Your favorite Java and/or Tea?

[~Patrick~]

I love a good cup of joe. What is your favorite?
I prefer Maxwel House French Roast and Salada Green tea. When I was in the service I roomed with a guy who was married to a Brit. Her mom would send him the most awsome teas. I can see why they snub there nose at us Americans and our coffee.

T-10 complete
10/08/01

[Theophania]

I love being an American and drinking strong coffee http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/smile.gif The coffee bean was originated in North America anyways so I feel it's my duty to drink it...LOL.

Anyhow, I love Caribu Coffee's mochas. They put a sexy 'lil chocolate covered coffee bean in each drink!

[lilsister]

We have an espresso shop so we roast our own beans! My husband roasts the beans in an antique roaster-in fact he's out in the roastery now, roasting Costa Rican! I do all the cooking for the shop, we serve a light lunch; soups and sandwiches. And ALOT of coffee! Theo, we make a House Mocha that is great! So, the funny thing is-I don't drink coffee! Tried, especially working nights, but just doesn't trip my trigger. Only thing I can drink is the House Mocha! Debra

[lynnifer]

Celestial Seasonings Vanilla Maple Tea

[marco25]

My favorite coffee is a regional product called Community Coffee. For decades it's been the flagship "Cajun" dark roast coffee.

For years you couldn't find it anywhere but south Louisiana. When we moved to Atlanta in 1988, only specialty or gourmet shops sold it (at inflated prices). However, so many of us Cajuns were in Atlanta at the time, Kroger started stocking it on its shelves. Before that, I'd buy it by the case and haul it back to Georgia, along with an ice chest full of crawfish, stuffed chickens and pork chops, tasso, andouille sausage, etc.

Mais, poo yie, laissez les bon temps roulez! http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/cool.gif

[KLD]

Darjeeling tea is my favorite...the "champagne of teas".

Can't drink coffee (even decaf) as it gives me migranes. http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/frown.gif

[Lshall82978@yahoo.com]

Chai all the way http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/tongue.gif

[antiquity]

I'm not much of a coffee connoisseur, instant coffee in a bag is about all I can manage but I used to love Sassafras tea. http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/frown.gif

[Chris Chappell]

Green "Yogi" Tea with honey or some days good 'ol Lipton.

And sometimes Celestial Seasonings "Sleepy Time" at night.

[Steven Edwards]

I'm definitely from the Fast Food generation... my favorite tea [besides the "syrup" I used to make http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/smile.gif] is Chik-Fil-A's Sweet Tea. So, so good. At home, my parents use Charleston Classic for their tea.

For anyone interested in good, strong coffee... check here (http://www.microroaster.com/coffee.htm). They get coffee from around the world [Africa, Central America, Indonesian and Pacific, and South America] and their plant where they roast the coffee beans smells awesome!

-Steven

[marmalady]

Steven, thanks for the site - I'll definitely check it out!

Til then, I can personally vouch for lilsis' coffee from their shop - outstanding!!!!

Chris - !! Never would have figured you for a Yogi tea person - you brought me back to my hippie days!

[marco25]

Does anyone happen to have the recipe for "Orange Tea"? I think it has Tang and other stuff in it.

[marmalady]

Here it is, Martha -

RUSSIAN TEA


Ingredients
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1 cup instant tea (If preferred, 1) cup)
2 cups Tang
1 tsp. cinnamon
1 tsp. cloves
1 pkg. Wylers lemonade mix
1 1/2 cups sugar (or less)


Procedure
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Mix all together and keep in tightly covered jar. Use approximately two heaping teaspoons for one cup of tea.

[lilsister]

Chai drink:
Carton of chai
Equal amount of soy milk or 2% milk
Mix and keep in refridgerator
serve over ice or steam it up to 140 degrees
Sprinkle a little shaved chocolate on top.

[skippopotamus]

Hey Pat, the best coffee I have ever had is the Black Cat from Intelligentsia in Chicago.
Check 'em out on the big bad internet http://www.intelligentsia.com

[Nancie]

Originally posted by Chris Chappell:

Green "Yogi" Tea with honey or some days good 'ol Lipton.

And sometimes Celestial Seasonings "Sleepy Time" at night.

i love yogi teas too....green and ginger are my current favorites.
they really have great flavor and aroma.
prior to yogi teas i always drank celestial seasonings lemon, orange or spearmint tea. http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/cool.gif

[Lizbv]

I keep boxes of backstock in Celestial Seasonings Tension Tamer tea.

It was a sad day when they quite making Tension Tamer Extra.

"I guess pain is a great motivator."- Yanni

[Curt Leatherbee]

I love coffee, but everytime I drink coffee I seem to get a uti for some reason, so I stick to peppermint herbal tea.

[kate]

I can't resist, especially since I started working there last week. My personal drink is a double-tall-nonfat-latte-extrafoamy.

These people are serious about coffee. In my training(corporate indoctrination!), I got to watch videos about their practices for choosing the best beans in the world, setting growing standards, discerning the perfect roasting time/temperature, blah blah.

We spent an hour tasting various blends, the same way you taste wine. Smell it, slurp it, etc! I decided I like Sumatra the best.