Black Tea

ODriscoll

Hi
I am trying to get into drinking me aul tea neat. no milk
I have tried a few, like one called wulong, which is a cross between green and black (as I understand it) Open to advice on others to try.
I do not like the wishy washy green teas

rockbeer

Darjeeling - imho absolutely the best without milk.

Thomas_S_Hunterson

rockbeer wrote: »

Darjeeling - imho absolutely the best without milk.

+1

You have to be very careful not to over-brew it however.

seadog9

Milk is a quintissential part of tea drinking!!!!!

rockbeer

seadog9 wrote: »

Milk is a quintissential part of tea drinking!!!!!

For you maybe!

I stop putting milk in my tea 20-odd years ago and now I find milky tea disgusting.

Mr Magnolia

rockbeer wrote: »

For you maybe!

I stop putting milk in my tea 20-odd years ago and now I find milky tea disgusting.

Same, same. Well maybe not quite 20 years ago though :pac:

rockbeer

Mr Magnolia wrote: »

Same, same. Well maybe not quite 20 years ago though :pac:

I went through a vegan phase when I was young and impressionable. Abandoned that soon enough as a bad mistake, but never again felt the need to lace my tea with calf food.

Gran Hermano

Tea with milk is mainly an Irish/British thing I've found. If I'm drinking a typical Irish or English tea I'll add milk but for other varieties it's black for me.

It was only recently that an Italian friend commented to me how she found it strange that Irish adults drink so much milk - she was amazed to
see someone have a glass of milk with dinner.

rockbeer

Gran Hermano wrote: »

Tea with milk is mainly an Irish/British thing I've found. If I'm drinking a typical Irish or English tea I'll add milk but for other varieties it's black for me.

Exactly. I'm convinced most of our teas - Barry etc. - are the sweepings off the packing room floor. The only way to force them down is with milk and sugar

Gran Hermano wrote: »

It was only recently that an Italian friend commented to me how she found it strange that Irish adults drink so much milk - she was amazed to see someone have a glass of milk with dinner.

Completely agree. I spent a lot of time in France in my early 20s (still do whenever possible) and it was funny to hear all the brits moaning about the terrible tea there and having to demand milk in cafés.

Not sure what it's like in the States though.

ODriscoll

Sweepings yep, some of the cheaper ones our of supermarkets (not just lidl) look like they could not be anything other than tea dust.

geraardo

I prefer my tea with milk but if no milk was to hand id drink it without love tea my fave tipple

L31mr0d

rockbeer wrote: »

Completely agree. I spent a lot of time in France in my early 20s (still do whenever possible) and it was funny to hear all the brits moaning about the terrible tea there and having to demand milk in cafés.

Well its probably because the only milk that's usually available over there is that UHT stuff. A friend in work who was french admitted that most french people admit that UHT tastes a lot worse than Fresh Milk, but they'd still rather have it UHT as it lasts longer.

I found when I was over there for a while that I had to scavenge around their supermarkets to find fresh milk for my cereal, there was usually only 1 brand of it, usually positioned next to other speciality dairy products.

Still, I'm with others here, I don't take milk with tea if I'm having it unless its the Irish/British variety.

If I have to have tea I like it as dark and bitter as possible, I usually just leave the bag in the mug until I'm finished.

I have a box of dessert teas from here: Tea Forté

They're quite nice, although I rarely drink them except when friends are over. Their Vienna Cinnamon Black Tea is quite nice.

jam_mac_jam

I quite like Earl grey without milk, but its not to everyones taste.

ODriscoll

Gran Hermano wrote: »

Tea with milk is mainly an Irish/British thing I've found. If I'm drinking a typical Irish or English tea I'll add milk but for other varieties it's black for me.

It was only recently that an Italian friend commented to me how she found it strange that Irish adults drink so much milk - she was amazed to
see someone have a glass of milk with dinner.

For sure it is was our habit and on reflection a stupid one. Just took me a few decades to work it out

Update I am milk free for months and with no sense of sacrifice.

I thoroughly recommend Wu-long or OOlong

Get it in any health store in Ireland, ask for it. Not teabags, you want the real thing.

drumaneen

rockbeer wrote: »

I stop putting milk in my tea 20-odd years ago and now I find milky tea disgusting.

Ditto .. I'm almost overcome .. I thought I was Alone!

Darjeeling is my tea of choice - wonderful cuppa. Simply couldn't return to millky tea now - Also zero calories