Tea brewing

[krazyaboutkatz]

For hot tea I like the caffeine free herbal teas and I heat up a cup of water in the microwave for about 1 minute and 30 seconds and then I put a tea bag in the hot water with a spoon to weigh it down and I let it steep for a few minutes. If I want another cup then I do the same thing and I reuse the same tea bag. I don't add anything to it.

For cold tea I like Lipton with lemon but no sugar. I've also been buying some premade tea from Trader Joes. It's green tea made with white tea leaves and it has mint added to it too. It comes in a jug and I just put it in the refrigerator. It sure tastes good.

When I lived in S.C. I always thought that the tea was too sweet. People in the south love very sweet tea but I've always preferred it just plain with lemon.

[ChrisH]

Talking of black tea. We didn't have tea bags when I was younger (remember I'm an old person ) so always used loose tea in a teapot. Our method was as follows.
Warm the pot - by rinsing with hot water. To the warmed pot add one teaspoon per person plus one for the pot. Pour on freshly drawn boiling water. How long it was steeped for depended both on the tea quality and how strong the tea was preferred. Some teapots didn't have very good strainers so we always poured the tea into the cup - cup not mug - through a small metal strainer. Milk and sugar as required added last.

Nowadays, as a lot of people do, I make my tea with a tea bag in a mug, milk still always added last though.

I also picked out some of their flavor, roobios, and herbal teas. It'll all arrive tomorrow.

Kimmy, I love roobios (Redbush) tea http://www.redbushtea.com/home.asp let me know what you think of it.

[sirrahbed]

by the pot:
boil the water
add 3 teabags or loose catnip tea in a teaball
steep for about 3-5 minutes
remove bags and drink with a spoonful of sugar or honey

same method by the mug - only one teabag

I like constant comment (orange spice) chamomile, peppermint or catnip

[ramanth]

Kimmy, I love roobios (Redbush) tea http://www.redbushtea.com/home.asp let me know what you think of it.

Thanks! I plan to have a mug of it tomorrow, so I'll be sure to share.