The ultimate Tea thread?

[pentode]

. I'm not opposed to ordering online.. does anyone have any favorites?

Fellow Mainer (and type 2) here. I never drank tea until I was in my 40s living in Europe where all my friends were Brits and Irish. Long story short, I often drink a couple pots a day now. I make basically what they call a “builder’s tea“ minus the sugar. Brew your tea in a little teapot, 1/4 - 1/2 inch milk in the cup, then the brewed tea into that (there’s a lot of science and debate there). That small amount of milk makes it sweet enough for me but i guess you could add a little stevia if you wanted it really sweet (stevia is supposed to lower A1C).

If you want a full bodied flavor and want the caffeine, my favorites are Yorkshire Gold and regular Yorkshire (red)…they’re both excellent black teas. If you can find them , Typhoo and PG Tips are also great black teas.

 

[pentode]

I used to hear tea has more caffeine than coffee. I did some research and found tea has about half the caffeine that coffee has, and green tea has a little less than black tea.

I used to hear that factoid all the time and eventually went looking for the truth. I can’t claim I’ve done the science but what I found, and seems to jive with what happens when you actually drink the stuff, is that tea has more caffeine by weight than coffee… but there’s less tea by weight in a cup of tea than there is coffee in a cup of coffee, if that makes sense.

I think your numbers are probably pretty accurate, and I think most of us that drink both would agree that feels about right. A strong cup of tea will perk you up. A strong cup of coffee will make your head buzz.

 

[JohnnyO]

Yall are lightweights.

Before i did my wilford brimley impression and got diagnosed with type 2 diabeeetus i was chugging 1/2 gallon of pepsi a day. At least.

As far as tea goes....i love the unsweet iced tea. Goldpeak in the bottles is the best IMO

Same. Was diagnosed with The Beetus nine years ago. Runs in my family.
Generally prefer Pure Leaf unsweet tea. Never liked really sweet tea anyway.