Tea, Yerba Mate & Cold Weather

[Mister Moo]

Cool weather has finally struck the Carolinas. Cooling off doesn't mean no more coffee in the morning - it just means:

TEA AND YERBA MATE IN THE AFTERNOONS AND EVENINGS!!!!

(woo hoo)

I broke out the teapot and the neat tea mugs with lids this weekend. Darjeeling leaves are all over the counter and the mate is lined up for a sipping Sunday kind of thing. Special thanks to Seangar and MithShrike for teaching me the joys of green teas and yerba mate.

You be tea?

[TOB9595]

Lapsong Suchong is my cup o tea. Yerba Mate nice and nutty. I'm a loose tea drinker, usually get my stuff from UPTONs in MA.

I have been using a chai mix with vaniolla soy that just rocks!
Tom

[Mister Moo]

Originally Posted by TOB9595

Yerba Mate nice and nutty.

I was surprised how much I grew to like mate after just a few cups. I lean to a small amount of honey in mine.

[DrDubzz]

I need to get my typhoo and PG tips soon

[Mister Moo]

Originally Posted by RX2010

I need to get my typhoo and PG tips soon

Yes you do. A cool avatar isn not always enough.

[DrDubzz]

Originally Posted by Mister Moo

Yes you do. A cool avatar isn not always enough.

do you like my avatar

I love Typhoo and PG tips, those british types know what they're doing when it comes to mass produced teas

Twinings has some good ones, the Black Prince or whatever it's called it nice

[lenguamor]

My afternoon-evening favorite; they have decaf too.

[Guitarman-S.T-]

http://www.cigarasylum.com/vb/showthread.php?t=3867
Love to have some of you aboard

Gawdamn...

It took me some time to find a place that had good pricing.

http://www.goyerbamate.com/

[jquirit]

So Matt, care to give a brief overview for those of us that aren't well-educated in the ways of Yerba Mate? I understand it's tea-like.. but to what degree? Do you need the gourd? Can you steep it like regular tea and enjoy it as such?

[DrDubzz]

Picked up a box of PG Tips special blend today, can't wait to have some in the morning

loove me some tea

[DrDubzz]

anyone drinking any tea around these parts?

I'm on a large mud of PG tips special blend with a couple tsp of sugar and a wee dram of cream

deelishus

[Mister Moo]

Originally Posted by RX2010

anyone drinking any tea around these parts?

I'm on a large mud of PG tips special blend with a couple tsp of sugar and a wee dram of cream

deelishus

Oh yeah - the tea is on every night in the winter at the Moo place. We just finished up a long run of chinese green teas and, right now, we're drinking some very nice black tea (Assam and Golden Monkey) with a little chocolate/chili (very zingy) black tea mixed in.

My roomate is a big Mate drinker. he bought this brew thingie called an Ingenuitea? and it is just awesome..I will stick with the French press

[DrDubzz]

been hittin the chai lately, yuuum yuuum