I like Earl Grey, but also drink a lot of Mate (although not sure if people consider this a tea)

Day to day is Yorkshire tea with a little sugar. Every now and then I like to mix some Darjeeling with licorice tea.

The local Polish grocery store has a selection of eastern European herbal teas, herbs which I’d never heard of, and it’s such an interesting experience in tea. One is a type of moss and it makes such pale tea, it’s so unusual. I’m loving trying them all.

I also love lemongrass spearmint tea, and rooibos and honey bush teas from South Africa which a friend sends me.

Hot

• Lavender Earl Grey
• Ginger Tea
• “Chai”
• Mint chamomile

Cold

• Strawberry lemon
• Mango Apple
• Lychee

My go-to hot tea is Twining’s Irish Breakfast, stronger flavor than your typical English Breakfast. I prefer it with half-and-half and sugar, but can go with full cream or milk depending on what’s available.

As a southerner, I also like sweet iced tea (“sweet tea”) but was shocked to find what they serve at Chipotle is my favorite. It turns out the tea they use (S&D iced tea blend) comes from a provider in Concord, NC (just outside Charlotte) and they used to sell it for people to brew at home as well, but the company was bought out and don’t anymore. After some trial and error I discovered the secret was to put about half as much sugar in as I normally would. The tea blend itself is excellent, though, much better than you find in grocery stores.

Yorkshire Tea Gold, a little agave and a splash of milk.

My daily driver is Lipton Orange Pekoe. It’s fantastic and priced right for what it is. My rainy day sipping tea is a Taiwanese Fujian black tea.

Lapsang Souchong (smoked black tea).

I enjoy anise-fennel-caraway tea. It doesn’t taste as watery as many of the fruit-based teas and not as bitter as black tea and such. I find, it’s also decent at clearing out my throat.

Peppermint tea is second place for me, for very much the same reasons. 🙃

Learning about old people drama, its so interesting to find out about a 30 years old beef that never gets squashed

Black tea with almond milk and honey.

I love strong black teas. English Bteakfast is my go to, but I love a good PG tips now and again.

First flush, estate, Darjeeling. Done with the proper temp water in traditional tea pot.

If you have to add flavor to the the tea leaves, looking at you Earl Grey, then it is most likely a crap quality tea.

Masala chai, came to like it after few visits in India.