What are you drinking?

[Der Amf]

It being 4th July, maybe it's a reference to the Boston Tea Party.

The tea's always piss in there

[OhDark30]

Just sorted my loose tea sourcing problem :-)
It's got harder and harder to find actual loose tea without going to a specialist (silly prices) tea merchant
Imagine my pleasure when I noticed 500g packets of the stuff in my local Turkish supermarket (also great for nuts and dried fruit)
A quick bit of googling to decipher Turkish tea qualities and hurrah! Goodbye PG Tips!
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Apparently the Turks are the world's largest tea consumers, getting through 2.5kg each annually. We Brits come next at 2.1kg per person
And yes, McD's tea is vile

[meijlinder]

Just sorted my loose tea sourcing problem :-)
It's got harder and harder to find actual loose tea without going to a specialist (silly prices) tea merchant
Imagine my pleasure when I noticed 500g packets of the stuff in my local Turkish supermarket (also great for nuts and dried fruit)
A quick bit of googling to decipher Turkish tea qualities and hurrah! Goodbye PG Tips!
️️️️️️️️️️️️
Apparently the Turks are the world's largest tea consumers, getting through 2.5kg each annually. We Brits come next at 2.1kg per person
And yes, McD's tea is vile

You can't get tea ordered online and delivered? We have some online stores delivering in Sweden with quite reasonable prices.

[meijlinder]

Have a friend who's really into craft beer. Been getting me to try some new things. Before would never even think about a beer flavoured with passionsfruit, orange and peach. Surprisingly good. Smells more of fruit than it tastes

[OhDark30]

Yes, I could have bought tea online, but I like supporting local businesses. Another benefit of Turkish tea, I've realised, is that it hasn't travelled from as far away as Assam or Darjeeling

I'm with your mate on craft beer - such a pleasure :-)

[meijlinder]

Yes, I could have bought tea online, but I like supporting local businesses. Another benefit of Turkish tea, I've realised, is that it hasn't travelled from as far away as Assam or Darjeeling

I'm with your mate on craft beer - such a pleasure :-)

Don't believe I've ever had Turkish tea. Might have to check that out. Good?

[OhDark30]

I need to experiment with steeping time (made it too weak), but yes
I made it with a tea ball in a cup though, rather than the traditional double decker Turkish çaydanlık

[Der Amf]

I need to experiment with steeping time (made it too weak), but yes
I made it with a tea ball in a cup though, rather than the traditional double decker Turkish çaydanlık

I should investigate tea pot / loose tea / strainer. When I do green tea, eg gunpowder tea, I just put the leaves straight in the cup, but that's not really going to work with milk and sugar knocking about is it?

[whatmeworry]

Leaf tea just seems so expensive compared to bags

[whatmeworry]

Beer with lazy bbq