/jp/ - Otaku Culture

[Anonymous No.]

Let's see where a tea thread takes us today. Q&A by Non-Directional !LaserEWICA: http://pastebin.com/hw8XXZV5

Any teas you've been enjoying a lot lately? Do the changing seasons affect your tastes? Let's once again have a friendly discussion about tea in this thread, please!

As for me, I'm looking forward to sipping on hot hojicha during the coming autumn and winter months. Until then, chilled/iced green tea as usual for this time of year. Pictured is tea made from Kirkland Signatures/Ito En bags (sencha with matcha blend).

[Anonymous No.]

What do you guys think about Bubble Tea?
It has become quite a trend here in germany and it has been in the news multiple times

[Anonymous No.]

Is tea otaku?

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>>9552771
Oh, not this again.

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>>9552771
I do not know if it is same in Germany, but here I cannot get bubble tea without feeling like a creeper trying to hit on asian girls. That is all who drink it.

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>>9552771
I would like to try it but there are no places nearby that sell it. I can see how some of the flavors would be nice although it'd all be ruined if it's too sweet.

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>>9552771
Trend? Where I live here in California, you can't walk a block in the shopping district without seeing a different boba store.

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>>9552766

Green tea looks pretty nasty in a clear glass.

Those threads he used to make persuaded me to buy a kyusu teapot and some imported nip tea. I've tried about 4 different green tea from this place, and I would say the best I've tried by a longshot would be this one;

http://www.yuuki-cha.com/organic-chiran-sencha?zenid=2e06a0d42f1c64acacbc2dd1eec6eace

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>>9552771
What is bubble tea?

Right now as mostly always I drink Cherry tea.

It's not really cherry tea. It's just hibiscus tea with cherry flavoring.

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>>9552838
I got some Chiran shincha a few months ago and it wasn't half bad. It was from a different site though.

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>>9552797
Yes, the sticky confirms it too. It's a pretty niche interest, and the only place that really overlaps is maybe /ck/, I guess.

Thanks /jp/, I might go have some tea right now.

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>>9552851
Tea (black?) with flavored syrup and (condensed?) milk with small tapioca balls at the bottom. Pic pulled from GIS

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>>9552851
Bubble tea is a mix of tea with a bunch of fruity, sugar flavor, and soaked tapioca pearls or lychee fruit at the bottom. It's really goddamn delicious, and popular with little asian girls, but it's not really elegant like other tea culture can be.

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Recommend me some really good Tea flavours.

We just got a Tea shop in my city.

>>9552883
>>9552887
Damn that kind of looks awesome. I wish we had that here. My country is too behind on world things in general.

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>>9552887
You've got to admit they look nice, don't you think so?

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>>9552887
>but it's not really elegant like other tea culture can be
Why does tea has to be elegant?
Some people just want a goodtasting drink without trying to impress people

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I don't have any recent pics because I sold my phone but I plan on getting a camera some time soon.

Tea in the picture is Keiko kabusecha shincha but it's already gone.

Right now I'm having a much more expensive Keiko Yume Kaori/Yutaka Midori shincha. It's great but not really worth paying premium for. Not like the one before was cheap or anything.

>>9552895
That what you linked to is about as much tea as "Kobe beef" in America is real Wagyu. Probably even less.

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>>9552911
Damn that looks good. I wish I could try some real tea like this in my life. Just too poor to get any of this.

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>>9552766
Clearglass tea always looks so weird.

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My favorite green tea is Gatorade, lemon lime flavored.

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>>9552934
I'm sorry anon, that's not tea.

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>>9552923
The bright green leaves leftover in a kyusu have always looked so good to me. I almost want to eat them for some reason.

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>>9552941

Have you ever actually seen them in real life? You would probably vomit trying to eat them.

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>>9552951
Ehh? How come? I sometimes put my finger in the kyusu and eat a few. They don't really taste like much but there is nothing disgusting about them.

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>>9552951
I see them every time I brew some tea. You don't think something like this looks appealing? Maybe I'm the odd one out here...

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>>9552895
This anon here.

1st Ginger lemon (green)
2nd Sencha (green)
3rd Gunpowder Temple of the Heaven (Green)
4th YINZHEN (yellow)
5th JAPANESE TREASURE (green)
6th Early Gray (black)

Theres are the top sold teas in the shop from last month.

What do I pick?

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>>9552966
2 or 3, not sure about 4

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>>9552966
Can you sample any? If I were to buy one based on name alone I'd just go with the sencha.

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>>9552975
Guess I'll try 2 then thanks anon.

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>>9552978
Well I can smell them, but they only sell powders and leaves. They don't actually make tea in the booth. See it's pretty small.

Also picture related. Should I get this? It's about 20$ or 15€... Is there a better one on the internet? I really have no clue when it's 60°c for green tea. I always make it too bitter.

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>>9552995
www.kolodziej-lieder-shop.de/

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>>9552995

I do 70C for green tea, brew about a minute.

Just get a thermometer that is safe for stuff like this, I bought a really good one for like 4 bucks.

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>>9552995
>>9553003
To elaborate further:
Only really high quality green tea needs a temperature of 60°C. "Normal" or middle-ish grade sencha needs about 75-80°C although it should say on the package which temperature is right for the tea.

If you do get into tea I would recommend you to buy a kitchen thermometer from Amazon for example - they're really handy. A good way to measure the temperature if you don't have one is to open your kettle and hover your hand over the water. If you have to pull your hand out because it's too hot then well, it's too hot. Once it's acceptable you can pour it in.

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>>9552908
I am sorry, I did not wish to imply that there was something WRONG with bubble tea. I enjoy it. It's "like crack," as some people would say. But in the end it's just another overpriced sugary drink that happens to have tea as a base, and that sort of turns me off to it after a while.

I mean, to me, it is tea only the in technical sense. I don't think I would ever try to start talking about pic related in a serious tea discussion either, even if it is, technically, "tea."

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why is /jp/ so refined

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>>9553007
I can't really into Amazon the shipping rates rape my ass.

http://www.dealextreme.com/p/stainless-steel-probe-meat-barbecue-thermometer-black-silver-141072?ite
m=26

But I'm guessing something like this would be okay right?

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>>9553012
Sure why not.

[Anonymous No.]

Da Hong Pao, which I've been drinking nonstop to eat through my stocks.
Some stale sencha, I forgot to label, which I think was a second batch of shincha I got sent by mistake back in april.
And a big tin of Dong Ding, which was also sent to me erroneously.

After I this stuff is used up I can finally buy some new stock. The Da Hong Pao is good stuff, but seems to vary wildly from one source to the next, I'm glad I bought such a wide variety.

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Is this one any good? I found it in the supermarket, but with a green package.

I just want to be as fit as Jackie

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>>9553047
I laughed so hard my tea leaves spilled all over the place.

[Youmu Konpaku !MyonHUTINA No.]

>>9553047
>Splenda
>sugared green tea
why

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>>9553047
No idea but I'm not going to lie - I'd try it because of Jackie Chan's picture on the box.

>>9553008
Eh it's fine, don't be so hard on yourself.

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>>9553047
A1 tea, would drink.

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Has anyone here tried Ito En's Sencha Shot? How about Suntory's Green Espresso?

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>>9553069
Sounds too artificial.

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First off please don't kill me.

I know it's a tea thread but how come coffee became so popular in the west compared to tea?

There no Starbucks tea even tough tea obviously has more caffeine in it. Even tough tea can be made in many more flavors and many more variations...

Does anyone here drink coffee or coffee derivatives such as Capuchino and the like...

[Youmu Konpaku !MyonHUTINA No.]

>>9553096
Starbucks usually sell Tazo teas, though.

>tea obviously has more caffeine in it
Huh? It's not obvious at all.
Heck, I'm pretty sure coffee does have more caffeine, in general.

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>>9553096
Becuase the colonies in the western empires were better suited to growing coffee. There was also an unpopular sentiment about tea in america due to lingering sillyness with England after the all that trouble happened between the two.

Now, coffee is far less exclusive, far easier to grow, and much easier to drive massive profits off of slave labor from, than tea which is already a long established market. Americans still don't like tea as much as Europeans, and the average person only knows bagged tea which isn't even remotely the same and thus have no interest in it. There's also a common misconception that all tea is nearly caffeine free, for reasons I don't actually understand.

And, no.

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>>9553096
Very rarely if ever. Coffee is too aggressive and blunt for me. It lacks the many subtle flavors good tea can have. It's much less beneficial to your health (although that's not really a concern for me) and a lot more boring to drink.

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>>9553096

I don't like the taste of coffee much, but I love the smell. My roommate brews a pot every evening (he works the night shift) and I love coming home to that smell.

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>>9553096
I love both the smell and the taste of coffee as much as tea. The problem is, my stomach acidity makes me want to throw up if I consume too much. The caffeine is also too strong. A glass of coffee at 3 PM guarantees I'll have trouble sleeping at night.

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>>9553111
But it's Tazo Tea.

[proREMIRIAt Elite Force Commander !rSDMROXTB. No.]

Do any of you suck the tea bag after finishing making tea?.

I feel uncultured when I do, but it just tastes too good.

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>>9556085
I don't use bags, but I do want to eat the leaves.

[Native Japanese Speaker !!8RQHsvbK0W1 No.]

Usually drank teas from Fukuoka or Sechibaru with tea sets made by craftsmen in Arita. Get cultured.

Drink none stateside. Most are crap.

[Native Japanese Speaker !!8RQHsvbK0W1 No.]

>>9553096
Black coffee and espressos. I don't complain about coffee being shit, grew up drinking canned Georgia and Boss coffee anyways.

Never used sugar/milk/cream.

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>>9556866
I feel bad about this, but when I drink tea or coffee, I put sugar. I normally only drink really cold water. I can't taste the difference between normal hot water and unsweetened tea. Perhaps I bought uber-shit tea or I have stone tastebuds.

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>>9552771
Tried it, thought it was awful.

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I have tea leaves in the kitechn, in a package like this one >>9556861 , but it's been sitting there for a while (it's also open because I made it a few times). I'm guessing leaving it open will reduce the flavor and smell a bit? It's been there for more than a year.

I also like genmai cha, which have the rice (I think) bits in the green tea leaves. The scent is different and very pleasant.

[Native Japanese Speaker !!8RQHsvbK0W1 No.]

>>9556897
That's weird. I'm starting to taste less as well (I smoke), though I wont add sugar. Never cared for that stuff really.

Speaking of smokes, I ran out of Seven Stars lately. Man I miss Japanese smokes.

[Native Japanese Speaker !!8RQHsvbK0W1 No.]

>>9556905
Having it open for about a year would do it.

Genmai-cha is all right.

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>>9556897
I made some tea with tap water the other day and it didn't taste anything like the tea I make with bottled water.

[Non-Directional !LaserEWlCA No.]

Oh my. I thought /jp/ had mostly lost interest in tea, and then I stopped by and found this. I'm happy to see my Q&A is still helpful to people.

>>9552766
>Do the changing seasons affect your tastes?

Yes. The first signs of autumn are already appearing here, and I like to drink black tea and gyokuro (pic related) from the time summer is winding down until the snow begin to fall. My order of Japanese black tea arrived today, and I have some Nepalese and Yunnan black on the way. Will post about it in the future if I see another tea thread.

>>9553138

Charles get out of my head

>>9556085

I did that as a child. You can do that with very high-end sencha teabags (the silk mesh kind), provided they've been brewed at least three or four times.

Some interesting developments for me personally since I've taken a break from posting: I am going to go to college for being a tea sommelier, starting either in a few months or the winter. Probably also going to start a website related to tea, or at least a blog, because the world of tea online is boring and stuffy. I think I can build something that people will enjoy and get something out of. Generation Y is starting to discover tea.

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>>9556916
Ah, I should finish it soon then.

Also, does anyone you know the name of the tin can things people put their leaves in? I've seen it a few times. It is cylindrical and made out of metal with some paper art thing on the outside.

>>9556924
Is that due to the hardness of the water?
What's good for Japanese green tea? The water here is very hard; if I don't wipe the counter I can see a thin layer of minerals after it dries.

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>>9556938
My tapwater is very hard as well. I just get some water from the water store and use that.

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>>9552771
Bubble Tea started off in Taiwan, when some guy came up with the idea of sucking boiled tapioca seeds through a thick straw. They usually use milk tea, which can also be flavoured with something, like coffee or fruit. It then caught on in many other Asian countries.

[Native Japanese Speaker !!8RQHsvbK0W1 No.]

>>9556936
That's a fine set you got there.

If you're interested in tea sets I suggest you look up some from Arita. Arita has a deep history in pottery.

Hasami isn't bad either. Nagasaki in general has great pottery and all, being where trade began in Japan.

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Not sure if on-topic, but does anyone like bottled tea?
I really like the taste of sougenbicha (pic related). Very refreshing and unique taste.

[Non-Directional !LaserEWlCA No.]

>>9556938

Those are just called canisters. The paper they are wrapped in is called washi paper, if I remember correctly.

>>9556951

Thanks. I am unfortunately limited more or less to what English-language vendors happen to stock. From what I've seen, it's mostly downmarket Tokonome, although you can get lucky sometimes, like with this Shiboridashi set, or a few Hagi pieces I happened to find. Good teaware might be harder to find than good tea.

[Native Japanese Speaker !!8RQHsvbK0W1 No.]

>>9556968
I was never a fan of it, liked these better.

By no means is it bad.

I like the bitter stuff.

[Youmu Konpaku !MyonHUTINA No.]

>>9556936
Ah, that's pretty awesome. I didn't know they had college courses for that, which universities have majors that'd be applicable?

Also, do you know anything about http://www.arborteas.com/ ? Obviously it's not gonna be as good as a more direct supplier, but it's got free shipping to local addresses which is pretty sweet.

>>9556968
I've never had any that's been particularly tasty, only just acceptable sometimes. Arizona, mostly.

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>>9556968
It's sokenbicha man.
http://www.sokenbicha.jp/

It's my favourite bottled tea. Perfect for summer.

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Do any of you know of any brands of cheap bottled tea that taste nice and not too sweet?
Preferably Chinese brands because that's probably what I'll find here.
I'm trying to find an alternative to my horrendous soft drink habit, but it has to be cheap. Can't be water because my tap water tastes bad.

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>>9552826
Same here in Vegas. I love honeydew milk teas.

I have actually been drinking iced earl grey. 110+ degrees here so only cold teas for the next two months.

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>>9556984
Oh yes. I enjoy bitter when I'm eating heavy meals.

>>9557028
Oh, my bad. Somehow thought it was gen all these years.

>>9557037
Have you tried a water filter? The one that you just pour water in is a bit of a hassle but they're cheap and the water tastes much better.
As for Chinese teas, the one's I've tried are all sweet.

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>>9557051

Ah.
How sweet are we talking? Is there really nothing like bottled unsweetened tea?
I haven't tried a water filter. Might look in to that.

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>>9557066
I tried a couple of those small paper pack ones. They are very sweet (for me). And I had them cold so that's even more sugar.

I didn't try looking very hard so there might be unsweetened ones somewhere. You could also brew your own and leave it in the fridge.

I love mugicha (barley tea) packs. I just put water and 2 tea bags (they're pretty big) in a 2L container and leave it in the fridge. The taste is amazing on a hot day. I used to live close to a Chinese supermarket where I could buy these, and they also had a few more Japanese tea products (like bottled tea).

[Anonymous No.]

At first glance I thought this was a pee thread.

[Youmu Konpaku !MyonHUTINA No.]

>>9557156
Only when Lenfreid's involved.

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>>9557156

I wonder if piss bottles are included in 'NEET lifestyle'.

>>9557159

She is dedicated. If only more people would piss on camera.

[Non-Directional !LaserEWlCA No.]

>>9556999

You don't need any prerequisites for it.

My suggestion is you just order something from Zencha. They're in Japan, but their shipping on tea is free, and usually takes less than two weeks to arrive. I've been loving their Sencha Moe (pic related). It's cheap and has a flavourful comparable to some better Uji teas I have tried.

>>9557050

Try ice-brewing gyokuro if you can afford it. You pack a kyusu with ice cubes and a serving of gyokuro leaf, and the tea brews as the ice melts. It's definitely not for everyone though, as only very high-end gyokuro can stand up to this kind of treatment without giving you bitter murky green slime.

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>>9556999
Sick trips faggot

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>>9557174

It's lucky you spoilered that, I hadn't seen that film yet.

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>>9557176
le epic win post

who r u spoilering XD

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>>9557196

Thank you, I try.

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>>9556936
>Charles get out of my head
I thought you died. What you did was pretty rude, you know.

[Anonymous No.]

I'm a man who has never tasted real green tea.

Sure I can buy bags of leaves but I still don't know how to prepare it just as them asians.

So my question is how close do the usual brands come to actually simulating the taste. You know stuff like Nestea and such...

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>>9557974
Think something like the difference between Wagyu and dog food.

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>>9557162

Thank you for reminding me to dispose of the brandy bottle full of piss; my mom is finally out of the house long enough to remove it without fear of ridicule.

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>>9557974

You're getting the leftovers from other people's tea production and you're probably steeping it way the fuck too long, if that's any indication of how badly on the tea spectrum it is.

[Anonymous No.]

What kind of switches are you using on that Filco, OP?

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>>9558074
They are cherry blues.

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>>9558074
>>9558077

You nerds seem like you know about keyswitches.

I have a Filco like OP's with blues, except the letters are side printed.
I find it to be annoying sometimes when double tapping in quick succession.
So the question is this: what are Cherry reds like for double tapping in games and so forth if you have used them?

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>>9558083
Cherry reds (and blacks by some extension) are better meant for gaming than blues which are usually used for typing. Reds are basically blacks, except easier to press. Neither of the two have tactile feedback and no "click". Most people say browns are a middle thing between gaming and typing and I (also having browns (and I also used to have blacks)) agree with that.

http://www.overclock.net/t/491752/mechanical-keyboard-guide

Here's a good guide, also on how different the switches are.

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>>9558086

Thanks. So in your experience blacks and by extension reds are better for quick keystrokes like what you make in games?

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>>9558099
Yeah, I'd definitely say that.

[Non-Directional !LaserEWlCA No.]

>>9558083
>what are Cherry reds like for double tapping in games and so forth if you have used them?

You have to press the key all the way to the actuation point without tactile feedback each time, so it's more about practicing a reflex than getting a feel for it. I use a Cherry Red for any danmaku I play that do not have automatic fire (i.e. hold down the button to keep firing), to prevent wear and tear on my typing keyboard.

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>>9559792

Thanks.
I find the Filco with blues annoying sometimes, particularly in STGs.
I think I might go all out and get another Filco with reds and do what you do, alternate them with reds for gaming and blues for typing, etc.
I have a pile of money that I have saved from food money over the past few months. It's burning a hole in my pocket and this seems a good way to spend it.

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>>9558083
>>9559840

>annoying sometimes

I'd forgotten how I'd phrased the first post and then 8 hours later phrase another in almost the same way.
My posting style must be predictable and identifiable, oh well.

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>>9559857

Are you the guy who likes dominated Eirin? If so, hi again!

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>>9560184

Nope. You have given me hope that I am not as identifiable/repetitive as I thought though, thank you.

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>>9552911
Duuuuuuuude! That's some nice stuff you got there. I've drunk Japanese tea only once in my life. It was in a tea cafe in Omotesando, Tokyo. Delicious.

Does anyone know where to get (authentic) Japanese tea online? Looking for some Gyokuro.

[Anonymous No.]

I only like mint tea.

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>>9561199
Shipping to where?

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>>9561238
The Netherlands

[Anonymous No.]

So I should never get teabags?

[Anonymous No.]

My grandmother sends me Taiwan High Mountain Tea. Very nice green tea for everyday drinking.

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>>9561256
see >>9558064

>>9561242
see >>9553003
It's not Dutch but it's close enough and the tea was very nice so far. Try ordering some 2012 sencha for starters.

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>>9561266
I love that as well (Alishan Gao Shan Cha, 阿里山 高山茶). I also like Bi Luo Chun (碧螺春).

[Anonymous No.]

Indian tea with cardamom is fairly nice but for some reason is only obtainable in bulk quantities.

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>>9561266
I love that as well (Alishan Gao Shan Cha, 阿里山 高山茶). I also like Bi Luo Chun (碧螺春).

>>9561295
Thanks!

[Anonymous No.]

Bumping.
I've been drinking Twinings's English breakfast tea for breakfast. I've also tried making mugicha straight from barley, but it's not as easy as I thought.

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>>9563647
Did you roast it at all? Think of the barley like a coffee bean. That's how much it needs to be roasted.

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>>9565016
I did. Maybe I over roasted it. Any suggestions? Also, do you grind the barley afterwards, and what do you use to grind it if you do?

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>>9565101
I have no idea really. I buy mine in bags. You probably need to grind it after, though. What I get is coarse like a french press grind and the taste is almost exactly like weak coffee, if that helps to explain how much to roast it. You could maybe use a food processor or probably a coffee grinder.

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>>9552995
>buying your tea in croatia
>2012

[Youmu Konpaku !MyonHUTINA No.]

>>9557173
Oh, no, I didn't mean which majors you'd need to take the courses, I meant, what is the major called, if it's one dedicated to tea?

And hmm, perhaps a comparison, then. Guess I'll get one tea from there, and one tea from Arbor Teas just in case it's really good; support local businesses and all.

>>9558086
>Mechanical keyswitches are designed so that they register before you bottom out, so you only need to apply as much force as is necessary to actuate it, not wasting any.
I don't get this. Why not just make the height of the key lower? If you're worried about wasting force, why make it necessary to learn where the actual actuation is?

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>>9565414
I was under the impression that it is a technical school and not a conventional university.

[Non-Directional !LaserEWlCA No.]

>>9565414

http://www.tea.ca/Page.asp?PageID=751&SiteNodeID=212

[Anonymous No.]

gen mai cha

[Anonymous No.]

It's 1am here, probably not a very good time to brew some shincha.

[Anonymous No.]

>>9567554
It's always a good time for some quality tea

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>>9567690
But how am I supposed to sleep ' ~ '

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>>9567702
I usually don'r care whether I can sleep or not. If I want to drink tea, I'll make some and drink it. Work? That might be troubling. Luckily my shift usually starts in the afternoon hours.

[Anonymous No.]

Anyone drink mugicha?

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>>9570727
My last two attempts (before posting here) at making mugicha straight from barley were failures. They all have burnt taste. Fortunately, I'll get my leave in two days. I'll experiment with it a bit more.

[Anonymous No.]

>>9571039
Overly burnt taste

[Anonymous No.]

i feel like i'm the only one that drinks milk and cola

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>>9571039
It's poor man's coffee, don't expect it to be a deliquacy. It shouldn't taste like roasted sesame seeds' oil, though.
>>9571063
Contrary to popular belief, it's not that popular.

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>>9571039
You could always buy a bag, you get a ton in there. Maeda En's is $4.75 for 320g in 10g bags (expensive flat rate shipping though), each bag making 1L of mugicha. If you're set on making it from barley, you might want to look into how coffee is roasted and try imitating that with the barley. Pic is a comparison of roasted and unroasted barley from a Google search on roasting barley for mugicha.

[:⊺ No.]

Money have been tight for the last two months, so I haven't been able to buy new teas and am slowly running out. I've started doing three brews per portion to make my stock stretch.

Currently enjoying third-time "green tea with jasmine". Have about 80g of it left, about as much earl grey, some gunpowder green with mint and a little bit of a mate with herbs mixture. Have been pretty down since the oolong ran out.

If the loose-leaf runs out I'll have to start using the emergency in-case-of-zombie-apocalypse teabag rations. Which are mostly herbal teas.

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>>9571094
Green tea with jasmine is absolutely delicious. I love that stuff.

[Anonymous No.]

I hope that I can get a bit into Oolong once my shincha is gone. The ones I've tried so far were pretty meh.

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>>9574441
I know bagged tea is looked down on here but i am seeking info about iced tea...does anyone know if any us makers make a family sized green tea pack for iced tea?

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>>9553096
For me I drink coffee for caffeine (just to get myself awake in the morning, if I'm cramming and so on), tea for actual taste/enjoyment.

[Non-Directional !LaserEWlCA No.]

>>9574826

I just got a free sample whole-leaf teabag with my latest order from Zencha. I'll post about it tomorrow if I have time to have tea.

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>>9579914
Please do post!

[Anonymous No.]

It's been so hot lately and I haven't been in the mood for tea. I'm looking forward to autumn and winter.

[Non-Directional !LaserEWlCA No.]

I tried the Zencha Kagoshima teabag just now, brewed as I would any good sencha. It was pretty bad. It wasn't as bad as their Yame teabag, but it wasn't worth spending money on at all.

Even among quality retailers, worthy teabags are rare.

[Anonymous No.]

>>9558086
>>9559792

I ended up ordering a Filco red board with numpad after much deliberation.
Should be good, and my wallet is lot lighter now.

[Anonymous No.]

>>9583347

*a lot

[Anonymous No.]

>>9582802
Why not have some iced tea? It's such a beautiful thing on these hot summer days.

[Anonymous No.]

>>9583359
I'm having cold compote right now. My tea is a bit too expensive to make iced tea out of it.

[Anonymous No.]

Bumping.
Had Twining's English Breakfast tea this morning. Any suggestions on other tea to try in the morning?

[Anonymous No.]

As an English person that's never drank a while cup of tea in their life what would you recommend? I'm not a fan of teabag tea or instant coffee.

[Anonymous No.]

>>9587182
Kee Mun (祁門紅茶; qímén hóngchá)

[Anonymous No.]

>>9587182

pu er is my goto breakfast tea.

[Anonymous No.]

Once you go loose-leaf you're never going back.

>>9587182
I really like Assam Breakfast (from Republic of Tea).

Some nice ideas in this thread; gonna research mugicha now.