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Twelvefret
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Wagh Bakri tea was recommended to me by a friend from India. It is now my favorite. Indian Stores usually carry this and other brands. I use heavy cream that I froth for coffee and tea. I use a proper Staffordshire vintage "brown betty" for tea and a press or stove top expresso type for coffee. For most of my life I drank dark roast coffee black.
TobyC
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I used to kill a 12 cup pot every morning, don't have time now, so six cups will have to do.
chazt
shave
It’s the acid in coffee not the caffeine that bothers my ulcer. I may bite the bullet and splurge on that reduced acid coffee (puroast dot com) and see if my stomach can tolerate it.
In my 20s through mid 50s I often drank 4-5 cups a day but at ~55ish, whittled it down to just the two cups in the morning which satisfied my caffeine habit. When I was in grad school as a much younger man I’d often return home after class in the evening and would make a fresh pot and write papers until 2, sometimes 3 in the morning. For a semester or two, there were weeks at a clip when I’d get by on 3-4 hours of sleep per night. As for only two cups in the morning, I started drinking water in lieu of the afternoon coffee with no ill effects
Johnny Bravo
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That's because you keep trying the Tea that nobody really drinks, it's just for movies. Earl Grey is gnats p&ss.Caveat: this post is not intended to offend my tea drinking friends in the UK or elsewhere.
About two months ago, due to my raging ulcer, I was sadly forced to give up coffee and make a switch to tea as my caffeine delivery system. Seems the acidity in coffee is the culprit. Now, I’ve been drinking coffee since a very early age. By the time I was six years old I was enjoying a cup at breakfast with my parents every Sunday morning. By the time I was in high school it was daily. I love coffee. It tastes so good to my mouthbrain, and two cups in the morning keeps me going until bedtime. I’m addicted to the stuff.
Tea on the other hand, does not equal coffee in the flavor department, imo. Straight up black tea is about the only variety I can get down. I thought I’d follow Picard’s lead and try some “Earl Grey hot” but blech! I’ve tried a number of varieties and brands and have learned a few things... as with beer, I don’t like fruity or herbal teas or extra flavors in tea (with one exception, cinnamon). Please keep the fruit flavored nonsense at arm’s length. I like oranges and lemons, but ugh, not in a hot beverage. Further, as you would expect there are subtle differences in flavor between two brands of the same variety. Flavor seems to vary from brand to brand much more so than coffee. Honey doesn't work for me in tea, and I’ve tried it enough to become conditioned to it. I find sugar more appealing, but still prefer the tea without sweetener. A sprinkle of ground cinnamon kills some tea flavor, but it doesn’t dissolve and I’m left with gritty bits of it with my last swig. But yet, I like and drink coffee sans sweetener. While I occasionally enjoy black coffee, I like it best with a small splash of milk or half and half; dark, no sugar. Tea with milk? Uhhhh, NO. And what’s the deal with steeping? Clearly there’s an art to it that I haven’t yet mastered. Coffee you pour and drink. Tea you have to let sit and steep ”3 to 5 minutes.” Really? I pour the water and then move on. By the time I’ve come back its cooled. God forbid I come back in ten minutes it’s cold and too tea-ish. Makes my tongue feel all hairy. Like some Cabernets have strong tannins that sit on the tongue, know what I mean?
Just this morning I did a quick google search and found a reduced acidity coffee that purports to be a good choice for people with GI issues. It’s over $14/pound, but I’m interested in trying it, so I can hopefully return to my morning custom and enjoy a steaming hot beverage that satisfies.
Thank you, rant over. Cheers!
Grab some Yorkshire tea throw it in a mug, milk, sugar if you take it in Coffee and nothing else and you are Golden but steeping is important, or it will be too weak.
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chazt
shave
Chuck, is it possible to describe the flavor profile, please?
What you describe sounds intriguing. I prefer the simpler drip method. It’s easy and I like it just fine. Although, I do respect people who go to great lengths to enjoy their cuppajoe in such exotic fashion as you do
chazt
shave
Thats very funny
Somebody must drink it… maybe it’s a generational thing? Patrick Stewart’s a pretty old dude.Is Yorkshire tea a brand, style/variety, or marketing term? I have Trader Joe’s (supermarket chain) Irish Breakfast tea and English Breakfast tea. They’re both simply black tea. They have very similar taste profiles, but I prefer the Irish as it seems to be a bit “smoother” to my palate.
Twelvefret
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I added two other pots, both English with cork lined metal warmers, a whistling tea pot, a strainer for the cup since I enjoy loose teas rather than bags.
Lapsang Souchong is a smoked tea and very nice to change things up.
I found my Brown Betty tea pot used from a local vintage china dish shop. I think I dated it once from the 1920's. I "hot the pot" while the water is boiling. This means the pot is primed to receive the boiling water. After adding the loose tea, and then boiling water, I swirl the loose tea and let is brew for 4-5 minutes. Too much brewing can affect the flavor I've read.
The reason I use a coffee press is to get the coffee bean oils that a paper filter traps. If I use a Chemex, I use brown or unbleached paper filters. A stove top expresso maker pot has a metal filter, so the oils are not trapped. It seems with the oils the coffee is thicker in texture. Also, to brew coffee I have read not to use boiling water.
Lapsang Souchong is a smoked tea and very nice to change things up.
The type I drink is not spiced. I think the bag reads premium tea. I don't have much experience with various types of teas, but I prefer one that I can easily taste a tea flavor that isn't strong or not smooth like some fermented teas. Since I add frothed heavy cream, the taste is not as it would be plain. It is not expensive at the Indian Store here. Maybe $5 for two pounds. I forget. Since Indian culture knows and grows tea, I figured her recommendation was worth trying.Chuck, is it possible to describe the flavor profile, please?
What you describe sounds intriguing. I prefer the simpler drip method. It’s easy and I like it just fine. Although, I do respect people who go to great lengths to enjoy their cuppajoe in such exotic fashion as you do
I found my Brown Betty tea pot used from a local vintage china dish shop. I think I dated it once from the 1920's. I "hot the pot" while the water is boiling. This means the pot is primed to receive the boiling water. After adding the loose tea, and then boiling water, I swirl the loose tea and let is brew for 4-5 minutes. Too much brewing can affect the flavor I've read.
The reason I use a coffee press is to get the coffee bean oils that a paper filter traps. If I use a Chemex, I use brown or unbleached paper filters. A stove top expresso maker pot has a metal filter, so the oils are not trapped. It seems with the oils the coffee is thicker in texture. Also, to brew coffee I have read not to use boiling water.
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Yorkshire Tea is a brand of English tea, and I have bought it in Canada at the local grocery store. there is also Yorkshire tea Gold which is the premium version of their standard tea. Both are black, Orange Pekoe teas with Gold being smoother and lighter tasting from my experience.Thats very funny
Is Yorkshire tea a brand, style/variety, or marketing term? I have Trader Joe’s (supermarket chain) Irish Breakfast tea and English Breakfast tea. They’re both simply black tea. They have very similar taste profiles, but I prefer the Irish as it seems to be a bit “smoother” to my palate.
When I make it, I put a bag of the Gold in hot water and press the bag with a spoon till it is dark enough that I can't see the bottom of the 2 cup capacity mug. Chuck the bag and add a big spoon of Demara brown sugar to sweeten it. I like strong sweet black tea. I know, I'm a red neck.
Bob
Johnny Bravo
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Thats very funnyThats very funny
He does in StarTrek (see in movies and tv)and then downs a real cup of Tea later.
Is Yorkshire tea a brand, style/variety, or marketing term? I have Trader Joe’s (supermarket chain) Irish Breakfast tea and English Breakfast tea. They’re both simply black tea. They have very similar taste profiles, but I prefer the Irish as it seems to be a bit “smoother” to my palate.
Somebody must drink it… maybe it’s a generational thing? Patrick Stewart’s a pretty old dude.He does in StarTrek (see in movies and tv)and then downs a real cup of Tea later.
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Real tea that puts hairs on ya chest and not that stuff the hotels try and fob you off with trying to be posh.
Johnny Bravo
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See he gets it.
My wife and I each have a cup of Taylors of Harrowgate Yorkshire Gold every morning before breakfast, without fail, even when we travel, as we take tea bags along. We steep it for 5 minutes and drink it with just a little 2% milk added. If you steep it any longer there’ll be too much tannin. We’ll sometimes have a cup in the afternoon, but usually my wife has Lady Grey and I have Earl Grey; we both have ours clear.
Twelvefret
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Not everyone wants chest hair or more of it.Thats very funny
He does in StarTrek (see in movies and tv)and then downs a real cup of Tea later.
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Real tea that puts hairs on ya chest and not that stuff the hotels try and fob you off with trying to be posh.