A question for the tea drinkers

[pepharytheworm]

I usually drink green tea cold or hot and sweeten with honey instead of sugar. Don't drink to much tea I heard it can cause urinary track infections. Not sure if its true but my GF kept having them till she backed off drinking to much tea. She was drinking tea for every meal and in between.

[reagan]

my favorite is taylors of harrogate, english breakfast. i used to have to get it at a british import shop but they closed and now whole foods carries it. i also like tapal danedar from pakistan. and a decent stand-by is the twinings variety pack.

if you're more into green, white, red, etc. teas... i usually stick with teavana. their mango peach tea is great served cold or hot. they also have some nice chais.

[fastbilly1]

Oh great, a UTI. Well its better than what coffee was doing to my gut. Thanks for the headsup Pephary.

As for taste, I am willing to try anything. I like tropical fruit flavors alot, and dislike Chai - hurts the throat to much.

And yeah, not being able to listen to pandora is a pain. Ive ran We Shall Over Come and Queen's Greatest Hits 1&2 to the ground this week.

[Xonticus]

If you can find a local Teavana store I highly recommend it.

http://www.teavana.com/shop.axd/StoreLocations

[Snickerd00dle]

i will second earl grey

[alienjesus]

I'd recommend some brands I like, but the problem is they probably arent sold in the US.

[fastbilly1]

Ive had Teavana tea before, the store near me is a bit of a dive though. Any specific blends you like?

And try me alienjesus. I can find most anything food related in the area I live in. Even Kinder Eggs, which are illegal here, Mr. Brown (Taiwanese Canned Coffee) and Kofoa (Slovakian soda). Granted what I can find fluctuates weekly.

This is a good forming list, lots of new things to try. Thanks all.

[alienjesus]

Kinder Eggs are banned?! Wha-!? Thats a whole generation of kids who won;t know the joy of constructing a crappy plastic toy after chomping down some average tasting chocolate!

[fastbilly1]

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) mandated in 94 that food products cannot have a none food product inside of it unless it is used for eating said product - ie the stick on the lollipop. So the toy in the Kinder Egg is what makes it illegal. Thankfully a grocery store near me started stocking the normal kinder chocolate bars. They remind me of my time in Scotland.

[Reverend]

I have to third? Earl Grey. Definitely one of my favorite English Teas.