I'm just going to make some tea - any requests?

[tjwmason]

I need a little boost mid-afternoon.

[seemunkee]

1. I'm on my third cup but as long as your up

I'll take another.

[tjwmason]

7. But of course.

How do you take yours?

[Zuni]

2. I could use some Green tea right now

I love that stuff, hot or chilled

[tjwmason]

4. I've got green here

I drink far more of it than black teas. Japanese sencha (to be precise).

I can't imagine what it would be like chilled though - hot is stunningly wonderful. :D

[DeposeTheBoyKing]

3. What's your brand?

We use PG Tips and sometimes Tetley (the real stuff from Britain, not the Connecticut crap). I take 1 1/2 tsp of sugar, please. Thanks!

[tjwmason]

6. I'm on Japanese sencha from Whittard's of Chelsea.

I'm afraid that I have a deep hatred of tea-bags, and most branded teas tend to source quite heavily from Kenya whose climate is (I.M.O.) totally unsuited to growing tea.

I don't drink very much black tea, when I do it tends to be Assam or Ceylon (when are we going to start calling it Sri Lanka?) - milk, no sugar.

The most important question (the cause of many fist-fights - or at least dirty looks - over here) when you make tea do you pre-lactate or post?

[DeposeTheBoyKing]

22. I post-lactate!

And add sugar last.

[supernova]

5. I need a second cup, please

:9 I really like green and white tea.

Thanks, TJ.

[tjwmason]

8. I'm on green here

will that do?

[miss_kitty]

9. Lapsang Suchong, please

milky
:9

[tjwmason]

11. Can I hold my nose as I make it?

I think that it's like making tea with the contents of an ash-tray. :P

Of course I'll make you some though. :D

Small piece of irrelevant tea-trivia - Lapsang is pretty much the only tea in which one should use brown-sugar (presuming that one takes surgar, obviously if one does not then one doesn't use any sugar) which is normally kept only for coffee.

[terrya]

10. I'm sipping a cup of Earl Grey, but thank you anyway

:-)

[tjwmason]

12. Ahhh the scent of bergamot oil.

:D

[BlueIris]

13. Strawberry tea, please. nt.

[Spider Jerusalem]

14. I'm already drinking double bergamot Earl Grey at the moment...

so nothing for me, thanks. :)

[Rabrrrrrr]

15. Some Taiwanese white tea mixed with some Winter Tea, please

Thank you!

[edbermac]

16. What should I add to green tea?

I hate it plain...honey, perhaps? Suggestions?

[Spider Jerusalem]

17. Honey would be good.

And a cardamom pod whilst steeping couldn't hurt.

[ElsewheresDaughter]

18. yes please i'de like some yerba mate with a dollop of honey...thank you

[SOteric]

19. Keemun or Darjeeling,

extra strong, dash of sugar, no milk. And thank you. :D

[In_The_Wind]

20. I'd like a little

cognac in my tea ...

[MissMillie]

21. can I have a tomato sandwich w/ that?

I'm addicted to native tomatoes this time of year.