Cofftea

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lapsang souchong from Dr. Tea's Tea Garden

Cofftea drank lapsang souchong by Dr. Tea's Tea Garden

I really wanted to add this to the data base this the way I had it, in their Chicken Spice Rub… but I don’t want to get in trouble. Had tea crusted chicken tonite (make sure you put the spice in a spice mill before applying it). There was something very spicy, but as I don’t normally drink it, and when I do only drink it w/ whiskey added, I couldn’t tell if it was the tea, a spice that’s in the rub, or just because my mom put too much on (it was completely black on both sides of the breast). It was VERY good though. I give the rub a 100, but I’ll wait to rate it til I can rate it as the actual rub.

2010-01-24 20:25:15 -0500

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Peggie Bennett 2010-01-24 22:27:36 -0500

Did I read that right? You drink LS with whiskey?

Cofftea 2010-01-24 22:46:21 -0500

Yep. Southern Comfort to be exact.

Peggie Bennett 2010-01-24 23:08:37 -0500

Wow, that’s certainly some creative tea blending! lol
That’s very interesting! I have never heard of someone mixing tea with alcohol. I couldn’t do that, I’m allergic.

Cofftea 2010-01-24 23:15:21 -0500

Oh I do it all the time! Even if in responsible moderation, why not add good stuff to alcohol? My favorites are rum in chai and a mojito made w/ chilled green tea instead of lemon lime soda. Tea and white wine also good together suprisingly. There are also tea flavored liquors like green tea vodka and a chai creme liquor.

Cofftea 2010-01-24 23:17:00 -0500

Ok wait… I shouldn’t say all the time. When I make myself a drink at home (which is rare) it almost always involves tea. As soon as I pressed “post comment” I realized that sounded very different than I intended lol.

Peggie Bennett 2010-01-24 23:49:40 -0500

As long as you’re not doing it all the time, why not? :-) For me, it would be such a waste of the tea, since I can only have a few sips of alcohol before I have to stop drinking. I know it’s more of a waste of alcohol, but since I know I can’t drink and I do it anyway, then I buy drinks knowing that I’m paying for a full drink to be thrown out.
But the LS, ooh, I could never throw that out!

Cofftea 2010-01-24 23:51:37 -0500

Yeah, if you’re allergic I would not suggest doing it.

Peggie Bennett 2010-01-25 00:11:57 -0500

Oh, I still drink. I just can’t drink that much before I have an allergic reaction.

Cynthia Carter 2010-01-25 01:35:47 -0500

Good heavens, why would you ever make a mojito with lemon lime soda?

Peggie Bennett 2010-01-25 02:06:19 -0500

I was thinking the same thing because mojito is my favorite and I didn’t think there was lemon lime soda, but I’m no bartender, so I could be wrong.

Cofftea 2010-01-25 10:20:48 -0500

Sorry, I guess it’s club soda. But I can see lemon lime since you put lemon in it. Some people do use lemon lime soda I think. Anyway it’s in place of the soda.

The DJBooth 2011-01-02 10:12:07 -0500

How is the chicken rub?? I had the BBQ and general rub and they are wonderful.

Cofftea 2011-01-02 10:29:22 -0500

Amazing, I like the BBQ best though.

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