Is loose green tea too much trouble? I've been using teabags myself.

I laughed so hard I may have pooped myself

Oh wait a minute.

S***!

I DID poop myself!

 

Dave, I have this infuser:

Teavana® Perfect Tea Maker (16oz.) - Teavana

It is very easy. You can boil water and pour it in, or I believe you can put water in and do the microwave. I've had it for over a year now and everything is still great.

In addition to the infuser, I have the pretty glass cup pictured in the website, but you can fit the infuser over any type of cup. I have really cut down on the amount of coffee I drink since I got this infuser and started ordering their teas. (Though their teas are ruinously expensive and I haven't heard great things about their green teas--I stick with the mate and rooibos varieties.)

 

Oh, this is all too bourgeoisie. Just use a pipe.

 

Tea balls are for plonkers. Get a bloody basket. They're easy to clean, easy to use. Only communists use tea balls.

 

When I said "tea ball" in previous posts, I really meant basket.

 

Bunny, this just keeps getting more and more interesting.

Tea bags = good

Loose leaf tea in tea basket = very good

Heavy drinking = excellent

 

Your opinion is automatically invalidated by your British slant. Why, I imagine you even put *milk* into your tea, god forbid.

Tom

 

Here comes the wet blanket:

From BBC. Here is the link:
BBC NEWS | Health | Steaming hot tea linked to cancer

It's not as bad as the title implies, but I want to scare everyone on this thread.

Tom

 

Uh-oh, that's common here in Canada too

 

Thanks Ponidexter. I got all worked up over nothing

 

No, that's criminal, like shagging goats when there are perfectly good sheep around.

 

Thanks a lot. I laughed so hard I pooped myself ...

 

Tea in a basket in a tetsubin is great. One teaspoon of loose leaf green tea will swell about 3 times its original size. In a ball you won't get the full effect. Flavor is GREAT! Of course my wife says she likes Liptons better.

 

I don't care much for Lipton. I find it very bitter.

Tom

 

EEEWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!

:shocked:



Does she also eat raw lemons and perform ritual sacrifice? Yeesh!!

 

Hey! A little good-natured ritual sacrifice never hurt anyone.

I don't like drinking Liptons hot but it's ok for making decent iced tea. The best iced tea however is made from Australian grown black tea. Very strong flavor. Almost smoky. I managed to smuggle back a few boxes of the "Billy Tea" brand loose tea. I can't fathom why real fresh-brewed iced tea hasn't caught on in Australia. All they sell is that sugared up, flavored Nestea made-from-tea-dust crap. What the hell??

</iced tea rant>

 

A little bit o' lapsang souchong perhaps?

That stuff is like drinking a campfire that you steeped for about 10 minutes! I prefer black teas too. Green teas are tolerable unless they're Japanese green tea, then they're shite. The blacker oolongs are really good too.

 

The only ones I DON'T like are the Egyptian Chamomile and lemon.
My favorite green is Tropical Cyclone from The Birds & The Teas. Darjeeling Earl Grey is what I have when I want something a bit strong but not coffee.