Howzit!

Guava juice was the mainstay for us. No orange or apple or grapefruit, not
even passion fruit or pineapple except when we went up to the Dole hut by
Wahiawa. Then, we always drank lots of pineapple juice and ate the fresh
pineapple. Tea was only in restaurants except a girlfriend's family had iced
tea with dinner...I tried it once then drank water because I didn't care for
it...pro'lly Lipton's, lol.

I think the Chinese green and white teas make fine cold tea as well as hot.
I only like them straight, but I'll put honey sometimes in black teas.

Liliha, huh? That's close. I was off Nuuanu. Used to eat lunch at Chun
Hoon's with my dad every Sat.

Spam with eggs and rice. Spam omelette. Spam musubi. Mmmm...ONO!

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~~Bluesea~~
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"Darawen Littlestich" wrote in message
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bluesea!
i too am a local hawaiian...but we mainly drank PLAIN oriental tea at
home;
can't remember what kind--whatever mom had. eating out at local chinese
or
japanese resturants we drank the tea (plain) they served with the meal.
to
this day, i cannot abide sweetening/milking oriental-type teas. strong
black teas, i've learned to drink with sweetenings and milk, mainly
because
i like it that way, as with chai. we had juice at mealtimes at home.
hailing from puunui (upper reaches of liliha street) and i really do like
spam :-)

Bluesea wrote:
"Dominic T." wrote in message
oups.com...
Well, it's Monday morning and I have a stressful day ahead of me...
so I figured I'd start a light topic (plus I'm new so I figured it
would help me know where people are coming from). How did you get
your start in tea?

Growing up in Honolulu with parents who enjoyed eating out at least
once a week meant that many Chinese, Korean, and Japanese meals were
consumed - all with tea. It was a natural part of life. In
American-style restaurants, Dad drank the usual Lipton tea while Mom
drank coffee and I had soda (I experimented a lot with Lipton, but we
never did get along and I eventually gave up trying). At home, Mom
drank coffee, Dad drank buttermilk, milk and water; and I had juice
or water.

On my own, a friend introduced me to chamomile and catnip teas and
someone else's mom introduced me to Constant Comment. That got me to
trying different supermarket teas.

Then, I discovered the joy of the fresher, loose black, green, white
teas, and blends.

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My grandmother's cousin...I called my Aunt because I was so young...was
a missionary in China for most of her adult life. I went and stayed
summers with her when I was nine until she died a few years later. She
and I used to sit and have hot green tea together and she would tell me
Chinese children's stories and stories of her time in China. Because
of her I have a great love of hot tea, Chinese art and decor, and even
worked at a Chinese restaurant while attending university. The owners
and I got along famously.