At Sea with No Tea

where is a good place to get lotus tea in socal? :)

stePH wrote: Last weekend I sailed out of Long Beach, California on Royal Caribbean's _Monarch of the Seas_ to Ensenada, Mexico....

You can try Sea Palace on South St. in Cerritos. They have an impressive selection.

that's not the cruise where everyone got sick all over the ship was it

Okay, then I'm now done with Lipton for the next ten years. I tried some of what was available on ship: "premium" black tea, English Breakfast, and a green tea with orange and passionfruit. It's all shit.

stePH in cup: Dragonwell

Okay, so now I'm done with Lipton for another ten years or so. I tried some of what was available on ship: "premium" black tea, English Breakfast, and green tea with orange and passionfruit. It's all shit.

stePH in cup: Dragonwell

I wasn't aware that lipton produced anything other than the standard crap-in-a-bag variety, but it seems reasonable that their other products would be of similar quality.

Lipton is the Gallo of tea.

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You guys are harsh! CAB tea: An idea whose time has come. Lipton will continue to sell CAB tea as long as we are willing to drink it. In countries where demand for quality is greater, quality will be greater or they will fall flat on their faces. Michael

No, that was the "Use Booze Cruise."

--scott

Did you try the Darjeeling? It's also shit, mind you, but it's interesting shit.

--scott

That's a good analogy. They sell some cheap commodity teas for the Indian market, which aren't bad but aren't anything to write home about. Then they sell a much larger portion of total crap, often with artificial flavouring added, for the US domestic market.

Hmm... maybe Mogen David is a better analogy.

--scott

I admit I bought a box of the green tea w/passionfruit/orange because it inrigued me about a year ago... exactly 2 teabags are removed from the box. It only took one cup for myself and my fiance to be very disappointed. I really should just throw it out totally (I had a thought that it might make good iced tea). It is acidic and harsh beyond anything I have ever tasted in a flavored tea. That ranks up there for the worst tea ever, the only thing in its class for a tie would be Tazo brand "Passion" tea. It is some purple herbal tea with flowers and herbs that is as acidic as anything ever crossing my lips.

I honestly have trouble seeing how people who actually buy and consume these teas can "enjoy" them. No amount of sugar could mask those horrible experiences.

- Dominic Drinking: Dragon Tears Jasmine

Wasn't available. I've still yet to see Lipton's "Red Label" or "Green Label" teas anywhere.

stePH

-- I'll brew another pot of ambiguity.

that's true.. I can choke down lipton as iced tea.. and since more people in the US drink iced tea than hot tea, those are probably the folks keeping that CIAB tea on the shelves.