Teas are starting to Get Popular? (health, great)

[nezlie]

I want to try New Jersey Tea from this native shrub (see link). It was used as a substitute for imported tea during the American Revolution.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceanothus_americanus

[jay5835]

Originally Posted by Miz Ree

So glad to see someone else that likes Luzianne.

I have seldom felt as ripped off as I did when I bought a case of Luzianne on amazon. It tastes like...nothing. I left it behind when I moved. What do all you Luzianne fans find to like in it?

My preferred teas: Trader Joe's English Breakfast for iced, Twining's Ceylon for hot, no additives.

[Coney]

There is only one tea plantation (I think?) in the US located in Charleston SC.

[Ohiogirl81]

Starting?

[Mightyqueen801]

Originally Posted by Gerania

Half of the kids in my history class were dozing off.

Flashback to great 'tea burning' of 1774, the pride of a South Jersey town | NJ.com

You are the only other living person I know who knows about this tea burning. My father also knew, but he got away in 1999.

I didn't know they observed the memory of it. Thanks!

[Mightyqueen801]

Originally Posted by Tallysmom

Cooked.

It's not just dissolved it's boiled to make a syrup.

Yes, thanks for clarifying that. I figured it had to be heated.

[Mightyqueen801]

Originally Posted by TabulaRasa

I can't stand milk in tea or coffee. Full-fat cream, or half and half, and if neither of those is available, black. But not milk.

I drink milk in tea and half-and-half in coffee. Sugar in tea, but none in coffee.

[Dirt Grinder]

Originally Posted by Mightyqueen801

I drink milk in tea and half-and-half in coffee. Sugar in tea, but none in coffee.

[vision33r]

Originally Posted by Ohiogirl81

Starting?

Teas been around way before coffee. Early civilizations have been drinking teas.

Sadly America doesn't have a good tea drinking population. Ask folks what people think of teas and most Americans could only think of Snapple.

[vision33r]

Originally Posted by TabulaRasa

I can't stand milk in tea or coffee. Full-fat cream, or half and half, and if neither of those is available, black. But not milk.

With milk it dilutes the tea flavor. With fat cream it changes the texture of the tea and makes it a bit more creamy and frothy such as a chai or macha latte.