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[wheek]

This is the third time this has happened to me: I buy a box of tea, only to get it home and discover that it�s a collection of little envelopes with powdery, sweetened stuffage. I know that that�s the norm for coffee here, but tea as well? And I�m not talking about the �milk teas� or anything like that. This was Arrowroot, Ginger and Job�s Tears (although, I think Job�s tears might come only in this form�for some reason I don�t think it�s steepable).

Anyway, is there a specific word or phrase that I should be looking for on the box to indicate whether it�s real tea or a powdered mix? The labels I�ve been buying seem pretty straight forward: just the tea name (Chik cha, Yulmu cha, etc.) I don�t care if it�s loose leaf or bag, I just want something that isn�t a stir-in deal.

[tzechuk]

All Korean tea comes in powdered form. Unless you buy it in a jar, then it's in a ..well.. syrup form, I guess.

[peony]

well, corn tea, barley tea and green tea are steepable

[essexboy]

I have posted many a message on the tea situation, it surprises me i havent opened my own chatroom on the subject! I have a box of English tea bags, which i get posted each month, 240 each time, and i always find myself rationing near the end of the month. But if someone wants a cup of tea, i will happily oblige...

[Qinella]

You can get Tazo tea from Starbucks. It's like 9,000 won for a box. Not too bad, considering.

Also, at Home Plus and maybe Carrapoo, you can get ah... is it Lipton? Some US brand of teas like chamomile, rooibos, earl grey, etc.

[cj1976]

Twinings Breakfast Tea is sold in E-Mart and makes a decent cuppa. 5,000 for 20 bags but get yourself a teapot and your laughing. Now, I just need some Rich Tea biscuits and I'm in business.

[wheek]

I had no idea powdered was the norm here. The first two teas I bought were green and barley, so I guess I just expected the rest to follow suit. Any idea if there is a lot of extra stuffage (sweetner, etc.) added to the powdered ones? They don't taste like they've been messed with too much, but there's always some surprise like walnuts or soybean chunks floating on the top; just wondering what other little "extras" they sneak in there.

I've seen the Lipton at Home Plus; I'll have to check it out. And thanks for the Starbucks tip, Quinella; expensive, but definitely worth it for a Tazo fix.

Thanks for responding, everyone!

[kiwigirl :O)]

wal*mart sells lipton tea bags and tea leaves and they are the real mccoy and dont have added sugar to them!!! thank goodness i love me cuppa tea

kg

[Chaz_Bangalang]

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[craigwalsh]

Im a Ringtons or Yorkshire tea man myself!
Have only 2 Ringtons t-bags left and keeping them in case missles start flying from the north, may as well go out with a good cuppa ;-0

[Adventurer]

[Novernae]

[bigverne]

[tzechuk]

Carrefour has recently brought out a range of cheap teas, including ceylon and darjeeling - these are good alternatives to my usual typhoo or M&S's English Breakfast. THe Ceylon is actually quite decent.

And they really are cheap. A box of 20 is only 1,xxx won - a couple of months ago they were on sale and I got a few boxes for only 990 won each!

Worth looking - they have the full range here in the Yuseong (Daejeon) Carrefour that includes Apple, Blueberry, Ceylon, Darjeeling, Lemon etc. etc...

[Corporal]

Hey, while we're here, does tea expire? I bought some of the Lipton stuff and it tasted funny. I haven't made any since then--I guess I was hoping it'd improve with time.