Tea drinkers

[ccowden 0]

I was reading in my runners magazine that drinking black tea is great for your heart and is a great drink to intoduce to a runners diet. They also said that green teas are great too, but I liked what they said about black teas for me personally.

Any suggestions for a good, easy to find and buy black tea? I am clueless about tea.

[missg8tordivr 0]

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I was reading in my runners magazine that drinking black tea is great for your heart and is a great drink to intoduce to a runners diet. They also said that green teas are great too, but I liked what they said about black teas for me personally.

Any suggestions for a good, easy to find and buy black tea? I am clueless about tea.

Most english/Irish breakfast teas are made from black tea. I don't know the brand off hand, but I get the English in a red box. Not much help I know, but just tried some different ones out.

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[swedishcelt 0]

I love the Tazo teas (I buy them at Starbucks and in grocery store) and Twinings. (My favorite Twining's tea is Prince of Wales black tea.) They are very smooth.

[Ashtanga 0]

I drink Chai Tea instead of coffee.

[Scoop 0]

As a Brit and avid tea drinker let me enlighten you

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[ccowden 0]

They actually gave Harney & Sons Irish Breakfast tea as their top pick, but I have no clue if it is something I can get my hands on.

If I go to a grocery store, will I be able to find a variety of Irish/English breakfast teas?

[nathaniel 0]

I got hooked on jasmine tea on a work trip to hong kong a couple years ago. Seems like they served it with every meal, and in between as well.
One thing that it took me a little while to get used to as a coffee drinker is that teas are often better when rather dilute, even 45 seconds for some green teas or else you'll get all kinds of bitter flavors out of the leaves.

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[GiaKrembs 0]

I drink about 8-10 cups of green tea each day - LOVE IT! Keeps me away from the coffee

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[mailin 0]

Ah, a subject I can relate to! I've been drinking tea since, well, as long as I can remember - its a passion of mine.

Stash Premium brand is a very high quality tea you can find in most stores. I drink their decaf double spice chai every day and have just about every other flavor they offer, they're all fabulous.

To get the true benefit from tea, making it from straight tea leaves is best. I buy mine from the UK direct, but I suppose if you look hard enough you can find them in the US also.

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I have been trying to turn myself into a tea-drinker, but I haven't found many teas that I like the taste of. I did buy one recently that is really good though; it's a spiced black tea, Kashmiri Chai from Honest Tea: http://www.honesttea.com/teas/teabags/chai.html

I bought it at the regular grocery store, so it's probably not hard to find. And I prefer to put a little vanilla soy milk in it to make it more sweet.

[RhondaLea 4]

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I love the Tazo teas (I buy them at Starbucks and in grocery store) and Twinings. (My favorite Twining's tea is Prince of Wales black tea.) They are very smooth.

Prince of Wales used to be my favorite. Then for awhile I drank Lapsang Souchong. Now I drink Darjeeling.

"Orange pekoe" (the words on most "cheap" tea boxes) is just a grade of black tea, and that means you can buy Tetley or Lipton or the store brand, and you're going to get the same health benefits from 100 bags @$2.49 or less as you get from one of the "name" brands that come 25 bags @$3.19 (for Twinings where I live; Tazo is even more expensive).

Unless you're going to get really into it, it's all about the same. When you decide you want to start using a teapot and learning how to brew loose tea and all about the different varieties of tea, you won't be interested in what you can get at the supermarket.

rec.food.drink.tea FAQ

Edited to add: if you're trying to get the currently touted benefits of tea, you need to steep it for more than five minutes, and you need to agitate the leaves or the tea bag the entire time.

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[Shotgun 1]

Oh, and if you're into making your own tea, here is a recipe for one that tastes like the chai tea I already mentioned:
http://yogayoga.com/home/yogitea

It's even better than the store-bought stuff, but I'm usually too lazy to make it.

[sid 1]

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Any suggestions for a good, easy to find and buy black tea? I am clueless about tea.

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[RhondaLea 4]

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Any suggestions for a good, easy to find and buy black tea? I am clueless about tea.

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[missg8tordivr 0]

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They actually gave Harney & Sons Irish Breakfast tea as their top pick, but I have no clue if it is something I can get my hands on.


If I go to a grocery store, will I be able to find a variety of Irish/English breakfast teas?

Yes, Publix has a lot of variety, but you may want to try a specialty tea shop to find some of the GOOD stuff. There is a tea shop in Atlanta and Jax called Tevana, and they have a website, but I can't seem to find it at the moment. Great place to try different types of tea.

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[ccowden 0]

So, you are saying for someone like me, who is just looking to add tea to my diet as a health benefit, I should just go with some good ol' Tetley bags?

[ccowden 0]

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[Diezel 0]

Start with Tweenings variety pack. You'll get at least 4 or 5 sorts of tea, 4 or 5 teabags of each (Earl Grey, Lady Grey, English Breakfast, Irish Breakfast, Prince of Wales, something else).

And you do know you don't add any sugar in your tea, right?

[ccowden 0]

Sounds like a good place to start. And yes, since I am wanting to add tea to my diet for health reasons, I won't be adding sugar.

[monkycndo 0]

If you have a Whole Foods in your area, they have loose leaf in bulk. You can try a little of different types and see what you like.

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[missg8tordivr 0]

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And you do know you don't add any sugar in your tea, right?

Is that bad??

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[sid 1]

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[mailin 0]

Traditional chai is made with milk and sugar....


I add fresh honey to mine tea all the time...


Jen

Arianna Frances

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I love the Tazo teas (I buy them at Starbucks and in grocery store) and Twinings. (My favorite Twining's tea is Prince of Wales black tea.) They are very smooth.

I second this. I was looking for the brand of the tea I drink (Prince of Wales) and you got it. Tazo and Twining Prince of Wales are quite good.

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[mailin 0]

You can pass on the sugar (I aad splenda when I need to use sugar), but honey is a fantastic alternative if you need to sweeten tea. I find many people who drink tea only on occassion or are just starting out need to go the 'milk and sugar' route to get 'used' to drinking tea.

Honey has great health benefits!

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Jen

Arianna Frances