/ck/ - Food & Cooking

[Anonymous No.10810942]

Well /ck/?
Which tea is the most patrician?

[Anonymous No.10810950]

Lapsang Soochong

[Anonymous No.10810951]

White tea

[Anonymous No.10810960]

earl grey with lots of honey

[Anonymous No.10810973]

>>10810960
>honey

[Anonymous No.10810983]

>tea
>patrician
you fucks are just as bad as the sips shills. you realize this, don’t you?

[Anonymous No.10810989]

Earl Grey, obviously

[Anonymous No.10810993]

>>10810973
not him but yurop does it too
half a teaspoon tho, not "lots" of it

[Anonymous No.10810995]

whichever one makes you happiest :)

[Anonymous No.10811032]

Tea from these specific trees in the Wuyi mountains.

[Anonymous No.10811062]

>>10810973
> Implying only Americans do this.


>>10810942
>Well /ck/?
>Which tea is the most patrician?
English Breakfast. Or Earl grey if you like bergamont

[Anonymous No.10811159]

>>10810942
Cawfee

[Anonymous No.10811162]

>>10811159

[Anonymous No.10811165]

>>10810942
Sleepy time tea of course. No others compare.

[Anonymous No.10811170]

>>10811165
based

[Anonymous No.10811178]

Does ayahuasca count as tea

https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/78kmvx/millennials-on-spirit-quests-are-ruining-everything-about-ayahuasca

[Anonymous No.10811187]

>>10811178
I would say so. Nothing says “relax” like vivid hallucinations.

[Anonymous No.10811212]

>>10811159
This is a tea thread, fuck outta here


>>10811165
Allergic to chamomile so I have never had it

[Anonymous No.10811284]

>>10811159
Gween tea

[Anonymous No.10811394]

*sips*
Ahhh, this refreshing taste! Earthy, comfy aroma... Plebs won't understand.

[Anonymous No.10811622]

>>10811394
It tastes good but smells odd.

[Anonymous No.10811703]

[Anonymous No.10811736]

>>10811703
>tea bag

[Anonymous No.10811773]

>>10811736
Don't be a dick anon.

[Anonymous No.10811873]

>>10811394

Just had my first cup of pu-erh a couple weeks ago, courtesy of a friend. I don't really know what I was expecting but it was completely different and much better than I ever thought. The mellow profile really helps the more complex parts of the flavor come through.

[Anonymous No.10812282]

For me it's Twinings Irish Breakfast + a shot of brandy. Pretty fucking tasty desu

[Anonymous No.10813562]

Any recs for a good ceramic tea set? Price isn't a huge concern, but i am a poor fag.

Was thinkin of buying that starter kyusu set from hibiki for like 50 bucks

[Anonymous No.10813577]

>>10810973
Tea with honey and lemon is really great for when you've got the cold or a virus.

[Anonymous No.10813765]

>>10811703
>Nobody pointed out the ketchup

[Anonymous No.10813880]

For me it is imperial mojiang, or most black teas Yunnan.

[Anonymous No.10814338]

Harbor Tea

[Anonymous No.10814407]

>>10810950
>>10810951
>>10811394
Acceptable answers.

>>10810960
>>10810989
Unacceptable answers

[Anonymous No.10815219]

white peony tea i guess. most mild. actually quite good

[Anonymous No.10815244]

>>10810951
what kind of white tea is this?

[Anonymous No.10815321]

>>10810942
What are some good teas to get high? I've been drinking mugwort with yarrow for a while and it's a pretty nice buzz. I heard blue lotus and damiana are good but I can't find any stores that'll deliver them here.

[Anonymous No.10815550]

>>10811622
It smells wonderful. Like horse stables.

[Anonymous No.10815652]

>>10815550
No. Like a comfy swamp.

[Anonymous No.10815760]

>>10815321
shrooms

[Anonymous No.10816132]

>>10813562
Thrift shop's always got cute teacups and assorted teapots from old women who are downsizing.

[Anonymous No.10816140]

>>10815321
Getting tea drunk is a real thing. It doesn't matter what type you drink, as long as it's real tea (not a tisane) and drunk in large quantities in a small period.

[Anonymous No.10816148]

>>10810942
>Which tea is the most patrician?

By definition, yellow tea.

[Anonymous No.10816202]

I quite like redbush, I think it's underrated.
Also no sugar, obviously.

[Anonymous No.10816212]

>>10816202
That's a tisane.

[Anonymous No.10816218]

>>10810989
this

[Anonymous No.10816264]

Keemun

[Anonymous No.10816354]

sencha from wazuka is the only patrician tea

[Anonymous No.10816358]

>>10816354
matcha too

[Anonymous No.10816361]

herbal tea because i'm sensitive to caffeine

[Anonymous No.10816375]

>>10816361
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tea
>Tea is an aromatic beverage commonly prepared by pouring hot or boiling water over cured leaves of the Camellia sinensis
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camellia_sinensis

[Anonymous No.10816382]

>>10816375
I'm not following.

[Anonymous No.10816396]

cheap, but patrician

[Anonymous No.10816400]

>>10816396
this. i've had a milky PG tips every morning for the past 42 years

[Anonymous No.10816414]

>>10816382
He's saying herbal teas aren't tea but he's too much of a coward to say it directly.

[Anonymous No.10816417]

>>10816414
Huh?

[Anonymous No.10816418]

>>10816414
Ah okay, thanks. Yeah I know they aren't teas.

[Anonymous No.10816426]

>>10816418
So why did you mention it in a tea thread, retard?

[Anonymous No.10816631]

>>10810942

[Anonymous No.10817915]

>>10815219
I just picked up a bag of this. Silver needle is my go to but this is a bit more full bodied. >>10815244
reverse image search turns up Yu Luo White Tea
>>10816140
I used to frequent this tea shop, the owner became a friend and mentor of mine, would make me all kinds of tea and hardly charge me. I remember him calling me out on being tea drunk once - couldn't wipe the smile from my face. I miss that place.

TFW to sensitive to caffeine to drink that much tea anymore.

[Anonymous No.10819004]

>>10811212
coffee is just bean tea, nigger

[Anonymous No.10819030]

>mfw cant drink tea without sugar
I wish i wasn't such a pussy

[Anonymous No.10819129]

>>10815760
Can't get them here.

>>10816140
I know that's a thing, I meant actual herbal teas. A good chunk of them actually get you high, obv not as good as weed but still surprisingly noticable considering they're legal and dirt cheap.
An ounce of yarrow is like $5 here and gives a similar "shinyness" and euphoria to weed. The mugwort is sedative, trance-like and recovers fatigue. Was just wondering if anyone here had any personal recommendations for herbs I should try.

[Anonymous No.10819245]

unsweetened or sweetened?

[Anonymous No.10819299]

For me, it's yellow tea.

[Anonymous No.10819421]

The kind kids get shot over of course.

[Anonymous No.10819440]

>>10811032

[Anonymous No.10819443]

first flush darjeeling

[Anonymous No.10819457]

This thread is pretty disappointing. Most people are posting about trash tier teas that are ground up burnt powder shoved into satchels. That's the equivalent of posting Folgers instant crystals in the coffee threads.

[Anonymous No.10819458]

I'd like to try this sometime.
That Vanilla Chai Tea you can buy in a bottle from that brand that makes those Goodness and Naked juices is pretty good too.

[Anonymous No.10819479]

>>10819457
yo momma

[Anonymous No.10819489]

>>10819458
This is a fucking awful basic bitch white person recipe

[Anonymous No.10819497]

>>10819458
>Chai Tea
Stop that.

[Anonymous No.10819498]

I like oolong.

[Anonymous No.10819500]

Green/ochaa for 500

[pu'er anon No.10820195]

>>10819457
You are completely correct, but what did you expect? Here in America people believe Britain is the world's seat of tea culture, and in reality those guys might even do it worse than we in the states.

>>10819498
Pic related reached me from Taiwan last week, with 10 different oolongs. I had been drinking pretty much nothing but pu'er for months, and wanted to explore another category. I have tried 4/10 or so and overall I'm really pleased with them; it's such a drastically different experience from the shou I brew daily at the office, and it has rekindled my love of this drink.

The only one among those tried that has me disappointed is the oriental beauty. I had never tasted one, and given its fame I wanted to at least have it as a reference point. The dry leaves were pretty and I was excited for something subtle and lofty, but the 3-4 infusions I have had so far are not impressing me. It tastes like a Yunnan black, but lacking the boldness.
Am I doing it wrong? I have been brewing at near-boiling or boiling, using 5g of leaf and infusing for 5s + 5s per.
Thinking maybe I goofed by not waiting until the summer harvest; I do feel silly for that.

[pu'er anon No.10820344]

In a few weeks I'll be in London and a few nearby towns, esp. Cambridge, for a few days. I have one tea shop in mind (China Life), but am eager for suggestions of other tea-zones in the area. Not terribly interested in British-style tea, either the Western brewing methods or the Indian teas and blends they employ; Chinese or at least East Asian tea houses preferred.

[Anonymous No.10820348]

Pretty self-evident

[Anonymous No.10820381]

Best practices for making iced tea? It always comes out either bitter or tasteless when I try.

[Anonymous No.10820699]

Literally depends on your horoscope

I'm chamomile and a Capricorn. Ive forced myself to get into Earl Grey, tried different brands, didn't give a shit. took a meme test from tumblr and got chamomile. I haven't tried anything else.

Remember, tea isn't defined by flavour it's defined by the effects, each leaf has a special effect and you're supposed to have different flavours to adapt to your mood.

[Anonymous No.10820708]

>>10810942
Whatever compliments Inglehoffer Brand German Style Mustard the best.

Or add water to Inglehoffer Brand German Style Mustard and the heat it up, drink, enjoy! I have a cup before bed every night.

[Anonymous No.10820713]

For normal breakfast tea, Marks and Spencers gold blend. For a bit of flavour Chai and if I want to get drunk, early grey and gin.

[Anonymous No.10820955]

>>10820344
Mei Leaf in Camden

[Anonymous No.10821320]

Darjeelings are expensive, but worth it. The taste is superior.

[Anonymous No.10821501]

>>10811394
As long as you flush it with one cycle of water before brewing to actually drink it, otherwise it'll actually taste of Poo and make you go "errhh". Poo-erh indeed.

[Anonymous No.10821507]

>>10810942
Decaf chai tea powder dissolved in low fat low sugar soy milk with two sugars and topped with chai syrup

[Anonymous No.10821544]

>>10810942
Earl grey and darjeeling are good but not hot, I usually add a few ice cubes to cool them down. Genmaicha is also pretty good.

[Anonymous No.10821550]

Mao Feng

[Anonymous No.10821551]

>>10810950
>>Lapsang
>>Yes

[Anonymous No.10821576]

>>10810942
assam desu

but many are good, i havent tried enough to have a proper answer

[Anonymous No.10821579]

>>10811703
absolute unit

[Anonymous No.10821584]

>>10816396
mate this is the expensive stuff for me, i get tesco value bags

[Anonymous No.10821591]

>>10820195
implying

thing is, tea over here is just an everyday drink, its not really a deep cultural thing. sure, you can get the fancy teas if you want them, but most people just drink regular black tea with milk.

i agree though, china is a much better place for tea lovers. they did invent it after all.

[Anonymous No.10821592]

>>10820344
why come to the UK to drink foreign teas

[Anonymous No.10821597]

>>10821507
disgusting

[Anonymous No.10821602]

>>10820955
its the same thing they've changed the name

[pu'er anon No.10821997]

>>10821592
I'll be visiting family in the area and it occurred to me that London is a big place and there might be stores/places in it that cater to my interests

>>10821591
>thing is, tea over here is just an everyday drink, its not really a deep cultural thing
Now that's a curious thing to say. It's a staple drink with hundreds of years of UK presence, and your people were so passionate about it that fathered the entire now-enormous Indian tea industry/culture, but it's still not a "deep cultural thing"?
Doubt the average Chinaman nowadays whips out a Yixing clay teapot collection, milligram scale, and silver cup set when he wants some tea; the drink is pretty casual for the vast majority of people in every country it's a thing.
I would say that coffee is a Deep Cultural Thing in my country; most 'Murricans are not exactly coffee connoisseurs, but they drink a whole lot of it and there would be panic if it disappeared. From what I can tell, tea occupies a similar role in your neck of the woods; correct me if I'm wrong.


I am a bit curious about teabag brands as they relate to class in Britain. Also how tea is perceived as more masculine there than in the US.

Maybe I was too harsh earlier on mainstream UK tea preferences; after all, my whacky countrymen down south are responsible for Sweet Tea, which almost certainly is a more egregious display than any tea your country has to its name.

[Anonymous No.10822020]

>>10816361
That's called tisane m8

[Anonymous No.10822103]

>>10811032
I am shooting blindly but... Da Hong Bao?

>>10811165
>Sleepy time tea
What is that? At what province does sleepy time tea grow?

>>10811178
No, it's not from tea- tree. It's some other herbal infusion.

[Anonymous No.10822122]

>>10816361
Sucks to be you.

>>10819030
How so? Maybe you just haven't had good tea?
Also, most non-black teas have taste that doesn't really work well with sugar, have you tried those?

>>10819245
For me, sweetened tea is entirely different kind of experience. I like some masala chai, but i just don't consider it when we're talking about tea. That's too different.

[Anonymous No.10822126]

>>10821320
Frankly, i prefer Nepal teas. They are somewhat worse, but much cheaper. But i generally prefer Chinese tea, so... i guess Darjeelings are just not my jam.

[Anonymous No.10822140]

What do you drink when you want tea-like experience, but need to go sleep in few hours?

>>10821550
Isn't Mao Feng just type of leaf or quality?

[Anonymous No.10822313]

where do I get some quality sencha?

[Anonymous No.10822488]

is green tea actually health goat
Or is it the most overestimated supplement ever

[Anonymous No.10822492]

>>10810942
Constant Comment is clearly most patrician. The subtle, orange flavor combined with the earthy potency of black tea, truly a match made in heaven.

[Anonymous No.10822545]

>>10822488
I think green tea is most healthy of teas, but drinking it solely for health benefits is doing it for wrong reasons, desu.

[Anonymous No.10822614]

>>10822545
I have heard it being on pair with supplements, like vitamin C and stuff

[Anonymous No.10822642]

>>10822545
Is green tea good straight?

[Anonymous No.10822654]

>>10822642
>Is green tea good straight?
Good one is.

[Anonymous No.10822696]

Is green tea objectively the worst?

Save certain exceptions of course.

[Anonymous No.10822884]

>tea bag in the cup, waiting for my green tea to be done
>looking at all these shitposts on green tea
>new threads are all forced old memes
this green tea is so nice, made my day

[Anonymous No.10823292]

>>10822884
>tea bag

[Anonymous No.10823299]

>>10810942
I dunno I tend to just drink Earl Grey literally because that Star Trek guy did it. I put honey or sugar in it, depending.

[Anonymous No.10823342]

Peppermint, hands down.

[Anonymous No.10823465]

>>10816426
Attention

[Anonymous No.10823487]

>>10821576
>assam

All of these posts and only one person gave the correct answer.

Anyone who has said anything other than a black tea needs to reconsider their life.

[Anonymous No.10823720]

>>10823487
Of all the black teas to choose from, you're championing basic bitch Assam?
baka desu senpai

[Anonymous No.10823728]

>>10810942
Russian Caravan.

[Anonymous No.10823764]

Grew up with Ceylon. Nothing else really compares

[Anonymous No.10824204]

>>10816361
Based sensitive poster

[Anonymous No.10825409]

>>10823764
Any good brand recs?

[Anonymous No.10825567]

>>10822313
Yuuki-cha, o-cha, yunomi.life

I recommend kabusecha, chiran, maybe Uji for some bite

[Anonymous No.10826214]

>>10810951
correct

[Anonymous No.10826279]

>>10810942
Great sip substitue and best tea ever. You boomers must be loosing your sense of taste in your old age.

[Anonymous No.10826384]

>>10826279

[Anonymous No.10826395]

>>10810973
I'm not a yank you stupid dago and I love a Dilmah Earl Grey with some Yellow Box

[Anonymous No.10826397]

>>10826279
>loosing
Retard.

[Anonymous No.10826973]

>>10820195
How do you like milk oolongs?

[Anonymous No.10827195]

>>10820195
>Here in America people believe Britain is the world's seat of tea culture
It's just the same as how Americans and British view Chinese's tea culture. You would think they love tea, or at least know tea, but in fact in long terms they may drink bubble tea more than actual tea, among with other popular drinks they like to addicted to everyday, such as energy drinks, soda, coffee, crap sugary "tea" products like>>10826279
Traditional culture is fading away, by the influence of all these unhealthy, do-nothing-good pop culture, made by some people who want to stay rich in the industry.