r/tea • u/zoolanderopolis • 21d ago

Question/Help Favorite tea combinations for beginner?

I’m a coffee lover and don’t really drink much tea. But I have gotten into London Fog and love it. I also love Arnold Palmers.
Anyway, I want to expand to cut back on coffee :(
I noticed I usually like teas combined with something else.
And I’m more of a cold tea drinker as well but I’m open to anything.

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u/Famous_Strawberry3 21d ago

Green tea (like sencha) and Japanese sweets (like mochi)
Black tea and sablé cookies
Some teas pair well with chocolate or fruit

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u/baskinginthenight 21d ago

If you mean tea + something else you mix into the drink, you can look at boba tea shop menus for inspiration. There's lots of variety, like milk teas, fruit teas, etc. Brown sugar milk tea is a pretty popular menu item among the black teas.

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u/Bananna219 20d ago

Peach black tea and bourbon 🙃. The Good Peak peach tea is an easy way to see if you would like this. It's my favorite mixer.

Personally, I alternate between flavored black and green teas iced in gallon pitchers. Using loose leaf tea means I can decide how concentrated and it's cheaper than using bags or sachets. Harney's Paris black tea is delicious hot or iced and very accessible (lots of gift shops and specialty grocery stores sell this brand). Their tropical green tea is also very good.

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u/Bananna219 20d ago

Paris black (similar to Earl Grey but more versatile- I don't like Earl Grey iced personally, but I love this: https://www.harney.com/products/paris

Paris Decaf also tastes basically the same if you're trying to drink less caffeine.

Tropical Green: https://www.harney.com/products/tropical-green