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    FlatEricFlatEric Leaves from the vine, Falling so slow Like fragile, tiny shells, Drifting in the foamRegistered User regular
    edited January 2009
    I found this tea in the cabinet, it's some Christmas-themed gingerbread/cinnamon mix.

    It is quite possibly the best tea I've had.

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    FlatEricFlatEric Leaves from the vine, Falling so slow Like fragile, tiny shells, Drifting in the foamRegistered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Bucketman wrote: »
    so I know there super trendy, but are those Tazo teas any good at all?

    Also for those in the know, whats a good website for someone looking to expand their tea horizions beyond what they sell at the grocery store?

    I learned everything I know about teas from a Good Eats episode.

    This may be either a good or bad thing.

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    MorivethMoriveth BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWNRegistered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Bucketman wrote: »
    so I know there super trendy, but are those Tazo teas any good at all?

    Also for those in the know, whats a good website for someone looking to expand their tea horizions beyond what they sell at the grocery store?

    adagio.com, seriously

    they sell an enormous variety of teas, and it's not too much to buy a sampler tin that'll give you around 10-12 cups, which is more than enough for you to decide on if you like it or not.

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    RinderRinder Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    I love tea more than any other drink. I can drink Iced Tea like its water.
    Hot tea on a cold morning is so great.

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    JansonJanson Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Oh, Tynic sent me an awesome Christmas tea once; it really was quite delicious

    But then so many Christmas-flavoured things are! We should make them available year-round!

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    RedeemerRedeemer Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Bucketman wrote: »
    so I know there super trendy, but are those Tazo teas any good at all?

    Also for those in the know, whats a good website for someone looking to expand their tea horizions beyond what they sell at the grocery store?

    I was obsessed with their black tea during the summer, but once I tried some organic black teas I came to realise it wasn't... really that good

    Can't speak for their other teas though

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    JasconiusJasconius sword criminal mad onlineRegistered User regular
    edited January 2009
    My roommates are on a tea kick. They went to Teavana last week and dropped what apparently was hundreds (plural!) on tea paraphernalia...

    They like white tea and something called Oolong tea. I don't really care for white tea, the Oolong is alright. The white tea had Chai in it, and I hate chai, so maybe that was it.

    I like Darjeeling and English Breakfast tea.

    I don't know where these rank on the tea coolness scale.

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    nevilleneville The Worst Gay (Seriously. The Worst!)Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Fandyien wrote: »
    Grey Ghost wrote: »
    Fandyien wrote: »
    i am all some iced tea with sugar and lemon

    Mmmm

    Fandy I just remembered something

    are you the dude who goes to VCU?

    yes indeedy

    richmond va

    my grandma's from radford va
    h5?

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    Grey GhostGrey Ghost Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Fandyien wrote: »
    Grey Ghost wrote: »
    Fandyien wrote: »
    i am all some iced tea with sugar and lemon

    Mmmm

    Fandy I just remembered something

    are you the dude who goes to VCU?

    yes indeedy

    richmond va

    Man I was just in Richmond for like 4 days

    it's a pretty cool town

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    MorivethMoriveth BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWNRegistered User regular
    edited January 2009
    I really like that tea infuser + mug thing they sell at Adagio

    but it's also like $40 so fuuuck that

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    FandyienFandyien But Otto, what about us? Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Grey Ghost wrote: »
    Fandyien wrote: »
    Grey Ghost wrote: »
    Fandyien wrote: »
    i am all some iced tea with sugar and lemon

    Mmmm

    Fandy I just remembered something

    are you the dude who goes to VCU?

    yes indeedy

    richmond va

    Man I was just in Richmond for like 4 days

    it's a pretty cool town

    aww man we should've hung out

    this city has lots of problems but it's also a nice place full of history and a nice river. what'd you visit

    ps hi5 nevs

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    Threadbare SockThreadbare Sock regular
    edited January 2009
    I wonder if British construction workers drink tea on breaks/lunch
    this visual amuses me

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    JansonJanson Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Oolong tea encompasses jasmine

    Jasmine tea is pretty delicious, I tell you what

    My family went for sushi the other day and my mother and I had green tea that smelled of freshly mown grass D: Thankfully it tasted a lot better than it smelled

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    FlatEricFlatEric Leaves from the vine, Falling so slow Like fragile, tiny shells, Drifting in the foamRegistered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Freshly mown grass is a pleasant smell sometimes.

    Getting ready to have a glass of tea is not one of those times.

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    JansonJanson Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    I wonder if British construction workers drink tea on breaks/lunch
    this visual amuses me

    Yes they do; they are what keeps the British tea industry afloat!

    Hence my description builder's bum tea

    Because the first image that pops into my head when I think of your average cup of British tea is of a porky builder, hard cap on, with his bum crack showing, sipping his mug of tea+milk+two lumps

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    Grey GhostGrey Ghost Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Fandyien wrote: »
    Grey Ghost wrote: »
    Fandyien wrote: »
    Grey Ghost wrote: »
    Fandyien wrote: »
    i am all some iced tea with sugar and lemon

    Mmmm

    Fandy I just remembered something

    are you the dude who goes to VCU?

    yes indeedy

    richmond va

    Man I was just in Richmond for like 4 days

    it's a pretty cool town

    aww man we should've hung out

    this city has lots of problems but it's also a nice place full of history and a nice river. what'd you visit

    ps hi5 nevs

    I was visiting an old school friend, I don't know if I would have had time

    but we visited Monroe Park and Belle Isle, though as you know the weather was pretty shitty early in the week so I don't think I got the full impact

    ate out at some places, went in shops and such, mostly

    snuck into Hollywood Cemetary after dark and walked around for a while, which was creepy as hell

    like I said though, mostly just catching up with this old friend

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    FandyienFandyien But Otto, what about us? Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    hollywood cemetary is hella creepy and belle isle is pretty

    if you're ever here again send me a PM and i will show you around the skeezier side of life

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    JansonJanson Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    I had a job on a construction site for two weeks, once (I was covering someone's holiday)

    It was pretty much make mugs of tea every hour

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    BucketmanBucketman Call me SkraggRegistered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Moriveth wrote: »
    I really like that tea infuser + mug thing they sell at Adagio

    but it's also like $40 so fuuuck that

    I'm checking out that site, and um I have no clue what sampler to even try D: also they don't appear to be bags, would I need to purchase an infuser?

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    JansonJanson Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Bucketman wrote: »
    Moriveth wrote: »
    I really like that tea infuser + mug thing they sell at Adagio

    but it's also like $40 so fuuuck that

    I'm checking out that site, and um I have no clue what sampler to even try D: also they don't appear to be bags, would I need to purchase an infuser?

    Yes, you would

    Or a strainer; you could probably improvise with a sieve

    Check the OP for some recommendations! Or use their ratings, which have proved pretty accurate so far. :)

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    Threadbare SockThreadbare Sock regular
    edited January 2009
    Bucketman wrote: »
    Moriveth wrote: »
    I really like that tea infuser + mug thing they sell at Adagio

    but it's also like $40 so fuuuck that

    I'm checking out that site, and um I have no clue what sampler to even try D: also they don't appear to be bags, would I need to purchase an infuser?

    pfff bags

    i only drink tea in iced form and I still use looseleaf

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    Johnny FabulousJohnny Fabulous burgin' Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Lately I have been drinking a lot of pepper mint tea.

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    MorivethMoriveth BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWNRegistered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Just get a tea ball, they sell 'em for like $5

    just a simple stainless steel ball that you can open up and put loose leaf tea inside

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    FaricazyFaricazy Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    i just made myself hot chocolate and a piece of pie for before bed :D

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    BucketmanBucketman Call me SkraggRegistered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Janson wrote: »
    Bucketman wrote: »
    Moriveth wrote: »
    I really like that tea infuser + mug thing they sell at Adagio

    but it's also like $40 so fuuuck that

    I'm checking out that site, and um I have no clue what sampler to even try D: also they don't appear to be bags, would I need to purchase an infuser?

    Yes, you would

    Or a strainer; you could probably improvise with a sieve

    Check the OP for some recommendations! Or use their ratings, which have proved pretty accurate so far. :)

    The Zodiac series seems very very highly rated and looks pretty tasty. I might try some Leo (my sign) or some Virgo (my name)

    Though, I'm thinking of trying some oolong tea since I've never tried it

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    MorivethMoriveth BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWNRegistered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Faricazy wrote: »
    i just made myself hot chocolate and a piece of pie for before bed :D

    THAT'S NOT TEA

    GET OUT OF MY (WIFE'S) THREAD

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    Grey GhostGrey Ghost Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Fandyien wrote: »
    hollywood cemetary is hella creepy and belle isle is pretty

    if you're ever here again send me a PM and i will show you around the skeezier side of life

    will do

    haha, we went to check out Poole's tomb, the one who's supposed to be a vampire, and we both swear we heard something move inside the tomb

    probably we didn't but it scared the shit out of us

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    FaricazyFaricazy Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Moriveth wrote: »
    Faricazy wrote: »
    i just made myself hot chocolate and a piece of pie for before bed :D

    THAT'S NOT TEA

    GET OUT OF MY (WIFE'S) THREAD
    FUCK YOU

    IT COMES IN A CUP

    IT'S TEA

    (except hot chocolate nottea)

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    FaricazyFaricazy Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    my daily drink of choice is a twinnings earl grey teabag, two equals, thin slice of lemon in my big mug

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    JunpeiJunpei Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    I don't drink tea unless I'm at my parents place, otherwise it's just good coffee.

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    JansonJanson Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Well, speaking of hot chocolate, DrZ gave us a very fine mix!

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    JunpeiJunpei Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Also, when I worked on lifts I drank more tea in a day than I ever could now. When I look back I seem to only really remember myself sleeping or drinking tea, not actually working >.>

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    BucketmanBucketman Call me SkraggRegistered User regular
    edited January 2009
    oh god they have a tea of the month club D: my monies!!

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    Threadbare SockThreadbare Sock regular
    edited January 2009
    i have never had Mexican hot chocolate what is the deal with that stuff

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    BucketmanBucketman Call me SkraggRegistered User regular
    edited January 2009
    i have never had Mexican hot chocolate what is the deal with that stuff

    it has an old lady on the box and has a spicy sort of flavor. Not spicy hot, like lots of cinnamon or something.

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    DE?ADDE?AD Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    I only drink Ice Tea, of a flavor that I'm going to guess is "original" or some other marketing synonym for bland.

    I feel like such a philistine.

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    JansonJanson Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    I had unsweetened ice tea the other day

    It was D:D:D:

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    DoobhDoobh She/Her, Ace Pan/Bisexual 8-) What's up, bootlickers?Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Minty or lemony teas are counted among my favorites. Chai is alright, and I'm really not a fan of Earl Gray. You know what? I'm making some Green Tea now. A capital idea.

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    DE?ADDE?AD Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Ugh, yes, unsweetened ice tea is horrific. I never touch the stuff unless I've put two or three spoonfuls into that pitcher.

    I do not mess around with sweetener.

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    JansonJanson Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Screw D&D, we should meet up for tea and biscuits

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