Dear Tea lover:

What is your favorite breakfast tea? Do you drink it straight or use
milk? How many of you switched from Coffee to tea in the morning?
Please leave your comment about your breakfast tea. Thanks.

Ripon
(From Bangladesh)

11/6/03


Dear Tea lover:

What is your favorite breakfast tea? Do you drink it straight or use
milk? How many of you switched from Coffee to tea in the morning?
Please leave your comment about your breakfast tea. Thanks.

Ripon
(From Bangladesh)


Three years ago I was a 12-cup-a-day coffee drinker. Now, two cups a week is
plenty. I've switched to tea and I'm quite satisfied. More often than not,
tea *is* my breakfast; often green, sometimes red, sometimes Darjeeling.

Michael

My wife and I are novice tea drinkers, having switched from coffee about
four years ago. I'm a pilot and travel very often, so I still drink coffee
when I'm on the road. I'm just not in the mood to deal with trying to make
a good cup of tea when I get the 4am wake-up call at the hotel. So I drink
coffee instead, which I still love.

But at home we share a pot of tea every morning. We buy our tea from The
Tea Store in Ottawa, Canada. I get to stay over-night in Ottawa every once
in a while and I always buy tea when I'm there. But sometimes we order from
them online www.teastore.ca . I have found that their prices are very
reasonable, especially after the favorable exchange rate for us Yankees.

Since we are novices, even after four years, we select different teas each
time and have found some breakfast favorites: Irish Breakfast, Prince of
Wales, Nonsuch Estate, Keemun (not sure of the specifics), Russian Caravan
(very smoky and great on cold Ohio mornings), and Earl Grey to name a few.
I enjoy green tea in the afternoon and evening but don't know much about it.
I just randomly pick a new kind each time. I currently have a Japanese
Sencha, and some other Japanese variety that looks like small twigs and
starts with a "K". My wife doesn't care for green tea unless I blend it
with dried spearmint and sweeten it with honey.

Sorry about the elaborate answer to a simple question, but I feel like I'm
introducing myself to the group. I've been lurking here lately having just
recently found this group.

Robert


"Ripon" wrote in message
om...
Dear Tea lover:

What is your favorite breakfast tea? Do you drink it straight or use
milk? How many of you switched from Coffee to tea in the morning?
Please leave your comment about your breakfast tea. Thanks.

Ripon
(From Bangladesh)

On Thu, 06 Nov 2003 09:20:50 +0100, Ripon wrote:

Dear Tea lover:

What is your favorite breakfast tea? Do you drink it straight or use
milk? How many of you switched from Coffee to tea in the morning? Please
leave your comment about your breakfast tea. Thanks.

Ripon
(From Bangladesh)

Strong English Breakfast with milk, no sugar

JB

"Robert Choate" wrote in message ...
My wife and I are novice tea drinkers, having switched from coffee about
four years ago. I'm a pilot and travel very often, so I still drink coffee
when I'm on the road. I'm just not in the mood to deal with trying to make
a good cup of tea when I get the 4am wake-up call at the hotel. So I drink
coffee instead, which I still love.


Since we are novices, even after four years, we select different teas each
time and have found some breakfast favorites: Irish Breakfast, Prince of
Wales, Nonsuch Estate, Keemun (not sure of the specifics), Russian Caravan
(very smoky and great on cold Ohio mornings), and Earl Grey to name a few.
I enjoy green tea in the afternoon and evening but don't know much about it.
I just randomly pick a new kind each time.

Sorry about the elaborate answer to a simple question, but I feel like I'm
introducing myself to the group. I've been lurking here lately having just
recently found this group.

Robert


"Ripon" wrote in message
om...
Dear Tea lover:

What is your favorite breakfast tea?

Ripon
(From Bangladesh)

Dear Robert:

Welcome to rec.food.drink.tea. You like a wide varities of tea.well,
as a frequent traveler I also feel for a strong cup of coffee in the
morning. But recently I have found a solution. I made my own blend
instead of coffee. But still a grande size of starbuck's Frappachinu
attacted me a lot or a cup of cafe latte with vanilla and caramel.

Just wanted to say- You like Prince of wales. i am quiet sure its
Twinings brand. And for your information this is also Keemun tea.
enjoy your tea. have you ever try Japanese green tea Hojicha?

Ripon
(From Bangladesh)

"Ripon" wrote in message
om...
Dear Tea lover:

What is your favorite breakfast tea? Do you drink it straight or use
milk? How many of you switched from Coffee to tea in the morning?
Please leave your comment about your breakfast tea. Thanks.

Ripon
(From Bangladesh)




For me it's usually a Keemun or Yunnan, but occasionally Assam, Sikkim,
Smokey Russian Caravan or English Breakfast tea. I don't drink much coffee
anymore.

Blues

"Ripon" wrote in message
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Dear Tea lover:

What is your favorite breakfast tea? Do you drink it straight or use
milk? How many of you switched from Coffee to tea in the morning?
Please leave your comment about your breakfast tea. Thanks.

Ripon
(From Bangladesh)

I enjoy a smooth China black tea like Yunnan or Keemun, plain. On occasion,
I also like genmaicha and oolong teas for breakfast.

Wendi

"Ripon" wrote in message
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Dear Tea lover:

What is your favorite breakfast tea? Do you drink it straight or use
milk? How many of you switched from Coffee to tea in the morning?
Please leave your comment about your breakfast tea. Thanks.

Ripon
(From Bangladesh)

I rarely drink coffee anymore unless I'm away from home and can't get decent
tea. I drink many different teas with breakfast. If I'm a bit groggy, it
will usually be Keemun. No milk. If I'm already wide awake, I might have a
Chinese green such as Pi Lo Chun or a jade oolong. I've got a very floral
oolong called Four Seasons from Taiwan that I love. What I choose just
depends on how I feel that day.

Agalena

(Ripon) wrote in
om:

What is your favorite breakfast tea? Do you drink it straight or use
milk? How many of you switched from Coffee to tea in the morning?
Please leave your comment about your breakfast tea. Thanks.

Although this post will be at least somewhat about tea, I've had yerba maté
instead of coffee for a couple of recent mornings. I've been a big coffee
fan for years, but I've drunk much less since I found maté--which I drink
quite a bit of now.

My curiosity about maté led me to this group (TINTG), which led to the
reawakining of my curiosity about tea.

Now I've enjoyed some really good Earl Grey, and I have some Assam,
gunpowder green and English Breakfast on the way. My neighbor started
reminiscing about English Breakfast when I shared some Earl Grey with her,
and I'm looking forward to that. Maybe I'll have to give you a final
answer later :O)
--
fD

"fLameDogg" wrote in message
.. .
(Ripon) wrote in

My curiosity about maté led me to this group (TINTG), which led to the
reawakining of my curiosity about tea.

Now I've enjoyed some really good Earl Grey, and I have some Assam,
gunpowder green and English Breakfast on the way. My neighbor started
reminiscing about English Breakfast when I shared some Earl Grey with her,
and I'm looking forward to that. Maybe I'll have to give you a final
answer later :O)
--
fD

I used to adore English Breakfast. I still like it. Even stronger is Irish
Breakfast. A friend of mine used to make her own blend of the two- she
called it 'battle in a cup'. I always have my British-style teas with milk
and sugar. To me they taste better that way.

(Ripon) writes:

What is your favorite breakfast tea? Do you drink it straight or use
milk? How many of you switched from Coffee to tea in the morning?

I have been drinking morning tea for more than 20 years, and the last 10 years
has been Irish Breakfast upon awakening. Sometimes on arrival at the office I
have Assam. I did not completely give up coffee as I like it for an after
dinner drink, perhaps the heavy texture is the reason.

I drink my morning tea with a little sweetener, usually Splenda since I should
limit sugar intake. I haven't ever cared for tea with milk except of course
for masala chai.

For me, it's usually Irish Breakfast (isn't that Assam?), Earl Grey or
Bigelow's Constant Comment.

"Ripon" wrote in message
om...
Dear Tea lover:

What is your favorite breakfast tea? Do you drink it straight or use
milk? How many of you switched from Coffee to tea in the morning?
Please leave your comment about your breakfast tea. Thanks.

Ripon
(From Bangladesh)

On Fri, 7 Nov 2003 20:42:44 -0500, "Shrewsbury"
tripped the light fantastic, then quipped:

What is your favorite breakfast tea? Do you drink it straight or use
milk? How many of you switched from Coffee to tea in the morning?
Please leave your comment about your breakfast tea. Thanks.

Ripon
(From Bangladesh)

I prefer a pot of Assam Gingia, with milk and a bit of sugar. It's
malty, yet oh, so smooth, and is just right for getting me
kick-started in the morning. I also enjoy a good Ceylon, Keemun or
Yunnan when I'm out of the Assam. I've never acquired a taste for
coffee; in my 40 years, I've yet to consume a cup of java. It smells
good, but I simply can't tolerate the taste.

Tee
http://www.geocities.com/tee_king
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"Tea" wrote in
:

I used to adore English Breakfast. I still like it. Even stronger is
Irish Breakfast. A friend of mine used to make her own blend of the
two- she called it 'battle in a cup'. I always have my British-style
teas with milk and sugar. To me they taste better that way.

Mmm, something else to look forward to trying. Scottish Breakfast sounds
appealing, too. Is there perhaps a Welsh or Cornish Breakfast also? :O)

The milk and sugar sound good. I like this Earl Grey that way, although
nothing tastes good to me this evening. I fear I may be coming down with
something.
--
fD

I've stopped coffee entirely in favor of the River Shannon blend from
Uptons.