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offtokorea
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 Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2011 7:40 pm Post subject: Tea Lovers - What tea do you drink and where do you get it? |
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| I just have a general question for the tea lovers out there. What tea do you drink and where do you get it? |
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NYC_Gal 2.0
Joined: 10 Dec 2010
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| Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2011 8:07 pm Post subject: |
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My morning cup: PG Tips sent from the UK via loved ones.
The rest of the day: green or barley tea from Korea or rooibos chai that I either have sent from the US or via iherb.com. |
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eamo
Joined: 08 Mar 2003
Location: Shepherd's Bush, 1964.
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| Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2011 8:18 pm Post subject: |
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| NYC_Gal 2.0 wrote: |
PG Tips sent from the UK via loved ones.
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Yaya
Joined: 25 Feb 2003
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2011 8:59 pm Post subject: Re: Tea Lovers - What tea do you drink and where do you get |
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| offtokorea wrote: |
| I just have a general question for the tea lovers out there. What tea do you drink and where do you get it? |
You can buy the teabags just about anywhere in Korea but if you want the full health benefits from tea, tea leaves are the way to go. Stay away from the department stores because they'll try to rob you blind with their overpriced teas.
Green tea in Korea is pretty good and you can buy cheap at the supermarket. |
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methdxman
Joined: 14 Sep 2010
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| Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2011 10:42 pm Post subject: Re: Tea Lovers - What tea do you drink and where do you get |
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| Yaya wrote: |
| offtokorea wrote: |
| I just have a general question for the tea lovers out there. What tea do you drink and where do you get it? |
You can buy the teabags just about anywhere in Korea but if you want the full health benefits from tea, tea leaves are the way to go. Stay away from the department stores because they'll try to rob you blind with their overpriced teas.
Green tea in Korea is pretty good and you can buy cheap at the supermarket. |
현미녹차 is the best tea ever. |
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creeper1
Joined: 30 Jan 2007
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| Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2011 10:47 pm Post subject: |
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Punjana or Nambari from home.
Failing that Twinnings English Breakfast Tea from Homeplus or Jasmine tea from the foreign food market. |
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Kaypea
Joined: 09 Oct 2008
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| Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2011 11:10 pm Post subject: |
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Rooibos... I got a mega-pack from Costco.
Cinnamon bark steeped in water for several minutes is a tasty sweet drink, too.
Lavendar tea from E-mart is good, too. |
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Harpeau
Joined: 01 Feb 2003
Location: Coquitlam, BC
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| Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2011 11:22 pm Post subject: |
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Red Rose tea from Canada.
Jasmine and Peppermint tea blended together.
Chamomile tea from E-mart.
O'Sullock green tea. |
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sojusucks
Joined: 31 May 2008
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| Posted: Fri Feb 18, 2011 1:19 pm Post subject: Re: Tea Lovers - What tea do you drink and where do you get |
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| Yaya wrote: |
| offtokorea wrote: |
| I just have a general question for the tea lovers out there. What tea do you drink and where do you get it? |
You can buy the teabags just about anywhere in Korea but if you want the full health benefits from tea, tea leaves are the way to go. Stay away from the department stores because they'll try to rob you blind with their overpriced teas.
Green tea in Korea is pretty good and you can buy cheap at the supermarket. |
YaYa is correct. You can find many great teas at supermarkets like E-Mart. Don't overpay at tea shops. I like the ginseng jujube tea but there are others that are also very good. |
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Space Cowboy
Joined: 27 Mar 2010
Location: On the blessed hellride
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| Posted: Fri Feb 18, 2011 3:43 pm Post subject: |
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Tesco (Homeplus) sells a lot of their UK tea products here. I buy the cheap black tea (not a connoisseur), and it does the trick.
I highly recommend trying some of the Korean herbal teas. It seems like the people of this country tried to turn every single plant into a tea at one time or another, and some of them actually work. I have vowed to try them all before I leave this country. My personal favorite at the moment is dunggulle cha (Solomon's Seal tea).
Jasmine and peppermint blended together is the most counterintuitive thing I've ever heard. Maybe I'll try it.  |
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Harpeau
Joined: 01 Feb 2003
Location: Coquitlam, BC
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| Posted: Sat Feb 19, 2011 2:37 am Post subject: |
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| Space Cowboy wrote: |
| Jasmine and peppermint blended together is the most counterintuitive thing I've ever heard. Maybe I'll try it. |
Give it a shot. I serve it every day to my counseling clients. A little honey added can also be nice! |
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offtheoche
Joined: 21 Mar 2007
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Best Tea I've ever had is Barry's Irish Tea.
I order it from here..... http://www.barrysteashop.ie/ |
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morrisonhotel
Joined: 18 Jul 2009
Location: Gyeonggi-do
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| Posted: Sat Feb 19, 2011 3:22 am Post subject: |
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| I usually drink PG Tips or Tetley's. I ran out three quarters of the way through my first year so I made do with that crappy Akbar nonsense (Kim's Club) and Tesco Finest Earl Grey (Homeplus). I stocked up when I was home last month and brought back 300 PG Tips and 200 Tetley's. That should last for a while. |
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tiger fancini
Joined: 21 Mar 2006
Location: Testicles for Eyes
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| Posted: Sat Feb 19, 2011 3:32 am Post subject: |
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| Can't live without Yorkshire tea. |
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steamed.rice
Joined: 22 Jun 2010
Location: Seoul
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| Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf has a specialty tea store in the Seoul Finance Center building (2 blocks north of city hall) where you can buy loose leaf teas by weight (I think the minimum is 50g). They've got a pretty good selection (a lot more varieties than what they offer on their mall.coffeebeankorea.com). It's still expensive, but I think it's cheaper than the department stores. I'm no tea connoisseur, but I figure it's better than the supermaket varieties. |
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