I have discovered two store teas, that seem to be ground. I saw a tea
on alink from this group that had a expensive granulated tea.( I frogot
where)

the ones I have ,infuse quickly. have great color. Their taste is far
better than their cost would indicate.

the Tai Mahal tea also comes in bags, so thats why its ground. It
tastes better than $2.50 for 8oz.

the Akili african tea. is groun really small and is light brown. The
bag states afican blak tea. I thought it might be rooibs, but its not.
This is worth $4 FOR 1.76 OZ.

I guess grinding tea makes it infuse beter and be stronger.

does anyone else drink granuladed tea.?

found any good ones?

tom

(curly mustache) writes:

> I have discovered two store teas, that seem to be ground.

That's CTC (crush, tear, curl) tea. It's what most Indian tea
drinkers, among others, drink. By the way, tea that isn't produced by
the CTC process is usually called "orthodox".

> I saw a tea on alink from this group that had a expensive granulated
> tea.( I frogot where)
>
> the ones I have ,infuse quickly. have great color.

I think that's basically the whole idea of CTC: more color with less leaf.

> Their taste is far better than their cost would indicate.
>
> the Tai Mahal tea also comes in bags, so thats why its ground.

Right, I think it's unusual to put orthodox tea in teabags.

/Lew
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