Recipe Tea: What are you steeping these days?

I went to World Tea Expo East today. Man some really tasty tea flavors are available as gateway teas. Saw Mr. John Harney but did not get a chance to talk to him. I got some cool teapots.

I hope to open a tea store before Christmas. I don't think I can do it in time to get Christmas orders, but I may ask some of you to help me out testing and tasting.

I got a really good shelf stable masala chai taste today. It was very authentic tasting. Just add milk, even soy milk or almond milk works. I can't wait to order a bottle.

 

I'd be happy to help. Sounds like a fun time at the tea expo! I'm putting the Las Vegas one on my calendar. There are few things that would convince my husband to go to Vegas, but a tea expo might.

 

We wanted to go to the Vegas one this year but there was just too much going on at the time. We would have made it but I was supposed to be deep into a project that ended up getting cancelled.

I am planning on next year though.

 

I recently got some more Quangzhou Milk Oolong.

 

I've been having some interesting teas today.

I had a black mango tea from Ahmad. After that I had a small bowl pu-erh. Finally, I have been sipping some lychee black.

I just got a delivery that I'm excited about, some devichai concnetrate. Just mix in some milk and it's chai ready to go.

 

I just made a pitcher of The Republic of Tea - Pineapple Lychee Hibiscus Iced Tea.

I brewed it in a pot while making some simple syrup. It's going to be a tasty day tomorrow.

 

I actually prefer Twinings' Lady Grey blend over Earl Grey.

Lately I've been steeping Tension Tamer, but I think the gray, rainy afternoon we're having calls for some chai.

I also wanted to ask the general TFPopulace: have you ever made Thai iced tea from scratch, and if so, what black tea did you use? I want to try and make it myself, but I am having a hard time figuring out what kind of black tea they use.

 

I just had some tasty Ahmad Tea Lemon & Lime Tea,

 

ooh... pu-erh...... I like it. It's like a deep dark dream with such a full body and mouth on it with a little briskness.

 

Rishi makes some nice teas. If you can get their Ancient Shu Pu-erh Tuo Cha, Organic Fair Trade Pu-erh Tea, it is really amazing.

I am hoping that the vendor will send me a sample of Ancient Sheng Pu-erh Saiqing Ya Tuo Cha, Vintage 2005, Organic & Fair Trade Pu-erh Tea. I doubt it because it's $165/lb, but maybe if I ask him nicely...

I will have to try it with some honey.

 

I haven't tried pu-erh yet. I don't know why not. I suppose it's because I don't know much about it. However, by your description, I'm really tempted.

I was going to go for a malty, malty black tea, as I haven't had one recently. Maybe I'll go with some pu-erh instead. Or maybe I'll get a bit of both. That's what's great about buying bulk.

 

I sent Baraka_Guru a care package today.

I'm having monkey picked oolong.