I want to start a project and company that serves English tea to the masses, without the need of tea bags.
I am thinking urns are the way to go, but people have put me off by saying the tea gets stewed and the urns are difficult to maintain.
After searching around the Internet, I was wondering if you at rec.food.drink.tea have any pointers in my quest.
There must be a machine or method that those big popular Ice Tea canned beverage companies utilise...
Kind regards,
Yeah, no.
Kind regards,
- Dominic
At the risk of putting words in the original poster's mouth, I think it's the taste. He does use the word "stale".
Judging by the OP's website, I doubt this: he talks about a "shop" or "stall".
For the OP's stated goal, making good English "builder's tea", a samovar might be ideal. At least it affords the excuse to read the wonderful Russian tea HOWTO:
But why not also take the opportunity to offer Indian railway chai in the same shop/stall? In London you should get a lot of customers for that, I'd think.
/Lew
I guess in order to serve it with style you´d need one of those glitzy buckets the railway chai wallahs lug around. Could be somewhat harder to come by than a samowar. Not to mention years of hard practice to pronounce the word "chai" railway wallah style: "chiAAAAIIIIII"
Karsten [Eastfrisean blend in tazza]
Yes I would like it portable enough to be attached/built a on trailer behind my push bike.
Since I live in East London, I envisioned selling tea around the square mile or perhaps closer to home in Brick Lane area to see how well it goes down.
I have perused the Russian Tea howto, thank you.
As for Indian Chai. My aim is to "Bring back Tea to Britain". In another words, I want to focus on traditional English tea. Not other foreign types.
I do very much like Indian Chai. I've traveled India extensively, though I do find it a bit sweet. However for a treat once in a while, it is most enjoyable.
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