/tea/

[Anonymous No.12773656]

Welcome to /tea/. This is a thread for general discussion about tea, tisanes, and mate.

What are you drinking today?

>Pictured:
Kakigori, sencha, and matcha

[Anonymous No.12773717]

[Anonymous No.12773722]

"Tea and a good book" is a classic combination. What have you read/are reading recently
I am reading Krik? Krak! It's short stories about Haitian women in Haiti and the US. pretty good

[Anonymous No.12773856]

Is medicinal tea a meme? Does it do anything? Talking about tea against throat pain for example.

[Anonymous No.12773876]

>>12773856
Not necessarily. Real medicine is better, but teas afte great to use with medicine or to relieve minor ailments. Throat tea helps and I keep good ginger tea around when my stomach feels shitty.

The meme is when people think tea can cure diseases or can always be used in lu of medicine.

[Anonymous No.12773877]

>>12773856
honey and ginger work for sore throats but i wouldn't trust any other claims about a tea

[Anonymous No.12773890]

>>12773656
>What are you drinking today?
For tea. I have
>Green tea
>Thai tea
and
>Chinese medicinal diarrhea tea
The Chinese really know how to give you the shits. They really do excell at it.

[Anonymous No.12773899]

>>12773877
>honey, and ginger
I like to add lemon juice to this, and sometimes green tea. Works for me.

[Anonymous No.12774037]

Made bulk black tea with the last 7 tsp of harney and sons Paris black tea I had.

Two batches so 16 cups in total. 3 cups of sugar to 8 cups of tea cause I like my sweet tea diabetic. Gonna order More tea soon. Been drinking nothing but black for awhile

[Anonymous No.12774051]

>>12773877
>i wouldn't trust any other claims about a tea
Antioxidant counts are pretty objective

[Anonymous No.12774053]

>>12773656
>some fag actually goes through all this bullshit just to make faggy tea

[Anonymous No.12774118]

Sencha and matcha senbei

[Anonymous No.12774122]

>>12774118

[Anonymous No.12774125]

>>12774122

[Anonymous No.12774163]

Puerh. It stokes the burning ember of violent berserker lesbianism that dwells in my heart. The perfect sip to accompany beating the soles of my wife's stompers when I get home from work at the abortion clinic and she doesn't a have a hot, ethically sourced vegan meal waiting on our reclaimed barn door dining room table.

[Anonymous No.12774185]

>>12774163
based

[Anonymous No.12774187]

i used to love drinking tea, but then i tried whole leaf tea, and now any tea i taste is bitter, do i just kill myself?

[Anonymous No.12774236]

>>12774187
just drink whole leaf, problem solved

[Anonymous No.12774243]

>>12774163
How many forced meme do you own? I own like ten.

[Anonymous No.12774381]

>>12773877
Have you never had throat coat tea?

[Anonymous No.12774478]

>>12774381
thats the same as honey and ginger just different plants, flat coke will do the same. not the same as medicinal claims like anti-inflammatory or strengthen the immune system

[Anonymous No.12774484]

>>12773722
>Danticat
Oh fuck I had to read Farming of Bones for a history class. sparknotes'ed the whole thing. Found out she completely made up stuff about Haitian-Dominican relations for her book too.

[Anonymous No.12774496]

I have only had black tea and green tea and liked both. What kind of tea should I try next there are too many options at the store.

[Anonymous No.12774663]

>>12774496
Oolong. They have flavors closer to black or green tea depending on the type.

[Anonymous No.12774760]

>>12774496
You start with what you know.
Try different kinds of black, compare Assam and Ceylon for example.
A blend of these two makes up most commercial tea bags.

[Anonymous No.12775615]

>>12774163
基于同性恋

[Anonymous No.12775651]

Ending the night with a nice charcoal roasted oolong.

[Anonymous No.12776381]

>>12775651
Why so little liquid? Is that the rinse?

[Anonymous No.12776544]

>>12775615
死基佬

[Anonymous No.12777302]

how was puerh received on /tea/? I'm considering gifting them since they are exotic but I myself dislike their taste

[Anonymous No.12777721]

>>12773656
Tea is just gay coffee, get the fuck off my board and back to >>>/lgbt/

[Anonymous No.12777776]

>>12773656
I'm drinking my mate at my desk, like everyday of my life. Also pic related looks comfy AF

[Anonymous No.12777801]

>>12777776
god I wish that was me
Also, so close to a glory-get....

[Anonymous No.12777825]

so , currently drinking bai hao yinzhen white tea and gaba oolong, im enjoying my new gaiwan , whats you guys favorite Oolong?

[Anonymous No.12777829]

>>12775615
i dont think hes gay.

[Anonymous No.12777951]

>>12777829
普洱茶。 它激起了我内心深处狂暴的狂战士女同性恋的燃烧余烬。 当我在堕胎诊所下班回家时,伴随着打败我妻子的脚趾的完美啜饮,她没有在我们的回收谷仓门餐桌上等待一份热情的,道德来源的素食餐。

[Anonymous No.12778000]

>>12777951

>the moment you realize that that after 4 years of learning chinese , all you get from that is that his wive has perfect feet

i dont like pu erh myself, sometimes ill have small amounts when i host some friends from yunnan

[Anonymous No.12778242]

Bong here, I want to try British tea without the tea bags. Do supermarkets sell normal tea in a loose form or is it just fruity stuff?

[Anonymous No.12778254]

>>12778242
Check out the Indian stores.

[Anonymous No.12778259]

>>12778254
Gross.

[Anonymous No.12778357]

>>12778259
the only reason india has tea is because we forced them to grow it instead of paying the chinks.
vahdam.com try Darjeeling or earl grey, they also sell selection packs of 10g with a variety of styles. good luck finding good loose tea in a shop

[Anonymous No.12778368]

>>12778357
Vahdam is great, can confirm

[Anonymous No.12778390]

>>12778357
>>12778368
Alright I'll check them out.

[Anonymous No.12778429]

Is the traditional brittish blend some mix of assam ceylon and formosa or is it usually just assam? I want the peak the sun never sets on the brittish empire experience.

[Anonymous No.12778432]

>>12778429
>brittish
begone, Johnny Foreigner.

[Anonymous No.12778466]

>>12778432
If I was one of the queens subjects I would not need to ask.

[Anonymous No.12778484]

>>12778242
>Do supermarkets sell normal tea in a loose form
You ought to be able to get tins of Twinnings or bags of PG Tips leaf for proper British cuppa

[Anonymous No.12778533]

My local supermarket had loose leaf Lipton tea for a while. It was surprisingly better than the tea bags. I used it to make kombucha. A good option if you want to make authentic southern diabetes tea I guess.

[Anonymous No.12779412]

>>12777825
TGY. Basic but unbeatable

[Anonymous No.12779990]

>>12779412
You like your tgy charcoal roasted or more on the green side?

[Anonymous No.12780013]

What are /tea/'s thoughts on Dong Ding Oolong? Its my first taiwanese tea, and its a really mellow, light oolong.

[Anonymous No.12780167]

>>12780013

[Anonymous No.12780320]

>>12777825
Quangzhou Milk Oolong

[Anonymous No.12780349]

is twinnings good?

[Anonymous No.12780478]

>>12780167
Why the hell does that actually go back to Wikipedia on google image search?

[Anonymous No.12781046]

Today I had a nice unsmoked lapsang souchong. I'm my next day off, I have a top-shelf puerh waiting for an all-day session

[Anonymous No.12781064]

I get bad migranes so i have combined feverfew tea with ginger tea and add a little homade orange marmalade.

[Anonymous No.12781108]

>>12781046
What puerh you drinking? I wish I could make a session last all day. I usually brew out my morning puerh in an hour or two.

[Anonymous No.12781140]

>>12781108
This one I picked up from Mei Leaf

https://meileaf.com/tea/after-party-enchanter/

I only got a 5g sampler pack of it, so I was saving it for a special day. By all day, I mean I'll start around 12 and keep brewing until probably 5 or 6 while I play a new game I've been waiting for

[Anonymous No.12781342]

>>12777951
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[Anonymous No.12781651]

>>12774053
>stop liking what I don't like!

[Anonymous No.12782280]

So I’m a black tea drinker wanting to branch out. I just have a strainer, tea cup I usually brew in taking about 3 tps of loose leaf, and a pot that needs 8 tsp at least to brew properly that I use when I am running out of a tea.

Any recommendations for tea and accessories/ cups and such ? I like pretty much every flavor of tea black, green or white that’s I’ve found and my NEET bucks came in a bit ago

[Anonymous No.12783041]

Hi tea,

I drink a lot of black tea with soy milk and honey, but I just use any black tea on hand. Can any anons recommend the best black tea for this combo? I'll start buying it

[Anonymous No.12783050]

>>12774053
Dont worry anon, I'm with you. This kind of shit is akin to a 25 year old wearing a fedora

[Anonymous No.12783428]

>>12783041
Any bagged black tea will be about the same for that purpose

[Anonymous No.12783436]

>>12777825
Mi lan dan cong. Love that smoked peachy flavor

[Anonymous No.12783476]

>>12783041
look for assam, its stronger than darjeeling and has a more malty taste.

[Anonymous No.12783489]

>>12781140
A ripe with bulang material, should be good. Let us know how it tasted.

[Anonymous No.12783524]

>>12782280
Black people drink tea?

[Anonymous No.12783539]

>>12782280
Try new kinds of black, try some chinese wuyi oolongs. Check out the ingenuiTEA 2 tea brewer it is super easy for both western style brewing and gongfu. A cheap digital scale and and electric kettle are also quite useful.
If you are feeling brave get one of these 3 crane liubao tea cakes. It is a fermented tea with a pleasant smooth flavor of betel nut. It is just a smooth and cozy tea and one of my absolute favorites. Just break a bit off and toss it it a mug, refill with boiling water when you get halfway through each cup.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/ImGay/253070213887

[Anonymous No.12783546]

>>12783041
Buy some CTC (crush tear curl) assam. The perfect strong tea for milk.

[Anonymous No.12783792]

>>12783539
just ordered some, Big Red Robe is one of my favorite types so i excited to see how it compares

[Anonymous No.12783891]

>>12773656
PG tips, milk and 3 sugars.

[Anonymous No.12783894]

>>12783792
Awesome anon! I really hope you enjoy it. I usually brew 2.5 to 4 grams per mug. You can get several infusions if you brew western style or just leave it in the mug like I do. Don't worry about brewing the dust and fine bits, it will not get bitter. The fermentation smell can be a tiny bit weird but just ignore it, you never taste it in the brew.

[Anonymous No.12783948]

Daily reminder that green teas is unhealthy garbage and probably the reason why nips get so much stomach cancer.

[Anonymous No.12784128]

Time to chip some more tea off the brick.

[Anonymous No.12784630]

>>12783546
>>12783041
This, get a strong black tea like CTC assam, the milk and honey might not entirely overpower the tea

[Anonymous No.12785320]

>>12783948
>Daily reminder that green teas is unhealthy garbage
Not at all
>and probably the reason why nips get so much stomach cancer.
High sodium diet, and certain types of fermented vegetables they commonly eat form carcinogens

[Anonymous No.12785359]

I missed you, /tea/
I've been working my way down the 30 fullchea tea samples and having fun, today I had a ripe puer and actually liked it, a first for puer.

[Anonymous No.12785396]

>>12785359
What it taste like

[Anonymous No.12785444]

>>12785359
Ripe puer is tough because a lot of it is absolute garbage and smells/tastes like rotting fish at the dock. They usually make ripe with the stuff that is too nasty to make raw with (kind of like flavored whiskey). You should really only buy it from the big tea factorys like Dayi Taetea and xiaguan or the small productions by western facing vendors like yunnan sourcing and white2tea. When it's good it's fantastic, if anyone wants to try it i would recommend getting any 2016 year dayi cake from kingteamall. Watch out on eBay 60% of the dayi tea is fake.

[Anonymous No.12785473]

>>12785396
The good stuff is chocolate malt leather forest floor dried fruit, maybe some bitterness, all sort of dark notes, the chinks love to say jujube aroma, viscous and smooth.
The bad stuff is fishy low tide maybe with some wood and mulch thrown in, muddy.

[Anonymous No.12785522]

>>12785473
I'd drink both

[Anonymous No.12785552]

>>12785396
Almost exclusively woody with a bit of fruitiness, I've had nothing but the rotten fish experience so far and that's what I was expecting, because these were cheap samples.

[Anonymous No.12785560]

>>12785444
Lots of poor ripes are more palatable after two or three years to mellow.

[Anonymous No.12785774]

>>12785552
Honestly even the good ripes have some of that fishy essence. Sometimes you clan deal with it by doing a few rinses. But I kind of enjoy it now. Like >>12785560 said they usually get better after a year or three, a lot of the big factorys age their ripe for a year or two before pressing.

[Anonymous No.12785929]

>start drinking tea to stop drinking coffee due to high blood pressure and anxiety
>end up drinking several teapots of chifir a day
I need to move on to green tea, it relaxes and calms me down, but strong coffee and strong black tea are just so cozy, I don't know how to live without them.

[Anonymous No.12786057]

>>12785929
You could try dark oolongs.

[Anonymous No.12786096]

Can I brew any tea in my cup or do I need fancy Gaiwans and stuff

[Anonymous No.12786110]

As an American that never really liked Coffee and doesn't like Sweet tea, I never really stepped into the world of tea. Isn't it just bitter leaf water? I don't see why people enjoy it. At least coffee has some strong tastes behind the bitterness and also has a secondary purpose of caffeine to get you through the day. I just don't see the point in drinking something that tastes like gross dirt unless you are some type of health nut.

Is there tasty tea out there or am I right in the assumption that it's all just bitter like Coffee?

[Anonymous No.12786123]

>>12786110
You've been over brewing it, if you brew it too long it turns bitters. just drinking black teas I've had a variety of very distinct flavors, From soothing Dessert teas to hardy kick you in the mouth breakfast teas . then there are greens which are even mellower more vegetably in my experiences. Then there are herbals which have no caffine at all and can't really be bitter

if your tea is bitter, you're fucking up the brewing time. the most you should brew a black tea is 5 minutes and the most you should brew at all is herbals which their cut off is 8 minutes. everything else shouldn't go more than 2 minutes and some only brew for a few seconds. You brew too long, the cup is fucked.

Hell russian prisoners would brew tea all day so they could get fucked up off it like it was booze. Don't overbrew tea, doesn't matter what the mix is, how good the leaves are, if its flavored or all natural, brewing a tea too long will ruin it and stomp all the wonderful flavors in the cup

[Anonymous No.12786124]

>>12786110
Good tea is tasty and has way more variety than coffee, fitting all sorts of moods and seasons. Also where coffee just has caffeine, tea has caffeine and theanine, which has a calming effect.

Tea also shouldn't be bitter. Bitter tea is either brewed wrong or brewed from tea bags.

[Anonymous No.12786128]

>>12786123
Also all tea has caffeine in it, unless it is a tissane/ herbal. Green tea has less than black, and I've had blacks that give me more boost than coffee (Orange pekoe and a scottish breakfast tea, very strong stuff)

[Anonymous No.12786131]

>>12786123
>>12786124
I know tea has caffeine in it, but I just mentioned that specifically because coffee has so much of it.

[Anonymous No.12786161]

>>12786131
>>12786110
Don't judge based on tea bags. Tea bags are just the dust they scrape off the floor of the sorting room. Get some genuine tea, online if necessary. Search for longjing, bai mu dan, or tie guan yin, and look up how to brew it "gong fu" style.

[Anonymous No.12786168]

Puerh. A true classic

[Anonymous No.12786183]

>>12786161
maybe when i have some money then! Thanks c:

[Anonymous No.12786198]

>>12786183
not him, but if you want a variety of teas, Harney and sons is a good place to check, has plenty of black teas and also includes a free free sampler of quality leaves in bags with your orders

https://www.harney.com/ its also pretty cheap compared to other shops.

or if you wanna go explore more slighty more expensive options

https://pastebin.com/4ZEuMwBJ here's a paste pin, be aware some varieties of teas can cost an arm and a leg.

Like fuck me who is gonna spend 70 bucks for 2 ounces of green leaves? Not me

[Anonymous No.12786710]

>>12773656
currently owning:
>generic chinese green tea
>sencha
>genmaicha
>woojeon
>angkhang thai oolong
>earl grey blue
>ceylon ruhuna
>dried chamomile
out of stock, planning to get:
>bai mu dan
>kikucha
>puerh
>smoked oolong

[Anonymous No.12786718]

>>12786131
As a long time coffee addict, when I bought black tea gathered and packed in Sri Lanka, I got spooked how much caffeine is in it. Tea also doesn't give you jitters no matter how much of it you drink.

[Anonymous No.12786763]

I got 99 problems but my leaf to water ratio ain't one.

[Anonymous No.12786782]

>>12786198
>70 bucks for 2 ounces of green
Fuck the Japanese, just mix some butter and fresh cut grass in lukewarm water.

[Anonymous No.12786800]

>>12786782
>Looking at oolong
>this one is 20% off
>Click on it to see what its about
>With a 20% discount its 96 bucks for 2 ounces
>Without the sale its 120 bucks
>for
>2
>fucking
>ounces

[Anonymous No.12786817]

>>12786800
Yeah oolong is the worst for crazy prices. I've seen a few that were about $60 for 15 grams. The only thing that's more expensive is aged teas from the 80s and 90s.

[Anonymous No.12786891]

>>12786817
fuckin slant eyed jews third bomb when

[Anonymous No.12786930]

>>12786800
it also probably sells for $5 in China

[Anonymous No.12786963]

>>12786800
In 2002 someone paid $28'000 for just 20g of da hong pao
No doubt a steal, since those original bushes stopped producing tea in 2005.

[Anonymous No.12787764]

How did it take me so long to realize how good cold brew tea is. I just tried cold brewing green tea and its so much better. its not even slightly bitter because cold water doesnt extract any tannins. and its healthier. i don't think ill ever drink hot tea again whats the point

[Anonymous No.12787968]

>>12787764
>its not even slightly bitter
if brewed correctly it wouldn't be. green should be brewed at 70-80c

[Anonymous No.12788049]

>>12787968
>TRADISHUNS

[Anonymous No.12788068]

>>12788049
nothing to do with tradition, chinks didn't even have thermometers till the white man brought them

[Anonymous No.12788085]

>>12787968
im not going to carefully monitor the temperature to stop bitterness when i could just throw a teabag in a jug of cold water, forget about it and get a perfect result every time

[Anonymous No.12788116]

Is buying a matcha bamboo whisk worth it?

[Anonymous No.12788118]

>>12788116
Literally necessary

[Anonymous No.12788167]

>>12788085
>im not going to carefully monitor the temperature
kettles have temp settings now grandpa. also lose leaf is better quality and cheaper by the cup than bagged

[Anonymous No.12788174]

>>12788116
Only if you're big into matcha ceremony
If you just want a cuppa, any small whisk will do.
One of those cheap little milk frothing wands would be perfect.

[Anonymous No.12788209]

>>12787764
>and its healthier.
Most of the healthy compounds in tea are bitter. Those catechins that green tea is famous for are a bitter flavor. The healthiest cup of tea is a strong, bitter brew, although that's also the least pleasant.

[Anonymous No.12788260]

>black tea is basically green tea that has become so oxidized that it turned black
>still has the same anti-oxidant power as green tea
How does it do it, bros?

[Anonymous No.12788322]

>>12788209
>>12788260
>Caring about antioxidants when the real game is polyphenols, which are only found in fermented teas like ripe puer or liu bao.

[Anonymous No.12788469]

>>12788322
Polyphenols are a huge category, and all tea has them

[Anonymous No.12788479]

where can i buy black tea that isnt full of lead

[Anonymous No.12788584]

>>12788479
Hiro thinks the article link is spam, but there's a 2013 study on supermarket tea samples in the Journal of Toxicology you can look up

I gave it a quick glance and it looks like Sri Lanka and India have the lowest lead levels of the sampled black teas, and also avoid using fine china teaware which adds 0.4ug/L all on its own.
That said, even the worst Chinese black teas would be safe for about 14L/day assuming you aren't getting any other lead in your diet.

[Anonymous No.12788596]

>>12788584
>supermarket tea

[Anonymous No.12788656]

>>12788596
Low-grade supermarket loose tea is a good example of worst case scenario, it's all uphill from there.

[Anonymous No.12789158]

Don't mind me, just posting best everyday tea.

[Anonymous No.12789216]

>>12789158
>artificially flavored teas
Fuck off, yeah?

[Anonymous No.12789386]

>>12788596
Tbh sometimes you need quick bag tea. So far I have found luckys market and Bigelow make a great cup. Bigelow in particular has decent green tea that I swear might be Japanese.

[Anonymous No.12789403]

Anyone have a suggestion for a solid earl grey blend that can be ordered OL and shipped to US?

[Anonymous No.12789414]

My Cambodian roommate turned me on to Thai tea – he buys big bags of this shit, cooks it stovetop with water and a bunch of sugar, and mixes it with half-and-half. It's bright orange just like the shit you get in restaurants, and strongly caffeinated.

[Anonymous No.12789428]

>>12789414
But then one day I saw this "notice" on the back of the bag, and I've been scared to drink it ever since. Tell me bros, is the tea sapping my brain juice?

[Anonymous No.12789509]

>>12789428
>tea with coloring added to it
What the fuck

[Anonymous No.12789540]

>>12789428
There's just no reason to be consuming adulterated large quantities of any food coloring, so yea, what you're doing is making instant tea like it's some fancy thing to do. It's not. It's instant tea. Lipton or some other store brand will be adequate with cream and sugar too. It's like 2% more work just to use loose tea though and strain it out. Remember in those asian countries, chances are that there is a little burner, or a single fire, and nothing else by way of kitchen, so for the masses, this is ease.

You know what makes delicious iced asian tea? For basic milk tea, scottish or irish breakfast ordinary tea and steeped in milk. Those canned evaporated or condensed milk is most traditional of all but I like fresh. Consider whole leaf Jasmine tea. Green tea with a can of lichees, syrup and all, almost a bubble tea tropical thing. Just buy a strainer and for "cheap" tea, can even buy the chinese tins of oolong or my favorite lychee tea. It's like $5 at wal mart or amazon or local asian shop for like 6 years of tea. Make it by the pitcher and waste it all you want.

[Anonymous No.12789639]

>>12789403
Check out upton tea imports. They have a few earl greys. Good quality tea, grab some Finest Russian Caravan with your order.

[Anonymous No.12789771]

>>12789414
Lol food dye causing adhd is some hippie superstition left over from the early 2000s. It is about on the level of people who think wifi gives them headaches. That being said that stuff is garbage and you should not drink it. You can get one of those giant stainless tea ball infusers for a couple dollars at an asian market and their giant tins of loose-leaf tea are dirt cheap as well.

[Anonymous No.12789784]

>>12789771
dickfuck zoomed detected. food dye causing adhd is from the 80's and 90's you stupid underaged fucking dipshit

[Anonymous No.12789796]

>>12789784
The point was it's some useless fud boomer meme like msg being bad for you.

[Anonymous No.12789830]

>>12789784
I think his point is valid though, and some (liberals) got it mandatory labelled on foodstuffs in the 2000s, not the 80s. Probably this label law happened in California if the truth is known.

ADHD I think it linked to red and yellow dyes, both. I don't really care. I think I myself get M&Ms only once a year or less and have no focus issues. For people who do, bless them. Sucks that their parents sat them in front of TVs and screens as a babysitter. My parents read to me. We didn't have colored cereal or things with colors like koolaid in my house because it sucked. My mom picked limes out of the backyard and we got limeade. Coke if we were sick, only. I'm sure it's also the difference that my parents didn't do drugs, nor their parents before them. Good genes and nutrition.

[Anonymous No.12789876]

>>12789830
As much as I would love to blame California that label about adhd is an EU requirement. Note that it references E110 which is the EU standard for labeling food additives.

[Anonymous No.12789882]

>>12789540
suck on my gibblets you pompous prick, there is a big flavor difference between thai tea style tea and irish breakfast with milk. I'm not drinking it because it's "fancy" because unlike you I don't treat my food like a status symbol, I'm drinking it because it tastes good, and there's nothing else that tastes like it

you're a big warbling fucko who just told me to throw away my pork sausage and just buy a pork chop because it's less adulterated. eat a raw waffle.

[Anonymous No.12789945]

>>12789882
The same asian market where you get that stuff will also sell thai tea dust / fannings that should be the same taste just without the dye. Or just drink the stuff you like and don't worry about it. It's not going to give you ADD or whatever.

[Anonymous No.12790538]

>>12789403
vahdam.com their earl grey is great, their green tea earl grey is awful though

[Anonymous No.12790603]

Any good peppermint tea recommendations out there? Been wanting to try something to that effect for a while.

[Anonymous No.12790619]

Got a puerh pick in the mail the other day. Going to crack open my first ripe puerh cake tomorrow. A ripe puerh made from purple tea leaves

[Anonymous No.12791045]

>>12785774
i thought i was experiencing fishnyness cause i snagged some bad cakes and/or was breaking off cakes poorly...good to know that its a general feature of ripe puerh

does ripe puerh make anyone elses mouth tingly and their back teeth numb? is that the fluoride?

[Anonymous No.12791126]

>>12786096
Two cups and a strainer are all you really need. Spending on good tea is more important, if you get a liking to it you can find a cheap gaiwan on ebayor aliexpress

[Anonymous No.12791155]

>>12786096
>>12791126
temp control kettle too

[Anonymous No.12791283]

>>12783948
>Daily reminder that green teas is unhealthy garbage
<citation needed>
Everything I've read points to green tea being healthier than just about anything else you might drink(with the possible exception of water).

[Anonymous No.12791523]

>>12791155
That's very useful but, really, if one's on a budget just looking at the bubbles on the water as it boils or waiting a bit after you blast it on a regular electric kettle works perfectly fine. But your first investment should definitely be one, I just noticed they start at $40 now.

[Anonymous No.12791752]

>>12790619
Purple puer is interesting. It tends to have a distinct "purple" flavor. It also is usually sweet which should be good in a ripe.

[Anonymous No.12791772]

>>12791045
>i was experiencing fishnyness cause i snagged some bad cakes and/or was breaking off cakes poorly
All of it has a bit of fishyness. The chinks call it wo duei or wet pile taste. Ripe puer is composted. This video shpows the process and just how funky it is.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=oI4yDyH1oUM
>does ripe puerh make anyone elses mouth tingly and their back teeth numb?
This is weird, never experienced this but I seen it talked about positively as a sign of quality (effervescence) and negativity as a sign of pesticides or other contamination.

[Anonymous No.12791904]

>>12791283
>Green tea is so healthy
>Stomach lining sloughs off
>I love green tea
>Has to constantly eat fatty pork to stop the chills and cold sweats

[Anonymous No.12791980]

[Anonymous No.12792010]

>>12791904
Any evidence that it "sloughs off" stomach lining?

[Anonymous No.12792337]

>>12792010
Drink a pot of the finest fresh gyokuro from o-cha first thing in the morning.
Fast untill sundown.
Repeat for a week.
Congratulations you have stomach ulcers.

[Anonymous No.12792379]

>>12792337
>don't eat food
>develop stomach ulcers

[Anonymous No.12792382]

>>12792337
So that's a no on the evidence then?

[Anonymous No.12792385]

>>12773656
Can any Iraqi anons help me identify this tea I was served? I was working next to a family from Iraq and they would for some reason bring us food and tea, the food was ok but the tea was fucking awesome. It tasted like green tea with a hint of honey and it had a brown-reddish colour. I asked the family what kind of tea it was but they had trouble putting the word into English. It was 10/10 tea though I had three cups without adding anything to it

[Anonymous No.12792388]

>tfw can't enjoy tea properly because my tongue is always covered in a layer of disgusting film
brush my teeth every day, used mouthwash, bought a tongue scraper. what do I do? I want to taste flavors

[Anonymous No.12792393]

>>12792388
>>tfw can't enjoy tea properly because my tongue is always covered in a layer of disgusting film
>brush my teeth every day, used mouthwash, bought a tongue scraper. what do I do? I want to taste flavors
What does your doctor say? Maybe it's fungal thrush overgrowth, or you have HIV.

[Anonymous No.12792492]

>>12792388
you have to season the film first before tasting the tea, like yixing clay

[Anonymous No.12792496]

>>12791904
>>12792010
>>12792337
>>12792379
>>12792382
I can confirm my stummy hurt after drinking too much green tea and not eating. Dark oolongs I find to be the most soothing and helpful to prevent bloating when eating greasy/spicy foods

[Anonymous No.12792524]

>>12792382
T. Guy who judges the quality of tea based on how much the liquid looks like chlorophyll.

[Anonymous No.12792566]

>>12792388
That has nothing to do with tea.

[Anonymous No.12792651]

>>12792566
Tea is a subtle drink. Your tongue needs to be in peak condition to taste its nuance

[Anonymous No.12792671]

>>12792651
>Tea is a subtle drink
Stop drinking japanese tea

[Anonymous No.12792693]

>>12792651
I drink tea like its water
Actually I don't even drink water anymore. I buy pic related by the loads

[Anonymous No.12792704]

>>12792671
I drink only the finest, Chinest. You can taste "tea" when you drink any tea, but the finer details of the flavor aren't always apparent to everyone and under all conditions.

[Anonymous No.12792817]

Just bought me some erva-mate and a cuia to make chimarrão. I'm new to this, always been a coffee guy.

[Anonymous No.12792900]

>>12792817
Sorry friend this is a thread to discuss tea made with plants from the genus Camellia. Mate is of the genus holly.
But seriously I like mate. Did you get the roasted kind or unroasted? Report back with your results.

[Anonymous No.12793474]

>>12792900
Not true. /tea/ welcomes mate and any other tasty plant water. Except coffee.

[Anonymous No.12793482]

>>12792671
What are you talking about? Have you ever tried matcha, gyokuro, or sencha? Chinese greens are subtle, Japanese greens are strong and robust

[Anonymous No.12793485]

>>12792693
luv it

[Anonymous No.12793490]

>>12793485
For me, it's the

[Anonymous No.12793563]

>>12790603
Peppermint is peppermint, get some from Celestial Seasonings or something.

[Anonymous No.12793621]

I got one of those temp controlled kettles to make moving house more pleasant. I used to have one in my old bedroom when I was severely depressed so I could at least make tea. It's pretty great, makes it easy to make good tea.

[Anonymous No.12793718]

>>12793474
I said I was joking.

[Anonymous No.12793937]

Puerh tastes like wet dirt, sweat, moss, and old laundry. Why is it so satisfying to drink?

[Anonymous No.12793945]

>>12792496
That's from the tannins. I don't feel it with normal tea but matcha fucks me up if I drink it without eating. It's similar to when you take a zinc supplement on an empty stomach. Too much to digest at once, makes you feel nauseous.

[Anonymous No.12793953]

>>12793937
>poo air

The same way farts are delicious.

[Anonymous No.12793960]

Anybody know if celestial matcha is actually grown somewhere that's not going to give me lead poison like China, I can't find a straight answer the box says Japan as well as their website

[Anonymous No.12794056]

>>12793937
Are you a violent lesbian by chance?

[Anonymous No.12794289]

I like tea, but I'm poor, and also a pleb when it comes to tea. All I've really had is the bagged stuff.

My nutritionist has said that as part of my upcoming stomach surgery I need to lay off caffeine as much as possible (something about afterwards it can upset the lining, I don't exactly remember) and I'm tired of just water.

Do you have any suggestions for brands/types that are naturally decaf? It would also be helpful if they can stand up to boiling water because at work we have one of those k-cup machines, so I can't exactly control the temperature outside of heating the water and then letting it sit for a bit first.

[Anonymous No.12794412]

>>12794289
Get that Japanese tea that is just roasted stems. I think it is called hojicha. Or just get decaf black tea. But really you should just quit caffeine for a while, it will suck for a week or two but it's not that bad after that. I've done it for six months or so before.

[Anonymous No.12794475]

what do you guys sweeten your tea with? I like stevia. please do not say sugar.

[Anonymous No.12794483]

>>12794475
We don't engage in that sort of degenerate behavior here.

[Anonymous No.12794490]

>>12794289
Rooibos is naturally free of caffeine, brewed on boiling water and tasty. They also sell flavored varieties like chai and caramel, if you get bored of the plain rooibos, just make sure there isn't any black or green tea in the mix and you're good to go.

No idea where to buy it online since I get mine locally but someone on the thread must know of a cheap, reputable seller that doesn't add artificial flavors.

[Anonymous No.12794537]

>>12794475
Don't sweeten your tea, but eat sweets with your tea. Dates go well with all types of tea in my opinion, and you can find various sweets from different cultures that are meant to be paired with teas.

[Anonymous No.12794547]

>>12773656
The only tea I've ever tried was the sweet tea my mom made growing up. What's something good to try? This looks more confusing than buying coffee.

[Anonymous No.12794786]

>>12794475
Try monkfruit extract. It tastes incredible.

[Anonymous No.12794820]

>>12794547
Get a infuser basket like the finum or one of the stainless ones on Amazon. Get a variety sampler of looseleaf from someone in the pastebin >>12786198 and try some stuff.

[Anonymous No.12794842]

>>12777951

Pu'er tea. It ignited the burning embers of the madness of the mad warriors in my heart. When I got home from work in an abortion clinic, along with the perfect sip of my wife's toes, she did not wait for a warm, ethical source of vegetarian meals at our recycling barn table.

[Anonymous No.12794921]

I just noticed that Dayi taetea has an official store on Amazon. Prices aren't the greatest but you can now buy real authentic tea from one of the best makers of ripe and raw puer on Amazon, wild.
https://www.amazon.com/s?marketplaceID=ATVPDKIKX0DER&me=A3NJR96E5IH0W2&merchant=A3NJR96E5IH0W2

[Anonymous No.12794993]

>>12792671
>Stop drinking japanese tea
>implying jap tea is subtle
some of the strongest flavors in anything I've ever had, like a slap in the face with fruit

[Anonymous No.12795129]

so what do I do if I buy loose leaf tea? buy one of them metal ball dipper things to steep it with?

[Anonymous No.12795133]

>>12773656
I've never had any mates. What is it like?

[Anonymous No.12795205]

>>12795129
Get a brew basket, you can use them in a mug, the bigger the better. The balls suck and don't let the leafs expand properly. Too small.

[Anonymous No.12796331]

>>12795129
gai
wan

[Anonymous No.12796379]

>>12795129
I just brew it in a drinking glass, pour it through a sieve into a measuring up, and then pour it into another cup to drink

[Anonymous No.12796385]

>>12796379
*measuring cup

[Anonymous No.12796394]

>>12794537
I used to eat Lara Bars with my tea, which are made with dates, nuts, and fruits. My favorite combo was the "key lime pie" flavor with longjing green tea

[Anonymous No.12797028]

>>12794547
Jenkem

[Anonymous No.12797076]

>>12796379
Based efficient use of materials at hand tea drinker.

[Anonymous No.12797256]

Aged white tea > Puerh

There, I said it. It's out there now. Can't take it back.

[Anonymous No.12797642]

>>12773656
Just tries this stuff, amazing. Tried one with a spoonful of suger then one with a little less than tablespoon honey.
Not sure which I liked most as a sweetener, also could I add milk to this to add more body? The suger one definitely was more...watery I suppose. The caffiene was low enough where I can handle 2 cups without getting sick or dizzy. 2 cups of coffee would make me nauseous and just not good.

[Anonymous No.12797758]

>>12797256
Ah, I didn't know those existed, interesting. I'll give them a try one of these days

[Anonymous No.12798376]

>>12797256
I'm willing to accept that it's a possibility.
Where did you get that?

[Anonymous No.12798575]

>>12796385
>>12796379
This man lives a sad life

[Anonymous No.12798909]

>>12798575
Brew in vessel and filter to second, clean vessel is a exactly how things should be done. He could be using tiny infusors or tea bags, but is instead spending on loose leaf. Godspeed, measuring cup anon.

[Anonymous No.12798943]

Here's *tap* *tap* the mother fucking *tap* *tap* tea.

[Anonymous No.12799317]

>>12798943
China's best invention besides tea.

[Anonymous No.12799333]

Best tea for kombucha brewing?

[Anonymous No.12799377]

>>12799333
Cheapest black tea that is still drinkable as tea, I used to use loose leaf lipton. If you have a few successful batches you can experiment with green teas oolongs etc. Don't use anything flavored as the flavors can fuck up the fermentation.

[Anonymous No.12799400]

>>12799333
Also pay attention to steep times and leaf quantities. Act like you are brewing a giant cup of tea if you make overinfused bitter garbage it wont make good kombucha.

[Anonymous No.12799463]

>>12799400
Thanks for the tips. What would be a good choice of loose black leaf tea if I want to step my game up and use something besides Lipton? Good online store or brand?

[Anonymous No.12799611]

>>12799400
You're supposed to brew it strong and long. The kombucha by the end of the process won't taste like the tea you brewed anyway.

[Anonymous No.12799620]

>>12798575
You're not wrong, although my tea brewing technique is the least of it. I'll get a tea pot or something eventually

[Anonymous No.12799640]

>>12796379
>>12799620
With your habits you'll probably be happiest with a gaiwan.
You can even skip the strainer and second cup by offsetting the lid slightly and sipping through the gap if you're lazy.

[Anonymous No.12799777]

Where do you guys normally buy your tea from?

[Anonymous No.12799813]

>>12799777
Amazon for the 2-day shipping. They have some decent tea brands.

[Anonymous No.12799817]

>>12799777
A couple dedicated tea shops in town. Owners know their shit and visit tea estates all around the world regularly.

[Anonymous No.12799819]

>>12773722
cringe
i hope you legit die

[Anonymous No.12799903]

There are many nearly universal words. Nearly every language has
some derivation of "mama" or "mother" to describe one's parent. It is not
learned, it is some of the very limited innate language that the brain comes
with.

"Tea" and "Chai" are also like this, they are words that come in the brain
at birth because the brain itself is designed to subsist on tea. Tea is
nature's most perfect beverage: it is cooling in hot weather and warming in
cold. It wakes you up in the morning and puts you to sleep at night. The
human being and the tea plant co-evolved and neither one can survive
independently.

In comparison with the so-called "coffee," itself merely a repulsive sort
of burned bean soup, tea is fundamentally integral to the process of human
life. So it is no wonder that the mind is born with an innate need for
tea and consequently for the vocabulary to request it. "Chai, Chai!"
cries the child. "Forget my mother's milk, I want Fujian oolong!" That
is how we get our words for tea in all languages

[Anonymous No.12799919]

>>12799640
I'll look into that. For what it's worth, the glass I drink from is a nice liquor glass. It's great for getting the aroma of the tea before sipping it

[Anonymous No.12800150]

How Japanese Green Tea is Made
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S04_KBC8mIA

[Anonymous No.12800627]

>>12783041
>soy milk
Just get on HRT already

[Anonymous No.12800648]

>>12783539
>https://www.ebay.com/itm/ImGay/253070213887
ImGay
top fucking kek also is ebay a good source of tea?

[Anonymous No.12800677]

>>12786963
Damn. Do you think it could make a nice retirement plan buying pu'er, aging it and selling in 20-30 years?

[Anonymous No.12800707]

>>12773722
Rereading Seven Pillars of Wisdom by T. E. Lawrence with dusty old Koh-I-Noor Sri Lankan black tea i found in a stone jaw behind my sugar.

Lawrence describes the Arabs in the northern Nejd and Ma’an as drinking this thick, bitter, ”syrupy” tea in their tents, sweetened with sugar.
It’s like reading the Hobbit and suddenly needing a midnight snack - you just crave some hot bitter tea served like how the Badawi have it.

[Anonymous No.12800770]

>>12800677
only if it you can prove its what it claims to be. also i doubt you can just thrown them in a drawer and forget about them

[Anonymous No.12801441]

>>12800648
eBay is eBased, has some great suppliers direct from China and using it will help take down the looming Bezos threat

[Anonymous No.12801473]

>>12800707
>It’s like reading the Hobbit and suddenly needing a midnight snack - you just crave some hot bitter tea served like how the Badawi have it.

based

[Anonymous No.12801695]

>>12800648
the shipping generally takes fucking forever but it's decent

[Anonymous No.12801727]

Just had puerh for the first time. Everyone saying it tastes like fish or dirt is a fucking liar. I bought 150g.

[Anonymous No.12801893]

opinion on this?

[Anonymous No.12801979]

>>12800707
Lawrence was a gay faggot so it makes sense that he liked tea.

[Anonymous No.12802057]

>>12801727
Puerh does, characteristically, have notes of wet soil. What did yours taste like?

[Anonymous No.12802072]

>>12797758
The one I had a few days ago had a really nice honey-tobacco (not smokey, just raw) flavor with a nice, milky texture

[Anonymous No.12802765]

>>12802072
You got me at milky, any specific recommendation?

[Anonymous No.12802920]

>>12778533
is it worth the time? I use tea bags and just heat the water up in the microwave. What am I missing out on?

[Anonymous No.12802973]

>>12802920
If you are just making sweet tea it probably does not really matter. You could try cold brewing the teabags overnight in the fridge if you wanted to experiment. If you want to try loose leaf tea I would get something other than Lipton unless you really like their specific flavor. If you are lucky your supermarket might have a loose leaf English tea blend you could try out.

[Anonymous No.12802983]

>>12802765
Not him but yunnan sourcing .com has lots of white tea cakes, you can look at the user reviews to get a good idea of the flavor of each cake.

[Anonymous No.12804037]

>>12802765

[Anonymous No.12804047]

>>12773656
i drink mate every day
rosamonte brand
it's my favorite drink by far, nothing else compares
it fills me with this intense sense of focus, calm, sense of well-being, and even euphoria sometimes

[Anonymous No.12804528]

does /tea/ consider coffee as a tea?

[Anonymous No.12804767]

>>12804528
Do you consider tea as a coffee?

[Anonymous No.12804787]

>>12804528
Make a tisane with the coffee leaves and we'll talk.

[Anonymous No.12804923]

>>12802057
It had a bit of a wet soil taste yeah. But like, kind of like how the forest smells in autumn when the leaves are damp. I'd call it more of a wet leaf decomposition taste.
I was expecting it to be much more potent by how some of the people here have been describing it, or like an acquired taste that you won't enjoy the first few times. But it kind of reminded me of black tea, with less bitterness and more flavor. Really tasty.

[Anonymous No.12804924]

>>12804787
>>12804767
Excuse my hipster ass photo, I had tea made from coffee husks once and it was pretty good, had a strong grain-like flavor, reminded me of barley tea, with a strong coffee aftertaste.

[Anonymous No.12804937]

>>12774118
That cookie looks tasty. why eat it with sencha?

[Anonymous No.12804979]

>>12804923
I'm guessing that you had sheng ("raw") puerh as opposed to shou (cooked) puerh which is much funkier and fishier

[Anonymous No.12805070]

>>12795129
i use a frenchpress, ive also used those tea cups with a strainer attached with it.
i drink around 5L of tea a day to warrant the frenchpress

[Anonymous No.12805282]

>>12804937
Why would I eat anything without tea?

[Anonymous No.12805421]

>>12805282
Well why don't I just take a shit in your cup then? You can eat that with the tea and it won't interfere with the tasting experience or anything.

[Anonymous No.12805575]

>>12805421
That was unnecessary.

Jin Xuan (milk) oolong and chestnut mochi. Bought a new tray to force myself to stop spilling water everywhere

[Anonymous No.12805610]

>>12805575
Where do you get access to such exotic snacks to have with your tea? Do you live in Asia?

[Anonymous No.12805677]

>>12805610
California. It's easy and fairly inexpensive to get this stuff where I live, but a lot of it can be ordered online

[Anonymous No.12805681]

>>12805677
My favorite

[Anonymous No.12805703]

>>12805677
Are you Japanese or a common orientalist?

[Anonymous No.12805710]

>>12805703
The latter. to be fair though I have been going to this specific shop since I was a young child with my family so I really enjoy the nostalgia of it. They are my friends there

[Anonymous No.12805817]

>>12805070
>i drink around 5L of tea a day
and i thought my 2L of daily tea was excessive

[Anonymous No.12806180]

>>12773656
Rooibos is great
>inb4 it's not tea

[Anonymous No.12806287]

>>12805681
For as much hate as Cali gets, you can't beat the selection of world snacks and food we get.

I need to hit up the mochi bakeries and get some too...

[Anonymous No.12806395]

>>12787764
do you just throw the bags on cold water or splash them first with hot water

[Anonymous No.12806428]

>>12805070
Be careful, that's a lot and it's not water (even for water it's still a lot)

[Anonymous No.12807045]

>>12805070
What happens on a day when you have no tea (or coffee etc.)? Wondering what the withdrawal must be like

[Anonymous No.12807056]

>>12805710
>i have black frens

[Anonymous No.12807063]

>>12773656
> he drinks unfermented tea

[Anonymous No.12807066]

>>12807056
?

[Anonymous No.12807081]

>>12807066
>don't mind my orientalism because I've had yellow frens all my life

[Anonymous No.12807090]

>>12807081
Does "orientialism" mean enjoying food that comes from China and Japan?

[Anonymous No.12807099]

>>12807090
No, it means fetishizing the cultures because of their exoticism. Look at that anon's posts. They're so weeby that another anon thought they were Japanese.

[Anonymous No.12807103]

>>12807099
>dislike other cultures
>racist
>appreciate other cultures
>racist
There's no pleasing people like you

[Anonymous No.12807113]

>>12807103
Nothing wrong with appreciating other cultures but taking it too far is cringe.

[Anonymous No.12807139]

>>12807113
I can appreciate other cultures.
I just want those cultures to stay in the country they originated in.
Have you seen the state of Paris or Berlin?

[Anonymous No.12807166]

>>12807139
this. a multicultural world is only possible with segregation otherwise everywhere begins to look the same

[Anonymous No.12807246]

>>12807099
>>12807113
the guy literally did nothing but post some tea he was drinking with some mochi and then said he goes to an asian market. not a single word was spoken about asian cultures. WHOA COOL OFF THERE YOU FUCKING ORIENTALIST BUYING TEA IS RACISM.

[Anonymous No.12807255]

>>12807246
You sound mad, did someone hurt you?

[Anonymous No.12807265]

>>12807246
>giving money to non white immigrants is ok
Anon.....

[Anonymous No.12807287]

>>12807255
>Did someone hurt you?

[Anonymous No.12807321]

>>12807265
Actually, the workers there are all 2nd+ generation American born Japanese; it is one of the oldest surviving businesses in the city. It's American by all means

>>12807246
Thank you.

>>12807113
Im just in my room eating tea. It's no big deal

[Anonymous No.12807327]

>>12807246
No one is shouting RACISM but you and that other triggered whit*toid.

[Anonymous No.12807337]

>>12807321
jesus man don't let trolls or whatever get to you
i like your style

[Anonymous No.12807346]

>>12807327
You seem to be the racist, as is very common with your types. I simply don't give a shit about your fucking nations and don't want to visit them.
If you want to call me racist for disagreeing with you then you must have been shillary supporters since that's the best that they can do.
Are you still seething in your closets because Trump beat your annointed one?

[Anonymous No.12807364]

which tea has the most caffeine content
i don't like coffee but tea doesn't really activate me like coffee does

[Anonymous No.12807376]

>>12807364
None
Green/black/oolong/etc having the most caffeine is a myth. It is dependent on growing and cultivation factors when it is just a plant, processing is not where the changes come in. Differences in caffeine between varieties are negligible, anyways. If you want more caffeine then use more tea leaves, that's the only way

[Anonymous No.12807382]

>>12807376
I take this back. Gyokuro has the most noticeable effect for me but then again I use like 8 grams for one small cup so that must be why. It is expensive too

[Anonymous No.12807390]

i want to grow tea
anyone have a source for ordering tea saplings? none of the places i normally get seeds/stock from carry tea trees.

[Anonymous No.12807500]

>>12807390
Just keep in mind that it will be a long time before you're able to harvest any tea leaves and the leaves will almost definitely be low quality

[Anonymous No.12807514]

>>12807500
i grow plants for a living. i asked for a source not your opinion, no offense.

[Anonymous No.12807516]

>>12807514
Offense taken. No tea plant for you, gaijin

[Anonymous No.12807527]

>>12807390
Hire a chink to do it

[Anonymous No.12807555]

>>12807500
apparently it takes 3 years before you can harvest

[Anonymous No.12807566]

>>12807516
based

[Anonymous No.12808838]

>>12805575
Cute cat.