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This thread is for discussing teas, tisanes, and other herbal infusions.
info: types of tea, where to get tea, how to brew tea
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Previous thread: >>19256366

>> No.19273679

I've been ordering from fresh roasted coffee for several pounds of tea at a time. Is there a better company to order from?

>> No.19273703

>>19273598
I want to get a few of these tasting sets, but I don't think I've seen them on the usual channels. Maybe amazon?

>> No.19273704

>>19273679
What kinda tea are you buying? There are a bunch if good specialist shops in the pastebin

>> No.19273714

>>19273704
I dunno really, I usually just poke around reading descriptions that sound good and once I've got like $100 in the cart I go with that to drink over about 6-7 months.

>> No.19273725

>>19273714
Im not really sure who to recommended for bulk looseleaf tea buying. When i buy large quantities like that its usually big compressed tea cakes.
Buy a box of this and see what you think of it
https://www.fullchea-tea.com/2019-yunnan-old-tree-black-tea-dianhong-feng-qing-red-tea-cake-357g-p0593.html

>> No.19273730

>>19273725
>Taste: silk slip,fragrance,a complex and thick taste which transitions from a dark berry quality to a gentle mouth coating cacao finish.

What the fuck is that taste?

>> No.19273746

>>19273730
The power of chinglish, chocolate tones and hints of dried fruit is probably a reasonable description

>> No.19273810

>>19273730
>>19273746
silky texture,smooth, fragrant, complex and with thick liquid, good mouthfeel, tastes like dark cherry and then goes to a subtle mouth coating cacao finish.

>> No.19273879

>>19273730
i think it should have said "silky sip" instead

>> No.19274058

>>19273879
are there any teas with a silly sip? i think im in the market for something silly....

>> No.19274068

>>19274058
>>19274058
Yeah sure just call 1-800-GO FUCK YOURSELF

>> No.19274104

>>19274068
0_0

>> No.19274129

Having some of my favorite black tea. Bits of the sugar aren't dissolving. Is it because it's unprocessed sugar?

>> No.19274152

>>19274129
sugar in black tea. NGMI
also, what kind of black tea?

>> No.19274175
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>>19274152
Lunar New Year (2023) black tea. Coconut, toasted rice, sesame seeds, black tea, then both natural coconut and natural caramel flavoring.
Milk, creamer, sugar. Heaven.
Had a batard with EV olive oil and Rosemary & sea salt earlier. Now I'm trying to figure out how the Biscoff pack keeps refilling itself.
Experience heaven, anon. Experience heaven.

>> No.19274180

>>19273703
I have one, got it at a local online tea store.
I just sort of use it as a teapot / gaiwan hybrid and it's not bad at its job. very easy to take the leaves out and clean, like a gaiwan but with a teapot-like filter
and you can balance it on top of the cup (or any cap with a sufficient diameter, really) to let the tea drip out on its own if you're in a hurry, as seen in the OP image

>> No.19274185

>>19273730
welcome to random chinese store tasting notes lmao
but it's still more understandable than most of the ones at KTM

>> No.19274195

Why do people go looseleaf instead of using infusers? What are the advantages?

>> No.19274198

>>19274185
>Bitterness and astringency are obvious.
>Smooth mouth feeling.
>Tea flavor goes deeply into throat.
>Totally an easily acceptable tea.

>> No.19274204

>>19274195
>instead of using infusers
wdym? aren't you putting leafs in the infuser? but to answer your question, i guess, infusers do not allow room for the tea leaves to expand, which can heavily impact taste

>> No.19274206

>>19274198
thats not what it says, lmfao. ur dumb af.

>> No.19274207

>>19274129
It's because you're using sugar. If you want something sugary just go have a mcdonald's sprite you fat piece of shit

>> No.19274211

>>19274129
>>19274207
I'm sorry. That wasn't nice. I'm sorry. I don't know why it's doing that. Saying that didn't feel as rewarding as I would have expected. I'm sorry.

>> No.19274220

>>19274211
All g, my dude. Riding the highs of this blend. I only started adding sugar after I found out it was standard in England (2.2 tsp/cup). Made it immeasurably better. If you ever find a way to try it, go for it!

>> No.19274315

>>19274206
Its a KTM tasting note tardo.
https://kingteamall.com/products/2017-xiaguan-baoyan-bianxiaozhuan-brick-250g-5-1250g-puerh-raw-tea-sheng-cha?_pos=2&_sid=6223f75fe&_ss=r

>> No.19274428

>>19274198
the worst thing about KTM tasting notes is most of them are so general they could refer to almost any tea ever made

>> No.19275002

drink tea the way I do it or you can basically just stop drinking tea entirely d e s u

>> No.19275191

>>19274198
Ktm tasting notes are great
I have found them to be pretty accurate

>> No.19275206

>>19275191
at least they don't make shit up. but not gonna lie, most of them are not very helpful

>> No.19275273

Why do those little tiny gnat flying bugs love my old tea bags so much

>> No.19275278

>>19275273
Fungus gnats eat mold, and your old wet teabags they are sitting out grow mold, simple as.

>> No.19275284

>>19275278
So mold can eat old tea bags? What kind of nutrition are they getting from that?

>> No.19275380
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Shincha from O-Cha arrived today

>> No.19275616

>>19275380
Can you show us one of them if you tried? or the differences?

>> No.19275634

>>19273598
I've been buying the earl grey from artoftea and it's so much more fragrant than from taooftea I used to get off of Amazon. If I wanted to explore more varieties or vendors similar, where would you suggest?

>> No.19275651

i sometimes drink improperly brewed tea and i don't care *sips*

>> No.19275671
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>>19275616
Sure, I've tried the Saemidori so far. It's the first fukamushi I've had, so I still need to minmax my brewing, I over brewed it a bit.
Anyway, it's very thick and cloudy, with strong umami and sweetness and less astringency than most sencha I've had. It has a spinach-like quality to it and some grassiness. I'm not blown away by it so far, but it's very "moreish" and not bad value for the money I think. Will try to experiment with the brewing to maybe get some more fruity notes out of it. Any ideas for that?

>> No.19275694

>>19275671
How does the leaves looks like? I've no idea i almost never drink japanese green.

>> No.19275723

>>19275694
rolled into needles, but with some loose particles because the deep steaming of fukamushi sencha breaks some of the leaves apart from what I understand. that's also why it's so cloudy and thicc, it's full of fine leaf matter
short steemed sencha tends to be prettier looking because the needles are more intact
not sure my photos would portray it well enough, I'm sure you can look it up online

>> No.19275952

>>19275723
Looks decent it's hard to take nice picture of teas and thanks for the answer.

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>>19276084
You could have just looked at the listings and realized you were wrong.
>The square kaku is made of tritan
Turns out the portable filter bottle is too, which makes sense.

>> No.19276252

>>19276129
Tritan is plastic. PCT is not glass either.

>> No.19276266

>>19274185
Upton just copy pastes the same descriptions.

>> No.19276274
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19276274

afternoon, gents

>> No.19276294

>>19276274
Good afternoon, anon!

>> No.19276299

I tried assam tea and it was pretty interesting with a spoon of milk. What do I try next? Masala chai I'll try next month when family visits. Which tea should I buy next?

>> No.19276303

>>19276252
Correct, which is why I pointed it out. Now how about the others I explicitly recommended?
>Hario mizudashi or filter-in bottle. The square kaku is made of tritan if you're worried about another break.

>> No.19276322
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>get bunch of new harvest good stuff from local chink tea shop
>get home, shower, put AC on, get comfortable
>be too excited to not taste everything you just bought
>drink 3-4 varieties of fresh tea (multiple brews of each), having forgotten green could be this good
>sit down, listen to music, feel good, borderline tripping
Happens every year.

>> No.19276337

>>19276299
Chinese black tea. Black gold bi lo chun from unnan sourcing or this
https://www.fullchea-tea.com/jibian-high-mountain-black-tea-loose-leaf-from-yunnan-tengchong-dianhong-tea-red-china-cha-168g-p0699.html

>> No.19276357

>>19276337
>from yunnansourcing
>Spring harvested tea leaves from Ning'er county of Simao. This has been picked as 1 leaf to 1 bud sets and processed carefully by rolling the tea into pellets. Like most Yunnan black teas, the tea benefits from short-term aging and develops a malty sweet taste and lovely fragrance with a hint of chocolate and flowers.
Does that mean it tastes similar to assam but with more flavor (chocolate and flowers)? I'm pretty new to loose leaf tea that isn't years old from a supermarket.

>> No.19276364

>>19276357
Yeah, the maltyness is not quite as instense as some assams and you get more elements of sweetness and chocolate along with it. If you are in the US Yunnansourcing.us ships domestically and has cheaper/faster shipping.

>> No.19276378

>>19276357
I haven't had this one, but in my experience good Chinese black teas do tend to be sweeter with chocolaty or fuity notes. much more flavorful than your average assam and definitely more dessert-like

>> No.19276379

>>19276299
earl grey is good with condensed milk
thai tea is good too and pretty similar to masala chai though usually served cold.
tibetan black tea with milk and butter, which is usually made frothy. i havent tried the authentic leaves or yak milk, but adding butter is at least a step up from black tea with milk.

i prefer doing my own spice mix for tea. the exception is thai tea despite the mix having food coloring because i don't normally have vanilla or ceylon black tea leaves.

>> No.19276392

>>19276364
>>19276378
>>19276379
I am in fact in the us, thanks, it's out of stock so I might just wait. Unless there's other teas you'd suggest? All I know is that I don't want green tea.

>> No.19276529

>>19276392
>it's out of stock so I might just wait.
Oh damn, spring stuff should be here soon for the year, probably in the next couple weeks he should have the spring 2023 stuff
High Mountain Red Ai Lao is nice too,
Everything is sorted on the site by bestsellers so just check out the top teas in the black tea listing and pick a few that sound interesting and aren't too expensive.
Also some of this white tea
https://yunnansourcing.us/collections/loose-leaf-white-tea/products/fuding-white-peony-bai-mu-dan-white-tea

>> No.19276624

>>19276529
Thank you, I'll keep an eye out! Some of the black tea descriptions sound really interesting.

>> No.19276635

>>19276378
>>19276299
Chinese black tea seems like it can be drunk on it own. Assam and other black teas are better with milk.

>> No.19276659

>>19276635
makes sense considering Indian teas were developed for the British market and brits love milk in tea

>> No.19276691

For me it's lipton black tea.

>> No.19276704

>>19275284
Moisture, which is why they don't grow on chocolate.

>> No.19276714

>>19276635
You’re a genius.

>> No.19276723

>>19276379
I wouldn’t call it a step up. And condensed milk is too sweet. Are you a thirdie by chance?

>> No.19276725

>>19276635
>>19276659
That makes too much sense, thank you.
>Chinese black tea seems like it can be drunk on it own.
That's good to hear!

>> No.19276794
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19276794

A new broad Asian grocery store opened up a few months ago. I finally got out there to have a look around. It's nice. Tea selection was exactly what you might expect. Still, I've never picked up Asian grocery store tea before. Here's the haul. I think it was $17 USD total.

>> No.19276809

>>19276794
ceylon tea is ok, gonna make a cup now

>> No.19276861

>>19276794
That genmaicha is okay as long as it's not five years old, i got some of thar brand before and it was nice for cheap tea. The swan brand stuff is supposed to be good too but i haven't tried it. If you are lucky they will have some sea dyke oolong or butterfly brand tea, also if they hqve a can of smokey lapsang grab it, assuming you like the idea of drinking a campfire.

>> No.19276923

>>19276723
why wouldnt adding butter (and frothing it) make the tea better than just with milk? tibetan butter tea also has some salt, which does not work so well with only milk and tea. the sweetness accentuates the flavor and aroma of bergamot in earl grey.
and yes, i am a thirdie.

>> No.19276959

Should my pumidor only be used for puer tea or is it fine to shove whatever else I have in there, too?

>> No.19276997

>>19276959
I usually keep everything else in a cardboard box on a shelf. Typically other teas are just kept sealed in an airtight bag for storage.

>> No.19277015

>>19276959
I put all my stuff into the same pumi. Some people separate them out by type/taste with mylar bags. If you've got anything scented or super smokey I'd leave it out.

>> No.19277611

>>19276923
It’s a texture profile flavour thing. In order for the condensed milk to add enough milkyness and creaminess, it will be too sweet.

>> No.19277616

>>19276923
Earl grey is good with milk. Cream is fine but it’s not legit. Condensed milk is too sweet.

>> No.19278092
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19278092

Been comparing these two gaiwans in terms of pouring.

The one on the right pours significantly better than the one on the left. This is due to 2 main reasons.

First, the gaiwan on the right has a steeper curve to it, which gives better velocity of water to pour out.

The left gaiwan has a more traditional shape, where there are more curves that interrupt the flow of water. The left gaiwan is also about twice as thick, causing the water to pour around the lip and down the sides causing a mess.

Just wanted to share this with you guys in case you plan on buying a gaiwan soon. The shape makes a HUGE difference when pouring.

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Golden monkey morning, best tea soup color.

>> No.19278653

>>19278092
Diffrent gaiwain needs different angles did you try tilting it more than the other? Just a quick move angled?

>> No.19278942

Left alot of my old mugs out from last week, as usual.
One of them I fell asleep before drinking all the way and there was still some tea in it, lots of mold was growing on the surface of the liquid and up the sides of the mug
Why does mold love tea so much, what exactly is it eating?

>> No.19278954

>>19278942
>the oils in tea have anti-bacterial properties, reducing competition
>no or very low light makes algae growth impossible, reducing competition
>fungi (as opposed to bacteria) are often specialized in breaking down very complex biopolymers such as tannins which are pretty common in tea
>mold thrives in a moist environment with low airflow, such as the bottom of a mug or gaiwan
>tea is often steeped in boiling water killing off any bacteria but the fungal spores can survive, finding themselves in essentially an uncolonized island of nutients without any kind of competition
its a complex question but thats the gist of it I think

>> No.19278957

god i love tea

>> No.19278958

>>19278954
oh sorry, what do the molds eat? same thing they eat in the forest. plant material of all kinds. thats what fungi do.

>> No.19279250

Lads, I've been all over the local shops and I can't find any ginseng tea. (It's too small of a place to have anything like a specialty shop.)
Since I'll have to order some no matter what, I'd like to ask your advice.
What manufacturers of ginseng tea are reputable?

>> No.19279339

>>19276794
i love alwazah tell me what you think and if you have anything similar and better you would suggest in place of it

>> No.19279372

>>19279250
Good fucking question, buy some from this guy.
https://tea-expert.net/magazin-kitajskogo-chaya/ulun/rensheng-wulong-zhen-pin-15-250-2018
https://tea-expert.net/magazin-kitajskogo-chaya/ulun/50082-renshen-wulong-hua-xiang
https://tea-expert.net/magazin-kitajskogo-chaya/ulun/rensheng-wulonghei-hei-zhen-zhu-10-100-2018
https://tea-expert.net/magazin-kitajskogo-chaya/ulun/50084-renshen-wulong
Don't let the Russian scare you its a Chinese store that ships internationally.
A lot of ginseng tea is kinda cheap and meh tasting, but i trust that guy to pick out some decent ones.
He has like 5 more if you go through his oolong section. Just flslam the page through google translate, use the chromium in browser translator or i think firefox has an official translation browser extension now.
If his website really scares you you can email him in English with links to the listings you want and ask him to put them up on his ebay store.

>> No.19279731

>>19275671
ok I'm more impressed trying it a second time. definitely needs shorter brewing than normal sencha. it's more fruity this time, a bit like an unripened banana and spinach smoothie. in a good way

>> No.19279757

>>19279731
>bit like an unripened banana and spinach smoothie. in a good way
Nice

>> No.19280271
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19280271

I like to fantasize.

>year is 2025
>news article goes viral about tea curing cancer
>normies buy up tea like crazy
>tea shortages everywhere
>article states that tea is best loose, pure, clean. No added bullshit.
>gongfu tea explodes in popularity
>normies eat it up and becomes the new cute trend
>I can finally talk about gongfu tea in public, to coworkers, friends, and family.
>I meet a beautiful woman who loves gongfu as much as I do.

Fuck my life.

>> No.19280279

>>19280271
That's now how it would go, "matcha" has exploded in popularity but you can't get anything that doesn't taste like shit without going to a specialist retailer still. The "matcha" in every grocery and health food store and on amazon is all ground up brownish powder of questionable origin.

>> No.19280285

>>19280271
sounds fun but i like my reasonably priced tea
seem like we're in that sweetspot where a concentration of autists mean we get good imports but normies didn't spike everything
i hope you find you gongwaifu though

>> No.19281391

>>19280271
Granted, but the average puer cake price increases 100% minimum.
>>19280285
>gongwaifu
lmao

>> No.19281519

>>19278652
Golden Monkey? have you tried Jin Jun Mei Black tea? apparently Jun Jin Mei Black Tea is one grade lower than golden monkey. Thinking of getting a canister of 150g.

>> No.19281520

>>19281519
>>19278652
**i meant Jin Jun Mei is one grade higher or at least similar to Golden Monkey.

>> No.19281576

>>19277611
i'm a poorfag who skimps on condensed milk, and it's still better than regular earl grey milk tea.

>> No.19281619

>>19281576
you probably fucked ur tastebuds up

>> No.19281743

>>19281576
Sweetened condensed milk and evaporated milk are both really easy to make if you have the time. It's overpriced at stores anyway.

>> No.19281865

>>19281520
You have competition jin jun mei almost 3 times the price of the golden monkey on picture. I didn't try an equivalent to this golden monkey. If you are looking for a good dian hong golden monkey is my usual go to for the price range.

>> No.19281872

>>19281865
I really liked the "Wu Liang Hong Mao Feng" of this year even more than my usual golden monkey if it's help

>> No.19281883

Should I get a gaiwan for Chinese black tea if I'm only making tea for myself? I've never tried gongfu.

>> No.19281893

>>19281883
Yes small one

>> No.19281907

>>19281519
I have to go out and afk, if you can list other black teas you would like to try i can tell you about the ones i tried if you want.

>> No.19281929

>>19281893
60 ml?

>> No.19281940

>>19281929
100 is easier to get the "right" amount of tea

>> No.19282128

>>19281940
You don't know how to multiply 3g with 2/3?

>> No.19282169

>>19282128
you don't always use the same grams of teas

>> No.19282175

>>19282128
60ml is too small anyways, 80ml is the minimum i would go and 100ml is perfect, make sure its 100ml to the lid and not to the rim also

>> No.19282311

Sirs, do you have a good recipe for gongfu chai?

>> No.19282517

Video preview of some future teas for farmer leaf shop https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SbBWBLq1b6I

>> No.19282941

>>19282517
neat, seems like the weather was really good in most places in yunna, the 9 tree sample packs look pretty interesting but i bet it will be super expensive, also happy hes getting the fa zhan he tea again it was better value than most factory made puerhs but i didnt buy it, just hope it wont be more expensive than from 2021 (43 usd i think)

>> No.19282961

>>19282941
Ordered a lot of tea already this spring including some from farmer leaf i need to calm down even though it's a pretty good year... Some of the new "samples" will be affordable the more obscure mountain the better price and some are as good as "famous" ones if not better some years.

>> No.19282966

>>19280271
>not finding hair in your tea cake and traveling the world to find the beautiful female tea picker who planted it there in hopes of finding someone who loves tea as much as her

>> No.19283104

>>19281940
But if you make that 9 times, doesn't that make almost a liter of tea?
>>19282169
How many grams would you use for Chinese black tea?

>> No.19283141

>>19283104
If your tea can brew 9 times yes you can drink 1 liter in 1 session. Depends on the tea but 5g+ is my usual go to for a first time trying one.

>> No.19283192

>>19283141
What's the shortest amount you've ever brewed yours? Do to the tea getting too weak etc)

>> No.19283199

>>19283192
I'm not sure, if i keep the temp correct (around 90-95) and the brew time is fine so almost instant i would say at least 5 i think. Tea soup color changing, mouth feel week, taste and smell fainting. I tend to keep brewing some teas more than other good dian hong i can do 8+ easily where a laoshan i would get "tired" of it a little faster even if it still taste decent.

>> No.19283248

>>19283199
Each one of your cups is 100 ml? Oh, that makes sense. There's some drinks that make me fatigued/burnt out as well.

>> No.19283269

>>19283248
I'm not using 100ml atm >>19278652
this is my gaiwan it's around 150 and gives me 2 cups to drink each brew. (small cup at the bottom)

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>>19283269
I think showing is better than words this is 6 steeping taste great more into mouth feel than fragrance if you compare to the first brew but more than drinkable and the leaves are not even all opened (Wu Liang Hong Mao Feng from ys)

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>>19283290
The leaves

>> No.19283410

>>19283269
>>19283290
>>19283295
Wow, that looks huge. Thanks for sharing! What do those leaves look like while dried?

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>>19283410
It's really not the gaiwan is small but i don't like them too big i want to hold it nicely without issue in my hand and serve it easily. You can check the pictures on yunnan sourcing might be more "accurate"

>> No.19283441

>>19283425
That makes sense. Sometimes scale can be fucky in photos. I have a very small cup that looks huge when I take pictures of it.

>> No.19283446

>>19283425
Thanks, it looks fuzzy. That's pretty interesting, is a lot of Chinese tea "fuzzy" looking?

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>>19283441
Not my model but same size.
>>19283446
Depends on the varietals but yes, "mao feng" is "fur peak" so yes Huangshan is "famous" for their green production but do blacks too and have fur

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Chamomile, borage, sage flower, and a chrysanthemum flower all homegrown. I'll be adding some honey and having it chilled. Smells pretty nice steeping away.

>> No.19283535

>>19283476
Damn i would love to drink that

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19283619

>>19283535
It came out really nice. Chamomile and honey at the forefront, with the sort of bitter chrysanthemum, minty herbal sage, and cucumber borage flavors adding a nice hint of complexity to it. Feel very relaxed from it.

If you haven't tasted sage flowers they have an amazing flavor. Tried my first one today. Sage, mint, sweet, and floral. All being more subtle in taste than the leaves.

>> No.19283624

>>19283476
Nice, it probably keeps the demons away too.
>>19283619
Mint flavors are great.

>> No.19283645

>a week away from /tsg/ irl stuff
>snacks, sweets, chocolate, weed, daily beers, wine at the table
It escalated quickly.

>> No.19283650

Do you have to make each cup of gongfu in a row or can you wait a while before making the next cup?

>> No.19283665

>>19283650
Unless you are brewing some specific tea in heavy clay and need to keep the temp up for best flavor then you can brew whenever you want. I usually do 4-5 while sitting at the table in the morning then come back and brew a few more hours later. If you just wanted to do one brew an hour all day that would be fine too. It's not fussy, you can pretty much do whatever you want

>> No.19283695

>>19283665
Thanks! I wasn't sure if it would still taste good later on. Since it was mentioned that 60 ml was too small for a gaiwan, I won't be able to drink them all in one sitting the bigger it is.

>> No.19283812

>>19283650
>can you wait a while before making the next cup?
Totally fine, I often finish of my the last of my morning tea later in the day.

>>19283695
>Since it was mentioned that 60 ml was too small for a gaiwan
If your goal is to make less tea using a smaller gaiwan is fine IMO. You can also just underfill a larger one. 100 ml is just kind the jack of all trades size that fits most people and is the most versatile.

>> No.19284308

>>19282517
Shiiiiiiiit I can't wait

>> No.19284318

did anyone figure out how to get Earl Grey to be light?
I keep trying and I over brew it or something or it's too hot
I got it right once, the color was still transparent i could see the bottom of the cup

>> No.19284449

>>19284318
you are probably using too much tea. it doesn't really matter if it's light, just if you like the taste

>> No.19284540
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give it up for day 41
It's a somewhat large order, could that have anything to do with it?

>> No.19284583

>>19284540
Probably just bad luck. I am at 15 days since the last update.

>> No.19284592

>>19284583
The only thing I would consider bad luck is to never receive it at all, I suppose.

>> No.19284603

>>19284592
The correct solution is to impulsively buy tea all the time so that you never know what may show up in the mail on any given day.

>> No.19284639

>>19284603
I like the way you think. I've been working on expanding my tea storage, anyway. Might try to find the gems in Awazon's lineup.

>> No.19284660

Just ordered some.

Did I do well?

>> No.19284663

>>19284660
post it

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>>19284660
forgot pic

>> No.19284694

>>19284666
Someone gifted me their butterscotch tea and it was the most vile thing ever.

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>>19284639
>I've been working on expanding my tea storage
That is my problem. I got to figure out the best way to expand my tea storage long term as my collection grows. My 2 coolers are getting full and and I need to go buy more boveda packs. Despite this I am already planning out multiple tea orders.

>> No.19285034

>>19284540
If its going on a plane and its a big box and or several kilos it can take longer for them to find a spot for it. Ive had a 2 something kilo order take a while to get out of the airport before. Sometimes the king tea mall guy ships big orders in a couple separate boxes to help mitigate the issue

>> No.19285039

>>19284639
>Might try to find the gems in Awazon's lineup
Lots of good old ripe

>> No.19285040

>>19284802
But why? Is it all puerh?
>>19285034
This. Shipping crates on boats are the saaaame way. They have to load the entire boat.

>> No.19285159

>>19285040
>But why? Is it all puerh?
I try to keep a good mix of heicha types, but a lot of it is puerh. Looking to grab some more white tea and dianhong cakes sometime as well.

>> No.19285242

>>19284802
It looks like an attic. Please don't tell me you have an entire attic full of tea.

>> No.19285274

Mom found the tea attic :/

>> No.19285808

I bought some "yunnan black tea" at a local shop to compare twice the price, doesn't smell like it, doesn't taste like it just a faint distant chocolate aroma... do i really have to order all my tea from shop across the world?

>> No.19285847

>>19285808
It's old tea anon shops don't throw old tea they sell it.

>> No.19285875

>>19285808
Unless you live in Yunnan

>> No.19286265

>>19285242
Unfortunately that is not my attic. Wish I had that much tea. I only have a couple of coolers full. Maybe about 18 kg of tea in total.

>> No.19286367

>>19286265
That's a pretty good amount. I usually have around 5kg. I rarely measure or keep stock of inventory. I'd like to start, though. It would be handy to keep track of what I have, when I got it, where I got it, how much I got it for, how much I've seen it go for recently.

>> No.19286410

>>19286367
You could buy a label maker from somewhere and then buy cheap labels from aliexpress or somewhere. Check /csg/ on /g/.

>> No.19286411

>what Chinese black tea's name could be translated as "black dragon"?
I know long jing is also called dragon well. What other tea could possibly contain these words? Didn't know, costed me a slice at the trivial pursuit.
>It oolong

>> No.19286514

>>19273598
After being a tealet for far too long I have just got myself some Jin Jun Mei. How did I ever drink Lipton swill before. I am retroactively embarrassed.

>> No.19286524

enjoying some bi luo chun right now

>> No.19286560

Having some tasty semi-aged Huang Pian today.

>> No.19286586

>>19286514
congratulations, you are now beginning your gay faggot plot arc

>> No.19286587

>>19286524
crazy how much fake bi luo chun I see in tea stores btw. they just rebrand every spiral rolled green tea as bi luo chun, it's ridiculous

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>>19282966
Your tea maiden, sir.

>> No.19286594

>>19286588
I would let her...prepare tea for me.

>> No.19286604
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19286604

Has anyone here tried cocoa tea (not to be confused with hot chocolate)? It's a popular drink in the Caribbean. It sounds tasty.

>> No.19286711

>>19286588
6/10 needs more tooth seasoning.

>> No.19286900

>>19285808
>do i really have to order all my tea from shop across the world?
Yeah basically
If you are in the us yunnansourcing.us is good, check the pastebin, you might find some good shops in your region. Anyway stop whining and just order from overseas. Unless you live in Brazil and have 60% import taxes there is no excuse. Especially for Europeans who always cry about importing tea and then buy stiff locally for a 400% markup instead.

>> No.19286915

>>19286587
>crazy how much fake bi luo chun I see in tea stores btw. they just rebrand every spiral rolled green tea as bi luo chun, it's ridiculous
Yeah, its an unfortunate combo of shop owners who don't know better/dont want to pay up for good tea and Chinese cultural attitudes, people want to buy a tea but don't want to pay the price Chinese will happily sell them something cheap and tell them its whatever they want to hear. It's annoying but i really blame buyers as much as sellers. Every sketch Chinese ebay store will have $15 "laobanzang" ripe and "40 year old" $10 ripe bricks as their two best sellers.

>> No.19287364

>>19286587
>>19286915
I assume the pastebin sites are trustworthy though?

>> No.19287380

>>19287364
can't vouch for all of them, but the ones I know are trustworthy
however, the cheaper sites like Fullchea will still have some bullshit "laobanzhang" cakes or whatever

>> No.19287433

>>19287380
That's unfortunate because I was thinking of buying from fullchea since it looked cheaper than yunnansourcing.

>> No.19287448

>>19286587
>crazy how much fake bi luo chun I see in tea stores
What are they selling as fake bi luo chun? The only cheaper vaguely similar tea I could see them substituting is gunpowder green but that would be pretty obvious.

>> No.19287457

>>19287433
if you stick to the known factory stuff then its really good, i dont think many anons here have explored the less known stuff but its probably very mediocre

>> No.19287485
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>>19287433
Fullchea is a good shop overall you just have to temper your expectations and use some common sense. You will get what you ordered but really cheap tea may be just be that cheap tea. Also some of the cheap puer that list famous locations such as Bingdao probably did not come from there but that is not really fullcheas fault. If you order a "bingdao" sheng cake from them you are still going to get what was pictured.

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19287769

Surprised this "recipe" actually works out pretty well. Not sure why I didn't think about making it twice as strong before. Also Upton is pretty mid for anything other than pajeet tea. Their Chinese and Japanese offerings are mostly just good enough.

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>>19287433
Remember that Yunnan plays all the dumb BOGO deals and the "free shipping" so it works out about the same. That being said, I can vouch for fullchea if you just want generic ass tea. I don't know what you want but this was my last order and so far so good.

>> No.19287787

>>19281907
I tried the 2022 Yunnan Sourcing Suan Zao Shu Old Arbor Black tea, its pretty good. first time drinking black tea with good flavor and not from a brown country. (assam, ceyon, eng BF etc) Can be drunk without milk but i like it with milk. good flavor profile, and not as sharp tasting as the british teas. Steep longer than a few minutes and the tannins come out.

>> No.19287794

>>19281872
When you drink your black tea, how are you drinking it? I drink it straight, and with milk after steep for longer than 5 minutes.

>> No.19287818

>>19281907
my impression with black teas has always been british ones or HK milk tea, very strong with milk. i was quite impressed with Ahmad English Breakfast, very bright and clean flavor with milk added.

>> No.19287822

>>19284802
whats a really good expensive pu erh?

>> No.19287828

>>19287769
this is how ice coffee is made too.

>> No.19288031

>>19287794
milk is gross

>> No.19288038

>>19288031
it isnt.

>> No.19288063
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How bad do you think this Upton cake is? I like that they sell it as 100g at least instead of the traditional 357g size.

>> No.19288069

>>19288038
it is.

>> No.19288083

>>19288069
it isnt.

>> No.19288111

>>19287780
How's fullchea's yunnan black teas?

>> No.19288170

>>19288083
it is.

>> No.19288177

>>19288170
it isnt. and the final.

>> No.19288179

>>19288170
>>19288083
>>19288069
>>19288038
pure auteasm

>> No.19288204

>>19288177
it is. and the final.

>> No.19288228
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Who is this for? What would somebody get out of sampling this? Ten variations on a theme: young, angry sheng.
I can't help myself but wanting to get it.

>> No.19288288

>>19288111
It tastes like a big fat leaf of blackness. Reminds me of the weird honey sweetness of jin jun mei and other similar color tea. The only other red in my order was qimen and it tastes about what I expect qimen to taste like. Sorry. I imagine it will taste fine though. Cheap ass Yunnan red from yunnansourcing is what I expect and I doubt fullchea will be any better or worse.

>> No.19288303

>>19288228
What vendor even? I still don't get how you can have a "maocha" sheng.

>> No.19288313

>>19288228
>Cheap ass Yunnan red from yunnansourcing
you mean this one?
https://yunnansourcing.com/en-ca/products/feng-qing-china-red-yunnan-black-tea
Is that price range supposed to be cheap and bad?

>> No.19288317

>>19288303
Crimson Lotus
Maybe I'm assuming something incorrectly here. It's var assamica from mountains renown for puerh, right? Is this tea destined for anything other than puerh cake blends and to be sold in small amounts as mao cha?

>> No.19288348

>>19288063
Don't do it, please
If you want to buy 100g of puer just buy
https://www.fullchea-tea.com/2012-puer-tea-dayi-taetea-7542-150g-gift-package-china-yunnan-menghai-puerh-puer-pu-erh-raw-organic-health-care-food-chai-aged-puerh-best-organic-tea--p0139.html
Probably the same price with shipping except you get 150g of the definitive benchmark raw puer cake

>> No.19288352

im taking upton out of the pastebin tomorrow, its gone on for long enough

>> No.19288357

>>19288228
>Who is this for? What would somebody get out of sampling this?
It is for people who want to compare the differences between different locations. Not sure what is so confusing about it. I would be interested myself it it were cheaper.

>Ten variations on a theme: young, angry sheng.
Hey, some of us like young sheng.

>>19288303
>What vendor even?
Crimson Lotus Tea

>I still don't get how you can have a "maocha" sheng.
"maocha" broadly refers to tea that has been mostly finished but is still not quite done being processed (often referring to the tea right before the final grading and sorting step or before a traditionally roasted tea is roasted). In the context of puerh the term "maocha" is often used to describe tea that has been fully processed but has not been pressed into a cake and is therefore "unfinished" in a sense.

>> No.19288372

>>19288348
is raw pu erh as strong tasting as ripe? the color is a lot lighter.

>> No.19288387

>>19288372
Its completely different, i would say the intensity of flavor is probably stronger in raw if anything.
That dayi 7542 i linked is the classic, a little bitter though it mellows with age, fruity dried plum notes, plus a load of "tea flavor" that im to retarded to describe.
Pretty good way to try raw puer, will give you a decent idea if you want to further explore semi aged raw factory teas or not. Also its good

>> No.19288393

>>19288372
>is raw pu erh as strong tasting as ripe?
Yes, but the taste is very different than ripe/shou. Young raw/sheng puerh is more like a strong green tea. Aged Raw/sheng puerh has its own character that is distinct from both young sheng and shou.

>> No.19288415

>>19288393
>Young raw/sheng puerh is more like a strong green tea.
so kind of like a tie guan yen that i steeped more than 5 minutes. very floral is what im imagining.

>> No.19288426

>>19288387
il bookmark that. the color is throwing me off though. sometimes i steep ripe pu erh like 8 minutes and add some milk and its strong enough to drink with milk.
>factory teas
if not factory, then what? farms?

>> No.19288430

>>19288415
>>19288393
wait nvm, tie guan yen is oolong. nvm.

>> No.19288439

>>19288393
>strong green tea.
i drink matcha. and i have a green tea blend with roasted rice. i tend to steep long, more than 5 minutes, im imagining raw puerh as floral with astringency and slight bitterness. guess il have to try a sample to know for sure.

>> No.19288447

>>19288387
>i would say the intensity of flavor is probably stronger in raw if anything.
true. just read this online. "The color of the tea is golden yellow, relatively bright, is full of domineering"

>> No.19288483

>>19288179
esl

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browsing this thread while in a state of poverty is pure pain
at least my stock didn't run dry yet
early morning longjing

>> No.19288554

>>19288426
It's also worth noting that the 7542 commands a premium because it is "the classic." It's a benchmark for sheng puerh taste, not price.
>if not factory, then what?
In this context, a factory tea is one produced by one of the largest tea operations in Yunnan. Most notably, DaYi, Xiaguan, and CNNP but there are many others. Most of these factories have multiple names names, which makes learning them a little confusing.
Teas from these established factories are generally safe in terms of quality and the logical place to start a puerh journey, although the usual retailers discussed here have their own recipes that are also a good start.
There are smaller farms, villages, or co-ops you can sometimes buy from. You might think of them as "indie" operations. They do have tea processing facilities that are called factories, but you generally wouldn't refer to their output as factory tea.

>> No.19288640

>>19288426
Factory tea often refers as much to the style of tea than whether or not it was literally made in a big factory. Factory teas are typically in the style of production that were dominant when the puerh industry was still state owned. Dayi's and Xiaguan's numbered recipes (like the dayi 7542 cake) are a prime examples. This contrasts with framer made teas or the many small often boutique puerh producers that have opened up after privatization.

>>19288554
Some other ways to look at the distinction is that factory tea is often blended vs single origin teas. The big factories often own plantations but still buy additional tea from elsewhere. Additionally many (but not all) factory teas use slightly chopped up leaves and many (but again not all) classic factory productions are geared toward aging and can be a bit rough when young. The stereotypes hold less true these days than it used to with many of the big name factories producing boutique single origin teas of their own.

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is this as in four teaspoons or tablespoons? has anyone tried this method before? what do you think?

>> No.19288669

>>19288665
also how do you store the created concentrate?

>> No.19288727

Anyone able to recommend a coconut-caramel flavor?

>> No.19288815

>>19288665
>teaspoons or tablespoons?
well, you aint brewing tables

>> No.19288884

>>19287780
which of these have you tried so far? any thoughts?

>> No.19288888

>>19287433
don't worry, it's still a good site. just don't buy anything that's too good to be true, like 15$ laobanzhang gushu cakes thinking it's real
their pricing for many teas is hard to beat though

>> No.19288900

>>19287448
yes, usually gunpowder or something similar. it is pretty obvious

>> No.19288910

>>19288303
>I still don't get how you can have a "maocha" sheng
why? it's usually just tea that hasn't been pressed into a cake

>> No.19288919

>>19288439
yeah it's like a strong green tea but usually with more astringency and bitterness. it can be a bit floral. "stone fruits" like apricots are a common note. sometimes has some deeper herbal or "forest-like" qualities or various other notes

>> No.19288963

>>19288303
>I still don't get how you can have a "maocha" sheng.
agree, the steaming before pressing is a part of the process and will change the flavour of the tea, i guess its because you cant really call it anything else other than sheng maocha, since you have maocha for both sheng and shou

>> No.19289185

>>19287794
I never use milkfor tea

>> No.19289191

>>19289185
milk is gross

>> No.19289201

i had a dream someone made the next general for this thread

>> No.19289203

>>19289201
It was you anon it was you i dreamed of you

>> No.19289473

It's so hard not to buy tea from Amazon, considering Prime is free shipping.

The issue is that almost all the teas on Amazon are mid-grade at best. Meanwhile Yunnan Sourcing has incredible selection, but cost of shipping for every order? It's a $6 tax for every order. Kinda sickens me.

>> No.19289570

>>19289473
Taetea is official DaYi on Amazon. I've bought 2kg of the V93 and it's excellent.

>> No.19289756

>>19289570
>Taetea is official DaYi on Amazon.
I wish they would expand their selection.

>I've bought 2kg of the V93 and it's excellent.
Do you drink it every day? or are you stocking up to age age it?

>> No.19289778

>>19289756
Agreed.
I drink it everyday, specifically at work. Although, I did break my mug-top infuser on Monday so it's been coffee this week. The nice 100g tuo they come in are perfect to fill a little tin caddy and bring with me.

>> No.19289789

god dammit i just an hour biking to and from the store to pick up jap greens package just to find out their tax machine thing is broken so i couildnt get it anyways :<

>> No.19289849

>>19288510
>browsing this thread while in a state of poverty is pure pain
I feel you anon, ive been steadily drinking through my nice tea, about to end up in my emergency backup chep tea stash.

>> No.19289861

>>19288665
>is this as in four teaspoons or tablespoons?
As in grab a spoon from your silverware drawer and take 4 big heaping scoops of tea.
>>19288669
>also how do you store the created concentrate?
Generally you would leave it on the stove all day and mix with freshly boiled water to make new cups to drink. If you wanted to store it, strain the leaves out and put in in some jars or other bottles with lids in the fridge. I suppose it would make a potent iced tea contrate, fill a glass with ice. Pour that tea concentrate over, then ideally add some sweetened condensed milk.
Its a very rustic way if brewing tea and its in the pastebin because people ask about it occasionally and we had some guy show up and tell us how to brew it. Best with cheap tea that comes in big boxes.

>> No.19289872

>>19289473
>pays $99 a year for prime
>its free shipping!
Stop paying for prime, stop supporting amazon.
crying about $6 shipping is a new low for my fellow US posters.
There is basically nothing but garbage when it comes to tea on Amazon, a few listings here, a good brand there and a whole ocean of shitty low grade bulk packaged tea, all nice and stale.

>> No.19289887

REMINDER
its probably time to change your water filters
That is all

>> No.19289918

>>19289887
i should really change my bovedas soon too, is there an easy way to recharge a lot of them at once?

>> No.19289946

>>19289861
NTA but do you know if the resulting tea is very bitter or not? I’m considering trying to make a tea concentrate and I’m thinking about the best method.

>> No.19290003

>>19289918
I just find somone selling the 320g ones on ebay for $20 shipped and buy new ones.

>> No.19290009

>>19289946
>I’m considering trying to make a tea concentrate and I’m thinking about the best method.
Personally i would do the coldbrew recipe that's linked on the pastebin.
I think the boiled tea concentrate will be very intense with lots of tannins and its probably a bit rough on the gut

>> No.19290018

>>19290009
Alright thanks, I will take your advice and coldbrew the tea, then I shall strain and then concentrate by simmering.

>> No.19290061

>>19290018
That coldbrew recipie should already be concentrated, its made so you can pour the tea over ice and it will dilute to regular levels.

>> No.19290102

>>19289918
Just submerge them for a week.
>>19289887
Air filters too, while you're at it.

>> No.19290151

>>19289185
wierd. do you not drink assam, ceylon, eng bf or hk milk tea or earl grey? when you add milk, you get to brew the tea very strong. like ten plus minutes

>> No.19290153

>>19289191
it is not.

>> No.19290158

>>19290102
>Just submerge them for a week.
Don't submerge them, just stick them in a sealed container somewhere warm with a bowl of water and let the packs soak up the humidity. It is slower than directly getting them wet but is less likely to mess up the boveda packs.

>> No.19290162

>>19290151
I don't, i drink teas from china, taiwan and japan only. Northen laos from time to time.

>> No.19290168

>>19288640
cool, the dayi 7542 is the bench mark. will add to my next order.

>> No.19290172

>>19288554
>>19288640
right well said. thanks for the info

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If anyone has been wanting to try out crimson lotus tea they are having a deal today only (5-19) where if you buy two specific cakes you get a third one free ($70) value. Seems like a good deal but the downside is that you have to buy the specific teas.

>> No.19290177

>>19290162
very interesting.

>> No.19290360

>>19290153
it is.

>> No.19290486

>>19290360
it is not.

>> No.19290642

>>19288348
>Don't do it, please
I don't plan on it, but it just seems so memey like I almost want to to see wtf they bought.

>> No.19290676

>>19289185
same. I also drink black tea from India (even Assam region), Sri Lanka, China, Taiwan and Vietnam.

>> No.19290844

>>19290486
it is.

>> No.19291146

>>19290844
it isnt.

>> No.19291151

>>19290676
>>19289185
im assume you are not steeping for more than 2 minutes then.

>> No.19291189

>>19291151
im not the anon youre replying to but i literally steep my ceylon for up to 40 minutes and i have never once had the desire to add milk to it because milk is gross.

>> No.19291196

>>19291146
it is.

>> No.19291724

>>19291189
thats retarded

>> No.19291731

>>19291189
not adding milk is gross.

>> No.19291774

>>19288640
Exactly right. Spot on.

>> No.19291779

>>19273598
Looking for an alternative to coffee. What the best tea for getting a good caffeine buzz?

>> No.19291803

>>19291779
black tea

>> No.19291828

>>19290158
I know you're technically correct and I was being somewhat facetious, but there's a point with boveda packs that you can't wait for them to refresh by cranking the humidity. The sealed container method will prevent your packs from becoming oversaturated beyond their rating, but it honestly takes three times longer than submersing. If you keep an eye on the size of the packs as you're recharging them, submerging them directly in water is not a problem if you've been using them long enough to know when to pull them out.
At worse, you should only be recharging half of your boveda packs such that if you slightly overcharge them, your emptier packs will be able to absorb the excess humidity as your over-charged packs emit it. Maybe you need to open your humidor once or twice over a week to make sure it's balanced.

>> No.19291961

>>19291779
>What the best tea for getting a good caffeine buzz?
If you're just after good specs, yerba mate. If you've got money to spare and want a more *premium experience*, get into matcha.

What's the problem with coffee that you want to amend?

>> No.19291973

>>19291961
dont like bean stew from the third world.

>> No.19292068
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What does the blue (S) symbol mean on the packaging?

>> No.19292347

>>19291779
I find japanese green teas work well. sencha, gyokuro etc.
>>19291973
they're also made in a first world country if you care about that
alternatively, there is yerba mate. not actually tea, but can have quite the caffeine kick

>> No.19292478

>>19292068
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QS_mark

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brief comparison of two ripes, because I don't usually drink two on the same day, one after the other. maybe someone will find it useful. both from KTM:
>Dayi Lao Cha Tou (2014)
amazing body, very thick. the taste is rather simple but satisfying, chocolate and cream. a hint of raspberry fruitiness in some brews, a hint of dough in others. it goes on for a long time, I must have gotten like 10-15 cups from it by the end
>Haiwan 9978 (2018)
body is nowhere near as thick, but fine enough. I find the taste a bit more complex and quite delicious. it reminds me of burnt caramel or brown sugar, but also has a nice fruitiness. the aroma smells like some type of fruit cake, which I like a lot and it is nicer than the aroma on the Dayi. the lasting power, however, can't compete with the Lao Cha Tou, I get maybe 5 brews out of it using a similar amount of material

very happy with both these purchases, especially the Haiwan cake

>> No.19292737

>>19291151
I do flash steeping, in and out of the gaiwan maybe 20 seconds max for the last one.

>> No.19292883

>>19289570
Any other names for official amazon sellers? Just ordered the 7572 from taetea, looking forward to it

>> No.19292922

>>19291828
>submerging them directly in water is not a problem if you've been using them long enough to know when to pull them out.
The other potential problem is that you don't want and salts or ions leaking out of or into the pack as that can change the %RH calibration point.

>> No.19293718

>>19292612
Thanks for the writeups, i really need to hurry up and get some ripe nuggets

>> No.19293731

>>19292883
>Any other names for official amazon sellers?
There isint much on there desu, for puer most of the seller are random Chinese shops and then things get kinda sketchy, lots of fakes of famous taetea and other puers out there
>Just ordered the 7572 from taetea, looking forward to it
Good choice, the classic benchmark ripe puer, the industry standard.

>> No.19293857

>>19292347
the first world is turning 3rd world anyways.
Tim Hortons here is all indians and customers are starting to complain to corporate.

>> No.19293863

>>19292347
>>19293857
They come here expecitng people to see them as "first worlders" but no one does and they start getting angry lol.

>> No.19293938

>>19293863

There are so many coming to Canada now but the Indians born here hate them because the new ones all fell for these scams in India where someone sells them the dream of a good education and life here. Then they wind up working at places like Tim Hortons and hating everyone here.

You can also always tell when one is from India proper because they never use deodorant but the Indian Canadians do. Everytime I'm on the train or subway it smells of BO.

>> No.19294045

When a cake is labeled "qi zi bing", does the "qi zi" mean compressed?

>> No.19294059

>>19294045
http://www.babelcarp.org/babelcarp/babelcarp.cgi?phrase=Qi+zi+bing&define=1

>> No.19294227

>>19293938
>then they wind up working at places like Tim Hortons and hating everyone here.
they dont hate working at tim hortons, idiot. they just hate it that there are people better than them.

>> No.19294236

>>19293938
the problem with indian is their rep for being dirty smelly gross and dumb. and they sure dont help to change that.

>> No.19294299

>>19294227
>>19293938
Add to the fact that even though we see and hear about indians everywhere, on a worldwide level, they have no achievements. they are just everywhere but they have no achievements. Indians CEOs dont count lol. where is indian microsoft, or tech companies? there arent any. what indians have done is literally spread their filth everywhere and we just take it.

>> No.19294305

>>19294299
>dd to the fact that even though we see and hear about indians everywhere, on a worldwide level, they have no achievements.
...Modern India, or all of Indian history? The former, I get. The latter? You're delusional.
Forced deindustrialization is a bitch, and the country never had a communist bootstrap phase to break free of the WTO.

>> No.19294308

>>19293938
if indians were such a great people, then india would be first world.

>> No.19294317

>>19294305
>The latter? You're delusion
so where is indian Apple. microsoft etc? U know im right, even the Microsoft ceo was pissed when someone asked him this cus he knows its true. all indians do is parasite off the first world.

>> No.19294321

>>19294317
>so where is indian Apple. microsoft etc?
"...Modern India, or all of Indian history? The former, I get. The latter? You're delusional."
Fucking idiot.

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>>19294308

>> No.19294331

>>19294305
what achivements do indians have? from what i see in canada, all i see are people that hate it here and are reminded they are the "inferior" people here. they come here and cope and say "we are conquering" and "we taking over" and "reverse colonization" while if you think about it, their home country is trash. what happens when canada becomes a brown country? do they even think about that? where will they flee to next?

>> No.19294336

>>19294331
>what achivements do indians have?
If I begin naming things from before the 20th century, are you going to declare them irrelevant?

>> No.19294360

>>19294336
That's true Indians were really good at slaughtering and enslaving indigenous peoples, they don't really get enough credit for just how many people they massacred in the name of indian racial domination

>> No.19294362

can you guys take this dumb shit to /int/ or something?
this is the tea thread

>> No.19294363

>>19293857
Tim Horton’s customers deserve what they get here

>> No.19294372

>>19294362
I forgot where we were. Why is he making a fuss here?

>> No.19294376

>>19294326
where is canada, usa and uk?

>> No.19294379

>>19294363
wtf does that mean?
>>19294362
Tim Hortons is a major coffee/tea store. most normies get their coffee/tea there next to starbucks.

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>> No.19294384

>>19294363
people call corporate and complain that there are too many indians. lol. indians arent well liked, they are seens as invaders. they come here and hate everyone else. they have a chip on their shoulder. they are here and not in the third word but their home is third world and every second in the first world reminds them they are third world.

>> No.19294388

>>19294336
from the past, i think theres like aaryan-ness in them. however, HP Lovecraft says all modern indians are polluted because the caste system was implemented too late.

>> No.19294392

>>19294384
Tim Horton’s customers are mental helots, I prefer Indians.

>> No.19294394

>>19294336
if the east asians dont watch out, in 300 years, they will be polluted or mixed out, similar to what is happening in the west. the ancient indians, persians, egyptians are already mixed out and polluted and will never achieve greatness again. Is that when God comes in and destroys the world because of all the polluted Dna?

>> No.19294397

>>19294392
>Tim Horton’s customers are mental helots
thats dumb, theres tim hortons everywhere.

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>> No.19294430

new thread:
>>19294427
>>19294427
>>19294427

>> No.19294447

tea

>> No.19294451
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Mulch

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Tea cat

>> No.19294458
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Questionable tea

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>>19294455
tea cat

>> No.19294464

Final bump?

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Questionable teapot

>> No.19294492

i enjoy tea more if i don't abide by the brew time stuff, just leaving the infuser in and letting it get stronger over time is pleasant

>> No.19294508

>>19294492
this is how the chinese often drink tea anyway, especially green tea

>> No.19294543

>>19294492
yeah i do this mainly. its nice. but does it bring out the full flavor in ten minutes? cus in short steeps,. the 4 or 5th cup tastes real good.