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d.mimøsa
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Joined: Fri Jun 15, 2007 8:34 am Posts: 5532 Location: Baltic coast, DE
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Anyone?  Just to bring some variation to the table, with the eternal beer discussions going on and all that.
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Thu Mar 28, 2013 5:26 pm |
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Merchant of Doom
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Joined: Mon Jul 09, 2007 3:39 pm Posts: 9520 Location: UK
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 Re: Tea
sorry, I hate tea... just to be a doom-monger... 
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Thu Mar 28, 2013 9:47 pm |
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Tschusch
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Joined: Thu Feb 28, 2013 9:33 pm Posts: 304 Location: Where ghosts fall silent ...
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 Re: Tea
I was always a coffee person, only drank tea when I was ill. Until a year ago, when I tried a truly wonderful early grey tea (can't remember the name though). I still don't like green tea, it just tastes like swamp water ... P.s.: Tea lovers should try this one: http://www.palaisdesthes.com/en/the-des-amants-610.html
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Thu Mar 28, 2013 10:25 pm |
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strigoi
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Joined: Tue May 22, 2007 3:34 am Posts: 1533 Location: Pittsburgh, PA USA
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 Re: Tea
Every once in a while I feel like having tea - usually cinnamon or an orange/almond. Oolong tea is pretty nice and mellow.
I don't drink it very often because my mother always gave me tea when I was sick. That and dry toast. I guess I equate tea with having the flu. Not a very good connection there.
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Sat Mar 30, 2013 1:13 am |
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endemoniada_88
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Joined: Sat Oct 08, 2011 2:14 pm Posts: 5238 Location: Way down South, UK.
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Coffee for me, preferably industrial strength and in large quantities: can't stand tea of any sort.
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Sat Mar 30, 2013 2:40 pm |
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~Empathy~
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Joined: Sat Aug 11, 2007 3:16 pm Posts: 173 Location: Into the Depths of Sorrow
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Can't live without tea. Finest tea leaves I can find, Bagged tea is awful. I prefer Earl Grey and other blended or unblended black varieties, but green tea is good too.
I drink around 3-5 cups per day. I'm addicted to more than its caffeine. If I can't drink tea because I am travelling or whatever I substitute with other caffeinated drink like Red Bull. That is enough to stop the migraines, but it does nothing for my peace of mind like tea does.
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Sat Mar 30, 2013 3:11 pm |
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baphomet
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Joined: Fri Mar 21, 2008 11:46 am Posts: 13335 Location: Belgium
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 Re: Tea
A trip to North America is a good way to start enjoying tea. Coffee is repulsive over there.
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Mon Apr 01, 2013 6:07 pm |
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baphomet
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Joined: Fri Mar 21, 2008 11:46 am Posts: 13335 Location: Belgium
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Mon Apr 01, 2013 6:08 pm |
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d.mimøsa
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Joined: Fri Jun 15, 2007 8:34 am Posts: 5532 Location: Baltic coast, DE
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 Re: Tea
Pfff... at least I have style. I'm not very fond of green tea, though I've come across a few flavoured blends that were nice. Generally I prefer white tea, pure or with all kinds of flavours (pomegrenade, for instance, is very pleasant). Unfortunately, white tea isn't that common in Germany, so most of the time I get it from my friend in Finland whenever she sends me a parcel. Black tea can be great, too, as long as it isn't too strong. Earl Grey is nice, but I can recommend Russian Earl Grey in particular, I adore that stuff. I used to drink 500 ml of coffee (with milk) every morning, but I've grown weary of it recently and don't drink it that often anymore (and if so, it's usually only one cup). Tea is milder and more easily digestive, and there's much more style and enjoyment to it, at least for my taste. And as ~Empathy~ already said, it's got this peace-of-mind-inducing quality to it.  Once I drank smoked tea; that was one of the most disgusting experiences I've ever had as regards taste!
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Tue Apr 02, 2013 3:06 pm |
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endemoniada_88
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Joined: Sat Oct 08, 2011 2:14 pm Posts: 5238 Location: Way down South, UK.
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It sounds very...dangerously explosive...to me. Unless it's actually European for 'pomegranate' 
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Tue Apr 02, 2013 3:54 pm |
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baphomet
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Joined: Fri Mar 21, 2008 11:46 am Posts: 13335 Location: Belgium
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smoky tea is an interesting experience; I can't say I'm crazy about that wild taste, but as I love Islay Whiskies, which have that distinctive smoky taste and smell (one says "peated"), I still think smoked tea manages to release the same kind of primitive sensation, raw and unadulterated.
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Tue Apr 02, 2013 4:36 pm |
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Tschusch
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Joined: Thu Feb 28, 2013 9:33 pm Posts: 304 Location: Where ghosts fall silent ...
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Tue Apr 02, 2013 7:13 pm |
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d.mimøsa
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Joined: Fri Jun 15, 2007 8:34 am Posts: 5532 Location: Baltic coast, DE
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Oops.  The word has always reminded me of grenades, so somehow it seems that I just wrote it.
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Wed Apr 03, 2013 11:36 am |
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strigoi
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Joined: Tue May 22, 2007 3:34 am Posts: 1533 Location: Pittsburgh, PA USA
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You guys are too much!
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Sat Apr 06, 2013 3:19 pm |
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d.mimøsa
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Joined: Fri Jun 15, 2007 8:34 am Posts: 5532 Location: Baltic coast, DE
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Glad we could made you laugh!  My mistake was understandable, though; "Granate" is actually the German word for "grenade", so "Granatapfel" (pomegranate) is actually a grenade apple, sort of. It's almost unavoidable that the spelling nuances get lost in translation.
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Sat Apr 06, 2013 5:40 pm |
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BarbedWireMessiah
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Joined: Fri Dec 14, 2012 6:38 am Posts: 15 Location: Central Pennsylvania
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 Re: Tea
Been drinking black tea for a few years after weening myself down from coffee (still drink it here and there). Been testing out green tea lately for a change of pace.
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Thu Jun 13, 2013 4:42 pm |
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catherine21
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Joined: Mon Sep 15, 2014 9:00 am Posts: 4
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i like tea a lot,,,,, you can call me TEA MAN ...... i always drink tea
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Frenchy
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Joined: Mon Jan 19, 2009 7:14 pm Posts: 417
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I'm a pure Tea dandy, I even prefer it to coffee. I have tea in the morning, at the 5 o'clock and even a bit in the evening. As a frenchman, I follow my country tastes and prefer blended+perfumed teas to the classic ones. Some of my favourites includes russian caravan (strong blend of smoked black teas) and some blended french recipes like the Thé des Marquises (green tea with violet, blueberry and rose). In non-blended non-perfumed, I go more for teas like Pu Erh, Lapsang Souchong and Darjeeling. I also enjoy the tibetan Tshaï (black tea with spices ans salty butter) in winter, japanese green tea in summer and once in a while White Tea when I manage to find a good one (it's as expensive as the best whiskys, and as good to me).
Being french = being gay, I therefore also frequent tea houses ("salons de thé" in french) with a book or my laptop to type reviews around once a week. I still haven't found one I could call my favourite in Paris, but I can guide any of you tourists to one in Toulouse (south western France) and one in Luchon (also south western France, at the foot of the Pyrénées mountains) that were my hanging places of choice for many years.
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