Talk:Tea

East Frisia and Turkey

Are also known for their tea culture. They are both among the places with highest per capita tea consumption. Hobbitschuster (talk) 13:20, 25 August 2015 (UTC)

Please add that info if you haven't already. Ikan Kekek (talk) 19:22, 25 August 2015 (UTC)

I know next to nothing about their respective tea cultures and don't want to misrepresent them... Hobbitschuster (talk) 19:39, 25 August 2015 (UTC)

You know that they are among the places with the highest per capita tea consumption, so you can start there. I am not an expert on all the countries I covered in my initial edits to start this article. I correctly assumed that others would edit my contributions. Ikan Kekek (talk) 21:41, 25 August 2015 (UTC)

Apparently this is what a cuppa looks like in East Frisia

Kluntje the type of sugar put into Frisian tea; I myself always thought the brown variety of this type of sugar was more prevalent...

Well I have learned by now that they usually drink Assam-tea and consume roughly 300 liters a year per capita - which makes it twelve times the German average and at the top of world consumption. It also equals just under one liter per day. Hobbitschuster (talk) 14:56, 27 August 2015 (UTC)

Potential banners

I placed a banner on the main page, but also quickly came up with the following:

Option 1

Option 2 (Existing)

Option 3

It was actually more challenging to find a banner picture than I thought... there were plenty of source images, but not so many that work at 7:1 --Andrewssi2 (talk) 13:22, 25 August 2015 (UTC)

I prefer the existing version, and between the other two, Option 3. --ThunderingTyphoons! (talk) 14:52, 25 August 2015 (UTC)

I think the existing one is nicest. Option 1 is the next-best composition, in my opinion. Thanks for putting in a good banner! Ikan Kekek (talk) 19:24, 25 August 2015 (UTC)

Milk in herbal tea?

It is stated that "in Great Britain, it is very common to add milk to almost any type of tea or herbal tea".

I'm not a big tea drinker myself, but I was sure that herbal tea was never mixed with milk, even by British heathens :) ThunderingTyphoons! to comment perhaps? --Andrewssi2 (talk) 13:56, 25 August 2015 (UTC)

I would never put milk in herbal tea. The very idea! Though I recommend you don't make me sole spokesperson for the heathens. Who else we got? Nick? :) --ThunderingTyphoons! (talk) 14:49, 25 August 2015 (UTC)

Isn't there a huge debate as to whether milk or tea is to be put into the cup first? Hobbitschuster (talk) 14:00, 25 August 2015 (UTC)

OK, maybe I misunderstood just how prevalent adding milk is, but rooibus tea is herbal and lacks tea leaves. Is it really unusual to add milk to it in Britain? Ikan Kekek (talk) 19:22, 25 August 2015 (UTC)

Interesting, w:Rooibos is indeed a herbal tea (I didn't know that) and served with milk in South Africa. I know that most herbal teas have a delicate flavor, so adding milk would generally overpower them.

I would also say that Britons typically drink strong black tea (that goes well with milk), so drinking herbal tea tends to be the exception anyway. --Andrewssi2 (talk) 23:48, 25 August 2015 (UTC)

I'm in agreement with Andrewssi2 and ThunderingTyphoons! - no milk with herbal tea, but I don't drink that very much anyway. --Nick ^talk 10:30, 27 August 2015 (UTC)

Herbal tea in Turkey is thought of as medicine - definitely no milk -- Regular tea is usually a black tea often served with cubes of sugar (no milk) -- a variation I often had is a cinnamon black tea with cubes of sugar (no milk)... pop a cube of sugar and sip away -- enjoy - Matroc (talk) 01:47, 28 August 2015 (UTC)

Resources

This site looks like a good resource, despite its quirks (Africa as a single country?). I think Kenya should be mentioned as a tea-growing country, and it looks like Taiwan is a big omission from our article, so far. If you come across other useful (preferably better) information sources, please post the links here. Ikan Kekek (talk) 11:31, 7 September 2015 (UTC)

Some other ones: About Food Tea Production Regions (pretty detailed, but with an autoplaying video), RateTea.com Tea Producing Regions (also covers herbal tea; each country name must be clicked separately for information). Ikan Kekek (talk) 11:36, 7 September 2015 (UTC)

More narrowly-focused site but still of some use. It would be good to mention white teas. Ikan Kekek (talk) 11:40, 7 September 2015 (UTC)

Status

This article still sits at outline. Should it be upgraded? Hobbitschuster (talk) 16:31, 25 January 2016 (UTC)

• Maybe some See and Do listings could improve it in this direction...? Ibaman (talk) 16:33, 25 January 2016 (UTC)