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  • Why do my teas now taste bland or metallic to me?

    From Jacques@7267f4609f0437938ad701c38f8cb3fe_195@example.com to rec.food.drink.tea on Sat Apr 2 23:54:01 2016
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    I drink tea every day, especially when I'm working, having anywhere from 3-5 cups a day ("cup" means a full mug/tea cup with a new tea bag). I take my tea black always--never any sugar or anything else. Just the hot water and the
    tea bag.

    I've been only using bag tea, and I've been thinking maybe I need to start using loose leaf tea to solve my problem.

    I like any teas, but my go-to is green tea.

    About 6 months ago, all my teas would taste fantastic. The flavors were very interesting (most varieties of white teas / green teas), and my absolute favorite tea was Jasmine tea. One day, I started having my usual cup of White Tea (Mighty Leaf White Orchard), and it started to taste like metal. Absolutely terribly taste. It was from the same package I had been using. I soon discovered the same was true for my beloved Jasmine tea.

    Eventually, even Green Tea started to taste metallic like. For Green tea, I started using 2-3 bags per cup, and this helped. Now I can do OK with just 1 bag of Green Tea. But I still can't drink the White or Jasmin teas.

    What could be at play? The water I use is always purified.

    1. Have my tea cups degraded?

    2. did my body get too used to those flavors that I no longer taste them?

    3. am I getting old (only in my early twenties)?

    4. ???
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  • From Lewis Perin@perin@panix.com to rec.food.drink.tea on Mon Apr 4 10:45:53 2016
    From Newsgroup: rec.food.drink.tea

    Jacques <7267f4609f0437938ad701c38f8cb3fe_195@example.com> writes:

    I drink tea every day, especially when I'm working, having anywhere from 3-5 >cups a day ("cup" means a full mug/tea cup with a new tea bag). I take my tea >black always--never any sugar or anything else. Just the hot water and the >tea bag.

    I've been only using bag tea, and I've been thinking maybe I need to start >using loose leaf tea to solve my problem.

    I like any teas, but my go-to is green tea.

    About 6 months ago, all my teas would taste fantastic. The flavors were very >interesting (most varieties of white teas / green teas), and my absolute >favorite tea was Jasmine tea. One day, I started having my usual cup of White >Tea (Mighty Leaf White Orchard), and it started to taste like
    metal. Absolutely terribly taste. It was from the same package I had
    been using. I
    soon discovered the same was true for my beloved Jasmine tea.

    Eventually, even Green Tea started to taste metallic like. For Green tea, I >started using 2-3 bags per cup, and this helped. Now I can do OK with just 1 >bag of Green Tea. But I still can't drink the White or Jasmin teas.

    What could be at play? The water I use is always purified.

    1. Have my tea cups degraded?

    2. did my body get too used to those flavors that I no longer taste them?

    3. am I getting old (only in my early twenties)?

    4. ???

    Are your teas getting oxidized / rancid due to repeated exposure to the
    oxygen and humidity in the air?

    /Lew
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