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05-05-2017, 04:39 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Calgary, Alberta
Trailer: 2012 Escape 15 A
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Tea ! Tea ! Tea !
Equal opportunity thread here ;  , no special or extra equipment needed ! Loose tea , tea bags ....pot or cup just start with fresh cold water ( boiled ). A gzillion varieties .....you can even get a good cup at Tim's ...... Ceylonese Tea is one of our favourites ........and Jim N ......your Azaleas would love it too !
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05-05-2017, 04:48 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: Spokane, Washington
Trailer: 2017 Escape 17B/2021 F150 w/ 3.5 Ecoboost
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Would love to know a good small capacity stovetop tea kettle with whistle to buy. A liter size would be just fine. Preferably stainless or copper. Something that doesn't break.
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05-05-2017, 05:25 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: North Van., British Columbia
Trailer: 2014 Escape 19, sold; 2019 Escape 21, Sept. 2019
Posts: 8,783
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For years the thought of starting off the day with a cup of tea made me ill. Had to be coffee for breakfast and then tea for other times. Now it's straight tea; black tea to start and end the day and green tea at the other two meals. Except when on the road, nothing but the finest Nescafe instant coffee for me.  Probably because tank water doesn't make good tea.
Ron
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05-05-2017, 05:26 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: Bellingham and Glacier, Washington
Trailer: 2013 Escape 15A
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Here's a six-cup Revere kettle. I have one and used it for a short time in the trailer but it just wasn't big enough for me. Other than that, it was great:
https://www.amazon.com/Revere-6-Cup-...re+ware+kettle
Edited: I just looked at the price and I'm pretty sure that I paid no where near that ($95USD). I just wouldn't have.
Second edit: Okay, that is weird. Other sellers have it for as low at $16.
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2013 Escape 15A, "Egbert"
'93 Ford 150 XLT or
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05-05-2017, 05:39 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Calgary, Alberta
Trailer: 2012 Escape 15 A
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Ron in BC
For years the thought of starting off the day with a cup of tea made me ill. Had to be coffee for breakfast and then tea for other times. Now it's straight tea; black tea to start and end the day and green tea at the other two meals. Except when on the road, nothing but the finest Nescafe instant coffee for me. Probably because tank water doesn't make good tea.
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Yup ...water is key ....
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05-05-2017, 05:47 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Central, Pennsylvania
Trailer: Escape#5 2022 E19
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Quote:
Originally Posted by advenas
Would love to know a good small capacity stovetop tea kettle with whistle to buy. A liter size would be just fine. Preferably stainless or copper. Something that doesn't break.
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Here is the one we use, perfect size for our Escape https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1
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Jim
Sometime life gets in the way of living.......
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05-05-2017, 05:59 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Central, Pennsylvania
Trailer: Escape#5 2022 E19
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Quote:
Originally Posted by gabeck
Yup ...water is key ....
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Since installing a water system in the kitchen, we find both coffee and tea tastes better. I make probably 3 gallons of sun green tea a week, if the sun is out.
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Jim
Sometime life gets in the way of living.......
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05-05-2017, 06:22 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Southwick, Massachusetts
Trailer: None, sold my 2014 5.0TA
Posts: 7,124
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Got me on the brands, all I do is drink it. Green tea during the day, Sleepy Time after dinner.
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Bob
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05-05-2017, 06:50 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: St. Thomas not BVI., Ontario
Trailer: 2014 Escape 5.0TA / 2016 Ram Eco Diesel 4X4
Posts: 8,038
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Hi: All... My favorite tea comes from Buy Tea Online - Murchie's Tea & Coffee | Loose Tea & Teabags. They're in Vancouver and have the best varieties of all teas. The only thing I hate is when my tea gets loose!!! Alf
escape artist N.S. of Lake Erie 
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'16 Ram Eco D. 4X4 Laramie Longhorn CC & '14 Escape 5.0TA
St.Thomas (Not the Virgin Islands) Ontario
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05-05-2017, 07:57 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Calgary, Alberta
Trailer: 2012 Escape 15 A
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Originally Posted by cpaharley2008
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That is a very nice one ! We usually bring a China pot or one of those polish pottery pots . Since we always plug in we actually use an electric kettle .....but the tea does taste best ( to us ) with the water boiled in a stainless kettle . We're not so much into the green teas or the flowery ones .
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05-05-2017, 11:35 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2014
Location: Olympia wa, Washington
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Had to buy the tea kettle pictured above just too cute
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05-06-2017, 11:31 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Calgary, Alberta
Trailer: 2017 Escape 5.0 TA
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I love tea too, a wide variety of herbals that is. I do not add anything to my tea (or coffee) so love stuff that has great flavour on it's own, so not too keen on the bitterness of black tea. David's Tea has lots of great offerings. I mostly do loose, but there are some bags not too bad either.
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2015 Ford F150 Lariat 3.5L EcoBoost
2009 Escape 19 (previous)
“Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.” — Abraham Lincoln
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05-06-2017, 11:41 AM
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Site Team
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Portland, Oregon
Trailer: 2014 Escape 5.0 TA
Posts: 11,038
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I can drink anything that half-way resembles coffee (as long as there's lots of it), but I am totally picky when it comes to green tea. I think I've tried every single brand. Most smell really good but taste like cardboard water (to me). I've found exactly one brand that I like and will drive miles to buy it. Although it is available online here: https://takaokaya-usa.myshopify.com/...green-tea-bags
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Donna D.
Ten Forward
2014 Escape 5.0TA
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05-06-2017, 11:58 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: St. Thomas not BVI., Ontario
Trailer: 2014 Escape 5.0TA / 2016 Ram Eco Diesel 4X4
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Jim Bennett
I love tea too, a wide variety of herbals that is. I do not add anything to my tea (or coffee) so love stuff that has great flavour on it's own, so not too keen on the bitterness of black tea. David's Tea has lots of great offerings. I mostly do loose, but there are some bags not too bad either.
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Hi: Jim Bennett... I like the Orange spice black tea from Murchies. Some times I even add some more orange peel. Green teas taste like um... well GREEN  . Alf
escape artist N.S. of Lake Erie
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'16 Ram Eco D. 4X4 Laramie Longhorn CC & '14 Escape 5.0TA
St.Thomas (Not the Virgin Islands) Ontario
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05-06-2017, 12:20 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Calgary, Alberta
Trailer: 2012 Escape 15 A
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Fox hunt
Had to buy the tea kettle pictured above just too cute
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Agree that is almost too cute not to buy , if we were brewers rather than steepers.....for steeping 1 1/2 L is a bit large for two .
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05-06-2017, 12:22 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Calgary, Alberta
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Quote:
Originally Posted by escape artist
Hi: Jim Bennett... I like the Orange spice black tea from Murchies. Some times I even add some more orange peel. Green teas taste like um... well GREEN . Alf
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Green tea is definitely an acquired taste !
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05-06-2017, 12:27 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Calgary, Alberta
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Jim Bennett
I love tea too, a wide variety of herbals that is. I do not add anything to my tea (or coffee) so love stuff that has great flavour on it's own, so not too keen on the bitterness of black tea. David's Tea has lots of great offerings. I mostly do loose, but there are some bags not too bad either.
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Black tea does not need to be bitter . When Wolf used to fly Ont . Water Resorses guys out to camps in north western Ont . they would brew their tea over a camp fire ....for a long ...long time - although they always offered him some before flying back to base - he only took them up on it once ..... Apparently it was blacker than coffee ........
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05-06-2017, 12:32 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: O town, British Columbia
Trailer: 2014 Escape 21 "Lightning"
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Quote:
Originally Posted by gabeck
we were brewers rather than steepers.
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Can't we all just get along?? 
Joking, do tell the difference to this Kcup button-pusher knuckle-dragger please.
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05-06-2017, 01:07 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2014
Location: Tampa Bay Area, Florida
Trailer: 2015 Escape 5.0TA (Little Elsie) Extensively Personalized
Posts: 2,969
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Quote:
Originally Posted by gabeck
Agree that is almost too cute not to buy , if we were brewers rather than steepers.....for steeping 1 1/2 L is a bit large for two .
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Brewers are some of my favorite people. Oh, wait, this is a discussion about tea. Aw shucks!
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What a long strange trip it’s been!
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05-06-2017, 01:34 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: St. Thomas not BVI., Ontario
Trailer: 2014 Escape 5.0TA / 2016 Ram Eco Diesel 4X4
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Quote:
Originally Posted by C&G in FL
Brewers are some of my favorite people. Oh, wait, this is a discussion about tea. Aw shucks!
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Hi: C&Gin FL... Our water here is best for brewing or steeping. Soft well water without chlorine. I gotta go put some on right now for tea!!! It's finally stopped raining. YEA!!! Alf
escape artist N.S. of Lake Erie
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'16 Ram Eco D. 4X4 Laramie Longhorn CC & '14 Escape 5.0TA
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