This stuff is vile...

[jsbowden]

What's the fascination with Earl Grey tea?

I've always thought anything can be made palatable with enough sugar, but you know what, I'm pretty sure that this stuff is never going to be good. It may eventually may be sweet enough that even a child would spit it out, but it'll still be vile undrinkable shit.

Unfortunately, all the Lemon Zinger is gone and the rest of the herbal stuff we have here in the office is even worse.

Man, I don't know whose idea it was to write Picard as a huge Earl Grey fan, but that writer has NO FUCKING TASTE.

Comments

[robeli.livejournal.com]

You drink hot tea?

[jsbowden.livejournal.com]

We have Lipton tea bags here, which I'll use pretty regularly, but I'm avoiding caffeine for now, and the herbal stuff is the only caffeine free we've got.

So, sort of.

[kjn]

Well, Lipton tea bags - there's your trouble right there.

Also, tea (as in made from tea leaves) also contain theanine and caffeine, so if you're avoiding caffeine, avoid real tea as well.

[jsbowden.livejournal.com]

I happen to like Lipton. Preferably supersaturated during brewing, cooled, and then served over ice, but hot will do too.

[robeli.livejournal.com]

Why are you avoiding caffeine?

[jsbowden.livejournal.com]

Because I'm trying to stay decently hydrated, and caffeine defeats that.

[publius1.livejournal.com]

Caffeine is an EXTREMELY mild diuretic, to the point where unless you are just drinking it in quartsfull, you aren't going to help yourself overmuch. (Then again, if I had a persistent ailment, I'd do just about anything, no matter how minor, to try to fix shit too.)

[ronebofh.livejournal.com]

Lipton... nasty. Why not just make tea with pencil shavings?

[jsbowden.livejournal.com]

Because, unlike Lipton, that would suck.

[krfsm.livejournal.com]

It's the way forward, although I'm not fond of Earl Grey. Lapsang, a nice Oolong, Pu-erh... So many more and better teas to choose from.

[jsbowden.livejournal.com]

I'll drink it during the winter months when it's cold in the office, but during the summers? It's all about the iced tea.

[angelcorrine.livejournal.com]

Mmmmm Oolong.

[ronebofh.livejournal.com]

Lapsang? "Man, if only i could drink tea that tasted like a forest fire. Mmmmm!"

[krfsm.livejournal.com]

Hey, I like peaty single malts too, and it's not as if I'm forcing you to have any. All the more for me.

[missysedai.livejournal.com]

No, you'll have to fight me for some Lapsang! Love the stuff!

Also, I've used it for making tea smoked duck, and it's fantastic.