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Originally Posted by Columbine
You raise a great point. Honestly, I was probably so traumatized by a cheap brand of the stuff that I never gave it a second chance, so yeah, maybe I need to try some other sort from a different source. Thinking on it, one of my friends (and a fellow carton hater) had Royal Milk Tea in Tokyo at a posh hotel and he said it was amazing. Several times, in fact, so it must have been good.
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I think that you need to think of it as a separate drink to appreciate it too. Not as tea brewed with milk, but as a sort of dessert drink. Even if it`s not the fancy restaurant type, if you think of the (better) carton/bottled types as a drink of their own rather than a butchered version of something else you can find quite good ones.
The most common carton one that is sold around here is this;
I find it absolutely awful, and it only becomes drinkable after adding much more milk to dilute it. (Still not
good though...)
There are a few others that make the rounds, but not only are they overly sweetened but they have artificial sweeteners on top. I won`t even dare try any of them, so definitely understand if that was what traumatized you.
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On the other hand, Japan has some of the most amazing green teas. Much more economical too as even the cheap day-to-day stuff can be really quite palatable.
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Of course. I laughed a bit at this, as I have no doubt that from a Japanese viewpoint the same thing could be said about the UK. "It was so hard to find good green tea there - you could order some for the same price and get really crappy stuff or decent stuff in different places. They just can`t tell the difference. But I have to say, you can find some of the most amazing black teas there! Even the cheap day-to-day stuff can be quite good!"
