink herbal or fruit teas by the way, very few drink green or black)

Black tea: either just black or with lemon and honey

Green/white tea: no additives

Oolong, steeped in my tea mug that has a lid on it. Usually with some local honey. Mmmm

[โ€“] tyrefyre@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

Iced. No sweeteners at all.

[โ€“] yogthos@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Usually just black without sugar or anything, although on occasion I like it with honey and lemon.

[โ€“] Sam_Bass@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Sunned and dry on the rocks

[โ€“] Dudewitbow@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 year ago

sweeter side, type and preparation doesnt matter to me. I like switching up tea on the regular. (weekly tea routine is between 3 different teas that get swapped all the time)

Up the butt, same as everyone else /a

(Actual answer: with a bit of honey and sometimes milk)

[โ€“] frauddogg@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Strongly steeped black with a splash of milk and two sugars (basically ersatz masala cause I def don't make it right); unless it's a green tea. In which case, a half-spoon of honey and a capful of lemon juice.

I'm always cold so I've taken to making giant cups of herbals to have tea the whole day to keep me warm, no sweeteners.

I never put anything else in my tea. Except if I'm having a London fog, that's like crack for me.

[โ€“] Omega_Haxors@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Like i'm sucking the fruity ballsack of a rooibos. Yes, I suck the tea bag. It's the optimal way to enjoy it, at least until the teabag breaks.

Black tea: some of my black teas are outright best with milk Otherwise: as is.
Also drink: Rooibos, white and green teas. All loose leaf, steeped the expected duration for each tea.

[โ€“] moody@lemmings.world 2 points 1 year ago

Couple minutes in the pressure cooker, and natural release.

[โ€“] flashgnash@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

Depends on the tea. Black tea with a little milk is the classic, bonus points if loose leaf

[โ€“] s3rvant@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

I drink a pot of camomile every day. 1st cup is still hot while rest is more lukewarm.

[โ€“] polskilumalo@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Earl grey is the ol' reliable. But basically any type of tea is amazing. Expect English Breakfast ๐Ÿคข

[โ€“] Hadriscus@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

Broken Orange Pecoe, hot or chai masala, or dut chia if we're in Nepal

[โ€“] HatchetHaro@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Either in the form of Hong Kong milk tea, boba, sweet lemon tea, or plain and unadulterated.

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