American here. Granted, the tea stands on its own merit. But if not for TNG I probably would still be drinking standard Lipton like my parents did.
I even would say “tea, Earl Grey, hot” as I was nuking the water in the microwave.
I still do. At one job my manager said, “Don’t forget your coffee,” that I had left on his desk, and I proudly said, That’s not coffee, it’s Tea, Earl Grey, Hot." He took a closer look and said, “It doesn’t look like tea, Earl Grey, hot.” I replied, “It has milk, two percent, cold.” Sigh, you don’t see days like that anymore.
nuking the water in the microwave
throws scandalized face and clutches pearls
Well no. But once I’ve tried a decent tea, I never drank Lipton again.
Lipton is really only for iced tea, not hot.
Now and then I enjoy a cup of Lipton with a lot of milk in it, because the flavor reminds me of childhood. My mom called it “Cambridge tea”.
I did for a while, but that was my seque into English breakfast, and I’m now a Scottish breakfast guy. Brodies is my jam.
Brodie’s, eh? I’m intrigued and will try!
Another recent favorite of mine is Thompson’s Titanic Tea. Very full flavor. Big picture of the ship on the label, but only because their grandfather’s tea shop in Dublin was “a stone’s throw” from the shipyard.
Earl Grey because of Picard, green tea because of anime, coffee because of my grandma, herbal infusions because mom only liked those.
I think my only individual beverage choice has been tepache, a mild fermentation of pineapple. It has a lot of sugar, so don’t drink it a lot.
I prefer a nice medium oxidation/ medium to dark roast oolong myself.
Earl Grey is too cloying for me.
yes!!! I am a convert.
I mean, I tried it because of Picard, but I didn’t like it. I’ll stick to oolong and fruit teas.
As an Earl Gray drinker, no. I don’t watch ST.
Not even Picard could convince me to enjoy tea.
How many lights do you see?
Have you tried a nice oolong? I used to think the same until I tried a good tieguanyin.
Nah, I’m a simple man and I’m siding with Janeway on this one.
