Your Favorite Teas!

Favorite Black: 5 way tie Fava Tea Co.‘s Cafe Latte, Maple Sugar, Creme Brulee Royale or Rootbeer and Adagio’s Black Dragon Pearls
Favorite Oolong: Adagio’s Jasmine #12
Favorite Green: Adagio’s Ginseng Green
Favorite White: Adagio’s White Cucumber
Favorite Herbal: Ginger root or Chai Spice mix (does that count? lol)
Favorite Tea Company: Adagio
Favorite Tea Accessory (Pot, Kettle, Infuser, etc.): Thermometer/Timer by CDN

I’d like to add 5 more categories:
Favorite Tea Type: White
Favorite Yellow Tea: Fava Tea Co’s Kekecha yellow
Favorite Chai: 52teas’ Mayan Chocolate Chai
Favorite Dessert Tea: Botanical Indulgence’s Caramel Creme Oolong or Adagio’s Cocomint Green
Favorite tea flavor/Flavored Tea: In addition to the above, anything Jasmine

Favorite types of tea in general. I love peach teas. Favorite black tea teagschwender pineapple mango black. Herbal anything with mint or chamomile. White tea, silverneedle or rishi moonlight white. Green tea tropical tea minus coconut. I also like mango teas,chocolate teas,and carmel teas.

All-Time Favorite Tea: Black Pearl Oolong. It’s pretty rare, I’ve only seen it at one small tea store. It’s aged for fifteen years, and the liquor is just… unbelievable. I haven’t had any in a while, but maybe I’ll pick some up when I go home. Definitely a tea to give your full attention to.
Favorite Black: Teas from Yunnan. Indian and Ceylon teas are nice, yes, but, for me, Yunnan has the best flavor.
Favorite Oolong: Discounting the black pearl, I’d have to say high elevation Dong Ding and Ali-Shan oolongs. I tend to favor Taiwanese oolongs to Chinese.
Favorite Green: Either the competition grade Bi Lou Chun I have in my cupboard now, or Dragonwell – but only when drunken fresh from lungjing village, while in China XD. It’s just not the same in the states…
Favorite White: Oddly enough, a tea from Darjeeling. Lupicia, at one time, was selling a tea called, I think, Darjeeling Arya. It was a surprisingly good white tea, and definitely preferable to White Peony in my tastes.
Favorite Herbal: Rooibos. Hot, iced, room temp… it’s always good. Refreshing, and not tempermental in the least.
Favorite Tea Company: As for major chains… Puripan. But that might just be the experience I’ve had in the store in San Jose. Love the people that work(ed) there, and they give a lot more attention to purity and quality of tea. Also, they were my first real experience with the world of Korean tea.
Favorite Tea Accessory (Pot, Kettle, Infuser, etc.): Gaiwan. Simple, versatile, pretty… Love ’em.

All-Time Favorite Tea: Kopili Assam (Culinary Teas)
Favorite Black: Super Irish Breakfast (Stash)
Favorite Oolong: Unknown Chinese bulk brand from a local health food store
Favorite Green: Ti Kuan Yin Iron Goddess
Favorite White: Haven’t arrived at one yet
Favorite Herbal: Adagio Foxtrot
Favorite Tea Company: Culinary Teas … love the value on their sample sizes
Favorite Tea Accessory (Pot, Kettle, Infuser, etc.): Brown Betty teapots—-strictly no-nonsense and utilitarian.

All-Time Favorite Tea: Vanilla Chai by Bigelow
Favorite Black: Ginger Peach by Republic of Tea
Favorite Oolong: Plum Oolong by Dr. Tea’s
Favorite Green: Lipton
Favorite White: White Pinapple coconut by Dr. Tea’s
Favorite Herbal: Spearmint
Favorite Tea Company: Dr. Tea’s and Republic of Tea
Favorite Tea Accessory: Chatsford teapot

All-Time Favorite Tea: Golden Moon’s Sinharaja
Favorite Black: Sinharaja (I could live on this tea) or Panyang Bohea Select by Upton Tea Imports
Favorite Oolong: Hawaii-Grown Oolong by Samovar
Favorite Green: Matcha Miyabi by Den’s Tea
Favorite White: White Persian Melon by Golden Moon Tea
Favorite Herbal: Counting Sheep by Pearl’s Fine Tea
Favorite Pu-Erh: Yunnan Chi Tse Beeng Puerh (Spring Bud) by Dream About Tea
Favorite Tea Company: I’m having a hard time choosing between Golden Moon Tea and Upton Tea Imports
Favorite Tea Accessory (Pot, Kettle, Infuser, etc.): Bodum YoYo Cup & Infuser (http://www.bodumusa.com/shop/line.asp?MD=15&GID=87&LID=646&CHK=&SLT=&mscssid=X9D4Q4KSUFA59PC212011SUUFKGGBPNC)

Favorite Tea Type: Black
Favorite Chai: Mélange de Chamonix by Upton Tea Imports
Favorite Dessert Tea: Honey Pear by Golden Moon Tea
Favorite Decaffeinated Tea: Decaffeinated Chai Agni by Upton Tea Imports

Carolyn’s post reminded me of another category: favorite matcha. Rishi is the only one I’ve tried so far… BUYING SOME TOMORROW! SO EXCITED!

3 more categories:
Favorite Flavored Pu Erh: Numi’s Chocolate Pu Erh (again only one so far)
Favorite Cooked Pu Erh: Adagio’s Pu Erh Poe
Favorite Raw Pu Erh: haven’t tried any yet.

Favorite accessory for me: my matcha set. If I must pick just one accessory, I’ll go w/ my bowl.

What a fun topic!!

All-Time Favorite Tea: Den’s Genmaicha Extra Green
Favorite Black: California Tea House Yunnan Golden Buds
Favorite Oolong: auraTea’s Wenshan Baochong Choice
Favorite Green: same as my all time favorite but if I had to choose another it would be Rishi Jade Cloud
Favorite White: Pretty much any Silver Needle. Haven’t had a bad one yet.
Favorite Herbal: Spearmint
Favorite Tea Company: This is a hard one! I don’t play favorites with tea companies ;)
Favorite Tea Accessory (Pot, Kettle, Infuser, etc.): Pino Digital Kettle