Fine Tea

Question: what is the best tea to impress a fine young lady with delicate sensibilities as? I can hardly taste a Guinness Stout and a good cigar when I am alive. And I hear the fairer sex enjoys some good tea.I am absolutely clueless in this area and some Lady's have been keeping a keen eye on me deciding who gets me next and I want to at least have half of a quarter of a head start on them when they come looking for me to take them to dinner. As you know wine is not so 'Cool' with some these days Tea is in. (not political)

Answer: For black ("stout") teas: a Darjeeling is like muscatel, a Keemun (qi men) like burgundy. For green teas, a Dragon Well, Bi Lo Chun, or Gyokuro are all top shelf. For white tea ("the champagne of teas"), I'm mostly partial to White Peony (Bai Mu Dan). But some people go nuts over Silver Needle. Shoot me an email if you have more Q's. I've been rolling out a "tea guide" on my site but not fast enough I'm afraid

Question: Anyone know where I could fine Hibiscus tea bags in Reno, NV? The only place so far that I know has them is Pete's Coffee but they sell a box for almost 10 dollars and even with my discount it would end up being too much. So does anyone know where I could get them for a reasonable price?

Answer: Well, Celestial Seasonings does several hibiscus teas, but they're not all hibiscus, and you can get them in any supermarket in Reno. Other than that, I checked for websites for tea and coffee houses and came up empty handed :(

Question: Can you use double the amount of water for what is needed for 2 tea bags fine? It's peppermint tea (1 liter). Each bag is a serving size of 8 fl oz and there is 33 fl oz in a liter

Answer: yes you can. The tea will be very weak though. It will still work. You might also try and steep it a bit longer. if it says 5 minutes, go for about 8 minutes.

Question: How can i grind dried tea leaves into fine powder?

Answer: Use a mortar and pestle

Question: What does fine tea mean ? I have this method of doing it down to a fine tea ? what does it actually mean ? Whats a fine tea got to do with doing something well ?

Answer: The expression is "to a T" - down to a T, fits to a T, done to a T, etc. It has nothing to do with tea. I've never heard it with the word "fine" inserted. I think the actual origin of the phrase is probably lost in the depths of time. There is something here: http://www.businessballs.com/clichesorigins.htm about it being to do with a T-square, which seems plausible if used with "fits to a T".

Question: is it fine to leave a tea out all day and have it at night? made it in the morning heated it up and drank it at night is this fine? should i have refrigerated it? whats the acceptable time limit?

Answer: I wouldn't worry about leaving tea out. Ever heard of sun tea? You brew tea out in the sun for a whole day and it's perfectly safe. Just think of it as flavored water. That's pretty much what tea is! I wouldn't leave it out for days, but 1 day should be just fine.

Question: Why can you not fine fresh brewed sweet tea in the Midwest? It seems that you have to get into Georgia or Alabama before you can find it. I am originally from the Midwest and moved to Florida and enjoy sweet tea in lieu of Soda but now that I am moving back to the Midwest I just wanted to know if anyone else knew the reason.

Answer: First of all, I love the flowers in your hair, it looks lovely :-) OK, I like sweet tea too, here is what Wikipedia says about it: "The sweet tea line is the boundary of the region in which "sweet tea" is generally served and accepted. To the North it is along the Ohio River border, with the exception of areas in Southern Indiana like Evansville and the Indiana portion of the Louisville Kentucky area. It is somewhere West of the Mississippi River, including Texas, Louisiana, and parts of Oklahoma." there are some recipes on this website, maybe you should just make up a big batch for yourself!

Question: is tea tree oil good for puppy proofing furniture? is it safe for use on fine cherry cabinets? we have two gorgeous pups that are ready for more room to roam (unsupervised in the kitchen) but, I want to make sure that the cherry cabinets aren't going to look tasty to them. will the tea tree oil damage the wood?

Answer: i had anti chewing spray with tea tree oil well let me tell you if you get that stuff in your mouth you will instaintly know it will work wonders!! i accidentaly got some in my mouth the taste is unexplainable and is lingers!! YUCK! the anti chew spray i got with tea tree oil as the main ingredient was fine on any surface!

Question: What's the difference between drinking tea and water? I know that i'm supposed to drink a certain amount of water a day, but can i substitute some of the water for tea? If I drink too much water (about 3 bottles) in a day I feel sick, but I can drink a whole pitcher of tea (lightly sweetened and warm) and feel fine. Tea is just stained water in my opinion so I thought that it wouldn't make a difference.

Answer: yeah i know, i hate water too. its hard for me to drink the recommended amount and it makes me pee like crazy. tea usually has caffeine so that kinda defeats the purpose of drinking water in a way because caffeine is a diuretic. But if it'll up your daily intake of water you should be ok. They drink tons of tea in asia and europe and they're really healthy!

Question: I am trying to fine a recipe for old fashion tea made with the johonny fair syurp do any one have this recipe? This is a old fashion recipe from louisiana for old fashion tea cakes it is made with johonny fair syurp do anyone have this recipe

Answer: yes.

Question: Smart way to strain the loose tea from a disposable cup? I am opening a new cafe, where i am going to serve fine tea to go, but there is a problem - quality tea comes lose NOT in tea bags, so is there a way to actually make like a disposable tea strainer or tea infuser or any other way of serving loose tea in disposable cups but without the customers getting the tea leaves in their mouth?

Answer: It sounds like what you need are empty paper tea bags. T-Sac is one brand. They come in packages of 100 or so. I don't know if they come with strings, though. If the customers are eating (or drinking) in, restaurants in my town serve loose-leaf tea in teapots, but they never provide cups big enough (or enough cups) to pour all the tea out when it's finished steeping so it gets bitter before I'm done. I wish they didn't do that.

Question: My tea cup yorkie died overnight when the night before he was totally fine. What could have happened? He was improving from kennel cough and giardia, but was playing the nigth before and running around the house. He was only 3 months old and I had him for only three weeks.

Answer: Bad breeding_ anything called "teacup" is the result of breeding runt with runt to get a smaller- and very unhealthy dog Check with your vet as to what actually happened Im sorry about your loss, but next time get a dog from a reputable breeder

Question: Can I put "fine bone china tea cups" in a 350 degree oven to bake little personal sized desserts?

Answer: No, fine bone china is not oven safe. It will shatter all over your oven. Get some Pyrex custard cups that hold roughly the same amount (6 oz.) as a tea cup.

Question: Is you readin' your Bible on this fine "Tea-Bag Tuesday", R&S ?

Answer: Yes, I am reading and researching my Bible this morning. I will be posting a question because I can not find the answer to my question.

Question: I'm going to organic tea---what do I need to start? Pardon my ignorance. I've only ever purchased tea in bags. Fine tea comes loose leaf---I have no idea how to prepare this. Are you supposed to soak the leaves and extract them per cup or am I supposed to have tea making equipment? If so...what's the best?

Answer: Celestial Seasonings does have Organic teas. I think that they are a new item only introduced a few months ago. It's interesting to notice that loose leaf teas are not all Organic. They might be labeled organic but I'm not quite sure. If you are venturing into loose leaf teas, there are several ways to steep it. One of most common items to buy is a tea ball where you place the tea leaves in the ball, and pour the hot water into cup with the ball in it. Another is a contraptioin I've seen on Adadio.com http://www.adagio.com/teaware/ingenuiTEA_teapot.html?SID=2abe31f0ddd748676a7df006c9001653 Still another item is this one I've seen on crate and barrel which works with any mug http://www.crateandbarrel.com/family.aspx?c=725&f=23942&q=tea+infuser&fromLocation=Search&DIMID=400001&SearchPage=1 The key to brewing loose leaf tea is let the tea leaves expand fully. Some people do not like the tea balls because they don't allow enough room to expand. Whichever you decide, trying loose leaf tea is a totally new experience than tea bags. I like both depending on how much time I have to make tea. It's often quite disappointing to open up a tea bag and seeing tiny fragments of tea leaves. Whichever you choose, tea is a great choice of beverage to enjoy rather than sodas and other high calorie, non nutrition drinks.

Question: Can I grind up Aracha green tea very fine and use it in place of Matcha in a cupcake recipe?

Answer: It's good, I like it.