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Author: MaxwellMaxwell Date: Jan 15, 2008 06:22
I used to be one wake up at the very latest possible, shower quick and
run out the door to class, however, now I've grown my hair out and
Chicago tends to be sub freeing for a vast majority of the semester. I
have my own apartment so now I get up much earlier and eat some
breakfast before classes.
So now I'm curious as to your favorite morning tea mixtures, whether
its just a strong cup of irish breakfast, or plain old assam, a cup of
white or green or maté?
What do you like to drink in the morning whether it be for a pick me
up or just to relax?
I do not drink milk as part of my vegetarian diet, so any milk would
be substituted with soy milk or rice milk or almond milk, and at that
most likely the vanilla flavor.
I currently have a good stock of maté, ceylon black tea, taiwan peach
oolong, gunpowder green, silver needle white, and a little bit of
jasmine green.
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Author: adverbadverb Date: Jan 15, 2008 07:55
I don't really have a distinctive morning tea. Usually, when I'm at
work, I start going on my green tea of the day. I usually pick
something that is good for multiple infusions, as it is a bit of a
hassle to change out the tea leaves while at work.
I've been known to have herbal tea in the morning, too, based on how
I'm feeling.
On another note, I - too - have given up drinking cow's milk. I've
been drinking soy milk for a while since I can get it to cheap, but I
prefer almond milk. I also bought rice milk for the first time the
other day so I could try it out (it is a bit cheaper than almond
milk).
What sort of teas have you found that mix well with the non-dairy
milks? Also, what sort of brands and types of milks are you using? I
prefer to use the unsweetened and non-flavored varities, but if a
certain flavor brings out the taste, I'm willing to try it.
On Jan 15, 9:22 am, Maxwell gmail.com> wrote:> I used to be one wake up at the very latest possible, shower quick and
> run out the door to class, however, now I've grown my hair out and
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Author: tocitoci Date: Jan 15, 2008 08:43
On Jan 15, 8:22 am, Maxwell gmail.com> wrote:> I used to be one wake up at the very latest possible, shower quick and
> run out the door to class, however, now I've grown my hair out and
> Chicago tends to be sub freeing for a vast majority of the semester. I
> have my own apartment so now I get up much earlier and eat some
> breakfast before classes.
>
> So now I'm curious as to your favorite morning tea mixtures, whether
> its just a strong cup of irish breakfast, or plain old assam, a cup of
> white or green or maté?
> What do you like to drink in the morning whether it be for a pick me
> up or just to relax?
> I do not drink milk as part of my vegetarian diet, so any milk would
> be substituted with soy milk or rice milk or almond milk, and at that
> most likely the vanilla...
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Date: Jan 15, 2008 12:33
> So now I'm curious as to your favorite morning tea mixtures, whether
> its just a strong cup of irish breakfast, or plain old assam, a cup of
> white or green or mat
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Author: DPMDPM Date: Jan 15, 2008 16:20
I make my own "English Breakfast" from equal parts of BOP Assam, Nilgiri,
Ceylon and Yunnan. I usually get organics from Upton, whatever they have in
stock when I need it. Makes a delicious cup, especially Brit-style with a
little milk & sugar, but it's good with just sugar too. Too bitter for my
taste without one or the other, but YMMV. I drink a pot every morning.
Dean
"Maxwell" gmail.com> wrote in message
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I used to be one wake up at the very latest possible, shower quick and
run out the door to class, however, now I've grown my hair out and
Chicago tends to be sub freeing for a vast majority of the semester. I
have my own apartment so now I get up much earlier and eat some
breakfast before classes.
So now I'm curious as to your favorite morning tea mixtures, whether
its just a strong cup of irish breakfast, or plain old assam, a cup of
white or green or mat
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Author: NigelNigel Date: Jan 15, 2008 23:29
Let's get these eternal myths sorted:
1. Maté does NOT have more caffeine than tea.
2. ONLY true Camellia tea has theanine
Nigel at Teacraft
On Jan 15, 8:33 pm, Ozzy wrote:
Or perhaps maté for the caffeine (does it have theanine or> other beneficent things as well?),
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Author: SNSN Date: Jan 17, 2008 09:27
PG Tips + milk + sugar
Yunnan gold (if i have more minutes)
or anything- black/oolong/green -if i got even more time
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Author: WarrenWarren Date: Jan 17, 2008 10:43
Nigel wrote:
> Let's get these eternal myths sorted:
>
> 1. Maté does NOT have more caffeine than tea.
>
> 2. ONLY true Camellia tea has theanine
>
> Nigel at Teacraft
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Author: NigelNigel Date: Jan 18, 2008 01:16
In an ideal world where we are all rational and accurate TEA is indeed
as defined by ISO Standard 6078:1982 - "derived solely and
exclusively . . from the leaves, buds and tender stems of varieties of
the species Camellia sinensis".
However a moment spent inspecting your supermarket shelves will
demonstrate the universally common usage of the word in application to
herbal mixes; even the TeaFAQ site has a page titled "Tisanes (Herbal
Teas)". And the increasing use of "Red Tea" for rooibos is I believe
deliberately misleading, done to trade on Camellia tea's percieved
health benefits. A few years ago I reported Marks and Spencer to the
UK Trading Standards Office for selling a chamomile tisane in a pack
with the word TEA about 1" high and the word chamomile about 1/4" high
- such misuse of...
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Author: WarrenWarren Date: Jan 18, 2008 08:17
Nigel wrote:
> In an ideal world where we are all rational and accurate TEA is indeed
> as defined by ISO Standard 6078:1982 - "derived solely and
> exclusively . . from the leaves, buds and tender stems of varieties of
> the species Camellia sinensis".
> However a moment spent inspecting your supermarket shelves will
> demonstrate the universally common usage of the word in application to
> herbal mixes; even the TeaFAQ site has a page titled "Tisanes (Herbal
> Teas)". And the increasing use of "Red Tea" for rooibos is I believe
> deliberately misleading, done to trade on Camellia tea's percieved
> health benefits. A few years ago I reported Marks and Spencer to the
> UK Trading Standards Office for selling a chamomile tisane in a pack
> with the word TEA about 1" high and the word chamomile about 1/4" high
> - such misuse of the word tea is misleading - and teh product was
> pulled.
> Nevertheless, until the world universally understands that tea is only
> Camellia tea, I often take the precaution of calling it "Camellia tea"
> when confusion needs to be avoided.
>
> Nigel at Teacraft ...
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