/tea/

[Anonymous No.15770418]

/tea/

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

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>>15737196

[Anonymous No.15770428]

Its finally time for spring green tea edition
What are you planning on getting?
Can i finally order from japan this spring without paying $20 for shipping?
What are your favorite chinese green teas?

[Anonymous No.15770435]

Still working on my craft, and my cakes definitely need time to rest and restore their qualities, but I can tell a difference from this brew and last night's. Journaled about Taetea's 2017 V93 shou. The image shows a slightly lighter liquor than most of the infusions, but it was one of the later ones, and the tea was being drained fairly well. Thanks for your tips. Here is the entry:
_________
8g/200/10s (rinse), 8g/200F/20s (1st infusion)

Dry leaf has an aroma of caramel/sugar. Brewed leaf has a more mature scent of heated caramel, charred wood, and vaguely some sort of toasted biscuit.

Medium thickness, low astringency. As recommended, I attempted to brew a shou pu'er with higher parameters across the board. The leaf and liquor aroma are delectable, though I'm not perfectly able to get that on my palate or retronasally. There is some bitterness, but it is not overwhelming, and I rather like it.

I performed a brew of 205F at over a minute long, and ended up with an interesting result. I still did not get much of those aromatic notes, but the texture and resulting feeling in the mouth became excellent. It feels smoother and more physically satisfying, which is quite nice. When brewed even longer, a modest but relaxing sweetness became apparent, especially in the aftertaste. It's not particularly potent, but it is comfortably detected and enjoyable.

This shou seems more 'mature' to me in nature compared to my others. I think with more time to rest (like with my other pu'ers), it will grow to be quite excellent. It is not the time to judge this tea yet, but I'm fond of it despite its current lackings. As with my others, I look forward to testing this more.

[Anonymous No.15770450]

>>15770428
Planning on 100g of long jing, 200g of honey nin'ger, 200g Classic 58 Dian Hong, everything else puerh and fu shen and another gong mei white.
Besides jasmine, this is probably going to be my orders for a few years, I'm over oolong and I'm sticking with honey nin'ger as my black of choice for breakfast, nothing else does it for me. Long Jing is amazing but only for a few months. Ripe Puerh and whites are my favorite dinner teas

[Anonymous No.15770455]

>>15770435
Nice

[Anonymous No.15770463]

>>15770450
I will be getting some longjing as well. I might try some other Chinese greens but I'm pretty sure longjing will be my favorite of them anyway.
Ive really been enjoying ripe puer lately, it's good in the morning and after dinner.

[Anonymous No.15770472]

>>15770463
long jing is above and beyond my favorite green. Its ruined my entire perception of green teas and its angered me because the price

[Anonymous No.15770477]

SHU PUER CHADS ASSEMBLE

[Anonymous No.15770537]

>>15770477
White pride worldwide
White tea for life

[Anonymous No.15770546]

can any of you recommend an online high quality tea seller in the eu? brit trapped abroad here

[Anonymous No.15770621]

>>15770537
White tea Chads R I S E U P!

[Anonymous No.15770625]

reject tea
embrace mate

[Anonymous No.15770628]

What should I grab from what-cha lads

[Anonymous No.15770639]

There is some russian rap song about drinking tea.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=cRm54SJxcao

[Anonymous No.15770648]

>>15770628
These are just suggestions i haven't tried them myself.
https://what-cha.com/collections/oolong-tea/products/taiwan-ali-shan-heavy-roast-tie-guan-yin-oolong-tea?variant=13672223932471
https://what-cha.com/collections/black-tea/products/china-fujian-snow-tips-black-tea
https://what-cha.com/collections/black-tea/products/georgia-manna-premium-black-tea?variant=37598169956520

[Anonymous No.15770858]

>>15770625
No

[Anonymous No.15771744]

But what about the Japanese green tea? Who is getting luxury sincha?

[Anonymous No.15771783]

>>15770625
I drink both

[Anonymous No.15771973]

thanks for the link to the brick, anon
are you eu or us and how long did it take to get there?
https://www.puercn.com/pingce/3056/

[Anonymous No.15771983]

>>15771744
When I finish my current 100 grams of setoya midori sencha, I will be getting some other type of sencha. What exactly I'll be looking for, I don't know. I want to try more, and may get a smaller amount first.

[Anonymous No.15772167]

As it turns out, drinking 21 grams of tea during a water fast doesn't feel good
What kind of tea will alleviate this suffering?

[Anonymous No.15772192]

What is the definition of "tea"? What are some examples that stretch the definition to its extremes?

[Anonymous No.15772201]

>>15772192
Leaves and leaf buds of Camellia sinensis, steeped in water.

[Anonymous No.15772203]

>>15772167
what kind of tea? green and raw puer is pretty hard on the stomach i find. thick dark ripes and hei chas on the other hand feel fine

[Anonymous No.15772233]

>>15772203
I did white, oolong, and jasmine

[Anonymous No.15772278]

I'm thinking of ordering tea from a store in my city, but they only sell it by the gram. How do they package it? Is it okay to only buy the minimum amount (50-75g) of each sort?

[Anonymous No.15772340]

>>15772278
I have no idea how a random store in your city packages their tea, bud. Maybe ask them.

[Anonymous No.15772361]

>>15772278
50g should last about a week if you drink every day

[Anonymous No.15772388]

Got some Peshawari Kawah (shne chore, green tea). :)

[Anonymous No.15772493]

>>15772278
It depends on what you want to drink and how often you do so. I don't drink every day, but am beginning to now. 100 grams for me lasts a while, but that's because each session requires 1 teaspoon (3-5 grams). Again it also depends on how you like your tea, if you like it strong you'll need more leaf, if you like it mild, use less. Of course even that statement depends on what type of tea you are drinking and how many times per day you are having a session. 1, 2 or maybe even 3 if you find the time or need?

[Anonymous No.15772737]

>>15772192
The dish Bak kut teh (肉骨茶)is literally "meat bone tea"

[Anonymous No.15772761]

Opinions on the Harvey and Sons brand teas? They have some nice sachets and loose teas.

[Anonymous No.15772815]

>>15771973
I'm in the US, i pain the $3 for EMS shipping and it came in about a week.

[Anonymous No.15772828]

>>15772278
Yes it is fine to order 50-75 grams of teas, that is enough to brew 10+ times so you can decide if you like it but not so much that you are stuck with a load of tea if you get something you don't like. You can order larger amounts once you fond teas that you know you want to drink all the time.

[Anonymous No.15772835]

>>15772761
>Opinions on the Harvey and Sons brand teas?
Some of their teas are okay, some are not very good, make sure you buy fresh tins and you should be okay.

[Anonymous No.15772854]

I've been really enjoying this new gaiwan over the last week or so since I got it. 150ml seems to be a perfect sweet spot for me in terms of size, and I love the rougher aesthetic. Better pictures on their website, they keep an archive of all the tea-ware they make.
https://moychay.com/catalog/posuda/ceramic_handmade_russia/gayvan-31053-drovyanoy-obzhig-keramika-148-ml

Onto the teas, pictured is this Menghai Yesheng "wild" ripe, and I gotta say I'm a big fan. Sweet woody, with a touch of bitterness and solid mouthfeel. Lingering dark sugar aftertaste too. The aroma while brewing is that strong kind of carnalized sugar smell that I love. The smell sticks to the underside of the lid and empty cup, and I find myself almost huffing it to get more.
The leaf itself seems fuller/less broken than a lot of shou I've had, and it feels soft in hand while separating the cake.
https://moychay.com/catalog/chaj_proizvodstva_moychay/menhay-eshen-shu-puer-moychayru-syrie-s-dikorastuschih-dereviev-fermentatsiya-2018-press-2019-357-g

The shou that I finished off just before getting the yesheng wild was the Xiaguan "sweet puerh" ripe, which left me really disappointed. It was overall lacking, taste was flat and it was totally out after 4ish steeps. So coming off of that this Menghai Yesheng is fantastic.

I also grabbed 100g of this georgian grown black(red).
https://moychay.com/catalog/gruzinskij_chaj/gruzinskiy-dikorastuschiy-krasnyy-chay-ruchnoy-sbor-100-organik-2020
Only had it a couple times so I don't have too much to say. It feels like a middle ground between a chinese super malty black, and a standard indian grown non-tippy darjeeling. Can easily steep up to 8-9 times using moychay recommended parameters, and has some really quality flavors. Fruity with some well balanced malt. I prefer this to bud heavy Chinese blacks.

[Anonymous No.15772887]

>>15772835
Which ones would you say are good? I bought a tea sampler, it has a bunch of different ones in it. I like the Paris tea despite France being gay.

[Anonymous No.15772907]

>>15772887
I don't really know, i have just seen others report in the thread, i think generally their black teas, English breakfast, earl grey, Darjeeling etc are pretty good, and their green teas and oolongs aren't that great.

[Anonymous No.15772913]

>>15772854
That's a cool effect on the inside of the lid.
The wet leaf from the puer looks good, i expected it to be darker based on how the dry leaf looks.

[Anonymous No.15772937]

>>15772913
I know very little about pottery, but I'd guess the effect is from ash pooling during the high temp wood firing they do.
The bottom of the gaiwan actually has it too, but its so dark it doesn't really show up on pictures. Like a dark brown/green pool in the bottom that gets some neat effects if you have a strong light shining into it.

[Anonymous No.15773022]

How fine of a strainer do I need to prevent all the bits of broken leaf in Japanese teas from coming through into my cup?

Or should I invest in one of those fancy Japanese vessels that has a strainer in it? I just want to get rid of all those loose bits of leaf all Japanese teas seem to be full of

[Anonymous No.15773050]

>>15773022
most places that sell chinese tea also sell these, western tea stores have tea strainers that are just far too loose

[Anonymous No.15773145]

>>15773022
You can also use one of these mesh tea filters like the ones from finum.

[Anonymous No.15773156]

has anyone put in an order with Cha Wang shop recently? how long long does their shipping take? i put in an order and just got quoted the total cost. unfortunately the quoted shipping is pretty steep and costs a third as much as my actual order. not sure if i want to pay that much especially if its going to take months to get here.

[Anonymous No.15773180]

>>15770625
I embrace-mated your mom lmfao

[Anonymous No.15773185]

>>15773156
Post a screenshot of the invoice.
Shipping depends on god right now. I just got a package EMS in less than a week from another seller, and a few days ago i got a package that shipped china post at the beginning of January. Inbetween i got a few china post orders from Aliexpress in two weeks or so.
It might be worth ordering frim chawang if you are getting thinks you can't find elsewhere, otherwise it might just be better to use a different seller.

[Anonymous No.15773210]

This general is shit. China is a garbage country. Its culture sucks.

[Anonymous No.15773260]

>>15773185
looking things up i guess guess the shippng rates are just crazy right now.

>Shipping depends on god right now. I just got a package EMS in less than a week from another seller, and a few days ago i got a package that shipped china post at the beginning of January. Inbetween i got a few china post orders from Aliexpress in two weeks or so.
sounds like things are not too terrible right now i guess. the price was for EMS ePacket so it should be at least reasonably fast if the mail system is working.

>It might be worth ordering frim chawang if you are getting thinks you can't find elsewhere, otherwise it might just be better to use a different seller.
unfortunately, they are the best option for some of the stuff i want or i would order elsewhere.

[Anonymous No.15773302]

>>15773260
Yeah shipping rates are much higher.
My suggestions ordering from chawang
Get at least one high roast wuyi oolong, one of the ones with a few years age on it. He has some pretty good prices on more premium stuff compared to others.
If you are getting a huge 300+ gram brick of one of the very cheap hei cha, like the ones from hubei, it might cost you more in shipping than the price of the tea.
So if you are getting something like this
https://www.chawangshop.com/hei-cha/hubei-hei-cha/2009-hubei-zhao-li-qiao-tf-te-zhi-zhuan-cha-258g.html
You might want to skip it, you could look at
Grandess tea instead for those bricks.
Old wooden warehouse is a pretty premium version
https://m.grandnesstea.com/HEI-JIN-ZHUAN-CHINA-TEA-Hunna-Anhua-Dark-Tea-200g-Fu-Brick-Black-Tea-C4-8-p92369.html
Or a cheaper Baishaxi version
https://m.grandnesstea.com/Hei-Zhuan-Tea-Mini-Dark-Tea-Organic-Aged-Slimming-Dark-Brick-Black-Tea-450g-p92533.html

[Anonymous No.15773305]

>>15773210
>Its culture sucks.
Yeah it does but their tea is good

[Anonymous No.15773309]

>>15773210
Theres not many sinophiles here, pajeet

[Anonymous No.15773354]

>>15770418
I married an Indian woman who substantially changed my taste in food and beverages. Whereas I used to drink coffee, I now drink this fantastic tea she showed me how to make. Here's how we make it:

>Take about a golf-ball sized volume of ginger and pound it in a mortar and pestle
>In a saucepan: add water and a teaspoon Orange Pekoe Black Tea from the Assam region of India
>Bring it to a boil.
>While its boiling, put 3 teaspoons of raw cane sugar in your teacup and pour enough milk in to cover it.
>When the tea has just started boiling, turn off the gas and pour it into your cup through a strainer.
>Stir and enjoy.

I'm serious y'all, my wife introduced me to a whole new culinary world. I'm thinking of documenting how she cooks things, and making an infographic for each meal she makes.

[Anonymous No.15773367]

>>15773354
Sounds good anon

[Anonymous No.15773426]

>>15773367
Its fucking amazing fren. My wife LOVES to cook, and she's so good at it! She's a vegetarian, so I'm like 95% vegetarian these days; I only eat meat when I eat outside food. I never in my life thought I would entertain the idea of giving up meat, but with her cooking I just don't miss it. When the Pandemic first started, I didn't eat out for a long time and it had been like two months and I realized I hadn't had meat the entire time. I never would've done that before.

Indian food is so good! I wonder how I got so far in my life without it. I think I really need to make those infographics. There would be one for each of these:

>Dal
>Rajma
>Channa
>Vada Pav
>Modak
>Thepla
>Upma
>Poha
>Soy Bean Matar
>Dosa
>Piratha
>So many more I can't think of now

She's not just a cook either, she makes things in the kitchen like homemade soap and household cleaners. She's a damn kitchen genius. I really need to document this stuff.

[Anonymous No.15773655]

>>15773354
>black tea with ginger
>I'M COOOMING

ask her for a proper masala chai, you'll cream your pants on the spot.

btw how's the poo colored curry pusy? you lick it for she?

[Anonymous No.15773946]

>>15773302
>hubei hei cha
you guessed well, that is part of my order.
unfortunately, neither of those recommendations from Grandness tea are hubei tea. i really want to try some hubei Qing Zhuan and that is a lot harder to find.

[Anonymous No.15774196]

>>15773946
Fair enough, I'm interested to hear what you think of itm

[Anonymous No.15774203]

Should I get a bunch of expensive 25g samples to see storage region and ages, or just buy a few cakes for less variety, more quantity?

[Anonymous No.15774239]

>>15774203
both options have pros and cons. what are you looking to get and from where?

[Anonymous No.15774272]

>>15774203
Get some cakes and some samples. I like to say the cake is the sample but this really is only good advice for cakes that cost less than $45-$50 unless you have $ to burn.

[Anonymous No.15774309]

>>15774272
I have 4 cakes already on top the samples, looking to spend $250
>>15774239
I wanted to get tons of samples from different storage region and ages for raws because raws are what I lack most knowledge on. I'm starting to think just get an expensive Guangdong stored cake and a kunming storage for cheaper just to try the difference between wet and dry

[Anonymous No.15774310]

>>15774272
Actually it really depends, i have personally had really good luck blind buying cakes, but it helps that i sort of know what kinds of cakes i want already.

[Anonymous No.15774476]

>>15774309
Yunnan sourcing? I think i talked to you about it a few threads ago
>I'm starting to think just get an expensive Guangdong stored cake and a kunming storage for cheaper just to try the difference between wet and dry
This is a pretty good idea, i think it's better to buy a Guangdong stored cake if you are buyimg something older, with Kunming the taste changes little after it looses green tea vegetable taste in the first year or two.

[Anonymous No.15774543]

>>15774476
Yeah YS because the free offers
I wanted to do the storage sampler and the aging sampler and a shou sampler,, but I'm starting to think i get just get more tea overall for less variety instead, I think I'll pick up on Sheng naturally instead of needing an introduction

[Anonymous No.15774582]

>>15774543
Yeah fuck the samplers, you can look through them for tea that sounds good but you are better off picking samples of teas that sound interesting and trying them. A few people have ordered tons of samples from YS at once and it just gets kind of annoying to keep track of all those teas you only get a couple brews of each.

[Anonymous No.15774648]

Why do "tea countries" drink bagged tea while "coffee countries" drink drip etc.? Brewing coffee takes the same effort as brewing loose tea. They could drink instant coffee, that's the equivalent of teabags. Does drinking tea make you lazy?

[Anonymous No.15774680]

>>15774582
I liked the black tea sampler I got ages ago, taught me what blacks I cant stand

[Anonymous No.15774791]

>>15774648
Good tea was a drink for the rich and a few generations later when they set up plantations in india they started turing out garbage for the lower clasess, they put that stuff in bags asap since it is hard to brew dust in a kettle. Coffee is a drink for day laborers so everyone drinks it the same way except for espresso nerds with their $500 grinders.

[Anonymous No.15774800]

>>15774648
>>15774791
Fun fact: Tea bags are an accident of history. I forget the exact story, but it goes something like this:
There was a guy who wanted to send home some samples of tea and decided to put a small amount of each tea he sent in a small silk bag. Whoever was on the other end receiving those bags wanted more. Thus tea bags were created.

[Anonymous No.15774892]

>>15774791
Teabags being popular is modern, like past 70 years recent.
America has a weird relationship with tea due to the tea tax, Japanese in ww2 and Chinese communists being embargoed until Nixon.
The UK had rationing until the 60s
Afaik, besides turks, every other tea culture prefers loose leaf because it costs the same for higher quality. Arabs like loose leaf, Russians do loose leaf, Asians and Indians do loose leaf

[Anonymous No.15775280]

Still reading that russian tea thread, funniest part is that the Chinese/Taiwanese/Japanese tea drinkers had to make a separate thread, apparently the one who drink Indian and African "regular black tea" cannot get along with them. They gey insulted and called snobs and schizoterics, i think it's like a Russian term for new age types who are into healing energy and chackras. They have been having an argument about whether or not tea drink is a real thing or placebo.
The most popular teas are longing, shu puer, dianhong black tea and GABA oolong. Apparently Russians really go for gaba oolong and think it has some kind of relaxing tea drunk effect.

[Anonymous No.15775416]

>>15775280
>Russians go for the cheapest tea possible
>Don't believe in tea drunk
lmao

[Anonymous No.15776237]

>Tfw I want to drink tea, but it's almost 03:00, and I mostly only have heavy pu'ers and some whites in stock.
Why even live?

[Anonymous No.15776377]

>>15773426
What ethnicity are you? I'm Afghan, I don't find these dishes surprising. Indian food is too spicy for my taste.

[Anonymous No.15776609]

>>15776237
I have been drinking tea at night all week. I would not suggest it my sleep schedule is ruined

[Anonymous No.15776768]

So what are peoples thoughts on the idea of tea drunk? I'm interested to hear if people think it's a real phenomenon or just placebo.
I think tea effects me differently than coffee but i see people talking about getting stoned off of tea, or some teas feeling like a mild version of some opiate or cocaine and I'm not convinced.

[Anonymous No.15776894]

>>15776768
its a really weak effect, mostly just a little giddy and tunnel vision you get when buzzed off beer. its why its called tea dunk not tea high
>but i see people talking about getting stoned off of tea, or some teas feeling like a mild version of some opiate or cocaine
lol fuck no, its apparently common to smoke tea in china but even then i doubt any of them would compare it to actual drugs because lets face it if you could get high off it people would, hell some people huff paint and fermented shit gas

[Anonymous No.15776927]

>>15776894
Yeah i pretty much agree with this. One of teas i have seen touted as having the strongest effect is the WMD Mansa cakes from bitter leaf, of course they run about $1 per gram and come in 100g cakes. I've been tempted to try one to see if it actually does anything special but that is a bit rich for my blood.

[Anonymous No.15776957]

>>15776927
i've had it from cheap £0.1/g cakes you just need to drink a lot of volume & leaf in a short time

[Anonymous No.15777475]

>>15776768
>So what are peoples thoughts on the idea of tea drunk?
i dislike the term "tea drunk" and the related qi woo-woo. you can bit a bit of a buzz and some other mild and transient effects off tea but i think people over-hype it and perhaps even get psychosomatic about it. also contrary to popular option you don't need super expensive tea or even puerh to get the effects. you just need to consume a lot of tea in a short period of time. the exact amount probably depends on your tolerance to the relevant psychoactive compounds.

[Anonymous No.15777697]

>>15776768
My gf gets tea drunk on puerh and accuses me of being a whore for wearing anything other than flats.

[Anonymous No.15777928]

>>15776768
Its real, its like a cocktail and a coffee combined

[Anonymous No.15778158]

Well i finally fell for the clay teapot meme.
Hopefully the clay this one uses is acceptable quality.
https://essenceoftea.com/collections/yixing-teapots/products/100ml-fangxia-zini-shui-ping-yixing-teapot
I had to get a shui ping shape teapot, I'm absolutely obsessed with the shape.
I figured i might as well fall for the wuyi yancha meme at the same time.
https://essenceoftea.com/collections/wuyi-yancha/products/wuyi-masters-tasting-set
This is my first order from essence of tea but they have a vary good reputation so it should go well.

[Anonymous No.15778532]

What are some good herbal teas to drink at night? I don't need ones to put me to sleep just ones that won't keep me up.

[Anonymous No.15778964]

any thoughts on white2tea's selection of puer? thinking of ordering

[Anonymous No.15779901]

Is green tea supposed have some whitish dust floating around? When I brew black tea there's nothing like that. Both are low-mid quality teas.

[Anonymous No.15779932]

>>15779901
yes, you can get it on whites and green oolongs too, sign of good quality leaf

[Anonymous No.15780011]

SCOTT!
WHY DID YOU RAISE THE PUER PRICES THE DAY I WAS GOING TO ORDER?!

[Anonymous No.15780021]

>>15778532
Most herbal tisanes won't do that to you. Chamomile/Sleepy Time bagged shit are popular in the masses because they don't contain camellia sinensis ('tea'), which has caffeine. Personally, I'd recommend just getting a premade loose herbal tisane blend that markets itself as having no caffeine. Or, grabbing some herbs and flowers you like for a mixture such as lavender and sage.

[Anonymous No.15780075]

>>15779932
It was the only non-flavored loose green tea I could get in a supermarket. It's my first time drinking plain green tea, tastes like a mixture of very weak black tea and grass.

[Anonymous No.15780160]

>>15778964
Your pic and his shu waffles are both fantastic bang for your buck.
I've never had his more expensive stuff though so idk

[Anonymous No.15780787]

What is a solid smoky raw puerh can throw in with my spring orders?
Buying from YS

[Anonymous No.15781236]

What's a good tea for cold brew? I want to keep a pitcher in my fridge for day drinking.

[Anonymous No.15781272]

>>15780075
>tastes like a mixture of very weak black tea and grass.
Not good
Sencha needs to be fresh, it should be very strong and taste like vegetables, umami etc.

[Anonymous No.15781307]

>>15780787
How smokey do you want it?
Xiaguan usually delivers good smoke
https://yunnansourcing.com/collections/xiaguan-tea-factory-1/products/2011-xiaguan-8113-xy-bu-lang-early-spring-raw-pu-erh-tea-cake
I noticed he lowered the proce on this cake, it was $65
https://yunnansourcing.com/collections/xiaguan-tea-factory-1/products/2011-xiaguan-golden-memory-aged-mao-cha-raw-pu-erh-tea-cake
He doesn't say it on his store but this dayi is called bamboo smoke brick, it's not supposed to be super smokey but it should deliver some.
https://yunnansourcing.com/collections/menghai-tea-factory-pu-erh/products/2012-menghai-bamboo-wrapped-raw-brick-raw-pu-erh-tea
And finally this xiagaun tuo i know has a decent smoke profile
https://yunnansourcing.com/collections/xiaguan-tea-factory-1/products/2012-xiaguan-zi-yun-hao-premium-raw-pu-erh-tea-tuo-cha-in-box

[Anonymous No.15781332]

>>15781236
>What's a good tea for cold brew?
Black tea, get some Chinese black tea, or some English blend type.
https://www.fullchea-tea.com/2019-yunnan-old-tree-black-tea-dianhong-feng-qing-red-tea-cake-357g-p0593.html
https://www.fullchea-tea.com/2018-fenghetang-yunnan-black-tea-dianhong-maofeng-500g-p0325.html
Or get one of the blends from https://www.uptontea.com/ , bond st, robert fortune, finest russian caravan, i think they actually make an iced tea blend too.

[Anonymous No.15781924]

>>15780011
>YS price raise
ouch, he really jacks the pricing up. i don't think the price increases on some of the stuff i have been watching is really justified. there are a number of items i probably will just not get anymore.

[Anonymous No.15781989]

>>15780011
I warned you it was coming. Time to embrace kingteamall. If you want to order from him instead i can help with teas if you have questions. He hasn't gotten any spring greens in yet but he should soon.
>>15781924
Yeah he just does a flat price increase on just about everything, it's pretty brutal. It has definitely pushed lots of his good value teas into not such a good value over the last year or two.

[Anonymous No.15782050]

>>15781989
i like his store and their are still some good deals and nice products there but i really wish the overall prices were a bit lower especially considering YS does not subsidize its shipping. i wonder if they get away their pricing because they are one of the better sites for beginners, non enthusiasts, and people who care more about convenience than cost. its not a huge deal as there are still more reasonably priced stores (for now) but there are some things only scott seems to carry.

[Anonymous No.15782075]

>>15782050
Yeah i usually have decent luck with Scott but his prices for puer are rough sometimes. Obviously it works for him but it does tend to send me looking elsewhere. I actually refuse to order from the .com site because his shipping is outrageously expensive. Not only is it not cheap but i get the impression he pays his staff entirely with shipping fees.

[Anonymous No.15782111]

>>15782075
>I actually refuse to order from the .com site because his shipping is outrageously expensive.
unfortunately, a lot of his best stock is only in China. the .com site also has slightly lower prices and better "free gifts" which help make up the difference in shipping.

>Not only is it not cheap but i get the impression he pays his staff entirely with shipping fees.
don't forget asking for tips...

[Anonymous No.15782112]

>>15781307
nice, gonna grab samples of the first 3, the tuo was the first raw i ever bought

[Anonymous No.15782158]

>>15782111
>don't forget asking for tips...
Oh i forgot about that, it's pathetic

[Anonymous No.15782289]

I have been looking at more clay teapot stuff. Purple cloud teahouse gets lots of their yixing from the same studio as mud and leaves and has a bunch of stuff in stock that mud and leaves is sold out of. I almost grabbed one of their shiu pao pots but they were 80ml which seems a little small unless i want to get a pot just for oolongs and expensive old puer.
I'm also far from an expert but king tea mall has a few yixings where the clay looks right at very good prices. I guess if you are willing to do some research you might be able to get some bargains on there.

[Anonymous No.15782581]

>>15782289
>Purple cloud teahouse
that place looks like a real gem. they have some good prices, unique selection, and ship from the US. i plan to put an order with them at some point but there is always more tea i want than i can afford to buy.

[Anonymous No.15782866]

>>15782581
>but there is always more tea i want than i can afford to buy.
Yeah i feel that, i filled up a $100 cart on a couple different sites yesterday, including purple cloud. But i have resolved to not order any more tea untill the stuff that is already in the way shows up.
But i like purple cloud because they are competitively priced for a store in the US. They also have a ton of liu bao which is great.
My big tip for purple cloud is this
https://purplecloudteahouse.com/collections/liu-bao/products/2005-si-jin-quan-four-gold-coins-liu-bao-tea
Essence of Tea had the same batch for sale, at a higher price and sold out. Also the fu bricks they just got in are supposed to be pretty good.

[Anonymous No.15782877]

>>15772192
Gutter water is a tea

[Anonymous No.15782941]

>>15782866
>Also the fu bricks they just got in are supposed to be pretty good.
funny story about that, YS added the same brick for the same price as purple cloud ($44) then scott decided the price was too fair and bumped it up to $51 like 2 weeks latter. meanwhile West China Tea is trying to sell the same production for $135...

https://purplecloudteahouse.com/collections/fu-brick/products/500g-mo-jun-yi-hao-fu-brick-tea
https://yunnansourcing.com/collections/new-products/products/2018-mojun-fu-cha-mojun-yi-hao-fu-brick-tea
https://westchinatea.com/500g-2018-mojun-yihao-fu-zhuan-brick/

this is why you should never fully trust tea sellers prices as being "fair". there are far to many terrible tea shops that will buy standard grade tea and then turn around and sell it for several times the fair market rate claiming it is "premium". these places stay in business because most tea is sold without sharing its source making it hard to compare pricing and most western customers don't know how to gauge tea quality.

[Anonymous No.15783228]

i like tea

[Anonymous No.15783294]

>>15782941
>then scott decided the price was too fair and bumped it up to $51 like 2 weeks latter
Yeah i should check but i bet some of the puer bricks he just added a few weeks ago got the standard 15% price raise just a few weeks later.
The ideal is to check prices on taobao. But I'm too lazy most of the time
>west china tea
Haven't heard of them before, i don't think they have the contrast up quite high enough in their product photos.

[Anonymous No.15783481]

>>15783294
>Yeah i should check but i bet some of the puer bricks he just added a few weeks ago got the standard 15% price raise just a few weeks later.
he bumped the price on the fu brick a while back so i don't think it was part of the regular price hike.

>The ideal is to check prices on taobao. But I'm too lazy most of the time
it seems like you need an account to view a lot of stuff on taobao. do you need anything special to make a taobao account?

>west china tea
i have never ordered from them. i get the impression they target the "boutique" end of market. they have a few interesting looking products but i always suspected they were overpriced even before they stocked that fu brick.

[Anonymous No.15783566]

>>15783481
>. do you need anything special to make a taobao account?
You have to give them a phone number and let them send you a verification text, there is a really good thread about taobao and buying through proxies on /cgl/ of all places
>>>/cgl/10553606

[Anonymous No.15783609]

>>15783481
>i get the impression they target the "boutique" end of market.
Looking at their oolongs their prices aren't really outside of the norm for the market, most of it is actually solidly midrange but they aren't offering teas from the big name producers so you are putting a lot of faith in their particular tea gurus being good.
Really that seems to be their approach for most of their teas, they source most of the teas in each genre from one particular guru who of course doesn't deal with enough quantity to be a know quality on the wider Chinese market.
I guess their teas could be good but I'm not in a rush to buy a bunch to find out.
Something really rubs me the wrong way about their macro only product photography and their lack of pictures of the tea liquor and brewed leaves. It's a deliberate choice on their part and i don't like it.

[Anonymous No.15783755]

>>15783566
Too much work for tea.

[Anonymous No.15783761]

>>15783566
>You have to give them a phone number and let them send you a verification text
i hate sites that do that.

do you actually need an account to view taobao freely or my ad blocker just messing things up? a lot of times when trying to open a link to a taobao or tmall shop i get redirected.

>>15783609
>most of it is actually solidly midrange
we must have a slightly different definition of mid range.

here are a few more western "boutique" vendors:
https://www.denongtea.com/
https://www.zuowangtea.com/
https://www.livingtea.net/

this last one is pretty well known:
https://www.banateacompany.com/index.html

[Anonymous No.15783796]

>>15783761
>do you actually need an account to view taobao freely or my ad blocker just messing things up?
It wont display at all on mobile, on desktop it will sometimes let you view it without an account and sometimes not. It really hates adblocking and dns shenanigans.

[Anonymous No.15783876]

>>15783796
thanks, i guess i will just have to figure out how to not give them my real phone number when signing up.

>>15783761
more "boutique" shops:
https://tea-drunk.com/
https://thechineseteashop.com (Canada)

this one is also well known for its dancong:
https://teahabitat.com/

>>15757884
>nothing for Australia.

i remembered the Australian shop i was thinking of:
https://www.teaangle.com/

there is also https://kuura.co/ but it was already mentioned.

[Anonymous No.15783938]

>>15783761
>https://www.denongtea.com/
Expensive but completely within the realm of modern puer prices assuming they are selling what they claim they are.
>https://www.livingtea.net/
Lolol, i have seen another tea site that focuses on selling teas that are "alive" but this one has the bonus of selling Chinese medicine they clain will keep you from getting bat flu.
https://www.livingtea.net/collections/immuni-tea/products/jade-windscreen-21-day-preventative-formula
While you ate sharing links you have any suggestions for good teaware, there are the ones in the pastebin for buying clay pots but im interested in finding other good sources for teaware or good ceramic artists.

[Anonymous No.15783982]

>>15770418
Recs for tea sets? Preferably inexpensive? Pros and cons of different materials? Glass, ceramic, metal? Would I be better off thrifting?

[Anonymous No.15784041]

>>15781924
>>15781989
He added $8 per cake to the main ripe i was ordering, which is a 250g cake at that
Pissed me off, next year I'll probably switch over for that annoyance

[Anonymous No.15784101]

>>15783982
>Recs for tea sets? Preferably inexpensive? Pros and cons of different materials?
Get a cheap porcelain gaiwan around 100ml if you want a tea set get a cha hai and a set of 4 25-40ml cups.
If you are mostly going to be drinking alone i would suggest just getting a 100ml porcelain gaiwan and a 100-125ml cup to drink out of.
Kingteamall has decent teaware prices, aliexpress has at least a few 100ml gaiwans.

[Anonymous No.15784116]

>>15783876
>thanks, i guess i will just have to figure out how to not give them my real phone number when signing up
Oh yeah i also remembered you have to allow third party cookies or the site will break constantly.

[Anonymous No.15784165]

>>15783938
>Expensive but completely within the realm of modern puer prices assuming they are selling what they claim they are.
I was not trying to say they were fake. I do however question the value proposition of $1/g tea and don't trust western vendors not to add significant markup.

>Lolol, i have seen another tea site that focuses on selling teas that are "alive"
is it https://globalteahut.org ?

as a note i am pretty sure the owner of living tea "trained" under the owner of global tea hut. they even Cary some of the same tea ware. if you can ignore the woo global tea hut has a great magazine you can read back issues for free online.

>While you ate sharing links you have any suggestions for good teaware
sadly i have not deep dived into tea ware yet and don't have a great list of links or any obscure sources. it also depends on what you are looking for.

here are a few good ones:
clay:
https://mudandleaves.com/
https://essenceoftea.com/
https://www.tealifehk.com/
https://www.chawangshop.com/ (probably good)

other stuff:
https://yunnansourcing.com/
https://www.taiwanteacrafts.com/
https://teaware.house/
https://moychay.com/

etsy has a lot of cheap stuff and some nice custom artists but i don't have links

a lot of tea shops have at least some tea ware so may be worth shopping around until you find something you really like.

[Anonymous No.15784181]

>>15784116
>Oh yeah i also remembered you have to allow third party cookies or the site will break constantly.
thanks for the heads up.

[Anonymous No.15784291]

>>15782111
>asking for tips
My mom used to be a waitress and she fell for giving a 15% tip to Scott when she ordered tea from him

[Anonymous No.15784318]

>>15784165
>if you can ignore the woo global tea hut has a great magazine you can read back issues for free online
Yeah its one of the better English language resources i have found.
>>15784291
>My mom used to be a waitress and she fell for giving a 15% tip to Scott when she ordered tea from him
Thats why he does it. Personally I think its shamless for him to ask.

[Anonymous No.15784342]

>>15784318
I still like YS and recommend it to beginners but man, Scott can be scummy.
He sent out ba da mountain for all the orders placed in January and February as the freebie, then jacks the price up 30% the moment people can order it after Chinese new years.

[Anonymous No.15784420]

>>15782866
>i filled up a $100 cart on a couple different sites yesterday, including purple cloud.
i forgot to ask earlier, what were the other sites?

[Anonymous No.15784532]

>>15784420
https://yeeonteaco.com/
chawangshop
kingteamall, my wishlist on there must be up to 20k at this point lol
semi related but i just put an order in with
https://www.japanincense.com/

[Anonymous No.15784668]

Sorry for the dumb question but should I do Gong-fu Style Brewing even if I don't have a high-quality teapot?

[Anonymous No.15784701]

>>15784668
>>15784668
>Sorry for the dumb question but should I do Gong-fu Style Brewing even if I don't have a high-quality teapot?
The quality of your teapot does not matter. However if you have a large teapot, greater than 150ml or so than you should probably not attempt to use it for gongfu, you would have to use lots of tea at once and it would only be appropriate for a crowd. Most gongfu brewing is done with cheap porcelain gaiwans and with anything except raw clay pots the quality of the brewing vessel has no effect on the resulting tea.

[Anonymous No.15784736]

>>15784668
>>15784701
If you really feel like wasting tea, get a western style 1L pot and jam 50 grams of tea in it and gongfu in bulk

[Anonymous No.15784771]

>>15784668
cheap glazed gaiwans are ~$10, the glaze will stop if from picking up and carrying flavors from one tea to the next, so unless you only drink one kind of tea or you're willing to shell out for multiple teapots, cheap glazed gaiwan/teapot is more than enough.

with gongfu volume and leaf amount is most important, a large teapot hurts because you wont want to drink 10 times 500ml of tea but a 100ml gaiwan/teapot will give you a days worth of drinking

[Anonymous No.15784806]

God you guys are weebs

[Anonymous No.15784811]

>>15784806
This thread is mostly chinese though

[Anonymous No.15784832]

>>15784806
whats the weeb equivalent for chinks? and most here have a healthy dislike for the bugmen we just require their leaf

[Anonymous No.15784853]

>>15784832
"Sinophile"

[Anonymous No.15784879]

>>15784832
>we just require their leaf
kek

[Anonymous No.15784991]

>>15784853
too respectful, should be cheeb or sinoob
>>15784879
and thus the 3rd opium war starts

[Anonymous No.15785062]

>>15784991
I think its chinaboo

[Anonymous No.15785064]

>>15784806
No. We’re puer lesbians.

[Anonymous No.15786089]

Slurp

[Anonymous No.15786418]

>>15786089
I'd slurp those balls too

[Anonymous No.15786601]

Drinking a charcoal smoked oolong
Guys, why did nobody tell me charcoal is what makes oolong good?

[Anonymous No.15787046]

This isn't GABA oolong, is it? Seems to read "Golden White Dragon Tea". Brand appears to be "Ya Xi Jing Pin". Couldn't find it on Fullchea when I looked for it. About to do a tasting of it.

[Anonymous No.15787286]

I finished sampling the Taiwan oolong sachet I received in my Fullchea order. I'd certainly like to know which tea this is, because it has quite the interesting assortment of notes and a lovely balance. This is the Taiwan Oolong as referenced in this post: >>15787046
While I do not know what it is, I went ahead with a weigh-in and brew. On reflection, my descriptions may seem all over the place, but this is simply what I perceived in this experience. Here are my notes:
_________
6g/205F/20s

Dry leaf smells of smoke and buttery biscuits. Brewed leaf has an aroma of a freshly-baked firepit bread or cake.

Medium thickness and astringency. Very little bitterness. Flavor is surprisingly vegetal and sweet with the initial taste. However, a very apparent sour and gently smoky aftertaste quickly follow and hold afterwards. These characteristics continue to be the most prominent flavor elements in this tea. That said, I can continue to detect the swirl of notes mingling about on the finish. It is quite balanced.

This is a surprisingly complex yet carefree tea which I have thoroughly enjoyed. It isn't too heavy, has some interesting flavors to offer, and smells delightful. I'd surely welcome a tea like this in a tisane blend, perhaps with some citrus or sage. Not bad at all, and very comforting.

[Anonymous No.15787518]

>>15770428
>>15770450
I'm a coffee fag, please send help. I only drink mystery cakes the chinese students give me when I help them with their homework.

[Anonymous No.15787657]

>>15787518
What do you need help with champ?

[Anonymous No.15787709]

>>15787286
>carefree tea
The fuck does carefree taste like?

[Anonymous No.15787815]

>>15787657
What are some things I should think about when tasting new tea? What is the key experience? Is there a general place I should be looking to get tea as a beginner, or a general kind of tea?

Generally I think I can figure out how to brew tea, the process seems very similar to cupping coffee.

[Anonymous No.15787819]

>>15787709
Think of flavors that remind you of a relaxed time at home or out. Have you ever tasted or smelled something that put you in a contemplative or sentimental mood? Maybe something heavy and taxing to consume? This was like the opposite from a flavor perspective; a simple lounging tea with a unique sourness. It may sound odd, but that is just what comes to my mind when writing my personal notes.

[Anonymous No.15787877]

>>15787815
>What should I be thinking about when tasting a new tea
Flavor, mouthfeel, scent. Treat it like a whiskey or a wine and act like a snob in your head trying to get all the notes and see how it evolves through multiple brews. Really try to understand it during your first 3 sessions with it, then pass judgement. Sometimes with teas like black tea you can immediately tell it has no depth after 1 session though, switch to western style see if it changes something. Gong fu it for tasting sessions, determine if it's good for western style, grandpa style, or only gong fu, maybe cold brew it if you feel like. If you like the tea, look for similar things and keep branching out until you find notes you don't like. This is pretty much the best way to learn.
>What is the key experience
Drinking something tasty, getting a nice feeling, sharing it with friends and making nice conversation.
>Where should I look as a beginner
Yunnan Sourcing is good for beginners but their pricing gets sketchy, but they generally curate well and have a wide selection. Check the pastebin in the OP for general info on reputable sellers. The samplers on YS are a rip-off, look at them then get the tea directly instead of from the sampler, save a few bucks.
>General kind of tea
Black is very western friendly, green is a bit more technical. Move into White tea (cakes) to get a grasp on pressed tea, it's cheap and generally good. Then go into Shou (Ripe) Puerh and then Sheng (Raw) Puerh when you feel comfortable. Sheng is probably the most "enthusiast" tea as you kinda need to know a few things to really get into it. At some point try yellow tea and purple tea if you want to, not really necessary but they exist.
Oolong is a different issue, try some chinese and taiwanese Oolongs at some point, see if you like them, some do, some don't. They get expensive so they're kinda a pain to recommend having whole orders dedicated to them just to try them out.

[Anonymous No.15787984]

>>15787819
>Proust madeleine
yeah, yeah. carefree tea is still retarded.

[Anonymous No.15788126]

>>15786601
Yes, welcome to the oolong

[Anonymous No.15788326]

As far as i can tell from my limited research on the subject green lightly oxidized and lightly or not roasted at all oolongs are a very recent trend that started mostly to market to a younger generation of chinese tea drinkers.
Back in the day something like tuegyuanyin was pretty heavily oxidized and roasted. Even the Taiwan oolongs used to be done very differently than how they are today.
It's interesting because these new green oolongs have to be treated like green tea, where they need to be sold and consumed right away. And they go a bit stale after a year or so.
This is totally different than a traditionally processed wuyi oolong, where they generally are roasted over charcoal several times for 6 to 18 hours each time. They then neednto be allowed to rest for at least six months, sometimes as long as two years or more for the roast to subside, the tea to age and loose it's freshly roasted strong charcoal taste. These oolongs can also be aged for decades with proper storage.
If you want to get into toasted oolongs chawangshop really focuses on theses classically processed and roasted teas. If you want to see what the high end is like Essence of Tea has a good selection. Teadb also has a recommended vendors list but it's kind of outdated.
https://teadb.org/wuyi-oolong-tea-vendors/
And a separate one for taiwan
https://teadb.org/taiwanese-tea-vendors/

[Anonymous No.15788364]

>>15788326
>green lightly oxidized and lightly or not roasted at all oolongs are a very recent trend that started mostly to market to a younger generation of chinese tea drinkers
Ha. That's me, then. I didn't particularly notice they went stale. I still have some bao zong, tung ting shan and anazia alishan high from a few years ago that are still pretty tasty, which I enjoy when in the right mood. I've been underwhelmed by the few roasted oolongs I've had. To the anon that advised me to try GABA oolong, thank you, I like it. All the oolongs I had could take a HUGE amount of steeps, except the roasted ones.

[Anonymous No.15788389]

>>15788364
With this disclaimer that my experience is pretty limited the medium and heavy roast oolongs I've drank had plenty of longevity.

[Anonymous No.15788412]

I'm a tea casual, thinking of getting some peppermint tea. Any brands I should avoid or does it really not matter much at all?

[Anonymous No.15788444]

>>15788412
look for Celestial Seasonings brand.
But whatever brand is probably fine, especially if it's flavoured with peppermint oil, if it's just loose peppermint herb than just brew it for a short period about one minute, it gets kind of gross if you overbrew it.

[Anonymous No.15788467]

>>15788444
Thanks for the advice man, I appreciate it.

[Anonymous No.15788571]

Speaking of oolong, I'm having some Oriental Beauty this morning. Im looking forward to seeing how it turns out.

[Anonymous No.15788573]

Speaking of oolong, I'm having some Oriental Beauty this morning. Im looking forward to seeing how it turns out.

[Anonymous No.15788610]

>>15788573
Gorgeous leaf. I've heard great things about that kind of oolong, but never had it myself.

[Anonymous No.15788656]

>>15788389
My experience is then even more limited and more shitty, at least with the roasted kind. I'll try some better stuff when I have the occasion.

[Anonymous No.15788697]

>>15788573
>>15788610
It's very good so far, it's pretty surprising for an oolong. This is supposed to be a more traditionally oxidized and roasted version. I get some very very light roast flavors but mostly i get a surprising amount of umami, but with a fairly light floral note instead of the more vegetal flavors i get from green teas.
I tried brewing a small amount Grandpa style and it didn't go well, it just tasted generally overbrewed. But this time I'm using my gaiwan with the typical oolong proportions and it's going very well. This is a cheaper summer version so i would like to try a spring or winter version with similar processing at some point.

[Anonymous No.15788720]

>>15788697
Sounds cozy, what would you compare it most to? I'm not big on vegetal flavors in general, so I imagine it would be a good choice for me. Personally, I'd be most interested in a Winter-picked batch.

[Anonymous No.15788750]

>>15788720
I don't really have any teas that are comparable coming to mind.
Umami, floral, a little sour tang, probably because its from 2019. I just started with Taiwan oolongs but i haven't really had a tea like this.

[Anonymous No.15788879]

>>15770418
My friend introduced me to this black Russian tea called Tsar Nikolas, we used to drink that tea during lunch out of Styrofoam cups, man that brew would get me though the day. I need to import that shit, that stuff bring me back.

[Anonymous No.15788893]

>>15788879
You can buy it on amazon or ebay $12, for a huge bag.
They even have one that is called nostalgia

[Anonymous No.15788966]

>>15773354
Based milk tea anon.
Recently went to a Nepali restaurant that just opened up and had a sweet milk tea made from red chai, and what tasted like ginger, cardamum and cinnamon. Do you ever put spices in your milk tea? If so, which? I had an old box of Tea Plus masala mix in my pantry that I used last night with an english breakfast and that was breddy gud, but I want to explore some recipes from scratch.

[Anonymous No.15789711]

What culture makes the best version of milk tea?

[Anonymous No.15789720]

>>15789711
Guess I gotta give it to the 'jeets, the only tea I can drink with milk is chai marsala

[Anonymous No.15790400]

>>15788326
>green lightly oxidized and lightly or not roasted at all oolongs are a very recent trend that started mostly to market to a younger generation of chinese tea drinkers

Yeah that's me lol. It's not that the heavily oxidised and roasted oolongs are too heavy flavours for me, as I drink plenty of shu puer and heicha, but something about roasted teas/oolongs just makes me think about toasted rice as in pic related, which is a flavour I hate.
I get the same effect from the toasted rice and maize in genmaicha. The flavour is just not for me.
On the other hand, I really love modern tie guan yin and high mountain unroasted taiwanese jade oolongs

[Anonymous No.15790441]

>>15790400
Clearly these new oolongs sell or they would not be making them that way. While spiritual boomers like myself are complaining about the way tea used to be made a decade before i was born. But i of course loved those roasted toasted flavors, genmacha etc and im not really a fan of vegetal, "green" flavors. Luckily for me there are enough old curmudgeonly oolong fans that they are still making the old classic roast stuff. Another hong kong tradition along with moldy basement stored puer is tea roasted so hard it looks like charcoal.

[Anonymous No.15790532]

>>15788697
Final word on the oriental beauty.
This is really nice tea, the taste was very unexpected and i really enjoyed it. I will definitely try a winter version or lightly aged version next time i get some.
This picture didn't come out very well but you can sort of see the oxidation level on the single leaf.

[Anonymous No.15790643]

I only just recently switched to loose leaf green tea and it's so much better. Got this seemingly basic Japanese sencha off Amazon because it had good reviews, and it's great, but I'm open to suggestions. Been drinking three pots daily, steeping the same leaves each time.

I got this tea set a couple years ago at a thrift store for $20. Recently found it on Chinese Amazon, it goes for $140 and the inlays on the dragons are supposedly 14k gold. Pretty neat, but I don't put much faith in the claim.

[Anonymous No.15790776]

>>15790643
That's a neat set, I really lie the shaping of the cup especially.

[Anonymous No.15790819]

>>15790643
Wait a few weeks for the spring green teas to get harvested and processed in Japan. Check out the pastebin and take a look at the Japanese sellers. Hopefully they are offering normal shipping this year, last year because of the pandemic you could only get dhl.
I would suggest the everyday sencha from https://www.o-cha.com/ or one of their other affordable versions, maybe some genmaicha (without matcha) if you like the idea of a roasty toasted rice tasting green tea. Make sure you get spring 2021 teas, a fresh Japanese green will blow your socks off.
If the Japanese vendors only have expensive shipping options wait for https://ippodotea.com/ to get 2021 teas, they are US based but you will pay a little bit more for the tea.
https://www.denstea.com/ is also based in the us, again make sure you get 2021 teas, you might have to email them to double check.

[Anonymous No.15790828]

>>15790643
Id say that looks like gold leaf on the pot by the way, it's not that expensive really but it's a nice detal.

[Anonymous No.15790855]

>>15787286
From your description I wouldn't have guessed GABA which to me tastes more like root vegetables, like sweet potatoes or carrot. But all the searches I do for 金白龍茶 seem to indicate GABA teas, so maybe there's a lot of variety. Not sure

[Anonymous No.15790909]

quick, go buy $1/g green tea from white2tea, you pathetic creatures

[Anonymous No.15790940]

>>15790776
Thank you, I did a deep dive into google using the stamp underneath the pot in the pic related. Couldn't find the OG alibaba listing (it looked sketchy anyway), but I did find it here for $60: https://www.umiteasets.com/authentic-jingdezhen-dragon-ceramic-tea-set.html

>>15790819
Thank you for the suggestions, I'll be sure to check them out! Very excited to try new teas.

>>15790828
Awesome, would be very cool if it was real gold, even if it's gold leaf. I'll keep telling my friends it's gold regardless lol.

[Anonymous No.15790969]

>>15790909
>quick, go buy $1/g green tea from white2tea, you pathetic creatures
you are missing out on a great bargain. the best tea already sold out!
https://white2tea.com/collections/latest-additions/products/wild-silver-needle-limited-time-only
>To the average westerner, this price looks a bit rough, but it's actually far below what the tea could fetch when resold in China.

[Anonymous No.15790976]

>>15790969
how much was it?

[Anonymous No.15790996]

>>15790976
if my memory serves me well it was about $36 for 25g

[Anonymous No.15791085]

I added Lin's Ceramics Studio ( https://www.taurlia.com/ )
to the pastebin for sellers of clay teapots. They don't make yixing but I'm working on expanding the information to cover other types of clay. Their website has good info about which of their pots are good for what kinds of teas right in the listings.

[Anonymous No.15791115]

>>15790969
there are people who will fall for this

[Anonymous No.15791122]

Bought some of this Tao of tea Black Dragon oolong and steep it around 185 to 190 and let set then resteep about 3 times. Malty and delicious.

[Anonymous No.15791355]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5TJPPqFhI0

[Anonymous No.15791381]

>>15791355
I came

[Anonymous No.15791448]

>>15790909
How about this W2T value pick
>200X FAILCORP SHOU
>$68.00
This is a rewrap of a known cake into their own branded wrapper, not a white label warehouse find.
>The true date of this tea is unknown, though mid-2000's is our best guess. This inner ticket is also unknown to us, but a bit of research shows that this company was disbanded for reasons of fraudulent activity in the mid 2010's. If you're looking for a tea with a clear origin, this ain't it.
>$68.00

[Anonymous No.15791677]

Can anyone identify this tea?

[Anonymous No.15791714]

>>15791677
Rickshaw brand, it's popular in hong kong. If its black tea it's just a pretty standard Keemum Chinese black tea.

[Anonymous No.15791721]

>>15790855
It did have a sweetness and some vegetal characteristics, but I still think it was more of a sour-oriented GABA tea. I've heard that there is a variety of GABA teas when I saw some Mei Leaf videos on the subject in the past, so I think it is possible. Certainly a neat tea either way.

[Anonymous No.15791937]

>>15791448
I had that. Its great. Think I've got a piece still left in the humi.

[Anonymous No.15792380]

>>15791937
Good to know, if you are interested in a hot tip for a ripe, get 100g of this.
https://tea-expert.net/magazin-kitajskogo-chaya/puer/00135-mengku-bojun-2020
Best ripe i have ever tried, german black forest chocolate cake with a some cherries. Maybe a hint of fermentation flavor but nothing that hurts the experience. I would drink this tea everyday if i could afford it.

[Anonymous No.15792489]

>>15791085
here is another Taiwanese pottery producer athough they only make glazed stuff:
www DOT anta DOT com DOT tw SLASH en (4chan thinks my post is spam for some dumb reason)
Taiwan sourcing carrys some of this brand's teaware as well.

>>15791448
>This is a rewrap of a known cake into their own branded wrapper, not a white label warehouse find.
are you saying you know what the cake is or are you accusing them of knowing and not sharing?

[Anonymous No.15792563]

>>15792489
>or are you accusing them of knowing and not sharing?
It's very likely the cakes came with a wrapper and they replaced it with their own, since it came with a ticket pressed in the cake. I'm guessing they decided not to mention what the wrapper said because they thought it was bullshit or because their MO is giving their customers as little information as possible. They said they don't know the origin of the material which is technically true even if the wrapper had an origin claim on it.

[Anonymous No.15792590]

>>15792563
Same thing with the date, if it came in a wrapper that said 2007, they can say
>we think this is from the mid 2000s but we don't really know
And then their customers can speculate that that means 2004 instead of 2007 without them technically being dishonest.

[Anonymous No.15792600]

>>15792380
Yeah I got a sample of that off my niequn 30pack. Think I still have 4-5g left.

[Anonymous No.15792646]

>>15792380
>>15792600

Oh that's his actual site lel.

[Anonymous No.15792672]

>>15792646
Yeah it's weird, it's only in Russian. It seems to be cheaper than ebay but i haven't actually ordered through it yet.

[Anonymous No.15793136]

Has anyone tried any Oolongs from the Cha tong? would y'all say it's on the up and up?

[Anonymous No.15793655]

Oh man gooseneck kettles are awesome. Got one to replace my scuffed mr coffee and it pours like a dream, also it feels more accurate or at least doesn't lose as much heat in the pour as my old kettle did.

now I just need my new tea ware and I'll be as happy as a peach with my gong fu set up

[Anonymous No.15793790]

>>15783228

[Anonymous No.15794000]

>>15793136
>would y'all say it's on the up and up?
what kind of english language is that?
is this the new spotem gotem meme? need it or keep it?
ask tea discord or reddit. oh wait, you came from there, didn't you?

[Anonymous No.15794011]

>>15794000
Terrible trips
up and up is very old slang

[Anonymous No.15794239]

>>15793136
>Has anyone tried any Oolongs from the Cha tong?
Meh
https://thechatong.com/collections/taiwanese/products/2020-hsinchu-traditional-oriental-beauty
https://www.tea-masters.com/en/jassid-bitten/1350-1334-2020-summer-oriental-beauty-tradition-from-hsin-chu.html#/1-weight-25_gr
He has some puer that is too expensive too.

[Anonymous No.15794256]

Thoughts on caffeine free tea?

[Anonymous No.15794258]

>>15794256
No and you shouldn't have any too.

[Anonymous No.15794371]

>>15794256
If you mean decaffinated tea, yuck. Just drink some kind of herbal tea that doesnt have caffeine in it

[Anonymous No.15794442]

Fuuuuuuuuuuuck

[Anonymous No.15794471]

>>15794442
At least it's just cosmetic

[Anonymous No.15794477]

>>15794442
RIP Anon's gaiwan lid. Will you continue to use it or just drown your sorrows in the lid of another cup?

[Anonymous No.15794505]

>>15794442
another clumsy fuck. show us your greasy hot dog fingers and tell us what happened.
ver. 2 you're simply a woman, accept it
ver. 3 picrel

[Anonymous No.15794508]

>>15794477
Im still able to hold it in my usual so i will keep using it for herbals

Drowning my sorrows in some ripe in my usual gaiwan

[Anonymous No.15794526]

>>15794508
so judging from the pic you're a bit effeminate xxl sized fellow in mid 20's with drooping mantits and pockmarks on your face.
how far I'm off?

[Anonymous No.15794535]

>>15794505
>>15794526

Please dont make fun of my feminine landwhale babyhands ):

Cheap chinese strainer for scale

[Anonymous No.15794541]

>>15794535
there are some chemicals designed for babies and teenagers to stop them from biting their fingernails. I suggest you smear some of that shit on the lip of your cup.

[Anonymous No.15794547]

>>15794508
Sip well Anon. At least you can use it as a cup now. I'm so glad I got a spare gaiwan, looking at this.

[Anonymous No.15794557]

Should i have some more sheng this morning or brew up some shu?

[Anonymous No.15794560]

>>15794557
Shou if it is moody or nippy outside, sheng if hot or glaring.

[Anonymous No.15794565]

>>15794557
I'm glad you asked. depends on how you're feeling right now. if somewhat groggy or hungover then shou first. if you have some shit to do today go with the sheng

[Anonymous No.15794606]

>>15794565
but the big galaxy brain thing to do is some liubao steeped dark or just more alcohol to maintain the steady hand and come down slowly. just my suggestion.

[Anonymous No.15794607]

>>15794560
>>15794565
Okay shu it is, it feels kind of damp this morning and I don't have shit to do.

[Anonymous No.15794707]

>>15794607
Nice, enjoy the shou Anon. I am going to sleep, but feel free to post a cozy brew pic or your thoughts on the tea.

[Anonymous No.15795057]

>>15794000
American English you Commie loving faggot

[Anonymous No.15795100]

Hello, lads. I'm buying pic related from Hibiki-An. Would you recommend I pick up any of their teas in addition to it? Also considering buying a matcha set from another vendor, if their matcha is any good I may get a tin of it as well.
Recommendations from other vendors would be appreciated as well.

[Anonymous No.15795542]

>>15795100
Hey anon, that pot looks nice, those fine ceramic mesh filters seem great.
As far as teas go i dont see dates of harvest so i would contact them and ask what 2021 teas they have, otherwise i might wait a few weeks before ordering. I can pull up some other vendors to suggest for teaware etc. Give me a few minutes.

[Anonymous No.15795609]

>>15795100
Depending on what teas you drink and how you brew them i think one of these shiboridashi could be really handy.
https://yunomi.life/collections/tea-pots/products/sawa-houzan-shigaraki-yaki-shiboridashi-teapot-for-one
They also have a pretty interesting selection of japanese teapots, matcha bowls etc.
There is really an overwhelming number of matcha bowls out in the world made from many different styles and with different forms of pottery. I might be worth looking on etsy as lots of artists sell their own work directly in there, it gives you a chance to get unique one of a kind pieces and many are quite affordable.
Try one search terms like matcha bowl, chawan, or wood fired chawan.
All the Japanese vendors in the pastebin are worth checking out with the top 3 or 4 being some of the most popular.

[Anonymous No.15796146]

Afternoon bump

[Anonymous No.15796439]

So it's impossible to buy chinese antiques outside of specialist dealers huh? It took me about 10 minutes to figure out ever "antique" on ebay was a low quality fake.

[Anonymous No.15796451]

>>15796439
I'm trying to figure out where i can get a small ice crack style bowl or plate to use as a teaboat. I don't even care if it's a modern reproduction i just don't want to pay the dumb foreigner tax on reproductions being sold as antiques.

[Anonymous No.15796741]

>>15795542
>>15795609
Thank you both for your advice, I'm happy to be exploring a bit more into different types of tea. Been drinking fairly standard black and green loose leaf up to this point. Having a nice bit of teaware should make it all the nicer an experience.

[Anonymous No.15796806]

>>15796741
Oh absolutely, having some nice teaware, objects you really enjoy, greatly enhances the ritual of brewing tea. That doesn't mean you have to buy expensive things, you can get some really fantastic teaware for not a huge amount of money these days.

[Anonymous No.15796811]

what is a nice strong ripe pu'erh that i can put milk in?

[Anonymous No.15796841]

>>15796811
These dayi "red rhyme round tea" cakes pack some serious punch, or at least the one i tried did
https://kingteamall.com/collections/2019-dayi-1/products/2019-dayi-hong-yun-yuan-cha-red-flavor-round-tea-cake-100g-puerh-shou-cha-ripe-tea
https://kingteamall.com/collections/2020-dayi/products/2020-dayi-hong-yun-yuan-cha-red-flavor-round-tea-cake-100g-puerh-shou-cha-ripe-tea
Here they are a bit more expensive but with free shipping. It probably works out cheaper
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Menghai-black-Puer-Tea-shu-pu-er-DAYI-HONG-YUN-YUAN-CHA-ripe-puerh-100g/303099260028

[Anonymous No.15796857]

>>15796811
https://www.fullchea-tea.com/three-cranes-sanhe-2014-0207-liu-bao-tea-cake-dark-tea-heicha-100g-p0518.html
https://yunnansourcing.com/products/2019-xiaguan-sweet-pu-erh-ripe-pu-erh-tea-cake?_pos=1&_sid=47aa714cd&_ss=r

[Anonymous No.15796891]

>>15796857
What did you get from yee on tea? I was eyeing those bulang broken cake pieces.

[Anonymous No.15797148]

Any anon try White2tea's book cover or cloud mist green? their other shit looks eh but the price per gram on these look fine

[Anonymous No.15797227]

>>15797148
shoo shoo shill

[Anonymous No.15797228]

I got the ma huang. How2notkillmyself? gong fu ephedrine?

[Anonymous No.15797246]

>>15797148
I was vaguely tempted by the book cover but the story is just too perfect and it doesn't seem like its actually the byproduct from one of thr farmers he is selling the higher end greens from.
>>15797227
The greens w2t are selling aren't even expensive

[Anonymous No.15797264]

>>15797228
I would brew it western style start slow and figure out what works. I would brew about 4 grams in a mug, near boiling water, let it infuse for around 5 minutes. Then slowing sip the cup over an hour or two to gauge how your body reacts. Then in future sessions you can drink it faster and or use more material. 4 grams is pretty conservative, im pretty sure you could chug it and be fine, but it's better to be cautious untill you gauge how strong your particular batch is. I'm excited to hear how it goes.

[Anonymous No.15797265]

>>15797246
>The greens w2t are selling aren't even expensive
again, some people will believe that.
you've done you job. now fuck off.
or maybe rec us some hidden gems from w2t before you do. teas that won you over. make your shillposting meaningful.

[Anonymous No.15797272]

>>15797246
Fair, I didn't really read the story, but the leaves looked fine for the price, thanks anon

[Anonymous No.15797278]

>>15797227
Save that for bitterleaf longjing fags

[Anonymous No.15797296]

>>15770418
Anybody here dring a cuppa tea with their dindins? I've seen if before.

[Anonymous No.15797322]

>>15797296
I usually make one after i eat

[Anonymous No.15797347]

>>15797278
no bitterleaf shills here, they somewhat seem to have more class than you. pretty weird considering their markup and target audience. which is similar to w2t's and kura's.
instead of replying to your own posts in a poor attempt at feigning anonymous discussion, shill us some w2t puerh that is overlooked. think you can do that?

[Anonymous No.15797392]

>>15797278
Save that for bitterleaf longjing fags
Whoah no shit, see
>>15797265
I told you the stuff w2t was selling wasn't particularly expensive.
Teas that expensive are probably bought mostly as lavish gifts and a way to flaunt wealth, it seems kind of silly to actually buy that to just drink it.
at least they are offering the authentication stickers. I have seen a bunch of stores selling "real authentic west lake longjing" this year that neglect to mention that the teas are supposed to come with stickers. With prices like those i would imagine there is a lucrative secondary market in reselling the stickers and lots of bribing government officials for extras.

[Anonymous No.15797463]

>>15797347
nah, I know shit about puerh, fucking hate most of the stuff.

[Anonymous No.15797531]

>>15797264
My life is in your hands friendo.

[Anonymous No.15797630]

>>15797531
Godspeed anon

[Anonymous No.15797704]

>>15797630
Well its gone. Resteep for another 5?

[Anonymous No.15797751]

Tea makes me piss all the time, doesn't give me a buzz like coffee and basically taste like boiled water with grass.

[Anonymous No.15797794]

>>15797751
I disagree with the boiled water with grass accusation.
But, pu'erh niggers are lying about that shit not tasting like dirt. It's all pretentious nonsense.

[Anonymous No.15797816]

>>15797531
is it any good? i thought ephedra was illegal. i wonder if you can grow it.

[Anonymous No.15797823]

>>15797816
Pretty tasty. Put in a little squeeze of honey.

[Anonymous No.15797846]

>>15797704
Maybe, i dunno how long it takes for it to give up all the goods.
>>15797816
> i thought ephedra was illegal
You can still buy bronkaid over the counter at the pharmacy, just have to ask for it. People can't sell ephedra containing products inside the US but you are allowed to import small amounts for non-commercial purposes. I did notice that ebay banned the word recently so the listings don't say ephedra sinca anymore.

[Anonymous No.15798350]

Feel like a bit of a dumbass for asking, but here goes.
Got a clay kyusu with a ceramic spout filter (300 ml) and a yunomi (120 ml).
First - should I be concerned with cross-contaminating the kyusu with tea? Will it make a huge difference if I use it for both green and black tea?
Second - since the cup I'm using is less capacity than the teapot, and the teapot has no strainer, how should I most effectively prevent the tea from oversteeping in the pot as I drink from the cup? Using a metal strainer, or is there a simpler way?
Neither of these occurred to me as potential issues until after I made the purchase.

[Anonymous No.15798496]

I'm a crappy phone poster who doesn't know how to combine photos, so this will be two parts
Rate my order

[Anonymous No.15798506]

>>15798496
p2

[Anonymous No.15798573]

>>15798506
looks good, makes me jealous because im far too poor and have way too much tea already to buy anything

[Anonymous No.15798587]

>>15798573
I'm poor as well, I bought this off stimulus money

[Anonymous No.15798614]

>>15798587
no stimulus im my country, still brought ~£500 last year like an idiot lol

[Anonymous No.15798866]

pro tip: make sure to get a tea pot with a slightly downturned spout, less dribbling when pouring

[Anonymous No.15798899]

>>15797265
Not him but I like their waffles ripe puerhs.

[Anonymous No.15798926]

So, uh, I should get a gaiwan if I'm looking to try puerh, yeah? I've just been drinking oolong out of a coffee mug for years.

[Anonymous No.15798929]

>>15798350
>First - should I be concerned with cross-contaminating the kyusu with tea? Will it make a huge difference if I use it for both green and black tea?
Not really, i believe typically Japanese clay teaware isn't super porous so it wont quickly suck up tea flavor. If it ever is a problem it's very easy to "reset" clay teaware. You can find some information about how to do it online.
>Second - since the cup I'm using is less capacity than the teapot, and the teapot has no strainer, how should I most effectively prevent the tea from oversteeping in the pot as I drink from the cup?
Get a glass pitcher you can empty the entire teapot into at once. Typically called cha hai, you can find cheap ones on amazon ebay etc.

[Anonymous No.15798938]

>>15798496
That 2007 bulang was interesting, i will be looking forward to hearing your take on it.
Lots of ripe should be nice, i liked that impression cake when i had one a few years ago.
Good for you ordering a brick of fu cha. That's what i like to see. Since you got all that fu i wll let the lack of liu bao slide.

[Anonymous No.15798951]

>>15798587
>I bought this off stimulus money
Based, i just ordered a bunch on fancy oolong and a teapot with stimulus money.
>>15778158

[Anonymous No.15799011]

>>15798926
Ive been drinking puerh out of a coffee mug for years, but I'm crazy. Ripe is fine grampa style, same with older raws with more humid but not funky storage, Taiwan, Guangdong etc.
If you want to stick with your old ways.
https://www.liquidproust.com/listing/967103660/spring-2021-liquid-proust-sampler-75
https://www.liquidproust.com/listing/939452398/2011-golden-xiaguan-sampler-60g
And this shu isn't ideal, it doesn't need to have age on it and something younger and cheaper would be better.
https://www.liquidproust.com/listing/952767328/2006-dayi-strongest-flavor-25g
That should give you a pretty good start on puerh. Do 3.5 to 4.5 grams per 300ml for grampa style or mug brewing.
If when you want to try the younger raw stuff get a thing porcelain gaiwan 100ml -120ml there should be some cheap ones on aliexpress, otherwise king tea mall has cheap teaware.
Tons of great info on teadb.org for starting out with puer https://teadb.org/puerh-for-beginners/

[Anonymous No.15799030]

>>15798938
I mostly bought ripe for a reason to use my yixing, but I'm mostly interested in the 2007 and fu cha myself. Likely moving to a place with really terrible mail service so I'm trying to figure out a way to get a ton of tea like that 400g brick of fu that'll last me years. I hope it's good enough for me to order a few kg next time
>>15798951
I got a decent haul of oolong for my birthday.
Probably going to buy an extra kg of black and green when the blacks I like come out

[Anonymous No.15799059]

>>15799011
I'm working my way through the pastebin material, but I appreciate the spoonfeeding. Guess I'll grab a cheap gaiwan and just experiment with some of the tea I have sitting around.

[Anonymous No.15799061]

>>15798496
>>15798506
The Fuding Gong Mei should be good.
However I have had the 2018 Year of the Dog Blue Label ripe, while it wasn't bad I would not pay $49 for it. Just felt really lackluster and bland to me.

[Anonymous No.15799072]

>>15799061
I already tried the Fuding Gong Mei, that one is just a resuply because thats one of my favorite teas.
I think I did I review of it like 6 threads ago?

[Anonymous No.15799079]

>>15799072
Nice, me too. Something about fuding whites just hits right.

[Anonymous No.15799103]

>>15799079
I have no idea what exactly makes them so enjoyable, but they almost taste herbal with how much depth of flavor they have, and also how sweet and light they somehow can be at the same time.

[Anonymous No.15799110]

Puer boys, should i grab one of these 2007 Dayi 0752 cakes?
Pros: aggressive taiwan storage, 14 year old dayi first batch cake for $65, easy daily daily drinker sounds good
Cons: 2007 dayi, meme recipe they came up with for 2007, ive heard mixed reviews of the 06 and 07 recipes
https://www.liquidproust.com/listing/959052770/special-2007-dayi-0752-damaged-wrapper

[Anonymous No.15799239]

If it was later in the day, and you were weary from people's endless barrage of nonsense, what tea would you drink to ease it over?

[Anonymous No.15799375]

>>15799239
White tea i guess

[Anonymous No.15799406]

>>15799239
Some kind of hei cha, probably liu bao or ripe puer

[Anonymous No.15799810]

Whats the worst tea variety?
Is it green oolong?

[Anonymous No.15799907]

>>15770418
tea masters, where should i look for a strong, decent quality but cheap bulk price for tea using for brewing kombucha?

[Anonymous No.15799933]

>>15799907
Upton tea has some crazy strong black teas

[Anonymous No.15800011]

>>15799810
shu puer

[Anonymous No.15800102]

>>15799907
>strong, decent quality but cheap bulk price for tea using for brewing kombucha?
Say no more
This will be nutty and smooth.
https://kingteamall.com/collections/2015-xiaguan/products/2015-xiaguan-lv-da-shu-big-green-tree-brick-250g-4pcs-puerh-raw-tea-sheng-cha
This will have a strong tea flavor but not much bitterness
https://kingteamall.com/collections/2015-xiaguan/products/2015-xiaguan-nan-zhao-zhen-cang-valuable-brick-1000g-puerh-raw-tea-sheng-cha
This will be smokey and bitter
https://kingteamall.com/collections/2014-xiaguan/products/2014-xiaguan-jia-ji-1st-grade-tuo-100g-puerh-sheng-cha-raw-tea-1
And this is the cheapest possible tea you can buy that you would still want to drink, this will have strength and a bit of a smokey green tea aspect to it.
https://kingteamall.com/products/2017-xiaguan-baoyan-bianxiaozhuan-brick-250g-5-1250g-puerh-raw-tea-sheng-cha?_pos=2&_sid=3c3ac1f4e&_ss=r
Another suggestion if you just want some normal black tea
This one will have more bitter malt flavor
https://www.fullchea-tea.com/2019-yunnan-old-tree-black-tea-dianhong-feng-qing-red-tea-cake-357g-p0593.html
And this will be more on the chocolate/fruity side
https://www.fullchea-tea.com/2018-fenghetang-yunnan-black-tea-dianhong-maofeng-500g-p0325.html

[Anonymous No.15800159]

Why are so many tea drinkers faggy
all you need is english breakfast tea with a drop of milk

[Anonymous No.15800162]

Been a while. The raw laochapo liubao from W2T came in. There's a roasted and unroasted version, this being the latter.

[Anonymous No.15800181]

>>15800162

Wet leaves smell a lot like a green tea (which makes sense as the production process is described as "wok fried and shade dried") but with a sort of latex-y addition, interestingly enough. The liquor similarly has some of that Japanese green nori aspect to it, but there's a lot layered alongside it. I'm getting a nuttiness that I think pushes me towards pistachio. There's more going on but I'm only a few steeps in and this is going to take a long time to open up.

One interesting thing is I'm not sensing any bitterness or astringency. The liner notes with the club said this tea is rarely consumed new and is most often aged, so I might tuck the rest of it away and see what it's like in the future.

[Anonymous No.15800776]

>>15800162
Really leafy looking leaves, strong forest floor kind of look.
Yeah liubao usually gets at least a year or two of fairly heavy wet traditional storage at the factory before it is sold.
I'm digging the tea pet getting their own bowl there.

[Anonymous No.15800784]

sweet tea for me

[Anonymous No.15801343]

>>15799110
Stop giving the chinese money you dumb fuck

[Anonymous No.15801457]

>>15801343
no. seethe more faggot

[Anonymous No.15801629]

>>15770639
кpинж

[Anonymous No.15801987]

>>15800784
That can't be ice.

[Anonymous No.15802184]

>>15800159
Brits have ruined every cuisine and beverage they've imported.

[Anonymous No.15802233]

>>15800159
>he thinks milk in tea isn't homosexual

[Anonymous No.15802312]

>>15801987
If it's a promotional photo it most likely isn't, that pic specifically looks like they used acrylic cubes. Either acrylic or glass

[Anonymous No.15802444]

>>15801343
Tea is only 43 million dollars of china's gdp
Its like 0.0004% of their economy.

[Anonymous No.15803329]

>>15770428
Probably some sencha and bancha, more dian hong, some longjing and laoshan green tea, and probably some more ripe puerh.

[Anonymous No.15803361]

>>15802444
43 billion.

[Anonymous No.15803372]

>>15803361
Yeah I miscalculated RMB to USD
Still only 0.4%

[Anonymous No.15803380]

>>15770428
Green tea gives me a brutal headache. Go on without me, lads.

[Anonymous No.15803782]

>>15770428
I bit the bullet and ordered some of the White2tea greens, along with a few dan congs, lapsangs, and assorted others (and a cake of 2020 Green Hype). I also have a bunch of tisane components from Mountain Rose Herbs coming in shortly; looking forward to trying some new ones (oatstraw, damiana, skullcap, and eleuthero).

[Anonymous No.15803991]

white 2 sneed

[Anonymous No.15804006]

>>15803991
when did W2T become a meme

[Anonymous No.15804022]

when was w2t not a meme? They always were the hipster tea shop with hipster marketing

[Anonymous No.15804045]

>yunnan asking for a tip
Is this normal?

[Anonymous No.15804126]

>>15804045
>is it normal
For them yes.
For the industry? no
Don't fall for it, Scott doesn't subsidize shipping at all and charges above market value prices, there's no reason to tip

[Anonymous No.15804135]

>>15804022
I've never heard those two claims , I never even seen W2T marketing

[Anonymous No.15804320]

>>15804135
>I never even seen W2T marketing
have you looked at their wrappers? thats marketing

[Anonymous No.15804329]

>>15804320
Nah cant say I have, I never bought from them

[Anonymous No.15804350]

>>15770418
new thread
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>>15804347
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