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magdaleine -> RE: Tea Drinkers Anonymous (9/12/2008 11:24:37 PM)
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I don't know you, Kara, but I love tea. I drink it hot, without sugar or cream, regardless of the season. Sadly, I've discovered that caffeine, early in the day, will keep me awake at night and decaf tea in the evening will do the same. So I allow myself one very strong cup of black tea if I get up early enough and after that I switch to decaf for the rest of the morning and herbal after lunch. I still haven't found an herbal tea that sings to my taste buds.
My favourite tea has been Earl Grey and the best brand I've tried is Murchie's but that brand isn't easily available here so I settle for Twinings (though the bags tend to leak). Unbagged, loose tea leaves is the best but I could never find a good system to use them when I was drinking a couple of litres of tea a day. Now that I'm having just one cup, it's easier.
I've been blessed with children and friends who travel and know my penchant for tea and so the gift that's always brought back for me is tea (though never Earl Grey--I guess because no one has visited England yet). My eldest son was in Turkey earlier this year and I'm quite enjoying the Turkish tea. I would buy it myself if I could find it. A very good friend spent four months in Nepal this year and brought me back some loose Darjeeling in an intricately carved wooden box which, though grown in India, is grown in an area that is populated by Nepalese. I'll work my way through that when the Turkish tea is gone. Two years ago my eldest son was in China and brought me back a cake of green tea wrapped in silk and placed in a beautiful chest. You need an ice pick to break off a chunk and it's very, very, potent. I guess I'll tackle that after the Darjeeling--unless my second son brings me some tea from Germany when he returns next week.
Meanwhile, I'm still hunting for that elusive, never-had-caffeine "tea" that I can actually enjoy.
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