I'm fasting and I need an idea for a drink. Anyone have an idea on how to make that? Yes, I have tea.

    MaxwellKHA happy fasting~ don’t forget to drink a lot of water before and after fasting~

    What ingredients do you have? The simplest yet tasty tea you can make at home is probably citrus tea. Lemon, lime, orange, passionfruit... anything citrus-y, really. I personally like lemon and ginger. If you like sweet, make milk tea! Milk and sugar, or just milk if you prefer less sweet.

    People in this thread enjoy a variety of tea. Feel free to scroll through for ideas!

        8 days later

        ihateyounot
        crawling out from the pits of hell employment

        Lychee tea is yum. I ad some second steep lychee black roasted tea on ice after my bath today (my very hot disinfectant bath). May everyone continue to enjoy the simple things in life we should not take for granted. Like tes.

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          Pleasedeteme

          Then you get a Hong Kong cafe/diner breakfast drink. Usually served dark and milky and hot. I know I know I was confused too when I first learned it was a thing.

            Ginger for today, no lemons. I miss lemons but ginger tea by itself is also good.

            6 days later

            I WANT TEA
            also a vacation from work

            BUT MAINLY I WANT TEA

            Lately my cousins are going crazy over 'creme brulee' topped tea of boba shops like "Gongcha". Yes creme tooped and sugar fire burned on your sweet drink of choice. It's dessert.

              CCmei I WANT MILK TEAA~~~

              I've been craving it so much, I attempted to make it from a youtube video... Let's just say, it tasted like really watery milk and a hint of black tea... and that's not counting the hard boba, weird mundane warmth that felt both warm and cool. It was just a very weird feeling.

              I want good milk tea. I wanna go to my favorite shop and order it but it's currently closed!

              I've also been trying to get into green tea. So far, it's okay. Maybe I'm not good at making my own tea but the smell of matcha is really calming and relaxing, personally.

                  Yuyumamoru Yeah, I tried a lot of youtube videos and they're all watery. Have you tried using condensed milk or heavy cream to pour into the tea instead? I have a suspicion that most milk teas in the stores aren't made with regular milk (I've seen the fridge of a Chinese bakery in NYC that makes amazing milk tea and notice the only milk they use for boba is heavy cream).

                      Xincerely No, but the next time I go out, I'll be sure to buy some! I was also thinking of boiling the tea/tea leaves for a longer period of time, making it really, really dense. (I think that's how it works? Water evaporation and everything...)

                        Okay so not to be that tea hoe that drinks too much boba milk teas and have too many friends working there but:

                        Most tea shops make their teas super condensed. That perfect steeped oolong? There's prolly like 12 tea bags worth in that cup of yours.

                        Some places used powdered milks (again condensed and strong) some don't, but rarely do they use the plain milk you see in grocery stores or just sitting in your fridge (maybe creamer though), unless it's almond or other non dairy milks (bc come on a lot of customers are asian and lactose tolerence is not something we're all blessed with) .
                        So yes, most of those youtube vids are waaaay too watery.

                        If you have time, I also reccomend just steeping tea in plain clean water overnight in the fridge. Cold brew it. Gets all the flavor/aroma without the bitterness.

                          CCmei I totally feel that lactose intolerance! It's not too bad but a whole cup of regular milk will knock me into the toilet faster than a doggo going after dropped food.

                          I bear the consequences knowing full well that I enjoyed every moment of consuming lactose containing foods, ice cream, milk tea, cereal, yogurt, and milk pudding, etc...

                          I'll try out your suggestion of cold brewing the tea overnight!

                            Xincerely if you steepnit with boiling water, it will get more bitter and have more tannins released. That's fine if you prefer it strong or the tea is of a quality black tea, but to those who like their tea fragrant or fear bitterness I reccomend cold water.

                            Aroma escapes through the steam. So that's why hot tea should be enjoyed as is while some of the best ice tea is cold brewed.

                                Lovely. I am a huge tea fan too. My brother has a tea garden in the mountains and sells organic green tea and oolong tea. If y'all need tea, hit me up. But I can't send anything when covid is still hijacking the economy.

                                  I should really try and get my life together. I love tea but I don't even know the name of the tea that I've been drinking but I'm pretty sure its not one of those classy names I just read. I can't wait till I start earning my own money to horde different kinds of tea.

                                  The best tea I ever had was when I was around 12 or something. My uncle just came back from Beijing and bought some tea. I don't know what kind of tea it was, it was written in Chinese but the taste was so divine. Of course I wasn't able to appreciate it before due to my ignorance of how vast the world was. Now that I know how amazing tea is, I regretted wasting such good tea.

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