/ck/ - Food & Cooking

>>20521470
I was going to post a new thread. You beat me by 3 minutes. I hate the 5 minute wait time to post.

>>20521483
Better luck next time he he he

>>20521470
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqrRyQV3P5k

>>20521499
this is tea thread not rice thread
only rice allowed is genmaicha

>>20521530
I don't care, order some maeda-en genmai, gay boi

Farmerleaf discount when?

>>20520661
>>20520771
Dang everyone's getting their Viet Sun order today. Including me. Here's mine :)

>>20520661
How is the white cake?
The price is similar to the FL white cake so it would be interesting comparison.
>>20521941
Apparently new cakes new week so I would guess at the same time.
I don't expect much tho, maybe 10% since new releases are quite anticipated.

>>20521966
>>20520661

Could you review one of the black teas? Show the leaves too please

>>20501279

I received the SevenCups Shifeng Long Jing. This was probably the most expensive tea I've purchased to date, and it is indeed a good tea. Compared to YunnanSourcing's Premium Longjing, I would say that this is more "fresh," i.e. more complex grassy and vegetal flavors. The toasty nuttiness I am used to in longjing is much more subtle. Honestly it's good but it's not *that* good, I'm glad I got a small sample of it though because it is definitely very green in taste, almost like shincha in some ways. The brew is pretty light as would be expected. It came in a nice gold-colored resealable mylar bag, they definitely want you to feel like you are getting your money's worth. I also picked up this year's Hou Kui which I will probably try tomorrow.

>>20522745

I’ve drunk raw puerh and now I feel super relaxed like I can’t move a muscle and I feel weak emotionally like I can’t smile or get scared. I’m too relaxed. But when I drink Japanese green tea like fukamushi I feel my head is a ballon and I feel my head is lightweight and more calm, but it’s not like raw puerh. Why does raw puerh make me feel like this I can’t drink it because of this, I can’t move from the coach and I become sooo lazy and emotionally numb.

LP still hasn’t shipped my order after 2 days
I’m going insane

the chinese are much faster at shipping tea than westerners

I only drink indian teas

>>20522901
The average Chinese tea seller lives in Guangdong right next to the post office.
The average Western tea seller lives in a shack 50 miles from Kunming.

>>20522831
Chai qi

>>20522831
>I can’t move a muscle and I feel weak emotionally like I can’t smile or get scared.
what does it mean? seems like you have compromised immune system or some such. on top of weak mental constitution. maybe it's just not for you, puer isn't for everybody, contrary to what tea internet wants you to think.

>>20522919
the prospect is truly revolting, sir.
please redeem the documentary https://x.com/simkrimms/status/1772961945026748525

>>20523012
>>20523036
I don’t feel like talking, anytime my family talks to me I don’t respond, I just look at them and nod I’m too weak

>>20522831
This is not normal. Could be pesticides, heavy metals, mycotoxins, maybe something is interacting with your meds, god knows what else. It's FUCKING TEA, none of those are supposed to happen to you.

>>20523113
There's not anything in the tea that creates that effect under normal circumstances so you should probably stop drinking it.

>>20523168
>>20523170
Btw the raw puerh is tahitian vanilla bean dream machine
Godamn this is the last time I’m drinking this relaxing drug. Next time will be after work when I want to sleep I can’t keep my face muscles in contact

>>20523203
Put down the bong, Aiden

>>20523168
My water taste sweet and mineraly but there is not a single calcium deposit in my kettle. So it’s soft right ? I might look into the chemical composition of raw puerh
I hoped someone came across this feeling

I usually just lurk here but today, in my mid 20s, I finally had my first 'proper' cup of loose leaf tea from China with nothing added. Previously, despite the fact that I've been enjoying tea in one form or another for about a decade, I only had bagged and powdered before. This is a coffee country.
I used to only drink fruity bagged ones and fruity powder ones, first with sugar added but then without sugar later on, but in recent years I switched to bagged white and green teas and recently invested into a better kettle, teapot, cups and imported a bunch of tea.

It was great, I have drank a lot of bagged green tea before and some of them definitely tasted a lot like what I just had, but the taste was so much more intense than what you get from the bagged ones. The way I would describe the difference is that bagged tea is kinda like the ghost or distant memory of what I just drank today.

I hope I won't turn into a snob in the future.

>>20523275
Glad you had a good time.
Don't worry you will be puer lesbian in no time >>20522802

>>20523275
Hey hey. There's a lot of cool stuff to try.

Sup, tetley bag drinker here. I want to elevate my tea drinking experience to a superior level without breaking the bank, any recommendations? I have nothing but a steel ball and some mugs.

>>20523203
huh I didn't know Texas had a puerh producer. I know Scott has a Texas warehouse but still.

>>20523313
For a tea upgrade, try this https://www.amazon.com/Alwazah-Triple-Traders-Loose-Ceylon/dp/B07DZ4M75Z
For equipment, get a basket style infuser, the ball type infusers don't leave the tea much room to expand. They're cheap, but if you'd rather not, try brewing grandpa style. Just dump some leaves in a cup and add hot water, refilling when you finish, you should be able to resteep it a few times.

My notes on Viet Sun teas so far, and poorly lit photo of Lào Cai Black brewed leaves as someone here requested.

Lai Châu Deep Forest Green Spring 2024
Tastes like longjing a bit, somewhat nutty and roasted. Some honey notes and sweetness. Strong vegetal umami flavor. Mouthfeel coating and thick. A bit of fruity flavor on the aftertaste, like berries. Rich nutty aroma in the brew and wet leaves. Dry leaves smell great as well. Handles boiling water for short infusions without any bitterness, and only slight astringency.
Tiny bit of pleasant sourness comes out in later brews.
Brewed leaves are fairly small, and seem in great shape, no small fragments and many still attached to the others picked alongside them.
I like it quite a bit more than other green teas I've tried, I think the flavor is a lot more complex and rich than the typical delicate and light flavor I'm used to with green teas.

Giàng Pằng "1 Big Tree" Spring 2024
One whiff of the dry leaves and I'm immediately regretting not ordering more. Smells strongly of strawberry juice and sweet ripe fruits.
First rinse brings out some grassier more vegetal scents. Maybe a bit of yeasty/beer-y sort of bakery or brewery type of smell.
Flavor and aroma of the soup is reminding me of dried fruits, mainly apricot. No bitterness but a fair bit of astringency.
Seems to take on more sweetness in later infusions. Still getting rich dried apricot scent and moderate astringency.
Really enjoying this one, I'm disappointed it's already sold out.

Lào Cai Black Spring 2024
Leaves smell malty, chocolatey. Reminds me of YS black gold tea.
Soup has thin but coating mouthfeel and no astringency or bitterness. Hint of sourness, and rich chocolatey honey-like flavors.
Dark chocolate-like fruitiness in the aroma comes through much stronger on the second infusion.
Seems to become substantially sweeter in later infusions as well. Lasts quite a few infusions.
Very nice tea, regretting only buying a sample of this one as well.

>>20523382
These were all brewed at around 3-4g / 70ml in the small gaiwan pictured, using 15s-45s infusions and boiling water. Overall very happy with these and will likely order more from them in the future.

>>20523382
>Lào Cai Black Spring 2024
>no astringency or bitterness
Yeah I was a bit confused that they say "chicory dark chocolate bitterness" in the listing, didn't come off that way at all to me. Nice reviews.

>>20523422
>chicory dark chocolate bitterness
I agree, definitely didn't get chicory or any bitterness at all with this one. Though I'm not sure I'd be able to detect a chicory flavor.
I'm wondering if it would be due to a higher leaf to water ratio. It looked like Viet Sun fill their gaiwans piled to the top and higher in the brewed leaves photos on their site.

>>20523464
That might be it. I have noticed a tendency to brew up a little slower than I'm used to in the ones I tried so far.

>>20515049
Day 4 of smelling my new chinesium tea knife. Smell has aged to a mellow smokiness. I may try using it soon. Cross your fingers for me so I won't stab through my finger.

>>20523313
Buy some good chinese black teas. Dianhong and such. Maybe something from Fullchea.

>>20523350
sounds good, thank you

>>20523650
Anyone drink black tea with milk?

>>20523382
Black teas are so astringent.

>>20523313
Just get the loose leaf super market black teas.

6 grams ripe. Boiled in 400 ml water. 10 mins. Strain. Pour into cup and add 1/3 milk.

Green tea is best when it is medicinally bitter. It gives me the strength to fight off ten chinamen

>>20523650
>Fullchea
very nice, I found a 500 grams bag of yunnan black for less than $20 U.S with good reviews, ships from china to canada in about a month

>>20523917
>>20523922
yes, if I don't put milk in my tea, I get an upset stomach.

>>20523922
the viet sun ones? which have you tried?

>>20523932

>>20524145
kek

>>20523932
>milk
do you want me to drink my own cum too, faggot?

Glad to be back drinking some ripe puerh. I like this stuff. Gonna try some of the aged raw I bought tomorrow probably.

>>20524512
Right on anon. Isn't loving your tea a good feeling? I've got some oolong dreams this weekend. Happy Memorial Day weekend to my American frens. What do you plan to sip on?

>>20524512
Pu'erh causes derealisation and shilling your own skeem on /tea/. Don't let me catch you doing that.

I figured this is the only place on 4chan that can help me
I want to know what the situation is with regards to buying replicas of Chinese ceramics
I figure that decent quality replicas of old designs are probably going to be quite expensive, any ideas of where I could buy them?

>>20524751
>replicas of old designs are probably going to be quite expensive
>replicas
You can get a Qing dynasty teacup for $30.
https://essenceoftea.com/products/50ml-55ml-late-qing-dynasty-large-blue-line-cup

>>20521470
I'm drinking some t2 green rose tea. I got it for free.

>>20524751
>I figure that decent quality replicas of old designs are probably going to be quite expensive, any ideas of where I could buy them?
Prices do vary but yeah high end reproductions get pretty expensive.
Honestly the best place to buy that sort of thing is taobao using a forwarding shipping service. You wont find much internationally except the low quality dirty fake antiques.

>>20524751
>>20524900
Here are some chinese characters that will help you start your search on taobao
草木灰 釉茶杯品 grass and wood ash glaze cup
仿古草木灰釉 antique grass and wood ash glaze

now that I'm over the fact that they've been inoculated with fungus, fu brick is really starting to grow on me. the bread-y flavor is very nice.

I just made a reddit post.
It's over for meeeee aieeeeeeeeeeeeee

>>20523944
fullchea has good prices. their Classic 58 and golden spiral black teas get recommended on here. throw in a V93 too if you want to try some good ripe pu-erh

>>20524878
Are these legit?
They're not cheap and some look pretty worn, but the prices still feel cheap for cups and plates that are supposedly 500+ years old.

>>20522802
By the way, is there a consensus on what teas have most heavy metals and other toxins? Year ago I read some study where Chinese teas had lower heavy metals compared other countries, but on the other hand I'm pretty sure you can get some nasty stuff from there. I mean organic mountain grown tea should be pretty clean, but what about mass-produced tea, farming methods, fertilizers, pesticides etc. And just the other tea people were talking about puerh mycotoxins. How about aged white tea? Aged loose leaf vs aged cake?

>>20525528
late Qing dynasty means it's probably from the 19th century
they made plenty of these back then, they were just standard cheap teaware so the prices aren't too high. compare it to grandma's porcelain teacups
the fancy painted ones will set you back more as will anything from the Ming dynasty

>>20525559
Cool stuff, thanks anon.

>>20525532
older leaves and stems accumulate more of the stuff. also, older Chinese mass plantations tend to have some lead content leftover in the soil from some old pesticides they once used.
so if you want to heavy metal maxx, boiling tons of cheap rough plantation material is the way to go. that's why the only real cases of heavy metal poisoning from tea are Tibetans drinking shittons of stupidly strong yak butter tea every day, made from the cheapo rough cut bricks like Xiaguan Tibetan Flame
if you don't do this, you really don't have much to worry about compared to any other produce

>>20525153
stay there

>>20524502
Clearly you have never tried a very strongly brewed ripe with milk.

>>20524502
You can use evaporated milk if you want.

bros do I use the hotel tap water

>>20525049
I threw in a brick of the 1368 fu on my last YS order just to try something new and I've been surprised with how much I like it.
It's almost gone now and I'm thinking of either ordering the YS fu cha sampler or buying a few different bricks from fullchea.

>>20525771
Are you in Japan? If so, yes. If not, no.

>>20525771
No you go out and buy a bottle of water, local one if you can find low carb/minerals from where you are.

>>20525771
Depends where you're, if it's safe why not?

>>20525771

I got Evian.
Should've used the tap.

>>20525978
Evian is bad for tea, which country are you in?
Could help for advice

>>20522062
Viet Sun Ha Giang Black Spring Tea 2024 first impressions

Brewed at 85C for 15s+15s. Once I reached a minute I bumped it up to 100C. Honey sweetness and minerality taste up front. Some chocolate notes in the background, but it was somewhat subtle (the '23 Lao Cai I had was much more obviously chocolate-y). Very fragrant. It kinda reminded me of an oriental beauty tea. Next time I might try boiling from the start to see if it'll have more impact.

>>20526060
America. This was a one time thing, when I get back home it's back to fridge filtered water and whatever the bottled stuff is at work.
If you'd like to suggest different bottled water types to try though, I'm all ears. I just picked Evian because I heard stuff like spring water was good for tea.

>>20526076
I'm not from america so don't know which bottles you can get. You should look on the bottle to see the detailed mineral content on it. Should be low the "good" ones are between 20-100 depending on what you drink, push to 150 for some puerh and roasted oolongs. Ph is also important, closer to 7 is usually better.

>>20526076
https://www.teacurious.com/comparing-bottled-waters-for-green-tea

>>20525621
does the flavor of the ripe still come through or does the milk cover it somewhat?

>>20525618
cringe
>>20525153
I'm looking for your reddit account

>>20525468
aye, will do thanks!

>>20525618
I blame anons for not responding to my posts

>>20526270
do you have a flexispot e7

>>20526285
No, I have an uplift desk.
what kind of question is that lol

>>20526285
Are anons really out there identifying desks

>>20526076
>America
Try poland spring
>>20526065
>Minerality in black tea
Sounds awesome

>>20526076
My favorite spring water is Mountain Valley Spring Water.
Super minerally, just an absolute treat to drink. I use it sometimes to add mineral taste to boring teas.
Get em from Whole Foods.

For me it's cheap fuhai ripe brewed gpa style
After my ripe binge last year ive finally given it enough of a break that im not totally sick of it

Bitter leaf 2024 puers are up.
They are offering a dragon ball or full cake set of all of this years cakes.
https://www.bitterleafteas.com/shop/tea/puer/treat-yourself-2024-raw-puer-set

>>20526446
That's a good idea for an offering. Perhaps the best reason I've seen to have 100g or 200g cakes. Although, I haven't purchased from Bitterleaf before, nor do I know that much about them. What should I know before considering a purchase?

>>20526463
Bitterleaf kind of straddles the two sides of the boutique range, they usually have some pretty affordable teas along with some hyper expensive productions. They focus a lot on yiwu and try to offer it at different price points. Usually some bitter teas get represented as well like their lao man e offering.
I like that they are much more transparent and have more detailed descriptions then w2t.
I haven't tried their kunlu offerings but the kunku tea i have had was pretty fun and im glad they are offering it.

Trying out the 2014 Bulang Peacock raw I just got. Has a pretty strong mint flavor to me. How does tea develop so many different flavors?

>>20526300
>>20526305
I found a post on r/puer from a few minutes before anon said they made a reddit post and the account's only other post is about that desk kek

>>20526501
Good question
im still not sure if im sold on the minty tasting teas. I don't mind the ones that give you the cooling sensation when you inhale through your mouth but when it gets deep into mint territory i throws me off a bit.
What do you think of it?

>>20526538
I like it. I may just be saying the mint is strong since it wasn't what I was expecting. And I don't think I've had any other tea with that kind of flavor.

>>20526501
>How does tea develop so many different flavors
it's similar to cannabis, basically there's lots of genetic diversity due to it being grown from seeds and not having been monopolized by some GMO corporation. I suspect many crops could have similar diversity in flavors if they weren't homogenized cultivars which have been developed for specifically color and size.

>>20526549
It's definitely possible, ive had a few teas over the years that hit pretty minty.

>>20526486
how was the kunlu you've had? I heard it's kind of a distinctive terroir

>>20526501
menthol-like aftertaste is not uncommon in ripe pu-erh for whatever reason. it's usually considered a good feature

>>20526575
It's been a while but it was good. Has some interesting bitterness to it. Maybe some notes reminiscent of chocolate but also possible i psyopped myself into thinking that from reading terroir descriptions.

ahhh where is the farmer leaf tea? Im nearly out of young sheng

>>20526501
from pj?

>>20527896
It's soon of course

>>20527896
any recs for 2023 sheng from him (or elsewhere)? I need to find some good young sheng to try.

>>20527978
Yes

>>20523275
>This is a coffee country
Sweden?

>>20528286
I got that one too haven't tried it yet

>>20528285
>any recs for 2023 sheng from him (or elsewhere)? I need to find some good young sheng to try.
This is interesting and accessable
https://www.farmer-leaf.com/collections/hidden-locations/products/spring-2023-fa-zhan-he
This is solid if you like bitterness, very enjoyable
https://www.farmer-leaf.com/collections/menghai-area/products/autumn-2023-lao-man-e-small-trees
This one is also solid and accessible
https://www.farmer-leaf.com/collections/hidden-locations/products/spring-2023-bangwai-small-trees

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqrRyQV3P5k&t=1s

>>20528513
Literally the 3rd post of the thread. >>20521499

>>20528544
I'll do it again, watch me

>>20528285
I second anon's reccs. have a full cake of the fa zhan he and lao man e

am i a philistine for preferring shou over sheng?

Lurker here, I have a question:
Is pure water (filtered) going to ultimately enhance the taste of tea or is it the quality of the tea itself that's going to allow the taste to be present?

>>20528719
I wouldn't recommend water that's highly chlorinated or flavored with anything else. also
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqrRyQV3P5k

>>20528695
>>20528498
cool these sound tasty, will give them a try. thanks anons

>>20528708
they're just very different experiences

>>20528708
I feel the same. sheng, esp aged, is so boring to me. it's all very same-y imo

>>20528817
funny, most people would say that about shu, not sheng

>>20528498
nta but why autumn Lao man e?
Isn’t spring more desirable

>>20528996
that's why autumn is half the price. despite being autumn material, it's still stronger and better than the vast majority of raw you'll find at that price. I get more steeps from it than the spring Fa Zhan He
it would be cool to compare spring vs autumn lao man e too

Does anyone sell proper Japanese mugicha that's not in bags? US Amazon doesn't seem to carry a single damn thing.

>>20529380
>Does anyone sell proper Japanese mugicha that's not in bags?
https://www.amazon.com/Premium-Roasted-Barley-Tea-Loose/dp/B009XZOGO4
https://www.amazon.com/Roasted-Mugicha-Boricha-Traditional-Healthy/dp/B0C1PVX58D/
You can also just buy 5lbs of roasted barley from a brewery supply store for a few dollars

I grow my own tea in pots, which mint would you suggest I grow?

>>20522831
You are a weak minded schitzo who fell for the qi meme. It is purely psychosomatic

>>20522831
your body might be very sensitive to L-theanine, these effects happen from it (in combination with all the other stuff in tea) but usually not to your degree, https://psychonautwiki.org/wiki/Theanine
do you discard the rinse? most of the caffeine content is in the initial brew so i would guess its somewhat similar for L-theanine

>>20528982
they just scare of flavor

>>20529458
Lemon balm is the best mint

>>20529458
>>20517984

>>20529502
You are a weak minded teahead who fell for the qi shitpost. It is purely for (you)s
https://www.reddit.com/r/puer/comments/1cueq5l/cha_qi_or_tea_high_or_tea_drunk/

>>20529548
Well damn, don’t I feel foolish for not having a complete mental index of Reddit posts

I tried a (very small) sample of this stuff and loved it
https://yeeonteaco.com/collections/puerh/products/2000-7542-menghai-tea-factory-25-years-of-traditional-manufacturing-raw-pu-erh-tea-cake
Has anyone tried this 2008 cake and know if it would be similar in character? Doesn't look like there's a sample available, but the price seems to be reasonable if it's anything like the 2000 cake
https://yeeonteaco.com/collections/puerh/products/2008-dayi-7542-raw-pu-erh-tea-batch-802

>>20529380
try maeda-en
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqrRyQV3P5k

I need some weed green tea.
I don't feel like trying and being disappointed by the sticky sites. Can someone just tell me which weeb green tea to buy? Might even buy something from Amazon to avoid the crazy shipping. So pls help.

>>20529767
Grumpy euro anon got the newer cake and said it was good so it's probably good. The newer one is from a different era so there will probably be differences in the blend and processing of the tea but i would expect that it will be somewhere in the same wheelhouse, just with less age on it obviously.

>>20529829
>Weeb green tea
Budget
https://www.amazon.com/Sugimoto-Company-Japanese-Package-ASINPPOSPRME18669/dp/B00DDGRE0M
Less budget
https://www.amazon.com/Ippodo-Tea-Sencha-Hosen-80g/dp/B09GV552B6
Also get one of these mesh brew baskets
https://www.amazon.com/Reusable-Stainless-Coffee-Infusing-Brewing/dp/B000J3JFJU/
Or
https://www.amazon.com/Teabloom-Universal-Tea-Infuser-Coaster/dp/B0893Q2K45
And make sure to follow the brewing directions in the rentry under the Japanese tea section, not the directions for regular green tea
If you like it you should buy larger quantities directly from on of the vendors in Japan in the rentry because it will be much cheaper even with shipping costs.

>>20529829
o-cha has cheap shipping available

>>20529849
Thanks. Have you had it yourself?

>>20529866
No i don't drink sencha but ippodo is pretty popular here and a few people have bought from sugimoto.
If i was going to buy Japanese green tea i would buy from https://www.o-cha.com/loose-leaf-green-tea/sencha/
Since it's cheaper and you know it's fresh.

>>20529767
500 dollars for tea turning into dirt
this is some clown world we live in man

https://trashchan.xyz/comfy/thread/8630.html#bottom

>>20529767
I haven't had that 2000 7542 but I've had the 2000 7532, and I have a cake of the '08 7542. I really enjoy the '02 7532, the 7542 not so much, it's not bad but not really for me. I very rarely find myself reaching for that cake vs. either something more fully aged or something young/ 10ish years old with dryer storage.
The '08 7542 is still pretty not fully aged. It has a decent amount of bitterness and is still kinda rough around the edges I guess you could say. I much prefer the 2004 8582, it's more rounded out and imo pleasant to drink. But that's just me liking my aged puer to be aged.

What the fuck $50 for green tea never paid that much lmao.

But I'm over at o-cha which do you guys recommend? Thinking of this
https://www.o-cha.com/en/loose-leaf-green-tea/kagoshima-organic-sencha-kurasawa.html

here's a vid on different jap brands you can order online ranked into a tier list
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqrRyQV3P5k

Viet Sun Lai Châu Deep Forest Green Spring 2024
I don't drink a ton of green tea but maybe I should, this is nice. It reminds me something inbetween jap greens and longjing. Good mouthfeel, with tea taste. And it takes boiling water which is appreciated.
I think I'll drink the rest grandpa style.

>>20530031
this looks like AI slop designed for IP grabbing
every post is so boring

>>20531005
Looks tasty

>>20531007
Its called autism

>>20530450
the Chiran and Saemidori were my favorites

got a jianshui teapot for my blacks and i'm wondering if there'll be enough carry over to worsen my ripes because i want to use it for both. anyone here fuck with clay enough to give me advice

>>20531654
pic of pot, nice smooth pour but i wish i got a flat sided one instead of rounded, clearing it out is a pain

>>20531654
>Japanese clay only good for greenteas!!!! and mediocre for 1 chinese tea
>Japan bad China good
lol

>>20531840
well japs mainly drink green tea so it would make sense if their clayware was focused on that. its not as if these are raw clay taken straight from the earth to the potter, they are blended and mixed to a standard

>>20531840
clay is a psyop

>>20531654
>wondering if there'll be enough carry over to worsen my ripes
Using ripes and blacks in the same pot the biggest rist is black picking up a bit of ripe flavors from the pot.
I mean if you decide you get some flavors mixing you don't like it's not particularly difficult to "reset" a pot by cleaning it
My advice it use whatever the fuck tea you want in it, and IF you actually notice some flavors mixing you don't like then you can worry about it, otherwise just relax and enjoy some tea

>>20531884
I have my doubts these clay pot peddlers can tell which special region clay was used to brew teas in a blind test.

FL package stuck in customs for almost 3 weeks. What do?

>>20532309
Wait
Contact the shipping service
Contact customs
Contact the seller

What are some other tea leaves i can plant? I got chamomile and mint.

>>20532309
Don't you have to pay customs fee in germany before you get delivered? When china post leave the package to your local delivery?

>>20532320
Lemon balm
Ginger
Ginseng
Lemongrass
Nettle
Raspberry
Papaver somniferum
Ephedra sinca

>>20532320
Why not plant real tea camellia sinensis assamica?
Has anyone done this?
Very curious

>>20532365
You need to have the right temp and elevation.

>>20532365
it's not a super hardy plant

>buy chinese tea
>a petrol like film develops on the surface of the tea after brewing
thanks but I'm sticking with Japanese tea

>>20532410
I've heard that means you have hard water

>>20532365
You can! and I would if my neighbors weren't spraying their yards with pesticides every year.

>>20529965
this one is truly clown world
https://yeeonteaco.com/collections/new-release/products/1970s-little-yellow-mark-cnnp-7542-raw-cluster-pu-erh-tea

>>20532365
Yeah i have some growing, im too far north so it's not doing great, but if you have the right climate you can do it
https://camforest.com/collections/tea-camellias

>>20532410
>a petrol like film develops on the surface of the tea after brewing
Its just fats

If you wanted to spend max $200 on an aged sheng cake which would you get?

>>20532512
I would wait.
https://marshaln.com/

>>20532512
Got this a couple years ago it was real nice
https://teaswelike.com/product/2004-nanqiao-bada-nannuo-blend/
Or something else old from teas we like.
Or i would dig through 2002-2004 cakes on king tea mall and pick something that sounded good.
Maybe some old changtai cake
https://kingteamall.com/collections/2003-changtai/products/2003-changtai-chang-tai-hao-ban-na-banna-zong-chang-tai-cake-400g-puerh-raw-tea-sheng-cha?variant=32659557646439

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqrRyQV3P5k

>>20528513
>>20528582
>>20528733
>>20529793
>>20531003
>>20532545
commit suicide you annoying faggot

>>20532553
okay :'(
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2dbR2JZmlWo&t=48s

LP has dropped a bunch of new cakes and has quite a few on the <$50 price bracket. I am tempted to get one of these:
https://www.liquidproust.com/listing/1735314497/2005-mahei-raw-puerh-cake-400g
https://www.liquidproust.com/listing/1721116394/2006-bulang-yang-pin-hao-raw-puerh-380g
What do you all think?

Also considering grabbing this for the fun of it:
https://www.liquidproust.com/listing/1735301135/aged-chong-shi-cha-sampler-30g

>>20532539
Interesting to see a conflicting opinion from the thread's. I'm still inclined to believe tea prices will continue to rise, at least in absolute terms given current inflation. That said I would still like to know all of the evidence and gut feeling on a possible downturn in the market.

>>20532735
thanks for posting
that mahei cake looks really interesting, havent had much aged tea from the east xishuangbanna area so might get it, taiwan is wet storage right? farmerleaf is probably releasing his teas soon too though so might wait a bit

>>20532735
It's a shame shipping from LP cost so much for me, it's like $7 per 100g. Personally I'd probably pick the bulang.

>>20532765
>taiwan is wet storage right?
Taiwan is on the wetter side, for me it's usually a very good balance, obviously depends on who was storing it and where it Taiwan but i find it usually ages very well without getting tons of wet storage flavor.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqrRyQV3P5k&t=1s

>>20532746
Old well aged teas probably are not coming down much even in the best case. Their is just not enough of them to meet drinking demand. Maybe some of the super expensive collectible stuff will but I don't think most of us here are interested in $1000+ cakes even if were half off. The big question is what will happen with all the younger and semiaged "premium" tea. There very well could be a price correction in that segment. Recent Dayi stuff in particular seems to be dropping but that was always pretty clearly overvalued IMO.

>>20532765
>farmerleaf is probably releasing his teas soon too though so might wait a bit
I am worried about that as well. I may just hold off on a FL order until fall sales. Most of the time I buy his fall teas anyways. Been too long since I bought aged sheng.

>taiwan is wet storage right?
It tends to be moderate to wet somewhat like Guangdong storage. There is a wide range though. If you want wet Taiwanese storage this looks like it fits.
https://www.liquidproust.com/listing/1342648688/2007-ziyunhao-raw-puerh-tea-cake-357g

>>20532803
>It's a shame shipping from LP cost so much for me
Are you in the US or elsewhere? For me in the US his shipping is pretty good. The minimum shipping is still like $7 but it scales up slowly. I think I can get 4 cakes shipped for $10 which is much better than most China based shops. LP also tends to have pretty fair prices on his budget offerings so hes not hiding the shipping cost in the price.

>>20532746
I think he IS right. The only reason why western prices are fucked is because of difficulty accessing the Chinese market. Between buying agents, language barriers and this weird psychology of thinking everything on Taobao are fakes is what drives the prices up on western vendors.
for a quick look, look at Mengku Rongshi.
Bojun 200g sheng + Bojun 200g shou for 688 CNY ($95) compared that to KTM's $99 just for 200g raw

>>20532735
I have one of the $20 Naka Huangpian cakes. It is cheap and good it you like Huangpian. Has moderate storage on it.

>>20532939
>Are you in the US or elsewhere?
UK. Shipping from the US is always bad for some reason, it really scales at about $7/100g. LP does seem like a decent fellow I'm sure it's not his fault.

>>20532964
Yeah international shipping prices tend to suck. Even getting things shipped from Canada to the US can be pricey despite being on the same continent. However I will still pay up to get tea direct from Asia because the prices and selection make it worth it.

>>20532410
>Japanese tea
Japan is finished. When ww3 kicks off, Japan will be the first to vaporize.

>>20532943
>difficulty accessing the Chinese market. Between buying agents, language barriers
This plays a huge role. International vendor markup is common in all sorts of industries. Things tend to be cheaper in their primary market or region of manufacture.
>this weird psychology of thinking everything on Taobao are fakes is what drives the prices up on western vendors.
I don't think most people make it far enough to even seriously consider buying from Taobao. The hassle factor alone keeps it out of most peoples minds. And being screwed over on Taobao is at least somewhat a valid concern, I don't think they have as strong of customer protections as westerners are used to and as a foreigner who is not even supposed to be buying tea on there in the first place you may just be out of luck if something goes wrong. But the "fake puerh" fear is mostly overblown so long as you use a little common sense. Sneaky fakes are mostly not a thing outside of some Dayi stuff and some expensive aged tea. Most fakes are just cheap shou claiming to be very old or cheap sheng claiming to be from a famous location. Many vendors embellish how much gushu is in their tea or how "wild" the trees are but with this kind of dishonesty you will still tend to get a tea commensurate with what you paid so long as you shop around and don't pay over average market value.
>Bojun 200g sheng + Bojun 200g shou for 688 CNY ($95)
That is still expensive by golden age puerh standards. The prices have gone up.

how come
tea taste better when sip from bowl instead of cup

>>20533194
bowl wider make more smell

>>20533064
>That is still expensive by golden age puerh standards. The prices have gone up.
We're still up from 2007 crash but we're on a correction.
Bo jun was just a quick example and perhaps a bad example at that

>>20533272
>We're still up from 2007 crash but we're on a correction.
What I want to see is more fancy single origin spring sheng cakes that don't cost $100+. I don't care as much about dayi prices. Dayi cakes are a market in and of themself because they are the most popular brand for speculative investing. One has to wonder if the reason the dayi prices climbed so high in the first places was because many of the buyers didn't actually drink the tea. I personally think in recent years it was a bad investment unless you got it at wholesale price. If you spent $200 on a new dayi 7542 cake there is not as much room for growth in value because you have already topping out the average buyers price bracket and if you want it to double or triple in price it will likely be harder to find buyers.

anyone had 2004 orange mark?

>>20533358
from who?

>>20533358
I had Left Handed Goddess of Gun Shan oolong before, never heard of your tea.
Is it like street shitting thing? Orange curry mark left in the dirt lmao

>oolong drinkers piping up when their top tier oolong is literally called duck shit

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqrRyQV3P5k

>>20533533
>hasn't even tried a shī shíqī diàn xiāng (湿时期垫香) dancong
Shameful

>>20533641
link me

>>20521470
>https://rentry.org/teageneral
>>How to make tea
>>>Western
>>>>Black, (g per 100 ml): 1-1.5
I don't understand, so my 8-9g teabag can make a whole liter?

>>20533719
just because you can doesn't mean you should
but probably yes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqrRyQV3P5k

>>20533719
A 9 gram teabag of mystery black? I don't habeeb it. Get a scale.

>>20533943
I don't have a scale but the box says "net weight: 30 grams. 20 units" and now that I write this I looked at a calculator and my bags should be 1,5g
I'm really bad at math, sorry for all of this.

>>20534000
Is it fine cut powdery stuff inside? The guide is for loose leaf really, those CTC tea bags brew quickly so it's advisable to use say one bag to ~300ml (a mug) or something like this.

>>20534004
It's very fine, like sugar.
I been making about 120ml but I'll try to see if a larger mug tastes any better.

>>20534075
>>20534000
the guide is for loose leaf tea. the ground up stuff in teabags brews up differently

just bought some asamushi sencha from O-cha. glad to see they have cheap shipping to the EU this year

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqrRyQV3P5k

>>20532735
Well I ordered some tea from LP. Hope its good.

>>20535005
https://www.liquidproust.com/listing/1735314497/2005-mahei-raw-puerh-cake-400g
It looks like the $30 2005 Taiwanese stored Mahei cake has sold out. It did look like a good deal so I can see why it went fast. Glad I snagged one. He has still got a bunch $44 2006 Taiwanese stored Bulang cakes as well as some other cheaper cakes.

My Pu'Er tea resin is coming soon, can't wait. Didn't care for Pu'Er originally but I tried some more of it recently and it wasn't bad.

>>20535121
>My Pu'Er tea resin is coming soon
Nice, where did you buy your Cha Gao from? I've always wanted to try some.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqrRyQV3P5k

>>20535177
Jesse's Tea House. It actually just came in, I'll make some up right now and report back.

LFPT is out for delivery, I feel like a kid on Christmas morning

>>20535203
>LFPT is out for delivery
Sounds exciting, I think today I will pull out some aged sheng myself.

>>20535215
What are you planning on drinking?

>>20535177
>>20535195
I put maybe 16oz of water in at 194°F and waited for a while for it to dissolve.
It tastes very "savory", like a soup. Wasn't what I was expecting, but it's not horrible either.

>>20535264
I ended up pulling out my 2010 (made with 2007 maocha) Dayi Golden Years sheng cake with Taiwanese wet storage.

>>20535302
How are those? I see them mentioned somewhat often but haven't tried one

>>20535313
>How are those?
Not sure how it compares to other dayi cakes in taste but it seems like a fine semiaged factory cake. I need to get an aged 7542 to compare it with. They are probably similar.
Here are some lazy tasting notes:
Earthy with mineral notes, wet storage has transformed it, dark tea color, old barn wood and straw, something kinda cucumbery, subtle spicy incense notes, lightly tingly on the tongue, slightly sweet, moderated bitterness that grows more intense in later steeps, not “fully” aged yet, still has bite to it

Got my lumber slut and camphornaught cakes today. I'm a happy tea anon.

>>20535422
nice. will you do a comparison? I really like the slut, but haven't tried the 'naught, which I hear is similar

>>20535411
Interesting, you it does sound like a factory recipe # kind of flavor profile.

>>20535121
>>20535269
Awesome. I'd love to see a photo. I have a good bit from Yunnan Sourcing in my shopping cart.
>>20535422
Nice! I love Camphornought.
>>20535539
Camphornought is more like a damp woody forest, darker notes. Lumber Slut is like licking a lumber pile (in a good way), brighter, more crisp.

>>20535539
Sure, they're quite similar but a bit different.
I think camphornaught is more like earthy/foresty trees vibe, with a touch of sweetness. LS is like a cleaner, fresh cut wood with a hint of smoke, like a firepit filled with fresh pine boards maybe. I don't get any smokiness from camphornaught at all, just a bit of damp and foresty trees.
If you like lumberslut you'd probably enjoy camphornaught as well if you don't mind a bit more earthiness and sweetness. They're both very balanced in my opinion, not too much smoke on LS or too much earthiness from the naught, but plenty for an interesting and pleasant flavor profile.

I bought a 1kg bag of Cruz de Malta Yerba Mate at my local middle eastern market. What am I in for?

They also had other teas such as Alwazah Ceylon Tea and Temple of Heaven gunpowder green tea but I did not get any today.

>>20535769
looks fancy, you're probably in for strong caffeination

>>20535769
Haven't tried cruz de malta but it's supposed to be pleasant and accessible.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqrRyQV3P5k

>>20536393
https://youtu.be/ee6FxGxEnTc

>>20536410
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFQQALduhzA&t=11s

>>20536393
>>20536410
>>20536421
I know I shouldn't interact with the shitposters but I just want to ask what you get out of this, anon? Are you okay? Don't you have anything better to do with your time? And why /tea/ of all threads?

Anything good from Global Tea hut? I like https://globalteahut.org/products/autumn-bridge enough to reorder, but not sure what else to buy.

>>20536816
She's married to a puerh lesbian and gets severely beaten after every tea session so she comes on /tea/ and lashes out to cope. I almost feel bad for her.

>>20536816
99% of trolls are looking for reactions and/or wanting to grief. If you reply to them in any way they already won. Report and move on.

>>20536835
>Anything good from Global Tea hut?
You may the only person here who has tired them
Here are some random teas that look fun to me:
https://globalteahut.org/products/kensho?variant=37664278610079
>shou oolong or something? interesting
https://globalteahut.org/products/red-pine?variant=37664038617247
>Super old dian hong is very rarely offered for sale. No idea what it is like.
https://globalteahut.org/products/beneath-the-pines?variant=37662966841503#?
>aged light fermented liu bao, the 150g size looks reasonably priced if its good
https://globalteahut.org/products/dhyana?variant=44121458868445
>its old tree huang pian but the price for a cake is fair. Not unique but if you just wanted something to pad out an order.
https://globalteahut.org/products/disco?variant=37664249774239
>Really old oolong if you haven't any (I haven't)
https://globalteahut.org/products/the-classics?variant=44007650492637
>Really old sheng if you haven't any (I haven't)

>>20536816
>And why /tea/ of all threads?
just a passing fancy, though this will be a first for me but: in the future I'll abstain from tea threads, everything else is fair game
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqrRyQV3P5k

>>20536917
out of all the threads to troll you'll probably find the least excitement here

2005 ChangTai "Chen Hong Chang - Yi Wu - Ji Pin"
Took me a few tries to get a feel for this one. At first sourness of stonefruits and just a touch of astringency, then it settles down into mellow sweet taste. Has a bit more oomph in it than the lancang tuo, which I couldn't decide if I preferred, but really it's neutral. Texture is just a little thin but ok. I almost wish it had some smoke.
Also, it does just fine in the flask.

>>20536917
How nice, we even have the politest shitposters.

>>20536930
yeah...hence why my posts have been spread apart rather than a constant bombardment of bullshit. I figured that eventually I'd strike a nerve (already got a warning) but it wasn't really satisfying...happens

>>20536913
A while ago I was thinking about ordering from global tea hut but the supposed "broken bits of late 1980s 7542 cakes" set off my bullshit alarm.
They sell it for $0.70/g? Yeeontea sells '80s 7542 for $7/g...
https://yeeonteaco.com/products/1980s-cnnp-7542-raw-pu-erh-tea?_pos=2&_sid=f1f788980&_ss=r
The story is
>Often times, when many boxes of puerh tea were stored the bottom cakes would get smashed. Back in the day, when puerh wasn’t worth so much, this tea was swept up and sold by the kilo in large jars. A friend of ours bought some way back when and offered us this tea at a great price.
Which frankly I just don't believe.

>>20536936
From kingteamall? I enjoy that one, I think it's a solid daily drinker that I take to work pretty often.

>>20536835
Buy a tube of one of their mid priced aloeswood incense sticks.
https://globalteahut.org/collections/incense

>>20536936
love that gaiwan, great colors

>>20536977
Yeah that's it. I forgot to say I like it, nice tea for daily drinking indeed, 12c/gram.

>>20536983
Fish gaiwan supremacy

>>20536969
I understand your skepticism but you have to look at the value of the tea on the market. YoT has full cakes that they bought from the factory and have been storing since then, they probably still have a copy of the invoice somewhere. The stuff from teahut is just tea crumbs in a jar with a story, no real value to collectors so it makes sense that they can't demand those kinds of prices.
I'm not saying im conviced its legitimately a 1980 7542 made by dayi, but if i bought some i would simply evaluate it based on the quality for its price and not worry so much about the story.
I don't think ive seen any complaints about the quality or authenticity of global tea hut teas. Mostly i just see people making fun of them for being weirdos in a nerdy cult.

>>20536969
It may really be 1990s and only be "7542 style" cakes but I would expect it to at least be old factory sheng which at the price is still not terrible. If it turns out not to be an old tea don't order from them again. I care more about the cup than the story and even they don't stress the story much. Mystery jars of broken up tea are always worth less than cakes or well provenanced samples. Tea shops used to break up cakes into chunks for easier resale before puerh cake collecting became so widespread and some of that tea is still floating around.

>>20537028
>I'm not saying im conviced its legitimately a 1980 7542 made by dayi, but if i bought some i would simply evaluate it based on the quality for its price and not worry so much about the story.
I agree with you, it very well could be great tea for the price and at the end of the day that's what really matters.
I just really don't like being lied to, and I feel like they're lying to me to try to convince me to give them money. The weird cult thing also adds to my distrust. That's enough for me personally to never buy anything from them.

>>20536917
Thank you anon, that's kind of you. Do you enjoy any types of tea, before you go?

>>20537073
usually stick with genmai cha and sencha. I'm a basic bitch like that. when i was younger used to indulge in gunpowder green tea for the kick but over the years didn't really enjoy the "harshness" in both taste and caffeine kick. y'all have fun

>>20535769
Light grassy taste with a good caffeine kick. Cruz de Malta is a good choice for beginners, doesn't have the more smoky or weird flavors.

>>20537044
>Mystery jars of broken up tea are always worth less than cakes or well provenanced samples.
I get that, I just think they should be honest and sell it as mystery tea. They could say "Late 80s sheng sold to us as X, we have no way of verifying this, but it's an excellent tea with some age on it whether or not it truly is X" instead of "This is that super famous tea you've heard about, we're giving you a great deal, we got it at an excellent price, trust us bro."
And again if your view is "Who cares if they're lying, if the tea is good that's all that matters" that's totally valid, but I care that they're lying. I can't stand bullshitters and I won't give them my business.

>>20537159
>I can't stand bullshitters and I won't give them my business.
I respect the sentiment but to me it really did not feel like they laid it on that hard. I just read it a saying that it is good quality factory style sheng with perhaps an optimistic age estimation. The 7542 name in this context is as much of a style descriptor as anything. If you said 1980s, medium sized leaves, factory style production, megnhai area sheng you are effectively implying a dayi 7542 or related recipe anyways.

I guess it raises the question how different recipes and grades of tea did CNNP even make back in the day? Its not like today where brands advertise all sorts of premium productions. I don't think the 7542 was a premium or limited product line back then. I'm not sure CNNP even had a concept of a premium product line back then. Puerh was a bulk agricultural product. The 7542 recipe itself is not special in it's contents, if anything it represents a sort of average big factory production. They just have reputation of being reasonably consistent in quality.

>>20537327
>really did not feel like they laid it on that hard. I just read it a saying that it is good quality factory style sheng with perhaps an optimistic age estimation.
Yeah it isn't really that bad as far as salesman bs goes. Maybe what you're saying is sort of implicit in the listing.
I think the cult reputation and shit like these $15 magic rocks makes me wary.

>>20537386
>>20537386
Lmao, there is no way I will ever buy from this kind of snake oil salesman

>>20537386
I have no plans on buying any magic tea crystals. That product description almost makes me physically cringe. Certainly it got a snicker out of me. It reads like satire. I wonder who wrote it.

tea casual here, this, with a little spoon of honey is my favorite, i also like the toasty rice one, what does /tea/ think about the yamamotoyama company

>>20536995
>Fish gaiwan supremacy
I need to continue repairing mine. It's been a busy Spring.

>>20537465
I haven't tried this brand yet but jasmine tea with honey is very nice

Does Yunomi send me an email when they ship my order? Also, I ordered several tasters with "Repacking smaller sizes / ordering new stock generally takes 1-2 weeks" so I'm assuming it will be bottlenecked by the slowest one, I also got one with "Pre-order ships in late May". How accurate is that? First time ordering.

>>20537386
lol
I would not order for that vendor just from that listing alone.

>>20529829
See if your local tea shops have Japanese green tea. Shincha (first harvest) teas are the best in my opinion and they have just come out and last limited time, so try to find that. Otherwise ask for sencha that's from newest harvest (most are still selling last year's). Freshness is king, and if the shop is selling loose leaf, it matters when the tea's original package was opened. The exact variety is up to taste and there are infinite number of them so it's hard to recommend anything. You can like a cheap one more, but expensive is more likely to be better.
The parameters that make biggest difference are (try at least one of each):
- steaming (asamushi = lightly steamed, fukamushi = heavily steamed)
- shading (kabusecha = shaded before harvest, gyokuro = shaded for longer time)
- more advanced: cultivar (can often be a blend from a specific location)
Brewing parameters are also important (temperature, time, leaf/water ratio). Beginners are more likely to make too diluted tea.

FL any day now

Anyone try this yet? Sounds similar to the 7342h that Yeeon has maybe.
https://white2tea.com/products/2024-riparian

>>20538147
Oh also, any recs for good sheng from w2t? I tried their veldt and thought it was decent, they seem to be kinda hit or miss though.

>>20538116
I'm curious what anons are going to pick up from FL
I've only tried a handful of teas from him and I'd love to try more of his teas this year.
Famerleaf love

>>20538205
I'm kind of stocked up on young raws. Still interested to see, all the photos and locations make Farmerleaf fun to browse

>>20538205
Probably nothing. Maybe some samples.
I have few cakes that I need to get through first.

>>20537465
I hate jasmine tea so much. Not even because I think it's bad tea, but because the smell reminds me of a babysitter's house when I was under 10 whose house always smelled like the stuff.

As a puerhfag, it's hard to drink other teas anymore....

>>20538180
941, green hype and philtre are all tasty. Snoozefest too of course.

>>20538717
Liubao is the logical progression.
Also eventually you will become old and grumpy and only want to drink old roasted oolongs

>>20538147
I've got a few minis. I'll pop 'em this weekend and compare them to Jamrock.

>>20537078
>when i was younger used to indulge in gunpowder green tea but over the years didn't really enjoy the "harshness"
Try mixing it with mint.

>>20538862
>>20538862
GET IN HERE somebody grew, processed, and has now fired their own home grown tea.

>>20537465
>yamamotoyama
I consider them good as far as grocery store tea tea goes. However most the anons here drink loose leaf and not teabags.

>>20538180
it's a bit on the pricier side but i looooved the samples i got of they mad!!!. i haven't seen much discussion about it but i'll likely get a cake of it when this year's spring harvest stuff drops

>>20538819
I tried liubao and other heichas, but I'm always crawling back to puerh.
I guess I'm too young to enjoy oolong heh

If you are looking for a w2t tea with some smoke and some punch this is still the same price it was when it was listed in 2016
No i haven't gotten around to trying it
Yes w2t is in Kunming or somewhere equally dry so 8 years of age isn't going to make a world changing difference.
For something in the complete opposite direction some nearly 10 year old yiwu huangpian that i also haven't tried
https://white2tea.com/collections/2016-white2tea-puer-teas/products/2016-fade-raw-puer-huangpian-brick
https://white2tea.com/collections/2016-white2tea-puer-teas/products/2016-prolaxicorvatin

Another old menghai blend from w2t
https://white2tea.com/collections/2012-white2tea-raw-puer/products/2015-milk-cream-alcohol
There is also often which is a white label warehouse find that used to get a lot of love back in the day.
https://white2tea.com/collections/2012-white2tea-raw-puer/products/2008-often
Anyways if you are looking at w2t don't neglect the back catalog, most of his own older teas haven't gone up in price at all or maybe 10% at most. Good tea material was cheaper back then.

I will never drink w2t and kuuracorp.
Reddit looking ass wrapper and marketing

>>20539162
Do you have similar opinions about craft beer and its marketing? Anything else?

>>20539611
beer is the gayest drink ever invented. shit turns you into a bitch and makes you grow tits.

>>20539614
What manly teas do you drink? Give an example of marketing you think is great.

>>20539611
Nah the equivalent of w2t and kurra would be anime whisky.

this right here was some great marketing for a great product

>>20539649
w2t-tier marketing

>>20539628

>>20539635
w2t is in china at least

>>20539649
brilliant move by bud to dissociate the brand from people like >>20539661

>>20539722
>w2trannies loved the mulvaney bud light campaign
unsurprising

>>20539750
>disliking rightoids makes you a tranny
classic

>>20539806
>disliking trannies makes you a rightoid
classic. i hate politics and i hate mentally ill freaks.

im not any of these anons but i thought the moon waffles were good when i tried them. that's about the extent of my w2tea opinions. all tea is good tea.

>>20539819
ur rightoid until proven otherwise if ur whining about reddit marketing and trannies

>>20539830
You're a tranny until proven otherwise if you're defending that retarded Bud Light campaign, w2t, and reddit.

you're all so fussy tonight. go make some tea.

>>20540113
I'm enjoying some '2023 - They Mad'
https://white2tea.com/collections/raw-puer-tea/products/2023-they-mad

>>20539155
>>20538794
>>20538180
I liked Veldt. green hype sounds good too

>>20539830
Go back (to Reddit)

>>20539825
moon waffles is great. I should really try some of their other whites at some point.

>>20535643
nice! I actually really like the smoky element in Lumber Slut. it reminds me of a vanilla scented candle sometimes
I enjoy Peak Vulture too. though I'm not too hyped for w2t's sheng, they do have some pretty cool inexpensive ripes. nice break from the usual Dayi flavor profile which I've gotten a bit bored with

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>>20540287
Awesome thanks anons, will give some of these a try

>>20538824
Cool, would love to hear your thoughts

>>20539825
I hope they bring back moon waffles, I keep hearing good things about that one

PSA: 12% off all ripe pu on YS with code RIPE12 right now

>>20540303
>>>/pol/ tourist
I've been here longer than you

water is either hot or cold or boiling. degree measurements are cope

Man fuck the age of disjointed information. I'm so sick of getting crumbs of information through tea discord, reddit, forums and blogs.
Why can't these autists make information more accessible instead of forcing me to make multiple accounts across various platforms.
Fuck I'm so mad.

>>20541415
decentralization is good, when one source dies not all the value is lost

>>20541430
I like the concept, but for the actual end user the experience is PAIN.

>>20541454
true, we need better search engines

>>20541415
I was sick of this in one of my main hobbies so I started collating a google doc with all the information in an easily-accessible format to share with others. Perhaps you could start one of your own?

>>20541415
>Man fuck the age of disjointed information.
This sort of stuff was always dispersed. Nobody is going to make an "ultimate defective guide to tea (TM)". What did you expect. The only really bad thing these days are social media sites like Discord and Facebook that make information unsearchable and unlikely to be archived.

Is there something specific you need help with? somebody here may know.

>>20541569
>defective
I meant definitive, lol

Look what I got from o-cha!
A little too small to have paid $50, but I'm sure the quality is there. Next time I'll be paying for the cheaper delivery, inconvenience that I have to sign delivery.

>>20541676
It's time, let's see some viscous neon green tea brewed up

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