Tea Leaf or Tea Bag?

[BOD]

Are you a tea leaf or tea bag person?

At home it has to be leaf brewed in a pot but in the bush I enjoy tea bags in individual foil wrappers. Not very environmentally friendly I know but I need to keep them waterproof. I pack them out of course.

I’d like to brew up leaf in the bush but really only do that if there were others around and it was at least two or three days in a camp and that does not happen that often.

So what are you? Do you have a preference or are you bi ?

 

[Templar]

For me tea is tea, but I do like a good cup of leaf.... When I was working the "J" I used to keep some (leaf) in a small dry dag in the top of my pack and brew up at random as required... but I was given large Qty of bags too... so I just used what I could put my hands on first...

Just my two cents...

Cheers mate...

Karl

 

[g4ghb]

I have to admit that tea is tea to me - a long as it's a bog std breakfast type tea (none of the fancy rubbisg for me!) but I do tend to use bags as i'm lazy!

I know bags take ages to rot so i either burn opr pack them out. I really should get a good strainer (I hate the unnexpected glug of leaves when I forget and drain the last mouthfull) and then i'll start to use leaves

 

[British Red]

Ypo do make a decent brew though Graham - and very welcome it always is

 

[Graham_S]

I prefer loose leaf tea.
I carry a small tea caddy with me in the woods and a small metal mesh tea ball. after it's brewed I can discard the leaves without worrying about them not biodegrading.
Plus I find leaf tea tastes better.

 

[Rothley Bill]

Loose for me too, I also use a small metal ball strainer also good for natural teas and infusions

 

[MikeE]

Tea bags for me as they double up as pan scourers once used!

 

[Tubbyfraser]

Leaf at home for me (Ringtons Northumbrian Blend) but have been known to take bags when out and about. Much prefer the taste of leaf brewed in a pot but due to being in the wild with folks who dunk a tea bag in a mug of hot water, I haven't always the time to indulge.

Graeme

 

[superc0ntra]

I preffer leaves but bags are practical in the field so I admit being a bi-Camellia-Sinensis-ite

 

[rik_uk3]

At home I use both, but prefer leaf tea, spend extra and you will see a difference (Fortnum & Mason Darjeeling is wonderful). Full cream milk in tea, semi skimmed for cooking etc

When camping I use instant tea and Nestle sweetened condensed milk, not really tea, but its a great drink on a cold morning

 

[addo]

Loose at home when the time and bags when out, although ive managed to squeese a t strainer into my brew kit now so ive got no excuse.

 

[gilly0802]

for those whom prefer herbal/loose leaf

http://www.nbtea.co.uk/acatalog/tea_accesories.html

if you scroll down a bit you will find teabags that you can fill yourself..

 

[gregorach]

Again, leaf tea at home, tea bags in the bush. Since I take milk in it and the powdered stuff isn't that great, it hardly seems worth worrying about the tea...

 

[Hammock_man]

Loose tea, tea bags, tea power from compo, any thing just so long as some makes it for me. Always tastes better if some else makes it !!

 

[Bernie Garland]

Tea bags for me to.

Bernie

 

[Sniper]

Tea bags normally but I tried some instant white from a jar someone had, when I was out recently and was pleasantly surprised it's similar to the real thing and quite refreshing.

 

[Uncle Alvah]

I suspect you folks might turn your noses up at my tea preparations.
I've drank tea since I was a kid(thats been awhile!) but I'm essentially a "tea 'possum", meaning that pretty much any old tea bag drowned in some hot water will suffice.
Not very well versed in the types of tea or the pecularities involved in making a superior cup of tea I'm afraid.

 

[MrEd]

i use tea bags if just having a brew on my own at work or home, but i have a few different tea blends from a shop in covent garden for that special treat.

i take teabags out with me, and powdered milk. i also have a thing to put loose tea in for a one cup brew i take but dont often use it

im quite partial to a bit of orange pekoe tea

 

[FreddyFish]

Yorkshire Tea for Hard Water.
Bags are fine by me just so long as they are paper.

There is a posh coffee bar near me that has posh chunky tea in about 15 flavours, but it's in plastic ultra fine mesh tea bags...... they look like paper, but you can't rip'em. I tried.

 

[Nat]

Rise of the 2 year post!