So this is where you come in, and tell me what you think, as well as what you think i should drink
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you hungarian scum, what kind of tea?(wait, you are hungarian right? so many of you to keep track of)
Since all britmy old friends are born out of the womb as tea connoisseurs, i must enlist your opinions of this place.
The ol' lady wanted to check out this place called the British Bell Tea Room, seems like a fancy upscale restaurant, and with the theme it seemed worth a try. So this is where you come in, and tell me what you think, as well as what you think i should drink. I myself dont drink tea, so im not really sure where to start with all this, since there is a lot of tea to choose from. Anything i should stay away from? or definitely try? Are these even british? or is this like a "chinese restaurant" where it isnt really chinese, but rather what we think chinese food is. Any food in the menu you think i should definitely try?
The place seems quite upscale, and i dont wanna spend a shitload of money trying out teas lol, so let me know what you think, go or avoid it? what should i drink or stay away from? how stereotypical is this of me to ask? :)
http://britishbelltea.com/
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I'm like the only frequent poster that's Hungarian, I hope you are joking.
I'm no brit, but I did grow up somewhere where we had teatime. That's a decent enough selection, though I do feel a local health food store might have a similar line. It depends on where you live, I guess. I was surprised that they didn't carry white peony tea, or other major white teas. In my experience, part of what you're paying for there is the ambience. The best processes for brewing tea also differ depending on the tea, and can range from something like grinding up some leaves and spices with a mortar and pestle and mixing it with a brewed tea to a gaiwan or the classic kettle and strainer method. Ultimately, though, it's best to ask a friend with similar tastes who's been there to see if it's worth going to, or reviewers that you generally trust.
Why don't you just go to a grocery store and buy different kinds of tea and try them out? Earl Grey, ceylon, green tea are nice basic stuff.
Then again you can make tea from basically anything. I drink chaga mushroom (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inonotus_obliquus) tea, which is tea made out of a mushroom that lives on damaged parts of birch trees.
My new favourite tea is ginger + orange flavored green tea. If you see that shit somewhere, buy it! It's awesome!
Oh and usually with green tea you don't want to make it in boiling water because 100 degrees of celsius is too much. 90 is somewhere you want to keep it to get the best flavor.
Why don't you just go to a grocery store and buy different kinds of tea and try them out? Earl Grey, ceylon, green tea are nice basic stuff.
I wouldn't spend out on something like that for tea, though I suppose you go for the all round experience more than anything.
Why not just go there and tell the waiter you have no idea about tea and that you'd like some recommendations? Or is this not possible in American restaurants (I never tried when I was in the states).
well i mean i guess you could, but asking a 16y/o waiter what kind of tea she prefers would not more then likely invoke much of a suggestion, as they presumably have no idea. Of course i could always be wrong, but more then likely they are going to just try to sell me high dollar things on the menu rather then give me a good opinion(tis capitalist america we are speaking about here!). So i figured the best men to ask about tea would have been the Brits here, atleast this way i could get an opinion on the topic that would actually be relevant.