Oh no!...Now you've got me started...you see My name is Zan and I am a tea-a-holic.....Even when I have boxes that have been given me un opened I will go out and buy me some more.
Chinese, Ceylonese (Now Sri Lanka) Japanese, Cameron Highlands and Ruiboos (spelling?)
Green tea, Barley tea, Jasmine and chrysanthemum....mmmm. Morrocan Mint is caffeine free and truly refreshing and addictive and will still have your head buzzing. English Breakfast with some milk, or soy if you prefer for the first thing in the morning or whenever you need a wake up call (the Irish version is a tad too dark n strong.
Fruit teas to go with a biscuit. Mango, peach, apple or starwberry. ^__^
And an indulgence to be sure, Vanilla or caramel tea, with a touch of milk - or soy again- and its perfect.
Oh tea...I would not be able to function without it running in my veins...
There's a bar here that serves up Green Tea Daiquiri and some bakeries which sell green tea wholemeal buns and green tea crepes.
Guhh, that is like tea porn. I love mint tea, specially fresh made with mint leaves from the garden. Elgish Breakfast is one of my all time favourites - it's just so very pleasant. I've never had vanilla or caramel tea, although I've had chai, which is lovely. Also sweet apple tea! Yummmm. And tea loaf! Green tea crepes and buns sound wonderful. They are making me hungry...
Ooh tea-porn...now that's an idea...Hmmm...d'ya think Tenpou would serve it a la breakfast in Bed to our favourite General.
Would the delicate tea-pot and its cups on a beautiful black and red lacquered tray stay upright and not spill its contents. Or during a late after midnight library sojourn. A discourse into the ethics and aesthetics of tea drinking merely as an excercise or an education. ^__^...
The mind could not help but wander as it does.But ohh tea and tenpou and...porn..*flails*
-ps or as a side thought Tachibana, Green Tea crepes and Antique Bakery tea shenanigans. *giggles*
I think you should explore those tea related questions you are asking! I'd love to read any discourse on tea ethics and aesthetics specially if it involves porn.
Mmm, green tea crepes - maybe Tachibana wants to bring out Japanese style cakes. He and Ono could taste test a range of teas, deciding on the right one.
my favorite tea is Hong Kong style milk tea, or what they sometimes call silk stocking tea [because they pour it through a muslin strainer that eventually takes on the color of a stocking from the tea].
this drink is rare in the Philippines, so every time i have a chance to drink it, i do.
Hmmm, don't know the situation in the Philippines, but in Singapore there are a variety of interpretations...
if you go to your hawker-style "Kopitiam" A Chinese style shop and ask for s teh-susu (teh=milk; susu= milk) you get a strongly brewed tea with condensed milk. A throwback of our British-Colonial days. Although Chinese in style, the words are aactually Malay.
However if you go to a "Prata Shop" or one that sells Indian style breads (oooh yummy!) You get Teh-tarik, which is "pulled" tea also made with condensed milk, but they do a really nice version, Teh-Halia...which is Ginger-tea. The tea is actually brewed with water that has had ginger boling in it and is a wonderful pick me up (also for future reference...good for keeping nausea at bay when one is in the baby-way) also comes with the condensed milk.
Only at a "western style" cafe place would you ever get "real milk" and nowadays some places scrimp on the milk and give you creamer...which is ugh!
I don't actually know HK style milk tea, but the Taiwanese tea-shops here do milk (evaporated milk usually) tea here, stirred into the tea about one-sixth of the total serving. More or less. They are popular served cold with coloured translucent pearls made from sago-flour. These shops also serve peanut-tea which is nice. Has a taste similar to Horlicks.
Tea with condensed milk does sound very like a product of colonialism. I wonder if chai comes from the same root?
It is fascinating to hear about all the different kinds of tea shops - all the descriptions just make my mouth water. Tea with creamer though, ugh. Somehow condensed milk and evap are far more acceptable.
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Date: 2007-04-28 05:31 pm (UTC)There should be a word for that and there isn't, not even in german, and that just kills me.
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Date: 2007-04-28 05:35 pm (UTC)Betrayal.
But maybe that's only me.
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Date: 2007-04-28 06:18 pm (UTC)*runs off to make tea, gives you a cup*
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Date: 2007-04-30 10:37 am (UTC)Mmmmm, thanks!
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Date: 2007-04-29 01:16 am (UTC)Chinese, Ceylonese (Now Sri Lanka) Japanese, Cameron Highlands and Ruiboos (spelling?)
Green tea, Barley tea, Jasmine and chrysanthemum....mmmm.
Morrocan Mint is caffeine free and truly refreshing and addictive and will still have your head buzzing. English Breakfast with some milk, or soy if you prefer for the first thing in the morning or whenever you need a wake up call (the Irish version is a tad too dark n strong.
Fruit teas to go with a biscuit. Mango, peach, apple or starwberry. ^__^
And an indulgence to be sure, Vanilla or caramel tea, with a touch of milk - or soy again- and its perfect.
Oh tea...I would not be able to function without it running in my veins...
There's a bar here that serves up Green Tea Daiquiri and some bakeries which sell green tea wholemeal buns and green tea crepes.
*hands over a cuppa Morrocan Mint*
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Date: 2007-04-30 10:40 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-04-30 02:22 pm (UTC)Would the delicate tea-pot and its cups on a beautiful black and red lacquered tray stay upright and not spill its contents. Or during a late after midnight library sojourn. A discourse into the ethics and aesthetics of tea drinking merely as an excercise or an education. ^__^...
The mind could not help but wander as it does.But ohh tea and tenpou and...porn..*flails*
-ps or as a side thought Tachibana, Green Tea crepes and Antique Bakery tea shenanigans. *giggles*
Oh Ms Lux..you have me in a downward spiral.
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Date: 2007-05-02 01:12 pm (UTC)specially if it involves porn.Mmm, green tea crepes - maybe Tachibana wants to bring out Japanese style cakes. He and Ono could taste test a range of teas, deciding on the right one.
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Date: 2007-04-29 04:19 am (UTC)my favorite tea is Hong Kong style milk tea, or what they sometimes call silk stocking tea [because they pour it through a muslin strainer that eventually takes on the color of a stocking from the tea].
this drink is rare in the Philippines, so every time i have a chance to drink it, i do.
hurrah for milk tea ^^
*offers you a cup*
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Date: 2007-04-30 12:55 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-04-30 02:12 pm (UTC)if you go to your hawker-style "Kopitiam" A Chinese style shop and ask for s teh-susu (teh=milk; susu= milk) you get a strongly brewed tea with condensed milk. A throwback of our British-Colonial days. Although Chinese in style, the words are aactually Malay.
However if you go to a "Prata Shop" or one that sells Indian style breads (oooh yummy!) You get Teh-tarik, which is "pulled" tea also made with condensed milk, but they do a really nice version, Teh-Halia...which is Ginger-tea. The tea is actually brewed with water that has had ginger boling in it and is a wonderful pick me up (also for future reference...good for keeping nausea at bay when one is in the baby-way) also comes with the condensed milk.
Only at a "western style" cafe place would you ever get "real milk" and nowadays some places scrimp on the milk and give you creamer...which is ugh!
I don't actually know HK style milk tea, but the Taiwanese tea-shops here do milk (evaporated milk usually) tea here, stirred into the tea about one-sixth of the total serving. More or less. They are popular served cold with coloured translucent pearls made from sago-flour. These shops also serve peanut-tea which is nice. Has a taste similar to Horlicks.
I'm sorry...did I mention tea addict!
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Date: 2007-05-02 01:21 pm (UTC)It is fascinating to hear about all the different kinds of tea shops - all the descriptions just make my mouth water. Tea with creamer though, ugh. Somehow condensed milk and evap are far more acceptable.