On Sun, 18 Nov 2012 19:38:47 -0800, gtr > wrote:

>On 2012-11-19 01:07:04 +0000, Jim Elbrecht said:
>
>> On Sun, 18 Nov 2012 15:40:08 -0800, gtr > wrote:
>>
>>> On 2012-11-18 20:24:06 +0000, Ed Pawlowski said:
>>>
>>>> The best tea in a bag as not as good as a loose tea.
>>>
>>> Twinings sells English Breakfast tea either loose, or in teabags. Are
>>> you saying they use inferior grades in the teabags?
>>
>> IMO it is the paper. The paper absorbs something or adds a paper flavor.
>
>Interesting. I'd like to get you in a double blind taste test! :-)
>
>> I'm not a big tea drinker, but I prefer just loose tea in cup or pot-
>> then strained. I use a French press for a couple cups.
>
>Especially if you're not a big tea drinker--I'd like to get you in a
>double blind taste test!

You get yerself to Schenectady with a bag o' tea- and We'll sit down
for a spell.<g> I'm always game for even a single blind test.

Jim