Hot or Not Any tea drinkers on GFY?

[bns666]

To cut down my coffee addiction, I recently started drinking teas.

So far my favorites are various organic Chinese Pu-erhs and Oolongs.

Sometimes I mix lose leaf Oolong or Pu-erh with ginger tea and it tastes great and really boosts metabolism.

Anyone else likes those?

[JohnnyNight]

Yeah... right here

Don't go fancy on the tea though..

Sounds nice...

No coffee for me...

Of course that doesn't stop me from 4-6 diet cokes a day...

[mineistaken]

I like tea, I prefer simple black tea.

[wehateporn]

Every Brit here will have a tea by their side as they read this, like me

[wehateporn]

Originally Posted by mineistaken

I like tea, I prefer simple black tea.

As is no milk or as in not green?

[mineistaken]

Originally Posted by wehateporn

As is no milk or as in not green?

I am not British, so tea and milk sounds the most strange. So no milk, of course.

And what do you mean by "not green" when speaking about black tea?

[brassmonkey]

caffeine free?? if not go back to coffee. kind of like giving up drinking and picking up smoking a pack of sigs a day

[bns666]

forgotten to add - no milk and no sugar for me either.

both pu erh and oolong are teas from the same plant as green tea and black tea, difference is in processing.

[brassmonkey]

Originally Posted by bns666

forgotten to add - no milk and no sugar for me either.

both pu erh and oolong are teas from the same plant as green tea and black tea, difference is in processing.

you are full of shit!!! sounds like u didn't ditch caffeine!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[2MuchMark]

Full-on hardcore coffee drinker here, even at night, but lately I've been trying to drink more tea, especially green tea.

[celandina]

The only one for me daily after dinner Yorkshire Gold... My wife whiff of milk, for me a bit of dark rum and some lemon...

[brassmonkey]

Originally Posted by **********

Full-on hardcore coffee drinker here, even at night, but lately I've been trying to drink more tea, especially green tea.

i got 6 bags of black tea from a company have you tried that? it' vanilla black tea

[Bladewire]

I'm a chai guy with a diffuser, frother, the works. The three chai's I keep in stock are chakra chai coconut, Raja chai rooibos & Maya chai macaroon. I have a Starbucks quad Venti white chocolate mocha every morning and tea in the afternoon

[TheDynasty]

Me and the wife drink green tea every morning

[bns666]

also real organic japanese matcha is nice too

[mineistaken]

Originally Posted by Bladewire

I'm a chai guy with a diffuser, frother, the works. The three chai's I keep in stock are chakra chai coconut, Raja chai rooibos & Maya chai macaroon. I have a Starbucks quad Venti white chocolate mocha every morning and tea in the afternoon

chai = tea. Why do you use word chai instead of tea?

[Bladewire]

Originally Posted by mineistaken

chai = tea. Why do you use word chai instead of tea?

In the West chai refers specifically to spiced Indian-style tea - that is, tea with traditional Indian spices and milk. This is also referred to as Masala Chai, which is more popular in India than coffee.

There are many different spice mixes of chai and the ones I listed are my favorite and imported from Africa. I get them on Amazon now.

[bns666]

yes, chai are indian variations mostly

[mineistaken]

Originally Posted by bns666

yes, chai are indian variations mostly

My point was that it was just a marketing stunt, which is completely misleading and false as tea = chai 100% (just different language words).

[bns666]

Originally Posted by mineistaken

My point was that it was just a marketing stunt, which is completely misleading and false as tea = chai 100% (just different language words).

hm not quite marketing stunt, indian chai means blend of tea and spices, while cha in chinese means dried and processed leaves of camelia sinensis plant. however around the world word chai is commonly used for both.

[woj]

Originally Posted by mineistaken

My point was that it was just a marketing stunt, which is completely misleading and false as tea = chai 100% (just different language words).

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

"Masala chai (/tʃɑːɪ/; Hindi: मसाला चाय, literally "mixed-spice tea"; Urdu: مصالحہ چائے‎) is a flavoured tea beverage made by brewing black tea with a mixture of aromatic Indian spices and herbs.

Alternative names: Chai, Spiced tea"

[Eliza Miller]

Originally Posted by bns666

forgotten to add - no milk and no sugar for me either.

both pu erh and oolong are teas from the same plant as green tea and black tea, difference is in processing.

Are you sure you don't want any milk?

[bns666]

Originally Posted by Eliza Miller

Are you sure you don't want any milk?

milk is ok, but not necessary in tea ;)

[Evil Chris]

I've tried several of the David's Tea blends. Some are good, while others are terrible.

[mineistaken]

Originally Posted by bns666

hm not quite marketing stunt, indian chai means blend of tea and spices, while cha in chinese means dried and processed leaves of camelia sinensis plant. however around the world word chai is commonly used for both.

Indian chai = Indian tea.
Tea = chai
Tea is English word (also te and many similars in differenty languages) for it.
Chai is Indian word (also many similars in many other languages) for it.

Trying to imply that they are different would be like taking any English word for X, translating it into Indian and then claiming that that Indian word means "special X" or "indian X"...

Originally Posted by woj

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

"Masala chai (/tʃɑːɪ/; Hindi: मसाला चाय, literally "mixed-spice tea"; Urdu: مصالحہ چائے‎) is a flavoured tea beverage made by brewing black tea with a mixture of aromatic Indian spices and herbs.

Alternative names: Chai, Spiced tea"

Again. Masala chai = masala tea because tea = chai. These are the same word in different languages, nothing more than that.

[Bladewire]

Originally Posted by mineistaken

Indian chai = Indian tea.
Tea = chai
Tea is English word (also te and many similars in differenty languages)
Chai is Indian word (also many similars in many other languages).





Again. Masala chai = masala tea because tea = chai. These are the same word in different languages, nothing more than that.

Chai: noun. 1. a drink of tea made with cardamom and various other spices, milk, and a sweetener. Origin of chai2 Expand. Turkish

[NatalieK]

Originally Posted by wehateporn

Every Brit here will have a tea by their side as they read this, like me

we do like our Tea.

Yes, Tea's lovely, although now we live in Spain we drink more coffee now

[mineistaken]

Originally Posted by Bladewire

Chai: noun. 1. a drink of tea made with cardamom and various other spices, milk, and a sweetener. Origin of chai2 Expand. Turkish

So now Turkish as well? And how do Turkish and Indians call reglar tea? Lets say simple black lipton? Also chai! Because in 100% of cases chai = tea.

Misinformed/ignorant/etc and marketing people introduced the idea of a different meaning and it spread. But it is 100% wrong, chai = tea. Period.

Here it is:

Dutch and Portuguese started importing tea from China.
There are different languages there.

Portuguese imported it from Canton, where they called THE SAME THING cha.
Dutch imported it from Fujian, where they called THE SAME THING te.

These 20 Fascinating Etymology Maps Show The Origin Of Words In Various Languages | NekoPlaza

So in those countries where Dutch exported, THE SAME THING was called variations of te.
In those countries where Portuguese exported, THE SAME THING was called variations of chai.

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

It is 100% THE SAME THING.
Different languages (origins Cantonese - cha and Amoy - te).

The fact that somebody took popular tea style/recipe from India nor where ever and decided to call it chai in English language and it spread, does not make it true.
Same sense would be to call Russian, Slovakian, Turkish, Bulgarian, etc style tea chai in English, just because in their language it is called chai...

Same thing would be call Spanish or Mexican beer cerveza (in English language) just because beer = cerveza in their languages.
Or Indians in hindu should call lipton tea - te or something, but they do not. They call it chai, because chai and tea are merely translations of each other.
Or Cantonese should call tea from Fujian te and Fujian people should call tea from Canton cha, buit they do not, because they are merely different language translations from each other.

[rogueteens]

Originally Posted by wehateporn

Every Brit here will have a tea by their side as they read this, like me

Oh, yes. Builders strength.

[rogueteens]

Originally Posted by Bladewire

In the West chai refers specifically to spiced Indian-style tea - that is, tea with traditional Indian spices and milk. This is also referred to as Masala Chai, which is more popular in India than coffee.

There are many different spice mixes of chai and the ones I listed are my favorite and imported from Africa. I get them on Amazon now.

In the UK, cha is slang for an ordinary cup of tea. as in "Fancy a cha"?

Just thought I'd put that out there

[Sid70]

[Bladewire]

Originally Posted by mineistaken

So now Turkish as well? And how do Turkish and Indians call reglar tea? Lets say simple black lipton? Also chai! Because in 100% of cases chai = tea.

Misinformed/ignorant/etc and marketing people introduced the idea of a different meaning and it spread. But it is 100% wrong, chai = tea. Period.

Here it is:

Dutch and Portuguese started importing tea from China.
There are different languages there.

Portuguese imported it from Canton, where they called THE SAME THING cha.
Dutch imported it from Fujian, where they called THE SAME THING te.

These 20 Fascinating Etymology Maps Show The Origin Of Words In Various Languages | NekoPlaza

So in those countries where Dutch exported, THE SAME THING was called variations of te.
In those countries where Portuguese exported, THE SAME THING was called variations of chai.

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

It is 100% THE SAME THING.
Different languages (origins Cantonese - cha and Amoy - te).

The fact that somebody took popular tea style/recipe from India nor where ever and decided to call it chai in English language and it spread, does not make it true.
Same sense would be to call Russian, Slovakian, Turkish, Bulgarian, etc style tea chai in English, just because in their language it is called chai...

Same thing would be call Spanish or Mexican beer cerveza (in English language) just because beer = cerveza in their languages.
Or Indians in hindu should call lipton tea - te or something, but they do not. They call it chai, because chai and tea are merely translations of each other.
Or Cantonese should call tea from Fujian te and Fujian people should call tea from Canton cha, buit they do not, because they are merely different language translations from each other.

Chai on left / tea on right



Completely different, end of story.

I win.

Unzip your pants and whip it out Russian

[bns666]

tea, cha, chai, whatever, why bother so much over a simple thing like that?

drink it or not? like it or not? which one do you prefer?

discuss that

[Lewis11]

I like tea, but my go to has to be English Breakfast tea.

[Paul Markham]

I drink tea and coffee.

[Bladewire]

Originally Posted by Lewis11

I like tea, but my go to has to be English Breakfast tea.

Is there a difference between English breakfast tea and British breakfast tea?

[lovebitch]

so many teas ? wtf, coffee is much better.

[rogueteens]

Originally Posted by Bladewire

Is there a difference between English breakfast tea and British breakfast tea?

No, when Brits talk about tea, they mean this - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tea_in_the_United_Kingdom
any other sort of tea is explicitly referred to.

Also check this out - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TV_pickup

[Bladewire]

Originally Posted by rogueteens

No, when Brits talk about tea, they mean this - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tea_in_the_United_Kingdom
any other sort of tea is explicitly referred to.

Also check this out - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TV_pickup

Learn something new ever day ha!

Thanks for the links the second one was a great read

[LetterTwenty7]

coffee 2:1 tea in my case. i like it all :D

[CaptainHowdy]

Gave up tea this year ...

[bns666]

Originally Posted by CaptainHowdy

Gave up tea this year ...

how come?

[Tjeezers]

did the same
replied coffee with tea, best choice of 2016!

I am still testing with flavours, but for what its worth, replaced sugar with honey to make it really healthy

[NatalieK]

Originally Posted by rogueteens

No, when Brits talk about tea, they mean this - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tea_in_the_United_Kingdom
any other sort of tea is explicitly referred to.

Also check this out - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TV_pickup

is that most, or all...

> this could drag on, unless you're Merry & Happy, or some & most of you are



Joking aside, Rogue's right in saying that many Brits refer to Tea as English Tea, alas some Brits drink other teas, herbal, indian. Many of my partner's "Indian" friends say Chai, "A cup of cha" speaking of both a cup of their own Indian Chai, spiced tea or a normal Tea, with sugar & milk

[bns666]

Originally Posted by Tjeezers_Brokerbabe

did the same
replied coffee with tea, best choice of 2016!

I am still testing with flavours, but for what its worth, replaced sugar with honey to make it really healthy

yes, however i rarely add honey and sometimes lemon juice.

[RyuLion]

I like alternating green tea, earl grey, black tea, Ginger Tea with lime, orange and lemon tea, etc.

[just a punk]

Originally Posted by wehateporn

Every Brit here will have a tea by their side as they read this, like me

Every Russian does the same

[Spunky]

I like green tea with my sushi

[Look Chang]

Only black coffee without sugar, otherwise....

[Jane BongaCash]

I prefer black tee with citrus notes of bergamot oil