Tea

[Milz]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., "Denise R" <gypsycaine at y...> wrote:
> Ok, I give.  DO YOU HAVE TO USE LEMON *AND* MILK?  I cannot stand 
lemon in
> my tea.  (Of course, lately, it's the powdered, English Raspberry 
kind from
> GF that I mentioned earlier, lol!  That's the only name brand of 
coffee I do
> too, so don't feel bad)
> 
> And why the milk?
> 
> I use sugar.  About 12 teaspoons full per cup.
> 
> 
>             ~Dee~

The milk is supposed to make the tea taste "smooth" by counteracting 
some of the bitterness of the tannins naturally found in the tea. It 
also cools the tea without diluting the flavor. I usually don't take 
my tea with sugar, milk or other adulterants.

Personally, I never liked tea as a child. My mother used to make it 
with the ever-present Lipton tea bags. I thought it was bitter and 
almost kind of sour so it needed a lot of sugar to make it drinkable. 
That orange-brown stain in the cups was kind of weird too. However, I 
later discovered loose whole leaf teas and that converted me. I 
usually buy them in an Asian speciality store or other speciality 
stores. The flavor of the loose teas is VERY different from the tea 
dust in the bags.

:-)Milz