I heard tea is good but don't know much about it.

Any tea lovers here that can share their experience? What tea is good? Where is your fav tea shop?

Edit: 19/05/2011



I have learned so much over the 1 year of tea adventuring but there are just so much more to learn and taste. I have posted my learning progress and some post may sound noobish (as I am one) so pardon me

Feel free to go through the pages and do share your experience too

This post has been edited by auhckw: May 19 2011, 10:10 PM

i *heart* tea...

which tea do u drink?

my dad's friends are all tea lovers. so i've got a tea spot in the house with everything required.

basically green tea / fresh tea (chinese = sok cha) under the chinese tea category is healthy. most helps to detoxify n keeps u alert. n some even helps on weight management. mostly, when u eat food that is oily, drinking tea helps to cleanse it up. making the throat feel better n fresher.

I like tea alot lol, teas like sen-cha, earl grey, lady grey...etc.
Last time tried camerion, not my cup of tea i guess, need to add milk and sugar?

but one of the problems for drinking tea is cant sleep at night if you drink it at the evening

What kind of tea? Chinese tea? Japanese green tea? Boh tea?

i just started drinking tea quite often. But it's more to chinese tea (poh lei) and japanese green tea. It helps detoxify and helps to wash/reduce the amount of oil u consume in ur tummy :/

For green tea, try to cook it at 90 celsius, you can get that by leaving your tea pot open for about 1-2minutes before putting in your tea leaves and close it. However i still fail at noticing the taste different between 100 degree and 90degree.

Anyone like western tea here?

of course better for u is choose for a branded and affordable tea, with various funtion, such as burn fat, remove toxic to drink.

I am a Japanese and Chinese tea lover. I usually take those teabags because more convenient. I've only tried Green tea, Jasmine tea, Pu Er tea, Oolong tea and Ti Kuan Yin tea.

Among all, I like most is Green Tea. Really don't quite like Pu Er and Oolong because they are dark and don't have that fresh, light taste. Can anyone recommend any tea that is similar to Green tea? I forgot how Ti Kuan Yin taste like.

I'm pretty much a Green Tea fanatic.
Consume about 2 litres per day.
But the way I'm brew it isn't with warm~hot water, instead I scoop 3 big table-spoon of the Green Tea leaves into a 2 litre flask, pour in about 1.8 litre of cold water and put it in the fridge for about 4+ hours.

I like to drink it cold, it's very refreshing...but the main point I "cold brew" my Green Tea because the flavour tasted different than brewing it in hot water (below 90c), you can taste the earthy and organic note to it, plus I try not to compromise the nutrition of the tea, and I make sure I "brew" it long enough for the leaves to release it's oil and natural essences...

About Green Tea compared to other teas ( Earl Grey, Oolong, Lipton, etc.) it gives more of this "feeling good" factor throughout the day...

Wow, so many tea drinkers. I have Earl Grey, English Breakfast, Chinese green tea (a few types, kept in the freezer), Ti Kuan Ying, and some Pu Er, which I bought for investment purpose and cheaper varieties for daily drinking. I generally consume more coffee (4 shots of espresso daily, with freshly roasted and freshly grind coffee beans) than tea (2x a week).

me too, i usually buy tea bag type for convenient's sake.
lol to me ti kuan yin taste like its name, don't know how to describe though

May I know what brand are you drinking? and what is the price around?

What an amount You sure know how to enjoy

i love drinking tea.. but when i drink it, i won't be able to sleep at night.. any solution for this?

When you drink it? Morning? If morning/noon, the effect won't last that long till sleep hours.

Give it about 6-8hrs and the effect should wear off.. The other way is to drink tea like Pu Er, and u can sleep at night and wont get gastric problem.

if u want to sleep at nite, try drinking the chinese fermented tea (also known as black tea). the effects are diff, very refreshing, doesn't get u hungry, n allows u to sleep.

just found out from someone that chamomile tea's good especially for ladies. i'm taking that a nite now. one bag (can't seem to find it loose.. pls do tell me where to get loose chamomile tea) for 2 cups. it also helps me to sleep at peace... nice smell n refreshing.

day time, usually take chinese green tea. not only it helps u to detox, it also helps to clear the throat from oily food n etc. love it!

tea is good, good to burn your body fat, especially better for female, campare v coffe, tea is healthy

Anybody drinks 竹叶青 before? It's from Si Chuan.

i drink lots of chinese tea...love high class tie guan yin de most..=P and pu er..

hey, anyone tried the Green Tea with Chamomile Flowers tea by Dilmah. Brought it from Giant just now with doubts.. but its great. refreshing, nice sweet scent n the there's this 'kam' taste that leaves ur tougue tingling for a short while (which i rarely find in english tea..usually the chinese tea only). its nice, i'd recommend this. also help for acne n detox =)~