sweet teas?
I'm looking for a tea that is sweet whereas I don't have to add as much sugar. Any recommendations? Preferably green or white tea since I read that it has the best antioxidants.
i find that whites like song yang and silver needle are the most sweet, although no tea will ever be as sweet as the most bitter tea with a teaspoon of sugar. you will be fairly dissapointed if you expect anything more than a subtle sweetness. most newbie tea drinkers dont start on white teas either. White tea, for the most part, is near the top of the ladder.
There are four advantages to green tea... Its beauty, its taste, its aroma, and its health benefits. Learn to enjoy the first three and you'll forget you drank it for the fourth. ^^
Re: sweet teas?
When I was young all I could drink was sweetened teas, and growing up in the south did not help matters much too!jimmy339 wrote:I'm looking for a tea that is sweet whereas I don't have to add as much sugar. Any recommendations? Preferably green or white tea since I read that it has the best antioxidants.
When I was introduced to premium loose tea I found that sweeteners destroyed the taste of tea.
My suggestion is to start off with some Darjeeling teas and drink it both hot and iced, and you will grow to love tea brewed by it's self.
Today if I drink a tea that is sweetened I get sick (no joke!).
In God's Grace,
Ric
Ric
Most of the green teas, and all the white teas I've tried are sweet without sugar. Even some low quality bulk tea, and Temple of Heaven pearl tea I pulled out of teabags are fairly sweet. Although even the sweetest green tea can become bitter if brewed wrong. http://chineseteas101.com/brewingmethod.htm Gaiwan brewing is supposed to be the best for green tea.
By the way, it's worth getting used to tea without sugar. It just makes the experience so much better, especially for green, white, and oolong teas. You'll probably be surprised by what you've been missing by putting sugar in tea. Although it may take some time to get used to it without sugar before noticing those subtle differences.
By the way, it's worth getting used to tea without sugar. It just makes the experience so much better, especially for green, white, and oolong teas. You'll probably be surprised by what you've been missing by putting sugar in tea. Although it may take some time to get used to it without sugar before noticing those subtle differences.
I've found that the sweetest unflavored teas from adagio, are probably song yang (sort of like a licorice sweetness), green anji (a somewhat vegetal sweetness), and jasmine sweet #12 (flowery and sweet) in their respective catagories of white, green, and oolong. However, like previous posters said, it won't be sweet like sugar, it's a more suttle sweetness, that i find to be much better than tea (or anything) with sugar or flavored tea.
Great post Andy!Andy wrote:Most of the green teas, and all the white teas I've tried are sweet without sugar. Even some low quality bulk tea, and Temple of Heaven pearl tea I pulled out of teabags are fairly sweet. Although even the sweetest green tea can become bitter if brewed wrong. http://chineseteas101.com/brewingmethod.htm Gaiwan brewing is supposed to be the best for green tea.
By the way, it's worth getting used to tea without sugar. It just makes the experience so much better, especially for green, white, and oolong teas. You'll probably be surprised by what you've been missing by putting sugar in tea. Although it may take some time to get used to it without sugar before noticing those subtle differences.
In God's Grace,
Ric
Ric