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| @Lee Ka In our household tea played and still plays a prominent role. I used to be a tea drinker but now I have cut down and settled for just 2. I went online the other day and ordered for different brands paying quite a bit but I found it to be prohibitive to make one of them our brand. I am satisfied with the Taj Brand which is quite good.
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| @sunil I was just thinking if you are to make it yourself, you would use the coffee maker to make your coffee, or just the coffee powder or 3-in-1 pack. 😛 I used to drink those instant coffee only, as I don’t have a coffee maker at home. My husband likes to put coffee powder and sugar, and add in boiled water. He doesn’t add milk into his coffee. The coffee he makes is local coffee, which is different from the coffee bean that we buy from the shopping center. Though I can’t drink coffee now, I still enjoy the aroma of it. @bestwriter We usually buy the tea leaves from China or Taiwan, as we like to drink Chinese tea. It seems like it’s a good souvenir to buy if anyone is visiting these places. I am not sure about the brand, but I like Oolong/Wulong tea the most. Though I like to drink tea, I don’t drink them daily. I usually just drink plain water. I have not thought about buying tea online, it’s good that you have found the brand you like. | |
| @grace I don’t think I will ever master the art of making tea or coffee but I just manage to get on with it. But my wife is perfect and she has done all the harm to my art of culinary, blame her and not me 🙂 @Lee Ka that’s the easiest and most time saving way I associate while making coffee for me. besides I do not have to wash an extra utensil 🙂 | |
| Something that is had on a daily basis and several times sometimes, needs to be reasonably priced. We have other brands too but I have made my choice. | |
 Anonymous Topics: 74 Replies: 1212 Rank: Newbie | @grace I quit tea in 2008. I remember I was doing an advanced meditation program and I hadn’t drink tea in four days which was quite uncomfortable for me at that time. It was then I realized how addictive tea was. I was having lunch with my new friends at that program when out of the blue, I said that I will quit tea and non-vegetarian food from now on. However I continued with coffee and over time, even coffee became addictive. Finally I was able to kick the coffee habit last year in September. My new friend at Iskcon made me promise that I will try to reduce my coffee intake and I promised him that I will stop drinking coffee altogether. So no tea or coffee for me now. I only have green tea which is decaffeinated. |
| I agree, @bestwriter, a staple like tea should be within reach of everyone. Besides, whether it is in the cafe or tea shop where we can be tempted to order a snack to go with the tea or whether in the grocery store where we will remember the dozen other small items we need to restock the pantry, there will always be other ways for the merchants to profit from selling a reasonably priced tea. | |
| @swalia That’s good. I think it’s good for us not to be addicted or attached to anything. I think you really have practiced well to reach that. I don’t think I am addicted to any food or drinks, except that I would like to drink plain water and eat vegetables every day, though I am not a vegetarian. Some thought I was addicted to coffee, as I enjoyed drinking coffee. But, I didn’t really drink coffee every day and I could stop drinking coffee for days. I just didn’t expect myself to stop drinking coffee for more than 8 years, and never even try a sip after that. Well, that’s because of my children. I just think if we are willing to do something, we can really do it! @sunil So, should I say you are a very lucky or unlucky man? 😀 | |
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I just drink the regular tea, either Lipton of Boh Tea brand. Those tea bags are easy to handle. Dip into the mug, pour hot water and wait, wait, wait. Then add sugar.
Green tea is nice too without sugar. It is a healthy beverage compare to normal tea. Chinese tea leaves are regular among the Chinese families. I don’t drink Chinese tea much because my in laws are coffee addict. The whole family drinks 3in 1 Nescafe or Boncafe coffee. I am more like my dad, tea addict. I love milk tea but cannot take much daily. Maybe once a day will do because it is making my teeth brownish. Furthermore, caffeine isn’t good for middle age mamas too. yes coffee isn’t good for breast feeding mom. It will affect the taste of your breast milk and your milk production. I heard that garlic could increase breast milk production. have you tried it? When I was pregnant, I drank DOM, the chinese wine. My breast milk turned weird. My baby boy rejected my breast. I devastated. Never again drink those chinese wine stuff. My poor baby!
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| @peachpurple I too was a tea addict once but just got out of that habit luckily | |
| I have never been a big coffee drinker. During the cold weather months, I might drink a little, but I always have it loaded down with flavored creamers. When it comes to tea, well I do live in Kentucky! Sweet tea is a favorite for many people in my area. However, we prefer to drink it extra sweet with lots of ice. I like hot tea on occasion, but not very often. | |
 Anonymous Topics: 48 Replies: 145 Rank: Newbie | I like tea but I love coffee. 🙂 I especially like lemon grass tea in the morning cause it perks you up and at the same time calm those nerves. While coffee relaxes me – haha. I don’t know, coffee has that effect on me and I love it. I like really creamy coffee, a little sweet and still with the strong aroma and taste of coffee. I would drink 2-3 cups in a day anything beyond that I will get the jitters. I remembered when I was still in college, I was studying Nursing back then and as part of the curriculum we would go to rural areas – sometimes places with no electricity. Anyway, the best part about those trips were the coffee. Every single morning, I always fall in love with the aroma of freshly roasted beans filling the air ; it literally will wake me up. And its about the only thing which inspires me to climb those mountains and walk to terrains that I’m unfamiliar with. |
| @Susan Stephens I can never think of having cold tea. It has to be always piping hot and not too sweet either. | |
| @slayer08 I love how you describe waking up to the smell of roasting coffee beans in the rural villages during your student days! You have a knack for painting a picture with your words; it made me wish you’d written more about it! | |
| @slayer08 Great description of coffee in the making. I almost got its aroma right here but unfortunately I do not drink coffee (lol) | |
| @ruby3881 So true. She has described it so well. |
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