/jp/ - Otaku Culture

I did Anonymous, I enjoy a cup every once in awhile.
Maybe soon I'll enjoy walking slowly as well.

I was already into tea but /jp/ shit got me into drinking it more often and paying more attention to what kind of tea I'm drinking.

Judging by my kettle size I've been having about 3.4 + litres of tea daily for four years now. Not because of /jp/ anything, but oh well.

I didn't get into tea because of /jp/. But tea is fucking delicious either way. A good Earl Grey or Prince of Wales really hits the spot.

Who the fuck buys tazo tea? I thought that shit was just for yuppies who want to drink tea to seem important but didn't want to deal with the bitterness of tea

>>1962834
Actually bagged / non-loose leaf tea is a lot more bitter for the most part.

I grow my own leaves. When drinking tea you gotta be elitist.

Coffee is superior

Well I'm a Britfag, and I drink copious amounts anyway. so /jp/ hasn't fueled my consumption at a.

I'm Chinese, so I was drinking tea long before I got into /jp/. I was the kid with a thermos of tea every day at school.

Well I got me some White Needle from Covent Garden a few weeks back. Also very fond of Earl Grey.

>>1962813
Also the best Oolong is from China and since Earl Grey has no British ingredients, saying British Earl Grey to try to distinguish it from everything else is pointless. It would just be as bad/good as others.

>>1962846
Whats up thermos tea friend. Though anyone Chinese I knew who brought tea in a thermos brought milk tea so sage that.

Fuck you guys. I buy tazo tea. Those weird fruity flavors are actually quite good. Just tastes like really hot snapple or something. I can't stand regular tea. Like the shit they serve at asian restaurants.

>>1962860

I don't trust mainland China after the whole milk scare thing.

>>1962865
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>>1962865
Aside from Gyokuro, every other tea I have is from China so I've no choice. Sad life.

>>1962865

It's okay, the government gave the perps the death penalty.

I didn't even know there's people that drink tea because of /jp/

>>1962892
Shutins are pretty bored and easily persuaded to do things that don't involve them going outside.

I drink Gunpowder Tea I found in the imported foods isle solely because the name sounds manly.

There sure are alot of gentlemen on /jp/ enjoying tea.

Do you guys use loose leaf or tea bags? I started out using tea bags but I hear that loose leaf brings out a better flavor and have switched. Kinda a pain because you have to buy a strainer.

>>1962938
I typically end up switching between the two. Using bags at uni and loose leaves when I come home. Though I'll be able to use whatever I wish when I move into my apartment next semester.

>>1962938

I got some Kirkland signature green tea from Costco thats actually made by Ito En. Comes in a huge box with 100 individually sealed tea bags. Shit is fucking good. <3 Costco.

>>1962938

If I am pressed for time I use teabags. I usually don't wake up early enough to steep loose leaf tea in a thermos for another day at the office. So I use teabags.

>>1962938
Teabags if I am tired. I prefer loose tea, but my laziness takes over.

>>1962938
Bagged tea freaking suuucckkkss.

Though I have these small nylon-bagged triangular teas, but even so those are just loose leaf in a slightly bigger bag rather than the garbage sweepings in other tea.

>>1962969

Oh shit I buy that stuff too. I also buy the .5L Ito En green tea bottles.

After reading this thread, this is my image of the /jp/ anon. Drinking tea, enjoying a nice crisp or a biscuit while browsing /jp/.

>>1963015
funny. I'm enjoying grapes and hard cider at the moment. Tea is too much of a bother to make.

I have 200$ Japanese iron outside ceramic inside tea kettle, which I use with China White porcelain cups for drinking the tea I get and mix myself at specialty tea shops.

I drink this tea either with mai waifu or outside on warm summer days on my deck out looking the beach.

Fuck yea.

>>1962938

I use teabags. Too lazy and too poor for loose leaf tea.

>>1963015

You image of /jp/ is quite flattering good sir. However; I must inform you that you are quite mistaken about our gentlemanly habits.

I'm from the South, so I was raised on sweet tea. Cold. That's the only tea I ever drink. My mom makes it.

My parents are pretty fucking crazy about tea. They have 4 bags of Ceylon tea at 60 bucks a pound. Holy shit.

>>1963029
I was thinking of getting something more traditional but in terms of how much I drink per day it's not as practical.

Breville kettle with electric base, fuck yeah.

>>1963037
I don't know, it's pretty accurate. Except that while I'm drinking tea and enjoying a biscuit I'm also laying on my bed with a laptop.

>>1963015
I'm sitting in a room filled with trash drinking a Coke. I had a burrito earlier after taking my first shower this week. I guess that's close enough.

How can /jp/ be so refined...yet so pedo at the same time?

>>1963037

I am enjoying a nice cup of Earl Grey while I'm browsing /jp/ and /tg/. No crisps though. Just a cigarette.

>>1963070
How does pedo imply one not being refined?

The only reason the majority of people here seem "refined" is because they're awake during the day. This means they might have a job and thus need to keep up with hygiene and whatnot. I believe that if this was posted later the majority of users would be like >>1963067 and myself.

>>1963103

So are you saying daytime /jp/ is more cultured than nighttime /jp/?

>>1963111
I'm just saying that I think a fair portion of are user base hasn't woken up yet.

>>1963111

Impossible. Daytime /jp/ is nighttime /jp/. We are here all day.

I didn't know Touhou was powerful enough to influence people to drink tea. Viral marketing much?

>>1963122
Back when I was mainly here at night I was only online from like 6PM - 8AM. That was all day for me, I guess, but I wouldn't have been online right now.

>>1963122

I'm only here on /jp/ during the daytime is because I have a comp at work. Otherwise I would probably be on from 6PM - 11PM.

I was drinking tea long before I became a weeaboo. Chinese-American fag here. Tea is served to me at every meal.

>>1963156
No one wants to refer to themselves as simply an American these days because of all the very visible idiots and bastards that do so. It's sad.

>>1963172
Indeed. Hopefully our image will improve in the coming years. It already has just a bit.

Best tea.

>>1963172
But Barack Obama is President now, so yeah.

>>1963262

>>1963262

Fuck you sweet tea. Tea is ment to be drank hot.

>>1963403
Sweet tea is delicious regardless.

Canadafag here, is sweet tea the same thing as (our) iced tea?

>>1963459

Is your iced tea filled with ridiculous amounts of sweetener?

>>1963459
Sweet tea is normally drank cold.

>>1963459
Probably. I think it's only called sweet tea in Southern US (I could be wrong, though). But if yours is, well, sweet, and has ice in it then it's the same thing.

>>1963459
If yours is sweet and has ice in it then it's the same thing.

Fuck you teafags. Coffee all the way. That beautiful aroma is unmatched.

>>1963558
But tea tastes better.

>>1963558

Tea is more healthy for you. Plus there is an elegance that tea possesses that coffee simply does not have. Your yuppie "cafe" shit has nothing on tea.

>>1962813

Advertising must work really well on you if you let Touhou and Marimite dictate what your beverage is

I've been drinking tea since before I knew about Japan.

>>1963619
>Advertising would work really well on you if it featured cute girls in frilly dresses.

>>1963633

Considering the amount of figures /jp/ buys, I'd say that holds true.

Evening, gentlemen.

Spot of tea anon?

>>1965887
Don't care for cakes or cookies but yes please.