Because I came to the conclusion while pounding my usual 4 cup mug of coffee that I had become completely immune to caffeine. I mean, once that's gone, how many cool points does the coffee retain? So, I decide, well if I'm gonna drink a flavored placebo in the wee morning, might as well make it more flavorful.
I'm no friggin aristocrat by any means, but Henry's Market is as far as I'll go for tea. So I bought some lemon ginseng tea and tried it out this morning. Good stuff. Added honey....that's about it.
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Maybe this isn't for me. All I'm sayin' is I've never had a cup of coffee that tasted like piss.
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The only tea I can drink is sweet tea. Otherwise, yes it tastes like piss.
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Drink some black tea, some Earl Grey.
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Try raising your pinky when you sip. It makes it taste better.
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I can see how you would get "piss" from ginseng scented tea. As others have stated, start with small samples of good black tea. Adagio and SpecialTeas are fine online sources (no travel necessary). FWIW, I can't stomach most "scented" teas. In reality, they are the Acid cigars of the tea world.
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:-)
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I thought Andy was the friggin aristocrat!

I'll check it out and share my tea endeavor with you gents
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I'm assuming you mean the Lapsang Souchong slurping AndyTV.

Ick. The one I tried tasted like nothing but charcoal, burnt pine pitch and creosote, no amount of pinky lifting could have helped that tea.
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Tea:-):-)
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For myself, I have a blend made at a local (kind of) tea shop. It is 50% really good Earl Grey, with other things for the kind of flavours I like. But like the others have said, black teas are the way to go for flavour.
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Ok I know you said you won't go past Henry's market, and I know this is gonna seem like an expensive pain, but I wanna suggest you go to teavana and please try a Mate tea. it takes a while to brew, but it has all the zing of coffee and less jittery reaction.
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Tazo, black tea is the sh@t!!!
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If you believe tea tastes like pee...you are probably drinking the wrong kinds of tea. I never put any sweetner in tea (though I must admit the sweet tea at Chick Fil-a is tasty). Try some properly brewed oolong it might change your guys minds. :-)
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i really enjoy sun brewed tea that the arizona sun can deliver.
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+1 on the black tea idea. It's got a lot more flavor than green.
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Try Thai Iced Tea from your local Thai Restaurant. That should keep you going for the day. :-)

Side note...I don't think Green Tea or Chrysanthemum tastes like warm piss but then again I've never had warm piss. :-)
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[quote= but then again I've never had warm piss. :-)[/QUOTE]
agreed
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I'm a fan of licorice, chamomile, and green teas.

I take honey in the chamomile and green teas, and a bit of sugar in the licorice.
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Hot Chai with a little milk.....and a snifter of Meyer's Dark Rum....more of a dessert type thing, but delicious!
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