Earl Grey, hot, straight from the replicator.
With a replicated cup or do you just stick your head into the thing and have it created directly in your mouth? 🤔
Latter, hottest option, full load.
Yorkshire Tea
And their bedtime brew (with vanilla and nutmeg) is the best decaf I have found too!
The only one. Barry's is a good blend to be fair, but hard to get outside of Norn iron.
I've found Bewley's to be quite good with hard water too.
Yep this is the only decent one widely available in the US
The right choice.
Local loose-leaf. Although I do enjoy Ahmad Tea loose leaf. It's very high quality for the price.
Seconding Ahmad Tea, I'm impressed by how cost effective they are.
Local? Are you in South East Asia?
Brand? The fuck is that?! I pick my tea from the wild and sun dry it at home as any proper tea lover would.
Bunch of fukin posers talking about brands n shit...
😂
I try to buy local loose leaf.
If you are looking for a grocery store recommendations, I love Celestial Seasonings herbal teas. They have an amazing peppermint tea.
I love Celestial Seasonings herbal teas. They have an amazing peppermint tea.
I love their Sleepytime tea.
Yorkshire tea gold. As demanded by the Spiffing Brit.
I just drink normal Yorkshire tea, I'm not made of money.
They're pretty much the same price here in the UK, BUT you can buy HUGE bags of a regular variant and that makes it a lot cheaper. And 1040 tea bags last more than a week, so less shopping!
I buy it in a tea shop close by as loose leaf. It‘s a day and night difference between loose leafs and prepackaged and processed tea. It‘s also a lot of fun to try so many different teas and find the one you enjoy the most, there is so much variety.
I'm almost always an earl grey drinker. For that, Harney & sons is pretty much my favorite, with Taylor's being almost the same for my preferences, depending on which is fresher. The key difference that makes Harney better is the bergamot rather than the tea itself. It's just a tad more aromatic and that matters a lot. However, if it isn't fresh, Taylor's matches the flavor profile very closely for me.
Choice organics is a close third place. The tea is just a tad less aromatic, and the bergamot is flatter. Still miles better than the stuff at the grocery store, even if you ignore freshness.
For breakfast teas, the only other hot tea I really drink, it's Taylor's mostly. I have some Harney's on the shelf, but I like how the Taylor's tastes with lemon better, and that's how I like breakfast teas.
Iced tea, it's tetley's or GTFO if I have a choice. My wife is kinda swinging around to that now that she's drinking southern style iced tea. She's a Lipton's fan, but tetley holds up better at the strength we make iced tea. Lipton gets bitter in an unpleasant way with the strength we brew at. Tetley also holds up better sweetened to the degree that southern style iced tea tends to have. I make mine way less sweet than anybody I know, but it's still sweeter than my wife or her family ever did it.
Kinda funny. Hot tea, I barely add sugar, just a level teaspoon for a double cup. Coffee I go a little higher, but not much; a heaping teaspoon. But iced tea? It would work out to about 4 teaspoons per cup the way it's usually made around here, with mine being a tad under 3. You grow up with that thick, strong, syrupy tea, and iced just doesn't work without high sugar levels lol. Hell, I know some folks that add 3 cups of sugar to a gallon of tea and that's just barely sweet enough for them.
Hence, we don't have iced tea often because damn, you can't drink like that regularly. It's a rare treat.
But I'm an earl grey guy for the most part now. And I've tried something like twenty brands? I used to have a file with my notes in it, but deleted it by accident. I never drank hot tea until my wife moved in before we got married. She's a tea drinker all day, but isn't picky. I tried her bigelow stuff and was meh about it. Then I had some at her mom's house during a visit I yankee land that was Taylor's, and the experience was totally different.
When we got home, I used some savings to order a bunch of brands, and tried them all over a few weeks, taking notes and all that crazy crap. It just blew my mind that there was that much difference in brands, even knowing that it could be somewhat different in iced tea.
But, yeah, I found a few favourites and stick with them. One sugar, splash of milk and that's my earl grey. One sugar, splash of lemon for English and Irish breakfast teas.
We mostly order loose leaf from Adagio. Though I might try Yunnan Sourcing soon. No shop near us sells loose leaf in any appreciable variety or quantity.
Adagio has solid teas.
Arizona.
Loose leaf tea from the middle east and for the most part which are country, region, and type based. As far as brands go, Sadaf Cardamom tea is pretty good and affordable.
I drink all kinds of different tea. At the moment I often drink Keiko Matcha and lots of really beautiful green tea my friend sent me from Taiwan. I love to coldbrew green tea in summer. Greek mountain tea my parents bring me from crete. I also buy fresh mint to make tea from some of the fresh leaves and to dry the rest.
Besides that my favorite brand is The English Teashop in all forms it comes in and Cupper/Clipper.
Tips is good. I drink all kinds depending on mood. If you like cinnamon you need to try Harney and Sons Hot Cinnamon Spice.. I am addicted.
I also like to make sun tea in the summer, but I'm searching for the perfect tea for that. Local grocery has the usual Lousianne and Lipton.
Grew up with loose leaf so I don't like most supermarket brands. Palais des thés is not bad tho.
Most tea I buy from Yunnansourcing.com and thes-du-japon.com
hell yeah! I've bought most of my pu stash from YS.
A tea shop in Seattle called miro. I get their English breakfast delivered in bulk across the country it's so good.
Hmmm, I live only a couple of miles from them. Guess I'll have to check them out. I've been looking for a good tea shop.
I hit up all the tea places I could walk to last time I was in Seattle but unfortunately Ballard was a bit too far from where I was, I'll have to keep them in mind!
Usually Twinings, but I'll accept store brand for black tea. Lipton or Tetley for green teas.
This gunpowder green tea is good for beginners or the lazy because it's mild and exceptionally tolerant of steeping too long, or in too hot water. Never bitter.
If you already like green teas, try some Taiwanese 10% (nearly green) oolong, more complex than plain green. 0% oxidised is green, 100% is black, oolong is everything in between.
I'm still going through the Ceylon black tea I bought at Buckingham Palace in 2019.
Clipper
Ahmad earl grey. We buy the loose tea, about ten 500g boxes per year. Also use it for kombucha.
Twinings or Yorkshire
Twinings pure mint is the tits, and a great night time alternative to chugging 12 mugs of Yorkshire throughout the workday.
I mostly drink yanchas/Wuyi rock oolongs. Get them from various sources, no specific brand. Also occasionally reputable sheng pu-erh if I can afford some, non-pu fermented teas, jin jun mei, genmaicha, or anything Nepalese or Malawi whole-ish leaf, in small quantities (max 50g).
Mmmmm oolong
If you're in a place they ship to, check out these guys. Oolong specialist tea shop in Seattle that has some of the best quality tea I've ever had. It's a really small operation, too, with people who really love what they do: https://floatingleaves.com/
Yorkshire if I'm lazy, Golden Monkey from Wenyang Tea Garden if I'm not.
IMO Yorkshire does well with hard water, and takes milk well.
We like the big UK brands like Yorkshire (the British know tea), but of the main US brands, usually grab Bigelo. But any tea drinker has a cabinet full of all kinds of tea.
Bigelow spiced chai.
Twinings mostly
I only drink loose leaf. I have stuff from Mei Leaf, Tao of Tea, local Asian markets, hojicha / genmaicha / kyobancha straight from Japan, local loose leaf tea shops.
I definitely don't drink PG or Celestial.
Bigelow or Stash double bergamot Early Grey, or Hime Genmaicha. I've tried brands that cost more or less and always come back to these three.
Not sure it counts as tea, but I've also got a taste for Yerba Mate.
Twinnings everyday or english breakfast
Local to me, but Rare Tea Cellar makes some excellent blends.
Chun Mee loose leaf green tea from a German drug store chain (DM). A fresh, rather herbal taste with a hint of bitterness. I love it.
Or, if that counts, ginger tea made from fresh ginger root slices.
Davidson's gunpowder green and occasionally their Earl grey
I have bags of davidsons English breakfast and earl grey, both are good
Shaka tea, either ice tea in cans or brew hot from packets.
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I feel like such a poser over here with my Bigelow and Celestial Seasonings.
I drink Bigelow lemon ginger every night. Pose on, friend
Sari Wangi
Dilmah
Tick Tock Rooibos tea only for me. So much better than normal tea.
Also chicory instead of coffee.
Caffeine free life is the best 👌
I drink tea from Mariage Frères and Palais des Thés (I gave you the en links). I have a fair number of teas that I go through. They both have a fairly large collection, especially Mariage. I haven't tested them all obviously. And don't intend to.
Twinnings is my usual. Pukka, mostly for herbies, and various supermarket ownbrands (not each of them's cheapest ownbrand mind you). Yorkshire is decent, PG tips OK but I never buy the latter myself.
Guizhou Mao Jian (毛尖) of various brands is decent too, if you can find it. More commonly I love an English Breakfast, Earl and Lady Grey, Rooibos, and various herbal concoctions.
Edit: nicest brand of tea I had was TWG, and they were amazing. Too expensive for me to ever buy for myself, though.
Broken Orange Pecoe from the hills of Kerala. I bought a 5kg bag twelve years ago at the factory (can't remember the exact place...) and I have some left.
A couple years later I developed a taste for jasmine tea, but it's been a while since I had any.
Positively Tea Company
Also Fresh Roasted Coffee is great for coffee
Teapigs - one of the best out there!
Lyon's, the superior Irish tea.
I'm also a fan of Yunnan teas. Especially pu ehr (shou, sheng, compressed, loose, it's all good) and Yunnan Noir.
Barry's, speaking as a non-Irish person who loves the idea of two competing tea brands and hasn't even tried Lyon's.
Agreed on Yunnan on all but shu, and sheng at the temperamental ~5-10 age range.
I don't dare express the opinion to my wife, who is Irish, but I actually do enjoy both. They both have distinct flavors and are worth trying.
I drink Caykur Organic Turkish tea every day. It’s addictive.
I've been drinking a ton of Tazo glazed lemon loaf tea. Herbal. Splash of oatmilk and rose syrup. Ugh so good. Bigelo Oolong is good too.
I usually look for well reviewed, reasonably priced loose Darjeeling of whatever brand I can find when I want black tea. But mostly I mix teas and flower petals of various types depending on my mood. Lavender, chamomile, calendula, rose, etc.
Stash, usually lemon ginger
I like their moroccan mint.
All sorts of brands, I care more about which kind of tea it is than the brand
Twinings.
I like variety even in black tea, so twinnings is the most by volume in my kitchen
PG Tips for my black tea. Stash for my green tea.
I love PG Tips as well for a go-to grocery store black tea, as well as all of Celestial Seasonings hibiscus blends. I used to get tea from Adagio and even made a couple of custom blends but I moved to an area with a decent tea shop and local events that host smaller tea sellers so I try to get loose leaf from them when I get the opportunity.
Clipper
I'm a basic American and just drink Lipton black tea. I have had PG Tips and liked it but the grocery store near me doesn't carry it anymore 😟.
Lipton is the reason British people take their own teabags with them when staying abroad 🤢
Stash Tea is reasonably local to me. I drink their English Breakfast and the Cranberry Pomegranate.
I like their double bergamot earl grey
H.E.B.
Traditional: Bigelow or Twinnings Earl Grey
Fruity:Pineapple Hawaiian Breeze (excellent flavor). https://www.spicemerchants.biz/green-teas/pineapple-hawaiian-breeze
Iced: Lipton Black Iced Tea slightly sweetened
Guilty pleasure: Lipton Instant Tea
I enjoy Playadito it has a nice mild taste.
Scottish Blend.
Lots! I'm constantly trying new teas because that's apparently exciting to me. I've done Harney & Sons, Yorkshire, Adagio, a couple of Etsy shops (WildWoodsTea, OpenDoorTeaCT), and ton of local shops (not gonna list to avoid doxxing sorry!)
Goodhost iced tea. If I ever run out; PeaceTea is a good, if expensive, alternative.
I mostly buy loose leaf from Upton tea. My favorites are their Assam GFOP and Finest Russian Caravan. They have a ton of varieties from around the world, so I get my usual and try out a couple new ones every time I make an order.
Builders' if I'm fancy, Tetley if I'm not fancy
Taylors Yorkshire Red. These days, mostly straight too. Iced or hot depending on how fast I want to consume it. Occasionally I’ll do it up with milk/cream and a bit of sugar.
It's mostly my wife that buys fruity herbal teas and stuff, but my favourite tea is Twinnings Vanilla Earl Grey. Very rich and fragrant.
I'm basic though. I don't even know the difference between different types of tea, like black, white, green, etc. I usually just go by smell.
We don't have a lot of choice over here. It's either Pickwick or store brand. I mostly buy store brand.
Regular bkack tea
This one, it's amazing.
https://lovaretea.com/products/assorted-tea-by-lovare-alpine-herbs
I like the Pantenger chai, the republic of tea green, almost any black for iced tea (tetley>lipton). I often have some ito en jasmine in the fridge for when i just want to grab something on my way out. I'm also a sucker for HTeaO (a US drive thru iced tea shop), especially a little sweet strawberry passion and the rest unsweet mint.
I mostly drink spicy chai, supermarket own brand, or twinnings if they're on offer.
Yogi spiced blackberry
Tiesta
I'm all about that pukka lemon ginger or their chamomile blends!
Newman's Own black tea, 100 ct. The 100ct is about the same price as a 20ct from name brands. The bags are wrapped in paper, not plastic. And 100% of profits go to charity
Edit: and it tastes better than other brands that sell 100ct like red rose or lipton
Barry's Gold from Ireland.
People asking me for a splash of milk in their tea get escorted out of my home.
