Does anyone know which teas (other than Kenyan tea) hold milk well in
a brew.I recently tried some of the brands found in my local grocery
store but unfortunately,none did.(actually they were terrible) I
recently had some decent tea with cream at an Indian restaurant but
found it somewhat heavy on the palate. Kenyan tea (non flavored) was
perfect but scarce on grocery store shelves.Any suggestions out there?

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Does anyone know which teas (other than Kenyan tea) hold milk well in
a brew.I recently tried some of the brands found in my local grocery
store but unfortunately,none did.(actually they were terrible) I
recently had some decent tea with cream at an Indian restaurant but
found it somewhat heavy on the palate. Kenyan tea (non flavored) was
perfect but scarce on grocery store shelves.Any suggestions out there?

Indian restaurant tea could be an Assam, maybe Assam CTC (cut-tear-curl)
which is often the basis of masala chai.

If you have access to Indian or Asian markets, perhaps you can find the
cheap, mediocre but powerful Taj Mahal brand of Assam tea. Or you can try
uptontea.com which has many Assams, most orthodox but some CTC.


Ozzy

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Does anyone know which teas (other than Kenyan tea) hold milk well in
a brew.I recently tried some of the brands found in my local grocery
store but unfortunately,none did.(actually they were terrible) I
recently had some decent tea with cream at an Indian restaurant but
found it somewhat heavy on the palate. Kenyan tea (non flavored) was
perfect but scarce on grocery store shelves.Any suggestions out there?


I drink black Indian and Ceylon teas with milk, not the Chinese black teas
so much (depending). I don't drink ANY tea with cream though, way too heavy
for me. The most I'll go is 1% milk.

Checking out Upton's Assams is a good start, also as someone said, boxed CTC
assams at local Indian/Asian markets are good for that too. Lipton red label
(or Brooks Bond in the red box) are usually at those stores.

Melinda

Gtips wrote:
Does anyone know which teas (other than Kenyan tea) hold milk well in
a brew.I recently tried some of the brands found in my local grocery
store but unfortunately,none did.(actually they were terrible) I
recently had some decent tea with cream at an Indian restaurant but
found it somewhat heavy on the palate. Kenyan tea (non flavored) was
perfect but scarce on grocery store shelves.Any suggestions out there?

Have you tried PG Tips? It's a potent cup of tea (to quote another
brand, and possibly showing my age).

Alan

Gtips wrote:
Does anyone know which teas (other than Kenyan tea) hold milk well in
a brew.I recently tried some of the brands found in my local grocery
store but unfortunately,none did.(actually they were terrible) I
recently had some decent tea with cream at an Indian restaurant but
found it somewhat heavy on the palate. Kenyan tea (non flavored) was
perfect but scarce on grocery store shelves.Any suggestions out there?

The tea you had at the Indian restaurant was probably a cheap Assam,
possibly CTC processed. Go to a local Indian grocery and pick up a
few different kinds to try.
--scott


--
"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

i ussually have my black tea with milk..teas like lapsang souchung,
keemun black and yunnan gold. I prefer them with milk. I don't know
why. a lot people says that only to drink bad black tea with milk. But
i never like any black with milk before.

it is either my the black tea i bought was a lousy one or i am just
someone who prefer black tea with mlik

i love black tea with milk!

On Sep 17, 5:15 am, "Melinda" wrote:
"Gtips" wrote in message

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Does anyone know which teas (other than Kenyan tea) hold milk well in
a brew.I recently tried some of the brands found in my local grocery
store but unfortunately,none did.(actually they were terrible) I
recently had some decent tea with cream at an Indian restaurant but
found it somewhat heavy on the palate. Kenyan tea (non flavored) was
perfect but scarce on grocery store shelves.Any suggestions out there?

I drink black Indian and Ceylon teas with milk, not the Chinese black teas
so much (depending). I don't drink ANY tea with cream though, way too heavy
for me. The most I'll go is 1% milk.

Checking out Upton's Assams is a good start, also as someone said, boxed CTC
assams at local Indian/Asian markets are good for that too. Lipton red label
(or Brooks Bond in the red box) are usually at those stores.

Melinda

Thanks for the information. I bought some Upton assams andthe tazo
breakfast blend.To my surprise,the tazo held up better than the uptons
with 2% milk.I also bought some from a site Kisiicafe.com that sells
almost exclusive Kenyas (buy 1 get 1 free deal-how could I resist) and
it simply blew both out of the park.thanks