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So I did a thing...

After reading: Yes, you should try them, they are heavenly.

Go ahead and laugh...

Mmmmm....tea...

If you want straight up fun fun, pick a fandom, get a sampler, and go crazy.

If you want traditional, yet fun, pick pearls.

Soooo much fun.

Or even make your own blend, then buy a sample to savour.

What a tea tease.

I daresay the only time I drink tea is when I am in a decent oriental restaurant... and here I have to confess, I'm not sure I can spot authentic oriental cuisine or not, but I do enjoy it as much as any big nosed round eye can... and hey, I can use chopsticks right or left handed!
I think the stuff they generally serve is either green tea or oolong

Sgt. Howard wrote:and hey, I can use chopsticks right or left handed!

I don't think it counts if you have one stick in each hand.

shadowinthelight wrote:

Sgt. Howard wrote:and hey, I can use chopsticks right or left handed!

I don't think it counts if you have one stick in each hand.

Aw, man...

Sgt. Howard wrote:I daresay the only time I drink tea is when I am in a decent oriental restaurant... and here I have to confess, I'm not sure I can spot authentic oriental cuisine or not, but I do enjoy it as much as any big nosed round eye can... and hey, I can use chopsticks right or left handed!
I think the stuff they generally serve is either green tea or oolong

This is my observations for American restaurants:

High end Chinese use Jasmine, Chrysanthemum, the best I've had served Fujian province cliff rock Oolong, High end Japanese use Gyokuro (first blush) green tea.

Until recently, many Koreans drank what would be referred to as a tisane, though it is not a tea, and was primarily consumed for health.

Most Korean restaurants serve 보리차(bojicha), roasted barley tea. It's nutty flavour, and many of us make it by the gallon in the Summer as it is good for your skin(here's my big fat beauty secret...I drink lots of "tea"). They serve it, "to your health".

Just my general observations.