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Date: 07 Jun 2006 15:31:37
From:
Subject: Beverage Mixing Coffee and Tea Together

I understand that mixing coffee and tea in the same cup is widely
popular in many Asian countries.

Wondering if anyone in the news group has encountered this sort
of beverage -- are there standard ways of preparing this beverage,
etc.

Date: 07 Jun 2006 19:44:02
From: Katie Tam
Subject: Re: Beverage Mixing Coffee and Tea Together

alt.coffee@gmail.com wrote:
> I understand that mixing coffee and tea in the same cup is widely
> popular in many Asian countries.
>
> Wondering if anyone in the news group has encountered this sort
> of beverage -- are there standard ways of preparing this beverage,
> etc.

I don't know if it's that popular in Asian countries, or different
country has its own beverage like that, but then this is often served
in Hong Kong style cafes.

Some of you might have heard about the Hong Kong style milk tea -- a
very traditional and popular drink in HK culture -- strong over-steeped
black tea with condensed milk.

Now, if you take only half the cup of HK style milk tea and add
coffee... that's the drink in question. It's called Yun Yeung (of
course, the name is slightly related to the famous Ying Yang in the
sense that the drink is a mix of two seperate beverages.

I've tried it several times, but I still prefer highly the HK style
milk tea.

Preperation wise... the coffee part should be easy, cuz HK people
usually just use instant coffee. The milk tea part is a bit impossible
to imitate. The milk tea has been a HK staple drink for so many
decades, each cafe has their own receipes... sometimes a cafe can get
so famous with its milk tea that people visit the cafe just to have a
cup. Even those HK style cafes in Toronto fail to bring justice to this
beverage.

And then, what's tasty to HK people can be totally different from
people from other parts of the world, or even, from tea drinkers who
are not used to add milk to their teas.

Katie

Date: 07 Jun 2006 19:30:46
From: Felix
Subject: Re: Beverage Mixing Coffee and Tea Together

Jack Denver writes:
> I've heard this same rumor but I've never seen it served.
> I don't know if it is an urban legend or not.

Interesting theory ... I like it. I was desperate or groggy, and
stupid, when I mixed the two (more than once), and the result was
incredibly bad. Never again!

Felix

Date: 07 Jun 2006 18:48:04
From: toci
Subject: Re: Beverage Mixing Coffee and Tea Together

I think not, but if you're drinking weak Tazo while smelling strong
coffee, it might certainly seem like it. Toci
Scott Dorsey wrote:
> In article <56ae825iitbqtbqar0ilrtuj6nimb40@4ax.com>,
> <alt.coffee@gmail.com> wrote:
> >I understand that mixing coffee and tea in the same cup is widely
> >popular in many Asian countries.
> >
> >Wondering if anyone in the news group has encountered this sort
> >of beverage -- are there standard ways of preparing this beverage,
> >etc.
>
> Every time I order tea in a hotel or at Starbucks I get this.
> --scott
> --
> "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

Date: 07 Jun 2006 21:37:43
From: Jack Denver
Subject: Re: Beverage Mixing Coffee and Tea Together

I've heard this same rumor but I've never seen it served. I don't know if
it is an urban legend or not.

<alt.coffee@gmail.com > wrote in message
news:56ae825iitbqtbqar0ilrtuj6nimb40@4ax.com...
>I understand that mixing coffee and tea in the same cup is widely
> popular in many Asian countries.
>
> Wondering if anyone in the news group has encountered this sort
> of beverage -- are there standard ways of preparing this beverage,
> etc.

Date: 12 Jun 2006 15:46:47
From: Michael Plant
Subject: Re: Beverage Mixing Coffee and Tea Together

Pretty damned popular in the Chinese restaurant dives of
Brooklyn, where you'll have no trouble at all finding it.
Comes with lots of half and half, to add insult to injury.
Michael

> I've heard this same rumor but I've never seen it served. I don't know if
> it is an urban legend or not.

>> I understand that mixing coffee and tea in the same cup is widely
>> popular in many Asian countries.
>>
>> Wondering if anyone in the news group has encountered this sort
>> of beverage -- are there standard ways of preparing this beverage,
>> etc.
>
>

Date: 07 Jun 2006 14:20:22
From: Carmen
Subject: Re: Beverage Mixing Coffee and Tea Together

Omniryx@gmail.com wrote:
> Seems to me that back in grad school when I had to finish a paper I
> would brew a mug of tea using 2 or 3 teabags and then add a couple of
> spoonfuls of instant coffee.

That sounds...unpleasant. Very.

> No-Doz would have made more sense.

I'm thinking so. Heck, you could have dropped them in hot water with
some lemon juice and honey and it probably would have tasted better.
<G >

Carmen

>
> Will
>
> Carmen wrote:
> > Scott Dorsey wrote:
> > > Carmen <carmensrt@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > >>
> > > >> Every time I order tea in a hotel or at Starbucks I get this.
> > > >
> > > >At Starbucks you get a previously unused cup of hot water and a Tazo
> > > >teabag. I'm curious, how do you manage to mess that up and get coffee
> > > >in it? :-P~
> > >
> > > I seem to always get water with coffee contamination. The problem is that
> > > coffee oils get onto anything that is used to store coffee, and once it
> > > has been used for coffee you shouldn't ever use it for hot water.
> >
> > That's odd. The source of the hot water at the *$ here is the
> > dedicated hot water spigot on the plumbed-in commercial Bunn. It's
> > separate from sources of coffee contamination. That's pretty standard.
> >
> > Next time ask the barista to draw your water from the tap and heat it
> > with the steam wand. Explain about the coffee contamination if they
> > ask.
> >
> > Carmen

Date: 07 Jun 2006 13:29:11
From: Omniryx@gmail.com
Subject: Re: Beverage Mixing Coffee and Tea Together

Seems to me that back in grad school when I had to finish a paper I
would brew a mug of tea using 2 or 3 teabags and then add a couple of
spoonfuls of instant coffee.

No-Doz would have made more sense.

Will

Carmen wrote:
> Scott Dorsey wrote:
> > Carmen <carmensrt@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >>
> > >> Every time I order tea in a hotel or at Starbucks I get this.
> > >
> > >At Starbucks you get a previously unused cup of hot water and a Tazo
> > >teabag. I'm curious, how do you manage to mess that up and get coffee
> > >in it? :-P~
> >
> > I seem to always get water with coffee contamination. The problem is that
> > coffee oils get onto anything that is used to store coffee, and once it
> > has been used for coffee you shouldn't ever use it for hot water.
>
> That's odd. The source of the hot water at the *$ here is the
> dedicated hot water spigot on the plumbed-in commercial Bunn. It's
> separate from sources of coffee contamination. That's pretty standard.
>
> Next time ask the barista to draw your water from the tap and heat it
> with the steam wand. Explain about the coffee contamination if they
> ask.
>
> Carmen

Date: 07 Jun 2006 13:03:56
From: Carmen
Subject: Re: Beverage Mixing Coffee and Tea Together

Scott Dorsey wrote:
> Carmen <carmensrt@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> Every time I order tea in a hotel or at Starbucks I get this.
> >
> >At Starbucks you get a previously unused cup of hot water and a Tazo
> >teabag. I'm curious, how do you manage to mess that up and get coffee
> >in it? :-P~
>
> I seem to always get water with coffee contamination. The problem is that
> coffee oils get onto anything that is used to store coffee, and once it
> has been used for coffee you shouldn't ever use it for hot water.

That's odd. The source of the hot water at the *$ here is the
dedicated hot water spigot on the plumbed-in commercial Bunn. It's
separate from sources of coffee contamination. That's pretty standard.

Next time ask the barista to draw your water from the tap and heat it
with the steam wand. Explain about the coffee contamination if they
ask.

Carmen

Date: 07 Jun 2006 13:00:59
From: John S.
Subject: Re: Beverage Mixing Coffee and Tea Together

Scott Dorsey wrote:
> In article <56ae825iitbqtbqar0ilrtuj6nimb40@4ax.com>,
> <alt.coffee@gmail.com> wrote:
> >I understand that mixing coffee and tea in the same cup is widely
> >popular in many Asian countries.
> >
> >Wondering if anyone in the news group has encountered this sort
> >of beverage -- are there standard ways of preparing this beverage,
> >etc.
>
> Every time I order tea in a hotel or at Starbucks I get this.
> --scott
> --
> "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

Never had this problem with either local restaurants or coffee houses,
including Starbucks. The roadside diner that uses the Farmer Brothers
Coffee maker for a pot of hot water will probably introduce new flavors
to that cup of Farmer Brothers tea.

Date: 07 Jun 2006 12:46:16
From: Carmen
Subject: Re: Beverage Mixing Coffee and Tea Together

Scott Dorsey wrote:
> In article <56ae825iitbqtbqar0ilrtuj6nimb40@4ax.com>,
> <alt.coffee@gmail.com> wrote:
> >I understand that mixing coffee and tea in the same cup is widely
> >popular in many Asian countries.
> >
> >Wondering if anyone in the news group has encountered this sort
> >of beverage -- are there standard ways of preparing this beverage,
> >etc.
>
> Every time I order tea in a hotel or at Starbucks I get this.

At Starbucks you get a previously unused cup of hot water and a Tazo
teabag. I'm curious, how do you manage to mess that up and get coffee
in it? :-P~

Carmen

Date: 07 Jun 2006 15:47:46
From: Scott Dorsey
Subject: Re: Beverage Mixing Coffee and Tea Together

Carmen <carmensrt@gmail.com > wrote:
>>
>> Every time I order tea in a hotel or at Starbucks I get this.
>
>At Starbucks you get a previously unused cup of hot water and a Tazo
>teabag. I'm curious, how do you manage to mess that up and get coffee
>in it? :-P~

I seem to always get water with coffee contamination. The problem is that
coffee oils get onto anything that is used to store coffee, and once it
has been used for coffee you shouldn't ever use it for hot water.
--scott
--
"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

Date: 07 Jun 2006 15:41:12
From: Scott Dorsey
Subject: Re: Beverage Mixing Coffee and Tea Together

In article <56ae825iitbqtbqar0ilrtuj6nimb40@4ax.com >,
<alt.coffee@gmail.com > wrote:
>I understand that mixing coffee and tea in the same cup is widely
>popular in many Asian countries.
>
>Wondering if anyone in the news group has encountered this sort
>of beverage -- are there standard ways of preparing this beverage,
>etc.

Every time I order tea in a hotel or at Starbucks I get this.
--scott
--
"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

Date: 08 Jun 2006 05:45:07
From: Omniryx@gmail.com
Subject: Re: Beverage Mixing Coffee and Tea Together

I thought of adding cat turds, actually, but they didn't allow pets in
the gulag...er...grad student housing.

It isn't an urban legend; we actually used to drink the stuff.

Dan wrote:
> Carmen wrote:
>
> > > No-Doz would have made more sense.
> >
> > I'm thinking so. Heck, you could have dropped them in hot water with
> > some lemon juice and honey and it probably would have tasted better.
>
> actually, a couple of cats turds would make it more pleasant than 3 tea
> bags and 2 scoops of instant coffee.....

Date: 08 Jun 2006 05:05:25
From: Dan
Subject: Re: Beverage Mixing Coffee and Tea Together

Carmen wrote:

> > No-Doz would have made more sense.
>
> I'm thinking so. Heck, you could have dropped them in hot water with
> some lemon juice and honey and it probably would have tasted better.

actually, a couple of cats turds would make it more pleasant than 3 tea
bags and 2 scoops of instant coffee.....

Date: 08 Jun 2006 19:59:13
From: Blair P. Houghton
Subject: Re: Beverage Mixing Coffee and Tea Together

Carmen wrote:
> At Starbucks you get a previously unused cup of hot water and a Tazo
> teabag. I'm curious, how do you manage to mess that up and get coffee
> in it? :-P~

Starbucks would come up for a name for "previously unused cup of hot
water" implying it's a variety of coffee. The "Transparento," perhaps.

And Tazo sure ain't tea... what do boiled coffee leaves taste like?

--Blair

Date: 09 Jun 2006 09:00:25
From: Omniryx@gmail.com
Subject: Re: Beverage Mixing Coffee and Tea Together

"A venti transparento? Coming right up, sir. That'll be $3.52 with
tax. Have a nice day."

Blair P. Houghton wrote:
> Carmen wrote:
> > At Starbucks you get a previously unused cup of hot water and a Tazo
> > teabag. I'm curious, how do you manage to mess that up and get coffee
> > in it? :-P~
>
> Starbucks would come up for a name for "previously unused cup of hot
> water" implying it's a variety of coffee. The "Transparento," perhaps.
>
> And Tazo sure ain't tea... what do boiled coffee leaves taste like?
>
> --Blair

Date: 09 Jun 2006 02:05:44
From: Yiqin
Subject: Re: Beverage Mixing Coffee and Tea Together

Date: 09 Jun 2006 09:27:09
From: Jack Denver
Subject: Re: Beverage Mixing Coffee and Tea Together

Here is what wikipedia has to say:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuanyang_%28drink%29

Also this:
http://www.china.org.cn/english/international/55533.htm

At first the idea of faithful ducks is a little funny sounding to Western
ears, but in fact we have the same concept in our culture that we call "love
birds". Such are the dangers of translation - if you call your sweetheart a
"faithful mandarin duck" you might get a funny look but if you call her "my
little love bird" she might like it.

"Yiqin" <yiqin.lei@gmail.com > wrote in message
news:1149843944.014585.38810@f6g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
>
> alt.coffee@gmail.com wrote:
>> I understand that mixing coffee and tea in the same cup is widely
>> popular in many Asian countries.
>>
>> Wondering if anyone in the news group has encountered this sort
>> of beverage -- are there standard ways of preparing this beverage,
>> etc.
>
> Yes It's from HongKong I believe. mixed black teabag with instant
> coffee with a lot of milk and sugar. It's called "Yuanyang(a mandarin
> duck people believe they are faithful to love) tea"
>
> it's popular in cantonese restaurant.
>
> Yiqin
>

Date: 09 Jun 2006 16:56:44
From: Randy G.
Subject: Re: Beverage Mixing Coffee and Tea Together

Date: 09 Jun 2006 16:32:17
From: Phil Paintin
Subject: Re: Beverage Mixing Coffee and Tea Together

Yiqin wrote:
>
> Yes It's from HongKong I believe. mixed black teabag with instant
> coffee with a lot of milk and sugar.

Sounds to me like an excellent treatment for long-haul constipation ;)

Date: 09 Jun 2006 16:21:02
From: Carmen
Subject: Re: Beverage Mixing Coffee and Tea Together

Blair P. Houghton wrote:
> Carmen wrote:
> > At Starbucks you get a previously unused cup of hot water and a Tazo
> > teabag. I'm curious, how do you manage to mess that up and get coffee
> > in it? :-P~
>
> Starbucks would come up for a name for "previously unused cup of hot
> water" implying it's a variety of coffee. The "Transparento," perhaps.
>
> And Tazo sure ain't tea... what do boiled coffee leaves taste like?

<laughing > Let me guess, you're replying from the tea group? I enjoy
tea, but what sort varies widely with my mood, the weather, my
hairstyle (just kidding about the last one). On a cold brisk windy day
I might well go for an ill-mannered but brawny cup of good old Lipton
tea. On a cold winter's evening I might opt for a Celestial Seasonings
herbal tea and on cool morning in early spring go for some Wedgwood
Darjeeling. My true love (see also: obsession) is coffee, but teas
definitely have their place.

Carmen

Date: 14 Jun 2006 11:01:34
From:
Subject: Re: Beverage Mixing Coffee and Tea Together

I don't believe that mixing coffee and tea together tastes good. If
someone does have a recipe for one of these mixed drinks that tastes
good, I would be interested in hearing it as well.

alt.coffee@gmail.com wrote:
> I understand that mixing coffee and tea in the same cup is widely
> popular in many Asian countries.
>
> Wondering if anyone in the news group has encountered this sort
> of beverage -- are there standard ways of preparing this beverage,
> etc.