/ck/ - Food & Cooking

It's a month now since these arrived and the Autumn Bridge brick is growing on me. Not too aggressive high and usually I manage to fall asleep eventually which is usually a problem with the Shan Cha and other wild teas.

Anything similar to Autumn Bridge which still gives solid high but does not interfere with sleep too much?

reporting on these

No fancy pouring, just put some leaves in bowls, poured boiling water over them, then removed them after ~12 minutes.

Both of them have quite pleasant flavour, earthy and I think I smelled honey. Nothing exotic, nothing strong, just comfy and pleasant.

Shan Cha pretty underwhelming taste, muted and safe, not what I expect from mid-high tier wild tea. Not really any surface kick but more like a creeping rising wave in background. 5 minutes after I started drinking it felt like there's too much anxiety and at that point I switched to Autumn Bridge. Autumn Bridge taste is also earthy and pretty safe but that's to be expected from this kind of tea. Little to no acid nor pungency in both teas, aftertaste is good.

I have now finished both bowls. Pretty good high at this point, feel like I'm sweating, waves going through my body, feel like stretching, skin is more sensitive and pleasant to touch. Hard to say how much anxiety is in background. Autumn Bridge seems good bang for the buck but would be hesitant to say the same about Shan Cha.

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alright I just blew 2/3rds of my monthly indulgence budget so think I'm done buying tea for now

Will report once it arrives