/ck/ - Food & Cooking

nigga that would need me to write a 5000 word essay. Go youtube some kungfu brewing and read up on stuff and THEN ask the questions

>tfw sipping on my 1993 oolong

>>11460103
I didn't ask you to type it here, I asked for the resources

>>11460121
there are lots of valid sources but i watched tea db on youtube when i was just starting

then i read up on stuff and bought a gaiwan and experimented and now i know lots about it.. tea is not a hard science, there's much variation

>>11460140
Is there any reason to use a gaiwan over a traditional infuser?

>>11460201
With a normal infuser the leaves don't have much room to expand which means you don't get the full flavor.

>>11460093
/tea/ pastebin:
https://pastebin.com/4ZEuMwBJ
personally I use this chart, the western style
western teapots are fine for western style brewing

>>11460201
gaiwan brewing emphasises a higher leaf to water ratio but much much shorter steep times. You get more steeps and more variation in differences between steeps. But not all teas are suited for nor meant for gaiwan

>>11460368
I see. Probably won't use that method because I live in Brazil. High quality tea is extremely expensive here, about twice as expensive as other countries from what I see in the Internet prices, and I'm just a university student, gonna rely on western brewing to make good use of less leaves
>>11460388
Amazing, that's exactly what I wanted, thank you anon.
I have one dumb question about temperature, how does one know the water is at 80C? I can only tell the water's temperature when it boils, at which point I know it's at 100C. Do people just wait some seconds after it boils before pouring? What difference does it make if I pour it after it just boiled?

>>11460467
Get a brewing basket. This way you can put the leaves directly in the cup and they're easy to remove. Since you mention price, keep in mind tea leaves of good quality can be reused. As for water temperature you can buy a kettle or water boiler with temperate cobtrol. A thermometer also works fine, just mix tap water with boiled water until you get the desired temperature. Personally, I'm a lazy fuck so I just estimate the ratio of tap water to boiled water and it works.

>>11460388
If that's accurate, then western brewing is more efficient.

>>11461928
This ain't about efficiency m8, and even if it were, it is too reductive to say one style is more efficient than the other.

>>11460112
>based and teapilled comfy frog

I wasn't sure if gunpowder was a meme but I felt like trying more green so I bought pic-related. god this stuff is delicious, and on top of that, I think I actually feel myself getting healthier whilst drinking it. Great for casual drinking, and great for something like studying schoolwork too. 10/10, get on the greenpill.

I love black tea, been drinking it every day for like 10 years. Lately though I've started drinking rooibos more and more, to me it tastes better, smells better and it also has this calming effect while black tea used to hit me almost like a cup of coffee and make me anxious for a few hours.

Drinking rose flavored tea because it makes me feel like a cute little girl

>>11462068
I hope you used a flowery china cup and saucer too.

Can any plant be a tea? Can I make poison ivy and pokebush tea?

>>11460093
Mei leaf and yunnansourcing youtube channels. Teadb.org

>>11460388
>using the old guide
https://meileaf.com/resources/pdf/mei-leaf-tea-brewing-guide.pdf
>>11461928
Most cooking and drinking is inefficient because humans care about flavor and texture and derive pleasure from food.
>>11462342
Technically only infusions from camelia sinensis should be called tea. Everything else is a tisane. You could try to make a tisane out of any plant I guess, the problem is the taste and whether it has any benefit.

>>11462068
Based

Anyone got recommendations of a balance of good quality and low price taiwanese oolongs? Should I be expecting to pay round $30 for 150 grams of medium quality tea, or are there better options?

1) Slam a bag o tips in ya mug.
2) Splash ov hot and let it brew for a bong.
3) Dash of full (or semi if you're a poofter)
4) Two spoons o shug
5) Stir
6) Enjoy a perfect cupa

>>11463838
Long live the queen

Should be getting these in time for the weekend. Thoughts/experiences lads?

>>11463713
Look into Vietnam/Thailand grown teas for cheap but good oolong. There don't have the name value but a lot of good stuff is being produced. Hatvala is good

>>11465877
I remember reading somewhere that most Taiwanese teas, particularly for overseas sale, are 'cut' with oolong from Thailand anyway. What I don't remember is why that's a bad thing, since they just seem to claim the taste is different (Obviously, since the soil is different the tea will be too) but that doesn't necessarily need to be a bad thing. Wasn't there some kind of tea scandal in Taiwan sort of recently? Did it have any more meat to it other than "oh no it was Chinese"?

>typically drink coffee
>started to give me bad heart burn
>switched to Yerba mate

Had chai tea for the first time today. Was bretty good.

>>11466953
Masala chai is good to hide the bad quality of the tea with a ton of spices but boy, do I like that crap anyway. Good choices, anon.

>>11465765
Ask OP he has plenty of experience with dongs dingling in his mouth

>a month later, W2T order is still adrift in the Chinese abyss

>>11461928
You can brew the same leaves gongfu many times, my dude

>>11465765
>Jin Jun Mei Honey
Might not be bad but there's no way in hell it's legit JJM

>>11469826
Interesting, could you tell me why it would be fake, and what to look for when purchasing this type of tea? Cultivar is Fuyu 6.

>>11462035
I'm still a noob to teas and the tea shop I buy from gave me a free sample of rooibos with vanilla
Bloody hell, it smells and tastes like ice cream, especially if I put some milk. I'm buying a bulk of that.
Still wondering how that can be possible. I'm guessing they put an artificial smell and flavor into it. Which makes me sort of sad since tea is supposed to be healthy, right?
I think this is it:
http://www.teashop.eu/brasil/en/rooibos-vanilla/
(yes I buy from teashop, does anyone know that store and has anything to say about its quality? it's not like I have much of a choice here in Brazil anyway)

>>11460112
is it really aged? can you really age tea or that just the name of it?

>>11470844
also while at it, any brazilian here willing to share where to buy teas from? I'm starting to think it's better to buy online than to buy up person

Are there any info graphics or resources for iced tea fags?

>>11471510
Don made a good video on this topic

>>11471522
Thanks. I feel bad for being a pleb who just tossed tea bags into a pitcher and leaves it in the fridge. Hopefully I'll do better in the future and make up for it.

>>11470863
U can. It's why good Pu'Er costs a small fortune.

>>11460388
Can someone give me a quick rundown on this chart here? I've always steeped a full pot of tea for 5 minutes or so, except when I brew Russian style. I've honestly never heard of steeping for so little time before, and the idea seems totally strange to me

>>11472625
that chart is too conservative imo, even for gongfu brewing. Personally I do 20-30 seconds 1st steep unless its greens, because those get bitter really fast.

but to answer your question...gaiwans for personal use are really small. You have a lot more tea to water, and you sip out of smaller cups to appreciate the taste. Pic is about the size you'd use for personal consumption (100-150ml)

>>11472636
>>11472625
uh nvm..you were probably asking about western brewing. If so just mostly ignore my post

i make tea in my french press sometimes

>>11472636
>>11472638
No I was actually more curious on the eastern brewing so thank you. The Western Brewing has the first step for most teas to be between 2 and 3 minutes, which while still more conservative than I'm used to, is in the same ballpark. It was the Eastern styles that threw me for a loop with their 5 second times, so your post answered the question perfectly. Thanks anon

>>11472137
You've already taken the first step, anon. We all know that you will do better in future, for a future that is better.

So who here /samovar/ today?

Any tea set recs, lads?

>>11474463
Right here
>unzips dick