Tea

[Matblack]

Burble asked me where I bought my tea from at the weekend when we were talking about chinese tea, I find these guys to be very reasonable

http://www.nbtea.co.uk/index.php

MB

[Burble]

Excellent, cheers MB :) No doubt I shall be placing an order soon.

[Matblack]

NBT tend to stock a lot of more exotic variants including White Teas and Pu Ehr, have a look at the site and you'll see whhat I mean.

They also do the 'ball' and 'flower' styles which is pretty hard to source, certainly in this area :)

http://www.nbtea.co.uk/acatalog/EC12.jpg
http://www.nbtea.co.uk/acatalog/EC13.jpg

http://www.nbtea.co.uk/acatalog/Exotic_Tea.html

MB

[Matblack]

Excellent, cheers MB :) No doubt I shall be placing an order soon.

The Jade Bamboo (second pic above) is very nice and very reasonable in price for a tin. The package well at NBT in tins rather than bags when I ordered and they provide tempreture recomendations for the more delicate teas, although I usually just go with a not quite boiled water (when the kettle changes note) which should be about 80 deg C

MB

[vix]

Wow! They sound like fun!

[BBx]

MB next time you are in my area you should ask me about See Woo supermarket.

Its AMAZING for anything Chinese foodwise - not sure about tea but they have everything its a wholesaler and a supermarket so even sells the takeaway boxes etc lol.

BB x

[Flibster]

www.wilkinsonsofnorwich.com for me.

[Desmo]

I've printed some stuff for a tea company. I'll try and dig out their stuff, I'm sure they had online ordering.

[Matblack]

I had some Ghost, White Monkey, Yuan Bao and Jasmine Pheonix Eye delivered today :D

MB

[Burble]

I just noticed that NBT are quite close to me. I wonder if I could pop over and see their range.

[Garp]

Kari doesn't drink much tea (contrasting my several cups a day habit) but is rather partial to "Green tea with Roasted Brown Rice". I can't stand it, but she finds it incredibly calming.
Recently I've been enjoying Celestial Seasoning's "sleepytime" tea, which is a peppermint, chamomile, lemongrass, tilia flowers, blackberry leaves, orange blossoms, hawthorn berries and rosebuds blend. Primarily flavours are the first two. It's a wonderful evening drink :)

[Matblack]

I've gone hardcore and just ordered my first lot of Matcha, I've been drinking a lot of Jasmine Phoenix Eye at work, its very similar to the Jasmine tea which you get offered after Chinese food, comes in little rolled pellets which expand gradually as they steep, I highly recomend it and its not too expensive either

MB

[Will]

If you go to china town there are lots of specialist shops selling all sorts of wonderful teas. You can get the flower tea from pingpong actually.

[Matblack]

I have quite a variety of China teas Will and I really enjoy them (including a number of flower styles like the ones at PingPong and DimT) but I'm very interested in Matcha because the leaves are ground rather than steeped and then consumed rather than thrown away the theraputic advantages increase as to the metabolic effects and the antioxidant content. Matcha isn't cheap but I've started off with a less expensive brand rather than the top flight stuff. Now I need convince Aitch to put on a Kimono and do the Tea Ceramony for me :)

MB

[Will]

Interesting - I shall look into it. :) I'm a little hooked on a black and green tea blend that I was offered. It's from "la maison du the" in Paris. http://www.mariagefreres.com/

The other shop I get it from is here:

http://www.admirable-tea-boutique.com/acatalog/maison_the_thes.html

Here's the selection they have - it's just so so good! :D

[iCraig]

PG Tips. I'm serious. I'm not a tea person, but I've drank plenty (to try them) and I can't shift from PG when I do occasionally fancy a cuppa.

[Matblack]

PG Tips. I'm serious. I'm not a tea person, but I've drank plenty (to try them) and I can't shift from PG when I do occasionally fancy a cuppa.

I'll have 'builders tea' once in a while, normal tea with milk but I find green tea a totally different drink :)

MB

[Feek]

I find the thought of all the different varieties fascinating but I still don't get tea. Dried leaves boiled in water. :shrug:

[Fayshun]

I'm not a big fan of green tea, it's a bit peely-wally for me.

[Mark]

I very rarely drink tea at home (just cba really), but drink it more often at my parents (if there was a tea drip, they'd have it). Only PG, but still. I've tried a few other varieties, but never anything oriental.

PS - drinking really hot tea is bad for you. Fact (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7965380.stm).

[lostkat]

I'll have 'builders tea' once in a while, normal tea with milk but I find green tea a totally different drink :)

MB
lol, my whole family calls it builders tea as we've always had Earl Grey.

I love green tea and didn't know it was jasmine that they give you after a meal. Will have to try and get some

[Garp]

PS - drinking really hot tea is bad for you. Fact (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7965380.stm).

I have little doubt that I've burnt my front tastebuds so many times they're desensitised from drinking tea that's too hot. Haven't done that for a fair few years now, but it used to be a regular thing.

[Matblack]

lol, my whole family calls it builders tea as we've always had Earl Grey.

I love green tea and didn't know it was jasmine that they give you after a meal. Will have to try and get some

I'll bring some next time we meet up :)

MB

[lostkat]

That would be most excellent :D Thank you!

[Stan_Lite]

Holy thread resurrection Batman.

Just received a load of teas from this place http://jingtea.com/. The site was recommended to me by one of the guys on the rig. There are a few guys on the rig who drink 'gourmet' teas - it's not normally the sort of thing one would expect from burly offshore types. I ordered their 4 "Explorer" packs plus some equipment to get me started.

So far I've tried Huo Shan Yellow Buds and Assam. I don't think I used enough of either to get the proper flavour. It'll take a bit of experimentation to get the right amounts to get the full flavour of the teas. I'll be trying all the teas in the packs to find which ones I like before buying larger quantities. Next on the list to try is the Dragon Well green tea. The guy who recommended the site to me says it's an excellent tea.

[Jonny69]

I am dying. I'm practically living on tea today :(

There was that programme on the other night. Something or other's food factory, that bloke. They were tasting tea at Yorkshire Tea and making up blends. Interesting that hard water causes dark scummy tea, which explains why the tea at my house brews up so quickly and is practically undrinkable.