black tea
Tea leaves which have been "fermented" (actually, oxidized) before drying to enhance their flavour (cf.
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I is a both person. I love coffee but I also enjoy tea fairly often. Especially a nice cinnamony black tea or something spearmint.
(wanted to ask also bc i was curious) what kind of black tea were you drinking?
14. cold: homemade lime-lemonade or plain ice-cold fizzy water hot: assam black tea brewed strong with honey, cream or evaporated milk, and sometimes my homemade chai masala
today's tea is butterjam red, a black tea that is way more aromatic than i remember (in a good way) white2tea.com/products/but...
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Tea leaves which have been "fermented" (actually, oxidized) before drying to enhance their flavour (cf. green tea).
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(British) A cup of tea served without milk.
“I is a both person. I love coffee but I also enjoy tea fairly often. Especially a nice cinnamony black tea or something spearmint.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“(wanted to ask also bc i was curious) what kind of black tea were you drinking?”
— Bluesky· May 2026“14. cold: homemade lime-lemonade or plain ice-cold fizzy water hot: assam black tea brewed strong with honey, cream or evaporated milk, and sometimes my homemade chai masala”
— Bluesky· May 2026“today's tea is butterjam red, a black tea that is way more aromatic than i remember (in a good way) white2tea.com/products/but...”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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