Tea

[kimpossible]

Sorry if we've covered this before but I just looked at the threads in this forum and didn't see anything about tea. Are we sure we're Asian? j/k :)

I don't really claim any expert knowledge. I just know what I drink.

* Gao Shan/Kao Shan (pick your preferred romanisation). Could be Oo Long, dunno.
* Ba Bao (not Boba, but I drink Boba too)
* genmaicha
* mugicha - only cold and only during the summer
* canned/bottled oo long - only cold and only during the summer
* English style milky tea! hot or cold (go-go cha! yum)

Okay, let the pretentiousness begin. Someone here must be our resident tea master.

[Shuriken]

I really like genmaicha.

Once when I was trying to cut down on caffeine, I used to go into Little Tokyo and buy my own bancha that I'd brew at home. But since I moved further away from J-Town, I don't do that anymore...

[applehead]

oh god. i love tea.

loose tea without sugar, honey or milk.
tea. is. wonderful.

genmaicha fills me up. i feel like i had a meal if i drink a cup.
i love herbal teas. i eat the contents of the tea bag after it's steeped.
YUM.

hojicha kinda tastes like genmaicha but not as clear.

i'm really into rooibos and mate. not the plain kind although they are delicious as well.
mate chino smells HEAVENLY. like really expensive chocolate.
and tastes like weak coffee.

have you guys ever had white darjeeling?
or dragon pearl jasmine? those are by far the best tea i've ever had.

[angel nympho]

I used to work at a coffee/tea place. I only drank one of the billions of teas they had : apricot ceylon + 3 packets of raw sugar... and only iced.

[Shuriken]

I'm probably addicted to ice tea — I drink it almost everyday — but I don't like it sweetened... :dance:

[deez nuts]

Jiu Hua especially for Dim Sum

Lui for on calls and staying up late.

[axi0m]

Genmaicha is good, and can't forget ryokucha (green tea). BUT, I just can't like mugicha no matter how much I drink. It just doesn't taste right! :)

-Satoshi-

[LoneSwordsman]

i like Jasmine tea

Oo long is the one that claims to burn off oils and fats right?
i remember my parents telling me to drink that tea after an oily meal

and does anybody like Ginseng tea?

[Chris]

<~~~~ Tea master.

I drink most Tin Kwan Yin, Long Jan, Darjeeling, Monkey Pick (no Black Tea (no jokes for you guys okay, it too easy), Jasmine Pearl. And I buy the expensive types, no cheap stuff for me. You can taste the difference when you drink as much as me.

[iris]

Lui Cha. :)

[tomtomtom]

:P You can make a pretty soothing brew out of those innocent looking poppies out in the flower garden![GRIN]

[amietron]

tea makes me pee.

[angel nympho]

Originally posted by amietron@Dec 30 2002, 09:55 PM
tea makes me pee.
Me too.

[artsfartsyjanet]

Originally posted by angel nympho@Dec 30 2002, 04:59 PM
Me too.
me too... ssssssssssssssssssss.... ok. i couldn't help it.

Anyway, I like jasmine, green, chrysanthemum, and anything with mint in it. I'm following in my father's footsteps because I have that golden yellowish rectangular cannister brand of jasmine tea that states "Product of the People's Republic of China Fujian Tea Import & Export Corporation" .... good schtuff.

[Chinkaholic]

I loove tea! Chrysantheum (did I spell it right?) is a favorite sweetened one and Lu cha (green tea) for..unsweetened. Ginseng is OK, it doesn't really keep me awake and hyper like it says it should though..

[rakovlam]

A mix of red tea leaves + milk and sugar. Ice it and it's the best drink in the world "made in HK"

[artsfartsyjanet]

Tea is only bad during a urinary tract infection. lovely. :lol:

[amietron]

how do you say "tea" in chinese or korean?

in japanese it's "ocha" or "cha"

[Chinkaholic]

In Mandarin it's "Cha"

[artsfartsyjanet]

In Cantonese, it's "cha" also.

[angel nympho]

In korean, too.

[amietron]

my cantonese friends pronouced it something like "tsa" in "boba nai tsa" ? is that different?

[kimpossible]

Originally posted by amietron@Dec 30 2002, 05:14 PM
my cantonese friends pronouced it something like "tsa" in "boba nai tsa" ? is that different?
same tsa. just a difference in romanization.

[pfc beansprout]

used to drink jasmine tea when i was that the folks house...now..heh, can't afford it/just plain lazy, i just brew the "lipton" tea...heheh....not exactly gormet.... :P

[axi0m]

Originally posted by artsfartsyjanet@Dec 31 2002, 01:00 AM
In Cantonese, it's "cha" also.
Tea is one of those common words in Asian languages... there are quite a few. School is one I can think of right off hand.

-Satoshi-

P.S. This has been a useless piece of information, sorry to waste your time. :)

[kimiko]

i dont like tea :ph34r:
but its not like i grew up drinking the stuff either

[luv]

I hate sugary drinks (most soda pops :lol: ) so tea is awesome with dinner.

I can drink almost all Asian teas without sugar/milk/cream/condensed milk, but I have to drink Lipton with honey or lemon at least.

For a while I really liked Lychee Black tea (black tea soaked in lychee liquid). Like Jasmine, but can't drink it cold -- it smells wonderful, good when warm, but it gets really bitter if you let it sit.

I want to try genmaicha -- is it called that when you go to Japanese grocery store?

[kimpossible]

Originally posted by luv@Jan 1 2003, 10:31 AM
I want to try genmaicha -- is it called that when you go to Japanese grocery store?
Yep.

[LoneSwordsman]

other teas that just come to mind are them bottled ones
ie honey green tea, peach tea, etc..... (the asian ones not the lipton ones)

i just love honey green tea

[angel nympho]

Arizona Green is good too.

[Shuriken]

I was recently thinking about the role that tea has played in history. By the early 1800s, Britain had developed an insatiable thirst for Asian tea. A tax on gin and a rise in grain prices turned the Brits away from grain alcohol and to the leafy brew. Some of the most popular teas came from India, which was a British colony by then, but others came from China, which did not practice free trade. China would only trade tea for gold, which was financially disadvantageous to the Brits. So, the Limeys resorted to obtaining tea by smuggling Indian opium into China, addicting many Chinese to the narcotic but procuring an ample supply of Chinese tea for the land of Shakespeare.

When the Chinese government became addled by the problems of opium addiction, it cracked down on British drug smuggling. And an Imperial official named Lin Tse-Hsu confiscated a large supply of British opium and publicly burned it. To protect its economic stakes in this situation, the British started the first Opium War against the Chinese. In December 1841, the Middle Kingdom lost. In defeat, China opened its markets to trade and ceded the island of Hong Kong as a shipping entrepôt (this was the historical backdrop to the trashy novel and trashier movie Tai-Pan). A second Opium War delivered Kowloon and, later, the New Territories to Britain as well. This was part of the "humiliating" history that China sought to undo by regaining sovreignty over Hong Kong.

So, just imagine how different the histories of China and Britain — and certainly the history of Hong Kong — would have been without tea.

Tea — it's not just a drink!

[nonamerasian]

I like peppermint tea and cocoa tea.

I like minty teas best.