/tea/

[Anonymous No.15370391]

/tea/
This thread is for discussing tea, tea bags, tisanes, and other herbal infusions.

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>>15340691

[Anonymous No.15370410]

Don't forget about japanese tea edition.

[Anonymous No.15370610]

>>15370391
The absolute state of British people.

[Anonymous No.15370620]

tracking says my tea was delivered, but i still havent gotten it. reeee

[Anonymous No.15370657]

>>15370620
It's probably on your neighbor's porch

[Anonymous No.15370695]

>>15370657
i checked, and i dont live in the us, so no package thieves either.
whats /probably/ happened is that the mailman saw the package wouldnt fit and just 'miscategorized' it as 'delivered' instead of 'package didnt fit' and returned it to my local mail center. so i will /probably/ find it there in the coming week. i hope.

[Anonymous No.15370963]

>>15370695
You are probably right. Euro postal services have that weird european lack of urgency to them. Like they are all ran by spaniards or italians.

[Anonymous No.15371097]

>>15370391
fluorescent green tea, negroid gentleman, yes, now I'll post here.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5gdQCs85tM
what's your favourite tea chai?

[Anonymous No.15371175]

>>15370391
Is yuuki-cha kill? I was just going to order some stuff but the site is blank now.

[Anonymous No.15371352]

>>15371175
It's down for me too, internet has been spotty the last few days. It could just be related to that.

[Anonymous No.15371451]

>>15370358
why does mate get you into trouble, anon?

[Anonymous No.15371479]

>>15371451
It's too stimulating, it makes me stay up too late and talk too much. It gives me silly ideas. No exciting stories really. Last time i was drinking it on a date and we got kicked out of the cafe we were in for staying for an hour after they were supposed to close. They gave us a loaf of the mornings bread and politely asked us to leave.

[Anonymous No.15371483]

tea delivery keeps getting delayed

[Anonymous No.15371539]

>>15370410
Based

[Anonymous No.15371728]

LFPT in my BSLN I had earlier in the day

BSLN shattered my expectations of what Duanni /luni are, this pot is less muting than my QSN pot, and due to the thermal properties of the pot it makes all teas I put into it extremely strong
It makes every tea so potent, everything becomes more, but since it nukes the tea I get even more.notes than I have with any other vessel, its the perfect pot for aged / mid aged sheng and clean shou
But I need to be careful with it, it was literal perfection for the LFPT, it made it astringent to a degree but otherwise everything was more, more thick and oily, sticky like candy, sweet as fuck but like a creamy cheeriness, boarding on the sweetness of nuts as the pot pushed it further past ripe fruits to that
But I put HkH in it and it blasted my face off, it went on for 30 steeps, but could of went more, I just wanted to stop, it was a really intense and nearly overwhelming session, so flash steeps or lower ratios in future, but versus porcelain? night and day difference with the tea

It might be my favourite pot, at the very least it changes the tea the most, and here I was thinking I was getting a moderately to high muting pot, nope, it's basically zhuni with all the benefits of the best thermal properties

[Anonymous No.15371880]

>inb4 milk
I'm running low on my supply, I dont care for puerh so I try to stock up on fresh spring harvest and oolong fall harvests. I have yet to do jasmine tea in loose leaf, and the spring season is coming, is it worth it, and who does it best?
I mostly drink yunnan grown black teas as my daily drinker, but I want to have a daily green for the debatable health benefits. Can a jasmine provide a tea drunk like long jing?
I love flowery Oolong but I'm broke since the pandemic so its reserved for occasions. I was hoping maybe jasmine may be flowery enough to help make greens a daily drinker?

[Anonymous No.15371996]

>>15371728
Wild teapot physics. I would be hesitant personally to buy a pot that's so heavily shaped in a decorative way. But it sounds like it worked out pretty well. I got this kind of different distant bitter like note when i tried the love forever from king tea mall. Haven't tasted it in other teas but i didn't see you mention it in your write ups, at least not as something unique or distinctive. Any thoughts on that?

[Anonymous No.15372061]

>>15371996
I have the TWL version, there's not any bitterness, just astringency in that pot, but it's not typical astringency, more like stick to your gums.with flavour

The KTM one would almost definitely taste younger, so it's probably just holding onto some of its younger self
Ive been told the energy and qi are different on the KTM one as well, TWL will give a striking warmth

[Anonymous No.15372224]

poo-air tastes like seaweed

[Anonymous No.15372520]

>>15372061
Hmm, maybe it's the astringency you are talking about and I'm just not describing it well. I enjoyed it either way.

[Anonymous No.15373536]

>>15372224
t. my girlfriend

[Anonymous No.15373584]

>>15371479
mate always makes me really talkative for some reason, seemingly moreso than coffee

[Anonymous No.15373788]

So I've been drinking alot of green tea for a while now and decided to switch to loose because it seems to be the way to go. I bought a West Lake Long Jing and I'm not impressed. I don't feel there's an overwhelming difference in quality and I'm not a fan of the toasted nutty taste. It's okay but considering the price, really not worth it. I actually like my favorite bags better. I also bought a sencha called Fukamushi Superior wich I haven't tried yet. I'm fairly certain I will like it better. After that one, when I've been practicing my brewing skills I'll probably will try Gyokuro. I also got a sample of Oolong wich I'm looking forward to trying. My concern about Oolong tea is that, from what I understand, have to use a huge amount of leaves.
I drink tea alone and like to drink it from a big glass so I got empty teabags for brewing, wich I find very handy. I'm really not interested in this ceremony stuff with small post and bowls and pouring tea back and forth.

Any tips?

[Anonymous No.15373815]

>>15373788
wtf are those scraps? here's long jing https://kingteamall.com/collections/green-tea/products/2019-early-spring-long-jing-dragon-well-special-grade-green-tea-zhejiang

[Anonymous No.15373843]

>>15373788
>My concern about Oolong tea is that, from what I understand, have to use a huge amount of leaves.
You need to use slightly more with the ball oolong than the strip oolong. Otherwise you use pretty standard amounts. You don't have to brew oolong gongfu style with a gaiwan you can just brew it western style. I mostly brew it grampa style (check the pastebin)
>I bought a West Lake Long Jing and I'm not impressed...I'm not a fan of the toasted nutty taste
Yeah it's not for everyone, that's my favorite part about it.
>I'm really not interested in this ceremony stuff with small post and bowls and pouring tea back and forth.
It's up to you how you want to brew tea, do whatever you enjoy. You can get a reusable brew basket from a company like finum if you don't want to have to keep buying refillable teabags. Keep trying stuff and enjoy. Check out fullchea-tea for a fairly affordable way to try different loose-leaf chinese teas.

[Anonymous No.15373898]

>>15370391
Anyone ever tried UVA Highlands
description reads as follows: " Located on the eastern slopes of Sri Lanka, the Uva section makes tea that gets your attention, because they are brisk. They are one of the few known for having wintergreen flavors. This comes from methyl salicylate that is used in the plant's self-defense system."

ain't that some shit

[Anonymous No.15373925]

>>15373898
I haven't tried it, but it's been mentioned before because that UVA varietal is part of the blend that's used for japanese milk tea.
http://wandertokyo.com/milk-tea/

[Anonymous No.15373976]

>>15373815
Well if it isn't Long Jing I don't know. It don't look the same as the picture on the page I bought it from
>>15373843
Thanks man, it's strip Oolong, looking forward to it. Want to try the ball one too

[Anonymous No.15374053]

>>15373788
Gyokuro is awesome. I bought my gf a 3-pack of Uji teas from Rakuten with global shipping for around 50 bucks, and it included 100g of gyokuro, beautiful color and very earthy taste.
We have a German electric kettle that runs the run to 70c and holds it there for up to 2 hours. Use filtered water and let it heat up for 5-10 minutes, two cups/500ml and 2 teaspoons of loose leaf in the inner filter for at least 10 mins, and it's absolutely perfect.

[Anonymous No.15374057]

not sure if technically tea but anyone tried this stuff before? Is it nice?

[Anonymous No.15374071]

>>15374057
I hate matcha personally. It's too thick and too bitter, lacks the earthiness of loose leaf green tea.

[Anonymous No.15374090]

>>15374071
I've only tried it in those Japanese motchi desserts and didn't find it too offensive. I won't lie I'm mainly interested just out of the novelty of having a thick creamy green drink that I can dump sugar and cinnamon into rather than a proper matcha flavour.

[Anonymous No.15374100]

>>15374053
I'm not sure I understand. Heat water for 5-10 minutes, inner filter of what. Also do you let it steep for 10 min?

All instructions for green tea is always about that gongfu style with large amount of leaves for a short time. Can I brew even the sencha and gyokuro western style?

[Anonymous No.15374105]

is lipton okay?

[Anonymous No.15374117]

>>15374100
What do you consider "western style"? Black and herbal teas are steeped or boiled at high temperature, gyokuro and sencha are not. Boiling is 100c, post-boiling water is around 90c which is where you would steep most English teas.
I use this kettle. It has an outer pitcher and an inner filter, the filter is removable. I heat the water for 5-10 minutes with the filter out (the "keep warm" feature brings the water to 70c and then keeps it there like a sous vide), then I put the tea leaves in the filter and put the filter into the pitcher. I don't need a strainer, tea ball, or bags this way, but you could use a tea ball instead if you don't have a filter-type pitcher.
You don't need "large amounts of leaves," an oolong-type tea might require a tablespoon of leaves for one cup that you could reuse 5-6 times, but green tea leaves are one teaspoon to one cup, one brew only. You could keep the leaves in there for over an hour if you wanted, but I'd recommend just steeping for 5 to 10 minutes and then drinking straight away. We usually make our tea on weekends and sip it for 30 or 40 minutes after it's steeped, and it's still just as good on the last cup. The magic of sous vide is that it'll never exceed the key temp of 70c.

[Anonymous No.15374145]

>>15374090
Just make chai lattes then, it'll better suit your tastes.

[Anonymous No.15374168]

>>15374117
Okay. Never seen a kettle like that. With western style I mean using like the same amount that's in a tea bag and let it steep for like 3 min, my glass is like 300ml and I bring the water to ~70c. Can I do this also with gyokuro?

[Anonymous No.15374181]

>>15374168
probably. I'd use just over a teaspoon for that much water. 250ml water to 1 teaspoon leaves is pretty standard, otherwise you might get a watery tea that lacks the clear tones. Make sure you get the temperature accurate, if you have a thermometer or sous vide that's ideal. Going over with green tea will very quickly scorch the leaves and ruin the flavor, which is why so many people wonder why it's called green tea when theirs is always yellow-brown. Low temperature steeped green tea remains green, and scorching it destroys the soft, earthy tones.

[Anonymous No.15374204]

>>15374181
So using to much leaves will make the the watery? The temperature I usually get right with a termomether, even though I've been a little bit concernedit won't steep properly if the water is not warm enough or tea will have cooled too much when it's drinking time.

[Anonymous No.15374211]

>>15374117
>western brewing
~2g/400ml for 3-5 mins
>gongfu
5g/100ml 1st infusion for 10-20 second and multiple re-steeps increasing the time by a small amount each time i.e +5 seconds
>grandpa
leaves cover the bottom of a glass and constantly refill with water as you drink

do not use the leaf hold in your kettle, kettles are for water only, you dont want tea staining the inside and burning every time you boil water. even keeping it at 70c you will still over steep

tea isn't meat

[Anonymous No.15374219]

>>15374168
>gyokuro
try this
>>15340835

[Anonymous No.15374224]

>>15374204
no, too few leaves will make the tea watery of course.
Use a well-insulated pot.

>>15374211
I've never had a problem with staining, and my kettle pitcher has a pop top so I can easily wipe the inside of any residue. In my experience, I've had no problem with over-steeping at 70c. It's designed specifically to keep tea warm at that temperature and that's what it does.

[Anonymous No.15374227]

>>15374057
Sounds awful. Matcha is really gross unless you get the fancy proper stuff direct from japan. This stuff with random green tea powder and mushrooms and wheatgrass and shit is going to be nasty.

[Anonymous No.15374321]

>>15374105
I think it sucks pretty bad, it's very tasteless, kind of just bitter water. at least get ahmad or dilmah premium if you have to go for supermarket black teas. loose leaf ofc.

[Anonymous No.15374397]

>>15374321
i was looking to try green tea actually but yeah it's kind of bitter
sadly i don't have many options here

[Anonymous No.15374459]

>>15374397
Then you're using water that's too hot or steeping it for too long. I've drinking the unflavored green tea from lipton alot and I think it's pretty good, light, fresh and not bitter at all

[Anonymous No.15374499]

>>15374459
ill try again
i guess microwaving the water isn't a good idea

[Anonymous No.15374518]

>>15374499
That's really not a good idea, you can heat water on the stove, take it when you hear the water start making sound, before it starts to boil

[Anonymous No.15374553]

What do you think of this nigga?

https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCaHBABJFMRAtnKhQp2Cu5BQ

[Anonymous No.15374571]

>>15374518
will do, thanks

[Anonymous No.15374582]

I like coffee but herbal tea is good for the soul.

[Anonymous No.15374609]

>>15374553
a little over priced and dodgy claims about tree age but good vids and i haven't brought a bad tea off him

[Anonymous No.15375113]

To the generous individual in the last thread: I sent a reply to you.
Thanks

[Anonymous No.15375239]

>>15370391
what does /tea/ think of this brand? My mom got me a sampler from them and while I usually drink loose leaf tea, everything I've had from them has been pretty damn good, especially this. Apparently you can get any of their teas as loose leaf as well.

[Anonymous No.15375290]

>>15375239
I have no direct experience with them but supposedly they are not a bad source of blended (like "breakfast" teas) and traditional black teas. their other stuff may be ok as well but it perhaps not as much their specialty and there are other vendors for that kind of stuff anyways. as a note I seem to recall they do 20% off sales a few times a year.

[Anonymous No.15375296]

What are palatable black teas for someone who doesn't like them?

[Anonymous No.15375302]

>>15375239
They seem to get more positive reviews then a lot of other larger more accessable brands. I've seen some complaints and they do make a lot of flavored stuff. But they seem okay.

[Anonymous No.15375308]

>>15375296
Second flush darjeeling, china yunnan blacks, feng quing,

[Anonymous No.15375312]

>>15375296
maybe darjeeling?

[Anonymous No.15375325]

>>15375296
what have you tried already and what did you dislike about them?

[Anonymous No.15375425]

>>15375308
What's the difference in taste between first and second flush?

[Anonymous No.15375434]

>>15375425
first=flushed down a toilet once
second=flushed down a toilet a second time

[Anonymous No.15375444]

>>15375425
First flush tastes almost like green tea, it's very delicate and floral, second flush is still soft but it's more of a black tea flavor, often called muscatel it's more of a fruity flavor than floral.

[Anonymous No.15375450]

>>15375444
I personally love second flush and absolutely hated the first flush i picked up, it was okay cold brewed but i never finished the oz i bought last year.

[Anonymous No.15375510]

Two spots available. What add? Looking for daily drinkers.

[Anonymous No.15375547]

>>15375510
https://www.amazon.com/TAETEA-Brick-TEA-Anniversary-Organic/dp/B07FTHKZVC

[Anonymous No.15375563]

>>15375510
If you are into the herbal barely tea types you could also try this stuff.
https://www.amazon.com/Certified-Dandy-Blend-Beverage-Dandelion/dp/B082WLXL39/
I haven't tried it myself so i can't vouch for it.

[Anonymous No.15375577]

>>15375425
flush = season
1st is spring picking, 2nd is summer. for Darjeeling 2nd is better because it gets its distinct flavour from being bug bitten and there's more bugs in summer. for greens spring is best

[Anonymous No.15375678]

>>15375577
I don't want weird bug-tea

[Anonymous No.15375707]

>>15375678
hate to break this to you but bugs live outside where tea grows and (hopefully) it means the producers will use less pesticides on their crop. the tea isnt made with bugs they just bite the leaves and that triggers the plant to produce chemicals to fight them off which happens to be tasty for us. caffeine is the same, a plant produced pesticide

[Anonymous No.15375776]

>>15375290
>>15375302
yeah, quite like some of their flavored offerings I've tried (for me, earl grey, the paris one, chocolate mint, black currant) but I'll probably get a tin or so of some of their flavors just to stash in my cupboard. Way better than some of the shit I've gotten at the supermarket.

[Anonymous No.15376046]

>>15375577
i have never heard anyone else claim that second flush gets its flavor from being bug bitten. got a citation for that? I always thought it was simply a difference in the weather, how long the plant has been growing that year, and perhaps the processing.

[Anonymous No.15376066]

>>15376046
This seems more accurate to me, bug bitten tea is a thing and i have seen specific batches of darjeeling sold as bug bitten but i don't think it's all of the second flush. More to do with time of year weather and processing.

[Anonymous No.15376208]

>>15376046
>The flavor develops in part through the action of sap-sucking insects, jassids and thrips, which partly damage the young tea leaves. The tea plant then produces terpene as an insect repellent. This higher concentration of terpene produces the muscatel flavor.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muscatel_(tea)
http://www.teageek.net/blog/2016/02/bug-bitten-teas-why-are-leafhoppers-only-sometimes-a-good-thing/

[Anonymous No.15376757]

>>15371175
>>15371352
they're back up now!

[Anonymous No.15377320]

>>15376208
thanks. it does look like there is some god evidence that insects play a role in flavor of 2nd flush Darjeelings.
here is a more techinal link for those intrested:
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/221826428_Understanding_Darjeeling_tea_flavour_on_a_molecular_basis

[Anonymous No.15377340]

>>15376208
thanks. it does look like there is some good evidence that insects play a role in the flavor of 2nd flush Darjeelings.
here is a more technical link for those interested:
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/221826428_Understanding_Darjeeling_tea_flavour_on_a_molecular_basis

[Anonymous No.15377664]

>>15376757
Nice, i didn't think they would disappear, they seemed to be doing fine last spring.

[Anonymous No.15378384]

>>15375113
Cockmail is shitting itself today, it should be fixed tomorrow, i will get back to you when their service comes back up.

[Anonymous No.15378404]

>>15370391
Stupid question, I like to get a bottle of Pure Leaf Unsweet black tea and then drink about half then pour a hole bottle of Perrier or Sanpelegrino carbonated water.
I drank 2 of these last night and now i am super gassy, was it the tea or is the kfc i ate earlier making me feel sick?

[Anonymous No.15378570]

>>15378404
It's the carbonated drinks.

[Anonymous No.15378586]

>>15378570
thanks, i got to cut em down, but they're good and 0 sugar and stuff so i like em.

[Anonymous No.15379535]

So I bought some green tea and put it in a container. How long can I keep it, will it go bad or lose flavor?

[Anonymous No.15379542]

>>15379535
people tend to believe greens are best in their 1st year of being picked, shouldn't go bad but it wont taste as fresh. i'm currently drinking on some 2 year old dragonwell and its fine. also blacks are better after a year of aging

[Anonymous No.15379563]

>>15379542
Thanks, then of course I don't know how long they kept in the place I bought it from
>also blacks are better after a year of aging
Cool, then I shouldn't be worried about having to drink all the tea I buy before I buy more. Would be nice to have a variety at home

[Anonymous No.15379622]

>>15375296

I'll throw a curve ball at you and recommend the Dan Cong Black Tea from Kong Mountain Tea. It's really pricey but it's one of my favorite teas overall. Super tart and acidic, tasting strongly of raspberries, and then peanut skins layered underneath make for a really interesting brew.

[Anonymous No.15379783]

>>15379622
Wuyi hongcha is hugely underrated.
>raspberries
sounds like good stuff, anon

[Anonymous No.15380648]

>>15379622
Have you had any of that yiwu from yunnan sourcing recently? I tried some yesterday after ignoring it for a while and i thought it was pretty good. Better than i remember it.

[Anonymous No.15380679]

>>15380648

That 07 Yiwu Zhi Chun? I did basically the same thing with it and had a session a few days ago. I've loved that from the start and it continues to impress me.

[Anonymous No.15380733]

>>15380679
Yeah that one. I got some chalky sweetness from my last session that kind of reminded me of eating banana runts or something. I will definitely be giving it a few more focused sessions in the next few weeks.

[Anonymous No.15380879]

>>15380679
>>15380733
this?:
https://yunnansourcing.com/products/2007-yi-pin-tang-yi-wu-zhi-chun-raw-pu-erh-tea-cake

[Anonymous No.15380892]

Why is every tea thread nothing but shill posts?

[Anonymous No.15380913]

>>15380892
Same resoon every coffee thread is.

Free advertising- gotta push them sales. For everytime "anon" posts about their new Moka(tm)/v60(tm)/reddit bullshit brewer that they've recently added to their collection, I leave a negative product review on a online retailer of my choice. I estimate I've cost these shilling companies thousands of dollars in lost revenue at this point lol.

[Anonymous No.15380927]

>>15370391
green tea is for faggots and obese retarded women, thats all i wanted to say about the topic, have a nice day.

[Anonymous No.15380929]

>>15380892
because it isn't practical to grow your own and tea can have a wide range of taste depending where its grown and processed. add on top of that it can take months for shipping and the general opaqueness of buying shit from china in chinese. naturally it devolves into "whats a good tea" or "i drink this and here's what i thought"

[Anonymous No.15380937]

>>15380879
Yeah, that's it, the price is creeping up a bit. I think i payed $34 for it last winter.

[Anonymous No.15381105]

lapsong souchong
aroma: very smokey
taste: smokey

[Anonymous No.15381116]

>>15381105
Accurate review

[Anonymous No.15381180]

I realized something today. My daily ripe is 7¢/g and I brew at 7.5 g per session. I have better ripes that I brew at 5 g per session. For the cost of my daily, I could afford a 10.5¢/g ripe if 5 g of it were enough for a session.

tldr; Maybe I should consider prices per session instead of per g.

[Anonymous No.15381201]

can someone recommend me good eleuthero/ginseng tea? or just any tea that's helped improve your focus

of course i'm looking through the linked sites in the pastebin, but i wouldn't mind getting a few direct suggestions. thanks

[Anonymous No.15381229]

I'm working my way through the 30 puer sample pack from a few threads ago.

When does puer start tasting good? Some of them are a little more sour, some a bit more fermented, but it's all hidden behind the flavor of decomposing wood and dirt.

My favorite teas so far have been Taiwanese oolongs, so it might be possible that puer is just against my personal taste. Any suggestions that might change my mind?

[Anonymous No.15381272]

>>15381229
probably because you got a bunch of shitty puerh

[Anonymous No.15381274]

>>15381229

Shu puer tends to have a lot less diversity in taste because of the pretty intense breakdown of product over the course of its wet piling. Semi-aged and young raws are often a lot more unique and will have much brighter, clearer flavors.

[Anonymous No.15381280]

>>15381229
Mess around with your brewing parameters, try brewing some grampa style, or using less leaf so the flavor isn't as strong. I don't think the quality of the samples are bad i was pretty happy with the ones i got. It's possible you just don't like ripe puer.

[Anonymous No.15381313]

>>15381229
>When does puer start tasting good?
when you don't have it anymore and start to get weird cravings for it.
but it might as well be as >>15381272 said.
toss the shu samples to the back of your cupboard and drink your oolongs.

[Anonymous No.15381317]

Red pill me on barley tea

[Anonymous No.15381368]

>>15381317
nips drink it

[Anonymous No.15381376]

>>15381317
Here's your redpill: stop watching too much anime and masturbating every day. For your health.
Barley is for brewing beer.

[Anonymous No.15381401]

>>15381272
Could definitely be true. I've also had puer several times over the years from friends and (Chinese) tea shops and had similar experiences. If you have links for specific puers that to you don't taste overwhelmingly like rot, I might give it a try.

[Anonymous No.15381414]

Teas We Like order arrived today. Everything looks good. I'm going to give this stuff a day or two before I bust into it. I'm very surprised at how light the compression in the 12¢ brick is. It looks like a 400g brick but it's only ~250g

[Anonymous No.15381447]

>>15381401
https://kingteamall.com/collections/2006-changtai/products/2006-changtai-si-pu-yuan-tong-an-hang-65s-year-of-hk-tongan-tea-cake-400g-puerh-raw-tea-sheng-cha?variant=31996465086567

I really haven't tasted any sheng or shou that tastes as you describe
buy this, affordable, good deal, decent puerh

[Anonymous No.15381457]

>>15381414
nice order
I wouldn't worry about resting 7542, I'd just have some now
I had some today, really tasty tea

[Anonymous No.15381461]

>>15381414
yeah, under the sticker it says 500g, so there was some chinkin' going on when it was produced.
more surprising for me was the material - full leaves and as per description, handful of tea seeds, probably to weigh it down a little more.

I'm interested in your notes on the red and white cake, I'll look forward to it.

>>15381401
https://www.fullchea-tea.com/haiwan-2019-yr-pu-er-cha-9978-batch-191-shu-puer-te-357g-p0473.html
if you don't like this taste profile you're safe to say you don't like shu puer.

[Anonymous No.15381499]

>>15381461
>yeah, under the sticker it says 500g
Hahaha yep that explains it.

[Anonymous No.15381516]

>>15381461
>handful of tea seeds
Should i bother to pick the seeds out before brewing or just leave them in?

[Anonymous No.15381524]

>>15381376
beer is just tea that's been fermented

[Anonymous No.15381542]

>>15381516
I brewed them with the leaves, you won't notice either way.
now to pick team all out and brew separately, yeah, could be some sort of experiment but I can't be arsed.

[Anonymous No.15381589]

>>15380892
small brain post

[Anonymous No.15381675]

>>15381376
here's your redpill: beer is more estrogenic than soy. enjoy your bitch tits and beer belly

[Anonymous No.15381780]

Actually barely tea is a popular Korean staple.

[Anonymous No.15381838]

>>15381229
You do know the difference between Shu (Ripe) and Sheng (Raw) puerh right? also young and aged Sheng are quite a bit different. however, if you don't like the taste of wood and dirt Shu is probably not for you (no shame in that).

>>15381180
what size brewing vessel do you use for your 5-7.5g? i ask because if it is 100ml that ratio seems a bit low to my tastes. i often use around 10+g/100ml for Shu but i like my Shu very strong. that's not to say what you do is at all wrong on a taste front if that's what you enjoy and it sounds like you are on a rather tight budget.

[Anonymous No.15381894]

>>15381780
its a shame how hard it is to find good higher end loose leaf Korean Tea and Korean herbal beverages (I want to try persimmon leaf tea sometime). I think they must not make enough relative to ho much they consume domestically to export much. perhaps its also because their tea just does have nearly the same cultural cachet abroad that the other big producing nations do..

[Anonymous No.15381954]

I'm having a kunlu dragon ball i got from that Liquid Prost sampler. 2019 or 2020 production, it's branded on the wrapper but i don't speak chinese so I dunno who made it. It's pretty decent, it has a nuttynes that reminds me a lot of dragonwell and it lasts pretty long into the finish. It's also pretty bitter with some brief flashes of sweetness showing through occasionally. I should probably actually bother to brew the other dragon ball if this tea in my gaiwan. Id really like to try a cake of this with some age on it.

[Anonymous No.15381975]

>>15381894
Korea in general seems to not give a shit about exporting their domestic goods. It's really easy to find proxy services and exporters to buy stuff from Japan but there is very little of the same for Korea beyond the Korean grocery stores. I haven't found a good website for buying Korean goods and getting them shipped to the US and they stuff on ebay usually has really high markups on both the price and the shipping costs.

[Anonymous No.15382110]

>>15381274
>>15381447
>>15381838
Thanks for the pointers. I've been picking the samples at random and only gotten shus so far. Just chose one that was clearly labeled sheng and it was fantastic. Seems very likely that shu is not for me.

[Anonymous No.15382219]

>>15371728
Did you brew that whole chunk at once? What kind of ratios are you working with?

[Anonymous No.15382243]

>>15382219
nono, broke it all into loose leaf, just wanted the funny pic

8g in that 125ml pot

[Anonymous No.15382279]

If I'm brewing very young raw puer in a gaiwan, should I be letting it cool down in-between brews? Will that help reduce the stewed vegetable green tee type flavors?

[Anonymous No.15382289]

>>15382279
its its very young and ruff do a few 10 second infusions before increasing the time

[Anonymous No.15382452]

>>15382279
>should I be letting it cool down in-between brews?
I don't nor have i heard of others doing that. some would recommend leaving the lid off between steeps if you are really worried though you will loose some aromatics that way (i mostly only do that for delicate green teas)
>Will that help reduce the stewed vegetable green tee type flavors?
while i have never experienced it myself but the flavor people try to avoid by not "steaming the greens" is usually described as being a bit liked cooked spinach. in my limited experience some young Sheng can still have some vegetal notes to them. also I would not describe "stewed vegetable" as a defining taste for a lot of green teas anyways.

[Anonymous No.15382679]

>>15381894
>>15381975

are there korean grocery stores in your area? there's a tiny one in my city, and the chinese grocery stores also carry some korean stuff. barley tea is one of the easier teas to find.

[Anonymous No.15382725]

>>15382679
>are there korean grocery stores in your area?
yeah i do and they have barley and corn tea. I quite like both of them. i was complaining about getting good loose leaf korean tea and some of their less common tisanes.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Korean_tea

[Anonymous No.15382861]

>>15382679
Yeah like the other guy said i have a korean grocery nearby that sells things like barely tea and ramen along with kimchee and other staple stuff. But for example i was trying to get red ginseng root that's certified by the Korean state controlled ginseng licensing board and there is very little availability online, mostly just a few ebay sellers with either low grade nearly expired product and $35 shipping fees or the heaven grade stuff that costs $400 for 50g.

[Anonymous No.15382918]

Best way to learn to like tea? I hate the grassy taste, but have been doing genmaicha. should I just do that and introduce more and more green tea over time? I want to learn to like it.

[Anonymous No.15382942]

>>15382861
I don't know much about ginseng, but if you're in north america there's ginseng that's grown right here which is much easier to find. they don't taste all that different to me... is there a reason you're looking for korean red ginseng in particular?

>>15382725
some of those more "normie" teas can probably be found quite easily in asian grocery stores e.g. chrysanthemum, goji, lotus. otherwise, try amazon? there's persimmon leaf tea on amazon for what seems like a fairly reasonable price. but yeah, doesn't seem like korean foods are as easily found online as japanese/chinese ones. seems like the only things koreans bother marketing overseas are their skincare products/cosmetics

[Anonymous No.15382948]

>>15382918
if you don't like green tea don't drink it
there's a world of different tea flavours out there

[Anonymous No.15382952]

>>15382948
what's some good stuff that isn't grassy tasting then? also hate bitter but I know that's usually from burning

[Anonymous No.15382957]

>>15382918
>I hate the grassy taste
Don't drink green tea. Try some Chinese black teas.
This would be a good one to try if you live in the US.
https://yunnansourcing.us/collections/black-tea-spring-2020/products/imperial-grade-laoshan-black-tea-from-shandong

[Anonymous No.15382974]

>>15382942
>is there a reason you're looking for korean red ginseng in particular?
North american ginseng is supposed to be cooling while red ginseng is supposed to be warming. I generally run cold. I don't want to buy red ginseng from china if i can avoid it because of the way it's processed to make it red there are lots of opportunities to cut corners and it's too hard to verify the quality of chinese sellers so korean red seemed like the way to go.

[Anonymous No.15383001]

>>15382918
I completely forgot about genmaicha! I had it a long time ago from Adagio. Is there a high quality genmaicha out there or is the additive too strong for tea quality to really matter?

[Anonymous No.15383003]

>>15382942
>>15382974
I should add I've tried good quality north american ginseng on several occasions and while i found it powerfully stimulating it also made me feel cold and unbalanced for lack of a better term so i was hoping i would like red ginseng more, i just wish i had a way to try the good stuff without spending $60+ on it

[Anonymous No.15383007]

>>15382952
oolong, especially medium roasted is very nutty tasting
black tea tastes like black tea
puerh tastes earthy in a very good way

[Anonymous No.15383014]

>>15382952
are you only interested in green tea? if so you could try adding some honey. or some kind of green tea blend e.g. jasmine green tea, osmanthus green tea, lemon green tea, mint green tea... etc. I personally like the floral green teas.

[Anonymous No.15383015]

>>15383001
Nobody makes it with super fancy sencha but several of the popular japanese vendors in the pastebin make versions that have reviewed well on here. I would just recommend avoiding the stuff with "matcha" powder added to it.

[Anonymous No.15383023]

>>15383001
idk. Just started getting into genmaicha
>>15383007
will look into
>>15383014
I'll try doing that. I kinda want to like green tea since I plan on living in Japan in a few years and I feel like it's kind of a waste to not like anything there.

[Anonymous No.15383036]

>>15383023
Try hojicha, it's pretty popular in japan and it's made mostly with roasted stems, it will have a nutty toasty maybe slightly smokey flavor. Japan does also make very good black teas, but they aren't as popular or common as black teas.

[Anonymous No.15383067]

>>15383003
>>15382974
ah okay, that makes sense. I've always found ginger to be very warming. I wonder if you can mix ginger and north american ginseng to neutralize the cooling effects so it doesn't make you feel unbalanced. might taste strange though... there's also gingko which I think has a similar stimulating effect, which is supposedly neither cooling nor warming. or maybe you could befriend the korean grocery store owner and see if they'll help you acquire a korean ginseng sample

[Anonymous No.15383072]

>>15383036
*they aren't as popular or as common as green teas.

[Anonymous No.15383092]

>>15383067
>I wonder if you can mix ginger and north american ginseng to neutralize the cooling effects so it doesn't make you feel unbalanced
That's actually not a bad idea. From my very limited understanding of Traditional Chinese Medicine it's common to mix herbs like that to help cancel out negative effects and fairly uncommon to consume a single herb on its own.

[Anonymous No.15383116]

>>15383023
you can also experiment with multiple steepings. the first steeping usually tastes grassier to me while the second usually tastes sweeter

[Anonymous No.15384174]

Late night 7542, i will probably regret this later. My first time trying 7542. Tea threads are rolled very tight, compression is high. It was hard to get leaves off without breaking them. Dry leaf smells like a factory raw, smoke, leaf, maybe some dry fruit if i close my eyes and imagine ready hard.

[Anonymous No.15384254]

>>15384174
Brewing grampa style as usual. ~4g in a large mug.
First infusion - slightly smokey, thick tea flavor, dried fruits, bit of a fruity tang on the finish like a tart apple snd then it ends sweet. Definitely not as agresive as some people make it out to be, especially for such a young (2010) example. Definitely easy to see why this is such a popular tea. So far it's a large scale production blended factory tea down very right.

[Anonymous No.15384324]

>>15384254
2nd infusion, i can feel myself warming up some. Smoke, some tart, less dried fruit. Less bitter than i expected. Maybe a bit of char. Some more bitterness and tartness as i get to the middle of the cup.

[Anonymous No.15384409]

How do I get over the fact that tea connoisseurs are fucking weirdos who rave about plants in water? If I boil some broccoli and drink the pot can I join the chinese cool kids club?

[Anonymous No.15384430]

>>15384409
Try 10 pine needles and 5 nettle stalks

[Anonymous No.15384443]

>>15384324
Overall I'm liking it so far. I need another session with it to get some more definitive tasting notes on it.

[Anonymous No.15384666]

>>15384254
It wouldn't be aggresive as grandpa

[Anonymous No.15385298]

i tried some loose leaf back when i got into tea in /csg/, but its been years since then and im interested in trying some tea again. I think what-cha is my best bet, since im from the netherlands. Unless yunnan sourcing doesnt charge a lot for shipping? Im going to order like 50 euros worth. Also, what would you guys recommend for starters? might also need another gaiwan since my last broke.

[Anonymous No.15385325]

>>15385298
Yunnan sourcing shipping can be pricey, what-cha is okay. Fullchea-tea.com has cheap shipping and good prices.
I'm also a fan of this guy on ebay, he has good prices and has added a decent selection of black tea recently.
https://www.ebay.com/str/Hao-Kang-Famous-Tea
Varieties to try
Keemun/keemum
Dian hong classic 58
Zeng xiao zhong/ lapsang souchong

[Anonymous No.15385349]

Also no notes but i tried the 12¢ brick this morning and I'm super impressed. I'm pretty tempted to buy several more of them right away.

[Anonymous No.15385415]

>>15385298
My what-cha order arrived only yesterday after 2 months, and my YS order from even before that is still on its way, so if you don't wanna wait too long visit your local Simon Levelt (they're open even now)
It's not on their site but they sell a basic white 120ml gaiwan as well, I just bought that as a backup

[Anonymous No.15385548]

I'm pretty convinced that someone in the Chinese postal service hates yunnan sourcing specifically and intentionally sits on their packages for several weeks before they get into the system.

[Anonymous No.15385698]

>>15384409
>he doesn't drink broc water
I see you've never once been /fit/

[Anonymous No.15385728]

Coffee fag here, getting into tea recently.

I've been ordering a bunch of Hojicha varieties from Hojicha.co. I really like the earthy finish on roasted green tea. I've been drinking it mostly in oat milk tea lattes.

[Anonymous No.15386255]

how did i do, /tea/? recommend some primo leaf for me to wean off of diet soda.

[Anonymous No.15386616]

>>15385728
Hojocha is a nice way to get into tea for a coffee fag. You should grab one of these and try it as well. It's a fermented tea, similar profile to coffee, this specific one is mostly a semisweet dark chocolate flavor, some bitterness.
https://www.puerhshop.com/index.php?route=product/product&path=9_24&product_id=382

[Anonymous No.15386627]

>>15386255
>recommend some primo leaf for me to wean off of diet soda.
Order the "intro to fine tea" sampler from upton tea. Or some black and green teas that sound good from yunnan sourcing .us

[Anonymous No.15386694]

>make tea
>scalding hot for 10 minutes
>drinkable for 2 minutes
>freezing cold 2+ minutes

Cup technology has stagnated

[Anonymous No.15386710]

>>15386694
thats why they pour them into tiny cups, dingaling

[Anonymous No.15386722]

>>15378384
>Cock is shitting itself today, it should be fixed tomorrow, i will get back to you when it comes back up.
I am sure there has got to be some kind of Chinese "herbal" tea to help you with that.

>>15386255
>how did i do, /tea/?
>breville Tea Maker
looks like kind of an expensive novelty to me but it may be rather convenient if you just want hot pitcher of tea ready when you wake up. it will work fine to heat water as well. I do recommend getting a cheap Gaiwan and at least trying gong fu style brewing though.
>recommend some primo leaf
do you have any preferences as to what kind of tea you like and dislike?

here are some recommendations for vendors to check out (not a complete list there are many other good shops as well).
https://yunnansourcing.us/ & https://yunnansourcing.com/
for Chinese tea (the .us site ships from the US but has a smaller selection)
https://taiwanoolongs.com/
for stuff from Taiwan (Same owner as yunnansourcing)
https://yunomi.life/
for Japanese stuff
https://www.uptontea.com/
for breakfast/western style teas plus some traditional Indian teas
https://what-cha.com/
For a bit of everything

Be sure to check out the pastebin in the OP as well.
Happy sipping.

[Anonymous No.15386764]

January W2T Club just arrived. Bamboo shou and a nice little pick. I just brushed my teeth so I'll give that a bit of time and then I'll crack into it a bit later. This is my first bamboo shou so I'm excited to see what it's like.

[Anonymous No.15386778]

>>15386764
If the bamboo isn't pre cut you can stick it in a plastic bag and then curbstomp it american history x style to split the bamboo.

[Anonymous No.15386791]

>>15386778

It's windowed already so the non-stickered section just slides out. On the most recent Talking Tea podcast they were talking about bamboo shou and mentioned that Stone Leaf Teahouse had a good primer on opening uncut ones on their site but I wasn't able to find it.

[Anonymous No.15386910]

Link me your favorite green tea

[Anonymous No.15386924]

>>15386791
your google fu is weak
this took under a minute to find
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0gRiNabc5k

[Anonymous No.15386950]

>>15386924

Yeah I'm in the middle of working so just did a quick scan of their website. Thanks for following up.

[Anonymous No.15387069]

>>15386910
I don't drink a lot of green tea, i love the toasted notes and nutty flavor of this one.
https://kingteamall.com/collections/green-tea/products/2020-early-spring-long-jingdragon-well-high-grade-green-tea-zhejiang

[Anonymous No.15387094]

>>15386950
no problem
here is another video of how it is done
https://youtu.be/ij3uB3VzZ9s?t=67
I just noticed that this video has David Lee Hoffman it it. my understanding is that he is a bit of an eccentric who hoarded a bunch puer well before it was popular here in the west. there are number of news articles about him though i have not read most of them.
his site:
http://www.thephoenixcollection.com/
I don't suppose anyone here has ordered from him?

[Anonymous No.15387136]

>>15387094
I looked at his tea list, it's interesting if a bit opaque. I'm sure there is decades of forum drama about this guy somewhere on the net. His site has looked the same for a while and on-line shopping without mailing him a check and an oder form has been "coming soon" for at least 5 years now but some of those prices look tempting for 90s teas.

[Anonymous No.15387154]

>>15387136
Oh i forgot to mention that his tea list was updated December 2020 so he is definitely still in business selling tea. I'm always a bit nervous that websites like that are defunct but i guess he just likes doing things by mail order.
Who wants to shell out 2.5k with me for an 8 kilo golden mellon tuo from the 90s?

[Anonymous No.15387160]

>>15386910

4chan being gay and blocking links

Amazon this

Fukamushi Sencha Deep steamed green tea -Loose leaf 100g/3.5oz -from Kakegawa Shizuoka Japan | Japanese Tea KIMIKURA

[Anonymous No.15387168]

>>15386910

https://www.o-cha.com/loose-leaf-green-tea/sencha/deep-steamed-fukamushi-green-tea/yutaka-midori.html

Pic related. Love me a good fukamushi, though I think I may go asamushi heavy on this coming Spring's order. I've had their San no Ma before and it's really delightful.

[Anonymous No.15387211]

>>15387136
>I looked at his tea list, it's interesting if a bit opaque.
I suspect if you were seriously interested you could probably call him. though its always possible he bought a bunch of cheap (back then) white label stuff without knowing everything about it.

>>15387154
>Who wants to shell out 2.5k with me for an 8 kilo golden mellon tuo from the 90s?
sorry i don't have the cash.

>his tea list was updated December 2020
he is apparently also active in fighting his County over building permits he never acquired decades ago. just google his name for more info.

honestly if i had money to burn (i sure dont) it might be fun to try some of his old Tibetan kang tea which looks reasonably priced.

[Anonymous No.15387214]

>>15386764

Okay, first impressions.

As the note says, the tea is pretty broken up from being compressed into the bamboo, so I opted for my zini teapot over the gaiwan, even though the former has muting affects that tend to sometimes mask the full character of a new tea.

I used 6.6g/100ml, which is low for how I usually treat shou, and I think I'll have to up it to 7.5g next time. Did two rinses with boiling water, but I may only do one next time given how long the teapot takes to pour. The first steep didn't leave me with much to analyze, but the second and third are opening up a bit more and reminding me of how the 2018 7572 I have was right after shipping. I'm getting the sense that this is going to need some time to open up. Bamboo flavor is pretty subtle in the background but becomes more pronounced if you slurp the tea and do the thing where you kind of suck it through your front teeth.

I'm going to push it with some long steeps now but, yeah, the first few basically remind me of any other shou right out of the box - not that much going on. I've had several others from W2T that absolutely transformed in the first few weeks so I'm holding out hope.

[Anonymous No.15387265]

>>15387214

I will say that the texture is extremely nice, though. Not "thick" or "cloudy" like some shou can be, but more like an inkling of how a very well made chicken broth will gelatinize when cooled. Obviously not to that degree, but it feels like it's lubricated going down and really gets in the nooks and crannies of your body if you're into thinking of the cha qi of good teas. I'm still doing some work while steeping this so I'll have to take some free time in a few weeks and really dedicate an hour to focusing in on the brew.

[Anonymous No.15387277]

>>15387168
Yeah fukamushi's great, I just got delivered link related and it's a very solid daily drinker for the price ($12.5 per 100g)

https://what-cha.com/products/japan-basic-fukamushi-sencha-green-tea

Also @ o-cha's shipping: $28 for 100g of yame gyokuro fair enough, but add to that a further $27 of shipping, yikes

[Anonymous No.15387290]

>>15387277

Yeah, o-cha is a one bulk order per year type of vendor for me, which does end up working out with the harvest and production schedule of Japanese teas. I think my 2020 order was like 160 bucks and then shipping was 20 something, and it got to my front door in two days.

[Anonymous No.15387302]

>>15387211
if this news article is to be believed than he has an absolutely massive tea stash
https://www.sfchronicle.com/food/article/Steeped-in-controversy-Marin-tea-guru-in-the-11958381.php
"In those days, puer was so cheap that he amassed 200,000 pounds of it. "
and
"He has 100,000 pounds to go"

[Anonymous No.15387338]

>Be me
>Be mormon fag
>Decide to drink tea
>mfw i'm in hell

[Anonymous No.15387363]

>>15370391
I drink about a gallon of tea a day. Iced and hot. Green, Earl Grey, Hibiscus whatever. Brew my own Jun and Kombucha because that shit is $5 a bottle and I make it for 10 cents. Tea is legit.

[Anonymous No.15387374]

>>15387363
Nice anon! What teas do you use for making kombucha? I used to make lots a few years ago but i kept forgetting about batches and letting them go too long.

[Anonymous No.15387415]

>>15387302
>He has 100,000 pounds to go
That's wild, it seems pretty unlikely based on his stock list unless he bought about 2,000 lbs on average of every tea he has listed.

[Anonymous No.15387417]

>>15387374
For the Kombucha, half green and half plain black tea,the bulk kind from Amazon. I do continuous brew of two gallons a week. For the Jun, a medium grade green loose leaf with one cup of local honey per gallon. Been brewing for ten years and have been asked to sell it. Don't have the time for that but I certainly have helped others start their brewing.
For flavourings I get stuck with something I like and then overdose on it. Right now, grapefruit and hops flavouring.

[Anonymous No.15387428]

>>15387415
from the same article
>The lack of specifics in his catalog is befuddling. Hoffman makes regular forays into the cave, excavates another haul, then figures out what he’s discovered. He doesn’t read much Chinese, so he briefly names and dates the teas based on the sketchy information he remembers about their provenance, trusting in his palate.

[Anonymous No.15387463]

>>15387094
>>15387302
>The lack of specifics in his catalog is befuddling. Hoffman makes regular forays into the cave, excavates another haul, then figures out what he’s discovered. He doesn’t read much Chinese, so he briefly names and dates the teas based on the sketchy information he remembers about their provenance, trusting in his palate. (His palate, several people in the industry confirm, is excellent.)
Insane, he barely knows what he has, he must be simultaneously fascinating and maddening for collectors. It says he sells a lot to chinese vendors so hopefully they haven't scoured and picked out all the best of his selection.

[Anonymous No.15387486]

>>15387463
Jesus christ if this guy's storage is any good he has some incredible prices, i actually slowed down a bit to check the list.

[Anonymous No.15387493]

>>15387486
1991 Kunming TF fangcha for $50
Welp brb I'm about to blow $150 on this guy's tea, wish me luck

[Anonymous No.15387506]

>>15387493
be sure to report back to us. If its any good i will have to pick up something small.
>1991 Kunming TF fangcha for $50
I saw that too.

[Anonymous No.15387551]

>>15387094
used now realized you can store the lid on the side like that, neat
t. been using gaiwans daily for ~4 years

[Anonymous No.15387659]

>>15387493
Good luck!
what are you considering getting?

[Anonymous No.15387676]

>>15387363
Covid killed my kombucha :( I'd go to sprouts every wednesday and get an lb of good brown sugar and bottle/rebrew that night.

[Anonymous No.15387761]

>>15387417
Gonna get a starter kit and dive into this as soon as the weather warms up a bit (too cold in my house and i'm a poorfag who doesn't do ac/heat)

Has anyone ever made Kompu'ercha before? If not brb gonna patent that name

[Anonymous No.15387870]

So i read up a bit on the phoenix collection. They are mentioned in the teadb vendor guide (https://teadb.org/puerh-vendor-guide/)) which links to a review from one of his teas from Marshaln (http://www.marshaln.com/2012/11/saturday-tastings-with-friends/))
>This tea has very little taste, and what little it does have suggests something no older than 3-4 years. It has a very thin body, no aftertaste, and no real aroma to speak of. Calling this “tea” is a bit charitable. There are two possibilities – either you believe Hoffman’s claims that this tea is from the early 90s, in which case you should never buy aged teas from him because (judging from this and other examples I’ve had) his cave is where puerh goes to die, or you don’t believe his age claims, in which case you shouldn’t be buying this in the first place. Either way, the conclusions are the same.
He links to the tea he thinks he is tasting from another blog (http://chakungfu.blogspot.com/2012/07/early-90s-yiwu-sheng.html))
who says
>Only sold as a full tong with no wrappers or neifei.
>The price of the tong is also extra good at $125 a tong but Hoffman told me that every tong he has opened of this tea has been different so giving a low price. I think I got a good one. A good everyday sheng with age.
So its hard to decide where to go from there. Marshaln says it sucks but he is also tasting tea that was selling for $150 a tong, even back in 2012 i wouldn't expect much for that.
I guess i will make a small order including that 91 kunming tf fancha and maybe one of the looseaf teas he has that are listed as being from the 90s and see if its any good or if it tastes like nothing. wish me luck

[Anonymous No.15387937]

>>15387338
but coca cola is okay!

[Anonymous No.15387952]

Hot damn I love tea

[Anonymous No.15387966]

>>15387338
>>15387937
>Mormons
Reminder that ma huang (ephedra sinica) is legal to import into the US for personal use. Stop wasting your money on decongestants or bronkaid and just drink ephedra tea when you have a cold or need a nice pick me up.

[Anonymous No.15387995]

>>15387870
there are surprisingly few reviews of his stuff online. i look forward to yours if you go though with it.
as i said earlier you could try calling him if you want more info. the website even says its ok
>You may also give us a call and we can help you make your initial selection.
perhaps he will even give you a deal that way or help you avoid a regretful purchase.

[Anonymous No.15388035]

>>15375113
Hey buddy, that email account finally came up again. I sent you a reply and I will get that in the mail asap.

[Anonymous No.15389085]

Coof

[Anonymous No.15389983]

>>15386764
This got me to hop in for a month of the club. Not a big fan of "subscriptions" so this is a big deal for me. Hope feb is dope.

[Anonymous No.15390235]

>>15389983

I've found it to be a pretty good value so far, and I think I'm about 5 months in now. 29 bucks for an interesting assortment of tea shipped every month isn't bad at all. Some months there is a lot of one thing (last month was 200g of old arbor huangpian and then a 12g square of shou), and others you get a bunch of different little things. It's made me realize I really enjoy some types of tea I might not have explored on my own, which I think is a really nice boon. Part of it is I simply don't have the time anymore to really keep an eye out for new and interesting things or good deals so not having to think about it really eases the tension of feeling like I'm missing out on shit.

Once the spring comes around, though, I'll still probably place my yearly o-cha order and then throw a few hundred bucks at KTM and YS.

[Anonymous No.15390534]

I thought my favorite cup had a chip in it, but it was just a weirdly placed cookie crumb so its fine

[Anonymous No.15390581]

Any sippers in here no?

[Anonymous No.15390583]

>>15390581
>the virgin sip
>the chad slurp

[Anonymous No.15390588]

>>15390583
>based intravenous delivery

[Anonymous No.15390689]

>>15390588
>no cottonbud
enjoy your pulmonary embolism

[Anonymous No.15391222]

why does w2t give me so many fucking stickers???

[Anonymous No.15391257]

>>15391222
so hipsters (who W2T seems to cater there advertising to) can let everyone know they are special and drink special tea. W2T has some nice teas but their marketing always makes me think its targeted towards the subjects of this song:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVmmYMwFj1I

[Anonymous No.15391373]

>>15391257
ha! fucking nailed it. I thought nobody remembered this number. but if w2t is dickhead then how would you describe their friends at Kuura?
the stickers racket is pretty clever move. oversaturation brings exposure. when all your cabinets and laptops are branded you're gonna bring these outside. zoomer hype nation will swallow that easily.
>black&white, minimal, tea? lemme google that.
at least that's what the blonde wisconsinite wigger proprietor thinks. I think. bottom line for me - more stickers is better than no stickers. especially with that pronounced and proud word "white" in white on them.

[Anonymous No.15391911]

New to tea, would drinking tea help me feel debloated after a big meal?

[Anonymous No.15391938]

>>15391911
actually seems to help me, ripe puerh goes well after a greasy meal

[Anonymous No.15392017]

How did all of you become tea autists?

[Anonymous No.15392024]

>>15390534
Whew

[Anonymous No.15392025]

>>15370391
Sweet tea in a Togo cup

[Anonymous No.15392041]

>>15392017
i quit energy drinks/soda but still wanted caffeine

[Anonymous No.15392054]

time's up lads, ameritards are waking up.

[Anonymous No.15392074]

>>15391911
yes, it's frequently used for after big meals in HK and china, specfically puerh

[Anonymous No.15392094]

>>15392017

I got weirdly into Jap teas as a teenager for no specific reason, and then hanging out in /tea/ a decade later I realized there was a whole world of Chinese teas I hadn't even considered exploring, before.

[Anonymous No.15392111]

>>15392017
>been drinking mainstream black tea
>interested in fermentation
>learn that fermented tea (not kombucha)
>try it
That rabbit hole was deeper than expected

[Anonymous No.15392181]

Dill tea?

[Anonymous No.15392224]

>>15392017
I started with trying loose leaf tea and tisanes from the bulk herbs and spices section many years ago and went from there. it was only more recently it got into tea more seriously. I am pretty sure the thing that held me back at the time was money. i am not sure what re-sparked my interest. I still have a relatively limited budget but at least i can drink good quality tea everyday now.

[Anonymous No.15392262]

>>15392017
was drinking iced tea until the company making it changed the recipe at the start of last year, wanted something to drink that wasnt water.

[Anonymous No.15392297]

I use an electric milk frother to mix my matcha.
atm I'm using 2g of matcha for ~350ml of water(170c)
The issue is that I'm a slow sipper, and it takes about an hour to drink it all.
When that happens there's a lot of the matcha settled in the bottom.
Is that just inevitable or am I not whipping it enough?

[Anonymous No.15392310]

I had another session with the 2010 Dayi 7542 from teas we like. It's a really excellent factory tea. I can see why it's considered the benchmark for raw puer. They really nail the balance between smokey big factory flavor and some stonefruit notes, it's not the most plummy tea i have had but it's definitely got hints of that. Good levels of astringency to give it a kind of crisp tartness without being overly drying. Not as bitter as i expected but I'm not super familiar with taiwan storage. It's still a big factory blend tea, it's not super dynamic and it doesn't brew for 20 rounds, but it's pretty good. It still seems absurd to spend more than $60 for a cake of it.
Really interesting to compare to a xiaguqn 8653. The xiaguan is much more smokey and has that strong pine resin flavor, followed by a very sweet finish. I think that the dayi cake wins handily at least against the 09 FTT8653 i have from king tea mall but i really need to try a xiaguan recipe cake from similar storage with an extra 3 or 4 years on it to make up for the super heavy compression.

[Anonymous No.15392320]

>>15392297
It's inevitable if you drink it that way. Frothing it more won't make a difference. Isn't matcha typically made with 2 grams in like 4 to 6 oz of water?

[Anonymous No.15392358]

>>15392017
I asked for cheap tea to use for kombucha and someone told me to buy a kilo off ktm. 2 years later here we are.

[Anonymous No.15392362]

>>15392320
Yeah I think something like that.
I think for 350ml I'm 'supposed' to be using somewhere around 4-5g

[Anonymous No.15392385]

>1 pound of black tea and 1 pound of green tea sitting in my pantry for 2 years
I just realized it's better to spend more on a small amount of god-tier tea than less on a lot of decent tier tea

[Anonymous No.15392388]

Busting into this "2004 Nanqiao Bada Nannuo Blend" from teas we like. Ended up with a good amount of broken leaf in this brew, compression was high and apparently my tea pick technique sucks. I'm too used to using pruning shears on iron cakes. The dry leaf and especially the wrapper have some scent that reminds me of making jiffy pop popcorn over a camp fire.

[Anonymous No.15392394]

>>15392362
Well i wouldn't worry about it, you can just toss the last sips with the sediment out or if you really want to drink the tea powder just swirl it around a bunch when you get down to the bottom and chug the last shots worth of liquid.

[Anonymous No.15392412]

what is this? Came with some tea i ordered

[Anonymous No.15392446]

>>15392388
Drinking grampa style as usual.
Pretty solid aged tea flavor, some smoke, very long tangy finish on the tongue.
It's a nice smooth aged tea taste that finishes like you are eating a granny smith or jazz apple.
Smoke is there but it's very well integrated, it doesn't dominate or overshadow any of the other flavors. Bitterness starting to creep in as i drink down the cup.

[Anonymous No.15392457]

>>15392320
I just bought a real jap chasen and I've been making it with 2g/100ml. Is this wrong?

[Anonymous No.15392464]

>>15392457
I honestly have no idea

[Anonymous No.15392469]

>>15392181
Sounds good.

[Anonymous No.15392478]

>>15392017
Bouncing around hobbies is my hobby. This one just stuck.

[Anonymous No.15392496]

>>15391373
Isn't Kuura an Aussie?
Never ordered from them simply because of high shipping.

[Anonymous No.15392591]

>>15392446
The finish on this lasts for absolute ages, i swear my tongue is giving me sensations like I've been eating a lot of sour candy.
Second cup, more aged tea flavor, very pleasant smooth and well rounded with more tartness loaded on the back. That really seems to define this tea as everything else is so well balanced. Getting pretty stimulated as i finish the second cup.

[Anonymous No.15392640]

>>15392017
My gf got hooked on puerh and would become violent and aggressive after drinking it and try to coerce me into drinking tea with her. I’m a much smaller girl than she is so after having the soles of my feet caned with a back scratcher I gave in and now I’m a puerh fiend. Thanks for reading my blog.

[Anonymous No.15392645]

>>15392640
Anon, go masturbate and stop posting this gay shit on my board

[Anonymous No.15392703]

>>15392640
based lesbian

[Anonymous No.15392719]

>>15392645
>my board
Our board, you homophone.

[Anonymous No.15393050]

>>15392640
too verbose, simple puer lesbians should suffice

[Anonymous No.15393170]

Anyone know how long the effects of chamomile last? I steeped too long and had a cup, now in a pretty hypnotic state.

[Anonymous No.15393219]

>>15393050
There’s nothing simple about puer lesbians

[Anonymous No.15393484]

>>15392017
needed something to replace diet soda and I figured tea would be my best bet

[Anonymous No.15393485]

>>15392412
紅枸杞 = Red goji berry
You can make tea with it, it's also used in Chinese medicine/herbs and various soups

[Anonymous No.15393674]

Turns out 1 lb bags are pretty big...

[Anonymous No.15394061]

>>15393674
Nice! Time to start making kombucha.

[Anonymous No.15394086]

>>15370410

it's fucking awful though.

[Anonymous No.15394088]

>>15392017
I'm chinese, it's in my blood. y'all merely adopted the tea autism but I was born into it, molded by it.

[Anonymous No.15394090]

>>15393674
It's a pound of leaf you dunce

[Anonymous No.15394093]

>>15394088
>y’all
You one of them American Southern Chinese?

[Anonymous No.15394149]

>>15394093
no but y'all is a less stupid sounding plural you than yinz

[Anonymous No.15394215]

>>15394149
They both sound retarded. The only people who should use those terms are people with specific regional dialects. You debase yourself, sir. Also you forgot “youse”

[Anonymous No.15394217]

I need some help. I ordered some of pic related from Moychay. But I realize that I have no fucking clue how to make it. I've never used something like this.

https://moychay.com/catalog/herbal-tea-moychaycom/travyanoy-sbor-pressovannyy-lesnaya-tish-50-g

[Anonymous No.15394399]

>>15394217
I think you just break off a square or half a square and brew it in a mug or a small teapot, i usually let herbal teas steep for 5-10 minutes. You could probably simmer a square on the stove briefly to make a herbal decoction as well but i would stick to brewing it like tea at first.

[Anonymous No.15394410]

>>15394399
Yeah i would definitely start with half a square in a mug. Do you have a brew basket or similar? You could also just brew in in another container and then pour it through a strainer before drinking.

[Anonymous No.15394461]

>>15394410
Yeah, I do. Just like standard brewing stuff. I also got one of those litter cold brew basket things I was thinking about using.

Since it's a L would you think like 2 squares for the 5-10 mins?

[Anonymous No.15394523]

>>15394461
Oh, and also a french press.

[Anonymous No.15394528]

>>15394461
I just found instructions on one of the other bricks.
>Cooking method:
The tile is divided into segments, 1 segment calculated 1 liter of boiling water. We recommend brewing a long one-time infusion in a heat container or thermos. With a longer infusion, the taste goes into the sour rosehip.
https://moychay.com/catalog/travyanoy-chay/travyanye_sbory/travyanoy-sbor-pressovannyy-leschina-s-ivan-chaem-i-chagoy-50-g

[Anonymous No.15394542]

>>15394399
>decoction
Sounds hot. I dare anyone to properly define decoction without looking it up.

[Anonymous No.15394752]

>>15394215
I refuse to acknowledge that "youse" is a real thing

[Anonymous No.15394753]

Can't open the pastebin for whatever reason, just errors out.
Any reccies for a beginner in tea? I tried some of my friends black teas, which were great, also recently had some "masala tea", which was also good, and I'm curious about pu-erh.

Looking for maybe a sampler or something (amazon would be cool I have like $200 in amazon gift cards to use, I know it likely won't be best quality though)

[Anonymous No.15394778]

>>15394752
>refyouse

[Anonymous No.15394783]

>>15375510
>McCabe
>올바른 유기농 보리차

Where is that tea from?

[Anonymous No.15394916]

>>15392017
Had English high tea in London, did the whole tourist thing. Somehow it stuck this time. Parents forced me to do high tea on vacation at fancy Canadian hotel; didn’t like it them, except for the pasties. This time though, found tea I liked. Also I can add alcohol for toddies or gunfire tea now that I’m an adult.

[Anonymous No.15394978]

>>15394753
Amazon
Raw puer ,ignore that these say black tea, it's a translation issue
https://www.amazon.com/TAETEA-Classic-Organic-Black-TEA/dp/B07FTFLX4N
Ripe puer
https://www.amazon.com/TAETEA-Brick-TEA-Anniversary-Organic/dp/B07FTHKZVC
Lots of fakes of that brand, make sure you buy the ones sold by the official tae tea store.
This darjeeling black tea
https://www.amazon.com/Darjeeling-Margarets-Muscatel-Second-3-53oz/dp/B00Q6PHTTI/ref=mp_s_a_1_3
I don't know what else to recommend on amazon. I would also recommend checking yunnansourcing.us and picking a loose-leaf black tea an oolong and a green tea that sounds good to you, the products are sorted by popularity so the stuff at the top of the page is the most popular.

[Anonymous No.15395177]

>>15392640
Wait, do puerh actually do anything? I thought this was just tea with funky taste.

[Anonymous No.15395190]

>>15394528
Bitching! I'll try this with my thermos and shit. Thank you!

[Anonymous No.15395385]

>>15395177
>Wait, do puerh actually do anything?
Yeah it does things i wouldn't want to talk about in polite company. Don't offer your mom any if you catch my drift.

[Anonymous No.15395395]

>>15395177
It seems to have a strong effect on the endocrine system of a small minority of natal women which causes them to act in a more aggressive manner. Why? No one knows yet but it has to be something in the fermentation process.

[Anonymous No.15395815]

Anyone have suggestions for good lapsang souchong tea?

I’ve tried Taylor’s and it was good but I’m sure it gets better.

[Anonymous No.15395837]

>>15395815
That's westerner meme tea. The chinaman thinks it's for poor people and slobs.
They're right.

[Anonymous No.15395844]

>>15395815
I don’t know. I’m incredibly wary of Chinese teas. Don’t listen to all these teafags who tell you they’re perfectly safe. Truth is we have no idea what if any standards or quality controls they have so your lapsong could be made with smoke from tire fires for all we know.

[Anonymous No.15395990]

>>15395815
It's kind of hard to find upmarket Lapsang. The higher end versions usually aren't smoked or are very lightly smoked.
You could give this a shot. A few of us have bought from this seller before and he seems good.
This is a light smoke version
https://www.ebay.com/itm/China-black-tea-Zheng-Shan-Xiao-Zhong-Lapsang-Souchong-Classic-250g/303120658994
This is a heavy smoke version
https://www.ebay.com/itm/China-black-tea-Zheng-Shan-Xiao-Zhong-Lapsang-Souchong-bud-250g/303120663424
He also sells this sampler with 15 kinds of lapsang souchong some smoked and some unsmoked.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/China-black-tea-Xiao-Zhong-Set-of-15-kinds-of-Lapsang-Souchong/303666584447

[Anonymous No.15396270]

>>15395990
>It's kind of hard to find upmarket Lapsang.
have not tried them but they are reputable upmarket vendor:
https://www.wuyiorigin.com/collections/wuyi-black


this next one not a well known vendor but looks promising.:
https://lapsangstore.com/

[Anonymous No.15396755]

>>15385548
mate it's a complete roulette, my package that I ordered on the 30th of december arrived today which is amazing, but my other order from late october is still stuck in transit hell somewhere

[Anonymous No.15396759]

>>15395385

[Anonymous No.15396923]

so have any of you had issues with fullchea? i placed an order and paid through paypal a couple weeks ago but havent gotten any order confirmation or anything of the like since. is this normal for fullchea?

[Anonymous No.15397100]

>>15396923
and you're writing this just now and here?
of course you should get order confirmation, you fucked something up.
if the money went through paypal then you bought it, contact the chink.

[Anonymous No.15397142]

>>15396923
>>15397100
yeah I agree check you paypal. if the money was sent double check your email for the receipt then contact fullchea if its not there. if no money was sent something messed and you need to reorder. I have not ordered from fullchea myself (i plan to sometime) but people both here and elsewhere have vouched for them being a legit vendor so i expect things can be made to work out (worst comes to worst you did use paypal and should be able to get a refund).

[Anonymous No.15397149]

>>15397142
>>15397100
i mean paypal has 180 full return so theres no issues with losing my money but yeah

[Anonymous No.15397157]

>>15397149
180 days that is.
and its also not a significant amount of money, it slid my mind but now that some other packages have arrived i checked my order history and so on

[Anonymous No.15397166]

>>15397157
yeah, report how it turns out.

[Anonymous No.15397170]

>>15397149
so does you paypal account say the money went though or not? have done a email search yet? if not go do that and stop posting here. what do you want us to do?

[Anonymous No.15397816]

>>15386255
>>15386627
>>15386722
I hate it when people ask questions and don't say thanks after getting a reply. it seems like the more simple the question the more likely they are not to say thanks. i guess it makes sense that the people who ask the sort of questions that could probably have been answered with a quick bit of research are likely going to be to lazy to reply. I like helping people with questions because I have asked a lot of questions myself but getting some more (you)'s would be nice.

[Anonymous No.15397867]

>>15397170
im not expecting anyone here to do anything. of course I've emailed their support, and as i am awaiting reply i thought id ask what others have experienced with fullchea, as i have never placed an order there before

[Anonymous No.15398009]

>>15397867
sorry if i was a bit rude i just though it was funny you kept posting replys but did not say whether you knew if the payment went through (which should have been one of your first steps). I hope you get you order without too much hassle. keep us posted as I intend to order from them myself sometime in the future.

[Anonymous No.15398486]

>>15397816
Most of the traffic on this site never posts, even if the question was just a drive by and they don't check the thread again I don't mind answering for the lurkers.
>>15397867
Fullchea is fine, i have ordered from them 4-5 times from both their site and ebay and never had issues, they also have had some of the faster shipping during this bataids shitshow.

[Anonymous No.15398566]

>boil water
>let it cool down for few minutes
>pour water into cup with tea leaves
>leave it for few minutes before drinking

Tastes better than if I poured it immediately, but I wonder if I can improve it.

[Anonymous No.15398571]

>>15398486
>even if the question was just a drive by and they don't check the thread again
I just hate it when people are so inconsiderate. Just Bookmark it if you think you will forget.

>I don't mind answering for the lurkers.
Good point I agree. When put that way it makes things seem better.

>Most of the traffic on this site never posts
That's probably a good thing. I suspect many people really should lurk more before they post.

[Anonymous No.15398600]

>>15398571
Agree on the lurk moar part. First time I posted here decades ago I thought you had to put an email address in the email field and anons signed me up for all kinds of weird mailing lists.

[Anonymous No.15398615]

>>15398600
>First time I posted here decades ago I thought you had to put an email address in the email field and anons signed me up for all kinds of weird mailing lists.
I legitimately laughed out loud. thanks I needed that.

[Anonymous No.15398639]

>>15398615
Aside from all the gay porn and fetish shit the one that really made me laugh was
>Newly Nursing Mothers
and it was a completely genuine mailing list about the ins and outs of breastfeeding
Sorry for the derail teafags

[Anonymous No.15398746]

>>15398639
that's hilarious.
>mailing list
probably a Facebook group now
to derail this thread further I miss web 1.0 before everything centered around Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube along with Reddit and Discord for hobbies. the internet seemed so much more fun and exiting then before it was gentrified. I have fond memories of accidentally discovering all sorts of weird websites and communities accidentally. the massive influx of normies during the mainstream social media boom really did a number on the signal to noise ratio of the internet as a whole. I even almost miss the terrible 90's website design with all the awful GIF's and odd color schemes. Its still probably better than a lot of websites today. sadly i was not on 4Chan in its heyday.

[Anonymous No.15399329]

Ahhh i want to spend some stimulus check on tea and i have no idea what to get, too many fucking options.
Cheap ripe?
10¢ per g ripe?
37¢ per g ripe that i know is the best ive ever tasted
Old ass 2004 xiagaun fangchas?
Mid 2000s xiaguan cakes?
No fucking clue which way to go.

[Anonymous No.15399361]

I've got a tea from Sri Lanka that is delicious, some of the best black tea I ever had. It's from the Blackwood tea estate

[Anonymous No.15399461]

>>15399361
where did you buy it from?

[Anonymous No.15399559]

A Dutch tea and coffee chain called Simon Levelt. Some of their stuff is good and some isn't but I love this one. It has an intense spicyness

[Anonymous No.15400077]

>>15372520
Give me a fucking source for some 05 7542 niggas
I'll buy a tong

[Anonymous No.15400118]

I got some green tea that says to steep at a temp under boiling. Someone told me it's a bad idea to add milk to lower the temp from boiling and then steep with milk in. Why?

[Anonymous No.15400181]

>>15400118
Probably because the milk can lower the temp more, i wouldn't worry about it. No health risks from doing so. I'm no sure i would recommend milk in green tea (i don't think it would taste good) but that's another issue entirely.

[Anonymous No.15400183]

What is your opinion on these things?

[Anonymous No.15400207]

>>15400183
They are bad, they keep the water from circulating fully around the leaves and they keep the tea leaves from expanding, better to use the large basket style ones, or brew the leaves loose in your container and then pour through a strainer when done brewing.

[Anonymous No.15400354]

>>15400183
I use these ones for work, they're convenient but not ideal. If you put too much tea in it becomes difficult for the water to permeate, so stick to single cup servings with these as you would a tea bag. If you're putting on a whole pot its so much more convenient to just pour the leaves in the boiling water and pour over a mesh strainer.

[Anonymous No.15400518]

>>15400183
>>15400354
Ingenuitea or similar is equally as convenient and thrice as good.

[Anonymous No.15400562]

>>15370391
NEW THREAD
>>15400560
>>15400560
>>15400560