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What is your favorite kind of tea? Do you prefer bags or loose with a strainer or ball?

I really love Japanese tea, and I guess I like bags because they're so much easier. Nothing to clean up afterwards and no little tea bits everywhere <img src="/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

Ah, tea, one of the most wonderful things of the life <img src="/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" /> My favorite is Nilgiri tea. Soft, good tasting (if well made) but also can be really kicking and angry. (My wife called that tea 'nasty' 'cos it really doesn't like any mistakes when you're doing it..) Of course, always sure choice is earl gray (at places where I have to get some tea and choices are between caylon, ceylon with bergamont oil, ceylon with fruits). It's almost impossible to fail with that one.

And no teabags! Paying even single penny from such thing is (almost) crime <img src="/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" /> Who knows is it really tea at all or is it acctually sand dust which they put there. (For example Lipton yellow teabags -- ARGH! I wonder how they've managed to get it so horrible! <img src="/images/graemlins/mad.gif" alt="" /> ) Loose is my choice, it takes some time and makes some dishes but usually it's worth of that. After hard cooking nothing's better than sitting down next to my wife, having couple cups of tea.

Teme =)

I am partial to green tea in the bags since no mess to deal with. I often make it by the power of the sun. Lately, I have been adding two or three crushed fresh Spearmint leaves to my glass. In the winter, I take a lot of Wellness tea with honey added. :-)

Believe it or not, my favorite tea is Salada de-caf tea in the blue box. (The regular tea in the red box doesn't taste as good.) I used to really like Earl Grey, but can't get into it anymore. I like Peppermint tea, too, especially for when my IBS acts up.

My favorite so far is English Breakfast. I also like this Chinese oolong we're buying recently, but that's in bags. There are several others I'd like to try. I haven't used loose tea enough to get comfortable with it, I can't find a container I like. Most containers leak tea bits.

Tetley. Obviously!

This tea comes from the UK, in a circular bag (no string). The Brit's love their tea and have spent years designing the perfect bag for their already perfect tea. This is it. Tea, served with milk. Yum.

Hard to buy in the US, but available online or at British specialty shops. Whenever I go to the UK I come back with several 240 bag packages and freeze them. When they run out... thank goodness for the internet!

Darjeeling
My mom just says it smells like perfume, but I really really really like it. I drink this fancy stuff called "Anastasia" from Dean & Deluca.

Jasmine
The one I liked before Darjeeling was Jasmine tea. They served it to me in this restaurant I liked, so I got myself a whole box. Tetley.

Oolong
They kept serving this beautiful, fragrant tea at all the Chinese eateries, and I could never pinpoint what kind of tea was served. It turned out to be Oolong, so I got the Oolong tea, and started drinking it. However, after a while, it started to seem kerosene-y to me, and I dumped it for Jasmine.

Ice, I almost bought some Darjeeling the other day! (But didn't) (And tea that tastes like kerosene? Ack!)

My current favorites are Black Currant, English Breakfast, Ceylon, and Monk's Blend...all decaf.(Can you tell I've branched out since Salada? LOL <img src="/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" /> ) All because my friend bought me an authentic English teapot...

The best tea I've ever tried my friend brought home from China. It was green tea, loose. It did actually taste MUCH better than any green tea I've tried here. Oooh, maybe they have some in Chinatown?? I shall see:)