"dsi1" > wrote in message
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> On Friday, July 29, 2016 at 11:40:36 AM UTC-10, cshenk wrote:
>> Julie Bove wrote in rec.food.cooking:
>>
>> >
>> > "Ed Pawlowski" > wrote in message
>> > ...
>> > > On Fri, 29 Jul 2016 01:18:27 -0700, "Julie Bove"
>> > > wrote:
>> > >
>> > > > Does anyone know what is meant by this? I recently read a series
>> > > > of books by a British author. The books were her life story. She
>> > > > lived in a variety of places and often referred to the quality of
>> > > > tea as either being cheap, poor quality, better quality, superb
>> > > > quality, etc.
>> > > >
>> > > > Here, most places do not serve good tea because they will bring
>> > > > you a little pot of hot but not boiling hot water and a tea bag.
>> > >
>> > > > Could it be that the author meant that the tea she was getting
>> > > > was not made properly? Or is there some really crappy tea out
>> > > > there for sale?
>> > > >
>> > >
>> > > Never had crappy tea, but some are better than others. Maybe the
>> > > really bad stuff is blended into cheap bags. I don't know.
>> > >
>> > > Agree that tea is a restaurant is second rate at best. I rarely
>> > > order it for that reason.
>> > >
>> > > Some teas are better if the leaf is left larger. You won't find
>> > > that tea in a bag because there is not enough room for it to expand
>> > > and cut up, it dos not work as well. Other tea is cut more finely.
>> > >
>> > > I use bags only for iced tea. My regular morning tea is loose and I
>> > > have an infuser that I put right into the mug.
>> > >
>> > > I prefer Ceylon tea and have been buying from here for many years
>> > > now. The price is US dollars is much less right now so don't let
>> > > the price scare you.
>> > > http://www.teatrader.com/Ceylon.html
>> >
>> > Thanks! I buy a lot of different kinds but some is expensive so I
>> > look for sales. One that I grew up with was Constant Comment. I
>> > realize now that my parents must have made it super weak. I can't
>> > drink it as it says to make it. Far too strong. So I will use one bag
>> > of that or Lemon Lift and combine them with green, black or orange
>> > pekoe.
>> >
>> > When I lived on Cape Cod, I could get huge boxes of green tea at a
>> > Korean restaurant for only $3. Seemed to be very good tea. But I was
>> > shocked to see what I could get for that price in other areas. Either
>> > very little or nothing at all.
>> >
>> > I miss going to a tea shop in the U District. It wasn't a British Tea
>> > shop. They sold all kinds of tea by the pot or cup. My friends and I
>> > would go there every few weeks and try something new to us. I think
>> > they did sell some food items but we only ever got the tea.
>> >
>> > More recently, we found a tea shop in Laconner. I assumed I could get
>> > a cup of tea in there. The owner seemed a bit put off that we wanted
>> > that. She did make us some but had a very limited selection.
>> > Apparently she mostly just sold the tea for you to take home to make.
>> > Also things like cups, pots, decorative items and some little
>> > pastries, cookies, candies, etc. which she also did not serve. There
>> > was a small table in there that we sat at to drink the tea. She
>> > seemed annoyed that we were sitting there. She said most people took
>> > the tea to go.
>>
>> Somehow, I've never 'gotten it' on green tea. (Yup, some things asian
>> do not appeal to me and that's one).
>>
>> Looks like your tea shop was a true shop, not a tea house (where you
>> drink tea, get nibbles, then buy some loose leaf or bags for home use
>> on the way out).
>>
>> There was a nifty one in San Diego 'Conversation to a Tea' where you
>> got dainty little crustless sandwiches (think English classic tea
>> types). You got 2 complimentary mini-sandwiches with your first cup.
>> Those were nifty and very simple usually with a 1/2 moon of thin
>> cucumber and some tangy mayo-based spread. A single slice of bread
>> made 2 sandwiches to give you a proportion. Yes, they had more
>> substantial food items but all similarly light lunch material to a USA
>> perspective.
>>
>> They had a great 'build your own fruit cup' where you selected from a
>> list of what was currently available (list printed daily, had fresh and
>> frozen.
>> Carol
>>
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>
> My daughter is strangely into green tea. She's made matcha mochi, matcha
> macrons, matcha cookies, etc. Last night we had some matcha cheesecake.
> I'm not too wild about it although I like the color. It tastes like hay to
> me.
>
> https://www.amazon.com/clouddrive/sh...hare_link_copy

I like it. I like most tea. Just don't do weird stuff like peach or other
fruits.