Montreal is full of tea snobs who distinguish themselves from the English by drinking "tisane" which is just herbal tea. Tea shops actually flourish here. There is one in Northampton, MA that I used to frequent, and there was one in Orlando that closed within a year of my finding it.
Wolfish is not a fan of coffee, which smells to him like burnt beans. But tea (except for ones flavored with bergamot) smells wonderful. He has been drinking tea since childhood. For some reason even though he like lemon in my iced tea he cannot tolerate bergamot. Since it has some of the same stuff as grapefruit juice it's likely that the dislike is a good thing.
I prefer David's Tea shop as opposed to Tim Horton and Tevana. Tim Horton always has long lines and Tevana sold me a half liter glass of ice with which they included about a 100ml of tea. In the tea shops here you can have them mix you a tea blend. I bought something called Guava Cadabra that was full of fruit and needed no sweetener. By far my most favorite tisane. But I am most a fan of black teas. I had to hunt for the good ones in Orlando but here I can just go to a store and get them.
Mostly I drink breakfast tea, but I also like assam and orange pekoe. For Christmas Py got me an electric kettle which has temperature settings so that I can brew my tea at the right temperature. It also means that I don't destroy any more tea kettles on the stove, which used to be an annual occurrence.
