My daughter has brought a new evil into the house. She makes a mixture of hot chocolate with a flavoured tea (the one she made for me was balck cherry tea). It is absolutely wonderful. I need this new addiction like I need another hole in my head!

OOOh Skunkee that sounds divine. How about passing on the recepie?

Well, you make your hot chocolate the regular way (we use the powdered stuff and boiling water) and add a flavoured tea bag at the same time.
My daughter made it for me and I flipped. I tried making it myself and I didn't let the tea bag steep long enough, so while good, it wasn't nearly as wonderful.
Apparently you have to let it steep longer because it's a thicker fluid than just plain boiling water, plus you really want the flavour to pop.
Be warned, it is very addicting!

Thanks skunkee. Will have to go and find some nice berry (I hope cherry) tea and give it a try.
Will keep you posted.

Clarasue strikes again! You always come up with really cool offbeat things for me to go out and hunt. Last year it was that Annie Oakley scent which was so terrific. Now tell me where to find this sage blackberry substance. If I have to go to San Diego or Carmel - well I guess there are worse fates. Perhaps this is something that can be found outside California this time -I hope? Or maybe you can bring some when you come into town this summer.

My mom swears by Republic of Tea, but we can't get it here, so my dad always has to pick some up for her when he's in Denver... But it looks like you can order it from their website. That's not as fun as hunting through your local specialty grocer.

Being tired of ambiguitea, I prefer certaintea. And how could I resist? Heh heh

Oh dear. I see your attendant has gone on a well deserved coffee break and you appear to be on the loose again. Somebody call security?

Black Dilmah tea is my perfect poison. Unlike most other teas, it doesn't become bitter after only a few minutes of steeping. I steep it FOREVER and drink it when it's strong enough to kill neurons. I wouldn't dream of masking the flavor with milk or sugar. I drink it black! It's pretty much the only liquid I ingest on a regular basis.

Rooibus tea is excellent, too. I hated it the first time I had it, though.

Recently, someone gave me a box of Special Gunpowder tea. Weird, eh? Sadly, there's no gunpowder in it. It's green tea with a rather... intriguing flavor.

I tend to go for a nice strong cup of Assam. I usually buy the supermarket's own brand, since I don't think there is any difference between the supermarket Assam and Twining's at twice the price.

I haven't explored the flavoured teas much: I prefer tea that tastes of tea to tea that tastes of bergamot or whatever. However, I used to drink "Egyptian" mint tea quite a bit at one time, when it was sold in one of the shops in my local London market.

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I like the idea of tea and hot chocolate. Today I tried a few experiments.

1. Tea and black coffee. Yeccchhhhh! Terrible!

2. Lipton iced tea and beer. Interesting but I don't think I'll try it again.

3. Lipton iced tea and ginger ale. Now that was a winner. I'll wait until the weather warms up a bit and give it another go.

Two teas I don't think anyone has mentioned yet: lemongrass and chai. Chai has a lot of Indian spices in it, and is served strong and sweet, with milk. Lemongrass makes a lemony tea that is good iced or hot. I like to sweeten it, too.

I find Green Tea is perfect for digestive problems (I've got 'em all) but it can taste a bit like liquid dirt, so I usually have two tea bags in my cup, one of Green and the other a herbal concoction, whatever takes my fancy at the time. At the mo' it's just Mint, but I've tried, Lime, Chamomile, Peppermint etc etc . . . with a little honey and lemon (only if it's already citrusy) it's great . . . my son tried 'Cookies and Cream' tea bags . . . mmm, dunno if it's my scene!

Kate, I'd love to bring some to you when I get your way, but I'll send you some first. PM me your address and I'll get some in the mail.

I'm not a tea person, i really prefer coffee than tea, although i find red lipton tea good than other tea, and i like one with lemons. and if it's tea, i prefer iced cold lemon tea than the hot one

That's just like you all over the place, Lisa. Thank you for the kind offer.