Right ladies and gentlemen I have a question. I've been drinking Rooibos tea for the past 3 years on the daily and love it, especially the ginger and lemon blend. I'm missing old black tea in the morning though. I used to love a strong cup of Earls Gray first thing but I got to wonder about the good people of WF. What is your tried and trusted tea for the daily? And tell me your thoughts on tea or life with or without it.
Oh lovely, what is the difference between the lady tea and the earl's tea? I'm sipping on Scottish blend as we speak.
A clear pint tankard of Bigelow English Breakfast, steeped 24hrs until fork stands up in it. Heap of sugar, lasts all day!
I rotate through a few herbal ones (or very low caffeine content because of my heart), and they are: hibiscus raspberry, wild sweet orange, elderberry and blackberry, lemon ginger, and then a cinnamon spice one I rarely have because it's very potent. Sometimes I have dandelion root if I want the earthiness factor. I never sweeten or add anything else to it. And I also drink decaf coffee on occasion, but I'm much more inclined towards tea.
If I remember rightly, Scottish blend is cut from the same cloth as PG tips but its been adapted for Scotland's soft water. Or so they say. I Tried Punjana which is delicious but hard to come by up here. What is the biscuit of choice for said cuppa?
With regular tea, I'm of the belief that less is more when it comes to biscuits, so it'll be either a McVities Digestive or a Rich Tea, or if I'm feeling really crazy, a Nice biscuit. I'm really boring.
Judging by my change in moods and the come down from the caffeine the next day I'm probably going to have to just stick to rooibos. It's too heavy so I'll make it a point to go stock up on some red bush. I can't be feelings these lows ontop of everything else. Sad times.
Our usual cuppa is a blended black tea from Miles tea merchants in Porlock. We take ours without milk, but with 1¾ sugars (it sounds less overindugent than two.) My late aunt used to take so much milk in her tea that her drink was almost as white as her hair! Life without tea might not be unthinkable, but it would definitely be lacking an important element. I know this from experience. Having always been a diehard tea drinker, from February 2018 through April (when I was diagnosed with heart failure) and on to mid-November the same year, I simply couldn't bear the taste of tea. I drank only water or orange squash for all that time. Since then I have enjoyed my tea every day and am having an afternoon cup even as I write this post.
That’s the one my siblings drink. They love it. I don’t mind a cup of Tetley or PG Tips myself. I also regularly order a cup at Greggs bakery. Theirs is some kind of the “fair trade” variety that I don’t think is widely stocked in the supermarkets. I like to drink mine sweetened with a little milk while keeping the caffeine still strong. I also drink a lot of herbal teas - particularly camomile tea but also cinnamon, sage, peppermint and hibiscus.
Usually green tea, nothing in it, drank strong. Otherwise nettle tea, mild taste, good for the gut. Nowadays I drink tea from this special brand of orange leaves (you can't eat the oranges, they're no good, but the leaves are used for tea) because it helps me with my allergies. Rooibos... Is the opposite of my cup of tea. But hey to each their own!
Given that I like tea and photography I didn't know if I should put this in the members photography thread or the Tea thread! I have found the joys of Sultans Imperial Black Tea from the gorgeous landscape of Morocco. Give it a try you tea swiveling swashbuckling literary pioneers! Ps, it was her Majesty Queen Anne of the 1600's vintage who gifted tea to the Moroccan Sultan Moulay Ismail and it has been a regular ritual ever since. My little toes have been twinkling ever since it arrived!
