/ck/ - Food & Cooking

[Anonymous No.6024884]

Tea thread?
Tea thread.

[Anonymous No.6024903]

I put literally 5 spoonfuls of sugar in my tea and I don't know how to stop. Not to mention the milk...
>TFW go through drive thru and too embarrassed to order as much sugar as I really want in my tea

[Anonymous No.6024914]

>>6024903
Why do you even bother with the tea?

[Anonymous No.6025014]

>>6024903
Drink green tea for a while, force yourself to endure the no sugar, and soon you will start to like it. But if you don't like tea, why drink it?

[Anonymous No.6025016]

>>6024884
Iroh is based.

[Anonymous No.6025044]

someone has a tea chart with types and effects?

[Anonymous No.6025046]

Who /lemongrasstea/ here?

[Anonymous No.6025048]

>>6025044
>types and effects

lol. Tea is a beverage. It tastes good. I'm not sure what "effects" you are expecting from different teas?

[Anonymous No.6025050]

>>6025044
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=tea+infographic

idiot

[Anonymous No.6025059]

>>6025050
>http://lmgtfy.com/?q=tea+infographic
i already did that,
>>6025048
i meant something specific about like morning tea, aftenoon tea ecc

[Anonymous No.6025061]

>>6025044
>effects
are you retarded?

[Anonymous No.6025063]

>>6025061
>>6025048
...
Its not like tea is a pillar of eastern and western medecine..
Fucking hedonist /ck/ indifferently shoving stuff up its mouth.

[Anonymous No.6025065]

>>6025061
i meant the quantity of caffeine antioxidant ecc, is it so unbelievable?

[Anonymous No.6025076]

>>6025048
Beer is a beverage as is red bull, both affect your body differerently.

[Anonymous No.6025190]

Anybody here like Pu'er?

[Anonymous No.6025220]

>>6025065

green has less caffeine, black has more

the antioxidant properties are greatly exaggerated

[Anonymous No.6025223]

Earl Gray masterrace reporting in.

[Anonymous No.6025241]

>>6025190
It's my favorite kind.

[Anonymous No.6025262]

Germanfag here, i got myself some sencha (green tea) from japan. At least they told me thats what it was and i really like it.
But shit is intense, it energizes like hell. Not as intense as coffeine, but more consistent over the day, much better for working over longer periods of time.

>mfw old japanese folks drink several liters of that stuff

[Anonymous No.6025264]

my favourite tea is the turkish tea

[Anonymous No.6025310]

>>6025190
I've yet to find a pu-erh whose brew does not smell like fish.

[Anonymous No.6025330]

>>6025310
Most young or low quality pu'er will be like that, especially if it is a shu pu'er. What color was the liquid, or the leaves, If it was dark like in my first picture, it was probably shu. I also had that problem with pu'er, but then I tried some sheng. You can still get sheng with strange/uncommon tastes and aromas, but they are generally a lot lighter. Only downside is that they are more expensive.

[Smith the CIA Agent No.6025369]

>>6025330
Did you just say sheng pu'er is more expensive or did I read that wrong?

[Anonymous No.6025383]

>>6025369
A sheng pu'er that has been aging for 5 years is going to be more expesive than a shu that has been againg for 5 years, and a sheng that has been aging for 10 is going to be a lot more expensive than a shu. Shu is considered to be not as worth it to age for long periods of time, most people say there is no point past 10 or maybe 15, where as people say Sheng is still young until it is around 20. In the long run, going by the increase of price relative to age, sheng is more expensive, this is an objective fact.

[Anonymous No.6025525]

Just been to the doctors today and my doctor mentioned something about my liver from the blood tests on a completely unrelated issue.

I used to drink heavily throughout the last 7 years but I've cut down a lot now, I got a bit of a shock but I gotta turn things around.
I know that Green Tea can be good for your liver but I absolutely hate warm drinks.
What's the best way to brew this to drink cold? On a tight budget is it acceptable to put off the shelf green tea bags in a bottle and chill?

[Anonymous No.6025574]

>>6025525
the tea doesnt shit if it isnt freshly brewed.
Also warm drinking is more healthy for your stomach.
Just get over yourself and drink it warm

[Anonymous No.6025607]

>>6025190
Ordered one of the sample balls from misty mountain today.
When I get it do I break it up like it was one of the cakes?
First time trying puerh.

[Anonymous No.6025632]

>>6025607
Nope, the sample they send you is conveniently the amount for one serving, ready to steep as is.

Do you mean Misty Peaks? If so, I feel that is an excellent pu'er to start with. I found it to taste like peaches, plumbs, or apricots, with that pu'er earthy/stone mineral taste. Pretty light, mellow and easy drinking.

[Anonymous No.6025657]

>>6025632
Misty Peaks, yea, sorry anon really tired lately.
Ordered the sample size, ships out next week I think. If I like it...MIGHT buy a disk. Shits expensive yo.

[Anonymous No.6025699]

>>6025657
I never buy whole cakes or bricks. I normally just get samples or small amounts, since there is so much of it. Teavivr has a popular pu'er sample pack, and Mandala tea used to have great sample packs but they dont right now. There is also Yunnan sourcing who literally sell hundreds of different kinds.

[Anonymous No.6025707]

>>6024903
Take away one teaspoon each time. You can deal drinking with only 4 teaspoons right? When 4 teaspoons is no problem, make yourself deal with only 3. And so forth, until you stop. That's how I did it.

[Anonymous No.6025719]

>>6025046
Eh, would drink if served. Never really craved it though. Maybe it would be best paired with a meal.

[Anonymous No.6025728]

>>6024884
Black tea, 2 lumps of sugar with a tiny splash of milk. Perfection.

Fuck tea purists, just another example of the elitist snobbery that ruins the simple pleasures of life. Travel around the world and you will see tea prepared in every way imaginable, get over it.

[Anonymous No.6026157]

Whats a decent oolong that wont break the bank? ($5/2oz at the most)

[Anonymous No.6026660]

Tell me about exotic teas

[Anonymous No.6026666]

>>6025707
No. I can't deal with drinking only 4 teaspoons that's the problem.
Tea just tastes too bland without that much sugar. Sugar brings out the flavor

[Anonymous No.6026674]

>>6026666
Do you even like tea? Sugar doesn't bring out flavour, it just tastes good. You probably just like sugary milk, it's like hot-chocolate without the chocolate.

[Anonymous No.6026733]

>>6026674
Honestly sweetness does bring out some flavor in tea.
With mint gunpowder, the mint is hardly detectable for me without it.

[Anonymous No.6026736]

>>6026733
>flavored tea
If it's something like mint why not just put in a few sprigs of real mint?

[Anonymous No.6026757]

>>6026733
That is not the same thing though. Mint is not tea. I believe they are talking about tea made from the actual tea plant.

For the record, I agree with you. Mint "tea" without sugar is very underwhelming and not enjoyable for me. Sugar does indeed make it taste more minty to me.

[Anonymous No.6026780]

>>6026757
GUNPOWDER mint tea, not just mint.

[Anonymous No.6026798]

How do I begin to brew tea as "hobby", for lack of a better term? Obviously, I drink tea bags and such in the morning, afternoon, and at night, but this strikes me as being sort of lame and plebby. Wat do to make my tea drinking experience more enjoyable as a whole?

[Anonymous No.6026806]

>>6026780
But the emphasis was on the mint, was it not? Poster did not mention anything about the taste of the actual tea.

[Anonymous No.6026822]

>>6026798
Firstly buy a wooden tea tray with slits so it catches some drips and what not.
Then buy a handful of handmade yixing clay teapots made properly paying attention to the temperature it was fired at.
Get a couple of small porcelain cups and either a glass or porcelain cha hai, you'll use this to pour the tea into from the yixing clay teapot into so the strength from cup to cup is uniform.
Then get a tea kettle to boil the water, I suggest hand made tetsubin from Japan. It makes the water taste better. Also get a hotplate to boil the water beside you with your tea set.
Finally get good tea. Oolongs and puers perform best in yixing, remember to season those teapots before use.
This should only set you back ~$2,000.

Or you can just get something like pic related and good tea.

[Anonymous No.6026824]

>>6026822
>>6026798
just by a tea strainer and hit up literally any hippie store for loose teas
you'll find out what you like and eventually you'll get good at tasting
there are infographics on how to prepare tea correctly

I'm assuming you have a thermometer, if not, get one

[Anonymous No.6026835]

>>6026798
How serious of a hobby are you looking for, this post
>>6026822
is a good example of how serious the hobby can get, even though that anon suggested it jokingly.

If you want to absolute most entry level loose tea, I would recommend David's, Adagio, Upton, and Harney and Sons, if you want to get more into it, then I recommend the following.

Verdant Tea for super fresh Chinese tea - small selection
Teavivre for more Chinese tea - not as good, but bigger selection, some good teaware

Mandala tea for some good pu-erh, pretty good selection
Misty peaks for really good but expensive pu-erh straight from a small family farm in china -super small selection

Taiwan Tea crafts and Beautiful Taiwan for Taiwanese tea.

Den's Tea for a good beginner level Japanese tea vendor
Hibiki-an for more expensive Japanese tea (overpriced tea, great teaware)
O-cha or Yuuki-Cha if you are fine dealing with yen


camelia-sinensis has a huge selection of pretty much everything.

Butiki is also a decent website, cheap, with a big selection, not the highest quality but they have a lot of less common stuff.

Just buy a finum brew basket, a cup, and a thermometer and a bunch of tea from different websites. Find out what kind of tea you like an go from there.

[Anonymous No.6026898]

>>6026806
I order of words didn't mean much, as I said it was mint flavored gunpowder tea.

[Anonymous No.6026903]

>>6026898
But you didn't mention any flavor being affected except for the mint.

Dumbass.

[Anonymous No.6026907]

>>6026903
that should be obvious.

[Anonymous No.6026925]

>>6026907
What is your point?

[Anonymous No.6027185]

How the fuck do I get used to drinking hot tea? When it's hot I can only take a tiny sip of like milliliters. I need to let it sit for like 20 minutes before I can drink. Is it just one of those things that I eventually get used to?

[Anonymous No.6027541]

Can one brew black tea and then put vanilla (powder/dust/whatever that is) in it?

Worth it?
Do I put it after I brew it or right before I start, in the hot water?

Lately I'm looking for all kinds of combinations.
Black tea+clover being my currect favorite.

[Anonymous No.6027951]

>>6027185
Depending on the temp I do that a lot myself.

[Anonymous No.6028115]

>>6025190
I find Pu'er fascinating. Not good or strong enough to be boring, yet interestingly subtle and complex.

[Anonymous No.6028146]

>>6025190
>received 25 year old pu erh as a gift
>too afraid try it in case i ruin it

[Anonymous No.6028150]

>>6025048
He probably meant health benefits, like the higher antioxidant levels in green tea or whatever.

[Anonymous No.6028180]

>>6025014
this.

I can hardly stand tea with sugar anymore.

[Anonymous No.6028193]

Does anyone have any suggestions for teas to take on a vacation? I will be in the carribean on a cruise during christmas, and the tea they have on the ship is shit.

[Anonymous No.6028198]

>>6027185
If you fold the tip of your tongue against the back of your bottom front teeth you can drink tea at a hotter temperature. I'm serious.

Just don't try it with straight boiling water. You still have to wait a bit, but not nearly as long. It works for soups, ramen, basically any hot liquid.

[Anonymous No.6028205]

>>6027185
You just need to be a real-ass nigga. Quit being a little bitch and do some hood-rat shit. Then boiling-hot tea wont have nothin' on you.

Other option is to coat your mouth with asbestos.

[Anonymous No.6028222]

My girlfriend just bought me a 130-212 kettle (as in I can set the temp) and also a really nice thermos.

Im not super excited because of how much easier it will be to make my favorite teas and such. Along with the fact I an bring good tea with me to work instead of that bag shit.

[Anonymous No.6028236]

>>6028222
>not super excited
ur such a stupid-head. ur a big dummy. I don't like u at all.

[Anonymous No.6028270]

it's been about twelve hours since I last had tea. send help.

[Anonymous No.6028278]

>>6028222
how do you prevent the tea from oxidizing in the mug on your way to work, and while you wait for it to cool down?

everytime I try to bring my nice green tea to work it oxidizes and turns red and tastes gross by the time i go to drink it.

[Smith the CIA Agent No.6028477]

>>6028146
Is it a sheng or a shu?

As long as the water temp is right and you're not under/over steeping it, you can't really fuck it up too bad.

[Anonymous No.6028510]

>>6028236
I meant I am excited. Not sure why I typed that I wasnt..
>>6028278
I make the tea in a tea pot or a french press in the morning. I just heat the water in the kettle since it has the pefect temp settings and it heats up like... 10x faster than my stove.

[Anonymous No.6028535]

guys how do you make your tea? the unsweetened tea i make at home is a lot worse than the unsweet tea i get at restaurants. i boil the water in a pot, then place the tea bags in the pot, then let it cool and then put it in a pitcher. Sometimes it's so bad i have to put sugar in it and i really don't like sugar in my tea.

What is the best way to make tea at home?

[Anonymous No.6028560]

>>6028535
>teabag
gtfo casual shitter

I brew mine from herbs, I don't buy filthy ballsacks.

[Anonymous No.6028816]

are oolong and puerh any good?

[Anonymous No.6028819]

>>6028535
how long are you steeping it for?

[Anonymous No.6028821]

>>6024884
Tea is for flyover plebs

[Anonymous No.6028827]

>>6028821
you're thinking of macro beer

[Anonymous No.6028841]

How does one into /matcha/?

[Anonymous No.6028857]

>>6028841
buy good quality matcha, i.e. make sure it's gyokuro and not just ground sencha

whisk it in a small bowl or large cup

[Anonymous No.6028866]

My favorite tea is the turkish tea

[Anonymous No.6028867]

>>6028857

>buy good quality matcha, i.e. make sure it's gyokuro and not just ground sencha

Is that avaible online? I don't live near any potential seller

Also, I'm used to green tea, how different is the flavor?

[Anonymous No.6029123]

>>6026822
>>6026824
>>6026835

Thanks friendly /ck/ anons, you guys have my my first post on this board not shitty in the least!

[Anonymous No.6029145]

>>6028867
http://shop.ippodo-tea.co.jp/kyoto/shopf/index.html
http://www.itoen.com/loose-leaf/matcha
http://www.o-cha.com/
http://www.yuuki-cha.com/organic-green-tea/matcha
http://www.kyoto-teramachi.or.jp/horaido/greentea.htm

[Anonymous No.6029149]

>>6028560
>Calls other people plebs
>Doesn't even brew actual tea and just random leaves found in the wilderness
kek

[Anonymous No.6029365]

>>6029149
underrated post

[Anonymous No.6029389]

>>6025310
Idk causal foo joy tea bags do it for me

[Anonymous No.6029396]

>>6027541
Well idk what "vanilla powder" is but if its something like protein powder which is just water soluble then yeah that should be fine. But tbh you'd be better off with vanilla rooibos, or using vanilla sugar (granulated sugar infused w/vanilla beans)

[Anonymous No.6029401]

>>6029149
*throws dried oregano into a tea bag* *drinks hot leaf juice* AHA CAUSAL PLEBS GET ON MY LEVEL

[Anonymous No.6029443]

>>6025016
They hated it.

[Anonymous No.6029725]

>>6028867
Extremely different. It's very... bitter and weird. I love it personally, and it's best with a red bean sweet. You take a bite of the sweet, drink some tea, take bite of the sweet, etc. That way some of the bitterness gets taken off.
I only recommend red bean because that's the way I was taught to drink it. The flavors mesh well, imo.

[Anonymous No.6029747]

>>6025262
What are you, a German Mormon (gormon)?

[Anonymous No.6029839]

I recently bought some hojicha, which is roasted green tea. I had never heard of it before, but one of my friends had a foreign exchange student and he drank the stuff all the time.

The taste is fantastic, almost caramel-like, and it's perfect for autumn.

[Anonymous No.6029899]

Match is the best tea.

everyone else is just drinking hot leaf juice.

[Anonymous No.6029922]

>>6029443
Can you blame them?
Iroh would never serve some bastard bubble tea

>TFW Iroh will never give you life advice while serving you a cup of phenomenal tea

[Anonymous No.6029932]

I went to a Chinese restaurant the other week and got black tea, why did it taste fishy/seaweedy? Is chinese black tea different from whatever I drink at home?

[Anonymous No.6029946]

>>6028819
i've experimented a lot, from 4 -10 minutes.

I'm also really unsure about the ratio. How much water per tsp. and it's hard because i have a lot of tea and the bags are all different sizes. I also have a couple loose leaf tea.

[Anonymous No.6029958]

>>6029946
10 minutes...in boiling water? wut

[Anonymous No.6029964]

>>6029958
idk it's been a while and i'm high right now so the measurements are off. maybe it was 1 - 4 minutes. i can't remember.

[Anonymous No.6029967]

>>6029725
This is why matcha gets a bad rep; people keep buying the cheap ones and claim that matcha is bitter. If you buy the better grades from most of the sites linked in >>6029145 there should be no bitterness.

[Anonymous No.6029971]

>>6029932
yes, especially if your black tea is english

[Anonymous No.6029972]

>>6029839
thanks for the rec, will try

[Anonymous No.6029999]

>>6029932
Was it pu-erh? That kind of tea often tastes a bit fishy to me.

[Smith the CIA Agent No.6030064]

>>6028816
Depends on if you like it. I know people who love it for what it is and others hate it for the exact same thing.

>>6029932
Sounds like shitty tea that's been 'wet fermented'. A quality pu'er should not taste fishy like that.

[Anonymous No.6030160]

>>6029396
How about you stfu?
And thank you for your opinion, I'll try that.

[Anonymous No.6030912]

Leaves from the vine
Falling so slow
Like fragile, tiny shells
Drifting in the foam
Little soldier boy
Come marching home
Brave soldier boy
Comes marching home.....

[Anonymous No.6030924]

>>6030912
Man, fuck you...

[Anonymous No.6030928]

>>6028146
Just remember friend. It was made to be drank.

>Tfw try to save all my best food for special occasions.
>shit goes stale/mice eat it/roommates eat it etc.
Don't do the same anon, although I'm sure Tea isn't the same.

[Anonymous No.6030950]

>>6030928
As long as it's from a decent factory and not just 25 year old shitty puerh it just becomes worth more in the long run.

[Anonymous No.6031046]

I have matcha tea sitting in my tea cabinet at home. I bought it in NYC at Ippodo Tea and I recently found out that matcha goes bad quickly. Is that true? I bought it in june and I havent used much of it, not because I dislike it, but because I wanted to save it for special occasions.

I have about 25-35grams left of the 40gram tin I bought. Do you guys think its gonna go bad soon amd I should just drink up?

I made muffins with it thr other day, they are good. Slightly bitter but very leaf-y in a good way. Goes great with sweet fruits or joney.

[Anonymous No.6031075]

>>6031046
It doesn't go bad, the flavor just goes flat.

[Anonymous No.6031622]

Does anyone here have experience with "GABA" teas ?

[Anonymous No.6032621]

>>6031075
So I should use it all up soon?

[Anonymous No.6032692]

>>6032621
I'd say 1-2 months is as long as you're going to get out of matcha before it begins to taste very diluted.

[Anonymous No.6033763]

tea.

[Anonymous No.6034521]

up

[Anonymous No.6034780]

Anyone else got a tea advent calender? Anji Bai Cha was pretty good today.

[Anonymous No.6034804]

>>6034780
damn I'm so jealous

[Anonymous No.6034885]

Sleepytime Black Pumpkin tea with a bit of heavy whipping cream and brown sugar.
Divine

[Anonymous No.6034939]

>>6034780
noice

[Anonymous No.6034948]

>>6034780
This sounds like a neat idea, are they expensive?

[Anonymous No.6035117]

what's your preferred brand when it comes to bagged tea?
I like twinnings.

[Anonymous No.6035197]

>>6024884
>ITT: flyover fucks pretend their disgusting flyover bullshit belongs on this board

[Anonymous No.6035884]

>>6032621
>>6031046
I've opened probably around 10 cans of very high quality matcha by now, and I've noticed that it tastes noticeably less fresh after a week, but still very very good. After around a month or so, they become a lot flatter, but you should've used them all before then.

[Anonymous No.6036086]

>>6027185
Does throat cancer sound okay to you?

[Anonymous No.6036102]

>>6030912
>oh some tea whore wants to write an ode to tea wankery
>haha
>ha
>oh

[Anonymous No.6036260]

Am I the only one who leaves the tea leavs in the cup then munch on them after I finish to drink?

[Anonymous No.6036261]

>>6034948
Yes it was about £25

[Anonymous No.6036263]

>>6036260
I've heard some people do that with gyokuro leaves but idk

[Anonymous No.6036267]

>>6036260
yeah I eat some sometimes but not the whole lot

[Anonymous No.6036305]

Does anybody here has knowledge in pairing tea with food? Its been some time since I first heard about it and recently I've been occasionally enjoying some cheeses with my pu'er. It reminds me somehow of wine, which I think is due to tanic content. Anybody into this?

[Anonymous No.6036906]

>>6036305
is it wrong that I just drink whatever tea with whatever food?

[Anonymous No.6038211]

teaup

[Anonymous No.6038739]

>>6036906
Aren't there pairings happier than random?

Gonna check what I was told about pu'er and gravelax salmon in a week or so.

[Smith the CIA Agent No.6040273]

>>6038739
Have had some very good pu'er (worked for the same company that supplies pu'er to the Chinese politburo) and good gravelax, not at the same time though. Do come back and tell me how it goes.

[Anonymous No.6041521]

>>6040273
what company?

[Anonymous No.6041582]

looking at trying out gunpowder green. has anyone else tried it? did you like it? where can I get good gunpowder green online?

[Anonymous No.6041602]

>>6041582
I like it. tastes like green tea with gunpowder

http://shop.numitea.com/Gunpowder-Green/p/NUMIS-20109&c=NumiTeaStore@LooseTea@Green

[Anonymous No.6041816]

>>6029401
thank you for the imagery anon

[Anonymous No.6043582]

>>6025190
hell yeah, having a shou right now. 2012 Yunnan Sourcing Cha Tou Sheng Yun
>>6025369
sheng is generally made with better materials. it's almost impossible to find shou made with top materials (bingdao, laobanzhang, guafengzhai)
>>6025607
use the whole thing. i've had it - it's a good young sheng. nothing mindblowing.

i don't think their cakes are worth it at all though. overpriced as hell for autumn yiwu stuff. try Yunnan Sourcing for affordable shit, White2Tea for high-end.

[Anonymous No.6043590]

>>6024884
My tea mug is full of cabernet sauvignon. I should probably switch to red rooibos to make the monday morning transition easier.

[Anonymous No.6043933]

I don't get it, why does everyone like tea so much? Every single time I have tried any true teas all I get out of it is a cup of water that tastes like I soaked some weeds in it and not like some magical beverage of the gods. I don't get it. I feel as if there is some global tea conspiracy and I'm one of the few not in on it.

[Anonymous No.6044587]

>>6036305
Pic related, for instance, is especially great with pu'er (not sure with other teas), highlighting the creamy taste.

>>6040273
I'll make gravelax for next monday, I let you know then.

[Anonymous No.6044916]

>>6043933
What 'true tea' did you try and how did you prepare it? Start with black teas or a tisane (liquorice is good) if you need something easy.

[Anonymous No.6044939]

>>6044587
>mascarpone e gorgonzola
oh my

[Anonymous No.6045059]

>>6044939
>oh my
You have no idea. According to my parents, it's my favorite cheese since, well, the beginning. If I didn't forbid myself to buy some I'd be a landwhale.
>dat creamy/tasty/creamy/tasty layering

[Anonymous No.6045066]

>>6043582
>White2Tea
>Yunnan Sourcing
Thanks, anon.

[Anonymous No.6045086]

>>6025525
Green tea is meant to be drank warm to hot, depending on the type of leaf.

Black teas can be drank cold, but it really depends on the type of tea - they can be quite bitter cold... which leads to people loading them up with sugar.

[Anonymous No.6045088]

>>6026660
Chai. Is great.

[Anonymous No.6045094]

>>6028193
Whatever types you'd like to actually drink anon.

[Anonymous No.6045095]

What's the difference between raw and ripe pu-erh?

[Anonymous No.6046629]

>>6045086
bitter tea is nasty.

[Anonymous No.6046702]

>>6029967
Some of the higher quality matcha actually has a hint of natural sweetness to it.

[Anonymous No.6046710]

>>6029922
So we're not allowed to talk about bubble/boba/milk tea in this thread?

Also what are the ideal temperatures/times for the standard types of tea (green, oolong, etc)?

[Anonymous No.6046764]

>>6026660
My favorite tea is the Turkish tea.

[Anonymous No.6046870]

favorite black tea?
best place to get black tea?
best place to get gunpowder green tea?

[Anonymous No.6046931]

>>6046870
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0ApCZ-sUhC2egdGtTVFNjMzFfZzdDUnVVTVgxQ2RxNVE&authkey=CJLgu5IL&hl=en&authkey=CJLgu5IL#gid=0

[Anonymous No.6047044]

>>6046931
holy shit this is perfect. trying a new site and trying out gunpowder great and some golden monkey

[Anonymous No.6047122]

If you don't drink ice cold matcha from southern Kyoto, you're a tea pleb

[Anonymous No.6047228]

>ctrl+f lapsang
>not found

What, too dark? It's really good.

[Anonymous No.6047281]

101 dalmations. hot sweet tea & buttered toast by a warm fire.thanks UK. For many things and thongs. nothing special. pot of liptons. fresh bread, bit of butter, peach jam...all is well..

[Anonymous No.6047362]

>No mention of HIbi tea
You faggots have shit taste

[Anonymous No.6047369]

Is Hibiki-an any good? Are there better tea websites?

[Anonymous No.6047512]

>>6047228
It's not bad per se but it's quite strong and smokey. I cook with it rather than drinking it on its own on a cold winter afternoon.

[Anonymous No.6047586]

>ctrl-f
>no dilmah
Absolutely disgusting.

[Anonymous No.6049261]

where the fuck do I even start? all i've got at the moment is PG Tips

[Anonymous No.6049278]

has anyone ordered from Red Blossom Tea? i just ordered some stuff there the other day and want to know if i fucked up and shouldve gone somewhere else. only ever ordered from Adagio before and wanted to try somewhere new.

[Anonymous No.6049644]

Do you guys use a separate thermometer for your water or does your kettle have one built in?

[Anonymous No.6049656]

>>6049644
i used a candy thermometer once when my kettle was making a particular noise and now i just go by ear.

[Anonymous No.6049830]

>>6030912
Every god damn time

[Anonymous No.6050114]

>>6025190
>>6043582
Yes, I have a few bricks right now. Got a interesting one that is made just from flowers.

>>6043582
Have you heard of Verdant Tea? They recently had a cyber Pu'er monday. They always have really good stuff. I hear Mandala Tea is good as well.

Anyone here use steepster?

[Anonymous No.6050122]

>>6025310
I agree with >>6025330
Cheap and badly procsed shu will smell like fish and should not be drank. You just have to search around and read reviews to find a good one. I had an old shu before from 98' and it did not smell like that. Got some from Davids Tea and it smelled like fish.

[Anonymous No.6050137]

>>6035117
Bigelow is the best. Can't think of a bad flavor from them. Plus based, Constant Comment

On another note, anyone want to post their Puer Bricks?

[Anonymous No.6050228]

only earl grey just like the captain

[Anonymous No.6050300]

>>6050114
What is Steepster?

[Anonymous No.6050366]

>>6049656

[Anonymous No.6051564]

I actually have a Pu-erh tea from Upton that they don't even sell anymore.

[Anonymous No.6051659]

>>6044587
W-where can I find gorgonzola+mascarpone? It sounds like the GOAT cheese.

[Anonymous No.6051999]

I really want to enjoy tea, but I can't bring myself to enjoy anything other than black/blueberry black/herbals.

And I'm just doing the basics. Ear greys, Chais, Irish Breakfast, white peony, Silver needles, etc. I have a collection and I don't like any of it. (the white teas just taste like leaf juice to me) I've been wanting to get matcha, though I doubt I'll like that, either.

It makes me sad inside. I really want to enjoy teas.

[Anonymous No.6052028]

>>6051999
>I really want to enjoy tea
why? you either like something or don't. who gives a fuck whether you like it or not? but how don't you like earl grey? also are you drinking them straight or with sugar/honey and/or milk

[Anonymous No.6052034]

>>6052028
tried it straight.
Straight with various sweeteners
Sweeteners and milk. don't like it.

[Anonymous No.6052038]

>>6052034
then dont drink it

[Anonymous No.6052047]

>>6051999
earl grey is pretty much black tea with bergamot

[Anonymous No.6052086]

>earl grey with homegrown lemon slices

Too good

[Anonymous No.6052099]

Do you add sugar to the tea? Sometimes I put a spoon of brown sugar, depending on the kind of tea.

[Anonymous No.6052100]

>>6052099
if I drink black tea yeah
only with lemon though
pure sugar is nasty

[Anonymous No.6052452]

>>6052099
if it's good loose leaf, i don't. tea bags i do. i'd probably put sugar in loose black tea, too, since it's basically tasteless without any.

[Anonymous No.6052663]

>>6052099
I'll put in sweetner if it's black or herbal tea.
Otherwise, nope.

[Anonymous No.6052902]

Tried some Chinese green tea and it's literally the worst. It's crazy bitter and bags are circular discs which makes no sense.

I do like Bigelow's green tea though. Also, I'm planning on getting a kyusu at some point this month, maybe for Xmas.

I really like this one:
http://www.hibiki-an.com/product_info.php/products_id/440

It doesn't seem too expensive either.

[Anonymous No.6053108]

>>6051659
Depends on where you live, I guess. I'm from south eastern France, near Italy, and you can find it in almost any supermaket cheese section there.
>the GOAT cheese.
It is, my friend.

[Anonymous No.6053113]

>>6051999
I thought I didn't like tea, turned out I didn't like bergamot. Maybe you don't like earl grey's bergamot. I find breakfast teas a bit harsh. I'd advise to try plain chinese black tea, or go for ceylon.

[Anonymous No.6053115]

>>6052902
>crazy bitter
try brewing it cooler than boiling water.

[Anonymous No.6053116]

This is an American messageboard. Cut the faggot shit

[Anonymous No.6053124]

>>6053116
;)

[Anonymous No.6053130]

>work graveyard security at a luxury residential high rise
>their lobby has a tea/coffee machine
>have several cups of tea all night long, hundreds of teas to choose from

[Anonymous No.6053172]

>>6053130
>hundreds of teas to choose from
Little bastard.
I'm waiting for your reviews.

[Anonymous No.6053178]

>>6051999
White tea makes an excellent ice tea, add lemon, sweeten if desired
Turn them all into iced. Or make lightly flavoured cakes and cookies. I like to make cookies out of shitty chai tea

[Anonymous No.6053180]

>>6053108
France is hardly near Italy..
>>6053130
Oh man

[Anonymous No.6053225]

>>6053180
>France
>hardly near Italy

[Anonymous No.6053237]

>>6053225
Sorry, everywhere in Europe must be a walk around the corner shop!

[Anonymous No.6053406]

>>6053130
i'm sorry but could you post a pic of this vending machine? maybe google it? I need to see this machine that dispenses hundreds of different types of tea.

[Anonymous No.6053414]

>>6053406
Google "keurig"

[Anonymous No.6053517]

Someone on /ck/ ordered a tea sampler from aliexpress a month ago and I ordered the same thing right after they posted... well I just finally got my tea. I'm excited to start trying it out, since I haven't tried most of these kinds of tea before.

>1 . Lapsang Souchong 2 Huang Shan Mao Feng 3 Ripe Puer Lose Tea 4 Xi Hu Long Jing 5 Da Hong Pao 6 Gingseng Tea 7 Jamine Tea 8 Bi Luo Chun 9 Dian hong black tea 10 Black Oolong 11 Mao Jian Tea 12 Tie Guan Yin 13 Dian hong 14 Keemun tea 15 Da hong pao 16 Milk tea

Also picked up 500g of bi luo chun and a couple aged pu-erh cakes that were suspiciously inexpensive.

[Anonymous No.6053657]

>>6053225
I live in California, near Washington.

[Anonymous No.6053665]

>>6053517
Especially interested in the Lapsung but if you're unfamiliar with it I guess you may hate it either way

Especially curious about that Milk Tea. All I could picture was that drink with the tapioca balls.

[Anonymous No.6053683]

>>6053517
>>6053665
>Milk Tea
Is it some wu long which fermentation has been stopped with milk steam?

[Anonymous No.6053766]

>>6053683
I'm drinking the Lapsang right now, it's the first time I've tried this kind of tea. I was expecting it to be super-smoky from what I've heard about it. I think this one just has a little smokiness, there's also kind of a roasted flavor like hojicha, but mainly it has a strong sweet plum(?) flavor. It's not bitter, a little astringent. The aroma is really nice but I'm not crazy about the plum taste. I like it, though.

I brewed it 30s/1min/2min at 90C each time. It lost most of it's flavor on the 3rd brew.

>>6053665
No idea, and I can't begin to decipher the calligraphy on the package. I'm guessing it's Jin Xuan/"Milk Oolong" but I don't know.

[Anonymous No.6053803]

>>6053766
You use the same teabag over and over again? What are you, poor?

[Anonymous No.6054354]

Don't buy these guys. They're fucking terrible. I knew it was probably going to be terrible. I feel ripped off and it was only $2. Get the package of disposable tea bags instead.

[Anonymous No.6054368]

>>6054354
Just get a normal basket filter or better yet a teapot with a filter lining.

[Anonymous No.6054385]

>>6054368
what if I just want one cup

[Anonymous No.6054389]

>>6054385
Put the filter into the cup...

[Anonymous No.6054392]

>>6054385
use a smaller teapot

[Anonymous No.6054394]

i'm not very into tea but recently i tried my hand at making my own. i use ginger root, anise seed and agave nectar... it's great. just bought some cinnamon to add next time.

[Anonymous No.6054400]

>>6054394
not tea

[Anonymous No.6054406]

>>6054400

really? i just assumed that anything left to steep in hot water is tea.

[Anonymous No.6054408]

>>6054406
coffee is tea now apparently

[Anonymous No.6054413]

>>6054408

i just looked it up and apparently what i made is referred to as herbal tea.

[Anonymous No.6054426]

>>6054354
I use pic related.

What's your problem with tea balls?

[Anonymous No.6054428]

>>6054426
I have the same one, can confirm it's good.

[Anonymous No.6054477]

>>6053180
>yfw europe is hardly larger then the US
>yfw your countries are smaller then our tates
Yes, it is near it.

[Anonymous No.6054492]

I always take a thermos of tea to class with me
>tfw tea game on point as fuck today

>right amount of tea for the water
>good combo of tea and spice, flavors compliment each other well
>good tea/spice ratio, the tea is flavored without being overpowered
>good amount of sugar, just enough to help the flavor bloom
>good amount of milk, adds creamy feel but no strong flavor
>steeped just the right amount of time, flavor is strong but not bitter
>tea ball didn't rupture when i was running for the bus
Feelsgreat, man.

>>6054354
>>6054426
muslin bags (only use one for each kind of tea you have, and wash them between steeps)>built-in or basket strainers>make-your-own teabags>tea balls>prepackaged tea bags

The clasp tea balls are more likely to leak than the spring-loaded tea spoons, but if your issue is tea filtering through the mesh of the ball itself, then you'll want to get little muslin drawstring bags (pic related, but without the dumb tags) for your tea. Again, make sure you don't mix brews if you use those. Unlike the metal of tea balls or strainers, they'll retain flavor and odor even if washed. I'll use either because most of my teas don't filter through the mesh of a tea ball, so i may as well use them, they take less energy to wash and don't need to be washed as soon as I'm done drinking. What I made today was full-leaf, and a tea ball would hold it fine. But I have muslin bags for several herbal teas I have and Russian Caravan, which I like a very powdery brand of.

>>6054413
Yeah, in general vernacular, tea refers to a specific family of plants, which can be processed in different ways (see follow-up pic) to make teas known as black, green, white, etc. And those can be processed in different ways to make matcha, gunpowder, pur eh, so on, so on.

Anything not from that branch is generally referred to herbal tea, though it can be more specific as well. Like peppermint tea or rooibos. (con't)

[Anonymous No.6054498]

>>6054492
(con't) Generally, any kind of tea would involve a leaf of some type, but some herbal blends (like what you made) deviate from that a bit.

And whatever you're making, if you're using a tea ball, remember to use the biggest available one that will fit in your thermos/mug/pot, no matter how much you're steeping. It will brew better if it has room to unfurl and move around in the water.

[Anonymous No.6054525]

Is Bigelow pleb tea?

Lemon lift is my jam.

[Anonymous No.6054560]

BEST TEA COMING THROUGH

[Anonymous No.6054577]

Just got my gunpowder green and golden monkey teas delivered today. I like the gunpowder more than other greens I've tried, although it kinda smells like a petting zoo. The golden monkey is really good, really mellow and has little honey notes

[Anonymous No.6054609]

>>6054426
>>6054428
Maybe I just got a shit brand or something, but I ended up with small pieces of leaf floating everywhere in my tea.

[Anonymous No.6054615]

>>6054560
don't forget your skittles

avoid cubans with cop fantasies

[Anonymous No.6054654]

>>6054560
my nigga
the southern style one is great too, or the kiwi - strawberry juice

[Anonymous No.6054661]

>>6054609
rinse the tea under a small stream of cold water


you should always wet the tea before you steep to allow the tea to unfurl and avoid the shock of hot water hitting dry leaves that can cause too much oil and tannins to come out of the tea, you notice the lighter flavors better this way, its done all over asia as well.

[Anonymous No.6054669]

>>6054654
finally found the black+white today.
Been too long, sadly was in a can instead of a bottle.
So sugary.

[Anonymous No.6054685]

>>6024884
who /greentea/ here?

[Smith the CIA Agent No.6054778]

>>6041521
Long Run

[Smith the CIA Agent No.6054790]

>>6052902
You are scorching the tea.

Pu'er needs water at boiling.

A green tea should be brewed at 75 to 80 or so if you really don't like the bitterness.

[Anonymous No.6054818]

Does anyone know what this is/where I can get more? If I am not mistaken, it was sold to me as an oolong, maybe a rock oolong but I can't read Chinese.

[Anonymous No.6054822]

lol

[Anonymous No.6054823]

>>6054818
Da Hong Pao

[Smith the CIA Agent No.6054829]

>>6054818
>>6054823

Whoever sold it to you is correct, Da Hong Pao is a type of Oolong, a very well known type too.

[Anonymous No.6055105]

>pour over one tea bag with freshly boiled water
>remove bag after 3-5 minutes
>no string attached to bag
>mfw

On a different note, chamomile actually calmed my stomach down some

[Anonymous No.6055128]

>>6055105
Mint tea also is supposed to help if you're feeling nauseous.

[Anonymous No.6055161]

>>6053803
0/10 b8 m8

[Anonymous No.6055421]

>>6055128

so is ginger yeah?

[Anonymous No.6055481]

For anyone interested and/or lazy

[Anonymous No.6057071]

>>6054498
what is 'kill-green' ?

[Anonymous No.6057298]

>>6055481
>>http://lmgtfy.com/?q=tea+infographic
Sources
>.com
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>.cum
>.com
HMMMMMMMMMM

[Smith the CIA Agent No.6059292]

>>6054498
Comes from a direction translation of the chinese term for this step. Wiki page on this topic says the english word is "fixation"

"...Is done to stop the tea leaf oxidation at a desired level. This process is accomplished by moderately heating tea leaves, thus deactivating their oxidative enzymes and removing unwanted scents in the leaves, without damaging the flavour of the tea."

[Anonymous No.6059325]

>>6055481
>sources are WebMD and homeremidies.web
Drink it because you like it, yuppie.

[Anonymous No.6061013]

Im completely new to tea and based on this thread which i have just read its extremely thorough. Where can i buy the tea persay? any trusted places you personally shop from?

whats the best tea to start with?
any specific method to brewing tea?
do i need any special tools?
should i drink tea without sugar or will the flavor of the tea help in not needing sugar?
i hate bitter tea from tea bags

whats the difference between tea bags and the tea leafs?

sorry for all the questions, i love tea but i have been doing it the wrong way for so long.

[Antarctica No.6061020]

>>6055481
>believing this shit

You know what we call alternative medicine we tested and discovered that it worked?

Medicine.

Tea's delicious, but it doesn't have any medicinal properties except for wonderful caffeine.

[Antarctica No.6061051]

>>6061013
Everything in that post varies by tea. I like a dark black tea with cream, some people drink tea made from hibiscus flowers and dried essence of homosexuality, some people drink shitloads of black tea for caffeine, it varies.

Any decent tea place will have steep times and temperatures listed for all of its tea varieties.

[Anonymous No.6061059]

Someone sell me on tea. I can't stand the way it tastes in general and I can't drink hot liquids until the point of them being lukewarm

[Antarctica No.6061063]

>>6061059
Tea isn't for everyone, and if you don't like it you don't. It is sort of an acquired taste, and if you brew it wrong you get either bitter awfulness or lightly flavored water. Go into a tea shop and have them make you a cup before you write off the plant entirely.

[Anonymous No.6061080]

>>6061063
The gf's Chinese. Not American-Chinese, "Was mildly pissed all day today because of the anniversary of the whole Nanking incident" Nihao Chinese. Her parents gift me weapons grade shit all the time; I'm half convinced it's some for of fruitcake.

I'd like to find something I like, but nothing appeals to me. She even had some shit that was made of entire flower heads that unfurl in hot water. Interesting? Yes. Edible to me? No.

Protip: If a Chinese national offers you "Seafood gelatin", run. Run away.

[Anonymous No.6061092]

>>6061063
And taste or otherwise, how do I address the whole aversion to hot liquids? I rarely drink coffee, and end up with a scalded tongue or cold coffee for my trouble.

[Anonymous No.6061159]

>>6061059
>>6061063
>>6061080
I think the trick is trying as many styles and preparations as possible. You may not like vodka, but you may love tequila. I guess my advice is to keep an open mind and explore what tea has to offer.

[Anonymous No.6061193]

>>6061080
Shit like this makes me wish I had Asian friends. Anyway, just do like >>6061159 says. If you've already tried a bunch and don't like any then you might just not like tea.

I personally drink a lot of tea and most of the time I like it to be just barely hot at around 120F/50C. It just depends on the type and personal preference. If it's good and a reasonably small cup then it will still be hot enough by the time I finish it.

I have no idea what you like so it's hard to recommend anything. I would probably say try a straight Chinese black (red) tea like Keemun. Chinese black teas tend to be easy to brew and they hold up well on their own. You can still sweeten it too if you feel like trying it that way.

[Anonymous No.6061945]

Hi guys. Pleb here.

I've been drinking tea casually for like 4 years and I want to start making it properly.

Right now that's how I'm doing it :
I buy loose tea in a small shop in town that only sell coffee and tea. The brand is Dammann. I'm not sure how good this brand is but since it's a french brand I don't think you can help me with that… Anyway I buy random green tea with dry fruits and spice and shit but I've read that I should probably not do that since flavored teas seems to be used as a way to cover poor quality tea. Anyway I'm just using a tea ball. I put the tea in the tea ball the tea ball in a normal mug with one sugar cube, I heat water with an electric kettle til it boils then just wait a few seconds before pouring it into the mug.

It's done in like 10 seconds with no fuck given. Where do I start if I want to make proper tea?

[Anonymous No.6061957]

>>6025223
Assam>Redbush>Earl Grey

[Anonymous No.6061963]

>>6024903
>mfw

[Anonymous No.6062269]

>>6061945

Travel to Japan and spend rest of your life asking that question there.

[Anonymous No.6062282]

>>6062269
Japanese just drink their tea at starbuck it won't be any helpful.

Also japanese/chinese aren't the only good tea, I also like the arabic tea. When I went there I drank 3 teas per day, every days.

[Anonymous No.6062284]

>>6062282
Really? Tell us, Anon!

[Anonymous No.6062318]

>>6062284
Well, it was in Tunisia. It was green tea, very concentrated, very sweet and always with mint, sometimes with almonds. The cups are pretty small you could drink it in one shot if you wished to.

[Anonymous No.6062505]

Is drinking with milk and sugar a pleb way of drinking tea?

[Anonymous No.6062508]

Is drinking with milk and tea a pleb way of drinking tea?

[Anonymous No.6062509]

>>6062505
depends on the tea
cheap black tea that you just drink because you're thirsty probably goes okay with sugar but I would never ruin (good) green tea with it

[Anonymous No.6063917]

Why isn't there a whole lot of activity in tea threads? Is it because people don't like tea here? Or are there more interesting drinks than tea? Tea seems like one of the most interesting and diverse drinks so I have a hard time believing that that's the reason.

[Anonymous No.6063929]

>>6063917
start the thread with sriracha tea pictures to get some kind of narrative

[Anonymous No.6063936]

>>6063917

nah it's just a really common thread so a lot of people are too lazy to repost shit that they've posted a million times before

[Anonymous No.6063940]

just woke up , time for the first can of tieguanyin of the day.

[Anonymous No.6063945]

>>6061945
all you literally need to know is steeping time and temperature for each different kind of tea , all the other information is superflouos. for example , you brew a green tea at 80° and a black one at 95-100°

you can find all the information here im sure if you ask

second, go and order this tea
http://www.teaspring.com/Nai-Xiang-Oolong.asp

drink it once. never go back to anything else.

[Anonymous No.6064055]

>>6040273
>how it goes
Preliminary report: as for gorgonzola e mascarpone, pu'er seems to emphasize fatty tastes. It works well with the fishy side, but I have to investigate deeper with something sour aside and a stronger brewed pu'er.

[Anonymous No.6064385]

>>6054354
>>6054426
Theses don't let the leaves expand properly

[Anonymous No.6064755]

>>6063945
thanks anon

>drink it once. never go back to anything else.
B-but I don't want to drink the same tea over and over. D:

[Anonymous No.6064890]

>>6064755
You will not, repeating taste will force you to try new things.
Do be scared of trying new teas.

[Anonymous No.6064903]

Ni hao, everyone. Thanks for the thread OP. I've been de-toxicating my body for weeks with green tea for months, its really helping me. My sperm count is 3 times the normal human amount, I can meditate for 5 hours at a time with ice in my crotch, and I can stand on my head with my mouth full of water for ages. Tea really changed how I view myself and those around me, the retard fetal alcohold syndrome shit heads who drink coffee. ( I call em Fecalholdecaffers). Thanks for the thread again. Tea Hao!

[Anonymous No.6064909]

>>6064903
*fecalhol decaffers

[Anonymous No.6064944]

>>6064903
>de-toxicating
>with tea

[Anonymous No.6064986]

>>6064944
>for weeks for months

[Anonymous No.6064991]

>>6064986
de-toxicating isn't even a thing

[Anonymous No.6064995]

>>6064903
>Fecalholdecaffers

[Anonymous No.6065306]

>>6064903
I have no idea what this post is trying to say. Are you sure some other plants didn't get mixed in with your tea?

[Anonymous No.6065660]

>>6025728

[Smith the CIA Agent No.6065747]

>>6064055
Interesting...what sort of pu'er are you using again?

[Anonymous No.6066349]

>>6065747
I'm sorry, I cannot answer this question. It's an overpriced dark pu'er I found in a tea store. The only other one I know is also dark, and was found in an organic store. Both are not sold in bricks and the organic one costs 1/3 of the other for no major difference in taste. They are both not fishy at all and once brewed, their teas are redish.

(I have to find other suppliers and other pu'ers)

[Anonymous No.6066383]

>>6063917
Guess it's not like we do recipes here (since mixing up tea blends with non tea is considered sacrilege, and expensive to do) for one.
That's basically it. Other than steeping, there's nothing much else you can do with it worth talking about.

[Anonymous No.6067524]

Is Rooibos supposed to smell like the zoo when it steeps?

[Anonymous No.6067534]

>>6054525
The rest of Bigelow's teas are pretty awful, but I love this shit for some reason.

[Anonymous No.6067820]

Is twinings a good brand?

[Anonymous No.6067872]

it was a little more expensive than what i normally get but i tried some golden monkey black tea and it was fucking great. little notes of honey and shit. fucking good shit.

[Anonymous No.6067912]

>>6067872
Where did you get it? Teavana has it; I wouldn't mind getting some but I don't know what to get.

[Anonymous No.6067913]

>>6067524
it's african, so yes

[Anonymous No.6067916]

>>6067912
fuck teavana. i got it from red blossom tea. it's a few bucks cheaper than teavana and its organic. idt teavanas is. idk if that matters to you, it doesn't to me but some people care. harney and sons looks like they have good stuff too, i'm gonna try them next time i need tea.

[Anonymous No.6067921]

>>6067916
Yeah, my dilemma is that the only tea shop that's close to me is Teavana. They're pretty overpriced too; I can't say I"m surprised though. They're owned by Starbucks.

[Anonymous No.6067933]

>>6067921
i ordered online. adagio also has some decent stuff.

[Anonymous No.6068053]

I've got a kettle and one of those strainers that you put tea in and then put the strainer into a cup. Would a kyusu be better? Do I need one of those cooling cups? I've also got a scale that measures in ounces and grams (no decimal place for measuring in grams though). I also have a thermometer for liquids. I'm just trying to figure out if a $40 kyusu is worth it.

[Anonymous No.6068526]

My current brewing set-up is a plastic measuring cup with something similar to pic related in it.

Do you think I should upgrade?

What do you suggest getting?

I have fukamushi sencha at the moment.

[Anonymous No.6068635]

>got job at tea place that sells over 100 different teas
>super excited to recommend things to customers after memorising the menu
>mfw realise customers never want to try anything new
>mfw constant stream of chai latte orders
>mfw customers that try to order 'a cup of tea' without specifying which tea
>mfw they answer back with 'black' before settling on English Breakfast
>mfw getting customers wanting to order a white tea when they really mean black tea with milk
>mfw the time a girl came in asking for rose tea that was apparently just literally rose petals
>mfw mfw

[Anonymous No.6068644]

>>6025065
>antioxidants

[Anonymous No.6068686]

>>6068635
ouch

[Anonymous No.6068687]

this manga and thread remind me
can dogs drink tea?

[Anonymous No.6068746]

>>6068635
become a better salesperson duh

[Anonymous No.6069158]

>>6068526
http://www.o-cha.com/Fukamushi-Teapots/
Get one of these if you plan to keep having fukamushi, get a yuzamashi as well while you're at it.
A nice cup doesn't have to be that expensive either.
Try some asamushi as well, the sae midori on o-cha was very good in my opinion.

[Anonymous No.6069178]

>>6068635
You can recommend to me, anon.

[Anonymous No.6069237]

>>6068635
I understand that tea/coffee matters are like this:
in locations where tea is ubiquitos, people are used to cheap lame watered down tea you guzzle as water, and don't consider it special and don't experiment with it a lot and rarely try exotic varieties. OTOH, they treat coffee as rich,flavourful, strong drink served on special occasions, therefore they make it as posh as possible.
In places where coffee is ubiqitous it's the other way around. (everyone from my place who visited U.S. complained about watery sludge they drink all day long called 'coffee'. And at the same time, they are OK with drinking water-like tea at home.

[Anonymous No.6069421]

>>6068635
damn man
which place do you work at?

[Anonymous No.6069621]

I don't like plain green tea, but I LOVE green tea flavored things (green tea lattes, green tea mochi, green tea ice cream, ect). How do I make/find green tea that tastes like that? Would matcha? I was looking into it, was gonna try some when I had the money.

[Anonymous No.6069641]

>>6025262
sencha has almost no caffeine in it... try gyokuro when yourre not poor

[Anonymous No.6069670]

>>6069621
Buy some matcha and sprinkle it on your ice cream, or use it to make matcha lattes and other things. Matcha by itself isn't sweet.

[Anonymous No.6069688]

>>6069621
Matcha is what they use for the green tea lattes at Starbucks. You can get these really cool tools to make it. It's a worthwhile investment.

[Anonymous No.6069694]

>>6061945

A thermometer and a filter jug. No point in getting better tea if you can't control water temperature and water quality.

[Anonymous No.6069801]

>>6069694
>and a filter jug

I used to have one but stopped using it since water isn't bad where I live and changing filter every X time was expensive.