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I need a tea expert. I enjoy iced tea, which I suspect is an abomination to most Brits, but I believe there are a few things things that should be true about all tea whether iced or served hot. The tea I buy from our local cafe is cloudy. It used to be very clear (like a jar full of honey) but now it looks as if it was made by placing tea leaves in a blender and atomizing them. I feel as if I should be able to see through a glass container of tea - the world on the other side clearly visible through an amber lense. I may have to go back to making my own tea, which isn't good, because I make it too strong and it stops up my plumbing. Am I wrong about this? Am I drinking mud?
As another tea geek, I have to out myself: Iced tea isn't an abomination by itself - but selling overly sweetened "fruit" juice with traces of ingredients almost, but not entirely unlike tea as, well, iced tea is. Plain tea - a strong-ish Celyon or a not to stong Assam, not or slightly sweetened and well iced is a treat on a hot summer day (something those brits don't know about, obviously). As for cloudy, nope, shouldn't happen, unless it's a specialty tea I never heard of.
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Actually it depends on the type of honey. If you do not buy your honey at a mega store you find there are various grades of honey. From almost clear to almost black. I remeber that the dark stuff around here is from buckwheat. Clover is very light.
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As another tea geek, I have to out myself: Iced tea isn't an abomination by itself - but selling overly sweetened "fruit" juice with traces of ingredients almost, but not entirely unlike tea as, well, iced tea is. Plain tea - a strong-ish Celyon or a not to stong Assam, not or slightly sweetened and well iced is a treat on a hot summer day (something those brits don't know about, obviously). As for cloudy, nope, shouldn't happen, unless it's a specialty tea I never heard of.
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Iced tea needs to be "cold" brewed. 'nuff said.
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What about "sun tea"?
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As another tea geek, I have to out myself: Iced tea isn't an abomination by itself - but selling overly sweetened "fruit" juice with traces of ingredients almost, but not entirely unlike tea as, well, iced tea is. Plain tea - a strong-ish Celyon or a not to stong Assam, not or slightly sweetened and well iced is a treat on a hot summer day (something those brits don't know about, obviously). As for cloudy, nope, shouldn't happen, unless it's a specialty tea I never heard of.
I regularly drink Iced Tea; Long Island Iced Tea. :-D
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I need a tea expert. I enjoy iced tea, which I suspect is an abomination to most Brits, but I believe there are a few things things that should be true about all tea whether iced or served hot. The tea I buy from our local cafe is cloudy. It used to be very clear (like a jar full of honey) but now it looks as if it was made by placing tea leaves in a blender and atomizing them. I feel as if I should be able to see through a glass container of tea - the world on the other side clearly visible through an amber lense. I may have to go back to making my own tea, which isn't good, because I make it too strong and it stops up my plumbing. Am I wrong about this? Am I drinking mud?
Darjeeling for a lighter tea or Lapsang Souchong for a stronger one, or at work, green tea as I don't trust the milk.
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A good tea should be a uniform golden shade. There is only one thing worse than the abomination that is iced tea, and that is tea with milk in. I would recommend a good Earl Grey or Darjeeling. If you can get some, I would also recommend Dimbulla (a Ceylon tea). It's my favourite early morning tea.
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Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done. Drink. Get drunk. Fall over - P O'H OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre I cannot live by bread alone. Bacon and ketchup are needed as well. - Trollslayer Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb - they're often *students*, for heaven's sake - Terry Pratchett
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I'm not sure that the Brits here would consider tea a laughing matter. I'll leave you to your fate.
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As another tea geek, I have to out myself: Iced tea isn't an abomination by itself - but selling overly sweetened "fruit" juice with traces of ingredients almost, but not entirely unlike tea as, well, iced tea is. Plain tea - a strong-ish Celyon or a not to stong Assam, not or slightly sweetened and well iced is a treat on a hot summer day (something those brits don't know about, obviously). As for cloudy, nope, shouldn't happen, unless it's a specialty tea I never heard of.
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Darjeeling for a lighter tea or Lapsang Souchong for a stronger one, or at work, green tea as I don't trust the milk.
Lapsang is the one tea I detest - it tastes like liquidised kippers!
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I regularly drink Iced Tea; Long Island Iced Tea. :-D
Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done. Drink. Get drunk. Fall over - P O'H OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre I cannot live by bread alone. Bacon and ketchup are needed as well. - Trollslayer Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb - they're often *students*, for heaven's sake - Terry Pratchett
To wash down the gin's aftertaste, I presume.
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I need a tea expert. I enjoy iced tea, which I suspect is an abomination to most Brits, but I believe there are a few things things that should be true about all tea whether iced or served hot. The tea I buy from our local cafe is cloudy. It used to be very clear (like a jar full of honey) but now it looks as if it was made by placing tea leaves in a blender and atomizing them. I feel as if I should be able to see through a glass container of tea - the world on the other side clearly visible through an amber lense. I may have to go back to making my own tea, which isn't good, because I make it too strong and it stops up my plumbing. Am I wrong about this? Am I drinking mud?
Remember, the Brits are the same people who call trucks 'Lorrys' and crackers 'Bisquets'. I really wish they would speak english :):):)
If it's not broken, fix it until it is
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Remember, the Brits are the same people who call trucks 'Lorrys' and crackers 'Bisquets'. I really wish they would speak english :):):)
If it's not broken, fix it until it is
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I think some patriots in Boston realized that a couple hundred years ago. They aren't well armed these days. What are they going to do, hurt me with sarcastic and undercutting remarks?
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They aren't well armed these days. What are they going to do, hurt me with sarcastic and undercutting remarks?
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I need a tea expert. I enjoy iced tea, which I suspect is an abomination to most Brits, but I believe there are a few things things that should be true about all tea whether iced or served hot. The tea I buy from our local cafe is cloudy. It used to be very clear (like a jar full of honey) but now it looks as if it was made by placing tea leaves in a blender and atomizing them. I feel as if I should be able to see through a glass container of tea - the world on the other side clearly visible through an amber lense. I may have to go back to making my own tea, which isn't good, because I make it too strong and it stops up my plumbing. Am I wrong about this? Am I drinking mud?
Not being limited in my range of tastes by being a Brit, I too enjoy a glass of clear, cold iced tea on a warm day. Cloudiness can be caused by a number of things, the water used being foremost. Quality water is a must. But the method of preparation is important, too. Boiling the tea leaves releases oils in addition to the other goodies which, when chilled, tend to turn opaque and make the tea appear cloudy. I prefer to use a cold-brew tea, or to use regular tea but prepare it in the Sun, rather than on the stove. Even so, chilling the elixir too quickly can also increase cloudiness, so I let the whole jug cool slowly indoors on the counter, before I place it in the fridge.
Will Rogers never met me.
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I need a tea expert. I enjoy iced tea, which I suspect is an abomination to most Brits, but I believe there are a few things things that should be true about all tea whether iced or served hot. The tea I buy from our local cafe is cloudy. It used to be very clear (like a jar full of honey) but now it looks as if it was made by placing tea leaves in a blender and atomizing them. I feel as if I should be able to see through a glass container of tea - the world on the other side clearly visible through an amber lense. I may have to go back to making my own tea, which isn't good, because I make it too strong and it stops up my plumbing. Am I wrong about this? Am I drinking mud?
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The tea I buy from our local cafe is cloudy.
Don't worry, they are probably just spitting into the pot :). I used to drink a lot of tea way back when I was in college - it became more or less a ritual when doing my homework. My favorite tea is Earl Grey with Jasmine, topped off with milk and sugar. I brew it until the color is very much like that of the honey you have linked to, but the last cup from the pot is often darker and cloudy. Soren Madsen
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I need a tea expert. I enjoy iced tea, which I suspect is an abomination to most Brits, but I believe there are a few things things that should be true about all tea whether iced or served hot. The tea I buy from our local cafe is cloudy. It used to be very clear (like a jar full of honey) but now it looks as if it was made by placing tea leaves in a blender and atomizing them. I feel as if I should be able to see through a glass container of tea - the world on the other side clearly visible through an amber lense. I may have to go back to making my own tea, which isn't good, because I make it too strong and it stops up my plumbing. Am I wrong about this? Am I drinking mud?
I detest tea, but my ex-father-in-law liked iced tea. I recall him saying that the best was when it was aged in the sun (in a large, sealed glass jug) and then filtered. A google search found this which indicates that cloudiness may happen when chilling the tea too soon. http://www.goodhousekeeping.com/home/heloise/clear-iced-tea-oct02[^] (Further searching found this about Sun Tea, which must be what my former father-in-law enjoys: http://www.wikihow.com/Make-Sun-Tea[^])
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Not being limited in my range of tastes by being a Brit, I too enjoy a glass of clear, cold iced tea on a warm day. Cloudiness can be caused by a number of things, the water used being foremost. Quality water is a must. But the method of preparation is important, too. Boiling the tea leaves releases oils in addition to the other goodies which, when chilled, tend to turn opaque and make the tea appear cloudy. I prefer to use a cold-brew tea, or to use regular tea but prepare it in the Sun, rather than on the stove. Even so, chilling the elixir too quickly can also increase cloudiness, so I let the whole jug cool slowly indoors on the counter, before I place it in the fridge.
Will Rogers never met me.
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This is what a jar of (proper) honey looks like.[^]
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This is what a jar of (proper) honey looks like.[^]
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