New Earl Grey?

[Soapy Sam]

Coffee is best made with water at about 170-180F, in my experience, though it depends what beans you use, how fine you grind them and what equipment you use. I never found any US made drip coffee maker was worth a damn.
A big part of the problem is that most US coffee isn 't worth a damn.
When you start selling "flavoured" coffee, you should realise you have no idea what you're doing.

My own preferred method, short of a high pressure steam system is this-
http://www.creamsupplies.co.uk/aero...category=475&gclid=CMG4jviM9aoCFW4KtAodwAt6Ig

Kettles are OK at sea level, but many of the more interesting bits of the USA ain't, so a positive pressure system of some sort is advisable, but the main thing is to buy good beans in the first place.

This does not mean "Folgers" (SPIT!)

 

[madurobob]

Coffeemaker.

I was going to say "handguns". But, yeah, coffeemaker works, too.

ETA: But, in fact, I use my tea kettle and a press pot. Works nicely.

But, finding a decent kettle here in NC isn't easy. I built my wife a gypsy wagon (vardo) last Spring and it needed a kettle for boiling water over a gas stove. I went to every store within 50 miles that sold kitchen wares and there was not a kettle to be found. I eventually had to buy one online. I was wary, wanting to hold it it my hand before buying, but its turned out to be an excellent kettle.

 

[Psi Baba]

There's also a Lady Grey tea they do; haven't tasted it so can't offer any comparison I'm afraid.

I've had the Lady Grey. It's quite good, actually, which is why I don't understand why Twinings didn't just add a new variety to their line and leave the original unmolested.

 

[madurobob]

I've had the Lady Grey. It's quite good, actually, which is why I don't understand why Twinings didn't just add a new variety to their line and leave the original unmolested.

Sure, they could call it "Reformed Grey"?

 

[saraban]

Oh dear they used the words "New and Improved" in the ad. Sure sign without tasting it, that it'll be bad.

 

[Soapy Sam]

Wasn't "Lady Grey" the Duchess of Devonshire?

 

[alfaniner]

Now Picard will know how it feels to have to distinguish between The Original and The Next Generation all the time.

"Tea. Earl Grey. Hot. Original. No bloody 'A', 'B', 'C', or 'D'."

It wasn't until a year ago or so that I learned that a tea pot and a tea kettle are used for different things. I had thought they were interchangeable in meaning.

 

[Soapy Sam]

And to think we fought with you against the Japanese!

 

[ZirconBlue]

Presumably that is considered grounds for justifiable homicide?

What, are you one of those weirdos that order "unsweet" tea?

Sure, they could call it "Reformed Grey"?

"Grey Lifestyle" or "Totally Grey".

 

[commandlinegamer]

Another great tea-drinking nation.

 

[sadhatter]

The sad thing is that trying to get boiling water, which is necessary to brew The TEA is always a challenge in the USA. I've been to a number of colleagues homes and they just do not have a the most basic of equipment i.e. The Kettle!

You know, i am a caffeine fanatic, i will drink energy drinks ( my preferred), coffee, tea, caffeine pills, you name it.

And i have to ask, how hard is it to make it sans kettle?

When i had little money my friend had a whole **** load of tea he didn't want ( big tea drinker, but he found the brand didn't suit him , i believe it was the pg tips people keep talking about. He loved himself some tea, but not this stuff.) , and thankfully allowed me to use it in order to satisfy my caffeine craving.

Now , with nothing more than a pot of boiling water, an empty 1L bottle, a couple of tea bags and a steady pouring hand, i managed to brew a decent tasting bottle of tea, while not extending my morning get ready time. And though i love a nice sugar buzz, funds were slim enough that i could not afford to just sugar it to death if it tasted foul, besides the first day when i realized i needed to let it cool a bit before transfer, in which i think i drank a good portion of that poor first plastic bottle.

 

[BenBurch]

http://www.taylorsofharrogate.co.uk/home.asp <--- Their Earl Grey is very good.

 

[Madalch]

Damn. Twining's Earl Grey is my favourite- I really dislike Stash and other varieties of same. Their Lady Grey is alright, but not something to drink all the time.

 

[LibraryLady]

Earl Grey tea is perfumed dishwater for sissies. Lapsang Souchong. There's real tea.

 

[BenBurch]

Earl Grey tea is perfumed dishwater for sissies. Lapsang Souchong. There's real tea.

Amen!

Taylors of Harrogate has that too, and it's what I drink.

 

[ponderingturtle]

Ooh, Captain Picard's going to be pissed...

What does a frenchman know about tea?

 

[madurobob]

Earl Grey tea is perfumed dishwater for sissies. Lapsang Souchong. There's real tea.

Thats what we brew (Harny & Sons) when we're out camping in the vardo. Its smokey aroma is surprisingly similar to my favorite latakia pipe tobacco.

But... its just not quite civilized enough to come into the big house and read a book with me late at night. Thats what the perfumed dishwater for sissies is for.

 

[Silly Green Monkey]

Tips is weird things, I've never had teabags sink like rocks before. I probably do it all wrong, I heat the water in the electric kettle until it's just barely too hot, then pour it over the teabags and start drinking.

 

[korenyx]

Earl Grey tea is perfumed dishwater for sissies. Lapsang Souchong. There's real tea.

You said it LL! Earl Grey does taste like perfume.

One of the Chinese resturants used to serve something called Gunpowder; that was another real tea.

What does Lapsang Souchong taste like? I've never had it.

 

[LibraryLady]

You said it LL! Earl Grey does taste like perfume.

One of the Chinese resturants used to serve something called Gunpowder; that was another real tea.

What does Lapsang Souchong taste like? I've never had it.

It has a smoky, slightly acrid flavor.