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[Anonymous No.16557312]

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

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[Anonymous No.16557319]

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[Anonymous No.16557330]

>>16557312
>be me
>drink green tea to cut
>usually drink it mid-day
>wake up late one morning, gonna be late for work
>skip breakfast and make a big cup of green tea
>use 2x tea because I figured it would set me right for the day
>chug it down
>drive to work (5 minute drive)
>get out of car
>stomach contracts forcefully forcing me to keel over
>begin projectile vomiting while making a loud as fuck HHHUURUREEGHHH noise
>people from the office watch me from the windows
>everyone sees me cover another dude's car in puke
>go sit on the curb holding my head
>boss comes out with a bucket and wash cloth, sets it down
>tells me to go home after I clean the other dude's car
don't do it on an empty stomach bros

[Anonymous No.16557354]

>>16557330
yeah it's tanin I think. You can put milk in black tea to stop it but with green tea thats not an option

[Anonymous No.16557363]

>>16557330
Anything in excess may be unsightly, no less on an an empty stomach. Eat something small next time if you're going to down a lot of tea.

[Anonymous No.16557399]

>>16557330
Skip the morning tea and skip the breakfast too, that's going to be better for your cut than one or the other. I drink coldbrew green tea in the morning on an empty stomach and I find it doesn't aggravate my stomach as much, although your mileage my vary/

[Anonymous No.16557415]

>>16557399
>I drink coldbrew green tea
This is the difference. Coldbrew is going to result in an extraction with way fewer tannins, so it's less severe on your digestive system. Regularly-brewed tea is going to mess with you in that regard, especially if you suddenly do 2x the amount on an empty stomach like the other anon did. An aside, you also probably get less hungry, since tea can inhibit hunger for many people.

[Anonymous No.16557430]

>>16557312
Tea is the midwit drink

[Anonymous No.16557562]

>>16557286
For those not in the know, what's so special about this tea?

[Anonymous No.16557615]

>>16557562
Cheap old arbor?

[Anonymous No.16557628]

>Acquired a nice tian jian sample once with pleasant honey notes.
>Ran out, but kept the 'dust' trimmings in a bag for a few months anyway thinking it'd be a waste to toss such flavorful leaf.
>End up pouring it on top of some lower-quality white tea which I brewed in my gaiwan last night.
Honestly, the results weren't bad. Flavor was slightly sweeter and rounded, less bland. Might be an economical, easy way to use up tea trimmings if you have high quality leaf you want to spice something else up with. Makes me wonder what other kinds of interesting "tea alchemy" results could be had by someone with a more balanced stash than myself.

[Anonymous No.16557630]

>>16557330
Tea makes me eat more food because i need something in my stomach to drink tea

[Anonymous No.16557642]

>>16557562
It's not anything spectacular, it's probably not even old from particularly old trees, but it's a decent factory it's old it's cheap and the guy who runs ktm said it's good, i wouldn't actually recommended buying a tong on my intuition but for $200 it's probably a solid bargin.

[Anonymous No.16557656]

>>16557628
I keep a little carboard canister from a tuo that i keep all my puer dust and odds and ends in.when i feel like it i will grab a spoonful and brew it grampa style. It's probably got 20-30 different teas in there by now, usually tastes pretty good. I might start one for hei cha but i just don't drink quite enough to justify it.

[Anonymous No.16557666]

>>16557656
I rather like this idea. I'll try doing the same with polypropylene bags for different types of tea and see what happens. At least one for whites, one for sheng, one for shou, and so on. I also don't drink enough heicha outside pu'er though, so I'm in the same boat. Do consider sharing your results sometime, if you end up making some.

[Anonymous No.16557670]

>>16557286
have you tried that tea yourself or are you just pointing out the price?

i will keep that bing in mind but i have too much tea i want to get and not enough cash as it is. hopefully shipping prices come down again as well.

is puerh from 2007 so cheap because it is actually poor quality due to the puerh boom or is it just cheap because the Chinese collectors market perceives it as being highly inferior and values it less even if its mostly ok? there are a lot of unusually well priced teas from that vintage.

[Anonymous No.16557694]

>>16557670
I Haven't tried it it just looks like a decent tea at a good price. Also i like bulang teas.
>is puerh from 2007 so cheap because it is actually poor quality due to the puerh boom or is it just cheap because the Chinese collectors market perceives it as being highly inferior and values it less even if its mostly ok?
A little of column A a little of column B
From around 2004 to before the crash in the middle of 2007 they started pressing anything they could get their hands on. This reached a peak in 2007 and a lot of crap tea got pressed that spring. But there are still some very good teas out there from those years.

[Anonymous No.16557738]

i have been away from /tea for a few months did i miss anything big in that time?

[Anonymous No.16557746]

how gay is my setup guys

[Anonymous No.16557762]

>>16557746
I really hope you cover that when not in use, light will degrade tea. Otherwise it looks cool though.

[Anonymous No.16557775]

>>16557762
my room is always dark, I just turned the lights on for this pic

[Anonymous No.16557785]

Yea they're all mediocre stuff from David's T, but fuck it, between this and what I already have, I've got enough loose leaf tea to last me for the rest of the decade

[Anonymous No.16557800]

>>16557330
green tea does this to me too, after a while it stops, used to keep me up at night with cramps
>>16557354
dont think it is, black has more tannins and it only happens with green tea for me

[Anonymous No.16557803]

>mental how you pay as much for genmaicha as you do for sencha when genmaicha is peasant tea cut with rice so it'd be affordable for regular people

[Anonymous No.16557825]

>>16557746
I don't care for the random light crystal. Keeping your room shaded, it's fine. I prefer gaiwans over infusers, but to each their own. I think a small table and chair would be preferable so you can actually have space for your legs, though.
>>16557785
>All tisanes or blends
>"tea"

[Anonymous No.16557865]

>>16557825
>$1.50/oz

[Anonymous No.16558387]

Any sedative herbal tea?

[Anonymous No.16558933]

>>16558387
chamomile

[Anonymous No.16559010]

Is black tea bad for you?

[Anonymous No.16559394]

Its out for delivery boys. Can't wait to brew random niequn-oleg samples under pressure.

[Anonymous No.16559410]

>>16559394
Imagine the smell

[Anonymous No.16559418]

>>16559394
Are you going to break up the leaves or just put them in whole?

[Anonymous No.16559441]

>>16559418
ONLY TIME WILL TELL! Ok so I've got maybe 100ml reservoir in the flair 58. Maybe a touch more if I break the airlock then refill. What are we thinking? 5g? I can either drink it shot by shot, or sit there and refill and repull enough shots to fill up a mug.

[Anonymous No.16559469]

>>16559441
You are going to need to use a fine tea. If you use whole leaves you will get a shit "espresso"
What you are doing is not new or innovative, Red Espresso (Roiboos) is a big thing and people have done conventional Tea Espresso before. The thing is, tea is not meant to extract quickly under pressure like a fine coffee ground is. You can grind the tea leaves up to get a more coffee like consistency to allow them to flash steep fast enough in an Espresso machine, but you're probably going to get a more bitter tea than you'd like unless you're using something with a low tannin count. I'm also not sure delicate greens like Japanese will even work, although you're obviously minded to run oolongs which can handle the heat.

[Anonymous No.16559497]

>>16559469
Retard. It has an adjustable valve. I'm obviously not brewing in a standard portafilter.

>Tea portafilter with black handle
Features a valve that opens at 4 to 7 bar, depending your adjustment. Useful for making tea or other infusions. Works with loose leaf tea and tea bags. Compatible with Decent Espresso, E61 and La Marzocco syle espresso machines.

[Anonymous No.16559522]

>>16559497
>retard
Alright, enjoy your burnt and likely underinfused bitter tea from your meme filter. You are obviously a genius pioneer doing something nobody else was ever smart enough to consider and I'm sure you'll win a nobel prize for revolutionizing tea. When you're a billionaire with an international Tea Espresso chain please remember this retarded peasant who doubted you.

[Anonymous No.16559532]

>>16559497
I support your experiments portafilter anon.
Depending on how your experiments go i might have some ideas for teas to send to you to blast.

[Anonymous No.16559552]

>>16559522
>underinfused bitter tea

Can you explain to me how holding a suspension of leaves and liquid in a sealed chamber and then expelling as much liquid as convenient is any different than a gaiwan or a valved steeper?

>obviously a genius pioneer doing something nobody else was ever smart enough to consider
Except its a fucking off the shelf product you dingus. This isn't something I'm welding together in my back yard. Someone obviously considered this, had it made, and currently sells it worldwide.

>>16559532
I think it'll be fun to play around with.

[Anonymous No.16560047]

Gonna be a long winter if i don't order more teas soon, reminder to get your orders in before the 11:11 sales and the Christmas rush

[Anonymous No.16560202]

Anyone here drinks black Ceylon tea? Where do you get it? Is that even a real type of tea or are there many different types under that name?
I buy from a local importer, but shit's a little bit expensive for me (70€/kg).

[Anonymous No.16560247]

>>16560202
Ceylon tea is from a specific region, it's usually sold as a bulk commodity "ceylon tea" instead of specific batches and grades from different farms, it used to be used a lot in english blend style teas but it's being replaced in recent years with cheaper African teas.
It's not much cheaper but you can try it from these guys, i think you can buy from them without import taxes if you are euro.
https://www.darjeeling.cz/en/black-tea/ceylon-pothotuwa-fbopfexsp1-1825
https://www.darjeeling.cz/en/black-tea/ceylon-new-vithanakande-fbopfexsp-231
You might also want to try some assam and second flush Darjeeling, maybe Nepalese tea as well.
There are a few other euro vendors in the pastebin that might be worth looking at but the one i linked specializes in more traditional "Orthodox" teas.

[Anonymous No.16560305]

>>16560247
Thanks Anon, will take a look.
>You might also want to try some assam and second flush Darjeeling, maybe Nepalese tea as well.
I tried several teas over the years, but after trying pic related in Soviet Union, I only drink black Ceylon tea now.

[Anonymous No.16560506]

>>16559532
Might as well run through the $5 verdant trash first.

[Anonymous No.16560753]

>>16560506
Very very enjoyable. Lightly floral with orange notes. The tiniest bit of wood. Not bitter whatsoever. 4x35 second steeps@<3bar. 5g in 250g out. I probably could have pulled more out of these leaves but the cup was full. Maybe next brew I'll use a gaiwan lid to pour the excess water off the leaves and see how a second set of pulls comes out.

[Anonymous No.16560806]

>>16560753
Nice, it's cool that it made something drinkable. I'm excited to see how further experiments turn out

[Anonymous No.16560810]

is picking up a semi aged dayi 7542 cake worth it right now while there is some reasonably priced stuff available? its still a bit more expensive than i normally pay but i feel like i should have a 7542 in my collection.

[Anonymous No.16560844]

>>16560806
I've got a whole pumidor of shit to try and a bunch of random loose leaves. I guess I'm normalizing the dose at 5g for now to keep it consistent but that looks a little full to me.

[Anonymous No.16560927]

>>16560810
How much? How old? From what seller? The answer is it depends.

[Anonymous No.16560983]

I wonder what marijuana tea would be like.

[Anonymous No.16561110]

>>16560983
tibetan infused butter tea.

[Anonymous No.16561201]

>>16560983
Disgusting

[Anonymous No.16561308]

>be me, mongol chad with tea genetics
>drink shit tons of tea
>spend $50 every 2 months restocking my supply
>spent $100 on a really sexy kyusu teapot on a whim
>start up tea merchant business with fellow tea chad
>give a qt a box of my favorite tea, russian caravan
>am dating her now
life is good bros, tea is my fucking life

[Anonymous No.16561348]

>>16561308
Incredible post anon
Do you drink the pressed bricks that are traditional in the homeland?

[Anonymous No.16561365]

>>16561308
Sounds quite based and redpilled, my brother of another mother. Any pics of your cool stash to share? Feel free to shill your tea business here too, would be fun to at least look.

[Anonymous No.16561424]

>>16561348
when i can, customs are fucking retarded tho

[Anonymous No.16561443]

>>16561365
our business isnt yet online, we mostly sell it at the market. we have a certain cash threshold we gotta pass, then we'll go online and start pouring serious money into it. Here's the art on one of our tea boxes, ill get a pic of my set up

[Anonymous No.16561517]

>>16561365
This is only part of my stash, i call this the "White Aristocrat" corner. It contains all my european teas coupled with some jap tea i couldnt fit in my "Chink Winky" tea corner. im getting a shelf soon so i can actually order shit. Theres alot of tea in the boxes btw, also theres a fucking aids ass covid situation rn and the jew big state is cucking my tea delivery price. I also just laid my tea out, its usually stacked up Sorry for poor pic, had to compress the image because 4chan couldnt handle my power

[Anonymous No.16561592]

>>16557746
That is quite cozy - enjoy, anon.

[Anonymous No.16561610]

>>16561517
Based

[Anonymous No.16561693]

>>16557330
Jesus lad.

[Anonymous No.16562048]

>>16561443
>>16561517
Looks like a fun time, thank you for sharing these pictures of your stash and wares. Those are some quite large teaware pieces. Are you mostly selling bagged/tisanes to casual consumers, or trying for straight camellia sinensis? Any interest in selling white teas?

[Anonymous No.16562897]

>>16561517
I've just started trying some of T2's stuff, any recs fellow ausbro?

[Anonymous No.16563072]

It's a dumb question but does anyone know how much a cha he weighs? Initially I didn't want one, but recently I got a scale and now I think it'd be useful as a weighing boat. My scale has a max of 100 grams though, so that limits my options for containers to weigh tea in.

[Anonymous No.16563076]

>>16561308
can you give me your suutei tsai recipe?

[Anonymous No.16563215]

/tea/bros, why do so few people opt to brew their gong fu tea in bulk?
Why brew a single cup at a time when you could spend 5-10 minutes to pour every steep into some vessel, like a huge flask, to keep it warm and then drinking from that for hours? Is the meme of "the flavor changes after each steep" really that profound? I personally have not ever noticed it. (at least from the second steep onwards, when the leaves actually open up)

I only ask this because it has become really inconvenient for me to brew, pour and drink 100ml of tea at a time, while I'm engaged in activities at my desktop. The cup's either still undrinkably hot or gone cold by the time I get to it.

[Anonymous No.16563234]

>>16563215
.. why not just brew normally if that's what you want

[Anonymous No.16563450]

Show me your favorite tea cups Anons.
Pic related is one of mine. Enjoying black tea right now.

[Anonymous No.16563551]

>>16563215
Gong Fu is meant as meditation. If you aren't noticing a flavor difference and just want a large cup of tea you should brew it all at once Western-style and then pour it into a thermos or two to keep it warm.
If I'm doing a conventional brew I usually brew about a cup and a half of water at a time for my mug and then just resteep in half an hour or so when I want another mug-full.

[Anonymous No.16563574]

>>16563551
>Gong Fu is meant as meditation.
weeb. its just a method to maximize the tea you get from the leaves, that meditation crap is just sold to dumb white kids with an asian fetish and because japs use rituals as prayer some dumb chinks got jealous and made their own ceremony

[Anonymous No.16563717]

>>16563574
Stay retarded and uncultivated I guess. Meanwhile I grow my Qi by cultivating while brewing Gong Fu to maximize the Cha Qi I can absorb into my root.

[Anonymous No.16564290]

>>16563551
>Gong Fu is meant as meditation
This is giving gong fu wayyyy to much credit. It was more of a way to try and cargo cult china back into having tea traditions after the ravages of the great leap forward.

[Anonymous No.16564388]

>>16560983
Like a flat IPA

[Anonymous No.16564690]

>>16560983
It's gonna taste like shit, and fail to get you high.
THC and CBD molecules are Fat Soluble, water alone isn't going to extract anything.

[Anonymous No.16564836]

>>16563215
Thats essentially what I'm doing with operation pressuretea. Several steeps under pressure into the same cup. While the cups are certainly more one dimensional than a gongfu session, I've gotten zero bitterness and overall very balanced cups. Pic related, Original oolong revival from the verdant sampler. Fragrant, nutty and sweet. Pulled the portafilter out of the machine last night t dry and I'm about to run some more water through it.

[Anonymous No.16564878]

>>16564690
Oil tea :)

[Anonymous No.16564918]

>>16564878
>The highest quality of butter tea is made by boiling pu-erh tea leaves in water for half a day, achieving a dark brown color. It is then skimmed, and poured into a cylinder with fresh yak butter and salt which is then shaken. The result is a liquid that is about the thickness of a stew or thick oil. It is then poured into teapots or jars.

[Anonymous No.16565049]

>>16564918
This doesn't actually taste good btw, it would be even worse with weed butter in it.

[Anonymous No.16565195]

>>16565049
Sounds like you buy cheap weed and cheap butter.

[Anonymous No.16565379]

>>16563215
> Is the meme of "the flavor changes after each steep" really that profound
Yes, that's most of the point of gongfu when it comes to the tea itself. The changes can be subtle depending on the tea, but I find it worthwhile. There could be reasons you might not notice it depending on how you brew, but I don't know. I might suggest that you try a comparison tasting, like saving the first 1 or 2 brews then comparing them to a late brew.
>>16565195
Fuck off druggie

[Anonymous No.16565422]

>>16562897
Daintree, Melbourne breakfast, Canbera breakfast (tastes like anzac biscuts), Russian Caravan, japanese sencha. All of them are fire in my opinion. definitely read reviews on website tho

[Anonymous No.16565433]

>>16565379
Sure thing land o lakes.

[Anonymous No.16565448]

>>16562048
We currently have 2 teas that we sell, we're soon expanding tho

Bushman’s Brew: Carried in a stock saddle or a swaggies roll, this is the character of an authentic Australian Swag Men's brew. Immerse yourself into the Australian bushland and satisfy yourself with the intense smoky flavour of this tea.
Ingredients: Black Tea, Eucalyptus, smoked over dry Eucalyptus Wood

Wipeout: Fresh and crisp. This uplifting tea will transport you to a day of surfing and basking in the coastal sun.
Ingredients: Black Tea, Natural Vanilla Flavouring, Natural Bergamot Flavouring.

i often work with black tea, its more cheap and common. Also if you tell teanormies "its just like your teabag tea" they often arent as freaked out

[Anonymous No.16565532]

>>16563076
no problem bro. First you want a saucepan, pot or wok to use. you also need milk, always use full cream milk, almond or skim just makes it taste like fucking shit. some cunts like to add meat to it, its a preference you might like but i think its nasty asf. now drop your water into the pot and add your tea, let it boil for maybe like 15sec. wait a couple of mins to add the same amount of milk as water. you can also add cinnamon, star anise, nuts or vanilla if you're feeling like a trues gobi spice lord. let the mixture get it to a boil "also remember to aerate alot, you can alternatively stir but stirring is for fags. now once its hot but not boiling add salt, maybe about a teaspoon. Since its your first time i would suggest adding little bit by little bit and tasting it as you go. You can also buy suutei tsai powders and bags but they arent as good.

[Anonymous No.16565605]

>>16565532
Thanks a bunch Mongol tea chad.

Thoughts on adding millet? I've seen some people add it and others don't.

[Anonymous No.16565913]

>>16565605
nah bro i dont. It kinda thickens it and if you ad to much it becomes like coome

[Anonymous No.16566395]

for me it's thick tea

[Anonymous No.16566450]

>try Gyokuro
>don't really like it, too sweet and the flavor just doesn't fit my palette
>whatever that's fine I'm not going to enjoy every single tea I try
>try to go back to my regular Sencha
>start tasting Gyokuro notes in it that I didn't taste before
FUCK

[Anonymous No.16566460]

>>16566450
Time to cop some hojicha and get roasty toasty

[Anonymous No.16566473]

>>16566460
I have Genmaicha for regular, warm tastes. I get the feeling the flavor was always there in the Sencha but the Gyokuro amusingly developed my palate and now I can taste more notes in my Sencha. It's not overwhelming in my Sencha though, maybe I'll finally develop a taste for Gyokuro after a few months drinking Sencha/Kabeusa.

[Anonymous No.16566509]

>>16566473
Yeah, there is a lot of variation out there in sencha too. You can try ones with different processing, extra heavily steamed, more lightly steamed, and find ones that emphasize the flavors you enjoy most.

[Anonymous No.16566537]

Commenting on my usage of white tea kept in a resealable polypropylene bag within my refrigerator. It has been several days since I did it, but I have noticed no degradation in flavor or aroma whatsoever. I was unsure if it may be affected since white tea is still 'active' similar to some heicha/pu'er, but it seems that, at least for short storage durations, this is not an issue. I wouldn't expect it to develop in the refrigerator, but for any of you who have some unbalanced environments, this may be an option for you to consider. Mylar would probably be preferable, though.
>Tfw have almost exclusively white tea and pu'er though, so I can't join all the greenies in the thread right now.

[Anonymous No.16566627]

>>16566537
You should switch to Japanese and Taiwanese balck tea. I think you would like it

[Anonymous No.16566631]

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[Anonymous No.16566642]

>>16566631
why yes I drink my Rooibos with extra estrogen, how could you tell?

[Anonymous No.16566716]

>>16566627
>You should switch to Japanese and Taiwanese black tea.
What do you recommend, and for which kind of person?
>I think you would like it
Why? What traits may be expected from these teas? I'm not well experienced with Japanese or Taiwanese teas, outside a few samples of Taiwanese oolongs. I tend to prefer lighter flavors, and dislike overpowering vegetal notes or dominant 'florality'. So, considering my tastes and the costs of Japanese and Taiwanese products, I have not yet tried really any Japanese teas, and only a few Taiwanese outside some oolong samplers. I am unsure how to interpret that market, but I would like to try them sometime to expand my horizons.

[Anonymous No.16566803]

>>16566716
>I tend to prefer lighter flavors
Oh nevermind lol

[Anonymous No.16566837]

>>16566803
>Tfw if you say you drink pu'er or heicha, everyone assumes you blast it until it's black as a bleeding sharpie, but you only ever make them light or coldbrewed.
I'm sorry, my thick texture overlords. I just want to be comfy.

[Anonymous No.16566915]

>>16566537
Made some gunfire tea, with some second flush Darjeeling and some a Pusser’s Gunpowder Proof rum (54.5% ABV)

[Anonymous No.16568377]

i like rice teas

[Anonymous No.16569030]

>>16566837
For me the higher the viscosity the better.

[Anonymous No.16569553]

This is a tall ask, but are there any teas that have a liquorice flavor? I know there are herbal teas like Liquorice Root/Anise, I'm just not sure if there are any proper teas with a hint of liquorice.

[Anonymous No.16569863]

>>16569553
Good question anon, im also interested to know. I will say licorice root makes pretty damn good herbal tea and just tossing 3-4 small pieces of licorice root in with some black tea would probably make a pretty nice cuppa.

[Anonymous No.16570360]

To that anon asking about 7542, i paid $50 for a 2010 cake, taiwan storage from teas we like. I'm glad i tried it, it's a benchmark but it's nothing exciting. They now want $75 for the same cakes and at that price i say they aren't worth it at all.

[Anonymous No.16570384]

Drank Chinese green tea (longjing) for the first time after switching to Sencha for a long time. I don't know if it's just the quality of my tea but the flavor is so much weaker.

[Anonymous No.16570391]

>>16557330
I always drink my tea on an empty stomach and I've only experienced anything like this with matcha, which causes some bad stomach cramps

[Anonymous No.16570392]

Okay I gotta do a night of crammin for my midterms (summer courses)
Whats a good tea that'll make me feel scholarly? I got black, green, ripe, raw, and jasmine

[Anonymous No.16570409]

>>16570384
Japanese green tea is quite powerful, longjing is more mild or at leaset it can be, more nutty, less umami. It could also have to do with the quality of both. Japanese green tea is generally more high quality, while the quality of dragonswell, and dragonswell style teas can be a lot more variable

[Anonymous No.16570430]

>>16570392
Ripe, make a bunch of it, brew it real dark, lots off caffeine, most easy on the stomach to drink a load of. You can even simmer (dont boil) like 7-10 grams in a litre of water for 10-15 minutes and then drink tha, real thick and tasty that way.

[Anonymous No.16570449]

I can't drink darjeeling. It gives me a headache.

[Anonymous No.16570450]

>>16570384
I find that Longjing needs to be brewed hotter for its flavors to come out better. I use 85C, ~4g/100 mL, first steep is about a minute. Try experimenting with parameters. The first time I had dragonwell I was underwhelmed too, but in later sessions I learned to pick out which flavors I liked in the tea and how to accentuate them with brew parameters. I think your body actually perceives the taste differently after a while once your expectations are well anchored. It went from "ugh I have to finish this expensive tea which tastes weak" to "this is my favorite tea."

[Anonymous No.16570472]

I found some old bag of black tea on my grandfather's things it must be 40 years old. It didn't have a label, but I brewed up some.

It tastes like English breakfast with a faint taste of dust. Nothing is wrong with it. I wonder if giving it a rinse next time before brewing it would be helpful.

[Anonymous No.16570495]

>>16570472
Nice anon, that stuff is valuable in theory. You can't fake that old tea flavor

[Anonymous No.16570500]

>>16570495
It wasn't properly sealed. It wasn't like some air tight vacuum sealed bag of it, the bag it was in was covered in dust and that must have permeated through.

I wonder if it's actually English breakfast or it just tastes like it because it's old.

[Anonymous No.16570544]

>>16570500
Kek, well at least it's fun to mess around with, post your results if you try tasting it again.

[Anonymous No.16571162]

who the fuck actually drinks Chunmee
blech

[Anonymous No.16571168]

is Japanese black tea good? What the hell does it taste like?

[Anonymous No.16571223]

>>16571168
"While wakoucha maintains the earthy, sweet flair of black tea, its flavour is especially delicate, with just a hint of astringency. The color of the brew is a warm, red tone. "
https://obubutea.com/japanese-black-tea/
I've never had it though, because it's pretty rare and probably very hard to come by outside of Japan.

[Anonymous No.16571231]

>>16571168
I have one in my pantry right now. It's pretty nice. Doesn't taste as chocolatey or fruit as Chinese green tea, tastes more woody or earthy, but still has a nice sweetness.

[Anonymous No.16571234]

>>16571231
*as Chinese black tea

[Anonymous No.16571237]

very good tea, it was worth the wait. if only it didn't have such a long lead time

[Anonymous No.16571244]

Got an Arnold Palmer ready to turn into a John Daly.

[Anonymous No.16571675]

[Anonymous No.16571701]

>>16560305
you can't be serious...

[Anonymous No.16572074]

>>16557312
Is čifir good? How do I make it? Is any brand okay?

[Anonymous No.16572598]

>>16557312
I’ve been mixing freshly minced ginger with a little bit of loose black tea and finishing with lemon juice. Seems like it has a soothing effect on digestion, but I don’t know if that’s just placebo effect. Does anyone have anecdotal experience with benefits of adding ginger to tea?

[Anonymous No.16572615]

>>16572598
Ginger is absolutely great for nausea and digestion, it's not a placebo. There are many different instances of nausea with different causes that were alleviated with ginger over a long period of time for me, and I'm sure many others can vouch for the same.

[Anonymous No.16572781]

>>16572074
Brewing instructions are in the pastebin

[Anonymous No.16572925]

>>16572781
No instructions for čifir aren't

[Anonymous No.16572975]

>>16569030
I to, enjoy when my shou is thick enough to choke small children and dogs

[Anonymous No.16572983]

>>16572925
Oh yeah, go ask the tea thread on the famous Russian image board. Make sure you ask the indian tea thread and not the chinese tea thread, they have two different threads.

[Anonymous No.16572992]

Hey lads. What would you rec for a tea pleb like me who’s used to going through about 6 bags of pic related in a day.
Tastes pretty good, blend of Sencha and Matcha from Ito En ( Japan ). Got any recs?

[Anonymous No.16573003]

>>16572925
>>16572983
ask here, they will tell you
https://2ch dot hk/di/res/410079.html

[Anonymous No.16573026]

>>16572992
You live in the us? Normally i would tell you to order looseleaf from japan but shipping is still kind of expensive due to the bat aids.
So hit up dens tea
Get 2-4oz of this
https://denstea.com/collections/sencha/products/sencha-fuka-midori
2 oz of this
https://denstea.com/products/fukamushi-sencha-special
If you want matcha get this, yes it is expensive
https://denstea.com/collections/matcha/products/matcha-usucha-20g
Maybe genmatcha if you want something roasted tasting
https://denstea.com/collections/genmaicha/products/genmaicha-satsuki
To brew, get one of these brew baskets from finum (pic related), you can find em on ebay amazon etc, and use them to brew in a mug.

[Anonymous No.16573302]

>>16573026
I’m in Canada and not really looking for a whole hobby consumer type deal. I lead a pretty Spartan lifestyle but tea is something I don’t mind spending a little more on.
Just looking for unpretentious quality green tea. Thanks anyhow.

[Anonymous No.16573326]

>>16573302
Brewing some looseleaf isint "consoomer" shit. It's just good tea, anyway in canada hit up https://www.capitaltea.com/ they have good tea, good prices and fresh tea. I was suggesting a brew basket because it's the easiest way to brew looseleaf without buying teapots or other shit.

[Anonymous No.16573354]

>>16573326
Eh capital tea is good but they don't really have any cheap green tea.
>>16573302
How hard is it to import from USA?
Check out upton tea, they have some nice cheap and very unpretentious green tea, that will still put teabag to to shame.
https://www.uptontea.com/chinese-green-tea/china-loose-leaf-green-tea/p/V00274/
https://www.uptontea.com/japanese-green-tea/loose-leaf-japanese-green-tea/p/V00826/
And the real everymans stuff https://www.uptontea.com/chinese-green-tea/china-organic-loose-leaf-green-tea/p/V00275/
Good luck anon, and fuck the Canadian postal service

[Anonymous No.16573401]

>>16560305
Aбcoлютнo бaзиpoвaнo.

[Anonymous No.16573490]

>>16573302
What do you consider pretentious about what he suggested? Not trying to be smart, just trying to figure out what you’re looking for exactly

[Anonymous No.16574385]

What teas have you anons found that give the strongest head change (“tea high”)?

[Anonymous No.16574736]

>>16574385
I read some blogger that insisted WMD from bitter leaf teas was like weed $1 per gram if you want to buy a cake.

[Anonymous No.16574925]

>>16558387
Take the roiboospill fren

[Anonymous No.16574940]

One of my puerh cakes is suddenly really loose and it tastes different what happened to it

[Anonymous No.16574944]

>>16570360
thanks anon, that was the exact source i was looking at. i still kind of want one because it feels like i should have a 7542 in my stash (and i already have a nice 7572 to go with it) but there are other (better priced) teas i also want.

[Anonymous No.16574992]

I've been drinking this stuff lately, and I'm pretty fond of it. I just got a loose leaf tea setup, so I am looking to switch to making my own herbal tea from scratch.

[Anonymous No.16575220]

>>16574944
>but there are other (better priced) teas i also want.
Yeah that's the big issue.
If you just want to get one to try it grab one of these.
https://www.fullchea-tea.com/2012-puer-tea-dayi-taetea-7542-150g-gift-package-china-yunnan-menghai-puerh-puer-pu-erh-raw-organic-health-care-food-chai-aged-puerh-best-organic-tea--p0139.html
Dayi prices have been going absolutely insane recently, the same 2010 cake that is on teas we like is now $150 on king tea mall. And that tea is just not anything that exciting, smokey, fairly standard factory cake kind of deal

[Anonymous No.16575233]

>>16574992
Check out the herbal tea from mountain rose herbs if you are in the US. Good quality looseleaf, good prices. They also sell a massive selection of dried herbs if you want to make your own blends. Just don't get their tea plant tea, its not great.

[Anonymous No.16575251]

>>16574940
It's almost as if it got wet but it's impossible for it to have gotten wet. It has been in a paper bag with another cake and the other cake is seemingly normal. But this one is now really pliable and can be pulled apart by hand when it used to be stiff and required a pick to separate. It was a really smoky ripe and now it just tastes off, kind of like menthol or something. It still smells a little bit smoky but the aroma of the wet leaves is much weaker than it used to be. It was fine a week ago so I have no idea what could have happened to it.

[Anonymous No.16575430]

>>16575251
>kind of like menthol or something
Sounds like camphor, ive had some cakes that were wet at one pint with a strong camphor flavor.
Has it been really humid where you are? It does sound like a high humidity issue. Weird that that would happen. I wouldn't expect the cake being humid to drastically effect it's flavor in such a short timeframe.
Has it been getting cold lately at night where you are? The cake could have gotten cold enough to hit the dew point and then been moistened by the air.
Seems very strange though, store cakes in a paper bag works pretty well for me during a hot humid summer.

[Anonymous No.16575444]

>>16575430
I moved so the box that I have the paper bags in was in the trunk of a hot car for 3 hours but I wouldn't think that would make any difference, especially since it is just the one ripe. All of the raws that I had in a separate box are just fine.

[Anonymous No.16575450]

>>16575444
>was in the trunk of a hot car for 3 hours
That shouldn't make any difference.
Did you move it into a room with air conditioning? It must have gotten cool at some point while it was loaded with humid hot air.

[Anonymous No.16575470]

>>16575450
Anyway put it on a shelf to dry out a bit and make sure its not moldy, it still should be fine to drink.
You just want to make sure that if it goes bad it wont effect your other teaa

[Anonymous No.16575479]

>>16575450
>>16575470
The air conditioning wasn't on when I moved in but I turned it on after a few hours. Maybe that was it but I would think if it were humidity it would have affected all of them equally. It doesn't feel wet to the touch, just unusually soft, but I will still try drying it out to see if it makes any difference.

[Anonymous No.16575979]

>>16575479
Post what happens in to it, im interested

[Anonymous No.16576191]

>>16575979
The entire room smells faintly of puerh now

[Anonymous No.16576302]

>>16576191
Might want to take a shower then m8

[Anonymous No.16576310]

have you guys ever tried orange & vanilla tea? it's my favorite! :)

[Anonymous No.16576323]

>>16576310
What did he mean by this?

[Anonymous No.16576864]

Anyone brew chocolate tea before?

[Anonymous No.16576976]

>>16576864
I tasted it once, it's shit.
It has a great smell, but the taste is meh.

[Anonymous No.16577023]

>>16576864
Can't say I see the appeal. Chocolate beverages should be thick, ideally milk-based. If you want a real tea with a chocolate flavor, there are plenty of blacks, shous, even oolongs and maybe aged whites that get there.

[Anonymous No.16577532]

Can anyone explain what that autistic tetsubin obsession a couple of years back was all about? It's literally just an old style kettle, it doesn't even impact the actual tea.

[Anonymous No.16577671]

fuck yerba tastes so vile I hate this shit
I even bought the flavored shit to mask the flavor and it's still barely palatable.

[Anonymous No.16578171]

After trying a bunch of teas. My favourite is Irish breakfast.

[Anonymous No.16578283]

>>16577671
>I even bought the flavored shit to mask the flavor and it's still barely palatable.
This was your mistake, they use the worst quality stuff when they add flavor. You should have selected a premiums offering from a professional yerba seller like the one in the pastebin.
https://www.mymateworld.com/
I recommend a premium mate from a popular brand
https://www.mymateworld.com/product/yerba-mate-cruz-de-malta-seleccion-especial-1-10-lbs-bag/
Or if you want something more mild
https://www.mymateworld.com/product/yerba-mate-union-suave-mild-1-10-pounds-0-50-kilo-bag/

[Anonymous No.16578291]

>>16578171
Powerful stuff, do you take it with milk and sugar?

[Anonymous No.16578422]

>>16578283
I'm not going to bother with it again, I doubt the "good" stuff is any better.
I bought an in-house blend with what was supposed to be decent/good quality Yerba, not some mass-produced supermarket swill.

[Anonymous No.16578437]

>>16578422
The good stuff is bitter and sometimes smokey, i guess it depends on if you are in to that or not. I think it's great but don't drink it often because it makes me too stimulated

[Anonymous No.16578444]

>>16578291
No, and I steep for 3 minutes.

[Anonymous No.16578471]

>>16578444
Beautiful, a true malt lover

[Anonymous No.16578474]

>>16578471
I also like malty beer, and roasted barley.

[Anonymous No.16578542]

>>16578474
Have you had roasted barley tea, it seems to be pretty popular in korea

[Anonymous No.16578722]

>>16578542
I had roasted barley tea two days ago. It tastes like a light coffee I usually cold brew it but I'll drink it hot as well.

[Anonymous No.16578796]

>>16578722
I need to try it for a nice nightime drink.

[Anonymous No.16578806]

>>16578796
Barley has high levels of melatonin which has an effect on restfulness. Though, there's better herbal teas for sleep.

[Anonymous No.16578947]

>>16578806
Oh nasty melatonin gives me vivid nightmares. Thanks for the heads up.

[Anonymous No.16579168]

I'm looking for a thermos with an infuser. I'm tired of using multiple containers. I just want a thermos with an infuser that I can pour boiling water into and then easily remove the infuser after a couple minutes and easily keep the thermos sealed after that.

[Anonymous No.16579363]

>>16579168
Check out ratemythermous.com

[Anonymous No.16579603]

>>16557746
glass jars are no good for tea

[Anonymous No.16579626]

>>16579603
They are fine as long as they arent in front of a window

[Anonymous No.16580523]

About to torture some 2006 boxed xiaguan ripe in the pressure chamber. Lets see what 87psi does to the funk.

[Anonymous No.16580532]

>>16557312
Hey T bros! Anyone got any good recs for random leaves to make T with? Can I use grass or hay? Any good weeds to use? I have some trees on my property also.

[Anonymous No.16580541]

>>16580532
Just grab a handful of whatever leaves and twigs, brew them and see what happens

[Anonymous No.16580552]

>>16580541
Oh, Sweet. Sounds fun! I'll report back tommorow then.

[Anonymous No.16580565]

>tfw this got discontinued here.
I miss you blood orange sorbet

[Anonymous No.16580568]

>>16580523
Honestly really enjoyable. I haven't had this in a few weeks but I'm not getting any overpowering funk or fishiness at all. Just a nice mellow (ripe) cup. I even updosed a bit to 5.8g. Can't wait to get into some nicer stuff. Kind of want to run some 2019 xiaguan sweet tomorrow since that was another ripe I wasn't overwhelmed by.

[Anonymous No.16580696]

For me, it's tea bags

[Anonymous No.16580705]

>>16580696
i agree

[Anonymous No.16581381]

Why is Chun Mee so based?

[Anonymous No.16581460]

>>16581381
It tastes awful though, it's acrid and dusty. Drinking it invokes imagery of a polluted Chinese city, I imagine if you could drink Chinese smog it would taste the same as Chun Mee.

[Anonymous No.16581479]

>>16581460
No u

[Anonymous No.16581531]

>try to drink tea "grandpa" style
>all of the fucking leaves flood against my mouth and I can barely get any tea through them
memed on once again

[Anonymous No.16581544]

>>16581381
>>16581460
I tasted one and it just tastes like vaguely citrusy sour. It's not awful but it's so one-note and boring.
>>16581531
I drink ging gong style often. Usually the leaves should sink after a few minutes, it might not happen depending on the tea. I don't know what causes it. What piss me off is it happened to me with Longjing which is highly recommended to be drank that way.

[Anonymous No.16581864]

>>16580523
Nice, i really like the look of that.
Not that surprising that it's fishy since it's old(er) xiaguan ripe.
I bet it would do pretty well if you simmered it.

[Anonymous No.16581871]

>>16580565
Tons of people selling it on ebay
https://www.ebay.com/itm/174124500424

[Anonymous No.16581884]

>>16581531
You have to hit the leaves with fully boiling water so they sink properly, if they don't sink the water you used was too cool.
Done grampa for years, occasionally a leaf or two wont sink, and stems tend to float no matter what, but otherwise they are generally pretty cooperative

[Anonymous No.16581900]

>>16581884
>full boiling water
Alright I'm stupid but uhh, how do you drink boiling water? By the time it cools enough to not scald your mouth the tea is going to be insanely oversteeped and bitter.

[Anonymous No.16581906]

Got this shit from an awful Asian grocery store. It's some kind of roasted rolled oolong, like tieguanyin. It doesn't taste too bad other than having a slight acrid and sour taste. Anyone else try it? Man I wish I lived near a store with Sea Dyke

[Anonymous No.16581932]

>>16581900
You could try adding less boiling water, then adding room temperature water once it has steeped to your liking. This has the added (minor) benefit of adding more dissolved oxygen to the tea, which some people claim makes a difference in taste.

[Anonymous No.16581938]

>>16581932
Hmm.
I've never tried diluting with water because I find it ruins the flavor to add anything other than uniformly boiled water. If I add room temperature or cold water it spoils the taste, but then I'm also weird where once tea cools to a certain warmth the flavor changes and I don't enjoy it as much, my ideal temperature is tea that is just barely below scalding hot.

[Anonymous No.16581982]

>>16581900
First of all don't do whatever this guys
>>16581932
Is talking about
Anyway try it before you worry about oversteeping.
4-5 grams 12-14 oz mug
Full boiling water, put the leaves in first and pour it over.
It just works

[Anonymous No.16582066]

>>16581906
That's essentially dan cong I think. I have a dan cong right now (sweet potato aroma) and I'm a bit underwhelmed by it. It's alright but I was hoping it actually smelled more like sweet potato, and it's just too citrus-y for my taste.

[Anonymous No.16582105]

>>16581906
>than having a slight acrid and sour taste.
Cheap sea dyke has some similar issues in my experience, maybe not as bad, but there is a weird edge to the roasted flavor.
Anyway, try a 30 second rinse of the tea before you brew it. I should be enough to deal with a lot of the off flavors.

[Anonymous No.16582234]

I thought Mei Leaf prices weren't as inflated as people around here say but then I looked at the leaf to water ratio they recommend. I was looking at a few senchas and they were 4.5g to 100ml. This stuff had better be top notch quality for how much tea you actually go through. Even the high grade Japanese teas I've had myself don't use that much leaf.

[Anonymous No.16582245]

>>16582234
That's honestly a pretty typical gong fu ratio. The more leaf you use the more steeps you get anyway, it's not like it's going to waste.

[Anonymous No.16582271]

>>16577532
boiling water in cast iron will leech iron into the water and affect the tea brewed in that water. most tetsubin you'll find these days are enameled so you lose the only reason to use one
>>16582234
i use 5g/100ml for everything

[Anonymous No.16582490]

>>16582234
I use 5 to 10 g per 100ml, depending on my taste that day

Though most frequently, I stick to 5 to 7 g per 100ml. 8 to 10g is just when I want something more potent

[Anonymous No.16582659]

>>16582234
i use 7-14g/100ml depending on the tea but i mostly drink teas that can be pushed hard (heicha).

>>16582271
>most tetsubin you'll find these days are enameled so you lose the only reason to use one
you could use a preheated one to keep your tea warm perhaps. the big problem with most of enameled "tetsubins" are not stove top safe so you cant even boil water in them. they would be much more useful if they could double as a kettle.

[Anonymous No.16582889]

/tea/ what store in europe can you recommend for organic green tea?

[Anonymous No.16583218]

>>16557746
A strong 8 on the maslow scale.

[Anonymous No.16583339]

How do you even like green tea?/ It tastes like grass and fish.

[Anonymous No.16583340]

Oh this? This is just a Japanese form of green tea known as "matcha". Not a big deal. Not a big deal, I'm just drinking matcha over here. HEY EVERYONE. NOT A BIG DEAL, BUT I'M DRINKING MATCHA OVER HERE.

[Anonymous No.16583437]

I always do high pours thinking im hot shit and then my tea gets all foamy and it pisses me the fuck off

[Anonymous No.16583444]

>>16583339
Good green tea tastes like seaweed and vegetable stew

[Anonymous No.16583448]

>>16582889
Check the fuggin pastebin, their is some extreme autism german store in their that only sells premium Japanese tea if you are in to that kind of thing.

[Anonymous No.16583844]

god i hate Jasmine tea
Who drinks this trash?

[Anonymous No.16584084]

>>16583340
Shut up dogen

[Anonymous No.16584622]

for me it's pitch black ripe puer with a hint of funk

[Anonymous No.16585408]

>>16583340
Matcha is, uhh, you know, sorta a big deal? You need a special bowl to prepare it in, with a special whisk? I'm not like, saying I'm better than you for drinking it, but, I sorta am.

[Anonymous No.16585437]

>>16584622
Brother

[Anonymous No.16585720]

Darjeeling gives me a headache.

[Anonymous No.16585810]

I found this in my mom's attic do you guys think it's usable

[Anonymous No.16585817]

>>16585810
No lid?

[Anonymous No.16586128]

>>16583340
Nobody gives a fuck about matcha any more, grandpa. That trend died two years ago.

[Anonymous No.16586135]

I bought a nice vintage tea set from my local thrift store a few days ago. Company called MCI Japan.

[Anonymous No.16586153]

>>16585817
I searched and nope

[Anonymous No.16586177]

>>16583448
i did but they have a limited selection.
any experience with Nibelungentee?

[Anonymous No.16587002]

Is there any reason you need anything more than a cup and infuser to brew loose leaf tea if you just want a couple cups? Teapots are starting to look like a bit of a meme to me after just doing a few infusions directly in the cup.

[Anonymous No.16587178]

>>16587002
basically theyre a meme unless youre talking about gongfu vs western

[Anonymous No.16587221]

>>16587002
a lid helps keep the heat in when brewing and depending on the size of infuser you want the maximum volume so the leaf can expand. a gaiwan is basically a cup with a lid and the oldest way to brew was in the gaiwan and holding the leaf beck using the lid when drinking. teapots are good if you have a densely packed nugget where the retained heat will help loosen it up faster or if its unglazed and the clay will affect the taste

[Anonymous No.16587326]

people be like "nooo you can't brew my Indian tea Chinese style in your Gaiwan!" and I'm like haha I just drank 10 infusions of 10g/100ml in under half an hour and I can hear my heart palpitating

[Anonymous No.16587462]

>>16586153
It might be a bit impractical desu
Talking about burns etc. Because that thing is a kettle, I think

[Anonymous No.16587479]

>>16587326
i've gongfu-ed Darjeeling and Yorkshire gold, both were bad, very bitter, not pleasant at all

[Anonymous No.16587617]

>>16587479
nobody drinks black tea for the flavor lol

[Anonymous No.16587777]

>>16587002
For making several cups of tea at a time, for sharing, and for the heat retention purposes yes. Also gongfu-sized teapots are epic.
>>16587617
Fool, you must never have drank Yunnanese black tea. It tastes amazing

[Anonymous No.16587809]

>>16586177
They look okay but i really prefer to see harvest dates listed on green tea. You really only want to drink fresh green tea if possible and if the dates aren't listed i assume they either don't know or the tea is old.

[Anonymous No.16587819]

>>16587002
Teapots are 100% a meme along with gaiwans, strainers filters gongfu and western brewing.
Grampa style is the only thing that matters

[Anonymous No.16587849]

>>16587777
>unnanese black tea. It tastes amazing

The quads have spoken. This is now a yunnan black thread.

[Anonymous No.16587856]

>>16570384
Updating this now. I'm getting used to the Chinese green again, and while it isn't quite as deep and rich in flavor as the Japanese tea in the first cup or two, I remember that I always enjoyed that you could resteep and keep drinking Chinese tea all day.

[Anonymous No.16587863]

>>16587617
What else would you drink black tea for?

[Anonymous No.16588003]

I've been putting all my almost-spent tea leaves in a cup and once the cup is completely full I'm going to steep them all at once and see what kind of chimerical monstrosity I've created.

[Anonymous No.16588006]

>>16587863
Same reason people drink coffee, caffeine.

[Anonymous No.16588048]

>>16588003
Imagine the mold

[Anonymous No.16588057]

>>16588006
All tea has caffeine. Black tea doesn't have more than green tea.

[Anonymous No.16588076]

>>16588057
Black tea has twice as much as green tea on average.

[Anonymous No.16588085]

>>16588076
>Black tea has twice as much as green tea on average.

[Anonymous No.16588112]

>>16588048
I mean the boiling water will kill the mold so it's fine?

[Anonymous No.16588147]

>>16588112
The mold being alive isn't what makes it dangerous. That's like cooking spoiled meat and thinking "the bacteria are dead so it's safe to eat"

[Anonymous No.16588150]

>>16588006
>I drink x for caffeine

Why not just ingest plain caffeine

[Anonymous No.16588152]

>>16588147
I mean you can eat rotting meat it's completely safe. I do it all the time.

[Anonymous No.16588661]

>>16588003
Normally mold isint a big deal especially on old tea cakes but if you do this you will get trichinosis or some other mold toxin poisoning.

[Anonymous No.16589096]

>>16588661
>you'll get tapeworms from tea leaves that have been submerged in boiling water
based retard

[Anonymous No.16589246]

>>16589096
Whoops i meant you would get poisoned by micotoxins
Look up the process to sterilized a mushroom substrate and compare that to leaves sitting in recently boiled water for a couple minutes. And the substrate only stays sterile while it is hermetically sealed which is very far from dumped into a mug in the open air.
Anyone who has accidentally left wet leaves in a gaiwan for a few days knows it gets covered in mold in 48-72 hours.
Im not trying to be some bitchboy nancy but it's really a bad idea and whatever you end up with is going to taste like shit anyway.

[Anonymous No.16589369]

>>16587777
>>16587221
I do my steeping in a thermos.

[Anonymous No.16589472]

>>16557330
What the fuck dude, this really did happen? Come oooon.

[Anonymous No.16589478]

>>16557746
Young man, you need one of them label printers and what not, but I like how you label the brew temps. You're on your way to being a success. Congrats.

[Anonymous No.16590044]

is green tea still cool?
It was very trendy for a long time but is it falling off? Is it being replaced by herbal teas?
This is about the wider culture not within the tea community.

[Anonymous No.16590564]

does anyone by chance recognize this gyokuro? I cannot for the life of me remember where i bought it but it's the best i've had in a long tTM8VXime

[Anonymous No.16590597]

>>16590564
That type is called Yamecha, couldn't find that particular package though.

[Anonymous No.16590951]

>>16590044
yeah nobody drinks green tea anymore old man get with the times, you don't want to be lame do you?

[Anonymous No.16591971]

>>16587617
I like black tea, green tea taste like shit to me.

[Anonymous No.16592059]

Anyone make their own Genmaicha? It's so expensive for what it is (shreds of Bancha cut with rice) that I just buy quality Sencha in bulk quantities and add my own Genmai.

[Anonymous No.16592313]

Recently bough this kyusu, any tips on cleaning it?
It comes with am integrated tea strainer, but some tea leaves tend to get caught in the strainer, making the cleaning process arguably harder. Due to it being unglazed on the inside, I've refrained from using anything but water and a cloth for cleaning.
Also, somewhat new to brewing with a kyusu, any additional tips that might come in handy?

[Anonymous No.16592549]

>>16592313
Is the integrated strainer a removable metal one? Or a permanently attached clay one?
Anyway don't leave wet leaves in it for 12+ hours so it doesn't get moldy. Rinse it out thoroughly after use and leave the lid off untill the inside ia fully dry. Rinsing is generally enough cleaning for regular use. If you need to do a more through cleaning because it is giving you tea off flavors/ is visibly scummy or you accidentally grew some mold in it you can look up how to "reset" yixing clay for more info.
For most deep cleaning you can put the pot in a 1:5 plain white vinegar and water solution in a pot on the stove, bring just to a boil, kill the heat and then scrub out the inside with a new toothbrush or some kind of mild scrub brush make sure the brush doesn't come with any kind of soap pr cleaning product on it, those green scrubbers can sometimes have soap powder on them.
For serious nasty cleanup do the same thing but with a 1:10 or 1:15 bleach solution, make sure it's completely scent free bleach and that it doesn't have any additives like "splash free" bleach.

[Anonymous No.16592582]

>>16592549
Forgot to say wait for it to cool off enough to handle before scrubbing. Don't worry about the vinegar or bleach, it wont leave a scent once the pot is completely dry. But you really shouldn't need to do a deep cleaning like that very often, sone people are autistic about never cleaning their clay but im guessing it will get gross eventually. In my experience after using the pot for a week or two it should stop imparting any clay flavors to the tea or over muting it. Im nto really sold on the idea of further seasoning beyond that actually enhancing or improving the flavor but you mileage may vary.

[Anonymous No.16592599]

Okay what the fuck is the deal with king tea malls prices skyrocketing this year? Is it a surge in prices in the Chinese market? Is it massive inflation of the us dollar? Is he just getting greedy? He still has some deals if you look around but he has raised prices 20%-100% site wide in the last year. He used to be the cheapest and now i have a hard time ordering from him.

[Anonymous No.16592627]

>>16592599
US shop? Shipping from China went up like 3x, my local tea shop put all their prices up too and he explained that the cost of freight went sky fucking high.

[Anonymous No.16593600]

>>16592599
>king tea malls prices skyrocketing this year?
not sure, I am pretty sure some of their prices are well above the Chinese market. perhaps the owner just realized that they have no real competition and started raising prices to match the rest of the western market. i get the impression a large percentage of the western puerh market is affluent (or at least likes to spend like they are) and are willing to pay the higher prices. it only takes a hand-full of whales to mess with a niche market like this.

i still sad i missed being able to buy from them back when they had better prices.

>>16592627
>US shop?
no KTM is a china based curated drop shipper with an outstanding selection of big factory puerh. you the shipping when you order from them so that's not the reason for the price increases.

[Anonymous No.16593933]

Wow do I absolutely hate tie guan yin.

That stewed fruit smell and flavor is nauseating.

[Anonymous No.16593945]

>>16593600
>still sad i missed being able to buy from them back when they had better prices.
I had a whole wishlist of smoking hot deals i didn't get around to ordering and now they aren't deals anymore, it really blows. He was taking a huge chunk out of my tea buying budget and getting most of my purchases as a result. I guess it's time for me to start buying on taobao.

[Anonymous No.16594092]

Personally I just take a vacation in China once a year and buy my tea locally from the actual farmers.

[Anonymous No.16594130]

>>16594092
I just grow tea bushes in my backyard and then harvest and process it myself

[Anonymous No.16594212]

>>16594130
your yard has dogshit terroir.

[Anonymous No.16594427]

>>16594212
18,000 ft, rocky soil with steep slopes bitch

[Anonymous No.16594463]

>>16594427
send me a sampler by carrier pigeon

[Anonymous No.16594470]

>>16594092
Based sex tourist

[Anonymous No.16594499]

>>16594470
If I want sex tourism I plan a stop-over in Thailand but I'll be completely honest with you, yes I have slept with a few Chinese farmer's daughters. It's part of the business. And yes, one of them did get fucking pregnant and I had to cut business ties haha.

[Anonymous No.16594714]

>>16594499
Based bastard child in foreign country haver

[Anonymous No.16594776]

>>16594499
>And yes, one of them did get fucking pregnant and I had to cut business ties haha.
But how was the tea?

[Anonymous No.16596335]

What are some teas?

[Anonymous No.16596346]

>>16596335
assam
this is the only tea

[Anonymous No.16596371]

>>16580552
>Over 3 days
Is he ok or did he end up brewing a cuppa poison

[Anonymous No.16596468]

Anons... what can we do to combat the new insane-shipping-costs-from-China menace? Just ordered a supply from YS, and... it hurt.

Anyways, will report back on the teas as I sample them.

[Anonymous No.16596509]

>"he" uses an infuser
>"he" drinks herbal tea
>"he" measures the water temp

[Anonymous No.16596651]

>>16596346
Assam wishes it were Darjeeling.

[Anonymous No.16596873]

>>16596468
Start buying from japan at least they offer flat rate dhl for $20

[Anonymous No.16596888]

>>16596651
Darjeeling is shit and people only drink it for the status instead of actually liking it.

[Anonymous No.16596966]

>>16596888
*First flush Darjeeling is shit
Second flush is actually great, that's why they try to trick you into drinking the first flush, so they can keep the second flush for themselves.
First flush tates like green tea made by a team of downies.

[Anonymous No.16596979]

drink more tea

[Anonymous No.16597057]

What teas will be big in 2022?
Will Japanese greens make a comeback?
Maybe a renewed interest in taiwan oolongs?
Will the puer lesbians finally get sick of beating each other senseless.

[Anonymous No.16597213]

>>16596468
End COVID worldwide, then you can just go to China yourself.

[Anonymous No.16597336]

What brands of loose leaf tea are good to buy on Amazon?

The reason I ask is because you can spend food stamps on Amazon and I want to buy tea with food stamps. Most food shipped directly by Amazon can be paid for with food stamps.

[Anonymous No.16597387]

>>16597336
Nigger with EBT moment

[Anonymous No.16597552]

recommend tea for someone whos only experience with it is microwaving a mug of water and putting a black tea bag in

[Anonymous No.16597572]

>>16597552
Get a kettle you fat cuck

[Anonymous No.16597580]

>>16597336
>>16597552
For me it's the Harney & Sons Orange Pekoe

[Anonymous No.16597586]

>>16597572
is there a reason to or is it just to be fancy?

[Anonymous No.16597620]

>>16597552
Get s a black tea sampler and a brew basket from upton tea
https://www.uptontea.com/tea-infusers/finum-stainless-steel-brewing-basket-med/p/V00471/
This is the easiest way to brew loose leaf right in a mug
https://www.uptontea.com/tea-samplers/loose-leaf-black-tea/p/V00528/
This will give you a chance to try different types of black teas from all over the world and get to know what kinds you enjoy.
Brew instructions are on their website and in the pastebin

[Anonymous No.16597630]

>>16597620
thanks lad

[Anonymous No.16597657]

>>16597620
>My complaints about upton

[Anonymous No.16597857]

>>16597586
Water boils better on the stovetop, you have more control and get a more even heat.
You don't even need a kettle I use a fucking pot with a lid that I only use for boiling water, I have a cheap as fuck old kettle but there's no way to see inside of it so it'd only be good for black tea and I drink green tea.

[Anonymous No.16597951]

>>16597857
What the fuck are you babbling about. Go back to flaming a rice cooker thread you pancuck.

[Anonymous No.16597969]

Sometimes when i drink tea that other people make for me it tastes like dishwater, I've had different types too and they all taste like dishwater. Mint tea, chamomile, jasmine, chai. They taste like dishwater. But my grandma made me tea once a few weeks ago and it was the best tea I've ever tasted. Why does some tea taste like dishwater to me but other tea doesn't?

[Anonymous No.16597974]

>>16597951
Unless you're buying an expensive kettle with a temperature control unit there is literally no difference between a kettle and a pan.

[Anonymous No.16597979]

>>16597974
Yeah it's really fun trying to pour water from a saucepan into a gaiwan

[Anonymous No.16597996]

>>16597969
Bad water, bad steeping time/temperature, and shitty quality teabags. Poorly steeped black tea bags will taste like dishwater.

[Anonymous No.16598003]

>>16597979
sounds like a you issue

[Anonymous No.16598221]

Are there any blended teas with fruit pieces and shit that have redeemable qualities or are they all garbage? My interest in tea has been purely gongfued straight tea or traditional scented teas, and I have no intention of changing that. But sometimes I look at that stuff and I wonder if anybody really enjoys it.

[Anonymous No.16598222]

>>16598003
See
>>16597951

[Anonymous No.16598275]

>>16598221
I haven't seen a single tea with dried fruit pieces that doesn't also have flavoring added too it. I don't think flavoring is automatically bad but if i drink flavored stuff it's usually herbal teabags.
The official /tea/ endorsed™ flavored tea is from https://www.mariagefreres.com but it's quite expensive.
Unfortunately flavored tea is like flavored whiskey, they always add flavoring to the cheap stuff.
All that said ive had some okay osmanthus oolong and some people like Jasmine tea.
I got a sample of this with an order a while ago and thought it was pleasant. No fruit pieces added but its flavored.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/303850872106

[Anonymous No.16598490]

>>16597979
use a mug nerd

[Anonymous No.16598657]

Nah

[Anonymous No.16598666]

>>16557312
new thread
>>16598662
>>16598662
>>16598662

[Anonymous No.16599319]

>>16597974
>an expensive kettle with a temperature control
£30