/jp/ - Otaku Culture

[Anonymous No.]

Im asking this in /a/, /jp/, and /ck/

Is green tea suppose to actually taste good? I've tried all the brands I could find in the store to the loose leaf fresh stuff, to even imported from japan. I've read about how to brew it correctly. I've used a thermometer on the water to make sure that its to the appropriate temperature. However, the only time I like green tea is when I add 2 spoonfuls of honey but everyone says that green tea should be good enough on its own. What the fuck? Does this stuff just suck?

[Anonymous No.]

It certainly doesn't taste sweet if that's what you're hoping.

[Anonymous No.]

Its shit. Drink Black Tea like a MAN.

[Anonymous No.]

Acquired taste. It certainly is bitter, but it possesses a certain taste that can't be found in other brews.

Just as some people just can't stand beer, you can't take green tea.

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>>4252131
>I'm a child with unsophisticated taste.

[Anonymous No.]

>2 spoonfuls of honey
lol KID

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>>4252150
Sorry, I meant blend, not brews.

[Anonymous No.]

Are you brewing it too long? It goes really bitter fast.

[Anonymous No.]

Who cares about green tea? Even if you drink green tea 10 times a day while sitting in seiza you won't ever be asian. If you don't like it, don't drink it.

[Anonymous No.]

Tea is for fags.
Real men drink coffee.

[Anonymous No.]

The best.

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>>4252179
I scoff at your general direction.
Coffee is for the filthy blue collared masses. Real men drink tea.

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>>4252171
OP here
I drink it cause I love it when I put honey in it and its a good appetite surpressant. I couldnt care less about the japanese part of it. I was just wondering if there was a blend of tea that tastes good without adding a spoonful of honey.

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>>4252131
Acquired taste, brah.
Also, there are recipes that use green tea as an ingredient, and let me tell you... they are delicious, all of them which I've tasted.
One thing though: If you don't like the flavor, KEEP DRINKING IT.
For some strange reason, you start to like something the more you try it. So if you positively, absolutely want to like it or make it taste good, do as I say.

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>>4252206
>I was just wondering if there was a blend of tea that tastes good without adding a spoonful of honey.
get out of here you uncultured swine

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>>4252206
Chai tea is delicious, specially with a bit of milk. But it doesn't have the health properties of green tea.

Just man up and gulp it down until you like it. Mature people learn to appreciate bitter tastes

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>>4252205
Cool story, fag.

[Anonymous No.]

Coffee is best.

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>>4252223
>Chai tea
Isn't that redundant?

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>>4252238
Depending of cultural background. I prefer to call it that so there are no confusions.

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I drink green tea about 3-4 mugs a day, not because of its taste - like coffee it's kind of revolting at first, then you merely get used to it - but because it's a hot drink I can chug by the pint without any ill medical effects.

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>>4252256
Really? I had to stop my green tea intake because I found it a powerful diuretic which made me lost far too much weight.
A great diet aid by the way.

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>>4252206
>I was just wondering if there was a blend of tea that tastes good without adding a spoonful of honey.

IMO there isn't a blend of tea that tastes "good" without pouring it into the drain and drinking something else instead.

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>>4252262
I think I had a similar problem, I was taking gallon-volume pisses every hour. I just stood there pissing water.

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>>4252263
Well, even coffee can taste like shit with no complements. That's why you put milk and/or sugar to both.
>IMO there isn't a blend of tea that tastes "good" without pouring it into the drain and drinking something else instead.
Since tea and coffee drinking is cultural, the actual desire to drink tea alone changes from person to person.

Of course, if that's your cup of tea, go grab a fucking Dr. Pepper, dammit...

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>>4252286
Such a commoner's drink...
Can't deny it is tasty though

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>>4252271
>>4252262
Do you suffer hypotension? Do you excercise regularly?
No? Then keep drinking. It'll do good to your heart.

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>>4252306
True, but I'm still dangerously skirting the line of being clinically underweight. Green tea is not a wise addition to my diet given its properties.
Still drink black tea though, and cooled it makes for a great replacement of sodas loaded with unhealthy corn syrup.

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Tea is a very subtle taste. It's a flavour you have to 'look for' with your taste buds and even your sense of smell. You should be smelling the tea as much as you drink it. It's not something strong enough that you can 'passively' taste like coffee, licorice or anything else like that.

Also, bagged is really not good at all. Once I tried loose tea, that was it... I can never go back to drinking bagged again.

If you've tried loose leaf and you're brewing it correctly (good quality green tea should never be brewed more than a minute), you're not squeezing the leaves or shaking the tea pot when you brew, the water is the right temperature and you're using a proper amount of leaves... then maybe you need to buy a better quality brand.

Try to find Mitoku Sencha. It's relatively cheap and incredible.

You might want to try Matcha, too. It has a much more distinct, stronger flavour.

That being said however, I prefer silver needle white tea to green tea of any type.

[Anonymous No.]

Where do you bros get your green tea? I live in bumfuck nowhere, so my grocery store carries black Lipton, and that's pretty much it. Is there a place I can buy online?

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>>4252325
let's swap places. my healthy weight is 6kg above the BMI suggested so I'm chronically obese.

[Anonymous No.]

One more note about common tea problems. Water. If you have hard water, it'll mask the natural taste of the tea.

If you're serious about tea, buy a water softener for your tap. It makes a huge difference. I was looking this up on Wikipedia earlier today, and apparently 85% of the US drinking water is hard water. So chances are, you need to soften that water before it goes in your kettle.

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>>4252376
How about the gallons of water that you order that go in the water coolers? That isn't hard water, is it? I want to be able to try green tea soon.

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>>4252361
Nah, I prefer being a skinny creepy otaku than an overweight guy.
You should try introducing green tea to your diet and cut down on processed sugars. That could help with those extra 6 kg.

>>4252360
Chinatown groceries. Don't know if there's a place to order online, but I don't see why not there shouldn't be one.

>>4252350
Ah, loose leafed tea is the only way to drink tea. Bagged are only for when I'm on a rush, but the full experience only comes from brewing it, taking in the aroma as you count down the minutes.

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>>4252394
not that guy
doesn't green tea make you dehydrated, though? i get massive headaches, so i'm wondering whether i should add that to my diet to cut down on a few lbs

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>>4252376
Ah, the line of getting too serious about something until it loses any semblance of sense. Like audiophiles buying gold platted wooden speakers.

What is this hard water you speak of, and how do I know it's not just a way to sell "water softeners"?

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>>4252412
Hard water has a shitload of minerals, and it's generally low-quality. You should really only use it for bathing, not for drinking.

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>>4252411
Hmm, being a diuretic it certainly brings the risk of getting dehydrated.
I would suggest taking it easy and check on yourself as you go. Drink pure water along with it to, in some ways, detox your body. Not too far though, because you exceed your body limits and you start retaining liquids and it's all lost.

But I'm serious about the replacing of processed drinks with tea and fruit herbal teas. It's not that big of a change, it tastes good, and it makes wonders for your health.

And if I might add one more thing. NEVER buy those bottled teas they're trying to push. Shit tastes awful

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>>4252394
you don't get it. it's my HEALTHY weight. I drop below it and I feel like shit

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>>4252412

I've read it on several websites that have instructions on brewing tea. They sold tea, not water softeners, so unless there's a global conspiracy and the water softener equipment manufacturers are in cahoots with tea retailers, I doubt it.

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>>4252418
I see. I recall using an ozone purifier for my drinking water, but that was because tap was not safe to drink anyway.

Impurities certainly affect the brewing process, so pure water would be advisable. Also, having a proper teapot to bring out the full flavor.

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>>4252360
>Where do you bros get your green tea?

I walk into the convenience store 200 meters away, which carries about six different blends of green tea and forty other colors.

[Anonymous No.]

Masala Chai is strongest tea.
("Couldn't I just call it "Spice Tea"? Hurr durr)

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Thread in /a/: Overtly agressive
Thread in /jp/: Gentlemen slowly discuss health, brewing and share tea drinking experiences.

>>>/a/30365238

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>>4252466
I sure love my Chai

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>>4252466

>The strongest tea

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[Anonymous No.]

http://home.fazekas.hu/~nagydani/rth/Russian-tea-HOWTO-v2.html

This will teach you how to make delicios tea the russian way, instead of some shitty weaboo tea.

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>>4252532

Iced Tea.

WAHAHAHAHAHA

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>>4252443
This.
Except the dehydrated part.
You're drinking tea. That's water. You're peeing urine. 95% water.
Chug it down like water = pee like a water hose.
Don't worry, your body's not dumb or anything. Theophylline can have a diuretic effect, yes, but drinking green tea hasn't killed anyone... yet.

[Anonymous No.]

Japanese tea is healthy for Americans.

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>>4252575
So I can drink as much fucking green tea as I want? That sounds like the best drink ever. ;_;
Also, is green tea filling? I might drink it with meals so this is important to know.

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>>4252478
Why was this even asked in /a/ to begin with?

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>>4252604
Take it easy.
It still possesses about 1/3rd amount of caffeine than regular coffee, so overdrinking will have the negative consequences that can come from too much caffeine, such as nausea and insomnia.
Overall, it's pretty safe, just don't chug down more than 10 cups a day or so.

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>>4252560

Immigrant from Russian /b/ detected. Enjoy your tooth decay from sugar cube held between your teeth.

>>4252604

It has caffeine. You drink enough of anything with caffeine and it'll suppress your appetite.

If you like constantly having something to sip while you're at your computer, green tea is it. No calories and only health benefits.

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>>4252604
HOOOLD IT, BOY!
Anything in excess is bad. You can go on and drink 1L, heck 2L of green tea - it wouldn't reach dangerous levels of theophylline anyways.
Go beyond that, and that may mess up your heart rate and renal flow.
Heck, even water is lethal. 40L a day will kill you, but hey, who does thaOHMYGODGETADOCTOR!

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>>4252604
>>Also, is green tea filling? I might drink it with meals so this is important to know.

I have no idea because between meals I like to eat another meal.

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Former tea-shop working fag here.

You really need to be careful about burning your tea - especially green tea. I've had plenty of pots ruined by taking boiling water and immediately pouring it directly on top of the leaves. That will make the tea basically undrinkable. After you boil your water, let it sit until it ceases bubbling, then pour it from the side of the pot, and not directly on the tea. You'll make a perfect pot every time.

Also, please don't rape your green tea with honey or any other sweeteners. If you want to do that, stick with store bought fruit and breakfast teas.

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>>4252604

I drank 2 pots of sencha and 1 pot of gyokuro yesterday. Each pot was 1 L. I had caffeine jitters all day and an elevated heart rate, and was pacing all around my apartment.

felt bad, man

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>>4252655

For green and white tea, yeah.

Honey is great with black and rooibos.

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>>4252639
Well, I usually drink nothing during the day anyway, so I guess adding in a bit of green tea would do me some good.

>>4252640
>>4252648
>>4252660
Totally forgot about the caffeine. I'm guessing there's no such thing as decaf green tea?

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>>4252560

>http://home.fazekas.hu/~nagydani/rth/Russian-tea-HOWTO-v2.html

>Caffeine is essential for keeping the brain active during nightly hacking sessions. There are, however, many ways to satisfy a hacker's need for caffeine. Drinking Canned Capitalism (Coke) contradicts the very principles of the open source movement, for it is a closed source product, manufactured by a huge, evil corporation. This sweet brown fizzy water is unhealthy and does not leave any space for creativity; you just get what you pay for

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>>4252648
I don't usually add anything to my tea. Just occasionally some honey.

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>>4252693
It does exist, but personally I find that some caffeine is not bad. It's only when you go over your personal threshold that problems appear.
Me, caffeine doesn't affect me at all. Which is troublesome when I'm trying to stay awake and no energy drink works.

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>>4252560
Get back to sleep kedves Dániel.

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Tea brewing idea:

Coffee press pots make excellent tea pots.

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>>4252781
>Me, caffeine doesn't affect me at all.

Assuming you are a human being, yes it does. You just need more of it.

I feel nothing from a mug or two, but when I need a serious buzz I down 12 cups of coffee and fuck do I get AWAKE.

[Anonymous No.]

OP, instead of a full blown green tea you might want to go halfway there and try Oolong tea instead. Avoid Twinings oolong and you should be fine.

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>>4252825
If you're really tired you often won't notice anything even if you take really large amounts of caffeine.

When I was in the army we had once marched for more than 20 hours straight with only one 1 hour pause and a couple of ~10min pauses and I had been staying awake for total of more than 30 hours without any sleep. My friend had caffeine pills which each had about the same amount of caffeine as 3 cups of coffee. The instructions said that you must never take more than 3 pills/day. I took 6 at once (taking any more would probably have been very dangerous) and didn't notice anything at all, about an hour later we had a 10min pause again and I instantly fell asleep after sitting down and had to be woken up by my mates.

And I never drink coffee and very rarely tea or coke so caffeine should probably affect me more than people who are used to it.

[Anonymous No.]

OP just might not be a tea person.

When I'm too lazy to brew, I dilute the darkest Ito En stuff with water.

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>>4252655
Cool story bro but I drink all my tea with sweateners. You must be a sad panda, very sad panda

[Anonymous No.]

And what's the deal with cof you bunch of little girl pussies? If you are a real /jp/ fag not even 2 cans of strong coffee should be able to affect you. Stop lurking your bed in the basement all the time, do something dammit like programming your computer.

[Anonymous ‮.tahw ‪‪‪‬ ‪‬ ‭‬ !Jones4ZrPA No.]

>suppose

[Anonymous No.]

green tea is supplementary to sweets. You can drink them as is, but most people would prefer to drink them in conjunction with cookies, cake, biscuits and whatnot. The're supposed to go with ocha-gashis, that are pretty much lumps of sugar that's intricately made with all sorts of things. However, as a westerner such as you, they should go very well with cake and cookies.

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>>4252130
Stop spamming and harassing www. anon
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>>4252560
Látom mit tettél.

[Anonymous No.]

Tea thread? I'm enjoying a nice cup of green tea right now. Fukamushi sencha.

[Anonymous No.]

What other kinds of tea would you recommend someone if they like the taste of green tea?

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The "Studying for diffusion&phase change exam special": heat 1-2 litres of water to boiling.

Grab a fist of tea leaves and add to the water.

Turn off the stove, leave the pot on it.

Wait five minutes or so before pouring your first cup from the pot. Only pour up a cup at the time, leave the rest if the pot with the leaves.

>>4252411
The dehydrating property of tea is more than made up for by the fact that it's mostly water (you add far mroe to the system than you remove). The same actually goes for coffee as well. So that's not the problem.

>>4253518
(So-called) white tea.

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>>4253592
What about Oolong and Black tea?

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>>4253643

What about them? Try them you fuck and find out yourself.

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>>4253647

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>>4253647

lol, unnecessary hostility. I almost forgot I was on /jp/ until I read this