01-08-2011, 02:48 PM
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Referee
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: In your enterprise AI
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Loose Leaf Tea fans
So who are the other tea drinkers around here?
What's currently steeping, what are your favorites and where do you go (in person/online/w.e.) to get your tea on?
Right now I'm loving the Electric Lemon from David's Tea in Southcentre. Stuff has a zing like you wouldn't believe. Great over ice (which is how I drink tea 60% of the time, even in winter).
I generally stick with green/white/oolong with the odd rooibos or mate for a change. I can't drink black tea much, if at all.
Hmm, should I have made thread "no homo?" 
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01-08-2011, 02:52 PM
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Franchise Player
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I just go to "Steeps." Normally a rooibos fan, myself.
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01-08-2011, 02:59 PM
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Craig McTavish' Merkin
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I've been drinking Dragon Well from Steeps. I also like Gyokuro but it can be expensive.
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01-08-2011, 03:07 PM
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Atomic Nerd
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Calgary
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I buy tea from T&T. Usually Gen mai chai.
Although I went to Superstore for Rooibos.
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01-08-2011, 03:32 PM
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Backup Goalie
Join Date: Mar 2006
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I like Steeps as well. Lots of variety and very helpful staff!
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01-08-2011, 03:37 PM
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All I can get
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Yerba Mate from Lina's Italian Market on Centre Street. They have a couple of different brands.
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01-08-2011, 03:50 PM
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Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Crowsnest Pass
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I recommend The Naked Leaf on 10th St in Kensington.
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01-08-2011, 04:05 PM
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Referee
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: In your enterprise AI
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Quote:
Originally Posted by troutman
I recommend The Naked Leaf on 10th St in Kensington.
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I love this place. Pretty much within walking distance when it's semi-decent out. They have a white tea grape that is the best thing iced on a warm day.
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01-08-2011, 04:20 PM
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Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Crowsnest Pass
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Quote:
Originally Posted by MRCboicgy
I love this place. Pretty much within walking distance when it's semi-decent out. They have a white tea grape that is the best thing iced on a warm day.
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The owner is a friend of mine - he is hilarious and knows his tea.
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01-08-2011, 05:13 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Van City - Main St.
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I am drinking a macha latte from Steeps right now, it's brilliant. Convenient to work right next door to them.
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01-08-2011, 05:20 PM
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Backup Goalie
Join Date: Mar 2006
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Naked Leaf is great too -- they have this blend called "Too Good to Name." It's off the hook with a little milk and sugar. Highly recommended.
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01-08-2011, 06:15 PM
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#1 Goaltender
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Reggie Dunlop
Yerba Mate from Lina's Italian Market on Centre Street. They have a couple of different brands.
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I'm pretty much caffeine free these days. Yerba Mate is my primary drink.
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01-08-2011, 06:58 PM
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Powerplay Quarterback
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Calgary, AB
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My favourite tea shop is Naked Leaf, and my second favourite is Tea Trader.
I generally prefer black teas. Right now, I have a pitcher of room temperature Famous Five tea from Tea Trader that is sitting in the kitchen that I poured over ice for lunch today & will finish tomorrow. It is a blend of five black teas.
If I am drinking whites or greens I tend to like them flavoured with fruit, especially citrus. Actually, I like black teas with citrus too. Many of the greens that I buy are citrus flavoured senchas.
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01-08-2011, 08:06 PM
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Franchise Player
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edit. is there a Murchies or Teavana in Calgary. If you like asian teas, try Pi Lo Chun
Loose Leaf Fans?
Last edited by Canada 02; 01-08-2011 at 08:13 PM.
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01-08-2011, 10:18 PM
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Powerplay Quarterback
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: The frozen surface of a fireball
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I used to drink sooo much yerba mate, great hangover drink.
The only tea I drink nowadays is peppermint. I have some from Guy's Bakery in Cochrane that is alright. I have got it from the place in Eau Claire and it was pretty good a couple years ago.
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01-08-2011, 10:21 PM
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Powerplay Quarterback
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Calgary
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I find teavana to be hideously overpriced, but I am happy that I can get a good cup of tea to go at malls now. 
My hands down favourite loose leaf tea is Russian Earl Grey from The Metropolitan Tea Company. It's a bit of a citrusy twist on Earl Grey. The tea/coffee shop in Eau Claire sells Metropolitan teas, but I don't know if they carry this one - I get it by the 1 kg package at Glenn's in Red Deer.
MRC - I've had the grape flavoured white tea from Naked Leaf - it is very good.
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01-10-2011, 09:12 AM
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Powerplay Quarterback
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Calgary, AB
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Quote:
Originally Posted by tete
I find teavana to be hideously overpriced, but I am happy that I can get a good cup of tea to go at malls now. |
You're thinking of Teaopia, which is in the malls in Calgary. Teavana is the tea chain in the US.
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01-10-2011, 09:17 AM
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Draft Pick
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Good topic - does anyone know a place in Airdrie? I prefer loose leaf tea, but don't want to always drive into the city to get it!
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01-10-2011, 09:20 AM
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Scoring Winger
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: New York, NY
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Want to make it yourself?
Check out this site www.tnik.com
It is an online store hosted by a local Calgary woman with a passion for loose leaf tea.
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01-10-2011, 09:26 AM
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Lifetime Suspension
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: The Void between Darkness and Light
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http://www.shaktea.ca/
I know this thread will be Calgary-centric, but for any west coast posters, I highly recommend Shaktea.
This place is AWESOME.
If you're a tea fan and don't particularly dig on green teas, I highly recommend the 'Kyoto Lemon' they carry. Fantastic.
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