/jp/ - Otaku Culture

[Anonymous No.]

Do you drink tea /jp/?
I recently bought some Darjeeling tea, it's good stuff.

[ロリあき No.]

Darjeeling is good, but the flavor is so delicate that most people don't appreciate it.

I prefer a more robust tea, like Irish Breakfast tea.

I main Earl Grey though.

[Anonymous No.]

Coffee. I fantasize about visiting Gensokyo with a pocket full of coffee beans and showing those little girls a real mans drink.

[Anonymous No.]

Earl grey: bergamots to the MAX.

[Manfred !!UiOrmYiMsJQ No.]

Earl Grey, black, two lumps of sugar.

[Anonymous No.]

I like Frisian tea. It has a sweet note without any additional stuff.

["iluvOP !ge9bznqAsg No.]

/jp/ is filled with tea drinkers!
I drink lots of tea. Everyday. Green teas and earl greys are my favourites.

[Anonymous No.]

Also a nice blend of china and lapsang. The smoky taste is really great!

[Anonymous No.]

>>6551188
You'd better find a way to start growing it, otherwise some of those little girls are going to get agitated at not getting their coffee fix and tear your head right off of your body.

[mage !!h0eCsjLeg5C No.]

Could anyone recommend a loose leaf green tea that doesn't taste like grass clippings? The few I've tried have all tasted the way a fresh cut lawn smells.

[Manfred !!UiOrmYiMsJQ No.]

>>6551209
Goddamn the Pusher man.

[Anonymous No.]

Orange pekoe is a favorite of mine but I also enjoy green tea. I'm surprised at the number of tea drinkers here

[ロリあき No.]

You know what's surprisingly good? Jasmine green tea with milk.
I'ma go make some right now, actually.

[Youmu Konpaku !MyonHUTINA No.]

>>6551195
>two lumps of sugar
>reactionimage.dat
It's unfortunate that I started using loose leaf tea, as now I have about a hundred bags of tea that I probably won't drink.

[Anonymous No.]

Drink tea all day every day.
I'll never be a little girl. Time to drown my sorrows in cake.

[Anonymous No.]

>>6551214
that does sound good. alas, I don't have jasmine tea. should get some when I go back to 99 ranch.

I do have oolong tho. I just drink it to keep me warm.

[ロリあき No.]

>>6551224
>99 ranch
No need to go to an asian mart, I think. I got mine at a local grocery store. It's bagged, but it's ceylon so I'm satisfied.

[Anonymous No.]

Not really. I would try but I'm extremely picky and afraid to try new foods and drinks. I typically only like very strong flavors, and there's also the chance I'll really hate strong flavors too so it's a huge gamble.

[Anonymous No.]

I drink oolong, jasmine, and green tea. Each brand I try has a new flavor. The last pack of oolong tea I bought tastes worse in comparison to some others.

[Anonymous No.]

I haven't consumed any sort of tea in a long time, maybe 2 years. I do drink coffee. but I'd still much rather have tea.

[Anonymous No.]

>>6551211
Are you drinking Sencha? That's one of the worst in the "grass" department. Try gunpowder tea. Also remember than green tea tastes better if you add a little cold water before the hot water. If you're trying out green tea for it's superior health benefits to black teas, switch to Oolong now. You can't find healthier tea than Oolong.

>>6551214
So you like drinking perfume. Never come near me, 'k.

[Anonymous No.]

What a coincidence, I bought some SFTGFOP1 Darjeeling for the first time recently, I usually bought at least one grade lower before.
So damn good.

[ロリあき No.]

>>6551266
You don't like the smell and flavor of jasmine? I do. >>6551266
>add a little cold water before the hot water
You only need to do this if your hot water hit the boiling point. Ideal temperature for steeping green tea is around 180 F I believe? I could be wrong.

[Anonymous No.]

I drink nothing but green tea

Sencha is my favorite, the pure color and aroma along with its subtle simple taste. Currently drinking gunpowder because it's all I have access too. Its growing on me

[Anonymous No.]

Sweet tea is the only tea for me.

[Anonymous No.]

Coffee drinker here. I drink it black with little to no sugar and no milk. What tea has a very strong flavor, I have very weak tastebuds. I've tried some Tea before and it tastes like flavored water, pretty much like nothing.

[Anonymous No.]

I usually drink Oolong, but the taste sucks most of the time. I must be doing something wrong.

Though it's still nice, because it's so calming.

[Anonymous No.]

6-7 cups a day. My teeth look like shit.

[Anonymous No.]

>>6551313
>gunpowder

Two bags, one cup.

[Anonymous No.]

>>6551319
Oolong is a tea that I've found can vary a lot in its taste depending on who prepared and packed it. Twinings oolong is the worst I've come across. Most however taste delicious. Steeping oolong as if it was a green tea can also help fit it to your taste buds.

[ロリあき No.]

>>6551337
>gunpowder
>bags
Wait, what?

[jomod !XCurPvSuuQ No.]

dose ice tea count? i mean the stuff is only a dollar at the quick check and they are mad good

[nigga No.]

I enjoy my Roobois

[Anonymous No.]

>>6551374
I think I've actually seen Gunpowder in one of those newfangled pyramid bags.

Still, if I wanted strong taste I'd probably go for two bags of black breakfast tea instead.

[ロリあき No.]

>>6551393
Tea is tea, but that stuff is the Coors Lite of tea.

[Anonymous No.]

I like my chai...

[Anonymous No.]

I found this Twig Tea in the back of my tea cabinet.

It's pretty good, my new favorite tea flavor.

[Anonymous No.]

EARL GREY IS FOR FAGS
REAL MEN DRING RAKTAJINO

[ponpon No.]

Yes for the 139044983 time in the tea threads. Gyokuro appreciation.

[jomod !XCurPvSuuQ No.]

>>6551411
i like this one much more

[Saegrimr !SHIELDM.mE No.]

>>6551703
Yesssss oh god this shit is delicious.

Theres also some hippie brand "Peace Tea" has a really good ceylon flavor.

Doesn't taste a damn thing like actual ceylon tea, but it's still good.

[Pedonymous !!Yt4AmPxM3rB No.]

>>6551703
Oh man, I grab one whenever I go to the store.

[Anonymous No.]

Konacha - especially when drinking it by itself (i.e. not just after a meal). The only downside is the paste it leaves behind.

>>6551320
Mine look fairly normal, but my dentist probably thinks I'm lying when I say that I don't smoke (black tea is my main stuff)....

[Anonymous No.]

I don't know much about tea but I figured all of japan can't be wrong on it, so I started drinking green tea a little while back.

I like it because it's got a decent taste, doesn't need any sugar, don't need to drink coffee to get a fix of caffeine and I don't have to put up with the awful taste of coffee.
It's also got a flavor that isn't sweet, I like that because so many drinks are so sweet these days.
Sometimes I just don't want a sweet drink.

[Anonymous No.]

I like tea well enough, but honestly the best tea I've had was made by the bedouins in the Negev in Israel.

[Anonymous No.]

>>6551374
I'll look around for it, thanks for the recommendation.

[Anonymous No.]

>>6551691
>EARL GREY IS FOR FAGS
Shut up, Wesley.

[Anonymous No.]

I keep a pot of tea perpetually on my desk; much better for you then fizzy drinks.

I change the tea I drink from time to time. My preferences are Darjeeling, Earl Grey and Ceylon.

[Kaguya is a !BEaRD8DGAI No.]

Just got some echinacea and it has a minty after taste fits so well with this peach swiss roll that was made yesterday.

[Anonymous No.]

>>6551313
Start drinking lots and lots of water. Your taste buds may be numb, not weak.

[ponpon No.]

>>6551842
That isn't tea. Also enjoy your unrefined giant twinky.

[Kaguya is a !BEaRD8DGAI No.]

>>6551847
The fuck you on about? "Dried plant steeped in hot water" sounds like tea to me.

>Also enjoy your unrefined giant twinky.
There's only so much space in the fridge so it got squished.

[ponpon No.]

>>6551863
Camellia sinensis derived only or IP ban.

[Anonymous No.]

I drink Benoist Darjeeling in Hermes cups.

[Anonymous No.]

>>6551868
Go back to /train/, man.

[Anonymous No.]

If there's an asiany food store available, I always get oolong tea. Regular green tea doesn't have enough flavor for me. I used to get it loose at specialty places, but I found some cheap "tradition" brand teabags that are pretty good. The difference between good and mediocre oolong is subtle, so I just opt for the cheap stuff.

If I can only get to a regular supermarket, I'll get twinings irish breakfast.

[Anonymous No.]

Yes, but not really all that much recently unless I need a rush of caffeine while studying as all I have to heat up water is a microwave.
Even then, it's shitty 250 tea bags for 2 dollars type tea.

[Anonymous No.]

>>6551313
Make it with boiling water then let it sit for 20 minutes. Wouldn't be the best tasting tea but it'll have flavor.

[Kaguya is a !BEaRD8DGAI No.]

So, what do you accompany your tea with, /jp/?

>>6551867
So, "asia only or get out", right?

[Kaguya is a !BEaRD8DGAI No.]

Forgot image...

[Anonymous No.]

I like really strong peppermint tea.

[Anonymous No.]

>>6551911
>So, what do you accompany your tea with, /jp/?
oh man I was about to ask this question

and that looks green...is it a dessert?

[Pedonymous !!Yt4AmPxM3rB No.]

>>6551921
Mmmm, num num num. Peppermint tea and fresh homemade chocolate chip cookies on a cold day, snuggled up in my softest robe. Feels good.

[Anonymous No.]

You're supposed to be drinking sencha, weeaboos.

>>6551211

Try Chinese tea like Dragon Well. Either that or try one of the roasted green teas like houjicha or kukicha.

The only place you can order good tea from is online. Anything you buy from a grocery store has been sitting there for months, possibly years. Find a local tea specialty shop.

Personally, I order mine direct from Japan. It's nitrogen-packed until they mete it out in airtight opaque plastic bags.

Be careful though. Once you start drinking the good stuff, you will never want to drink a cheap grocery store brew again.

Unless you wish to be like the poor mikomiko

[All day !jCOMomijIM No.]

>>6551927
From the garden.

[Pedonymous !!Yt4AmPxM3rB No.]

>>6551960
>yuuka is the same color as that cookie
Oh man, Yuuka looks tasty now.

[Anonymous No.]

Tieguanyin or Longjing. I also had a some jasmine tea but it run out. It was good stuff, though.

[Manfred !!UiOrmYiMsJQ No.]

>>6551960
Hey, All Day.

A while ago there was some pasta posted in a Seacats thread involving Lambdadelta raping Battler and I haven't been able to find it.

I was wondering, did you write it?

[Kaguya is a !BEaRD8DGAI No.]

>>6551927
Macaron from this one shop. Bloody expensive considering their size, but I haven't bothered learning to make them yet.

>>6551954
>The only place you can order good tea from is online.
Not when you live next to one of the largest Chinese communities in the US. Tea places EVERYWHERE!
Granted, online ordering allows me to avoid going outside, but when I'm desperate, it's a five minute drive.

[All day !jCOMomijIM No.]

>>6551971
Nah, I haven't written any Umineko.

[Anonymous No.]

>>6551916

Is that financier?

I started having fruit with my tea, like mandarins, pears or persimmons. But I found it was overpowering the taste of the tea.

I'm thinking I just might not be using enough leaf. The only tea I ever make that comes out strong enough is gyokuro... and I'm guessing that's because I'm using a 2oz houhin with a whole teaspoon of it.

Well, I guess I answered my own question.

[Anonymous No.]

My mum actually bought some of this a few weeks ago:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genmaicha

Tastes alright.

Also, if anyone has mint growing in their garden, take a few leaves, put them in boiling water and add sugar and lemon. Shit's awesome.

[Anonymous No.]

>>6551873
Sugoi.

[Anonymous No.]

>>6552009
I don't add anything to my mint tea; just mint, boiling water and a teapot, but then I don't like sweet tea.

[Anonymous No.]

>>6551171
It's so green! Oh, so green!

[Anonymous No.]

Tea snob here. This thread made me rage a little.

[Anonymous No.]

>>6552009
It's also great against sore throats and helps with digestion, good to drink after meals. If you don't have fresh mint at hand, dry mint also works, you can also switch mint with garlic. I like the taste of garlic better, but it's a matter of preference.

This thread makes me unsure whether every single poster on /jp/ is secretly a refined young maiden, elegantly drinking tea with the pinky finger extended while pretending to be lonely men all day.

[Anonymous No.]

>>6554583
Garlic? That sounds kinda in the "so weird it could actually be good" category, I think I'm going to try it one of those days.
I'll hold you responsible.

[Anonymous No.]

>>6551810
Hey Earl Grey drinking faggots,

My name is Sisko, and I hate every single one of you. All of you are sissy, pseudo-intellectual, tasteless people who spend their time drinking coloured piss with replicated leaves. You are everything bad in the beverage industry. Honestly, have any of you ever tried Raktajino? I mean, I guess it's fun making fun of people because you know your favourite drink is vastly inferior, but you all take to a whole new level. This is even worse than fucking up a tea ceremony.

Don't be a stranger. Just hit me with your best shot. I'm pretty much perfect. I'm the God of the Bajorans and I saved the alpha quadrant from the Dominion. Under what pretense you dare to call yourself a Federation officer or even a man? I also got a new prototype battleship with cloaking device, and have a banging hot girlfriend (She just blew me; Shit was SO cash). You are all sissies who should just kill yourselves. Thanks for listening.

Pic Related: It's me drinking superior Raktajino.

[Anonymous No.]

>>6554779
It's funny because it's false.

[Anonymous No.]

>>6554580
Fuck your shit, I'm enjoying myself.

[Anonymous No.]

I'm american so I drink coffee

[Anonymous No.]

>>6551171

I drink tea once or twice per week at work.

[Youmu Konpaku !MyonHUTINA No.]

>>6551954
>Be careful though. Once you start drinking the good stuff, you will never want to drink a cheap grocery store brew again.
I wish someone would've told me this before last weekend. Maybe it's just the quality of the actual tea instead of simply the fact that it comes in a bag or not, but looseleaf tea is so many worlds beyond regular tea it's terrifying to think how I'll be able to get myself to drink the large amount of bags I have left.

[Anonymous No.]

I've been drinking this 玄米茶. The taste of the roasted rice is delicious.

[Kaguya is a !BEaRD8DGAI No.]

>>6554583
>This thread makes me unsure whether every single poster on /jp/ is secretly a refined young maiden, elegantly drinking tea with the pinky finger extended while pretending to be lonely men all day.
Well...

[Manfred !!UiOrmYiMsJQ No.]

>>6555546
I was afraid of this.

I haven't touched the loose-leaf while I still have bags left.

[ロリあき No.]

>>6555629
I've been meaning to try genmaicha. I've always been a little bit leery of it though.

>>6554779
I fucking laughed. Sisko will never beat Picard, just as Picard can never beat Kirk. Trek captains get logarithmically crappier as time goes on.

I really wnated to like Scott Bakula as a captain, but it just wasn't physically possible

[Anonymous No.]

Why is earl gray so popular here?

[Manfred !!UiOrmYiMsJQ No.]

>>6556883
I blame Seacats but, the smell of Bergamot is heavenly.

[ロリあき No.]

>>6556883
BEcause it's fucking delicious, that's why.
Oil of bergamot forever, motherfucker.

[Anonymous No.]

Sorry, I prefer the taste of tea. I respect that they have to spice up the tea that's somehow lacking to sell it but that's no excuse for me to buy it.

[ロリあき No.]

>>6556931
>somehow lacking
>implying ALL Earl grey is made with inferior tea
Oh you.
Some people put ketchup on their eggs, too. I prefer hot sauce, myself.

[Anonymous No.]

>>6555546

Anon you replied to here. If you can't trade them to anyone you know for quality loose leaf, then try this. Brew with two bags or even three bags instead of one, and reduce the brewing time accordingly. If you brew one bag for two minutes, brew two bags for one minute, or brew three bags for 30-45 seconds. It won't improve the quality of the tea, but it'll make the flavour more intense and the short steep time will prevent most of the bitterness.

Either that or just throw out all your bagged stuff. It's what I did.

[ロリあき No.]

>>6557005
>throw out
What a bleedin' waste.
I prefer good loose-leaf, but I ain't afraid of drinking inferior bagged tea either. Works for when I run out of the loose-leaf, which is often, because I have no money.

[Anonymous No.]

Is there a tea Touhou? Like Yuuka is the flower Touhou, Rumia is the darkness Touhou, etc.

[五角场 ～之～ 无名氏 No.]

just had 杭菊

[Youmu Konpaku !MyonHUTINA No.]

>>6557247
All Touhous are tea touhous.

[ロリあき No.]

I thought the Red White was the tea Touhou.

[Anonymous No.]

>>6551188
That's not Jack Daniels.

[ロリあき No.]

>>6557313
>Jack Daniels
>Man's drink
Fuck off with your redneck moonshine. A man's drink is single-malt.

[Anonymous No.]

>>6557297
After you kick their ass in danmaku, anyhow.

[Anonymous No.]

I don't like Earl Grey. It's probably the only tea I've had where I instantly knew I disliked it. I don't really like Darjeeling either; I'm not a big fan of black teas but I'll drink it.

My favourite by far is green tea. I don't know of any names because the green tea I always drink are gifts to me from relatives and the names are in Chinese but I can't read Chinese... They're definitely the tea to drink if you're eating confectioneries. Especially when I'm eating confectioneries, I like to use a higher temperature of water because the bitterness can go very well with some things, especially milk chocolate.