What tea do you drink in Thailand? Add cardamon to your black tea.

[ghworker2010]

I'm not a POM but I do like the British brand of black teas that one can buy in Top supermarket. I recently also purchased some cardamon and add this to my tea bag with full strength milk. Absolutely delicious. Someone suggested maybe some nutmeg might go well with that combo. 

 

I also try to drink some Japanese green tea everyday. I put a teaspoon of the green tea leaves in the cup and pour water directly over it. Its good for ones health. 

 

Please share any other tea drinking tips. I want to hear some tips from anyone who cares to share their knowledge. 

[cliveshep]

I am a POMmie as you call us although I don't come from Pompey - naval slang for Portsmouth, the home port of much of the Royal Navy, but from about 200 miles North.

 

I brought about 18 boxes of 480 tea-bags over when I moved here 2 years ago, packed in our container. Tesco Red Label brand, fairly similar to PG Tips but cheaper. What you probably call "black tea". When I have my kids and their significant others visit a requirement is they each bring a box of 480 Tesco Red Label tea bags and 2 boxes of Oxo 18 cubes for my wife (these last are a beef or chicken stock cube my Thai wife treasures).

 

I drink a lot of tea, just cannot get my head around the fact that milk is more expensive here than the exorbitant price of petrol in the UK. But milk does taste better in tea LOL.

 

But I LOVE my cuppa!

[i claudius]

Any tea as long as its green. Pomegranete green tea is good

 

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[mauGR1]

My favourite is black tea with fresh ginger, cardamom and cinnamon, brown sugar and a little milk on top.

[stereolab]

1 hour ago, mauGR1 said:

My favourite is black tea with fresh ginger, cardamom and cinnamon, brown sugar and a little milk on top.

Peach or Apple teas are both quite refreshing, in addition to my intake of black teas, both bags and loose. It is becoming more difficult to source the peach or apple teas at reasonable prices. 

[tonray]

Black Tea brewed by bag and ginger cooked until it gives up its essence. A tablespoon of the ginger essence into the cup of brewed tea, sweeten to taste. 

[Crossy]

I'm a Brit but I've grown out of tea with milk and sugar (it used to be white with two sugars, hideously sweet now).

 

We drink Dilmah brand Celon tea from Makro, two bags in the pot, no milk or sugar, tastes fine even when cold.

[Suradit69]

12 hours ago, mauGR1 said:

My favourite is black tea with fresh ginger, cardamom and cinnamon, brown sugar and a little milk on top.

 

10 hours ago, stereolab said:

Peach or Apple teas are both quite refreshing, in addition to my intake of black teas, both bags and loose. It is becoming more difficult to source the peach or apple teas at reasonable prices. 

 

Ye gads. Why not throw in a banana slice and a little colorful umbrella. Can you even taste the tea? Reminds me of those who buy an excellent Scotch whiskey and drown it in Diet Coke or Sprite. Fairly certain in Scotland that's a capital offence. 

 

I drink  Assam, Ceylon or Oolong and feel I'm going rogue by adding a little non-dairy creamer. Difficult to get a decent black tea here, although Teekanne makes a good Assam and for Oolong the Long Keng brand is very good. 

 

There are, or at least were, a couple of Whittard's of Chelsea shops in Bangkok that had a decent range of loose black teas, but they were somewhat hit or miss on what they had in stock from one time to the next. It's been several years since I've been in one ... I think there was one in Siam Square and/or Central.

 

 

[scorecard]

 

Lipton not mentioned....

[newatthis]

At the moment, it's Twining's Earl Grey and English Breakfast....both black with no sugar. I brought a 100 teabags pack  of each back from Oz.. They were a lot cheaper; about 150baht a pack.

[Inepto Cracy]

Rooibos tea from South Africa.

I get 500 tea bags every year from there.

[MrBanks]

I am a Brit. I think that the best tea is Yorkshire Tea which is obviously not grown in Yorkshire but is a blend made by Taylor's of Harrogate.

We always brew it in a tea pot, roughly 2 tea bags for 3 mugs. Put the bags in the pot, add boiling water, stir clockwise 5 time, put the lid on the pot and allow to mash for 4 to 5 minutes. Always put the milk and sugar into the mug first; for me it is a little milk and 1 teaspoon of sugar. If you must brew it directly in a mug, same rules apply except 1 bag per mug and you will have lovely, strong, tasty brew.

I don't know where you are living but Yorkshire tea is widely available in the "ex-pat" type shops around Pattaya, especially on the Darkside. Try google Siam expats on Soi Siam Country Road, or Siamburis, (I think that one of these 2 places stock it) to see if they deliver, if you live far from here. Whatever you do, please do not be fobbed of with Lancashire Tea, which is a very poor imitation, after all what do those Lancs. know about a good cuppa!!!

[sammieuk1]

Sainsbury's earl grey own brand cupboard full . 

[Cake Monster]

I am a Brit who has discovered some amazing Teas from Thailand.

Try the Thai Black Tea, or Thai Red Tea as a special treat, I sourced these from a shop called " Tea Village ", on Pattaya Nua Road, about 30 Meters down the road toward Best Supermarket - but sadly as I passed the other day, the shop appears to be closed 

Basically, I drink any kind of Tea from the UK, and Tesco are selling their "Finest Range" at the moment

[gandalf12]

Jasmine tea is refreshing

[Iforbach]

I drink English breakfast I am a tea leaf n they drop in my bag when I am working ,,,love free tea

[KhunAussie52]

Bring in Barry's Irish breakfast tea from Ireland. 600 teabags, great brew!!

[Bangkok Barry]

15 hours ago, cliveshep said:

drink a lot of tea, just cannot get my head around the fact that milk is more expensive here than the exorbitant price of petrol in the UK.

 

Strange, isn't it. But all dairy products are expensive for some unknown-to-us reason.

[VocalNeal]

^ Hmmm. Let me think. It's tropical, no history of refrigeration, locals think cheese is smelly, not an abundance of dairy cows.. I'm sure there is more.

Edited October 28, 2017 by VocalNeal

[gwynt]

52 minutes ago, MrBanks said:

I am a Brit. I think that the best tea is Yorkshire Tea which is obviously not grown in Yorkshire but is a blend made by Taylor's of Harrogate.

We always brew it in a tea pot, roughly 2 tea bags for 3 mugs. Put the bags in the pot, add boiling water, stir clockwise 5 time, put the lid on the pot and allow to mash for 4 to 5 minutes. Always put the milk and sugar into the mug first; for me it is a little milk and 1 teaspoon of sugar. If you must brew it directly in a mug, same rules apply except 1 bag per mug and you will have lovely, strong, tasty brew.

I don't know where you are living but Yorkshire tea is widely available in the "ex-pat" type shops around Pattaya, especially on the Darkside. Try google Siam expats on Soi Siam Country Road, or Siamburis, (I think that one of these 2 places stock it) to see if they deliver, if you live far from here. Whatever you do, please do not be fobbed of with Lancashire Tea, which is a very poor imitation, after all what do those Lancs. know about a good cuppa!!!

Agreed can get Yorkshire in Pattaya at exorbitant price.

Whenever anyone from UK is due the order is for Yorkshire or Glengetti teas also specialist cheeses, goat or smoked and of course couple bottles good wine Rioja or Chianti to go with the cheese.

I also drink a lot of local (Chaing Rai) green tea with black ginger very good for circulation.

[Crossy]

1 hour ago, scorecard said:

Lipton not mentioned....

Calling Lipton "tea" is like calling Budweiser "beer", let the games begin!

 

[toofarnorth]

A good topic this is.  Right now after getting up at 10.30 I am on my first cuppa. Lotus cheap tea with a tea spoon of Tata tea , milk and a tea spoon of honey, damn near as good as Capp. coffee. My m8 is bringing me Tetley back from the mother lode next week but I am intrigued by the above Tesco Red label , maybe my local Lotus should get it in.

Still have Yorkshire from the last trip my m8 made , yesterday an Oz mate made a cup of T2 he brought back from Brizzy and that was a spendid cup.  Must go ,me tea is getting cold.

[mauGR1]

2 hours ago, Suradit69 said:

 

 

Ye gads. Why not throw in a banana slice and a little colorful umbrella. Can you even taste the tea? Reminds me of those who buy an excellent Scotch whiskey and drown it in Diet Coke or Sprite. Fairly certain in Scotland that's a capital offence. 

 

I drink  Assam, Ceylon or Oolong and feel I'm going rogue by adding a little non-dairy creamer. Difficult to get a decent black tea here, although Teekanne makes a good Assam and for Oolong the Long Keng brand is very good. 

 

There are, or at least were, a couple of Whittard's of Chelsea shops in Bangkok that had a decent range of loose black teas, but they were somewhat hit or miss on what they had in stock from one time to the next. It's been several years since I've been in one ... I think there was one in Siam Square and/or Central.

 

 

 Although  coffee-addicted, i have  a moderate love for real tea, so i can understand your concern;

i am very fond of orange pekoe, and i can find some Indian tea in Bkk which is quite similar to the Sri Lankan original. I like a good quality black tea, which i enjoy with ginger, and possibly cardamom and cinnamon, not only tasty, but quite healthy.

 

[stereolab]

2 hours ago, Suradit69 said:

 

 

Ye gads. Why not throw in a banana slice and a little colorful umbrella. Can you even taste the tea? Reminds me of those who buy an excellent Scotch whiskey and drown it in Diet Coke or Sprite. Fairly certain in Scotland that's a capital offence. 

 

I drink  Assam, Ceylon or Oolong and feel I'm going rogue by adding a little non-dairy creamer. Difficult to get a decent black tea here, although Teekanne makes a good Assam and for Oolong the Long Keng brand is very good. 

 

There are, or at least were, a couple of Whittard's of Chelsea shops in Bangkok that had a decent range of loose black teas, but they were somewhat hit or miss on what they had in stock from one time to the next. It's been several years since I've been in one ... I think there was one in Siam Square and/or Central.

 

It is certainly a capital offense to describe Scotch as being “whiskey”. I am both Scottish and a tee-totaller.

 

Edited October 28, 2017 by stereolab
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[Henricus]

Any tea is ok with sugar but no milk Siamburi have the real English teabags also Oxo

 

[EcigAmateur]

Is it really healthy to drink tea ?

 

 

[Jonnapat]

Try cha leaf green tea, no additives. Tastes good with bags of anti oxidants for good health

[EcigAmateur]

33 minutes ago, Crossy said:

Calling Lipton "tea" is like calling Budweiser "beer", let the games begin!

 

 

What could you call tea that is not overpriced ?

 

 

[DougSunee]

Wet and warm. 

[Bill Miller]

2 hours ago, scorecard said:

 

Lipton not mentioned....

I confess! I have a box of Lipton yellow label bags.
Two bags to the pot, and served with half cream and a little sugar.
As I am only half Brit I might be excused this eccentricity.