/tea/

[Anonymous No.17208909]

/tea/

This thread is for discussing teas, tissanes, and other herbal infusions.
info: types of tea, where to get tea, how to brew tea
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Previous thread:
>>17179866

[Anonymous No.17208928]

[Anonymous No.17208941]

>>17208928
This reminds me, what is the thin film floating on the tea? Is it bad? How do i get rid of it?
Is it just me or is it only on black-ish teas?

[Anonymous No.17208954]

>>17208941
it's air/mist.

[Anonymous No.17209067]

>>17208941
>what is the thin film floating on the tea?
i am pretty sure its complexed tannins and minerals (perhaps some proteins as well) that make the iridescent sheen on top.
>Is it bad?
not particularly besides being unsightly and potentially a sign of water which is harder than ideal.
>How do i get rid of it?
using softer water can help but it may also depend on the tea.
>Is it just me or is it only on black-ish teas?
it can happen other teas but i do think it is more noticeable or prevalent with black tea.

[Anonymous No.17209075]

>>17208454
>drinking some yabao tea rn, its interesting how the water is completely clear with no colours almost like water though im not sure if its supposed to look like this lol
that's typical, yabao brews very light in color.

[Anonymous No.17209089]

>>17208909
Thanks anon, i have been sleeping on OP duties

[Anonymous No.17209092]

>>17208941
I just grab a spoon and skim it off the top of my mug if it's enough tp bother me.

[Anonymous No.17209206]

I found a nice mug for you all on Amazon.
https://www.amazon.com/CafePress-Heart-Anti-Masturbation-Dolphin-Coffee/dp/B073PCJ1RQ

[Anonymous No.17209630]

>>17209206
Why is the dolphin smiling?

[Anonymous No.17209635]

If you throw a dirty diaper into a bathtub, is it shit-tea?

[Anonymous No.17209744]

>>17209630
because she is waiting for you to fill her up (with dolphin brand tea).
http://www.dolphintea.com/ is the new official tea of /tea/ (be sure to watch the two ads under the "Tea For You" page)

[Anonymous No.17209932]

I known I’m not the only teadophile to get something for Christmas. Post your gifted sets if you’ve not already tossed the box

[Anonymous No.17210196]

>>17209092
>>17209067
>>17208954
Thank you all for your input.

[Anonymous No.17210807]

>>17209932
>A yard of tea
How about a yard of feta?
Anyway i gifted myself a kilo of 2004 xiaguan
It will probably come sometime in February

[Anonymous No.17211567]

>>17210807
nice, hopefully it does not take forever to ship. i should finally be getting my farmer leaf cake form black Friday soon.

[Anonymous No.17211820]

>>17211567
Oh yeah i keep forgetting to order from him when he stocks the new spring raws. Hopefully i will get one this year.

[A man hoe knows nothing of tea No.17213160]

>>17208909
What are som good medicinal teas like morning glory ?
Also is drinking tea cold diminish its potency? I don’t like warm drinks but cold brewing tea sounds fun

[A man hoe knows nothing of tea No.17213218]

Also is ice brewing a meme? It sounds so cool no pun intended

[Anonymous No.17213573]

>>17213160
>like morning glory
Never heard of this as a tisane. What's it supposedly good for, and how does it taste?
Anyway, try moringa leaf tea (super cheap and nutritious) or hop on the mate train; maybe you'd like the Parayuagan approach since they like it cold.

[Anonymous No.17213596]

Is it haram to make tea in a coffee maker?

[Anonymous No.17213602]

>>17213218
>Also is ice brewing a meme?
Kinda, but it is worth the try.

[Anonymous No.17213612]

>>17213596
I tried that in a moca pot once just to see. It was awful.

[Anonymous No.17213617]

>>17213596
>Is it haram to make tea in a coffee maker?
I can't imagine it would taste very good, but feel free to try and report results.

Coffee makers are all about putting your coffee through the hottest possible water, right? Teas don't really benefit from too hot water (on the contrary), so it will probably not be great.

I've heard some people using french press for tea, which sounds like viable alternative for casual drinking.

[Anonymous No.17213626]

>>17213612
kek. Mad lad, was it too bitter?

[Anonymous No.17213637]

>>17213617
>I can't imagine it would taste very good, but feel free to try and report results.
It tastes exactly like making it in a large teapot. I use about 1/4 tsp kopili estate assam per serving size. The only difference is that since you stir this thing, the steeping time is about 2 minutes instead of 5 minutes.
>Coffee makers are all about putting your coffee through the hottest possible water, right?
No, it depends on the roast. Coffee making temperatures range from about 150F all the way up to a rolling boil. The way I used it this time it's about 200F which is about right for a strong black tea for me. 200f is too high for green tea though so I would have to get out a teapot or something for it.
>>17213612
<insert moka pot meme here>

[A man hoe knows nothing of tea No.17213680]

>>17213573
The seeds and to a lesser existent contain Lsa which is a cosine to lsd witch is pretty neat

[A man hoe knows nothing of tea No.17213691]

>>17213680
To a lesser extent the leaves *

[Anonymous No.17214024]

>>17213637
So you do this in a vacuum brew pot like that webm? I can see how that would work.

[Anonymous No.17214033]

>>17213637
>kopili estate assam
is assam supposed to be in boiling water?

[Anonymous No.17214047]

>>17214024
That is my webum.
>>17214033
It's black tea so it's good in the 185~212 range or so, it's mostly up to your preference. That siphon pot is good for about that range, but it can't go any cooler or the water won't come up.

[Anonymous No.17214065]

>>17214047
ok cool, just wanted to make sure. I heard someone tell me they tried making tea with an aeropress and apparently extracted too much caffeine that way. I guess I'll try some coffee extraction ideas on my shitty assam tea.

[Anonymous No.17214073]

>>17214065
Well you can if you want, I'm only doing it this way cuz I don't want to get out my tea stuff. It didn't make it taste any better lol.

[Anonymous No.17214127]

right now i am sipping on some cheap young naka sheng i got from LP. its a very bright and verdant tea with a substantial but not excessive backbone of bitterness and astringency. perhaps its not the most dynamic tea but it is definitely a great deal at the 10¢ish/gram i spent on it. I would recommend it as a affordable daily drinker if you like young sheng and if he restocks it again next year.

[Anonymous No.17214245]

>>17208928
I posted about Dilmah in the previous thread. Also I don't get people who use only one teabag for a huge cup.

[Anonymous No.17214251]

>>17208928
Wtf did you do to your mouse?

[Anonymous No.17214254]

Good shit

[Anonymous No.17214267]

>>17213596
I'm wondering about tea in a percolator. Is what a magic tea maker is anyway. I tried putting teabags in the pot of a drip coffee maker, it works but I think pouring boiling water into the pot is better. Also nice socket.

[Anonymous No.17214279]

you guys are freaks just brew it in a teapot

[Anonymous No.17214289]

>>17214279
Ya, but now that I gave up coffee, I need to autism maxx my tea experience.

[Anonymous No.17214297]

>>17214267
I imagine any immersion method coffee maker would work pretty good, percolators and other drippers might not work quite as well.

[Anonymous No.17214305]

>>17214279
You're not wrong, but i think experimenting like this has its own value.

[Anonymous No.17214306]

Redpill me on non plant based tea bags, or is this the same kind of bullshit advertizing as I'm guessing "minimally processed" on frozen pizzas is?

[Anonymous No.17214315]

>>17214305
Not really.

[Anonymous No.17214317]

>>17208909
I'm on a caffeine ban and I can't enjoy most of my teas. I miss green tea so much.

[Anonymous No.17214339]

>>17214297
>immersion
It's called infusion. What kind of coffee makers are you talking about? Only french press and vacuum/siphon coffee makers use infusion as far as I know.

[Anonymous No.17214340]

I got some gyokuro. When does it start getting good?

First steep, I do 2 minutes at 100f. After that, I just do 30 second steeps with higher, and higher temps.

The only difference I can tell between this and my regular sencha is the higher quality of leaves and darker green leaves. And that the liquor is more green.

Otherwise, it doesn't taste much different from my go to sencha but costs significantly more. Oh, and I can get more steeps out of it than fukamushi sencha which doesn't have much lasting power.

[Anonymous No.17214368]

>>17214339
>It's called infusion.
https://coffeegearathome.com/best-immersion-coffee-dripper-and-coffee-makers/
Different people call it different things, actually "immersion" is probably more common because it's more accurate a term.
>What kind of coffee makers are you talking about?
Siphon pot obviously, but also french press and aero press like other anon's mentioned. Technically Turkish pot kek. I think the rest are all some sort of dripper.
>>17214340
From what I can tell good Sencha's are also shaded. And also from what I can tell, some tea farms use the term Kabusecha to bridge Sencha to Gyokuro, but most do not. So at some point it's just how the individual farm markets the terminology. You must be drinking some good quality Sencha.
>When does it get good
Good question, it gets too expensive for my blood. That's whiskey money.

[Anonymous No.17214383]

>>17214317
If you brew your green tea at low temps, much caffeine won't be extracted

https://www.taiwanteaconnection.com/blogs/news/a-closer-look-brewing-vs-caffeine#:~:text=According%20to%20a%20study%20conducted,caffeine%20to%20dissolve%20into%20tea.

You may be able to find a chart somewhere with temperatures and how much caffeine is extracted at what temperatures.

A 1 minute steep at 70C should have little caffeine. You can even take the temps lower than that, but 70C is the lowest range you'll find of recommended green tea brewing.

Of course, there's cold brewing if you like that and the caffeine will be negligible.

[Anonymous No.17214510]

>>17214127
Glad to hear it's good, i remember you trying to decide if you should order it.

[Anonymous No.17214527]

>>17214306
Anything is better than those nylon pyramid bags some brands use. PG tips just uses regular paper bags so i can't really see the benefit of them making them out of some plant fibers instead. Green is the big trend right now so lots of brands are coming up with stuff like this to appeal to zoomers.

[Anonymous No.17214616]

>>17214527
If you compost your used tea bags, nylon ones can't be composted but paper/plant fiber/whatever can be composted which is nice

[Anonymous No.17214653]

>>17214527
It's just marketing. Plant based tea bags are not doing anything to help the environment.

[Anonymous No.17214783]

>>17214306
traditional teabags are either plastic or paper. plastic teabags are bad because they use non renewables, aren't recyclable, and leach micro plastics and endocrine disrupters both when you drink from them them and dispose of them. traditional "paper" teabags aren't always safe either. they often add potentially harmful chemicals and adhesives to help increase the strength of the tea bags when wet so they aren't as natural as you would think they would be. the modern "greener" alternatives are using stronger natural fibers without additives (probably the best route besides going loose leaf) or using biodegradable renewable plant derived plastics like PLA. the PG tips you posted uses PLA. from a health standpoint pure Poly(lactic acid) is probably reasonably safe but it can have additives that may not be. additionally biodegradable PLA still takes months to fully break down even in and ideal composter and suffers from the fact most people will just throw compostables into the landfill anyways. you can also recycle it but it requires its own processing line that not everywhere has. its got limitations but i would say PLA bioplastic usage is still a step in the right direction if implemented properly.

[Anonymous No.17214786]

>>17214783
Paper contains bleach. If you really care about that shit, drink loose leaf.

[Anonymous No.17214801]

>>17214783
PLA isnt biodegradable, its pretty much a marketing lie :/ its degradable in a very specific temperature and pressure which does not happen in nature

[Anonymous No.17214806]

>>17214340
>When does it start getting good?
Can you qualify “good”?
Are you looking to make the flavor more intense?
Are you brewing it the same as your sencha?
Everything else being equal, like amount of leaves/water/time/temp, the gyokuro should have a more pronounced flavor and more astringency (which is why it’s typically recommended to do gyokuro at a lower temp).
They’re basically the same plant, with the main difference being gyokuro is forced to produce more chlorophyll by shading before harvesting. The extra labor involved, plus the much lower total production than senxha is where the price comes from.

[Anonymous No.17214816]

>>17214786
Bleached paper does not still have bleach in it when it gets to yo

[Anonymous No.17214836]

>>17214816
But, having been bleached, it is "spiritually unclean" to the No Chemicals Ever crowd.

[Anonymous No.17214848]

>>17214816
>>17214836
>t. retards
There is no step in the production of paper that in any way removes the bleach from the pulp, it's all mixed in together. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuMsRWqPc2k

The evidence is in that you can buy natural paper filters... they are not white of course https://www.amazon.com/Hario-V60-Coffee-Filters-Natural-Tabbed/dp/B001O0R46I

If the tea comes in white paper bags, then it comes in bleached bags.

[Anonymous No.17214852]

>>17214527
So what do you think paper is made of?

[Anonymous No.17214864]

>>17214783
>Pressing shift is fucking hard work!

[Anonymous No.17214898]

>>17214786
>Paper contains bleach
i some of the "greener" use unbleached fibers now or use safer oxygen based whitening.
>drink loose leaf
i already do for the most part.

>>17214801
>PLA isnt biodegradable
it can be, but it degrades slowly in topsoil conditions especially large chunks of pure PLA. some PLA formulations and uses allow it to break down much faster. for example many of those PLA coated plant fiber take out food containers break down rapidly in just a regular backyard compost heap or worm bin. but yes those clear plastic PLA drinking cups take a while and are not generally practical for at home compost (though they still breakdown much faster than conventional plastics and leave less undesirable breakdown products). some municipalities have composting (or recycling) facilities that can accept PLA. PLA is not a complete substitute for reducing disposable plastic use. I am aware of its limitations and tried to acknowledge them as best as possible in my original post without writing a whole essay on the subject.

[Anonymous No.17214915]

>>17214864
>Pressing shift is fucking hard work!
Would it actually have made you happy if I did?

[Anonymous No.17215207]

>>17208909
What are your favorite teas? My top 3:
>white tea
>spruce tips
>honeybush

[Anonymous No.17215212]

>>17214848
Bleach doesn't need to be removed from the bags, it is highly reactive and will have destroyed itself by the time the paper making process is completed and the paper is ready for use.
The reason why people want unbleached paper is because bleaching paper is bad for the environment not because it is still in the finished paper.

[Anonymous No.17215216]

>>17214852
Some other plant fibers,

[Anonymous No.17215223]

>>17215212
>Congenital abnormalities: A Taiwanese study of nearly 400,000 individuals found that women who were exposed to trihalomethanes in chlorinated water while pregnant were more likely to give birth to children with one of three different birth abnormalities: cleft palates, ventricular septal defects — or holes in the heart — and lack of brain development.
>Food allergies: One recent study analyzed the effects of dichlorophenols, which are used both in pesticides and in water chlorination. The study found that participants with the highest levels of dichlorophenols in their bodies were more likely to have the most food allergies. This study focused on dichlorophenols in pesticides, though — not in chlorinated water, though the effects may be similar.
>Bladder and rectal cancer: A 1995 study published in Environmental Health Perspectives implicated the THM byproducts of water chlorination in bladder and rectal cancer — potentially accounting for 8,000 cases of rectal cancer and 5,000 cases of bladder cancer in the United States every year. Some subsequent studies have found a slight link between chlorine and carcinogenic effects, but other studies have found no link. More research on the subject is necessary.
>Asthma symptoms: One study suggests that exposure to chlorine in swimming pools is associated with increased exercise-induced asthma symptoms in swimmers, even if the swimmers have had no previous asthma symptoms, and even if the chlorine levels in the pool are below the recommended safe levels. When you bathe or shower in chlorinated water, you also absorb chlorine through your skin and breathe in chlorinated steam. If you experience respiratory problems, breathing in chlorine can aggravate the symptoms.

[Anonymous No.17215231]

>>17215223
Well, shit. Loose leaf in a sieve it is, then.

[Anonymous No.17215263]

>>17214065
Aeropress doesn't build close to enough pressure to affect extraction. I've been making great cups with my variable spring valve tea portafilter though.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6xY8SrnBWw

[Anonymous No.17215293]

>>17215263
Impressive autism.

[Anonymous No.17215331]

>>17215293
It was either buy this or some yixing that would have broken by now.

[Anonymous No.17215371]

Anyone uses this teapots? How are they?
>pic related

>>17208941
I use to had that stuff on top of tea, I now buy water at the supermarket with a low value of calcium and it doesn't form anymore.

[Anonymous No.17215434]

>>17215223
>>17215231
Wtf does this have to do with using teabags?

[Anonymous No.17215523]

>>17215371
>Anyone uses this teapots?
They use these to server the touareg tea in my local tea room. I find it very stylish.
It's okay...? They have handles wrapped in fabric, presumably to prevent burning your hand from it when it gets hot (but perhaps it's just for aesthetic reasons).
They do not have internal strainer, so they probably aren't great for steeping the tea leaves.

[Anonymous No.17215546]

>>17215434
Tea bags are almost always made out of bleached paper. Those are side effects of low-dosage chlorine exposure.

[Anonymous No.17215547]

>>17215207
>sencha
>Russian caravan
>top tier citrusy /full bodied tieguanyin
>homemade hojicha
>sticky rice puerh
>ginseng oolong
>golden water turtle oolong
>good rock oolong (tried rou gui, duck shit, que she, etc from king tea mall, none stand out as best though)
Probably more but this is all I can think of for now. If anyone knows where to source items on this list i’d appreciate it, thank you

[Anonymous No.17215553]

>>17215523
they don't? The ones I saw online do have a filter, doesn't make a lot of sense otherwise.

[Anonymous No.17215574]

>>17215546
Doesn't say that, plus they said in the thread the bleach is no longer in the paper

[Anonymous No.17215581]

>>17215574
The usage of bleach in paper making is industry standard. It's uncommon for other methods to be used. Do your homework if you care or keep drinking chlorine water without caring.

[Anonymous No.17215621]

>>17215553
he means a basket filter than sits inside, iirc they're used for Moroccan mint tea and brewing involves pouring out and repouring it back in several times vs western brewing where you just leave the tea in
>>17215581
i think most tea bags these days are nylon, my parents were forever pulling un-decomposed bags out of their compost heap. most here im guessing drink loose so its a non issue

[Anonymous No.17215641]

>>17215621
Most tea bags are made of paper, the nylon stuff is higher end. Nylon is bad for you too though, it's a polymer (plastic).

[Anonymous No.17215679]

>>17215581
Learn to read retard

[Anonymous No.17215862]

>>17215223
Awesome.
Now show the study detailing the presence and concentrations of said presence in tea bags.

[Anonymous No.17216017]

>>17215862

[Anonymous No.17216092]

Just tried kombucha for the first time. Fucking gross. Damp moldy basement in liquid form.

[Anonymous No.17216128]

>>17216017
He has a point. Soap is made with lye. Doesn't mean you're rubbing your hands with lye when you're using soap.

[Anonymous No.17216200]

>>17216128
Improperly made soap that doesn't fully neutralize the lye will fuck your world up. There's a reason why most small soapmakers just use melt and pour glycerine bases. Theres an old king of the hill joke where peggy threatens lucky's friends with a can of "pepper spray".
>don't worry its only oven cleaner
Will literally liquidize the fats in your eyes lol.

[Anonymous No.17216345]

>>17216017
>here’s a wojack because how dare you ask for relevance
Okay.

[Anonymous No.17216514]

>>17216200
Shit argument buddy

[Anonymous No.17216607]

Can anyone recommend something similar to pic related available in loose leaf? Hopefully something not terribly overpriced, but I'm willing to pay if need be.

[Anonymous No.17216621]

>>17216607
Horehound tea. Traditional herb for a sore throat. They also used to make it into little candies. You can still find those in rural stores sometimes.

[Anonymous No.17216629]

>>17216607
I really like this one too.

[Anonymous No.17216630]

>>17216607
We drank something like this when I was a kid.
>loose leaf
It's granules or some shit, instant drink mix, like nescafe. But your shitty drink isn't tea anyway so who cares.

[Anonymous No.17216641]

>>17216630
English writing

[Anonymous No.17216645]

>>17216621
>Horehound tea
Nice, haven't heard of that. I can probably pick some growing as a weed where I live. It looks very similar to dead nettle.

[Anonymous No.17216840]

>>17216621
Loftypursuits makes them but it look like you can only get it in an assortment now.

https://youtu.be/HhhSl5tf-_I

[Anonymous No.17217483]

>>17208941
probably oils, unsurprising that tea would have a little in there

[Anonymous No.17217517]

>>17208941
Like this? By the way I think I stirred with a fork that might have had a little grease on it.

[Anonymous No.17217520]

>>17208928
What a retard, fills the cup to the brim

[Anonymous No.17217671]

>>17208928
no milk, one bag? weak

[Anonymous No.17218172]

>>17216092
More for me

[Anonymous No.17218454]

I have a few bags of dry leaf teas I haven't used for some time but I opened them up a year ago. Maybe two. What's the chance they are still good and safe to use? They are black, green, and chamomile.

[Anonymous No.17218473]

>>17218454
As long as the storage wasnt shit they should be alright
Smell/taste test should suffice

[Anonymous No.17218512]

>>17218473
Thanks, they should have been but also wish I put them in some containers. Wanted to start drinking them again.

[Anonymous No.17218726]

>>17208909
>Tissane
Is that a tisane filtered with a tissue?
Fix your OP anon

[Anonymous No.17218770]

>>17208909
How did people make tea in that time? Leaves and hot water in the pot? Did they have strainers?

[Anonymous No.17218771]

Imagine being the first white man to ever try tea in China or India or whatever. What do you think it was like?

[Anonymous No.17218845]

>>17218771
>this is almost as good as opium, here try some

[Anonymous No.17219147]

anyone got any LP beginner pack tasting notes to post? i posted a some a while back and i am curious as to what other people got.

[Anonymous No.17219316]

I’m not a that big of a tea drinker, English breakfast, earl gray at most. I have a recipe, see below, that uses black, green, and white teas. My local coffee shop I buy everything from doesn’t have white. Any suggestions?

>1 cup oat milk
>1/2 cup almond milk
>1 tbsp maple syrup
>1/4 tsp cardamom
>1/4 tsp cinnamon
>1 tbsp loose leaf white tea
>1 tbsp loose leaf green (sencha) tea
>1 tbsp loose leaf black tea
>2 tbsp hot water

[Anonymous No.17219327]

>>17218770
They ground a bar of tea into a pot of sorts. They most likely also sieved it before pouring it into the decanter

[Anonymous No.17219351]

>>17213617
Have used a French press before, was very good

[Anonymous No.17219379]

>>17219316
Blending multiple types of tea always taste terrible to me. It becomes a muddled mess. I think its a novelty and nothing more. Good tea is always better alone or highlighted by other herbs/spices in a blend.

If you really want to try this you can probably skip the white tea. White tea has subtle and light flavors that will be blown out by everything else there.

[Anonymous No.17219420]

>>17219379
Really? That’s a shame mixing teas just make things terrible, what would be the best way to “fix” this?

[Anonymous No.17219653]

>>17219420
some teas go well together, like Russian caravan has lapsang souchong along with keemun black tea and roasted oolong. I make hojicha blends at home by roasting green, white, oolong, and raw puerh tea and it always tastes better mixed than seperate. Also tisanes like rose buds, berries, coconut, etc are good in teas. I also have a flavor info graphic i’ll Post when I get home that is helpful for mixing teas by specific flavor

[Anonymous No.17219679]

>>17219147
Fuck USPS. Going to get the LP order two days before the w2t order despite ordering from LP a week later
> Held at Post Office, At Customer Request
Never happened. Lying bitch didn't want to get out of her truck.

[Anonymous No.17219680]

>>17219379
I’ve had amazing blends, but it’s been in actual tea shops and done by (usually) some elderly Chinese person who could take a shit, and that shit would have more tea knowledge than I ever will.
I figure it’s much like blending coffee or whiskey; being able to do it in such a way that it becomes greater than the sum of its parts requires serious knowledge/experience.
So I’ll leave it up to the pros and just buy some of their Happy Lucky Ching Chong Blend #6, now with a touch more Happy and Chong.

[Anonymous No.17219684]

>wonder why I'm so tired today
>didn't drink my daily 6 cuppas of yerba
But of course

[Anonymous No.17219781]

>>17219653

[Anonymous No.17219809]

>>17208909
Holy shit finally

[Anonymous No.17219838]

>>17219781
How does a flavor wheel help with mixing teas?

[Anonymous No.17219945]

>>17219838
x teas go with y flavor, if you know your individual tastes and have thought to more universal/objective combinations (like woody with similar earthy, tobacco, nutty, etc flavors; light/floral additions to creamy/most less naturally perfumey teas)

[Anonymous No.17220038]

>>17219316
based plant-based tea

[Anonymous No.17221070]

>bumping from page 9
Also, Purple Cloud order just arrived.
“Millennial” and “zoomer” vintage Liu Bao. Tea-cat is inspecting.
And he threw in some 2012 liu bao for funsies.

[Anonymous No.17221082]

>>17221070
And maybe I’m just old, but I do think a handwritten note is a based thing.

[Anonymous No.17221278]

>>17221082
Is he talking about the purchase or something else? I would be kind of discouraged to buy again by that. Like when I went to a coffee shop and one employe remarked that I had been there many times.

[Anonymous No.17221294]

>>17221278
Meds

[Anonymous No.17221303]

>>17221278
I assume the “thanks again” is referencing the fact I had another recent order.
I’m not sure why you’d be discouraged by a business proprietor thanking you for continued business though.

[Anonymous No.17221322]

>>17221303
You're a boomer of course you don't understand

[Anonymous No.17221339]

>>17221322
My parents are boomers, not me.

[Anonymous No.17221346]

>>17221278
>I would be kind of discouraged to buy again by that.
touch grass

[Anonymous No.17221383]

>>17221070
We don't see many people dive head first into the weird fermented stuff like you have. I'm enjoying it. It took me 4 or 5 years before i first tried liubao.

[Anonymous No.17221467]

>>17221383
Well it’s been a quick trip.
The 2005 liu bao I recently tried was a remarkable experience.
Then I tried 2008 and two varieties of 2002 ripe puerh, and loved them as well.
At this point I’m wondering if there’s such thing as *too* old/fermented. Because it keeps getting better.

[Anonymous No.17221472]

Lately I've been trying out a spoonful of jam instead of sugar (like the Russians do it) and I'm really liking!

[Anonymous No.17221529]

>>17221472
What sort of tea and what sort of jam do you use?

[Anonymous No.17221539]

>>17221529
I'm on the keto diet, so unfortunately I'm limited to a sugar-free strawberry preservative. I've been experimenting between black, green, and oolong, and I've found using only half a teaspoon of jam with a cup of green tea gets the best results.

[Anonymous No.17221646]

>>17221467
Probably yee on tea or other hk storage vendors is next. That tropical humid storage gives teas that delicious loamy dank vine you enjoy so much.

[Anonymous No.17221647]

>>17221539
Which sort of green tea? A chinese green I'm guessing? I've always used black tea if I'm flavoring my tea (though my rule is that good tea should be flavorful enough on its own, generally speaking).

[Anonymous No.17221654]

>>17221647
Yes, I usually have it with gunpowder tea. From what I hear the Russians usually have it with black tea too, but I've just found that it works better for me with green.

[Anonymous No.17221933]

What's your opinion on blue lotus?

[Anonymous No.17221937]

>>17221933
It's a great way to abort a fetus. Much cheaper than child support

[Anonymous No.17221949]

>>17216641
I haven't drunk this in over 20 years

[Anonymous No.17221956]

I'll probably order some tea from a tea shop. If it's not better than grocery store tea I blame you for wasting my money.

[Anonymous No.17222014]

What are they drinking?

[Anonymous No.17222040]

>>17222014
A right proper cuppa, lad.

[Anonymous No.17222045]

>>17221278
>I would be kind of discouraged to buy again by that. Like when I went to a coffee shop and one employe remarked that I had been there many times.
I don't particularly care about this in my tea / coffee shop, but i AM kind of uncomfortable/ashamed when people from my favorite pizza joint do that.

[Anonymous No.17222069]

>>17221539
I was suspicious of how adding jam to GREEN tea, but if that jam is unsweetened strawberries added to gunpowder, i can kinda sorta see that it could work.

[Anonymous No.17222315]

Can you trust teas you can buy on amazon to not be full of pesticides and lead and junk? I've been looking at blue lotus on amazon and I don't know what to trust.

[Anonymous No.17222816]

>>17221933
I'm more of a mox fan myself

[Anonymous No.17222882]

any based southern enjoyers of sweet tea itt?

[Anonymous No.17222954]

>>17222882
https://youtu.be/UFLiuaEtvdo

[Anonymous No.17222956]

>>17222882
Why is that tea so orange?

[Anonymous No.17222959]

>>17222956
it's orange pekoe

[Anonymous No.17222968]

>>17222959
Fuck off

[Anonymous No.17222972]

>>17221956
what are you looking for in your tea?

[Anonymous No.17222983]

>>17222972
it's gotta be wet

[Anonymous No.17223074]

Just gave a try to CLT, picked a few ripes and lao cha tou. To the guy who pointed me to their portable gongfu brewer: thanks a lot, will report back in 1-3 month (allegedly). They owe my order to that particular item.

[Anonymous No.17223077]

>>17222968
Nah m8 u fuk off that was 15/10 well-memed.

[Anonymous No.17223090]

>>17223074
>CLT
I'm almost done with my current cake of Top of the Clouds; will have to replace it one of these days. A little pricy but it's something special.

[Anonymous No.17223323]

>tfw I have been making oolong wrong this whole time.

shoot me.

[Anonymous No.17223400]

>>17223323
What did you do wrong?
What's the right way?
I thought oolongs were quite foolproof.

[Anonymous No.17223471]

>>17223400
I took the sticky pastebin too literally and was doing like 1 minute long steeps in a gaiwan. I kept adding like 5-10 seconds per steep.

someone on IRC linked me https://youtu.be/YIsS1iNIFeE and i followed the "noob" advice and my tea didn't taste like ultra perfumey, strongly bitter; not that that is bad, it just wasn't as good as it could be.

[Anonymous No.17224019]

>>17222816

Mox?

[Anonymous No.17224035]

>>17222315
Amazon is a mess, i would never buy food on there

[Anonymous No.17224044]

>>17223471
Im sorry the fucking pastbin needs a bit of work. I don't know what to replace the chart with that will work better

[Anonymous No.17224068]

>>17224044
I don't either. I think maybe just linking to general temp/advice and maybe some vids would be a good place.

most of the stuff on the sticky is good. I bought all my tea through the vendors listed for my chink and pajeet teas and it hasn't steered me wrong yet. I didn't even know what a gaiwan or gongfu was. I'm just learning by doing. most times I just brew based on the instructions that come with the tea or experimentation, but this video seems to be solid gongfu advice and now I get it.

[Anonymous No.17224441]

do people actually drink young sheng and enjoy it

[Anonymous No.17224505]

I'm currently on a quest to combine high-nicotine tobacco with high l-theanine tea to see if I can achieve the ultimate cha qi

Matcha was a failure, going to try Long Jing today

[Anonymous No.17224534]

>>17224505
I vaguely remember having some tea with tobacco, but it was shitty experience. It was outright bad, maybe even disgusting.
Granted, tea in question was some old Ceylon, but i don't think that was the issue.

[Anonymous No.17224568]

>>17224534
What kind of tobacco?
I'd assume cigarettes wouldn't be good with tea like it is with coffee

[Anonymous No.17224592]

>>17224568
>What kind of tobacco?
I don't know. It was some kind of blend made in Asia. (It's not like i tried to make own mix.)

[Anonymous No.17224665]

>>17224441
Yes very much so. For me, it's really bitter sheng. Somehow I like bitterness, and fresh stuff also tends to have floral and sweet notes to back it up. I know it's not for everyone. >>17224505
Did you accidentally get some of the tobacco in the matcha?

[Anonymous No.17224711]

>>17209744
>http://www.dolphintea.com
qrd? new on /tea/

[Anonymous No.17224735]

>>17224665
nah those particles in the bowl of just clumps from bad mixing

[Anonymous No.17224872]

>>17222882
throw in some cheap green or oolong

[Anonymous No.17224876]

>>17224711
its just a shitpost. a little while back an anon posted a link to download some tea books and one of the anons here expressed concern about downloading a large zip file saying it could be "dolphin porn" (it wasn't).

[Anonymous No.17224936]

>>17224505
I grow some nicotina rustica. Dry some and make plugs with it. Then it sits around in jars and i never smoke it

[Anonymous No.17224978]

What's everyone drinking today? I finished off some old dianhong today, made a strong tall cuppa to ease the last remnants of a sore throat. Might have some more tea later.

[Anonymous No.17225005]

>>17224978
200x bulang king. His sampler just touched down. It's funny how when w2t does shit like not disclosing the exact year or being vague with the details you guys sperg out.

https://www.liquidproust.com/listing/1111122083/trust-3-25g

[Anonymous No.17225042]

>>17225005
>not disclosing the exact year or being vague
I immediately noticed that about Liquid Proust, the weird vague tea listings put me off from ordering there. I have yet to hear if their tea is actually good, all the praise I've heard is about their generous sampler.

[Anonymous No.17225052]

what are some tea types that work well with grandfather style brewing? i can imagine stuff like oolong becoming bitter too fast

[Anonymous No.17225167]

>>17225052
I think it works with most things, I tried a lot of tea this way. My favorite thing to do it with might be heicha like liu bao, also often do it with white tea, fresh or aged, even fresh bai mu dan. Once I had fresh sheng puerh this way, which I see people recommend not to do, and I know exactly why but it was great. The only thing that I don't get the appeal of doing this way is green tea, I had longjing and the leaves never sank and it wasn't really flavorful. I might have used not hot enough water.
>oolong
Depends on what oolong, grandpa tieguanyin is actually really pleasing. I don't know about yancha and dancong though, I'll have to try those.

[Anonymous No.17225260]

>>17225005
>>17225042
I got one of LP's bourbon barrel stored ripe cakes, and it's one of the best things I've ever drank.
However I haven't really bought much else from him because of his generally pricier material and because he generally comes across fairly unhinged. He's got an odd personality and I think really enjoys the attention he gets in the "greater tea community".

[Anonymous No.17225513]

>>17224505
Long Jing worked decently well, though I think I can really push this with some Pu'erh.
It's a kind of nice buzz, 2 hour session of 1.75 liters and 2 bowls of tobacco. Actually sat down and wrote a bit today.

[Anonymous No.17225538]

Adding milk and sugar is like you fucked your tea in the ass

[Anonymous No.17225579]

>>17225538

Now think of the people who add cream.

[Anonymous No.17225593]

>>17225005
>Trust is a series of tea that I do not provide much detail on for many reasons... all of the Trust series thus far have been older than I am and continue to be that case
Wow it’s literally “Dude Trust Me”: the Tea.
I seriously can’t imagine I’d ever be willing to order such a thing.

[Anonymous No.17225652]

>>17225593
And somehow w2t still seems more genuine. You wouldn't believe the tears and screeching here when I posted a sample of this months ago.
https://white2tea.com/products/200x-failcorp-shou?variant=39349979676863
>Dude I have no fucking idea, just try it.

[Anonymous No.17225743]

>>17225167
I have some old duck shit i can try to grandpa when i get home from work, might be interesting

[Anonymous No.17225746]

>>17225538
>fucked your tea in the ass
Is that good or bad?

[Anonymous No.17225775]

>>17225005
>>17225652
>people buy this

W-what?

[Anonymous No.17225820]

I was bitching the other day that my order from king tea mall didn't ship right away.
I was wrong, it shipped the day of or the day after i ordered. I guess i just missed the email.
Anyway i guess you should wait till i try it, but this is your last call on getting 2004 xiaguan for ~20¢ per gram (with shipping)
Actually looking he raised the price by $50 since i ordered. I bet he broke even on my order...
https://kingteamall.com/collections/before-2004-xiaguan/products/2004-xiaguan-fu-lu-shou-xi-4-fortunes-brick-250g-4pcs-puerh-sheng-cha-raw-tea
This was $125 a year ago.

[Anonymous No.17225860]

>>17225820
Why so fucking expensive

[Anonymous No.17225873]

>>17225652
I dunno man, I see a massive difference between that and the link in >>17225005

One is literally refusing to disclose relevant information on top of refusing to give reasons for doing so.

The other is
>“This is our best guess as to the age, but the company was nailed for fraud, so don’t touch this shit if you care about provenance.”

I’d sooner do business with someone who says “lol dude I honestly don’t know but here’s what little I could figure out” than “yeah I know but I'm not telling you because reasons”

[Anonymous No.17225881]

>>17225820
>kingteamall.com
So many different kinds and many are so expensive. Are these better than my English breakfast or PG tips teabags?

[Anonymous No.17225902]

>>17225860
Well it appears to be 1kg of 18yo tea. That’s quite a lot.
Also, a cute Guangzhou girl licks it before they send it to you, and they include a signed photo of her licking it.

[Anonymous No.17225918]

>>17225652
Ya, at least they're upfront about it being some weird ass fail corp junk they probably found.
>>17225902
>Also, a cute Guangzhou girl licks it before they send it to you,
Can I buy it without this step?

[Anonymous No.17225948]

>>17225918
>Can I buy it without this step?
No. The tea is called “4 Fortunes”. The girl licking it is one of the 4.
I doubt they will go through the expense of repackaging it as “3 Fortunes” tea for someone who doesn’t want the 4th.

[Anonymous No.17226249]

>>17225775
I got a piece of it in the tea club I didn't pay for. I really liked it. I'm not too versed in old shou but it was very good with zero aged funk or anything. Very mellow and smooth drinking. Still have a little piece in the pumi.
>>17225873
>>17225918
>I’d sooner do business with someone who says
>fail corp junk they probably found
That's exactly what I mean. There are a few different ways of marketing mystique. W2t's is pretty non-offensive to me. He's literally like heres some random shit I had the chance to buy. It's bretty good. He's not selling it as a secret grail or inventing some story.

[Anonymous No.17226382]

>>17225005
I don’t know shit about this dude or his website.
But the more I look at that item, the more it seems he absolutely must have some mental issues.
The whole “trust” theme almost approaches a mild messiah complex
>“Place faith in me, and know I will not lead you astray”
>”Trust me, though I cannot tell you why”
>”I also cannot tell you why I cannot tell you why; have faith, and you shall be rewarded”
Something seems to smell really weird.

[Anonymous No.17226514]

>>17226382
>mild messiah complex
He started his own tea discord.
Gives me Cult of Personality type feels desu

[Anonymous No.17226549]

>>17226382
Sipping on some unspecified lao cha tou from him right now. Not much body to it. Very thin and one dimensional. The stuff purple cloud has is much much better. If the next cup of it doesn't shape up I'll just coldbrew the rest of it otherwise it'll sit here for years taking up space. $35 shipped.

https://purplecloudteahouse.com/products/lao-cha-tou-old-tea-head-2012-malaysia-stored-yunnan-puer?_pos=1&_sid=d1765f2bb&_ss=r

[Anonymous No.17226555]

>>17226549
Fucking poodle hair everywhere.

[Anonymous No.17226593]

>>17209932
Does it count if we specifically bought something for ourselves with money we were gifted for Christmas? If so, I got myself a 4-cup Chatsford pot (and couple pounds of cheap black tea - generic stuff from Ceylon and Yunnan) for my desk at work. It's a nice improvement over the 2-cup brewer (same style as the "ingenuitea," don't know what they're called properly) that didn't produce quite enough volume of tea each morning/afternoon. Only drawback to this is that I'm running to bathroom a whole lot more often now...

[Anonymous No.17226698]

>>17226593
>4 cup chatsford for the desk
Nice, that's how it's done
Do you still use dainty little teacups with it or just a standard mug?

[Anonymous No.17226943]

Tea Sets.
Is porcelain worth it?

Or is the electric kettle and mug better?

[Anonymous No.17227258]

>>17225167
>The only thing that I don't get the appeal of doing this way is green tea,
Funny, green teas are my favorite to granpa brew. I like how they become bit too bitter at the end, but are quite light at the beginning.

I generally use tea with stronger flavor, because that way it feels more... balanced between top and bottom of the cup.

[Anonymous No.17227316]

>>17225743
5g, 100c
Yeah im not feeling it, it was nice and floral for the first few minutes then the bitterness hit and the flavor became too "messy"

[Anonymous No.17227319]

>>17226943
for me its electric kettle, gaiwan and teacup

[Anonymous No.17227547]

>>17227316
I have that as well and found you can't really grandpa it. I make it exclusively with a gaiwan. western makes it too bitter and grandpa has the same problem.

[Anonymous No.17227593]

Somebody on /v/ made a thread mocking people that add milk to tea so I went and brewed me a cup and was going to post a picture of it in there but the thread was deleted.

[Anonymous No.17227596]

>>17227593
Hey I'm the guy who made that thread. Small world

[Anonymous No.17227601]

>>17227596
Whaaaaat?!!?!?!?! Are you a functional fucking retard ahahahahahah I'm the one who made that thread you FUCKING RETARD AGHAGHAGHAHAHGHAGHAGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Anonymous No.17227605]

>>17227601
I'm not scared.

[Anonymous No.17227614]

>>17227596
Why would you add lemon to Assam, an already astringent tea?

[Anonymous No.17227620]

>>17227614
lmao you're the tranime nigger
kys

[Anonymous No.17227624]

Can I still enjoy tea if I take adderall?

[Anonymous No.17227625]

>>17227620
Rude.

[Anonymous No.17227679]

Guys, what kind of tea smells like raisins or other dried fruit?

I was given some loose leaf tea a while ago, but idk what it is, I believe it was bought in China, but it might be Japanese too.
It smells very sweet and fruity, and it's got a dark colour, not quite as dark as black tea. Could it be oolong?

The smell really interests me, it is very very sweet and smells like dry peaches, I've never smelled a tea like this before

[Anonymous No.17227700]

>>17227620
not even a weeb, but this is an anime website retard.

>>17227614
also fuck both of you, I only drink my tea plain, including assam.

[Anonymous No.17227710]

>>17227700
Even moot grew out of anime mate

[Anonymous No.17227713]

>>17227679
Oriental raisin tree tea maybe?

[Anonymous No.17227717]

>>17227679
Definitely oolong.

[Anonymous No.17227733]

>>17227679
Whatever tea it is, it's a Chinese one.

[Anonymous No.17227769]

>>17227679
Had that with GABA and Qilan oolongs. Neither with the roasted nor with the greener stuff.

[Anonymous No.17227792]

>>17227679
You're probably describing an oolong, but the strongest raisin tastes and aromas I've encountered by far have been in shou pu'er. Ever stuck your nose in an empty cigarette carton? Plenty of shous smell exactly like that.

[Anonymous No.17227834]

>>17227593
Looks weak as shit, this is tea >>17217517

[Anonymous No.17227846]

>>17227834
You're obnoxious. People have different preferences for how strong they like tea.

[Anonymous No.17227852]

>>17227792
That would be the smell of tobacco

[Anonymous No.17227858]

>>17227846
Faggot

[Anonymous No.17227889]

>>17224505
I quit smoking some months back, but I still chew nicotine gum sometimes. I'm not achieving cha qi with tea and nicotine. The closest I get to that is in desperation to fall asleep and I'm drinking sedative tea and taking xanax, or benadryl to induce sleep.

[Anonymous No.17227893]

>>17227858
Baka double-faggot.
I like my tea dark as tar. But you’re still a double baka triple faggot supreme

[Anonymous No.17227895]

>>17227710
and? It's still a site by weebs, for weebs and we are ruled over by hiroshimamoot, not literal who moot.

[Anonymous No.17227906]

>>17227895
This site also has an lgbt board. Doesn't mean it's a site for faggots. Just means it has a board for you.

[Anonymous No.17227914]

>>17227858
>>17227893
No, I like my tea green as jade and the greener, the better.

[Anonymous No.17227920]

>>17227914
Do you make your matcha so damn think it basically has the consistency of whole milk?
Because it’s really damn good like that.

[Anonymous No.17227943]

>>17227920
I don't drink matcha at all. I prefer sencha, not matcha, or Chinese green teas. Matcha is too strong for me, as is black tea.

[Anonymous No.17227944]

>>17227834
>this is tea
nigguh it looks like coffee that black.

[Anonymous No.17227985]

>>17227852
which is pretty much identical to the smell of raisins, yes

[Anonymous No.17228058]

>>17227852
>>17227985
Cured tobacco has a sweet, leathery smell. Flavoured tobaccos might smell like raisins. The only flavoured tobaccos I've smoked were cavendish which had a vanilla smell.

[Anonymous No.17228215]

>>17227679
I’m sorry, anon.
I snuck into your house and tossed some powdered raisin into your tea. I thought it would be funny.
I never meant for it to go this far, though. :(

[Anonymous No.17228238]

>>17227679

[Anonymous No.17228272]

>>17208909
I got peppermint to help with my tummy if I ever get ibs problems. I hate my poop problems...

Been getting a bit better. I spent like 20-30 mins pooping and wiping now instead of 1-2 hours I used to. Still want to get it lower though.

[Anonymous No.17228280]

>>17228272
start making your own kombucha and gutmaxx daily

[Anonymous No.17228287]

>>17228272
Eat fruit. Stop using paper, or use just 1 or 2 papers, then wash with bidet or take a shower.

[Anonymous No.17228358]

So how long until the LP Jonestown meet with spiked Puerh?

[Anonymous No.17228371]

Tea makes me sick sometimes when I drink it on its own. Therefore I mostly drink tea to food, sandwich or cookies/pastries.

[Anonymous No.17228497]

>open kiara stream
>debuff mic
>close stream

[Anonymous No.17228757]

>>17228358
Don't open your next black Friday sampler.

[Anonymous No.17229822]

>>17225513
No picture but I tried it with ripe puerh
I got insanely in the zone, feels good

[Anonymous No.17229988]

>>17228358
you jest but i would go to a LP tea meetup if he were nearby. he's a bit kooky but has good taste in tea. i would be willing to go to a hypothetical /tea/ one as well but there is no way we live anywhere close together.

[Anonymous No.17230023]

Enjoying some genmaicha right now

[Anonymous No.17230027]

>>17229988
Colorado

[Anonymous No.17230100]

>>17229988
>has good taste in tea
He's 0-3 on my sampler. "09 nannuo shou" is alright but nothing special and I'd rather drink any of my other ripes.

[Anonymous No.17230138]

I bought some jiaogulan loose leaf tea due to its purported health benefits and naturally sweet taste. It's a brand called na'vi and the tea is grown organically in Thailand so seems good quality. However, when I made it for the first time today it tasted like warm water just like every tea I make. What am I doing wrong? I'd also like to preface that I can taste other things normally, it's just tea I have problems with.

First trial:
Infused ½-⅔ tsp of leaves in 300ml of tap water at 75°C for 4 minutes
>Tasted like warm water
Second trial:
Infused same leaves (can be done 2-3 times) but this time in 250ml of filtered water at 90°C for 10-15 minutes
>Tasted exactly the same as before

I looked up various methods online and my second trial was the closest one to them but it was still bland. Are the leaves the problem or is it me?

[Anonymous No.17230184]

Drinking the last of today's sencha and listening to Schubert's 9th. Tea, like music, is one of the few things that makes me happy. :-)

[Anonymous No.17230214]

>>17230184
Lemme know if you need this in flac.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrY2m5rdlQQ&list=PLKX9Zml-wQe8jZ3akuSzAquZxdlU6G92p

[Anonymous No.17230341]

>>17230138
Do you have really hard water where you live? If all your tea ends of tasting like nothing try buying a gallon of spring water at the store and brewing with that.
Also use way more tea. Try two teaspoons in ~ 300ml of water and see if that helps

[Anonymous No.17230360]

>>17230138
measure leaves in grams instead of by size, and maybe try gongfu instead, you can buy decent gaiwans for very cheap, like 6 dollars for a 100ml porcelain one

[Anonymous No.17230418]

>>17227593
you have to make a really strong tea when adding milk, that's really what's it's good for. you can make the tea so strong that it would be undrinkable without sugar and milk, and not only is it extremely enjoyable and intensely flavorful but also highly stimulant. i know many will disagree but imo it's the best way to really appreciate the flavor of the tea.

[Anonymous No.17230612]

>>17230418
>i know many will disagree but imo it's the best way to really appreciate the flavor of the tea.
I really need to try emulating yak butter tea with the BXZ tibet flame raw.

[Anonymous No.17230650]

>>17230612
If you try and make it make sure you go really easy on the salt. I tried it one time and it was rough.
If i tried it again i don't know if i would simmer the tea

[Anonymous No.17230741]

>>17230650
Yeah I feel like overleafing would be better than boiling the shit out of it. Medicated strong silky raw sounds heavenly so I might have to waste a little bud and kerrygold one of these days.

[Anonymous No.17230868]

>>17221933

Just ordered some, what am I in for?

[Anonymous No.17230876]

does anybody else make their tea in the indian chai way, add milk and water, bring to a boil, add tea, boil for 3 minutes or so? really makes strong very flavorful tea

[Anonymous No.17230904]

>>17230876
I don't boil milk, it never works out well

[Anonymous No.17230932]

>>17230876
I've boiled fu brick before. Really strong stuff.

[Anonymous No.17231089]

>>17230184
Good taste. I remember a summer a few years back time drinking coffee in parks listening to Mendelssohn's and Dvorak's string quartets.

[Anonymous No.17231097]

>>17230184
That's Schopenhauer

[Anonymous No.17231122]

>>17230876
I tried with only milk, microwaving a cup with milk and teabags. It's good, kind of like cafe latte in that there is little water in an espresso so it's mostly milk. Microwaving the cup isn't great though but it was at work.

[Anonymous No.17231126]

>>17230904
I've been wondering how they never get skin on cafe latte, unlike when you make hot chocolate.

[Anonymous No.17231856]

Does using the keep warm function on a zojirushi water boiler deoxygenate the water or spoil it for making tea? also is an electric kettle with preset temps good enough for serious tea drinking?Up till now i've always just used a regular electric kettle because I've only ever drunk black tea.

Whenever I make a cup of black tea I always dump out the boiled water after each steeping and use fresh water for each subsequent pot. The reason being is that I was always told that boiled water is deoxygenated that it's best to use fresh water. Now that I want to get into green tea, i'm looking to change my kettle out for something so that I can get the temperature to the right temp without having to baby it with a thermometer.

Also what kettle/scales/ tea paraphernalia do you guys use?

[Anonymous No.17231860]

>>17224035

Well, I ordered from somewhere else, instead. Hope that's better

[Anonymous No.17231889]

I was in the right mood and I opened my 2021 spring yan shi xiang, paid around €10 for 40g and boy is it high quality tea

[Anonymous No.17231905]

>>17231856
>>17231889
autistic internet geeks larping as chinese

[Anonymous No.17231916]

h>>17231889
it has a sweet, extremely creamy and buttery aroma mixed with peach and yellow flowers
the flavor is not as complex as the smell would have you believe, it has a fairly thick and slightly oily mouthfeel and it mainly tastes like sweet-ish ripe fruit with barely any astringency, though I'll work with the steeping times to see if I can bring out a richer flavor
>>17231905
>why no, I don't know anything about good tea, how could you tell!?

[Anonymous No.17231956]

>>17231916
Gorgeous liquor color, seems pleasant. Any others you'd compare it to?
>>17231856
I unironically just use a huge temperature-adjustable Mr. Coffee electric kettle, ~110ml gaiwan, small porcelain cups (maybe 30ml?), and a glass gong dao bei. Also have a small ceramic dish that I use for leaf waste, of I am brewing a lot of different leaf. It seems like a lot, but all of that is very inexpensive online. Tea has such a low price to entry. I do wish I had more charming teaware, though.

[Anonymous No.17231958]

>>17231856
>I use new water each time because I was told it's better
it's piss easy to test whether it's worth it for yourself, make a glass of tea using "fresh" water and one using water that's been boiling for 5-10 minutes, then ask a friend to switch them around and only tell you which was which after you gave your impressions
everyone will have their preference for one reason or other, but testing it out for yourself is better
one thing that I believe is not up to preference though is the fact that, when making black tea, leaving your water to boil long enough for it to get as close as possible to 100°C far outweighs the negative impact the reduced amount of oxygen in the water might have
>what kettle, scales and so on do you use
the cheapest, decent looking kettle I could find at the time I bought it, an IR thermometer, an old toy balance scale with .5g marbles, a pu-erh knife from aliexpress and two clay teapots

[Anonymous No.17231968]

>>17231956
>others you'd compare it to
it's a phoenix dan cong, so the fruitiness is unmistakably of that family of teas
think of that fruity, sweet-ish character, make it high quality and add the buttery aroma

[Anonymous No.17231998]

>>17230904
why?
>>17230932
milk or plain? makes me nauseous without it
>>17231122
you nuked it with the teabags in the microwave?

[Anonymous No.17232051]

>>17224035

I'm him, and thanks. Fucking almost got an Amazon account for blue lotus. Most of Amazons food stuff looks like crap.

[Anonymous No.17232248]

>>17230341
Yeah I have hard water where I live, did not know that could affect the taste. I'll try what you said and hopefully the double strength technique works well since I don't want to keep buying bottled water.
>>17230360
Thanks, I'll measure in grams today and give an update
>Gongfu
What's the difference between using that and a cup? Sorry I'm new to tea

[Anonymous No.17232699]

>>17224035
>i would never buy food on there
I usually buy bulk stuff like grape-nuts from amazon and it turns out ok.

[Anonymous No.17232838]

>>17232248
Gongfu just means the combination of high leaf to water ratio and numerous very short brews. Usually it implies a gaiwan, but it doesn't have to. I've never tried gongfu for herbal teas, but some vendors recommend it. On that note, has anyone tried the herbal offerings from Yunnan Sourcing? I've been eying their jiaogulan and jujube.

[Anonymous No.17232856]

>>17224035
Huh, I’ve literally never once had any issue with any food product I’ve ordered from Amazon.
That includes being in US and Japan.
Holy fuck Japanese Amazon is amazing; insane amounts of fresh/frozen gourmet foods, and you can also have alcohol delivered.

[Anonymous No.17233040]

>>17232856
the US is actually the only place I know of where you can't get alcohol from Amazon

[Anonymous No.17233123]

>>17232856
Yes Japanese amazon is completely different than the US version. For example in Japanese amazon when you search for something it actually gives you all the relevant results. In the USA it gives you five relevant products and then algorithmically generated junk results and ads for random plastic garbage. It's so bad you have to know what you want to buy before you go on Amazon because their search featured is completely useless. In japan i can leisurely browse through 20 pages of champion sweaters without issue.
There are a million other issues. Especially with third party sellers selling expired bug infested food that has been sitting in a hot warehouse but Amazon is destroying large swaths of traditional retail and i would avoid them anyway.

[Anonymous No.17233413]

>>17232838
oh okay I might look into that

update on my jiaogulan tea, still no luck
>
trial 1:
brewed 2g (double dose) in 250ml of filtered tap water for 5 and 10 minutes and 90 degrees celcius
>no taste
trial 2:
brewed 1.5g in 250ml of soft bottled water for 5, 10 and 15 minutes at 80-90 degrees celcius
>no taste
I chewed on a brewed leaf and there was an ever so slight hint of sweetness that appeared after a few minutes
my luck can't be that bad right? even if there's no taste, would I still be getting the health benefits?

[Anonymous No.17233580]

>>17227858
Listen "bro", I don't know if you are a troll, stupid, have defective tastebuds, or just plain racist but can you *please* go back to /b/ or where you dragged your knuckles from. It is obvious you have a serious issue and I don't get why you have to shitpost like that.

We get it, you are incredibly racist, only drink Pepsi, and are a 32 year old basement dwelling, chronic masturbating, shitposting neckbeard. That doesn't mean you have to shit on things that other people like just because you have ZERO fucking passion in life and can't stand to see people actually show any positive emotion or *gasp* excitement about something that doesn't involve Taco Bell or a new working Brazers password or something as fucking pedestrian and retarded like that.

I mean do you even like tea? Why post in this thread then? Oh, so you can try to "rustle my jimmies" and "umad" me because I found something that I gives me one fucking iota of pleasure in life. My life has been pretty fucking tough and I don't need this kind of shit on 4chan when I just come on to have civil discourse and not have to be insulted by some piece of shit like you.

So you know what it is like to have a schizophrenic older brother, bipolar mother, and clinically depressed younger brother while you yourself are manic depressive and weigh 320 lbs due to the medication and a complete lack of ambition and social anxiety due to your weight that creates this big negative feedback? Do you know what it is like to have your dad leave the family and settle in with his new perfect family and only stop by once every two weeks to give you some food and a carton of cigarettes so you don't spend your negligible income on more vices? I bet you don't because you just have the perfect fucking life even though you don't deserve it and worse of all you are a spoiled fucking oblivious prat that just fuck it you aren't worth it go back to /b/ faggot.

[Anonymous No.17233586]

>>17233580
Look. I know im responding to a mongoloid, i know. But i have to tell you. You dont know anything about tea. Read all the faggot books you want. Go to tea fest and turn your nose up to the indians and masturbate over Royal Tea. Go pay thousands of dollars to some chink to grade and look at tea under a uv light. Go for it. I dont even care. Just remember kid, i was unloading barrels of keemun while you were in fucking poopy pants diapers. I remeber when East India Trading still sold English breakfast in a square pine box.. Your playing yourself, kid.
I have over 100 specialy offerings from 97 different mountain ranges in contianer quanities AT ALL TIMES. Wow you say mr. tea broker leaf KANG you just doxed yourself on the internet, but i dont care. Fuck you. Ive been doing this so long i was playing golf with the tea guys before it blew up ive been a member and disbarred by the tea association of the use more times then your punk ass has even been on there mailing list. Ive FUCKED my way through more secrateries than you even have in your rolodex. I have a warehouse filled with over $1,000,000 of filters and tea brewing equipment laying DEFUNCT.
People like you, kid, people like your are marks, customers, losers. Go ahead, drink your shitty lung ching; panfire your own lapsang souchong; buy a new yixing for each new puehr. But to me kid, youll always be a loser and a faggot
but sirly, buy my pueher

[Anonymous No.17233588]

>>17213596
>>17213617
I French press yorkshire gold all the time, it's great. Haven't put it through a Moka pot though, that seems like too much.

[Anonymous No.17233598]

>>17233586
Please refrain from mentioning your copyright and/or trademark while visiting /ck/. Although you may not be aware of this (although I think you are), many people posting on 4chan are not in favor of corporate tyranny.

Therefore, referring to your so-called "intellectual property" can be highly offensive to others, as they visit /ck/ to have fun and freely exchange ideas, not to be reminded of their superiority (as determined by the bad choices of mass consumerism).

I hope you remember this in the future and refrain from using any key words that can be used as copyright identifiers. It really is not that much to ask and will prevent threads from degenerating into flame/troll disasters.

Some of us also choose not to accept compensation for our work and our expectation of receiving equivalent (as we determine it) work for free in return is not a badge of shame. The inherent superficial and highly opportunistic behavior of patent trolls is not attractive to every intellectual, and therefore we do not have to be constantly reminded of your kind while on /ck/. It is not necessary and can be considered, "shilling" (a very just term).

Thank you very much,

- /ck/

[Anonymous No.17233754]

Why are there automated bots in the thread?

[Anonymous No.17233951]

>>17233754
Is that Spotemgottem?

That nigga has been on my mind. No cap, I been thinking about that time when I barebacked him raw in a Boca Raton Air BnB. That shit had to be the tightest, blackest, wettest boy pussy I've ever laid pipe into. I swear to God, the most heavenly high is gargling that wonderboy's nuts while going fist deep into his shitter. I had Spotemgottem screaming in the sheets with head too ridiculous to ignore. That nigga frotted my cock until he busted on my mouth, I had to return the favor. That nigga Spotemgottem and I been fucking non-stop ever since, but keep that shit on the DL. He does that shit for free. If you're gonna ask me how to "long" Spotemgottem, I'll be deadass. All you gotta do is ask, be straight up, and get physical real quick. Touch his nuts, get on ya knees, talk your shit. He doesn't play around with no pansy-ass niggas either. He likes his men manly, and his dick thick. Dark skin, 6'5 is the minimum and I ain't talking about height boy.

That nigga Spotemgottem stole my heart and drank my sheng.

[Anonymous No.17233960]

>>17233123
>Japanese Amazon is good but fuck Amazon it’s evil and food is full of bugs
Except no.

[Anonymous No.17233962]

>>17233413
Maybe they just dont taste like much. Got a teabag of regular black tea you can try?

[Anonymous No.17233973]

>>17233960
Japanese Amazon is okay from my limited experience with them. If i was in japan i would rather buy from smaller stores on rakuten for most things. USA amazon is garbage.

[Anonymous No.17233994]

If puerh is for lesbians what tea is for male homosexuals?

[Anonymous No.17234054]

>>17233962
according to all the reviews it is supposed to have a sweet taste, perhaps I got a bad batch. I'm going to email the company about my endeavours and see what they say. I don't have any black tea unfortunately but I do have a bunch of other herbal teas which I bought at the same time - rosehip, bamboo, elderflower and lemon balm - so will try brewing them too

[Anonymous No.17234377]

>>17233994
Twinkings.

[Anonymous No.17234561]

>>17233994
sencha

[Anonymous No.17234570]

I bought a big hwite gaiwan (295ml, measured ~250ml). I don't know why. Can I do western style brewing in it?

[Anonymous No.17234644]

WHERE THE FUCK DO I BUY CLOTTED CREAM BROS?

[Anonymous No.17234663]

>>17234054
>herbal tea
fag
>>17234570
>guidance
faggot chinese larp

[Anonymous No.17234670]

Holy fuck bros I'm drinking tea without sugar for the first time in years. Didn't expect it to be this good.

[Anonymous No.17234876]

>>17234570
>Can I do western style brewing in it?
Sure

[Anonymous No.17234888]

>>17234644
England
Or get a non perishable version from a British import store (im not endorsing this particular one it's the first one that came up when searching)
https://www.scottishgourmetusa.com/product/Clotted-cream-from-devon-england
Or make it yourself
https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/257734/chef-johns-clotted-cream/

[Anonymous No.17234937]

>>17234561
shut the fuck up

[Anonymous No.17234978]

I wish I had a hand engraved silver teapot so bad

[Anonymous No.17235003]

>>17234888
Is it just cream that you whip until it's almost butter?

[Anonymous No.17235012]

>>17234978
If i saw one i liked i would probably buy it but i hate Chinese styles of decoration, everything is over designed and super busy, i don't need a teapot completely covered with engravings of dragons.

[Anonymous No.17235019]

>>17235003
No you cook it at a very low temperature for hours

[Anonymous No.17235020]

>read about puerh
>fishy, swampy, acquired taste, not for widdle babies etc
>acquire many puerhs over the years and let my friends sample or smell them
>they all agree, smells like fish
>but to me it just tastes like hot paper

Fresh out of the copy machine. I enjoy puerh but why do I not taste swamp water? Superior genes?

[Anonymous No.17235062]

>>17235020
Only the ripe stuff is fishy, and it's really not supposed to be. I have had some that definitely havd a fishy funk to them. But it's usually more of a loam, rich compost kind of smell.
If you don't smell even a hint of fish in any of them then it's probably genetic on your part. Or you just haven't spent enough time around fishing docks to know all of the different nuances of fish funk.

[Anonymous No.17235083]

>>17235012
polish it hard, a jinni might appear

[Anonymous No.17235140]

>>17235083
Nope, i cut down all the trees within 1/4 mile of my house so those fuckers cant get near me.

[Anonymous No.17235183]

>>17235140
It's in the lamp

[Anonymous No.17235251]

>>17235140
imagine if all the teas yo drink has tiny little jinnis in them

[Anonymous No.17235310]

>>17235251
I'm imagining it

[Anonymous No.17235552]

>>17235251
Jenis.

[Anonymous No.17236045]

>>17208909
new thread
>>17236042
>>17236042
>>17236042

[Anonymous No.17236052]

>>17234570
Damn that gaiwan looks cool. Seems like it'd be nice to do western brew in