kaydee25 is back up to 43 things. Time to get one done.
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8 hours ago
Oxford Breakfast
In The News cafe this afternoon in Oxford. No idea if it’s any different from English Breakfast, but it was good.
How to drink 43 types of tea
It made me
refreshed 
"A Good Cup of Tea :)"
How I did it: At first i went through all the cabinets in the kitchen and picked out all the different kinds of tea and drank one or 2 of those every day till i tried them all :)
Afterwards i started to order tea at restaurants we went to, that introduced me to a lot of different kinds of tea.
I also, bought some teas at Target and Publix. The best way to taste a lot of teas at once is to buy a sample pack or variety pack of teas.
Finally what helped me finish this goal was all the bags of loose tea we brought from Russia.They were absolutely wonderful :)
Lessons & tips: The traditional method of making a cup of tea is to place loose tea leaves, either directly, or in a tea infuser, into a tea pot or teacup and pour hot water over the leaves. After a couple of minutes the leaves are usually removed again, either by removing the infuser, or by straining the tea while serving.
Resources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tea
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32: Co-op's 99
1 day ago
This loose leaf tea was 20p for a 250g box in the student shop. Apparently they have too much of it (and there are fewer customers during university vacation). For 20p it would have been silly not to buy it.
So it is from East Africa and is fairtrade. I always used to drink 99 when I lived with my parents so it is a nice familiar taste although the loose leaf does vary slightly, as it always will. It is strong and clean and you could do a lot worse.
kaydee25 is back up to 43 things. Time to get one done.
36
3 days ago
Twinings Lemon Grove teabags
Black tea flavoured with – you guessed it – lemon! A good strong taste of it which I like.
It was lemon tea that got me hooked in my early twenties on teas other than your average builder’s brew. Actually I recall it was orange and lemon tea, from Taylor’s of Harrogate. I must track down if they still do that.
diosa Te amo, mas que ayer y menos que manana
High Tea
6 days ago
11)I went to full high tea at Chateau Laurier. So yum, those little cucumber sandwiches and scones with jam and cream..sooooo yummy :) Oh yes and the tea trolley! So neat! I got Maple Maple Tea, which was great and got to use lumps of sugar…felt so British. Pinkies up!
~ Julie ~ is finding solutions
6. Darjeeling tea
1 week ago
Darjeeling tea yields a thin-bodied, light-colored liquor with a floral aroma. The flavor also displays a tinge of astringent tannic characteristics, and a musky spiciness often referred to by tea connoisseurs as “muscatel.” A sweet cooling aftertaste should be felt in the mouth.
31: Jade Rings
1 week ago
These are chinese white tea leaves shaped into small rings. Another one from my colleague. I accidentally made it too strong first but I used the same leaves for a second time and brewed them for a shorter time and it was very tasty. Fresh and grassy. On later brews I also noticed a slight smell of the sea as well. The most fun though is watching the rings unfurl in the pot (I have a glass one).
Also this is the first time I’ve used my japanese tea cup. I don’t have any Japanese tea yet but I figured any green or white tea would be appropriate. It is lovely and has a snow scene painted on the outside.
#40
1 week ago
Touch Organic Very Berry White Tea
A very lovely white tea and it smells so fruity and fabulous! I also love that it is organic :)
http://www.touchorganic.com/
#43
2 weeks ago
43. Black Aromatic Russian Tea
Very delicious tea. There’s some dried berries in the tea as well as flowers :)
loveinthecure wishing life didn't go so fast
1/43
2 weeks ago
Jasmine Green – today I as at a friends home and we were meeting about some important stuff concerning an organization we both work with. We needed to come up with some ideas. I had a few minutes left before having to go back to work and she asked me if I’d like some TEA. At first she said “I have a bunch of different types of tea, well, except the only one that will work is the Jasmine Green.” So I accepted. She microwaved the water (sometimes I wonder if microwaving the water is good for us!?) and put the tea bag into a super cute tea cup and wrapped the string around the handle super cute like. It was the perfect temp by the time I got around to picking it up and drinking. I downed it and it was so tasty! It felt good to decline the sugar as well because I really need to cut sugar out of my diet!
Anyway, I drank a tea that I can put an entry in my list about. I have like three more to enter in but I liked that I had a little story to go with this one.
30: Cherry Blossoms Green Tea
2 weeks ago
This is a really special tea that my colleague got for Fathers’ Day and he kindly gave some to me. It’s the one on the right and the little flowers look beautiful and rather like wool or something woven. It is really difficult to tell whether I got the stregnth right because the instructions are a little vague. The website states that “these teas call on incredible artisanal skills and time to transform tea leaves into poetic shapes” I haven’t heard of shapes described as poetic before but I rather like the idea.
The tea is unusual, even though I am still less than knowledgable about green teas this has a more woody and less grassy flavour if that makes sense. I want to say floral but not in a perfumy way, more like the fresh green smell you get in a flower shop. Anyway, it is good for several brews so I am off for more.
