Blackcurrant (cassis) and blackberry (and, to some extent, black cherry) are very near and dear to me -- so much so that the Cabernet Sauvignons I choose all have definite overtones of these flavors.
If you really like these flavors in a hot tea, there is one tea I truly love that you may also like. It's from Russia, where it's considered a "premium nostalgia tea" because it was the type preferred during Romanov times. It's called Czar Nikolas II, and it is a black tea containing liberal amounts of black currant leaves and strawberry leaves. Lovely fragrance, and you'll want a second cup. It's a loose tea only, so you'll need a strainer. I used to use an infuser until I saw Alton Brown's demonstration of why they can never make a really great cup of tea. The leaves have to float nice and loose to give up all their goodness, so I pour water on the tea, let it steep, and then pour into a second cup through a strainer. I was surprised at the difference in flavor. If you can't find it where you are then contact me offlist and I'll find a source for you. Respectfully, Adam Phillip Churvis Member of Team Macromedia Certified Advanced ColdFusion MX 7 Developer http://www.ProductivityEnhancement.com Download Plum and other cool development tools, and get advanced intensive Master-level training: * C# & ASP.NET for ColdFusion Developers * ColdFusion MX Master Class * Advanced Development with CFMX and SQL Server 2000 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ben Doom" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, September 23, 2005 2:52 PM Subject: Re: [QUARRANTINE] Recommended tea > Adam Churvis wrote: > > Just curious: what's everyone's favorite tea hot, and your favorite iced? > > My old standby for hot tea is Twining's Earl Grey, cream and pretend > sugar. I also have some really good cinnamon cardamom tea, and some > blackberry flavored black tea. > > For iced, Rasberry Zinger, lightly sweetened, is like liquid candy. If > you liked Kool-Aid as a kid (or if your kids like it) this stuff is > definately worth trying. > > Of course, I used to drink a lot of tea, including Oolong, blackcurrant, > and a variety of black teas, so these are just the ones that sprang to mind. > > --Ben > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:174876 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
