Earl Gray Hot

Jul 31, 2016 7:09 PM

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Where the fuck is PG Tips?

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Uncle Iroh would be proud of you @OP

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If I had been drinking tea, this would've made me spit it out

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Yellow tea is also a real thing

10 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 0

Yeah, but real Junshan Yinzhen is damn tricky to find...

10 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Just noting: brewing times & temps can vary wildly even between similar types of teas; in general, experiment to find what you like best. >

10 years ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 0

> While it's true that delicate teas can be brewed in too-hot water, it's not necessarily true that, say, black teas need be steeped in >

10 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

> just-under-boiling water. Some benefit from higher temperatures, some from lower. Experimentation is key! I don't mean to pontificate :D

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

true, but until you get the chance to experiment. A rough guess reguarding the berw method is appreciated

10 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Of course! Maybe I was overzealous... You're right. I just don't want people to think that they're set rules. Didn't mean to be pushy, oops.

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Posts like these give a greater appreciation of the finer things in life: tea, lists, some third thing

10 years ago | Likes 193 Dislikes 0

sweet teas are made of these...

10 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Yeah. Tea, lists, the rule of threes that's ever present in society in which only two is frowned on & leaves more to be desired. *sips tea*

10 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

...nanotinkenology.

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I need a poster of this

10 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

Star Trek

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Appealing infographics?

10 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

Liqour

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Folks at work look at me weird when I brew tea. "What you don't like coffee?" Yeah bitch I do! But I can love two things too!

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+1 for title

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I was looking for the Trekkie

10 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

We're here, except I'm a Trekker.

10 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Just want to confirm Barry's tea for Ireland. It's the best!

10 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

It really is! None of that Lyons nonsense!

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

BARRY'S TEA BEST TEA

10 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Sittin' here suckin' down darjeeling...

10 years ago | Likes 27 Dislikes 1

Darjeeling, in my view, is superior to teas from the Assam region of India

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

With Marie Antoinette and her little sister?

10 years ago | Likes 11 Dislikes 0

Watching too much Girls und Panzer gave me a very different mental image...

10 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Do you see the hat? I am... Mrs... Nesbit!

10 years ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 0

v

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Years of academy training wasted!!

10 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Im just finished watching The Darjeeling Limited. Great movie. Been binging on Wes Anderson's films.

10 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

one of my favorite movies of all time

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My favorite director. Love all his films.

10 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Interesting, but there's a lot of unsubstantiated claims made about supposed health benefits going on here.

10 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 0

Healthy food helps you be healthy. I highly scrutinize anything that attempts to go beyond that claim.

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Some brands want to pretend that drinking tea will magically cure you of everything

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

what about puerh!?

10 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 0

puerh is technically fragmented green tea. The extent to which it is fermented and the method varies between brands

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Um, most popular tea brands? Where the FUCK is PG Tips??

10 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Can't stand PG Tips! Twinings al the way ❤️

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 1

There's a special place in hell for Twinings lovers.

10 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Whattttt. Their Assam is the best!

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

It's not real tea unless it's in a dirty cup with a hair in it!

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

To be fair, as long as the tea is strong and sugary I'm sold!

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Do you take sugar in your tea? No thank you Turkish....I'm already sweet enough

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What's the ideal brewing time for Lipton?

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1.5 min. Lipton is CTC processed which means the tea has a lower brewing time than blacks processed by traditional methods

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I came here to post this same comment! My BIL is a tea snob, and I enjoyed making him visibly cringe when I asked if they had Lipton. Muhaha

10 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

However long it takes you to go to a shop that sells proper tea, plus the time it takes to make that tea instead

10 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

Why is it in Fahrenheit? Every country that drinks tea as part of their culture users metric.

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Water boil @ 212 F, so roughly 2 F --> 1 C conversion for rough estimate you should be ok. This is simply not written for gen. chem. lab :)

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For high temperatures that works for very rough estimates, but 160 F = 71 C (and 32 F = 0 C).

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It's to education and sell tea to Americans.

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brother works for a USA grocery retailer, while tea consumption has greatly risen in the last decade, sales drop in warm months

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the industry is really pushing for year round consumption that goes beyond Southern Style tea which is very low quality

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One would think that every country that drinks tea as part of their culture wouldn't need to receive their education on the internet.

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We usually don't for the tea we have been raised to drink but there are numerous teas that require different methods

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actually they would. Many cultures only drink tea 1 or 2 ways. There is always growth to be made in bringing new types into the market

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Now do one for coffee!

10 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

When u tired coffe

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How the hell can no. 2 list Lancashire Tea but not Yorkshire Tea? Yorkshire Gold is what it's all about

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Lancashire, la la la! Lancashire, la la la!

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I find your lack of Lyons disturbing. But not more than your use of metric?!

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Lyon's a quality tea.

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As an American, I just threw this post into the harbor.

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Shit! I got here late! Is there still enough for me to throw?

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As a Brit, what the fuck is Lancashire tea?

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I live in lanc and heart nothin bout it.

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Slightly better than Lipton but still crap

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most commercially prepackaged tea is crap because it is CTC processed

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What's that?

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3/ Con: Drastically reduces the flavor and quality of the tea compared to traditional loose leaf (Orthodox method)

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2/ Pro of CTC tea: its cheaper to manufacture and can brew more cups per kilo than the Traditional Orthodox method.

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4/ CTC became popular with tea bags that hid the quality of tea. Creating a race to the bottom trend to produce the cheapest tea possible

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As a Brit living in the US, Lipton tea tastes like you found it at the bottom of a harbor- oh, wait...

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it's your fault. If you fucks didn't tax it, we'd have remained a tea culture. USA quit drinking tea in the Revolution out of protest

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but one could debate that the war was inevitable, and the majority of our tea supply line would have been cut off, regardless.

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As an American tea snob, I love this comment more than anything ever typed on imgur.

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Loose tea master race !!!

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Rise up against the CTC swilling swine! Orthodox for life.

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Yes!!

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So is it acceptable to leave the teabag in all while one drinks the tea long after brewing?

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You do what you want, but that is a good way to make shit tea

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No. Heathen.

10 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

You're gonna get a lot of tannin, the stuff that tastes very bitter, if you do. I can't stand it.

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As a British person, I've never heard of Ahmad tea. Our most popular brand of tea is called PG Tips. Do not mess with tea facts!

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Sure but they listed Ahmad as the most popular tea in the UK and it's not.

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Or Typhoo or Yorkshire Tea. Hadn't heard of Mazewatee or Rington's tea either...

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Rington's Hugely famous brand of tea in the North. Why they chose Lancashire tea (est 2005) instead of Yorkshire Tea (est 1886) i dont get.

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As a Canadian I don't know Salada either. I'm guessing most popular would be the cheapest ones. Red rose, twinnings, lipton.

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They put Tetley down as Indian. I think they dun goofed

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is PG Tips traditional loose leaf, or is it CTC processed into those terrible tea pellets?

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It comes in tea bags, like the vast majority of tea in the UK

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That's CTC. Evil little tea pellets

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I'll just stick to heating water in the microwave and putting the T bag in after, for some few minutes. Not gunna worry about temps.

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I recently ordered a bright pink electric kettle. It is beyond awesome for heating water for one cup.

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Microwave! The brit in me just cried a little, actually a lot

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Its.. its just hot water D: How different could it be?

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Lousy temperature control and a limey childhood make me have an aversion to that mechanical abomination

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curious as to the British opinion on electric kettles. Are they allowed, or are they a dirty little secret of convenience?

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I drink 10 L. of tea everyday when not drunk. Earl gray / Russian earl gray. Just wanted to share, i'm drunk. I don't drink coffee.

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Careful drinking that much earl gray... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bergamot_orange#Toxicology "consumed 4l/day suffered muscle cramps"

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My muscles are ok.... i just tried to lift kiddos this weekend... ouch. They were a bit grown ups... ouch.

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Russian Earl Grey is all I believe in.

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For the unbelievers, here is my rig : 01- http://imgur.cEkBw">http://imgur">om/j">EkBw">http://imgur.com/jOsEkBw 02- http://imgur.com/K52zDD2 03- http://imgur.com/qfn1ron I love tea.

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http://youtu.be/eELH0ivexKA

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!

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Russian earl grey? There's a Russian variation of my favorite tea??

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Russian Earl Grey *4 http://imgur.com/K52zDD2

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As a Russian who loves Earl Grey, I need to try this!

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Coffee is technically a tea

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I hate you. Theine is not caffeine... Wait... what ?

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But they both have caffeine too

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The only good uses i ever saw in coffee is staining paper and feeding old Brazilian locomotives.

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

I'm not sure I understand the reference but I drink coffee because I like it.

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10 L, as in 10 Liters of tea every day? Holy shit.

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Not everyday. Yes that is a lot. I moisturize myself a lot.

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So it would seem.

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English: "moisturize" is done with a cream or lotion, "hydrate" is done with tea. 2/2

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Your English is good - I wish my Russian was as good. And, just like I want people to correct my Russian, I'll do the same for your 1/2

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I don't recall a "hydrate me" reference in Dr. Who. Btw. I am no Russian. Do they love their children too ?

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Oh, it was a reference. Went right over my head. Sorry.

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Damn. I would have to pee every five minutes with that amount of tea.

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37 minutes...

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That is a very specific amount of time. Also isn't life a bit difficult if you have to pee every 37 minutes?

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