Black tea, warm, with a small amount of sugar, and ice.
Simple but soothing
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Black tea, warm, with a small amount of sugar, and ice.
Simple but soothing
Twisted.
Hot. No sugar. Black as my heart.
Yes I was an emo during my teenage years, how did you guess?
Iced and with a moderate amount of sugar
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.
Yeah I'm fine with the mix. Try fresh lime instead of lemon sometime.
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.
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.
Is it the type of water as well maybe? Are you describing German brands of tea (a new concept to me)
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
For most of the year, Assam (loose leaf) with a splash of milk; when it's available, first flush Darjeeling.
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 ๐ต
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?
With Amarula as a treat
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
Iced. No sweeteners at all.
Usually just black without sugar or anything, although on occasion I like it with honey and lemon.
Sunned and dry on the rocks
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)
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.
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.
Couple minutes in the pressure cooker, and natural release.
Depends on the tea. Black tea with a little milk is the classic, bonus points if loose leaf
I drink a pot of camomile every day. 1st cup is still hot while rest is more lukewarm.
Earl grey is the ol' reliable. But basically any type of tea is amazing. Expect English Breakfast ๐คข
Broken Orange Pecoe, hot or chai masala, or dut chia if we're in Nepal
Either in the form of Hong Kong milk tea, boba, sweet lemon tea, or plain and unadulterated.