/ck/ - Food & Cooking

I want to get a gaiwan just because I think it's pretty, I don't really even plan to use it.
Is this as bad of an idea as my gf makes it out to be?

>>18256464
Just buy some cheap ones from tangpin or similar stores if you dont plan to use them. That way you get the aesthetics without the negatives of using cheap gaiwans.

>>18256480
I like the picture on the one I found but I feel like $130 is likely too much to spend on something I won't use.

>>18256494
Like a said, check aliexpress for ones in a similar style. It wont be as nice to use or have any resale value but if it is just going to be sitting on a shelf you'll easily save $100+.

>>18256440
40٪ shaded sencha is tastier than any Chinese green I have had

I regret buying a shiboridashi instead of a kyusu. This thing is a pain in the ass.

What tea should I buy bros?

Besides the $ is there any reason you wouldn't drink matcha every day in some form?

>>18256611
I do though, it's not that much money when you think about it either

>>18256534
Yeah, same. Japanese tea is too tiny to be filtered by a lid. I end up pouring it through a strainer while asking myself what is the point of this weeaboo paraphernalia?

>>18256615
I don't mind drinking some leaf, but I find that a lot of water gets stuck inside because the leaf piles up in the filter. Kyusus seem better designed to prevent this.

>>18256606
buy some nice Taiwanese oolong

>>18256611
I think yerba mate has slightly more antioxidants. You won't get cancer if you aren't a boomer that drinks it as hot as possible.

>>18256654
nta but where can I buy the topest of grade taiwanese oolong?

>>18256660
try vadham teas, very good, you can redeem coupon sir

>>18256677
The Indian man gets good taiwanese tea?
Thank you sirs

>>18256688
Indian men gets only the best tea but you must purchase from vahdam. The other store is run by Sandeep who uses feces water to wo dui and also fucks auntie. You pay with gift card I sent you best darjeeling oolong clonal.

>>18256706
>The other store is run by Sandeep who uses feces water to wo dui and also fucks auntie
That sounds very bad sirs.

>>18256660
tea-masters.com is pretty good, there are some other lidted in the pastebin as well

I will never buy indian tea

>>18256753
It's not worth getting worked up about

>>18256769
I'm not who you were talking to earlier

>>18256773
Neither am I

>>18256777
based

>>18256534
Why did you go for the shiboridashi? It's a hyper specialized product for a hyper specialized tea, and one at that which requires a decent craftsman and there's tons of bad craftsmen flooding the market with crap for the same price as good ones.

>>18256779
If I were to guess it's a combination between 'omg its a gaiwan but better' and needing to be different from kyusu-chads

>>18256779
The shop I bought the gyokuro from had them and they were cheaper than the tokoname kyusus they had.

>>18256519
just drink it in a normal cup

Does anyone have experience with konacha?

>>18256798
Chud detected. You're getting about 35% of the experience if you drink it in a 'normal' cup. I paid japanese prices for those leaves I might as well maximize my enjoment.

>>18256804
Hai. I had one night stand with her few days ago, watchu wanna know? Bush is trimmed. Doesn't squirt.

>>18256804
Sounds like its basically just sencha fannings, its probably pretty decent and it's probably pretty strong

>>18256821
Yeah either gyokuro or sencha fannings but usually not both. You can get 100g of super premium gyokuro konacha for a little more than what you'd pay for superior. I'd imagine it's pretty good but I don't understand how I'd brew it hot without overextracting.

>>18256795
I won't lie, I own one dedicated to gyokuro, but I've used it a total of once. It's mostly that drinking highly concentrated gyokuro is not a way I enjoy drinking tea, you get so little for such a high cost. Sure it tastes great but it's kinda not something I even want to do more than like on Easter and Christmas to celebrate the major holidays.
Unglazed Tokoname Kyusu is decently versatile between sencha and gyokuro, its not going to get ruined as easily as a zhuni clay pot. It's not very porous, it will take flavor but it's not drastic enough that occasional gyokuro will ruin one. Shiboridashi is kind of a waste of money if you don't buy a lot of gyokuro and do tasting sessions with the high concentration brewing.

What's a good electric kettle with temperature control made with as little plastic as possible where the hot water is?
The reviews look really mixed on all of them

>>18256996
Stagg ekg, you're not poor, are you?

>>18256753
What's the matter with Indian tea?

>>18256996
Oxo makes one that is mostly glass
Cuisinart CPK-17P1 (gets recommend a lot but has a plastic window
This is no name but is 100% steel on the inside. I have a kettle from a different brand that isint temp control that has the same guts and ive been super happy with it.
https://www.amazon.com/JOYHILL-Temperature-Stainless-Thermostat-Protection/dp/B09ZKHXMG1
A lot of the ones that used to get recommend have been out of stock for a while but they all seem to have a decent failure rate after a few years so i wouldn't spend a lot of money

>>18257411
This is the one i use which is not temp control but is 100% stainless steel on the inside
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B087BRBX4Q/
Like i said it looks like that temp control one i linked is made by the same factory

>>18256996
I use this but you have to wash it out really well when you first get it and remove the spring washer on the lid because it can rust.
Otherwise it's not bad at all.

>>18257276
To follow up on that I'm about to place an order at vahdam so I'm genuinely curious unless it's just a taste thing then whatever.

>>18257470
Don't worry about it i think they just don't like Indians

>>18257276
>>18257470
I just don't like indians

>>18256996
get a used stagg ekg. will futureproof incase you ever want to get into coffee.

its pricey but worth it.

Can I use the same clay kyusu for gyokuro and sencha? How autistic do I have to be about not mixing flavors? Can I do all greens but no hojicha/bancha?

>>18256996
I also have a Stagg. would reccomend, the temperature control is very precise, there's no plastic contacting with the water and it looks very aesthetic

>>18257724
>Can I use the same clay kyusu for gyokuro and sencha?
Yes
If in understand correctly typic Japanese clay is much less porous than some kinds of Chinese clay, So it wont soak in flavors as much as more porus clay.

post some nice teapots please, I'm looking to buy a new one

Has anyone tried growing their own tea?
How is it?

post some nice teacups please, I'm looking to buy a new one

tea- with or without milk? with or without sugar? what's all the rave with brits?

Any chinanons can clue me in regarding how to properly prepare and consume that "five flower tea" that's supposed to be good for your digestive health?

>>18258788
without milk or sugar, unless you're drinking something super low quality that tastes like shit on its own

>>18256534
Are you mostly into fukamushi or what? As a mostly asamushi/gyokuro drinker I use my shibo regularly while my kyusu collects dust. Kyusu makes more green tea than I want in a given cup (wouldn't be a problem if my bf wanted it as well but green is the only kind of tea he unilaterally hates), and is harder to clean. I also just don't enjoy the aesthetic or pour as much.

>>18256611
I've barely been able to go a day without it ever since finally buying some and getting a whisk. It's wild, caffeine does almost nothing to me- I can knock back a double espresso, energy drink or yerba mate and not feel a thing- but one sip of matcha and it's like I just hit a cigarette. It's the only non-alcoholic drink that noticeably and immediately affects how I feel. Doubt it's just the theanine, a full gyokuro session doesn't have that effect.

>>18256658
I also drink mate daily. Again it's not psychoactive for me but it tastes good, is cheap and is supposedly great for you. Gotta drink something, might as well make it good.

>>18256996
My Bonavita's been a daily driver for years with practically no problems, would highly recommend.

>>18258788
Without milk or sugar, but that's because I'm overwhelmingly into Chinese and Japanese teas. If you've got strong Indian or African blacks they pretty much require at the very least milk.

>>18258992
>Kyusu makes more green tea than I want in a given cup
Did you buy a meme 300 ml glazed kyusu instead of a 100 ml unglazed? The big ones are awful, retain too much heat and use too much leaf

>>18258645
https://artisticnippon.com/outlet/fishnetcup.html
You can get a ton of these Gifu-yaki cups with a traditional pattern, most expensive thing would be shipping.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKMw2it8dQY
Tea for this feel?

>>18259221
>Did you buy a meme 300 ml glazed kyusu
almost certainly lol

>>18259221
I got this one:
https://www.o-cha.com/tea-ware-brewing-accessories/japanese-teapots/fukamushi-deep-steamed-teapots/tokonameteapot-16340.html
You might be right. Still, I'm perfectly happy with the shibo experience and don't feel the need to switch.

>>18259259
>320ml
>built-in stainless steel infuser screen
yeah

>>18259259
Yeah, thats probably why you don't like it.
Smaller kyusu will do better. Puc is mine will how much liquid it holds. Its 110ml and fills a single teacup pretty perfectly.

>>18259275
Pic is mine with how much liquid it holds*
Phone posting sucks

>>18259275
where did you get it? also does anyone have recommendations for a kyusu from amazon.jp?

>>18259306
I got it from tezumi, they have a decent selection. Not a fan of the tea I've had from there though

Whare the fuck can i buy half decent Chinese ceramics/teaware?
Everything on aliexpress is cheap and mass produced, everything on mud and leaves is too damn expensive.
I just want some nice ru ware cups that run about $50 each, 150ml or so, and round not those stupid petal shapes.

>>18259306
>also does anyone have recommendations for a kyusu from amazon.jp?
The 300ml hario glass one is popular
https://www.amazon.co.jp/CHJMN-45T-Hario-Chacha-Small-Teapot/dp/B0006HINDI/
Or just search hohin or kyusu, grab the Japanese character off google translate and search with that instead of using english. You want a pot either with a fine metal mesh filter or one of those very fine ceramic built in filters.
急須
常滑
https://www.amazon.co.jp/-/en/Kitsako-Hiramaru-Teapot-Authentic-Tokoname/dp/B081ZQ8H6P/
https://www.amazon.co.jp/-/en/Tokoname-Ware-Teapot-154i-Vermud/dp/B095394YWF/
https://www.amazon.co.jp/-/en/Tokoname-Ware-Kodyasu-Cera-Ushud/dp/B084P26G87/
Something like that, im not what the ideal size for one person is so you might want to double check that

>>18259306
>amazon.jp
Don't forget to order this meticulous reproduction of an early champion sweatshirt design, only sold in Japan
https://www.amazon.co.jp/Champion-C3-Q042-ARCHIVES-Crewneck-Sweatshirt/dp/B0094DULIA/

>>18259452
Chawangshop has some nice handmade pieces and relatively modest prices. There are various artisans on Etsy making handmade works from all over the world as well. I've purchased from both and been satisfied thus far.

>>18259519
he already has a 300ml kyusu, all of these are too big

Is tea made from camellia sinsensis sweet in the same way coffee is sweet? Meaning there are no actual sugars but there are compounds that lend themselves to a "sweet" flavor?

>>18259643
Yes, and some of it tastes pretty damn sweet

>>18259643
some have a natural sweetness yeah. Soil conditions and cultivar play a huge role in sweetness, processing has a small role as well. Tea grown in lead rich soils is almost like candy, but any very mineralized soil affects the flavor a lot. Japanese cultivars are less sweet than Chinese cultivars, and Indian cultivars can take on malty flavors

>>18259638
>he
bold of you to assume this general isn't 70% women. This board already has the most female users on any board.

>>18259672
he will never be a woman

>>18259519
thanks for the suggestions!
>>18259638
i am not the anon with the 300ml kyusu. is there a noticable difference between red and black tokoname?

Am i reading this pricing right?
This cup is $723? or is this some weird period vs comma way they right numbers thing going on?
https://www.japanpotterynet.com/en/products/detail/2539

Man i love shopping for ceramics, the more expensive something is the less likely they are to tell you its volume.
https://www.japanpotterynet.com/en/products/detail/2649

>>18256996
i have used this one for a couple years and i really like it:
https://www.oxo.com/categories/coffee-tea/brew/keetles/adjustable-temperature-pour-over-kettle.html
it was unavailable for a long time but i looks like you can get it again from the manufactures website. amazon is still out of stock though.
>The reviews look really mixed on all of them
not really sure why that is but it has been that way for years. i would not worry too much.

Okay after looking at some expensive hagi ware j think i finally get it. The level of execution required to pull some of these pieces off is crazy.

>>18259703
Not really, black makes a more metallic sound I guess but idk why

brewing some cheap dancong chaozhou style today. at 14g/100ml its going going to be brisk.

>>18260004
>14g/100ml its going going to be brisk.
Nice, that do nicely

>>18260004
quick notes: overall quite intense, browned toast, raw sugar, soapberry family fruit, stone-fruit, somewhat perfumy puckering tartness, biting bitterness, very stimulating. overall its good but i think i pushed the tea just a bit past the point of best taste with my ratios and brew times.

>>18256606
PG tips

How has summer been treating you /tsg/? Found some mystery loose leaf Shou that tasted a bit like Darjeeling. Pic unrelated.

>>18260145
Dancong is one of the tea styles where I'm most wary of the cheaper offerings. Glad it worked out alright.

Do you guys just not care about the insane pesticides most oolongs are grown with?

>>18260207
I don't see a lot of people here drinking the insane high altitude Taiwan oolongs. I think those are the worst offender as far as pesticides go. I don't think the oolong on the mainland is treated anywhere near as aggressively, nor is most of the lower altitude Taiwan stuff.

>>18260207
Maybe that's why I rarely drink it, though it is one of my favorite styles.

>>18260207
I would only buy them from Mountain Stream Teas for that reason, because the owner is white thus not prone to sell you gutter oil.

>>18260178
>How has summer been treating you /tsg/?
yeah, this tea is fine, i have had it for a while but not posted about it yet. i don't think it has any fragrance added or anything and the leaves are mostly intact without excessive stems. think i only payed 10¢/g for it back when i bought it. i am sure fancy dancongs are better and probably more complex or less bitter but they are too rich for my blood right now.

while we are on the topic of Gucci dancongs has anyone here ordered from https://teahabitat.com/.. price notwithstanding i have heard good things about their teas.

>>18260255
>Mountain Stream Teas
thank you, I'm gonna check them out

>>18260273
https://www.farmer-leaf.com/collections/yunnan-oolong-tea/products/spring-2022-ailao-high-mountain-oolong
also this chinese high mountain oolong has no pesticides too

>>18260269
oops the green text was accidental. guess i am obligated to answer now. my summer has been going well but i have been busy and have not had as much time to sit down and drink tea or get outdoors as i would like.

is it a sin to drink chinese tea in a japanese tea set

>>18260273
I like these ones
https://mountainstreamteas.com/collections/our-freshest-teas/products/sun-moon-ruby-18
https://mountainstreamteas.com/collections/black-teas/products/monks-honey-black

>>18260294
There is no such sin. Whatever tools you find comfortable and enable you to maximize your personal ideal experience with tea are acceptable. Some teaware is designed with specific types of tea in mind, especially in the case of porous teaware. Still, you can make practically any type of tea well with even basic tools if you are mindful when infusing it.

>>18260162
got diagnosed with cancer in the spring, recovered from the tumor removal recently, so summer was a bust.
Fall is looking good though. Going to be drinking loads of sencha and my friend is coming back as a priest so I'll be helping with his church.

First or second flush for Darjeeling, sirs?

I can't decide what teaware to get.
I mostly drink Chinese tea and currently have Chinese tepots and gaiwans. I wanted initially to get some cheapish vintage chinese cups, teabowls etc.
But im wondering if i should worry about keeping things consistent or if i can just get random Japanese cups to go with my Chinese teapots.
Or if i should just buy some cups plates etc from western ceramic artists.
It's not that hard to find Chinese stuff but certian pieces like a bowl to put my teapot in are going to be a hassle to track down and it would be easy enough to get a stonefired pices from a westwrn potter, but it will be very obvious that its not Chinese and i think that will bother me.

>>18260465
Second

>>18260468
Buy what pleases your eyes. Buying based on prestige/rarity does not guarantee it will be to your liking. There are plenty of excellent, yet underrepresented artisans and collectives that will offer you unique teaware that you may very well enjoy equally, if not more. Some use similar or otherwise inspired techniques as well. You can even color match from different makers if you have a keen eye. I ended up doing that, and my pieces match very well despite being united from opposite ends of the world.

Give it to me straight, bros. Where will my tea journey ultimately lead me? I began just a few months ago.

>>18260465
I will never buy indian tea

>>18260541
>Where will my tea journey ultimately lead me?
buttchugging ripe puerh you grew and aged yourself

>>18260541
You will either become a puerh lesbian, a ROASTED OOLONG CHAD, or find a few types of black teas you like and settle on just buying and drinking those regularly. Oh also you can become a weaboo green tea drinker.

>>18260564
>a puerh lesbian, a ROASTED OOLONG CHAD, a weaboo green tea drinker.
I'm all three

where are my hojichads at?

Any recommendations for aged sheng and heicha on king tea mall? Still havent decided between getting 2022 sheng from tea encounter or some aged stuff.

>>18260576
Have you tried one of those lactic acid fermented banchas yet?
How about korean tea?

>>18260585
for me it's carbonic macerated kukicha

>>18260564
>puerh lesbian
I had already divorced myself from puerh, for the most part. I can drink shou puerh, but it's not at all my preference
>ROASTED OOLONG CHAD
I really love heavily roasted tieguanyin
>sencha weeb
I'm admittedly falling prey to sencha. I could see myself drinking sencha regularly for years to come

>>18260584
>Any recommendations for aged sheng and heicha on king tea mall?
His heivha selection is a little weird.
Aged sheng, right now the best thing to do is go through his recent listings, find the semi aged cakes that are $60 or less and pick ones that sound good based on his descriptions. That's where the value is on KTM right now since older listings have crept up in price over the years.
This is pretty good from a tea per $ metric but its a big commitment
https://kingteamall.com/collections/2012-mengku-rongshi/products/2012-mengku-rongshi-qiao-mu-wang-arbor-king-brick-1000g-puerh-raw-tea-sheng-cha
This is a good tea for the price
https://kingteamall.com/collections/2014-mengku-rongshi/products/2014-mengku-rongshi-da-ye-qing-bing-big-leaf-green-cake-500g-puerh-raw-tea-sheng-cha
For fu cha, i haven't tried this brand but maybe one of these
https://kingteamall.com/collections/dark-tea/products/2014-xiangyi-fucha-yi-pin-1st-grade-brick-400g-dark-tea-hunan
For the prices i would rather get some of the more recent fu productions that yunnan sourcing has. Those more modern fu chas will be much cleaner and have much better leaf/processing quality.
Those older paper wrapped fu bricks are going to look horrific, stay away unless you are very brave.

>>18260564
Puerh lesbian being the worst specialization. Going to waste all your money on building boxes to age expensive bricks in different conditions and send your teapots to laps to be laser analyzed, buy special water with exact mineral levels, and basically waste your life on being as autistic as possible about a type of tea.

Weeb chads are the best, just get to learn about farms and cultivars. If you weeb out enough you'll get to meet the farmers and go to the plantations to see how it's grown.

Ok. Decaffeinated tea is pretty bad. You need to triple the steep time to get flavor out. Better than nothing I guess.

>>18260669
Please stop trying to groom me into becoming a puerh lesbian...

the coffee autist to puerh lesbian pipeline is real...

>>18256440
Is a store that calls their tea "black pu-erh" just a terminal case of gwailou or is it a translation of heicha that isn't normally used? Any guesses whether it will be sheng or shou?

>>18260669
What do the lasers tell you about your teapot? That it's short and stout?

>>18260675
Nigga have you ever heard of hojicha

>>18260686
tells you about the mineral levels so you can match it to your water to extract the precise flavor you want out of your puerh

>>18260690
please........ stop it....../

>>18260691
don't beat your wife anon.
Puerh lesbianism is obnoxious

>>18260685
It usually means shu. Also if a store only sells looselaf shu and no other heicha you should consider skipping their puer. Somehow these random western vendors have a talent for buying disgusting looseleaf shu because nobody that works there drinks it.

>>18260691
I think its usually more for arguing about the provenance of old teapots and trying to compare older clay to modern production yixing. Since of course the 150 year old teapots are made of magic clay that makes you tea taste 10x better and modern yixing is dirt that makes you tea taste bad (according to elietest teapot collectors)

>>18260685
I'd guess just a normalfag-conceivable translation of heicha/dark tea, or specifying (shou?) pu'er within heicha. Most people will (at best) only know of "pu'er" as a class of tea, and not the whole heicha category as a whole. Easier than having naive customers go "what the hell is this stinky dark tea shit, I just want some pu'er so I can get tea drunk and scissor".

>>18260688
Ya I have, but I'm too lazy to roast barley and it isn't the same as the natural flavor of tea.

>>18260732
you're thinking of boricha/mugicha. hojicha is low caffeine green tea

>>18260734
Oh. I don't know what that is.

>>18259672
But the only female users of this general are lesbians. They wouldn't have a boyfriend. The rest of us are 100+ year old Chinese pensioners.

>>18260740
if only you could search for the term and learn about it

>>18260724
> I just want some pu'er so I can get tea drunk and scissor
living the dream

>>18260744
Oh, I have had this. It tastes and smells weird like all Jap tea (to me).

>>18260690
D-does it actually work or is it 100% meme? At least coffee barista fags usually get graded in professional competitions.

>>18260760
Oh, all japanese teas don't taste the same so i guess you're just retarded

>>18259666
>Tea grown in lead rich soils is almost like candy
I'm not gonna drink lead Satan.

>>18260806
Lead was good enough for Romans; are you better than Romans?

>>18259666
I just drank this and it had a strong sweet candy like aroma. Did I just get Lead poisoning?

>>18260622
Thanks, i think im gonna skip the heicha for now.
i ignored all your advice but i found these cool ones, anything i should change?

>>18260806
Look kid it's either lead or the microplastics, you can't be free of both

>>18260837
I have bought that tuo before and thought it was good. Ive had my eye on that middle listing its also probably good if you don't mind some smoke. That top cake sounds good too based on his description.
Here are a couple others i thought looked good
https://kingteamall.com/collections/home-page/products/2004-fengqing-da-shu-qing-bing-big-tree-green-cake-400g-puerh-raw-tea-sheng-cha?variant=42941249224934
https://kingteamall.com/collections/home-page/products/2005-chunhai-meng-song-gu-cha-shan-kong-que-mengsong-ancient-tea-mountain-peacock-cake-357g-puerh-sheng-cha-raw-tea
https://kingteamall.com/collections/home-page/products/2005-fuhai-ba-da-shan-bada-mountain-cake-357g-puerh-raw-tea-sheng-cha?variant=42120388640998

Found some pu-erh tea at the local asian market today, never heard of it before. What am I in for? It's ABC brand if anyone is curious.

>>18260910
I had some sea dyke puer tebags from the asian market that was surprisingly decent.
If it tastes off thow a teabag in a mug and fill 1/4 way with boiling water, wait 10-20 seconds, dump the water out and refill to the top with more boiling water, that's usually enough to get most of the fermentation funk off
Based on a quick search it actually looks like it might be raw puer, im interested to see what you think of it.

>>18260910
I've had ABC pu'er, both their shou and alleged tieguanyin. In my experience, the shou is a little bland or simple otherwise depending on storage, but inoffensive. The oolong is alright, maybe some roasty notes that could be nice. Nothing outstanding, but not terrible enough that you can't drink them and like something (especially considering the price and availability).

>>18260669
>Going to waste all your money on building boxes
not that expensive.
>send your teapots to laps to be laser analyzed
not at all necessary.
>buy special water with exact mineral levels
not any more or less important than it is for other types of tea.
>basically waste your life on being as autistic as possible about a type of tea
you can do they same with other types of tea.

also even after all the price hikes the price per gram of entry level puerh is still typically the same or lower than most other types of tea.

>>18260892
thanks i grabbed a sample of the 2005 chunhai, im very excited for the tulin one because i loved a tulin tuo i got before. Wish me luck on shipping bros

>>18260962
We got a live one boys
quick grab the vagasil im going in

>>18260465
>the only context an Indian knows the word "flush"

>>18260973
Godspeed anon

>>18260977
but seriously puer is my favorite, though i am leaning towards other heicha lately. But nothing beats a nice well aged sheng

>>18260977
Puerh is a manly pursuit. Bagged Black Cha lovers such as yourself need not apply.

if you were stuck with 3 different teas of any type for the rest of your life what would you choose?

>>18260999
Yancha
Aged raw puer
Liubao

>>18260998
I guess lesbians are a bit manlier than other women

>>18260998
If I go to rural tea farming regions of China, will they make *ME* the fat white guy on their branding?

>>18261015
Yes. Just say no to being a white monkey.

>>18261015
They will make you record poorly scripted videos they will post on wechat of you drinking their tea and nodding in satisfaction

>>18261008
True manliness is often imitated but never copied. Besides most lesbians these days have picrel.

>>18260998
>do you like pu-erh?
>picrel
>>18260999
Earl Grey, matcha, and sencha. They're kind of normie but there's a reason they're so popular.

>>18260934
Well it's definitely different from any other tea I've had. Kind of tastes earthy like I'm a savage making ditch tea. Now I'm kind of sketch about what I'm drinking here.

>>18260999
CTC "Irish" blends,
Autumn flush Roasted Darjeeling,
fully oxidized Ye Sheng purple.

>>18261039
Think I'd do the same 3 honestly. I'd miss my chinese reds and darjeeling, but I can go without oolong and puerh pretty easy

>>18260999
based on my current drinking habits (subject to change, i am never going to stick to 3 unless forced to):
easy drinking young sheng
mature dry stored aged sheng
caked white tea

>>18259758
Chawans tend to be the most expensive Japanese pottery by far and if they're made by a famous potter they can reach absurd prices sometimes

>>18260294
I drink my chinese black teas in a yunomi and most greens in a western style teacup. no fucks given

>>18260564
for me, it's lightly oxidized floral oolongs

>>18261051
Its fine, its supposed to taste woody, earthy, maybe even chocolaty if you are lucky.
The big commercial factory processed tea like that are actually held to food saftry standards and tested so they arent going to give you aids or something

>>18261120
Yeah it makes sense, too bad that guy has some amazing pieces on there but i would be terrified to drink out of an $800 cup.

>>18261174
agreed. I think you can easily get some great Japanese pottery in the 50-100$ range too. just ignore chawans, they're always overpriced relative to everything else

>>18260999
Gyokuro
Yancha
Bug-Bitten Taiwanese Oolong (don't know if this has a proper name)

>>18261212
>Bug-Bitten Taiwanese Oolong
it's also known as Bai Hao or Oriental Beauty

>>18260999
floral oolongs
Chinese black teas
Long Jing

>>18261210
>just ignore chawans, they're always overpriced relative to everything else
Good to know, thanks anon

>>18261246
Oriental beauty is great!

>>18260999
Sencha, Darjeeling, and Matcha

I will never buy african tea

>>18261335
I would buy african tea before indian tea

>>18260999
Chinese tea
Japanese tea
Korean tea

I win

>>18261405
>Korean tea
A myth. It doesn't exist. It's all marmalade mixed with hot water or some stupid nonsense like that.

>>18261413
koreans have plenty of tea besides yujacha and I will never buy indian tea

Teas that help with mania?

>>18261513
Poppy pod tea

>>18261513
Ma huang.

>>18261627
your what?

>>18261641

Any nice glazed teapots under 125ml?

Is Germany ever going to reconsider their ban on isolated theanine in drinks? It's kind of embarrassing that if you drink a whole pot of green tea you're fine but if they add it to an energy drink it's some kind of mysterious poison.
As an American I guess it's not my problem but it still bothers me for some reason.

>>18256440
I had a good sweet tea (similar to southern style, served cold and extra sweet) at a ramen place but it was made from green tea instead of normal tea.

What's the best way to make a sweet tea with green tea? Should I use green tea or macha? What are some good green tea brands for green sweet tea?

>>18262341
stop drinking sweet tea you fat nigger

>>18262341
idk, just use some cheap long jing or something. japanese greens are too grassy to ever go well with sugar IMO

>>18262579
The sweet tea they have is a Ramen place so I'm assuming it's Japanese. It's a little thick sometimes so I'm almost wondering if it's Matcha but it still has that sweet tea vibe

was missing a nice western-style teacup. I think this will do nicely

Tea

Does what-cha sell nice tea?
I was thinking of getting all this but it seems really cheap for London prices.

my budget is $70
what's a solid tea pot + infuser that isn't made in china?
bonus points if it's great for camping (durable)

has anyone found a good wall map of the yunnan tea mountains on aliexpress or something?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EL2C3MUWeRY
maybe something like fl had in this video but i cant find it anywhere

>>18263340
ok i found it that was pretty fast, its in chinkrunes though and i think finding an english one this detailed will be next to impossible unless you make it yourself
https://world.taobao.com/item/581654429754.htm

>>18260834
based ya bao appreciator
it really does just taste like candy, not something I'm in the mood for often but a wild example of the extremes tea can offer

>>18260999
Matcha
Aged sheng
Yerba mate (if that's cheating, then tie guan yin I guess)

>>18263338
This is tea, we like Chinese products ma'am

>>18262052
What kind?
If you have specific shape, style, price etc you want i can find more specific listings.
https://aliexpress.com/item/3256804371122660.html
https://aliexpress.com/item/3256804397375101.html
https://aliexpress.com/item/3256804397375101.html
https://aliexpress.com/item/3256803584292524.html
https://aliexpress.com/item/3256804225034893.html
https://aliexpress.com/item/3256802837527153.html
https://aliexpress.com/item/3256802579209315.html
https://aliexpress.com/item/3256802606404974.html
https://www.etsy.com/listing/1232421388/120ml-soda-fired-green-glaze-jingdezhen?

>>18262078
>Is Germany ever going to reconsider their ban on isolated theanine in drinks?
Nah its such a random think that nobody is going to care enough to lobby to overturn it. So it will just exist forever for no good reason.

>>18262606
Its not matcha, just find some cheap sencha and cold brew it, then add honey or sugsr as desired

>>18262918
Cool cup, where was it made?
Every time i start looking at western style teacups i get totally overwhelmed, there is just so much out there, and lots of dedicated collectors as well

>>18263283
What cha is good. They aren't amazing but they are probably the best price to quality ratio seller in the UK.
Before international shipping became such a shitshow what cha used to be recommend to anons in the US that wanted to get into tea.

>>18263338
Finium brew basket medium size (made in germany) + a tin cup, or titanium mug if you want to get fancy, not double insulated.
You can get finium stuff from their website, amazon, ebay etc.
I guess finium sells these travel brewing tumblers, you would need to research if they are any good check amazon reviews or something but they are probably the only tea brewing tumbler that isn't made in china.
https://www.finumshop.us/collections/glass-cups-with-filters/products/traveler-zita-double-wall-tambluer
You could also just get a reasonably durable stoneware teapot.
https://www.britishfoodsupplies.com/collections/brown-betty/products/cauldon-ceramics-brown-betty-teapot-2-cup

>>18263388
Cool find anon, yeah i doubt you would be able to find a very detailed on in English

>>18263338
I use a stainless steel infuser in my snowpeak insulated ti mug for my camping tea.

>>18263338
>camping
im still laughing at the 20 dollar firnum basket MSR used to sell
https://www.msrgear.com/ie/cookware/camp-kitchen-and-utensils/mugmate-coffeetea-filter/321003.html

>>18263735
wait what the fuck are all finium baskets 20 dollars i though they were like 50 cents they look insanely cheap ??????????

>>18263762
They are $10 last time i checked
At least on finums website

Do you guys ever chain gong fu sessions?

What teas do you find compliment each other?

>>18263583
made in Germany, by Rosenthal, it's their classic Maria model. they have some really nice floral motifs to choose from, their classic stuff is very old school looking overall, often in a "rich old lady" kind of way. somewhat expensive at retail, but easy to find used at great prices, at least here in Europe

Lomonosow / Imperial Porcelain from Russia is also a fun choice if you want to feel less like an old money European and more like a Russian oligarch while sipping

>>18263885
Good stuff, yeah second hand is the way to go. Most people buy teacups and then put them on a shelf so they are usually in almost unused condition, wash off a little dust and you are good to go.
I picked up a few Pillivuyt mugs a while ago but ended up giving them to my mom because the were too small for grampa style.

Ever wanted to brew gongfu in frech porcelain?
https://www.ebay.com/itm/284507110802?ll

>>18263642
>>18263722
>>18263735
thanks frens

The one thing i always hated about shopping for teapots on ebay is nobody ever takes pictures to show if the teapot has a built in strainer in the neck or not.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/304575462532

>>18263911
agreed, second hand porcelain is an amazing deal, most of the people selling it sold it because they never used it, so it's in perfect condition, lol
if I can shill something from my home country, I think Ćmielów makes some really nice stuff too, though I tend to like their figurines more than their teaware

>>18263801
I used to, but now I'm drinking less gongfu (still roughly a session per day) and more mate, Japanese tea, herbal tea, coffee, and fermented drinks like kefir and kombucha.
But when I was having multiple gongfu sessions a day, black into white or vice versa was a safe bet.

>>18263801
I don't really get the point of that desu. you've already had like a litre of tea by the end of your average session, twice that is just too much

Bros, reproduction Chinese erotica teacups...

I believe in the last thread, an anon mentioned hobak-cha, or Korean pumpkin tea. I've looked up some and also saw varieties with sweet potato in them. It sounds absolutely delicious. However, as an EUfag, €17 worth of shipping from US isn't worth it for me. I've been looking for a while for alternative vendors for this type of tisane, but no luck so far, and I'd really love to try it. Does anyone have any links that are slightly more EU-ship-friendly?

>>18264177
I'm used to drinking water all day so leaving my kettle at a set temperature and just chaining small cups of tea throughout the day is really comfy to me
>>18264066
Thank you
>>18264253
Searching for 호박차 might help

>>18264253
>>18264288
You can make your own by just drying pumpkin but then again korean pumpkin is different than western ones. Maybe you can find danhobak in a asian grocery store near you?

https://m-10000recipe-com.translate.goog/recipe/6897299?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp

What are the thickest milkiest tea's (in terms of mouthfeel)?

>washed the yixing in diluted soap
How long until enough tea soaks into it and soap leeches out of it that it's essentially the same as if it had never happened?
It was nothing expensive but I don't want to have to buy another one if I don't need to.

>>18264422
Jin Xuan oolong is famous for its milkiness

>>18264430
I know and I like it but I want thicker. I want my tea to cum in my mouth

>>18264436
Fag

>>18264442
I'm female

>>18264428
I bet it's fine but if you put it in the sink with the hot tap running for 5 minutes that should lay your concerns to rest.

Should I season tokoname or just leave it be?

>>18256440
For me it’s Lipton Cold Brew

>>18264644
Oh so /tea/ has these guys too

>>18264636
Just leave it be, seasoning is kind of silly IMO

>>18264636
Season with sugar

Anyone tried aged Sanxia white?

>>18264636
there's no reason to season a tokoname
it's both not very porous and brewing a tea you don't want to leave in hot water too long. Even if you managed to season it, it'd be seasoned with burnt overspent tea.

>>18264749
You looking at that mountain stream teas listing?
That's a pretty obscure production so i doubt anyone has tried it.
I bet its pretty good, taiwan has a good climate for again puer.
But its also pricey, in gneral i have only seen good comments from anons that hive tried their teas but its a bit too rich for my blood

Lapsang suchong is more of an acquired taste than pu'er, change my mind.

>>18264802
If you like smokey foods, smokey whisky, cigars etc you will immediately like a good smokey lapsang. But there are a lot of people who are put off by the acrid pine smoke that would never enjoy it. Im not sure how many would ever aquire a taste for it if they don't like it at forst

>>18264793
That white cake is the most expensive tea they have, their other tea is very reasonably priced for high quality organic tea.

>>18264822
Fair enough i haven't looked in ages. They also have some great teaware last time i checked

>>18264831
Check it out, they also have free global shipping over $30 which is refreshing for an Asian retailer.

https://mountainstreamteas.com/collections/affordable-daily-drinkers

>>18264856
Oh lol, i got them confused with kang mountain teas.
my brain is all retarded

Sencha.

>>18264888
ONE POINT ONE MEGABYTE GIF FOR 4 FRAMES OF ANIMATION
I WILL FIND YOU AND KILL YOU

>>18264910
There is no reason to be upset.

what are the best teas to mix with milk?

so far I'm thinking...
>Chai Masala
>Earl Grey
>Rooibos
>Peppermint

>>18264937
Matcha

>>18264940
(you)

>>18264937
First flush assam
CTC irish breakfast
Java BOP
anything from South America

>>18264937
Gyokuro
Wuyi Yancha
Yiwu Puer

>>18264942
A matcha latte can be nice in the winter

>>18264937
(Bulk) dong ding oolong. I make coldbrew with some cheap bulk market dong ding occasionally, and it goes well with milk each time I've tried it. Otherwise, maybe a cheap roasted red. Anything with that "roasty-toasty" profile without being too smoky or heavy. The milk will obscure a lot of the subtlety with nuanced stuff, so I think simpler, cheap productions make the most sense in this case.

>>18265069
>The milk will obscure a lot of the subtlety with nuanced stuff, so I think simpler, cheap productions make the most sense in this case.
Yup, for sure

Are there any teas that affect the flavor of your semen?

>>18265351
I haven't noticed any difference.

Is he /ourguy/ ?

>>18264644
What type of black tea is lipton anyway

>>18265365
Yes

>>18265365
Why did he stop making videos? They were so comfy.

>>18265427
His AIDS infection is progressing

>>18265373
Mostly African these days

>>18264288
What tea is good for drinking all day?

What tea is good for drinking all day?

>>18265565
>>18265513
Probably a white tea, refreshing and not a lot of caffeine per cup

>>18265585
except those from buds, the buds can be as high in caffeine as anything

>>18265565
Bingdao Gushu

What's been happening in Lao Ban Zhang?

>>18265721
Cars full of freshly picked leaves pouring in from all directions

for me it's white tea that looks like random lawn clippings

What kind of green teas am I allowed to brew in tokoname? Just nothing roasted?

>>18265882
there's no laws on it, but stick to sencha and gyokuro.
You could do like long jing in it but I wouldn't bother, chinese and japanese brewing styles are too different because of the processing techniques.

>>18260685 (me)
>>18260705
>>18260724
Hello from the future. It was indistinguishable from black tea so I skipped it.

>>18265935
It's okay, Anon Solo. You can always use it for coldbrew if you don't want to waste or return it.

>>18265950
Fortunately I found that out before buying it. The store had other good teas, ironically most of the other black teas were more flavorful than the pu'er. Maybe it went stale instead of fermenting.

How much do you guys spend on tea and what's too much?
Do you go for the nicest stuff you can buy or whats your preference?

>>18264436
stir in xanthan

What's some of the most whack teaware you've spotted or own? I'm going to move into a new place soon with some money to burn, and I want to expand my collection with interesting pieces.

>>18266315
there are some pretty funky looking teacups by Deishi Shibuya up on eBay. seeing the really rough hagi ware style combined with a western-style teacup is a little uncanny

>>18266315
Reproductions of famous chinese erotic teacups

>>18266315
There is a guy on ebay sellig a whole series of pottery cups he made with nudes transferred on them. Its seems like the whole series is images of one woman. Easily the most weird pottery ive seen
https://www.ebay.com/itm/122698298417

>>18266525
>no cum-like glaze on topped
missed opportunity

>>18266079
About 0.05 to 0.45 a gram is my typical range, I wouldn't spend over 1.5 a gram myself, but I know people who do.
Price doesn't necessarily correlate with how nice the tea is - black teas can be pretty nice at 0.05 to 0.20, but something like Oolong its usually worth shelling out a bit more for, and honestly pu'erh is a complete crapshoot on price:quality ratio. I tend to prefer greens and the range I find greens to be best is between 0.25 and 0.50, both on the chinese and japanese side. I know greens can get way more expensive but in my honest opinion it's rarely worth it unless its a gyokuro or matcha, which I'm willing to spend up to 1.5 a gram at the top of my budget.

>>18266705
yeah I kind of agree that it's easy to find good black tea for cheap, but it's harder with other varieties

what's the difference between orange pekoe assam and assam gold?

>>18266768
orange pekoe is an actual regulated quality grade, "assam gold" doesn't mean much. check if they state the quality rating, it might indicate "golden flowery orange pekoe", but hard to say by the name

How much liquid do you actually drink when brewing gongfu? New to to this, but im currently at nearly a litre of water/tea which is feeling like too much but the brews still taste nice (ie not weak). My gaiwans not a massive one either, 70mls or something.

>>18266806
does not say much, the gold one is more expensive though. orange pekoe seems good enough for me if it entails some sort of quality, thanks!

>>18266813
yeah it's hard to say with teas. orange pekoe is good for supermarket tea standards though, means you're not getting some garbage byproduct
try some Yunnan black tea in the future if you like Assam, similar malty flavor profile but easy to find high quality stuff that blows your average supermarket Assam out of the water

>>18266809
No thats about right. I've gotten 2 liters out of puerh in my 160 ml

>find a tea store in my area
>majority of tea is harney and sons
Does this brand have any decent teas to try? Or am I better off looking elsewhere

>>18266806
turns out i'm stupid, the acronym says tgfop which based on what i read means it is indeed higher grade than the other one. do you think it is "worth" it to pay about 40% more? it's a proper local tea shop so i wouldn't expect any of them to be too bad

>hey anon, what are you drinking?
>tea
>what kind of tea?
>king of duck shit aroma

>>18266525
Please bbuy my darjeeling sirs i have nice teacup for u twooo

>Buy organic sencha from Amazon
>It's bancha

Gongfu-ing bancha that tastes like smegma and ass pubes

>>18267338
It's actually not that bad, I'm grateful to be safe and warm and having a decent green tea to drink. Cheers lads

are there any teas that are high in L-theanine but low in caffeine or are they linked

>>18267356
Gyokuro, golden bud. It's kind of linked in the sense almost all the theanine is in the buds which also has the highest caffeine concentration. But caffeine isn't distributed so lopsided.

Does green tea on an empty stomach fuck anyone else up or is it just me? It's just green tea that this happens with

How many of you guys actually practice gong fu brewing as your go-to method for making tea? I used to exclusively do gong fu, but after a while I got lazy and went back to making my tea with an infuser in a regular mug.

>>18267178
I actually just bought some of this from YS. It's good, but probably not worth the price point.

>>18267462
>gong fu brewing as your go-to method for making tea
I gongfu all day every day. I like being able to control extraction; if I were to brew grandpa style my tea would be bitter

>>18267438
Yeah that's common
Thats why people serve sweets with them

>>18267438
Green tea on an empty stomach gives me awful nausea

>>18267462
>How many of you guys actually practice gong fu brewing as your go-to method for making tea?
I tend to switch, i will gongfu for a few months, then switch to grampa style for a few months. Sometimes i will gongfu in the morning and then western brew in the afternoon

>>18266854
I haven't tried that brand, but if your local teastore sells branded tea, I would probably look elsewhere. seems to me you generally get better stuff for less money at stores that source their tea straight from the farms. less middlemen means lower price and usually fresher tea

>>18266986
40% more isn't too bad, but it's hard to say if it's worth it, shit varies tea to tea. you can buy smaller amounts of both and compare, so you know in the future

What tea stuff should I buy from the Europoors while the Euro is weak?

>>18267808
Euro tea stores are so marked up you wont really save any money.
There is this euro shop that sells 200€ yiwu puer cakes, i guess if you grabbed a few of those it might be worth it.

>>18267818
Pretty sure this is the shop grumpy euro anon suggested but i forget what specific tea
https://www.yiwumountaintea.com/

Anyone ever tried woojeon?

Dude this japanese oolong smells just like pussy

Where can i buy good quality Chungtaejeon?
Its a fermented korean tea

>>18267970
>japanese oolong
wtf where might I procure such a thing? It would taste good out of this mug >>18266525

>>18267983
Found it
https://cominstea.com/products/soo-soo-chois-2008-tteok-cha-south-korea

>>18256440
new
>>18268007
>>18268007
>>18268007

>>18268001
Not him but someone gave me this once
https://kettl.co/collections/japanese-oolong-tea/products/kawa-akari-oolong
It was pretty good but not exceptional

>>18267808
None, outside east asia, America already has the best prices for tea.