Tea or Coffee. What brand and why?

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Btw, for me Twinings earl grey. Oh yea, I can't believe you guys like commodity brands: lipton or tetley.

Answer 1

I drink both.

Starbucks does have a seasonal green-tea frappuchino that is worth trying if it isn't already gone. Too bad that they burn their coffee beans.

If you want some excellent coffee, try ordering from the shop linked below. That's where I get my coffee for the house.

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Answer 2

That all depends the time of day. In the morning I like a good cup of tea. Later during the day I could use a good flavored coffee.
For Tea I would say Tetley tea or Red Rose tea. I am also particular to some herbal teas too.
For coffee Taster's Choice or Folger's coffee or anything flavored.

Answer 3

For tea, I like Barry's Gold Blend tea, its an imported Irish tea. For coffee, I really think Bustello Coffee is the best. I don't believe Bustello sells in an instant form; you have to perk it. BTW, I like Snapple Ice Tea and I don't mind Lipton either.

Answer 4

I prefer coffee. Folgers French Roast. However, when I go to the UK in a couple weeks I will drink Earl Grey because coffee is too costly there.

Answer 5

Arizona Green Tea.

Answer 6

Twinings makes a good solid Earl Grey, and it's readily available; it's our standard choice for Earl Grey to keep around the house. But Jacksons of Piccadilly is the originator of the Earl Grey recipe, and their tea is really marvelous -- distinct from other Earl Grey teas, uniquely identifiable by aroma as well as flavor. Their other teas are quite good as well; their Assam is incredibly delicate, and their Darjeeling a bracing afternoon cup.

Taylor's of Harrowgate makes some good-quality teas as well, including a green Earl Grey that my wife enjoys. They also have a Kwazulu tea from South Africa which is incredibly strongly flavored and astringent, for those days when Irish Breakfast isn't quite enough for you. Even with milk and sugar it's strong enough give you the shivers!

Lipton's is suitable for human consumption only when served over ice, with lashings of lemon and sugar, and even then it can come close to being a waste of a good lemonade. :-)

Coffee is different from tea, in that it is MUCH more susceptible to going off from oxidation. (It's fairly stable in its green, or unroasted, form, which is why coffee grown in Yemen or Ethiopia or Jamaica will still make a good cup in Oregon or Paris or Tokyo, as long as it's been roasted recently enough that the oils haven't started to go off yet.) So while tea leaves can travel around the world (thereby making global brands possible), I want my coffee to be no more than a few hours' travel from where it was roasted. I try to buy from local shops (in Portland, Oregon) that have roasters here in the city, or from quality shippers (such as Peet's) which aren't more than a day's travel away, and which transfer their beans in airtight containers till they get to the retailer (or ship to stores in airtight bags).

One stunning exception to the no-global-transit rule: Illycaffe, an Italian roaster known for superb espresso in particular; they ship in airtight tins flushed with nitrogen, so there is no degradation till the tin is opened. A favorite local restaurant uses Illy to make their drip-brewed coffee, and it's generally the best coffee I can find outside my own home. (The Peet's closest to my home does make an excellent cappucino, though, as long as I remember to ask for an extra shot in a 16-oz cappucino -- that comes the closest to the proportions I remember from the cappucino I learned to love in Rome.)

The other exception for coffee is the Trader Joe's chain, with stores up and down the West Coast of the US (and possibly other places as well). They also flush their coffee containers with nitrogen and leave them sealed, so there's no oxidation till you open the cylinder. They're very reasonably priced, as well, and some of their blends make a very passable cup of coffee.

Answer 7

I prefer lipton tea and maxswell house coffee

Answer 8

Coffee ALWAYS Kona...

Tea. Either plain ole Lipton tea, or Bergamot (earl Gray). I love Thai Tea too and japanese wheat tea is delicious!

Answer 9

coffee, Dubois
tea, Lipton

Answer 10

I love Millstone brand coffee. I always get the Hazelnut Cream beans and mix them with something like the Bed and Breakfast blend and then grind them together.

Oooohhhh yeahhh. Sooo yummy!

Goddess Bless Millstone!