Coffee or Tea?

[bsg1fan1975]

are you a coffee or tea lover?

I love my coffee. My sweetie knows not to mess with me until after I have had my coffee. Otherwise its grouch city in response!

[BST]

I like both but, nothing will replace my morning cup or 2 or 3 or....of coffee!! :D

[Dawg]

Neither. Well, tea sometimes. And I love the smell of coffee brewing, I just can't stand the taste.

Give me a cup of good hot cocoa (the stuff made with milk). Or a Coke if I need caffeine. ;)

I am
Dawg
:warrior:

[bsg1fan1975]

I need coffee to get me going and if I'm sick I'll gulp down tea!

[amberstar]

I like both, but would rather have tea. Coffee is bitter and I use way too much sugar and flavor cream in it just to make it easier to drink. I drink either one to wind down at night.

Diet Pepsi or Diet coke is more my speed in the morning,
but Sometimes a good old Mt. Dew if I can't wake up! ;)

Amber

[Muffit]

I have gotten to like Bigelow's teas as something warm to sip during cold winter days, mostly decaf except on a few mornings. My favorite tea of all was by a company called Old San Francisco Tea Company, which I guess is not around any more. It came as raw leaves and spices in a brown paper bag, and was soooooooooo strong! It was the sweetest, tastiest tea I have ever had, even if it was a bit of work to brew and separate it. It was the kind of drink you could barely sip it was so strong, but the flavor was out of this world.

Sure wish I could find it again... (it was orange, cinnamon, and something else, perhaps cloves, I'm not sure...)

Once in a while I will have coffee, which I like too. Makes a good substitute for breakfast, although I rarely have it cuz it sometimes makes me feel yucky.

:muffit:

[ViperTech]

Tea, but only when I'm sick.

I've never liked Coffee or Tea regularly. I drink Diet Pepsi like it's water for my caffeine fix.

[amberstar]

Hey vipertech, I know what you mean..........

I also drink Diet Pepsi like it's water !:D

[Gemini1999]

It would have to be tea for me... When I was very young, my mom would take out her china tea pot, cups and saucers and make tea for me and my brother and sister. I've loved a good cup of tea ever since. I tried my first cup of coffee when I was 16. I found it so bitter that I would have to add so much sugar and milk just to make it drinkable (for me anyway).

I am still a tea lover and have lots of different varieties in the cubby at home, however I do go to Starbuck's and have a Latte and a muffin once every few months.

Bryan

[Starbuck]

Neither. Hot chocolate is my hot drink of choice. :choco: :girl:

[emerita]

I love it all, but I have to be in a mood for any of it. In the morning I'll have cocoa at work and at a restruant I'll have coffee. At home I have tea on the weekend mornings. I love Earl Grey with real cream and sugar......ummm

[Muffit]

I like Earl Grey too Em, always thought it was interesting Picard liked it. I also like Constant Comment alot.

In the summer I like to make home made ice tea from Litpon regular tea, and add fresh cut lemons and oranges to the pitcher. Yum.

:muffit:

[Ian_W359]

I'd say I'm mostly a coffee person - a cup in the morning to wake me up (I stopped drinking it last thing in the evening a few years ago - I need my sleep!)

If I'm on my travels, I'd stop off in a coffee bar (usually Starbucks, but I also like Cafe Nero & Coffee Republic) for a mocha coffee - In the summer months I love the iced coffees they serve. Also, at conventions, the coffee gives me a good start to the day, and keeps me going!

As for tea, I only seem to drink it cold at the moment ('Lipton Ice Tea' - I think you may know it as 'Liptonice'?), mainly the mango and peach flavours. But I did try a new drink from Tetley Tea in London last year, which mixes tea with other fruit flavours - great stuff - but I can't find it anywhere where I live (the Midlands)?!

By your command,
Ian W359

[BST]

Ian,

Got a question for you --

My preference for Iced Tea is to add water to the brewed tea to "weaken" it a bit. (Not sure if this is the same for everyone or just me.)

Anyway, with this in mind, how does one make Iced Coffee? Is it just brewed coffee, with ice added, or does one "weaken" it with water and then, add the ice?

Thanks,

BST

:)

[Ian_W359]

BST, at the moment I just buy the Ice Tea in bottles, but for coffee, I have read of two methods - hot and cold (I think the coffee shops use the a form of hot method) -

For hot, you would brew the coffee slightly stronger than normal (but not double strength), then leave to cool and store in the refridgerator, to be served over ice. With the cold method, you would steep the ground coffee in cold water, then drain and store the liquid in the fridge as above, but it would need diluting.

More info at http://www.greenmountaincoffee.com/learn_about_coffee/scripts/learn_about_iced_coffee.htm

I hope this is of help,

Ian W359

[BST]

Thanks for the reply and instructions, Ian!!

Hmm...brew 1 slightly strong pot of coffee, let it cool, store it in the fridge, and serve it over ice......I can do this!!! :D

[bsg1fan1975]

I like making my own ice tea in the summer. Currently as far as teas go I am into the British and Irish blends. (Keeping up with a part of my ancestry)

[warhammerdriver]

Black coffee in the morning. Nothing else will do. Unsweetened iced tea the rest of the day.

It may be -20 outside but I'll still have a glass of iced tea.

[bsg1fan1975]

had a real terrible start to the day so it was a two cup day for me!

[Rowan]

My mother is welsh, need I say more. I have never had a cup of coffee in my life, a sip or two as a teenager and one or two more recently but tha's it . Now tea on the other hand. I like orange peekoe, very strong (sometimes two bags in one cup) but then I like 2 tablespoons of sugar Yup you read that corectly, and of course milk, oh yes it must be piping hot! and anywhere from 2 to 6 a day Ack! that really sounds awful when I read that, maybe I should cut back...

[bsg1fan1975]

Can you guys believe I got yelled at this morning because we got up late as his alarm clock didn't go off on time and while he was gettting ready to go to work I didn't make any coffee!

[thomas7g]

I have an odd story about coffee. I was never a big drinker but during freshman college days I would make a deadly brew. I usually didn't sleep monday nights cause of my I always had a physics labs due the next day. And thursday nights were often without sleep cause I had a quiz every friday morning. So by the time that quiz came around, I was pretty exhausted. So I would put three tablespoons of instant coffee in each cup, and two tablespoons of sugar. That would give me about an hour and a half before I got sick from the coffee. And that lasted pretty much for 4 quarters of classes.

So now I tend to stay away from the stuff! I love the smell still. But rarely drink it now unless I need to. :D

Not much for teas. Though for a year I was on a diet snapple binge cause the local store would sell them by the crate, that's about 24 bottles at 50 cents a pop. Pretty dang good! And they were only about 1 calorie each!!!

But they stopped selling them!

:D

[Rowan]

I usually didn't sleep monday nights cause I always had a physics labs due the next day. And thursday nights were often without sleep cause I had a quiz every friday morning. So by the time that quiz came around, I was pretty exhausted. So I would put three tablespoons of instant coffee in each cup, and two tablespoons of sugar. That would give me about an hour and a half before I got sick from the coffee. And that lasted pretty much for 4 quarters of classes.


You just described my life only it's Sundaya and Monday nights no sleep: labs and quizes (yup I can go that long and still think) thursdays are 12 hour shifts at the hospital so fridays I'm a ZOMBIE!:P:

[Rowan]

I usually didn't sleep monday nights cause I always had a physics labs due the next day. And thursday nights were often without sleep cause I had a quiz every friday morning. So by the time that quiz came around, I was pretty exhausted. So I would put three tablespoons of instant coffee in each cup, and two tablespoons of sugar. That would give me about an hour and a half before I got sick from the coffee. And that lasted pretty much for 4 quarters of classes.


You just described my life only it's Sundaya and Monday nights no sleep: labs and quizes (yup I can go that long and still think) thursdays are 12 hour shifts at the hospital so fridays I'm a ZOMBIE!:P::eek: I'm still not quoting properly maybe I mispoke about my mental acuity with regards to sleep deprivation, sorry ( can you tell I'm canadian)

[bsg1fan1975]

This is going to sound real strange but its true. When my father was a long haul trucker I used to go on trips with him. I loved it. If I had a cup of coffee before I went to sleep after a long day it would put me right out instead of keeping me awake.

Here's something to laugh about. Here is why I never drink coffee at my sister's house. My brother in law loves the instant crud. Back when I was a freshman in high school I stayed over their place one night so they could go out. I had finals the next morning so my brother in law woke me up so I could get ready for my sister to drop me off for the exams. Well I made the mistake of accepting offer of a cup of coffee from my brother in law. One sip and I was instantly wired. He makes his strong and it has the consistency of mud! After that one time it was no more coffee at their place!

[Micheleh]

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[Muffit]

Ask and ye shall recieve

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Call us toll free at 1-888-568-HERB.

OMG Micheleh! Thank you SO much! I'm gonna try that number tomorrow! :D

Affectionately,
Muffit
:muffit:

[bsg1fan1975]

I got my coffee this a.m. going to be a better day!

[braxiss]

not a fan of ether coffee or tea, but me and pepsi have a very strong love affair

[bsg1fan1975]

:eek: :P: looks like its gonna be a two cup day :wtf: :laugh:

[shiningstar]

are you a coffee or tea lover?

I love my coffee. My sweetie knows not to mess with me until after I have had my coffee. Otherwise its grouch city in response!

I drink DECAFF Coffee everyonce in awhile as a 'treat' BUT I reallllllllllllly loved
my DECAFF Iced TEA ! :D

[Muffit]

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Hi Micheleh! Hi all! Well, I have to say a very big THANK YOU MICHELEH! Thanks to you, I now have 2 bags of my favorite tea in all the world! Funny thing, even though yes HerbPantry.com had the right brand of tea, for some reason they didn't have the particular flavor when we called. However, we did get a recommendation to another place, Mari-Mann Herb Company, and after some searching they DID INDEED have it! So we ordered 2 bags (boxes actually)!

I have to tell you, either I was BRAVER when I was young, or I'm gettin' old. It doesn't come as separate leaves anymore, only as an instant powder, and the directions said to use half a teaspoon to a big cup of hot water. Instant, ha! So of course I put a full teaspoon in. ;)

Aloi!!!!!

After picking myself up off of the floor, I decided I'd better dilute this puppy! Egads, it's like taking a big gulp of straight Scotch! Yikes! Next time I will follow the directions!!!

Thanks so much Micheleh! I am on cloud nine and a half. Well, back to my sipping!!!

Affectionately,
Muffit
:muffit:

[shiningstar]

Hi Micheleh! Hi all! Well, I have to say a very big THANK YOU MICHELEH! Thanks to you, I now have 2 bags of my favorite tea in all the world! Funny thing, even though yes HerbPantry.com had the right brand of tea, for some reason they didn't have the particular flavor when we called. However, we did get a recommendation to another place, Mari-Mann Herb Company, and after some searching they DID INDEED have it! So we ordered 2 bags (boxes actually)!

I have to tell you, either I was BRAVER when I was young, or I'm gettin' old. It doesn't come as separate leaves anymore, only as an instant powder, and the directions said to use half a teaspoon to a big cup of hot water. Instant, ha! So of course I put a full teaspoon in. ;)

Aloi!!!!!

After picking myself up off of the floor, I decided I'd better dilute this puppy! Egads, it's like taking a big gulp of straight Scotch! Yikes! Next time I will follow the directions!!!

Thanks so much Micheleh! I am on cloud nine and a half. Well, back to my sipping!!!

Affectionately,
Muffit
:muffit:

I'm so glad you've got your favorite brand of tea now. You deserve
the best Muffit! :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D

[Muffit]

Thanks Shiningstar! :D

:muffit:

[shiningstar]

Thanks Shiningstar! :D

:muffit:

anytime right now I'm drinking my HOT HOT HOT herbal tea to
quell the scratching burning feeling in my throat.

[Rowan]

Has anyone ever heard of raisin tea? many years ago ...Ack now that I think of it at least 18 years ago, while living in Montreal I fell in love with raisin tea it was loose not in bags so have no idea where it came from , never seen it since:(

[bsg1fan1975]

never heard of it!

[shiningstar]

Has anyone ever heard of raisin tea? many years ago ...Ack now that I think of it at least 18 years ago, while living in Montreal I fell in love with raisin tea it was loose not in bags so have no idea where it came from , never seen it since:(


I never heard of it but I bet you could make it .......... I used
to make dandelion tea all of the time. Drove my mother nuts
because she preferred Lipton .........the kind that you put in a spoon and drop in water. :eek:

[Micheleh]

Well, maybe, but I'll try.

I know at oriental markets they have jars of fruits for making tea- Umeboshi pluns, etc.

Here's something cute from MommyTips.com:

'Constipated baby Instead of trying any harsh medicine to help baby have a bowel movement try this. In a small sauce pan pour two cups of water and an individual small box of raisins. Heat on low flame,simmering until raisins are soft, mushy, and falling apart, and water has turned brown. Use a strainer to strain the water. Let it cool. Serve baby this raisin tea and soon baby will be regular again. You can add sugar but my son drank it without sugar. I always kept raisins on hand for this. My mother used this for her seven children and we all use it with ours now. Works every time."

I think it is only recently (historically) that people have used dried, packaged leaves and fruits for tea- if you have ever used fresh items, you know how superior the flavor is, though they do not package or ship as well.

[bsg1fan1975]

my mom and grandmother's used to do that. Where we lived in Northwestern Wisconsin it was pretty much rural and so we used old folk remedies. Much easier than taking us to a doctor!

[shiningstar]

my mom and grandmother's used to do that. Where we lived in Northwestern Wisconsin it was pretty much rural and so we used old folk remedies. Much easier than taking us to a doctor!

That's one of the things I MISS about living here ...........we don't get enough
dandelions for tea ........although my husband is pretty happy about the
not enough dandelions part .............. :/:

[shiningstar]

Well, maybe, but I'll try.

I know at oriental markets they have jars of fruits for making tea- Umeboshi pluns, etc.

Here's something cute from MommyTips.com:

'Constipated baby Instead of trying any harsh medicine to help baby have a bowel movement try this. In a small sauce pan pour two cups of water and an individual small box of raisins. Heat on low flame,simmering until raisins are soft, mushy, and falling apart, and water has turned brown. Use a strainer to strain the water. Let it cool. Serve baby this raisin tea and soon baby will be regular again. You can add sugar but my son drank it without sugar. I always kept raisins on hand for this. My mother used this for her seven children and we all use it with ours now. Works every time."

I think it is only recently (historically) that people have used dried, packaged leaves and fruits for tea- if you have ever used fresh items, you know how superior the flavor is, though they do not package or ship as well.

Cool that's one thing I'll have to try.

[shiningstar]

Well, maybe, but I'll try.

I know at oriental markets they have jars of fruits for making tea- Umeboshi pluns, etc.

Here's something cute from MommyTips.com:

'Constipated baby Instead of trying any harsh medicine to help baby have a bowel movement try this. In a small sauce pan pour two cups of water and an individual small box of raisins. Heat on low flame,simmering until raisins are soft, mushy, and falling apart, and water has turned brown. Use a strainer to strain the water. Let it cool. Serve baby this raisin tea and soon baby will be regular again. You can add sugar but my son drank it without sugar. I always kept raisins on hand for this. My mother used this for her seven children and we all use it with ours now. Works every time."

I think it is only recently (historically) that people have used dried, packaged leaves and fruits for tea- if you have ever used fresh items, you know how superior the flavor is, though they do not package or ship as well.

By the way thanks .........I appreciate the tip :thumbsup:

[bsg1fan1975]

old folk remedies really do work!

My mom used all sorts of remedies on us. Like if we we really sick with a bad cold she made us tea and put a shot of rum or brandy in it to kill the cold so we could sleep!

[shiningstar]

old folk remedies really do work!

My mom used all sorts of remedies on us. Like if we we really sick with a bad cold she made us tea and put a shot of rum or brandy in it to kill the cold so we could sleep!

My mom did that too. And YES it did work.

[bsg1fan1975]

man does it ever! I used to wake up feeling like I had drowned overnight!

[shiningstar]

I remember that feeling alllllllllll toooooooooooo wellllllllllllll ............ :P:

[braxiss]

well i'm burning the midnight oil, so the pepsi is flowing and the caffine is pumpimg

[Rowan]

What time is it where you are ?

every time I read the title of this thread I keep thinking of the line "coffee tea or me":D

[braxiss]

it's 11:43 p.m.

and i've thought that a few times myself

[Rowan]

so your one hour ahead of me not too bad... is this late for you? I usually don't go to sleep till 1 or 2 am and Unfortunately I dozed off this afternoon so I'm more awake than usual at this time.:)

[braxiss]

for a weekend this isn't late for me,
but if it was a work night i'd have been in
la la land for a of couple hours

[Rowan]

The only day I absolutely must get to bed early are wednesdays before clinical I have to have a clear mind when dealing with critically ill people. I was present for my first fatal code blue last thursday, not my patient though. pretty intense!

[Rowan]

I NEED TEA LOTS AND LOTS OF TEA ACK!!! cannot stay awake only got one hour sleep!!:D

[launchcruiser7]

well raise up our glasses again evil forces singing wiskey for my warriors and beer for my horses :beer: :beer: :beer: :beer: :beer: :beer: :corona: :corona: :corona: :corona: :corona: :halo: :salute: