BellaOnline Forums Food and Wine Tea How do you take your tea?

Mary,

You know I am all about the coffee but I also like tea. Lipton with sugar and no milk is my preference which is funny because my coffee is just the opposite. I need it milky and can't stand to have sugar in it.

Susan, you are the first person I've known to put milk in their green tea! You see, however you like it is all that matters.

Treat Yourself-Papua New Guinea

I drink black tea (Earl Grey, English Breakfast, Darjeeling) with cold milk (not cream) and no sugar. Sometimes I drink green tea with no milk. I drink around six cups a day - I dislike coffee.

Hey Gayle, How are you?

Ah Lipton, I grew up on that. Mom went between coffee and tea; a lover of both.
I drink my coffee the same as my black tea. Lighly sugared and milk- no cream or mom used half & half.

Mary Caliendo
Tea Editor

JoAnne, I am just like you with the six or so cups per day.

It seems that you may have alot in common with our Wine Editor Peter. He's a Brit. too and has the same loves as you w/tea.

Can you tell us about a visit to a tea house for us I'd love to hear your experiences!
Thanks.
Mary Caliendo
Tea Editor

There are tea shops which tend to be located in small towns. People will go there for mid morning or mid afternoon. Have you heard of cream teas? This is a pot of tea, a scone (which is a kind of small sweet cake), jam and clotted cream. You cover the scone with cream and jam. Delicious. The traditional ones are made in Cornwall and Devon which are the counties in the extreme south west of England.

lemon and honey!

Joanna, I love the atmosphere of the mom and pop shop-in some small towns in America the "boutique" reins in the crowds, but they usually have a large chain anchor or some other attraction for people to be there. Unfortuantaely here and possibly due to the economy, small tea houses open and then are closed due to not enoughcustomers to keep them afloat, it's so sad!

I have heard of creamed teas, and that sounds wonderful (and fattening too!)
Mary Caliendo

foodlover626, lemon and honey are by far the most popular way to take tea next to cream (milk) and sugar! Thank you for your input! Visit often!

Mary Caliendo

Did you know that adding milk to tea interferes with the body's absorption of the nutrients in tea? Oppositely, adding lemon or a citrus product causes you to aborb about 20% more of the nutrients than drinking tea plain.

I buy a product called Real Lemon and add to my tea and I use stevia for sweetening.

Yes actually I personally do, I cannot speak for the others. But sometimes we do things (have habits)that we were brought up on. The majority of respondants to this forum only put the milk in the black teas and not into greens or other teas or in herbals it seems.

Most respondants said that they love lemon in the green tea-but did not mention what type of product they used to "put in lemon".

Also Stevia is a product that is slowly catching on, and has been added to more and store shelves this year.
Did you know in some places Stevia is actually used as tea itself? See my article!
Thanks for your love of tea!
Mary Caliendo