i use organic or fresh squeezed lemon in my tea.
pure leaf has deteriorated from tasting like actual tea to tasting like sugar water with coloring in it.
tim horton's has taken its place for me.
my taste in tea changed when i went to toronto as an adult. i found stassen gold, which i hoarded and drank slowly. initially i thought the water was the difference. but even the lipton's is better here and it's the tea. back in the states i started buying imported tea. my favorite at that time was pg tips as it was widely available and inexpensive for someone who at that point drank a few pots a day.
tea with no tea in it is called tisane here. most of the women who drink it make it sound like some exotic (read snooty) drink. i do drink chamomile in my black tea and i also drink green tea, as well as tulsi, which is an herbal tea that doesn't interfere with medications the way the others do. i bought some stuff called horchata which i may try if i can ensure there is no barley in it. i don't mind calling other things tea, since other cultures have other names for it, including the chinese, who cultivated the type that was brought back to great britain. at that point there were green and yellow teas as well as the roasted kind. there were also some leaves and twigs that were designated by the chinese as tea. not sure where white tea came from but that's one that i drink on rare occasion. so i guess to be perfectly accurate we'd have to say real english tea.
we can call the leaves and twigs from other places gopher tea. gary can make up a variety that is fresh for 15 years and sell it to preppers.
a company named true lemon makes a powdered lemon juice that i carry with me so i don't have to carry liquids on airplanes or in my backpack. i also put lemon in my water and in pepsi. i've had it, but sunita isn't always available here and amazon canada sticks hefty delivery fees onto even the cheapest things.
