How much tea we drink? A survey.

1. About a litre, sometimes more
2. Green puerh, various chinese oolongs, some taiwanese oolongs, black puerh, long jing (in season), cheap-but-good chinese greens when I can find them locally (mostly tippy yunnans).
3. Green puerh (aged and young), Oolong, Green, Black Puerh, Chinese reds.
4. China: Yunnan, Fujian, Guangdong, Zhejiang(sp?), Anhui; Taiwan; India: Darjeeling, Assam.
5. Ceylon reds. Hate 'em.
6. Aged Green Puerh, Dancong, Baihao or Da Hong Bao (had to cheat, sorry), young green puerh, Dragonwell (When good, not nutty).
7. My tea drinking habits vary quite alot by season. In spring and summer I drink mostly spring harvest teas; in winter I drink more winter harvest oolongs, black puerhs and Chinese reds. Green puerh is a constant, though.

Cheers,

1. 3/4 Liter twice a week.
2. Amber Oolongs, Gold yunnans, 2nd flush Darjeeling and Keemun A.
3. Gold yunnans, Amber Oolongs, Keemun A, 2nd flush Darjeeling.
4. see 3

5.Greens and other non black or lightly oxidized teas

1. Gold Yunnans, Amber Oolongs,Keemun A, 2nd flush Darjeeling. Mark

1. A cup on occasion during the summer; more than occasionally during the fall and winter
2. A little bit of everything

3.Lapsang Soochong, Darjeeling pu-erh, jasmine, Prince of Wales and greens of all kinds

1. India, China, Japan
2. I would rather eat ground glass than drink Earl Grey.

6.Margaret's Hope second flush Darjeeling 7.Cure for the common cold: buttered toast cut up with soft boiled egg, salt and pepper; cream of tomato soup (very hot, so you can take your time with it); cup of orange pekoe tea with sugar and lemon. If the cure does not work, make a pot of tea and add large medicinal doses of dark rum, whiskey, or brandy. drink while lying in bed watching old movies. you may not get well, but you will feel better enough so that it won't matter. repeat as needed until the cold goes away or the alcohol runs out.

1. I could drink more or less
2. The tea picks me
3. I don't discriminate
4. Tea plantation a required minimum
5. Any tea sold on a website
6. The next 5 I drink
7. I don't care what tea someone drinks

Jim

1. 12 oz.
2. oolong,green, scented teas
3. chinese- taiwan, korean green
4. taiwan, korea
5. lapsong souchoung
6. lightly fermented oolongs and korean greens
7. i am willing to try teas

1. I try to get in several cups a day. (Unless its tiekuanyin then about 6)
2. Monkey Picked tiekuanyin; Keemun (A); Dahongpoa; tiehulan (spelling variants may be incompatible, please don't be offended)

3.oolong; oolong; oolong; red (black) 4.fukien; wu yi;

1. so far anything green doesn't hit the pallet right.
2. see 2 plus russian caravan; Yunnan
3. Very new to real teas...I remember drinking Twinnings Russian Caravan and China Black in the '70's in college...that's what started this round...I find oolong (light to dark) absolutely intriguing and will probably get in trouble at home...except she likes tiekuanyin..

Doug

1. How much tea you drink on average daily?

A. Anywhere from 3-10 cups (10 or 12 oz)

1. What type of teas you dring regularily (if there is a pattern in you tea consumption). Here you list not what you like, but what you actually drink.

A. Well lately I've been big into Assams. Complete with milk and sugar. Stone me now or forever hold yer..er..stones..;)I'm drinking Hajua estate (which is kinda bland as in not complex, but I'm not gonna thrown it out or anything) and Orangajuli which I thought was VERY honey when i first got it...it's grown on me but the scent of honey is very pronounced when you open the bag. I am fond of Greenwood Estate also. I still ahve many to try in the Assam catagory. I've also been drinking sencha and some standard gunpowder the last couple of days which I am surprisingly liking pretty well.

1. List the types (chinese-japanese classification please (white, yellow green, oolong, red, green puerh, black puerh, matcha, sencha, etc.) of tea according to your taste (most favourite first)

A. Right now reds(Keemun/Assam), greens, oolongs (though oolongs are divine) then white.

1. List geographic regions of your preference (best first)

A. India and China compete for first place, because there is nothing like a Keemun. Assam is wonderful, but..well, it's not Keemun. Haven't tried a Yunnan yet, I think that's something I'll have to remedy soon. Then Japan. Then I suppose Ceylon, thought I haven't tried much from there. What I have tried hasn't been horrid. Just not inspiring.

1. Is there a type that you cannot stand?

A. Eh, not really. I overdid it on Earl Grey though at one point in my life so I don't go seeking it out.

6Your favourite 5 teas (best - first)

A. 1)Keemun Mao Feng or a really good full leaf Assam. 2) Probably an on-the heavy side roasted oolong 3)Sencha 4) Jasmine Pearl tea

5)Long Jing (the nutty tasting one is nice for me)

1. Comments

A. I feel still a newbie at tea but I am sure I am going to enjoy the journey. What a joy it is to have all the teas of the world to try. :) I have noticed that my tastes go in phases...I'll love Keemun for awhile and then it's too much for me and I want an Assam or a Ceylon. I have learned that it's OK...:)

1. My tea drinking is pretty sporadic, but generally 10 cups or so per day (small cups). Some days I go without other times it might be

20 or more cups per day. 2. Chinese greens and japanese greens. 3. Green. (Black and oolong and white only very occasionally) 4. I don't think I know China regions well enough yet but Anhui teas always seem to be my style. Japan has less variety but any of their decent quality teas are great. 5. The worst one so far, the one that sticks vividly in my mind, is a chun mee from specialteas. It was so bad I actually laughed out loud when I drank it. Some time later I ordered from specialteas again and they sent me a free sample of that garbage! Earl Grey is no good. 6. Dragon pearls, Dragonwell, Sencha, Mao Jian Pekoe (from ITC) Huangshan teas are all good 7. I have only about 2 years of tea drinking under my belt and so far I am totally underwhelmed by any black or oolong I have had. This might make me some enemies out there but in my defense I have not had any good quality oolong or black. I find them to have some harsh, bitter, qualities and they lack the complexity of greens, do I just need to spend more money? By comparison I really enjoyed comparably priced green tea, and when I spend a little more for a good green...ahhh, thats the stuff!

2 - 12 teacups a day. Depends on how much coffee I drink too.

Green tea, sometimes black tea (red?), iced tea (with lemon and a little sugar, maybe).

Chinese or Ceylon

Hot Red Rose.

Longjing, Baozhong, Earl Grey, Russian, Irish Breakfast, Lapsong Souchong.

1. How much tea you drink on average daily? 2-3 2-cup servings

and

Harney Supreme Breakfast (mornings), unlabeled light green Chinese tea brought back by a friend, Fenghuang Shuixian, Sencha (afternoons)

red and green equally but dependent on mood and caffeine desired, then oolong, sencha, matcha, white/yellow together, and the occasional puerhs of either green or black.

Assam plus Keemun for reds; various for others

Not huge on Darjeeling, can drink it. Ceylons only iced, not hot.

This is a revolving and fickle process for me.

Relative freshness, and proper water heat and steeping are almost more important to me than the particular type of tea. I keep fewer teas on hand than I once did, to move through them faster and keep a fresher assortment. I am interested in trying more organic teas, but have not ruled out the sprayed norm.