I was hoping someone could recommend a tea that would satisfy one who generally prefers to drink coffee, but is looking to avoid the effort involved in making good coffee.
Making coffee at home is not an issue, the problem I am trying to solve is getting good coffee at work. At my office we have a common breakroom with Bunn coffee makers which look similar to:
We have a limited selection of coffee, which is tolerable when it is first brewed. But if it sits in the pot for very long, lets say longer than 30-60 minutes, it becomes too bitter. Folks who use powdered cream and sugar don't seem to mind a mild burnt flavor, but unless it is freshly brewed I find it hard to drink as I prefer it black. I am not a coffee snob, in that I think that what is available from national chains like Starbucks or Dunkin Donuts is usually quite good, while what is available at the convenience store off the interstate exit is usually quite bad.
Recently my office has installed a filtered hot water dispenser. It gets the water quite hot, hot enough to brew coffee in an aeropress or french press, but I don't want to deal with the time or the cleanup. So I have started to use instant coffee for those times when I did not want to wait on brewing a new pot and to get some consistency, even if the cup is not as good. The new Starbucks Via
is good but a little pricey for my habit, so I usually end up with something like Nescafe in a jar:
This may be too subjective, but I am hoping to find some tea that will satisfy one who is otherwise addicted to coffee. I grew up drinking ice tea, but have never found hot tea as satisfying as hot coffee. Not sure if it is the caffeine, aroma, flavor, or temperature which is lacking or if I have simply been drinking the wrong kind of tea. I have not ventured out far out into the tea world, beyond what is available at a good supermarket, so hoping I am just overlooking to good stuff beyond what is mass produced by Lipton or Tetley but is still easy to manage.
Comments, opinions, specific recommendations are welcome.
Making coffee at home is not an issue, the problem I am trying to solve is getting good coffee at work. At my office we have a common breakroom with Bunn coffee makers which look similar to:
We have a limited selection of coffee, which is tolerable when it is first brewed. But if it sits in the pot for very long, lets say longer than 30-60 minutes, it becomes too bitter. Folks who use powdered cream and sugar don't seem to mind a mild burnt flavor, but unless it is freshly brewed I find it hard to drink as I prefer it black. I am not a coffee snob, in that I think that what is available from national chains like Starbucks or Dunkin Donuts is usually quite good, while what is available at the convenience store off the interstate exit is usually quite bad.
Recently my office has installed a filtered hot water dispenser. It gets the water quite hot, hot enough to brew coffee in an aeropress or french press, but I don't want to deal with the time or the cleanup. So I have started to use instant coffee for those times when I did not want to wait on brewing a new pot and to get some consistency, even if the cup is not as good. The new Starbucks Via
is good but a little pricey for my habit, so I usually end up with something like Nescafe in a jar:
This may be too subjective, but I am hoping to find some tea that will satisfy one who is otherwise addicted to coffee. I grew up drinking ice tea, but have never found hot tea as satisfying as hot coffee. Not sure if it is the caffeine, aroma, flavor, or temperature which is lacking or if I have simply been drinking the wrong kind of tea. I have not ventured out far out into the tea world, beyond what is available at a good supermarket, so hoping I am just overlooking to good stuff beyond what is mass produced by Lipton or Tetley but is still easy to manage.
Comments, opinions, specific recommendations are welcome.
