Use milk in tea- not cream. Cream is too heavy and destroys the delicate
flavor. Cream gets used in coffee, not tea.

Better yet, learn which teas you can enjoy without milk or sugar. It's
healthier that way.

"magnulus" > wrote in message
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> Do you put cream in tea?
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> I grew up on iced tea and didn't drink hot tea until after living in
> England in the late 80's for a few years growing up. Lots of folks put
> cream and sugar in their tea there, some didn't. I did at first, but then
> learned to like it straight (maybe because it was more like ice tea)- I
> tended to like Earl Grey and Lapsong Soochong.
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> I mostly drink green and Oolong teas now but when I drink black tea I
> usually don't put anything in it.
>
> Now days tea has alot of touted health benefits (amazingly enough, when
I
> was younger it was said to be "bad for you"), which probably has kept my
tea
> drinking at a steady pace (hey, if it's good for you and doesn't taste
> bad... why not? Some days I might drink 5-8 cups of tea). Apparrently,
> adding milk/cream to tea reduces the health benefits from what I've read.
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