When I was little, my mom let me drink a lot of tea. But she let me put sugar in it, so I decided I loved tea--when really I loved sugar--and I drank lots of it. She'd say that if I kept drinking so much tea, I'd turn into a letter T, so I started running around with my arms out at both sides, miming a human letter T. But eventually I stopped, and decided I didn't really like tea. I don't know why. A few years ago, I decided to try drinking some herbal teas. I got these: The former, first. It was my first step into the realm that is tea as an adult--though some of my friends claim herbal tea isn't tea. Anyway, I liked it a lot, so I tried the second. I've tried a number of teas since then, but I still really like those two. Besides those, lately, I'm drinking lots of green tea. It's my source of caffeine, which I'm using for energy to keep myself working on my game :-D (And other things, since I'm trying to marathon it rather than sprint.) I have yet to venture beyond bag teas, but my brother has hundreds of kinds of tea, many of which are loose, so I'll probably make it there at some point. In the meantime, he gave me a large Ziploc bag full of tea bags of various kinds to try. So I'll be branching out, most likely :-)

musenji said

Then I met chai in highschool, and we've been dating ever since.

I have yet to venture beyond bag teas, but my brother has hundreds of kinds of tea, many of which are loose

Green tea. Lots of green tea.

Green tea, usually Japanese Sencha. I've tried various Chinese ones but did not like any of them. Also this one...

auriplane said

A few years ago, I decided to try drinking some herbal teas. I got these: [pic shows Celestial seasonings Wild Berry Zinger and Raspberry Zinger]

i've been drinking pretty regular tea for all my life sometimes we get boxes of store brand teabags and then sometimes we get boxes of non store brand tea bags when i was little we usually sun brewed our tea, but now we have an iced tea making machine also sometimes i make sweet tea, which is the term used to describe tea with sugar in it you blasted yanks (i was born in illinois what)

Milka chocolate is pretty mediocre. It isn't exactly bad but it's nothing special at all. In fact all their chocolates taste the same and only differ in shape and wrapping...

Thanks, I prefer dark chocolate myself. :-) I was curious because that's something else that they sell in the German store. The one time I tried it, I did quite like it. It's better than --most-- milk chocolate I've had...

This tea, is so brilliant. I had this sort of redbush/rooibos tea when I was a youngster, and after drinking so much black tea - I have come back to this tea instead. I have also wanted to try white tea, but can't decide whether or not it's a waste of money. Anyone knows?

I have a big ass pot that I feel up 3 times a day and drink all of it. Can't live without my tea.

CBL -- I love Rooibos tea as well. It's so smooth. My favorite Chai is actually a blend of rooiboos and black teas, with the spices. As to your question about white tea, why trust someone else's judgment over your own? People vary widely in taste, so hearing someone else's opinion won't tell you whether you would like it. (And it's what, a 3 to 5 dollar waste if you don't like it?) Yogurt -- what kind of tea?

Green and Darjeeling

White tea is about $15 NZD (maybe $12USD) for like 10-15 teabags or something. Steep. Pun. I think it's worthwhile asking for opinions on such matters of taste. If I find I "resonate" with someone on important things and matters of taste, and they like/dislike something for a few reasons I can imagine myself finding also - then I will trust their judgement *if* it's something trivial. Life is too short to test everything - i.e. how would I know which movies are bad without watching them? I think there are enough movies now that your entire life could be spent (without sleeping) watching movies that you'll only end up hating - there has to a better way, and that way is to develop a special kind of informed prejudice (but we won't call it that). :)

NZ, eh? Are the leaves changing right now? I agree with your main point in principle, especially if the person's reasons for liking something are ones I can see myself agreeing with. But, while there are over a million movies in existence, there are only 4 colors of tea (not counting herbals)--black, white, red, green. If you like a strong, robust tea, then white tea probably isn't for you. The fact that you like rooibos makes it more likely that you would like white tea. I'm the kind of person who likes trying new things, so even if I couldn't get white tea for less than 12 dollars, I'd still try it once. Hmm. I have some loose leaf white tea laying around that I'm not really urgently using. Wonder what it would cost to just send you, like, 1/4 cup. :-)

Yeah, they're changing. :/ I prefer the trees to be green. Well after typing what I wrote, I thought about it, and decided I didn't feel so strongly that way. I guess that life is just too short to really get to find everything you could enjoy. Also, there are many different types of tea. Liquorice tea, is green for example, but very nice. As much as I would love to be the recipient, I would imagine some dry leaves might cause suspicion entering in a small non-descript package hehehe, but thanks for the thought. :)