Re: Earl Grey, was: Re: O.T.: Wine (Hungarian, Romanian)
SD A similar (identical?) gizmo can be used to make coffee. You've SD probably seen these somewhere being used for coffee. It maximizes SD contact between the grind/leaves and can make good, strong coffee or SD tea, and the plunger has a metal mech in it to pres out the grin/leaves SD before drinking. Interesting. Would I trust some FTGFOP Darjeeling to something like that? Don't know. When it comes to tea, I am an elitIST ;-) Does it work well for coffee? I frequently do not have time to make good traditional coffee in arabic Dzjazwa, so a coffee press would look nice. Best regards, Frantisek Vlcek
Re: Earl Grey, was: Re: O.T.: Wine (Hungarian, Romanian)
I only use a press for coffee. (These are often called French presses, BTW) From my point of view, this is an extraction process and the press represents an effective version of the soak and filter method. I realize this makes me a bit pedestrian in this regard, and that the preparation of tea has cultural overtones as well. After all, look at complexity of the Japanese Tea Ceremony. Steven Desjardins Department of Chemistry Washington and Lee University Lexington, VA 24450 (540) 458-8873 FAX: (540) 458-8878 [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] 06/22/04 09:48AM SD A similar (identical?) gizmo can be used to make coffee. You've SD probably seen these somewhere being used for coffee. It maximizes SD contact between the grind/leaves and can make good, strong coffee or SD tea, and the plunger has a metal mech in it to pres out the grin/leaves SD before drinking. Interesting. Would I trust some FTGFOP Darjeeling to something like that? Don't know. When it comes to tea, I am an elitIST ;-) Does it work well for coffee? I frequently do not have time to make good traditional coffee in arabic Dzjazwa, so a coffee press would look nice. Best regards, Frantisek Vlcek
Re: Earl Grey, was: Re: O.T.: Wine (Hungarian, Romanian)
Tuesday, June 22, 2004, 4:09:57 PM, Steve wrote: SD I only use a press for coffee. (These are often called French presses, SD BTW) From my point of view, this is an extraction process and the SD press represents an effective version of the soak and filter method. SD I realize this makes me a bit pedestrian in this regard, and that the SD preparation of tea has cultural overtones as well. After all, look at SD complexity of the Japanese Tea Ceremony. Why pedestrian :) ? As much as I like to prepare tea and coffee in the more traditional way, as an addicted drinker of tea I do drink a lot of it a day, so I usually just make a big pot of tea without any bells and whistles... Although it makes a special morning to make a good coffee in Dzjazwa, or tea in the special Chong pot. Such special moments (and every similar ones, be it whatever you like) make life bearable, and are an excellent start of otherwise gray day. BTW, to see how pedestrian I am as well, I would love to get a good but small presso coffeemaking machine in my home :) Fra
Re: Earl Grey, was: Re: O.T.: Wine (Hungarian, Romanian)
A more direct link. (I had to really search on Cotty'es site) http://shopstashtea.com/800260.html A similar (identical?) gizmo can be used to make coffee. You've probably seen these somewhere being used for coffee. It maximizes contact between the grind/leaves and can make good, strong coffee or tea, and the plunger has a metal mech in it to pres out the grin/leaves before drinking. Steven Desjardins Department of Chemistry Washington and Lee University Lexington, VA 24450 (540) 458-8873 FAX: (540) 458-8878 [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] 06/20/04 01:29PM Wot the heck is a tea press? Keith whaley Steve Desjardins wrote: Twinings is available at most U.S. supermarkets (Walmart, Krogers, etc.) As a matter of fact, many now also stock loose teas as well. I buy loose tea for the chemistry dept. at the Lexington coffee shop, which specializes in coffee but also carries a very extensive line of teas. Although coffee still dominates in the US, there are more than enough tea drinkers to make the good tea options economicaly viable for supermarkets. Chai is very popular and all the coffee shops carry it. In addition, coffee presses has become very popular and so are commonly available. Many of my tea drinking friends now use a press to make single/duoble cups of tea from loose tea, as opposed to the dreaded tea ball.As fond as I am of coffee, tea (yes, Earl Grey) has become my afternoon drink. And, of course, there is always Celestial Seasonings . . . ;-) Yuuk! Patooie! Gackkk... And I feel the same way about Chai, whilst my wife scarfs down several cups a day...
Re: Earl Grey, was: Re: O.T.: Wine (Hungarian, Romanian)
I kind of like Wagner's myself. Though for camping or long term storage I like the sealed packaging of Bigelow. However, I think serious tea drinkers claim that only whole leaf tea is acceptable. -- Steve Desjardins wrote: Twinings is available at most U.S. supermarkets (Walmart, Krogers, etc.) As a matter of fact, many now also stock loose teas as well. I buy loose tea for the chemistry dept. at the Lexington coffee shop, which specializes in coffee but also carries a very extensive line of teas. Although coffee still dominates in the US, there are more than enough tea drinkers to make the good tea options economicaly viable for supermarkets. Chai is very popular and all the coffee shops carry it. In addition, coffee presses has become very popular and so are commonly available. Many of my tea drinking friends now use a press to make single/duoble cups of tea from loose tea, as opposed to the dreaded tea ball.As fond as I am of coffee, tea (yes, Earl Grey) has become my afternoon drink. And, of course, there is always Celestial Seasonings . . . ;-) -- graywolf http://graywolfphoto.com/graywolf.html
Re: Earl Grey, was: Re: O.T.: Wine (Hungarian, Romanian)
Wot the heck is a tea press? Keith whaley Steve Desjardins wrote: Twinings is available at most U.S. supermarkets (Walmart, Krogers, etc.) As a matter of fact, many now also stock loose teas as well. I buy loose tea for the chemistry dept. at the Lexington coffee shop, which specializes in coffee but also carries a very extensive line of teas. Although coffee still dominates in the US, there are more than enough tea drinkers to make the good tea options economicaly viable for supermarkets. Chai is very popular and all the coffee shops carry it. In addition, coffee presses has become very popular and so are commonly available. Many of my tea drinking friends now use a press to make single/duoble cups of tea from loose tea, as opposed to the dreaded tea ball.As fond as I am of coffee, tea (yes, Earl Grey) has become my afternoon drink. And, of course, there is always Celestial Seasonings . . . ;-) Yuuk! Patooie! Gackkk... And I feel the same way about Chai, whilst my wife scarfs down several cups a day...
Re: Earl Grey, was: Re: O.T.: Wine (Hungarian, Romanian)
On 20/6/04, KEITH, discombobulated, offered: Wot the heck is a tea press? http://www.teaandcoffee.net/ :-) Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|www.macads.co.uk/snaps _
RE: Earl Grey, was: Re: O.T.: Wine (Hungarian, Romanian)
Chai is very popular and all the coffee shops carry it. In addition, coffee presses has become very popular and so are commonly available. Many supermarkets carry it...very funny...It cracks me up that chai has become trendy. :) Although I myself am guilty of drinking chai made from a tea bag, the REAL chai is made of cinnamon sticks, cloves, and other ingredients, steeped over a stove, like my mom used to make. G Many of my tea drinking friends now use a press to make single/duoble cups of tea from loose tea, as opposed to the dreaded tea ball. I really like the gold mesh tea filters my mother in law gave us. They're these deep, cup-shaped filters with lips that rest on top of your mug. Very easy to clean afterwards
