/ck/ - Food & Cooking

I discovered it at 24, immediately regretted it.

>>14903275
I can see that. I like weird earthy/floral drinks though so I took to it pretty well. I was more shocked that it's so popular. Your reaction is what I would assume most people would have. Yet there's an entire country (England) that drowns in it.
It is weird and borderline soapy, but I find it refreshing, especially iced with a twist of lemon.

>>14903261
Earl GAY haha
Nah it's my favorite black tea.

Next you'll discover quality loose leaf tea and gong fu brewing

>>14903261
You're too young for this site.

>>14903281
For me, it's the soap flavor. But other floral teas like chrysanthemum are nice.
>Yet there's an entire country (England) that drowns in it.
Britain is still trying to discover good tea after so many centuries

I like Earl Grey too
Also Oolong, would recommend it. Maybe you will like that too

>>14903328
>Oolong
What's it like?

>>14903336
Oolong is the single most varied tea type. It can taste anywhere from green and flowery to dark roasted and fruity

>>14903261
Tea is unironically extremely based. Try some loose leaf shit out, maybe buy a sample pack or something with a bunch of different types of tea. It's very comfy, especially in the fall/winter late at night.

>>14903261

There are consistently tea generals up here, spend some time poking around them and you'll learn a lot. It's a deep rabbit hole to go down. From February to June I spent about a thousand bucks on tea and teaware. Don't regret it.

>Been around over 600 years
>just discovered

How do I brew loose leaf tea? Anything I should put on my christmas wish list?

>>14903261

As a Britbong I must ask how much sugar and milk you add so I can mock you.

>>14903261
I liked adulterated novelty teas when I was a child too. Eventually you grow up and appreciate finer things, like 岩茶

>>14903488
i've been wanting to get into tea for a while but haven't tea'd off yet. any recommendations? do you have a water heating pitcher you like?

>>14903261
Okay Boomer. I'm also 39 but I'm dating a 20-year-old girl so I'm not really 39.

>>14903261
It's my favorite tea, I enjoy it iced in the summer. Doesn't need sugar. Sometimes I make a concentrate/syrup to drizzle on pastries or for milk tea out of it for special occasions.
>>14905028
yikes. that sounds exhausting.

>>14904892
Search for "tea infuser" if you want convenience.
They typically look like a mesh strainer ball.

Some of your fancier teapots have a coarse strainer at the base of the spout; they sorta work with careful pouring.
Tea leaves as fortune telling started because they don't work quite well enough, so you get some leaves in the bottom sip in the cup, which you can then dump into the saucer and have someone look at them and make up a story for you.

>>14903336
>>14903344
The kind I buy is like a black tea, very mild and smooth though

>>14903281
>entire country (England)
br*ts aren't people

>>14904931
ok reddit

>>14905263
Thank you

put some milk in it and maybe something sweet
it's fucking wild

>>14903281
How is earl grey either earthy or soapy
I think your tastebuds are just fucked, my dude

Im 12 and what is this?

>>14903261
i prefer lady grey because of its citrus notes, earl grey has bergamot (which is also citrus) but its kind of different