Anyone know where I can buy Tea Bags?

[x-batman]

Basically my mom got some tea leaves from India and would like to buy bags so she can use it properly. Any idea within Ontario where to buy them?

[watson1987]

cant she use something like this?

http://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&q=tea+strainer&meta=

[rilhouse]

maybe you could just make your own with coffee filters?

[TheBrain]

Just get a tea ball(or whatever they're called). It's a porous metal ball you put the leaves in and snap it shut.

[untaka]

Brampton, numerious malls and stores.

[Spike]

I use a Teeli (http://www.teeli.com/englisch/products/index.html)


http://www.teeli.com/images/illus/permprod.jpg

[mlc2000]

Uhh. I thought you were gonna teabag someone.

[Keelie]

if you are talking about the tea bags that you put tea leaves in, i always find them in chinese grocery stores. which is really easy here since we have like.... two :D

[NDman]

Just get a tea ball(or whatever they're called). It's a porous metal ball you put the leaves in and snap it shut.

I second that. That's probably the most convenient way to do that.

http://images.google.ca/images?q=tea%20ball&hl=en&lr=&safe=off&sa=N&tab=wi

[Melfice]

Where can you get those tea ball in GTA? TIA!

[mrmoe]

Dollar store for the tea balls. LOL

or if u are a true rfd just put the damn leaves in the cup with hot water and drink it.

:idea:

[porphyra]

If she got the leaves from India, then you got to make tea the Indian way. You boil the water in a pan on the stove, and throw the tea, once the water has boiled and turn of the heat immediately. You let it seep for 3-4 minutes.

Then you use these:

http://fantes.com/images/13214infusers.jpg

http://fantes.com/images/3341tea_infusers.jpg

[NDman]

Kitchen gadgets store will most likely have it. Gizmos comes to mind. There are some other stores out there but their names escaped me right now

[eelfliw]

Where can you get those tea ball in GTA? TIA!
The easiest place is Pacific Mall.

[mlc2000]

The easiest place is Pacific Mall.

Ask for Tap Sum Bong

[eelfliw]

Basically my mom got some tea leaves from India and would like to buy bags so she can use it properly.
Tea originated in India/China. They way they drink it (without tea bags) is the proper way.

Try drinking tea the Indian way. It's better than with bags because the bags filters out flavour.

[porphyra]

Ask for Tap Sum Bong

Unless Pacific Mall is open late in the night, he will have to ask for Anthony.. :D

[gh05t]

If she got the leaves from India, then you got to make tea the Indian way. You boil the water in a pan on the stove, and throw the tea, once the water has boiled and turn of the heat immediately. You let it seep for 3-4 minutes.

Then you use these:

http://fantes.com/images/13214infusers.jpg

http://fantes.com/images/3341tea_infusers.jpg

These are the ones i used when i made red rose unbagged tea. I used to get them in a cuboid foil pacakage. I call the kitchen gadget a strainer but not sure what others call it. Might be able to get hem at any chinese store like New Asia or Tnt and if not definitely in china town on spadina.

They do not filter as finely as the teabags or a coffee filter even but the fact that the dregs stay at the bottom till the last drop means you can stop in time before ingesting the finer particles that got through the strainer.

I however loved the dregs and enjoyed the way it scratched my throat a little and made me cough just once or twice.

When the tea is made this way it is richer and tastes better possibly because more of the loose tea leaves are used in making your tea than are prepackaged in the tea bags or possibly he fact that the ground leaves are free to move around in the water and at differnt levels in the vessel exposing more surface area of the tea particles leading to a more concentrated tea.

[quanta]

Another place is Say Tea, in Bloor West Village. http://www.saytea.com/ If they don't know, they *should* know, since they sell many exotic teas in loose powder form.

P.S. In the future, it would be best to indicate what *city* you live in on the thread title...thanks!

[Boss_Scorpius]

The easiest way is the persian way using Samaavar
http://www.anvari.org/db/photos/140000a/Samavar.jpg
http://sadaf.com/store/media/90-7501.jpg

First the bottom part is filled with water, heated till the water is boiling.

The tea leaves are left in that cup-with-lead thing on top ( called ghouri) and the hot water can be poured into that cup using the , meh I suck at exaplaining it just read more here ;)
http://www.persianmirror.com/cuisine/drinks/drinks.cfm



oh btw I have to also mention I find it very odd that people here don't drink their tea raw (with no milk).

[Shaf]

I had bought a tea ball at Wal-Mart.

[Keigotw]

Someone suggested
using a Panty Hose
new one of course :D

[mrmoe]

Someone suggested
using a Panty Hose
new one of course :D


Crab Tea anyone?

:cheesygri

[StarStrike]

Ask for Tap Sum Bong

HAHAHAHAHAHA or ANFONY ;)