The Glade 4.0

About four months ago I quit drinking coffee, and made the switch to tea because the coffee was doing a number on my stomach. I had always enjoyed tea, and as such, always had some on hand, but now I have a whole section of my cupboard devoted to nothing but tea... It's as though I have a freaking vendor in here, constantly replenishing and jockeying for display space with the cereal guy. Every time I go to the market, I pick up something new that looks yummy. In the interests of full disclosure, here's my list:

Bigelow: Cinnamon Stick
Bigelow: Cozy Chamomile Herb Tea
Bigelow: Cozy Chamomile Herb Tea with Mint
Bigelow: Green Tea with Pomegranate
Bigelow: Spiced Chai
Celestial: Raspberry
Celestial: Country Peach
Celestial: Wild Berry
Celestial: Blueberry
Celestial: Black Cherry
Carrington Tea: Green Tea with Lemon
Salada: Original Blend Black Tea
Twinings: Irish Breakfast Tea
World of Tea: Green Tea

What types of tea do you have in your kitchen?

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Ezekiel 23:19-20 

*laughs*

Gimme some time and I['ll take a picture. I don't have all day to type a list.


OK, the tea cupboard:



It's stacked 3 deep in places, there are over a hundred. OCD is NOT my friend.

Favourites:
Choice Organics Licorice peppermint
Twinings Lady Grey (like Earl Grey only softer and more floral)
Republic of Tea Spring Cherry
Allegro Jasmine green tea
YamaMotoYama Kukicha (twig tea)
Celestial Sweet Coconut Thai chai

I have regular tea and green.... lol.

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Black
Green
Earl Grey
Echinacea

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I have a 5oz. sack of loose-leaf Earl Gray Imperial, my absolute favorite.

Varieties of black, green, white and chai teas are available as backups when I'm feeling lazy.

I think my wife has 3-4 varieties. I don't drink tea, just coffee, beer, and water, with the occasional single malt. Though not necessarily at the same time.

Taamar:

I fear that is what I am likely becomming. On a side note, I think we have the same crock-pot.

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Ezekiel 23:19-20 

We have this stuff called Red Vanilla Madagascar and something else called Sleepy-time. Plus the regular old black tea and a Chrsitmas assortment my wife got.

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"Hysterical children shrieking about right-wing anything need to go sit in the corner and be quiet while the adults are talking."

Taamar wins, but I used to beat Rynar.

I've been making a conscious effort to not buy more tea until I've consumed almost all of what i have.

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Delicious.

Even if I never bought tea again I could die without consuming all this. I push it on friends whenever possible. Anyway, I'm not trying to stop buying, today I picked up Tazo Cucumber White.

I don't actually have tea bags in my cupboard apart from green, red or black.

I have lots of little containers with raw ingredients which I mix and match according to what I feel. I also have a tiny little tea glass which sits on top of a little candle thingy.

List of ingredients which are currently in my cupboard.

Honey
Dried lemon slices
Dried orange peels
Dried chrysanthemum
Dried jasmin
Dried ginseng sticks
Dried mixed red berries
Dried peach slices
Dried apple slices
Cinnamon sticks
Dried rose buds
and of course milk ^-^

An old exec of mine introduced me to this. It's awesome. You are going to love it.

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Ezekiel 23:19-20 

Here's most of what we've got right now. If there's no * I haven't tried it.

Stash:
Ginger Peach green
Super Irish Breakfast black*
Lemon Blossom herbal
Lemon Ginger herbal**
Double Bergamot Earl Grey black*
Moroccan Mint black***
Orange Spice black**

Good Earth
Pomegranate Superfruit
Mangosteen Superruit
Vanilla Chai***

Tazo:
Calm
Green Ginger***

Celestial:
Cinnamon Apple Spice

Coffee Island (local shop):
Rooibos Spicy Chili**** - This stuff is awesome. It has red chili and dried cherries among other things. Sounds strange, but it's so good.
Rooibos Raspberry Vanilla
Rooibos Lemon Myrtle
Rooibos Grandma's Garden Strawberry

Raber:

Does Coffee Island have a website? I think I'd like to order some of the Rooibos Spicy Chili.

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Ezekiel 23:19-20 

Here it is: Coffee Island.

However, I don't see the teas I'm talking about listed. I suspect this spot is reserved for them: Specialty Teas -> Loose Leaf Teas, but there is nothing under there. You may have to call them.

Thank you, sir.

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Ezekiel 23:19-20 

I would recommend calling: 877-617-9577. Some of the info on the above site looked out of date so I called them. They are working on a new site, but it is not up yet. They are happy to mail out orders and even offer to mail out samples.

I'm gonna sound really prudish and i'm sorry... but most fruit flavoured tea bags use fruit extracts (or man made tasting like fruit additives) rather than actual dried fruit and it's just not as good as the real thing >.<

Not in any of the ones I have...

Republic of Tea Alpine Flowers:
Blackcurrant leave and berries, rosehops, hawthorne berries, blueberries, hawthorne leaves, blackcurrant juice, mullein flowers, ender blossoms, heather flowers

I agree that I don't want any of the garbage in my tea, but I also don't know that I'd want to have ALL the ingredients in ALL the teas I love!

I have Earl Grey, Green, Cinamon (i heard it is good for diabetics... but it is nasty nasty ****), Sun Brew Ice Tea and I have two lonely bags of Yogi Tea Egyptian Licorice Mint (my absolute favorite)

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Darksiege
Traveller, Calé, Whisperer
Lead me not into temptation; for I know a shortcut

Bah! Tea bags are for uncouth Philistines, Cretans, and Britney Spears fans. Yeah, I'm one of the most pathetic forms of humans, a tea geek.

In my figurative cupboard I have the following, all loose-leaf:

• 2 grades of Darjeeling tea from one of my favorite estates, Margaret's Hope. Grades TGBOP and Second Flush FTGFOP1
• Equal Trade Darjeeling tea tin (surprisingly good)
• China White Peony Reserve
• Fuding White Treasure
• Stonycliff Estate Ceylon BOP
• Marangi Estate Assam FTGFOP1
• Green Yunnan Silver Tips
• Anxi Oolong
• Pai Mu Tan White Peony Organic
• Keemun Imperial
• Golden Monkey

As you can see I'm not a fan of herbals or flavored tea. Lipton tea bags are swill and better suited for flushing poo down your toilet than drinking.

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I *only* have lipton tea bags in my cupboard

Everything else is just awful.

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Holy shitsnacks!

Oh man, I'm an unsophisticated cur when it comes to tea I see!

Twinings Earl Grey. Tea bags, add a teaspoon and a half of honey.

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I generally don't allow Lipton in the house--I don't want it tainting the good stuff. If I do have it, though, I only serve it to my mother-in-law.

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