Tea General

[Speedster.exe No.5473665]

What Tea are you drinking right now?

>Roiboos Chai mixed with Jasmine Dragon Pearl

JDP tastes better when you mix it though.

[Anonymous No.5473673]

>>5473665

Roiboos isn't tea

Just stick to bags you teavana faggot

[speedster.exe No.5473686]

>>5473673
Why so much hate anon?

[Anonymous No.5473689]

Beer.

Bit too late for tea here.

[Anonymous No.5473692]

>>5473673
>I'm going to talk out my ass everyone. I said it wasn't a tea. I clearly can't into google

[Anonymous No.5473693]

>>5473692
We've had this argument so many times. Just stop, it's seriously not worth bringing this shit up AGAIN.

[Anonymous No.5473697]

>>5473693
What are you talking about anon?

[Anonymous No.5473702]

>>5473697
Whether Roiboos/herbals are "tea". They are tisane officially, but people call them tea because the word has become synonymous with "plants steeped in hot water to flavor it".

People on /ck/ bitch and bitch and bitch about it for no good god damn reason, and it seemed like >>5473692 was trying to drag that dead argument back to life.

[Anonymous No.5473706]

>>5473702
I have no idea what that is about. I am literally like a week new to this board. I was trying some new boards out that fit my personality more of.

So if that's the argument sorry anon, I don't want you pissed at all.

Chai - Tea literally...

I think that is where people get the mix up. It's a type of drink that is sold as a tea so I would say that is the argument for it in general

[Anonymous No.5473718]

I'm drinking Lipton. Iced. Sweet. For extra zazz I steeped up a cup of Adagio's raspberry patch, which is tart and jammy as fuck, and added that to the pitcher.

Yeah, I make Lipton sweet tea in a plastic pitcher, what's it to you?

Representative picture c/o Google.

[Anonymous No.5473733]

>>5473718
*rants and raves about how you don't have a damn glass tea container*

[Anonymous No.5473737]

>>5473665

Green tea. I'm a faggot I know.

[speedster.exe No.5473740]

>>5473737
Nah man that's my main tea yo

[Anonymous No.5474998]

A bunch of tea got clearanced at work so I bought a couple boxes to try. There were also some large containers of liquid tea, I bought one that was white tea & mango but I'm waiting for more room in the fridge before I open it. There were others with peach and blueberry but I'm not sure if I'd like them and they had a lot more sugar.

I also tried roiboos chai mix and guayaki/yerba mate, they don't taste like the stuff I normally drink but they're not bad.

How do you guys feel about tea with mint in it or the ones that are supposed to help you sleep?

[Anonymous No.5475000]

>>5473665
Earl Grey with rose, getting ready to for a second brewing

[Anonymous No.5475017]

>>5474998
Every time I try a sleepytime variant I wake up tired. Don't recommend it.

[Anonymous No.5475023]

PG Tips w/ a splash of milk.

[Anonymous No.5475026]

>>5475023
>splash of milk

why ruin tea?

[Anonymous No.5475079]

bilauchun

[Anonymous No.5475102]

>>5475026
I'm Chinese and we drink milk tea often. Granted we usually drink bo lei black, but we like to add condensed milk to an Assam-based blend for breakfast and/or lunch. I don't understand the purist attitude people have towards tea when most Asian countries enjoy their tea with everything from milk to chrysanthemum flowers to rice.

[Speedster.exe No.5475620]

>>5475102
thats pretty cool

[fuck me No.5475648]

>>5473673
>teavana faggot
They've got some worth buying, deal with it. pic related, their "Tranquil Dream"
it's like a sleepytime with berries and shit.

[Anonymous No.5475677]

I've been drinking some loose leaf tea from supermarkets and teavana for the past couple of months and recently decided to import some tea. I got an oolong sampler pack and I'm currently drinking china oolong se chung. It's damn fine.

[Anonymous No.5475686]

As far as Teavana goes, the only thing I've discovered that seems worth it is Golden Monkey.

The price seems fairly outrageous but then I learned you can easily steep it multiple times without losing flavour .

[Anonymous No.5475691]

>>5475677
somebody got that upton tea sampler i been sippin on.

[Anonymous No.5475736]

>>5473665
Girl, dat some big ass cup.
Or maybe it's just perspective.

[Anonymous No.5475892]

>>5475691
Aww yeah. The formosa jade is so good, easily my favorite of the four. Yours?

[Anonymous No.5475943]

>>5475892
They're all pretty tasty to me, agree jade stands out.

I also ordered the green tea sampler, I've mostly been drinking that lately.

Honestly, I haven't had a good sit down with each of the oolongs yet. Most of the time I've been drinking them has been from my thermos while I'm at work. Doesn't give you the time to really appreciate them all, and the smell is hidden in the thermos.

I'm going to grab one of them and make a cup right now.

[Anonymous No.5475971]

So I'm looking to graduate from tea bags to loose tea. Problem is, the only infusers I can find around here are those shitty little tea balls that break open all the time and make everything taste metallic.

What would you guys recommend, if I were to order something off the internet?

[Anonymous No.5475996]

>>5475971
Get yourself a finum

http://www.amazon.com/Finum-63-421-50-00-Brewing-Basket/dp/B000I68NCS

Also, what kind of tea are you interested in?

[Speedster.exe No.5476002]

>>5475971
what he said >>5475996

I would goto Amazon and look on Teavanna.

[Anonymous No.5476010]

i like adagio's earl grey bravo in the morning or iced unsweetened for the library, and i've got some vanilla green tea for when im just relaxing a bit

[Anonymous No.5476022]

Also, obligatory big list of tea shops post

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0ApCZ-sUhC2egdGtTVFNjMzFfZzdDUnVVTVgxQ2RxNVE&authkey=CJLgu5IL&hl=en&authkey=CJLgu5IL&richtext=true#gid=15

[Speedster.exe No.5476030]

I now have respect for /ck/

[Anonymous No.5476037]

>>5475996
At the risk of starting up something that's settled down already - I like rooibos, most fruity teas (Celestial Seasonings does a strawberry coconut that I love as an iced tea), pu erh, most kinds of chai. I like matcha every so often (and in baked goods all the time) but it's so expensive I can't really justify buying it.

But yeah, I'm pretty much a complete tea newbie.

[Anonymous No.5476057]

>>5475648
Teavanna has good product for sure, but they charge a massive soccer mom tax. Google for your local Chinatown or Lil Tokyo and go buy your tea there. Arab and Indian targeted markets sometimes have decent tea as well.

[Anonymous No.5476078]

>>5473665
Dong Ding, OP. Pic related, tin I got from local asian market. The tea is good and it's not overpriced.

[Anonymous No.5476149]

>>5476037
I don't get the hate against un "pure" tea. I mean I get that its not technically correct, but fuck man. We're just talkin bout drinks here.

Anyways. I'm not up to most of that stuff, but matcha, I drink matcha almost every day.

This is where I've gotten all my matcha from so far.

http://www.o-cha.com/home.php

Absolutely love the stuff. It is a bit expensive, but, so far my favorite I've tried is actually the cheapest they have. $11.37 for 30 grams, which can easily last a month at my rate. Unfortunately they ship straight outta Japan so it costs a bit extra if you want to get it at a decent rate. They offer slower shipping thats like $5 I think, but its slow, no tracking, uninsured. Definitely worth the $15 or so a month if I'm feeling the matcha.

As for all other interests, a really nice basic site is http://uptontea.com/shopcart/home.asp

Sites real basic, but good prices on good tea. They've got several sampler packs you can check out, as well as offering samples of everything on the site. Great way to start trying things out.

If you like matcha, you should try some good sencha some time too.

[Anonymous No.5476159]

>>5476149
I really wish I could like matcha, I went the whole extra mile buying a nice chawan, chasen and bamboo scoop only to be kinda grossed out by it.
It literally tastes like slightly bitter, sandy spinach water.
I ended up seriously preferring sencha and gyokuro.

[Anonymous No.5476167]

>>5475102
It's not an issue of wanting to be more like "muh asian master-culture," it's an issue of dulling the flavor of an otherwise expressive drink.

That said, if you like milk in your tea, go for it. However, there's a certain elitist hipster street-cred one achieves for only drinking tea straight, as there is with coffee.

[Anonymous No.5476179]

>>5476159
As far as japanese teas go, genmai cha is still top-tier for me.

It may be poorfag farmer shit, but damn does it taste cozy.

[Anonymous No.5476180]

My Go-Go Juice.
50/45 Yerba Mate/Sencha Green
5% Flavored tea(Peach Rubios this time)
Agave Necter to sweeten for the Mrs. Lemon juice for me.

[Anonymous No.5476195]

>ctrl+f kombucha
>nothing

Step it up.

[Speedster.exe No.5476206]

>>5476195
whats it like anon? Never had it before.

ALSO I'm getting to the point of finishing off my tea from yesterday.

[Anonymous No.5476215]

>>5476206
i'll redirect you to here.

>>5476185

[Anonymous No.5476216]

>lapsang souchong
>not the ultimate god-king of rainy day teas

Y'all are missing out.

[Speedster.exe No.5476265]

>>5476215
ah ok, I swear that looked like bacon

[Anonymous No.5476303]

Drink up, me hearties yo ho

[Anonymous No.5476313]

>>5476149
Thanks a bunch!

Time to go do some research (and spend way too much for the sake of research)!

[Speedster.exe No.5476330]

>>5476303
Dat tea cup yo

[Anonymous No.5476349]

>>5476159
I hate to say this cause its cliche as fuck, but you need to get good matcha to have a good time apparently. I've only ordered from o-cha and its all good so far. However, I actually like the slightly bitter kind I used to have over this sort of sweeter milder stuff I'm going through now. However, don't blame you, the sencha I've had has been delicious, need to try gyokuro still.

>>5476179
Really need to try this as well.

Aghh too much tea to drink!

[Anonymous No.5477913]

Can anyone recommend a good source for matcha? The price doesn't exactly invite shopping around.

[Anonymous No.5477923]

Currently drinking Lagavulin 16, but earlier I had the non alcoholic version, Lapsang Souchong.

[Anonymous No.5477952]

>Not drinking superior Coffea arabica tea

[Anonymous No.5477965]

>>5475000
Isn't that just Lady Grey?

[Anonymous No.5477971]

Drinking Barry's Tea (Irish Breakfast Tea) with milk currently.

Also, today: Republic of Tea's Ceylon Mango (can get it at Bread Co/Panera) tea and, later, peppermint tea (both without milk).

[Anonymous No.5478018]

>>5474998
sleep teas never drug you to sleep but just like the calcium in a glass of warm milk, it contains things that will soothe and drowse slightly. Hibiscus is one of them.

[Anonymous No.5478026]

>>5476167
It can only really be a problem if you charred off half your taste buds that its dull.
Milk in tea is ubiquitously soothing. India does it (all hail chai) China as mentioned does it, Japan does it to their own green tea. Never seen any "tea lattes" from the Asian food store? Its not just stained toothed Brits or fat Americans who do it.

[Anonymous No.5478031]

>>5475943
>and the smell is hidden in the Thermos
THIS
Where can I get a decent tea canister these days??

[Anonymous No.5478047]

>>5476179
I just bought some of this yesterday.
Steeping it now to try the first time.

[Anonymous No.5478051]

>>5476195
I only JUST found out where they sold kombucha in my area but they're only open when I'm at work.
surprised my dingy town had it at all

[Anonymous No.5478057]

>>5476216
Truth.
someone gifted me some loose leaf in individual red bags with Chinese on it but I never could locate where they came from - it was beautiful. And only have access to the shit Twinnings one since.

[Anonymous No.5478082]

>>5477913
Well it DOES use the better leaves and all
if you enjoy the quality of tea already then no fuss

[Anonymous No.5478112]

>>5478047
>>5476179
Just opened my packet of genmaicha and its literally green tea mixed in with roasted rice bubbles and bits of popcorn.
Is that really it?
Tastes nice tho. Nice enough to crave an entire bowl of popcorn

[Anonymous No.5478347]

>>5478112
>is that really it?
Yup. Roasted rice and green tea. It's existence is owed entirely to poor peasants using old rice to stretch out their tea supply.

However, it has a certain "something" that I haven't been able to find in other teas, some allure which I can't pull myself away from.

It sure as hell isn't elegant, but it may be the comfiest drink of all time.

[Anonymous No.5478366]

>>5478347
Well the roasted rice crispies do compliment the bitter of green tea.
Im confused about the bits of popcorn though. I got mine from The Tea Centre. Oh well. May just buy their green one day and put my own rice/popcorn in.

[Anonymous No.5478381]

>>5478366
Yeah, I've never gotten a package that contains corn. It's usually just rice.

That's bizarre.

[Anonymous No.5478392]

>>5478381

[Anonymous No.5478405]

>>5478392
Maybe this seller couldn't even afford rice so they stretched this some more with popcorn lol
Its my only loose leaf store tho unfortunately and the online stores here are lacking and charge you $6-10 shipping on top.
>TFW no Upton tea

[Speedster.exe No.5480015]

>>5480013
>>5480013
>>5480013
new thread

[Anonymous No.5480018]

>>5480015
You don't need a new thread on 69 replies. /ck/ is a slow board, this thread will last for days/weeks.

[Speedster.exe No.5480020]

>>5480018
i was trying to be safe, but if it bumps ok. i wasn't expecting it to bump that far up holy crap. ok give me a minute.

[Anonymous No.5480023]

>>5480020
lol, /ck/'s bump limit is 300 I think. A well kept thread will last nearly forever and we rarely get threads that reach bump limits.

[Speedster.exe No.5480027]

>>5480023
oh wow. Yeah I'm sorta new to this board. this isn't my main home. /co/ is.

[Anonymous No.5480035]

>>5480027
it's ok you'll learn. Slow boards do take time adjusting to ;-)

And to answer your thread's original question, I'll be making some black vanilla tea..

[Speedster.exe No.5480037]

>>5480035
sweet :D

[Anonymous No.5480038]

>>5476022
Oh shit I forgot I had that bookmarked. Thanks for reminding me.

[Anonymous No.5480046]

>>5480037
it's from here. no idea if that store is on that googledoc list thing. If it'snot, it should be.
http://spicetrekkers.com/products-page/black-tea/vanilla-black-tea/

[Anonymous No.5480433]

What is good tea for relaxation?

[Anonymous No.5480443]

A mint tisane, technically.

My peppermint plant got a bit overgrown, so I steeped that in hot water. And there's orchid blossoms in there.

none poisonous--I always check that. It adds a nice color and the cattaleyas offer a nice smell.

[Anonymous No.5481976]

>>5480433
Hibiscus
Chamomile
Whatever warms your soul.
Earl gray relaxes me for work but not for sleeping obviously.

[Anonymous No.5482982]

Any tea concoctions and flavors you guys make up?

[Anonymous No.5483011]

just generic bagged green. i wanted a change from water. i'm english, so i usually drink tea with milk.

[Anonymous No.5483027]

>>5482982
i put mint with chai, hah

[Anonymous No.5483039]

>>5483027
Do you brew mint leaves in with whatever it is you're doing with the chai?

[Anonymous No.5483209]

>>5482982
I just buy blends. East Frisians make the best black tea blends.

[Anonymous No.5483361]

>>5473665


some oolong tea from a local asian store

i also have blueberry bliss from teavanna and some jasmine tea, though i really want to try sleepy time

also looseleaf tea is best tea

[Anonymous No.5483491]

I doubt anyone will know the exact location but in New Jersey, put by NY/PA there is a place called Mitsuwa Japanese Market, it's a pretty cool place. My birthday is coming up soon and I plan to go there with and do a bit of a shopping spree on weeb/otaku shit (as I'm a bit of an otaku weeb faggot) and I know they sell fancy japanese teas there.

What I really, really want to get though is powdered green tea, matcha tea. I don't know if they sell it there, but I know for a fact they have a matcha green tea ice cream palor there. Do you think I could buy from them or the store in general? Is there a better place I could buy from, online or in the area?

Any other recommendations for japanese teas I could buy while I'm there? Or any kind of sweets or lunches or whathaveyou I could buy?

Thanks /ck/.

[Anonymous No.5483506]

>>5483491

Of course they will have tea at Mitsuwa, but if you want to get fancy you might want to try Ippodo Tea in midtown.

Also if you are weab don't forget to visit Korin downtown near City Hall. Try to be there when the longhair man in the kimono speaking broken english is there. It's not the best place for stones (unless you are into jnats) but the knife selection is bretty gud.

Have fun ^_^

[Anonymous No.5484419]

>>5483491
I live about an hour away from that market and never heard of it.

I'll have to check it out some time.

[Anonymous No.5484482]

>>5483506
How far away is Midtown-Ippodo Tea from Mitsuwa? I already have to drive an hour and a half to mitsuwa. I could go to both, but would prefer to go to the closer one.

Also what is Korin? Some kind of japanese store that sells cooking equipment?

>>5484419
It's a cool place, should definitely check it out.

[Anonymous No.5484491]

>>5484482
>drive

I don't really speak deathcage, so I can't say. Probably about an hour in gridlock, maybe more. A sane person would just take the ferry and then take the 7 or the S to GCT, and then walk.

Korin sells Japanese-oriented restaurant equipment but they are primarily known for their knives. As far as I know they were the first major American dealer in high end Japanese knives, certainly in NYC, if not the country. They're a little passe on the internet but worth a visit if you're in the area and you like to cook.

[Anonymous No.5484509]

>>5484482
>It's a cool place, should definitely check it out.

Is it just a big store? A collection of stores in a market place? Either way, it sounds interesting. Maybe I can finally find some of that jap squeeze bottle mayo I see in recipes sometimes.

[Anonymous No.5484517]

>>5484509
It's a big grocery store. But it also has a shitload of places to eat inside of it. Including a bakery and things like that. Outside the store they also have manga shops and shit. I would say to go one day if you have the time/enough interest/some friends to go with you.

>>5484491
Google maps says Ippodo is about 20-30mins from Mitsuwa, so I should definitely check it out! Where do you think it would be more worth it to buy tea from? Ippodo or Mitsuwa, cost vs price etc?

[Anonymous No.5484527]

>>5484517
>It's a big grocery store. But it also has a shitload of places to eat inside of it. Including a bakery and things like that. Outside the store they also have manga shops and shit. I would say to go one day if you have the time/enough interest/some friends to go with you.
I think I'm going to have to drag some of my weeb-ier friends with me for a trip down there soon.

[Anonymous No.5484546]

>>5484517

I think you are going to get more for your money at Mitsuwa, but if you're into tea, and a weeb, and you're not concerned about looking out of place in a pretty nice store (i.e. you're not a 400 pound pizza face with piss stained sweatpants), then you might want to check out Ippodo.

[Anonymous No.5484608]

>>5484546
I'm a pretty handsome guy (so say the woman around me) and I keep my power level low. So I will definitely go.

My birthday is in 2 weeks (11th) so I plan on going the weekend before or after. Just gotta make sure I have enough money to go to everything.

>>5484527
Do it, it's a good time.

[Anonymous No.5484616]

Going to bed, but I frequently drink ku ding and Jamaican flower.

[Speedster.exe No.5484619]

i need some green tea

[Anonymous No.5484655]

>>5473665
Chamomile

[Anonymous No.5484676]

I know it's highly unlikely but have any Vancouverfags here been to Great Wall Tea Company? Are they any good?

[Speedster.exe No.5484721]

Teavanna says I can use the same tea twice. But when I do its so much more lighter. whats up with that?
its not even as close to being dark. it's like apple juice dark

[Anonymous No.5484731]

>>5484721
You already sucked most of it out the first time you steeped it, now you're just getting what was left over. What did you expect? It's like washing your hands once and seeing brown-tinted water, and then washing them again only to see clear water.

[Speedster.exe No.5484741]

>>5484731
yeah. I saved it and made some more later and then reused the same stuff a little and it works

[Anonymous No.5485021]

>>5484721
What tea are you steeping?
And do you need your god damned name tag? Nobody gives a flying fuck who you are.

[Speedster.exe No.5485028]

>>5485021
why are you making it a big deal? No one else has cared. Chill dude.

Also Roobis chai with Jasmine pearl and a Pumpkin Spice.

[Anonymous No.5485395]

>>5473665
I love sencha. chink green tea is too smokey

[Anonymous No.5486299]

What snacks do you eat alongside tea?

[Anonymous No.5487000]

>>5486299
I like some home made biscuits with some butter and/or jam.

Otherwise, some shortbread cookies if I have them.

[Anonymous No.5487040]

Anyone have any recommendations for a good loose leaf tea sample pack? Any types of tea will do, I just want to end up buying a bunch of teas I may or may not enjoy.

[Anonymous No.5487379]

>>5486299
jammie dodgers

[Anonymous No.5487381]

>>5487040
pretty sure strangers on the web know less what you'd like than you
just pick an Upton sampler of green tea or something n go

[Anonymous No.5487493]

>>5473665
ginger and lemon and honey, made it myself.

[Anonymous No.5487536]

>>5487040
Most of these sites have samplers you can buy (and not just green tea variates either) and try out.

Tea
http://www.theteatable.com/
http://camellia-sinensis.com/en/
http://www.sevencups.com/
http://uptontea.com/shopcart/home.asp

[Anonymous No.5487619]

>>5487493
Truly the best of teas

[Anonymous No.5487974]

>>5485028
>why are you making it a big deal? No one else has cared. Chill dude.
Newfag detected. Get rid of the name.

I've been enjoying a blend of ginseng oolong and lychee black a buddy brought back from China. A pot of that while reading comics on my balcony is bliss.

[Anonymous No.5490509]

>>5485028
everyone is secretly seething how self absorbed you are. do you not notice 99% of the rest of respondants dont have a name like you? its for a reason cunt
get into 4ch culture.

[Anonymous No.5491068]

I'm just gonna go ahead and assume that it's very difficult to grow your own tea leaves

[Anonymous No.5491141]

>>5491068

Would seriously 'mire anyone who could pull off growing and drying their own tea, but I think it's a bit too complicated for the average person.

[Anonymous No.5491150]

Just bought some ''premium'' Earl Grey, but I'm not expecting some flavor bomb here, just wanted some dang Early Grey. And some Chun Mee, but I have no idea what to expect other than it's suppsoed to be good.

[Anonymous No.5491158]

>>5491141
It's shit like that (and a whole bunch of other stuff) that makes me wish I went into anthropology and the study of past human behavior and stuff. It's fascinating to wonder who decided that it'd be super good to take these random leaves, dry them, and put them in some water.

[Anonymous No.5491164]

>>5491158

Yeah, I've wondered about that too, some of the oldest shit we do is like, hella fucking complicated. Like beer, it's a huge fucking process and people were doing it like 5000 years back.

I assume they started out with a really shitty version of whatever they were doing, and then refined the shit out of it through the generations.

[Anonymous No.5491190]

>>5491158
>>5491164

i doubt we'll ever know. shit's so ancient that the chinese attribute its discovery to one of their mythological god-kings from pre-history.

[Anonymous No.5491306]

>>5491190

I KNEW IT

[Anonymous No.5491863]

I need some a good morning black tea, I ain't feeling earl grey

[Anonymous No.5492522]

What's the consensus on roasted barley tea?
>in b4 weeaboo

[Anonymous No.5492570]

>>5492522

It's great. Also, tastes just like Honey Smacks when sweetened.

[Anonymous No.5492593]

>>5478392

I think if you inspect that popcorn closely you will find it's actually rice. Them grains are still swaddled in their bran layer, and if that bran is tough and intact enough the insides can become super-heated under pressure, then they explode and the expanding rice plasma quickly cools into the shapes you see there.

tl;dr rice can pop like popcorn.

[Anonymous No.5493775]

>>5492522
How does one even brew that? I can't imagine putting it in my loose leaf tea strainer would produce the right effect.

[Anonymous No.5494253]

>>5493775
I think that's a picture of actual barley, not barley tea.

[Anonymous No.5494421]

Question:
I had a tea that tasted kind of like salty fish soup in a temple, that it was bitter, astringent, salty...yet still tasted like tea. What could I have been given?

[Anonymous No.5494764]

>>5494421

You just described pu-erh.

>>5494253

You're right, the picture isn't barley tea. Barley tea is a beverage made from roasted barley, which is pictured.

I've always purchased it in giant cold brew tea bags, which contain cracked or very coarsely ground barley. The traditional method is, not surprisingly, boiling whole grains in a pot and then straining it.

[Anonymous No.5494769]

>>5494253
You probably have a point and I feel stupid

[Anonymous No.5495647]

>>5487619
tbh. does it count if it doesn't have tea leaves though?
I basically live on it.

[Anonymous No.5495801]

>>5473665
Drinking Nilgiri tea bought from India.
Bretty gud

[Anonymous No.5496203]

What is the reputation of the twinnings green tea (teabags) ? I mean what do you think of it as a commercial and mass distribution product ?

[Anonymous No.5496222]

>>5496203
all twinnings tastes like soap.

bagged tea is awful and twinnings is the worst of the worst.

[Anonymous No.5496344]

>>5473665
I had green tea with ginseng for breakfast and rose tea for lunch picked from wild roses in my yard first time trying this, would recommend

[Anonymous No.5496572]

>>5496203
Tea bags are fine, don't let people here tell you otherwise.

That said, Twinnings is both over-expensive and pretty gross.

[Anonymous No.5496598]

>>5473706
Problem is most of the guys on here look like this. They react the same way over ketchup, steaks that are not bloody, anything about walmart or mcdonalds; but this tea/not tea tantrum was a new one on me. Don't worry about them. Their opinions never counted in the first place.

[Anonymous No.5496623]

>>5496598
>Problem is most of the guys on here look like this

i doubt the majority are that attractive

[Anonymous No.5496629]

>>5496623
Hello teenage girl.
Are you enjoying this thread?

[Anonymous No.5496630]

>>5476195
>drinking putrification
Tried it once, never again. It tastes like vomit without the burn.

[Anonymous No.5496644]

>>5492522
I like to drink this when I'm feeling tired of cheap coffee and $1/80 bag black tea.

Please don't make fun of me.

[Anonymous No.5496654]

>>5475023
>got box of PG Tips
>bought fat free milk to go with it
>this kills the tea

I brought this on myself.

[Anonymous No.5496751]

>>5496644
I like Celestial, honestly.

[Anonymous No.5496768]

>>5496598
>steaks that are not bloody

myoglobin isn't blood you idiot, no wonder you defend this herbal nonsense.

[Anonymous No.5496790]

>>5496654

that movie is so fucked. i watched it when i was tripping shrooms for the first time... christ.

[Anonymous No.5496802]

>>5496629

oh no, when i was a teenager i liked scrawny asian boys.

i mean, the scarf can go. the scarf can REALLY go.

but

>blonde men with beards and tattoos

lemme hop on that

[Anonymous No.5496846]

>>5475648
how fucking good this would be with some shrooms

[Anonymous No.5496849]

>>5496654
uh, no it doesnt
theres nothing wrong with skimmed milk, you're just spoiled

[Anonymous No.5498719]

>>5491068
its called a Herbal tea thats all.
"Tea" in its truest is from the camellia sinensis bush, yes

[Anonymous No.5498723]

>winter comes rollin in
>find last of my oolong tea behind some stuff in pantry
>FUCK yes I didnt need to buy more afterall!
>make tea
>take sip
>tasted like Nail polish remover

[Anonymous No.5498727]

>>5495647
>>5498719
Replied to the wrong person

[Anonymous No.5498729]

>>5492593
Really?
The more you know - thanks!

>>5496203
Teabags are very convenient to carry your tea fix out and about. Instead of paying $3-4 for a cup of hot water and a tea bag at some cafe, you just ask the kids at the McDs to get you a cup of hot water.

[Anonymous No.5498730]

>>5496644
They have some cute blends but as soon as I took my box home to see what others the store didnt provide the first two google results were
"CELESTIAL SEASONINGS - TOO MUCH RESIDUAL PESTICIDES FOUND LEFT IN TEA BEYOND SAFE LEVELS"

[Anonymous No.5498789]

>>5473665
Yorkshire Gold. Because as much as I want to, I can't go to Bettys every day.

[Anonymous No.5498794]

Damnnn this threads still goin

Starting my day with a strong cup of matcha and jade oolong to get through the day. 3 hour sleep requires the strong shit.

[Anonymous No.5498796]

Nothing right now, but when I get off my shift I'm going to drink massive quantities of genmaicha. I can't wait to wash the taste of weak, abysmal coffee out of my mouth.

>overnights, not even once

>>5483491

Mitsuwa anon, if you're still here, go for the sakura sencha. My girlfriend likes the sakura kocha (Japanese black tea) as well.

As far as the food court, they have hojicha ice cream, which I recommend. Get a fresh taiyaki, like try to get one as they're just putting out a tray.

Candies/snacks/whatnot- go for Morinaga caramels if you're into caramels, they're fucking amazing. And Pocky. Basically bring a bunch of money and blow it on whatever looks good, it's what I did both times I went and the results were good.

[Anonymous No.5498836]

>>5498796
>genmaicha
I love genmaicha.