Breakfast tea

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Three years ago I was a 12-cup-a-day coffee drinker. Now, two cups a week is plenty. I've switched to tea and I'm quite satisfied. More often than not, tea *is* my breakfast; often green, sometimes red, sometimes Darjeeling.

Michael

My wife and I are novice tea drinkers, having switched from coffee about four years ago. I'm a pilot and travel very often, so I still drink coffee when I'm on the road. I'm just not in the mood to deal with trying to make a good cup of tea when I get the 4am wake-up call at the hotel. So I drink coffee instead, which I still love.

But at home we share a pot of tea every morning. We buy our tea from The Tea Store in Ottawa, Canada. I get to stay over-night in Ottawa every once in a while and I always buy tea when I'm there. But sometimes we order from them online

Since we are novices, even after four years, we select different teas each time and have found some breakfast favorites: Irish Breakfast, Prince of Wales, Nonsuch Estate, Keemun (not sure of the specifics), Russian Caravan (very smoky and great on cold Ohio mornings), and Earl Grey to name a few. I enjoy green tea in the afternoon and evening but don't know much about it. I just randomly pick a new kind each time. I currently have a Japanese Sencha, and some other Japanese variety that looks like small twigs and starts with a "K". My wife doesn't care for green tea unless I blend it with dried spearmint and sweeten it with honey.

Sorry about the elaborate answer to a simple question, but I feel like I'm introducing myself to the group. I've been lurking here lately having just recently found this group.

Robert

Strong English Breakfast with milk, no sugar

JB

Dear Robert:

Welcome to rec.food.drink.tea. You like a wide varities of tea.well, as a frequent traveler I also feel for a strong cup of coffee in the morning. But recently I have found a solution. I made my own blend instead of coffee. But still a grande size of starbuck's Frappachinu attacted me a lot or a cup of cafe latte with vanilla and caramel.

Just wanted to say- You like Prince of wales. i am quiet sure its Twinings brand. And for your information this is also Keemun tea. enjoy your tea. have you ever try Japanese green tea Hojicha?

Ripon (From Bangladesh)

For me it's usually a Keemun or Yunnan, but occasionally Assam, Sikkim, Smokey Russian Caravan or English Breakfast tea. I don't drink much coffee anymore.

Blues

I enjoy a smooth China black tea like Yunnan or Keemun, plain. On occasion, I also like genmaicha and oolong teas for breakfast.

Wendi

I rarely drink coffee anymore unless I'm away from home and can't get decent tea. I drink many different teas with breakfast. If I'm a bit groggy, it will usually be Keemun. No milk. If I'm already wide awake, I might have a Chinese green such as Pi Lo Chun or a jade oolong. I've got a very floral oolong called Four Seasons from Taiwan that I love. What I choose just depends on how I feel that day.

Agalena

snipped-for-privacy@dhaka.net (Ripon) wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@posting.google.com:

Although this post will be at least somewhat about tea, I've had yerba maté instead of coffee for a couple of recent mornings. I've been a big coffee fan for years, but I've drunk much less since I found maté--which I drink quite a bit of now.

My curiosity about maté led me to this group (TINTG), which led to the reawakining of my curiosity about tea.

Now I've enjoyed some really good Earl Grey, and I have some Assam, gunpowder green and English Breakfast on the way. My neighbor started reminiscing about English Breakfast when I shared some Earl Grey with her, and I'm looking forward to that. Maybe I'll have to give you a final answer later :O)

I used to adore English Breakfast. I still like it. Even stronger is Irish Breakfast. A friend of mine used to make her own blend of the two- she called it 'battle in a cup'. I always have my British-style teas with milk and sugar. To me they taste better that way.

I have been drinking morning tea for more than 20 years, and the last 10 years has been Irish Breakfast upon awakening. Sometimes on arrival at the office I have Assam. I did not completely give up coffee as I like it for an after dinner drink, perhaps the heavy texture is the reason.

I drink my morning tea with a little sweetener, usually Splenda since I should limit sugar intake. I haven't ever cared for tea with milk except of course for masala chai.

For me, it's usually Irish Breakfast (isn't that Assam?), Earl Grey or Bigelow's Constant Comment.

On Fri, 7 Nov 2003 20:42:44 -0500, "Shrewsbury" tripped the light fantastic, then quipped:

I prefer a pot of Assam Gingia, with milk and a bit of sugar. It's malty, yet oh, so smooth, and is just right for getting me kick-started in the morning. I also enjoy a good Ceylon, Keemun or Yunnan when I'm out of the Assam. I've never acquired a taste for coffee; in my 40 years, I've yet to consume a cup of java. It smells good, but I simply can't tolerate the taste.

Tee

"Tea" wrote in news:JhPqb.114109$ snipped-for-privacy@twister.nyc.rr.com:

Mmm, something else to look forward to trying. Scottish Breakfast sounds appealing, too. Is there perhaps a Welsh or Cornish Breakfast also? :O)

The milk and sugar sound good. I like this Earl Grey that way, although nothing tastes good to me this evening. I fear I may be coming down with something.

I've stopped coffee entirely in favor of the River Shannon blend from Uptons.

I have never been a coffee drinker. Now and then, I will pick up a Frappucino at the grocery store to drink while I am waiting for a taxi to take me home, but that is the only time I drink it.

I drink a Scottish Breakfast tea from Mark T. Wendell for breakfast and throughout the day. I have other teas that I drink, also, but the Scottish Breakfast is my favorite. I never add anything to my tea: no sweetener, no milk, no flavoring.

Lung Ching, occasionally Konacha or Sencha. I used to drink Gunpowder with breakfast. None of these go well with milk. I happen to drink my black teas without milk or sugar as well. On the issue of coffee, I've consumed a total of three cups in my life. My philosophy on beverages is, if it doesn't taste good straight, there is no point in adulterating it just to cover up the taste and coffee tasted vile to me and to this day I can't fathom why anyone would drink it.

J (the tea fascist or coffee hater :0)

On Fri, 14 Nov 2003 16:01:47 GMT, John tripped the light fantastic, then quipped:

I've had less coffee than you (less than a cup, total), for the same reason. Why drink something you literally have to force down your throat because the taste is so offensive to you? I loved tea from the very first sip, and similarly hated the taste of coffee. I do like the smell of freshly ground coffee beans, but taste and smell don't always go hand in hand.

It was years between the first two cups and the third try was a cup of coffee, a friend claimed was some of the best and while it wasn't nearly as offensive as the first two, it was still vile compared to even common bagged supermarket tea. I've always wondered about how coffee could smell so much better than it tasted.

Are you familiar with coffee made by cold-water extraction? Coarsely ground beans are covered with cold water for many hours, then the concentrated liquid is filtered out. A tablespoon or so of this concentrate is combined with hot water to make coffee, and the flavor is as toasty and aromatic as raw beans smell. The liquid coffee concentrate can be stored in the refrigerator for quite some time. Light roast beans -- not the ubiquitous dark French roast type -- are best for this. Oh, and if caffeine is a concern, you're probably better off avoiding this method, as I believe the lengthy soak in cold water extracts every last molecule of caffeine the beans have to offer.

--crymad