Tea

OP your post was cute and i like it. very wholesome content, 10/10

i'm not a big tea drinker but i'm trying to do the whole green tea in the morning thing. does anyone know what i can add to it to make it a little easier to drink besides honey/sugar? looking to spice it up a little

>>7302355

Perhaps nutmeg might do the trick.

Celestial Seasonings Sleepytime tea.

>>7302355

Whole mint leaves, brew some up in a pot with the tea.

>>7302369

+

>>7302377

>>7302314
I drink tea just about everyday but I don't tell /ck/ about it too much because I know they'd judge me.

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What should I brew?

>>7302314
Do a lot of people really drink their tea from clear glasses?

Never done it myself.

>>7302381
There is literally a tea general up 24/7.

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>>7302381

OP here. Yeah I know that feel, pretty sure people think i'm gay for loving tea so much.

>>7302391
what time is it for you? Have you eaten?

>>7302355
Try earl grey tea. It has oil of bergamot in it (orange oil) and it has a very distinct taste which is pleasing.

>>7302392

You're missing out on the infusion process.
It looks like a colored mist slowing filling up the cup.

>>7302394
what kind of queer gives a crap about people drinking tea? I bet he's some faggot that drinks monster energy.

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>>7302402
>brewing tea in the cup

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>>7302355
Constant Comment is also great and popular with people who usually don't like hot tea so well.

>>7302396
its midnight and yes

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>there are people who use teabags

>>7302460
The earl grey so you may stay up til 4 am shitposting

>>7302393
I know. My point is I don't post there because they would judge me.

>>7302463
I have yet to find a good infuser.

I buy the Walmart brand tea bags. I'm picky when it comes to tea though. Some might call me an elitist.

>>7302556
what do you need an infuser for? put the tea in the pot, pour hot water in.

>>7302561
I don't wanna drink the leaves and shit mang.

>>7302566
you should own a tea pot with a strainer built in

>>7302587
Hmm alright.

I was internally debating whether I should have another cup of tea at 2:30 am.

I did. With milk+sugar, which is unusual for me.

I feel fuckin' great. Energized. At peace.

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>>7302556

>>7302391
Is that pu-erh in the cake in the lower right? Brew that.

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My dream is to someday find a cozy tea cafe where I can go and chill for the day. A place that's never busy and lots of space to find a nice little spot to listen to music or read a book, and maybe someday going there long enough I could find a women who shares the same passion of tea as me to be with.

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>tfw tea thread

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>>7302412
Bigelow eww

Drinking da yu ling and it's giving me an insane caffeine rush.

duhjiaosghtfasoiduas

>>7302314
Man I boiled up a pot of tea and found out I had no milk so I decided to make iced tea.
Please don't greentext ">milk" at me, I'm soft and fragile and words hurt.

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>tfw this cost me less than 50$
should probably last for atleast 3 months of daily drinking

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>>7305857
>boiled
>milk

>>7306297
You... don't boil the water for your tea?

>>7302355
I don't understand what there is about green tea that would be difficult to drink. It's nice. Are you steeping it for too long in overheated water? It's not supposed to be bitter.

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>>7303443
Right there with you man. If I can't find one, then I'm going to make one. Have a little teahouse with all the best oolongs and matcha, big overstuffed chairs, soft jazz and classical playing in the back, and monthly rotation of great books on sale or in a lending library. Here's hoping you find your paradise, friend.

pic unrelated, blooming tea is a novelty at best

>>7307360
>>7303443
Where do you guys live? Here in the NW, there's plenty of places to be found like that.

I always have a few bags of chai and earl grey in my backpack.

I have a tin of matcha green tea powder as well.

Sometimes jasmine green tea. When I have fresh mint leaves I just poor hot water on those. I am more of a coffee person.

Mate.

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>this thread

>>7307360
It's a fun novelty, that's for sure.
Got basically that exact pot for christmas.

>>7302355
backing up what >>7306976 said.
Tea isn't supposed to be bitter. If it is your letting it steep for to long or you're just using shitty tea.
If you want good tea you need loose tea instead of bags. Sencha is pretty good green tea. Genmaicha as well.
I didn't know drinking green tea in the morning is a thing, Why is it though. Just drink whatever tea you like at whatever moment you like.

Chifir. Russian friend of mine made it as basically a joke a few years ago. I got hooked, because I seriously love bitter.

i steep cold barley tea in my fridge then i warm it in the microwaver

Anyone ever make wormwood tea?

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>>7302314

>>7303443
>be American
>live in the city
>comfy cafes are overcrowded and loud

>live in the sticks
>no tea cafes, let alone comfy

>live in the suburban areas
>cafes are chains and not comfy

SUFFERING

>>7308259
>Homosexual problems

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>>7302314
Ceylon green tea. Step it up plebs, I'm telling you.

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>>7307360

I'm always on the lookout for a cozy tea lounge, we need more folks like you who can envision such a concept.

>>7308259

If some races get special rights then so should tea drinkers.

>#TeaLivesMatter

OP here. Just realized this thread should have a song theme to set the vibes. Also cozy feels thread.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNCJ1cUkOqI

>>7306970
you heat the water, you don't boil it.
Except if is black tea or something.

I live in chicago, anybody know good places in the downtown to get loose tea? Chinatown's good, just dont know which shops are better than others.

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>>7308259
i know that feel in fact:
>live in the sticks
>would love to OWN a tea house
>people wouldn't drink anything that isn't mountain dew or ranch dressing

JUST

>>7309583
I live in an area bordered by universities.

I'd have thd exact opposite problem in which I'd have hipsters shit on the vibe of a quant, comfy oriental teahouse with a zen garden and coy pond, and all the accroutrements.

My zen is a warm gun for hipster untermensch trash. Worse than fuckin' daesh.

>>7309649
that sucks balls. hipsters and hicks, two sides of a shitty coin. what's daesh?

>>7309683
Fun fact, daesh is a derogatory acronym for al-Dawla al-Islamiya al-Iraq al-Sham which is essentially ISIS.

Hicks and hipster are a step lower still. (Captcha is tea pictures lol.)

Reishi mushroom tea with honey and a little lemon, great for all your body's systems; i swear a regimen of the above once a day is good when you've got a ladyfriend. Good fucky fucky.

Ancient Chinese secret.

Last few things I brewed were some white peony lavender tea and some darjeeling second flush. I also really like genmai-cha.

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Left: one or two in my thermos on the daily (coffee in morning, tea during day)
Right : when I'm feeling fruity or very late so I don't want more caffeine (which is rare)

>>7302314
I wish my tea looked that artistic

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Left: haven't had it in a long time but it had a nice deep flavor albeit mild
Right: yet to taste it. Green tea with pineapple and strawberry bits along with other things. Smells like amazing gummy worms

>>7309777
>iipton
for what purpose.

>>7308283
that doesn't look green at all

>>7309787
>gunpowder
>"flavoring"
>all that other shit
what the fuck lad

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>>7309807
Very very cheap black tea. Simple with no frills. As stated i drink a thermos of it everyday. Better than water in every way.

>>7309867
Maybe look up "gunpowder green tea" you inbred. As for the the "flavoring" I was gonna point that out since I'm sure whatever that is, its what's giving it the ungodly strong scent. Tisane (or herbal tea) tend to have a long list of hodgepodge ingredients. They're almost always pretty expensive so I don't pick them up much. That tea in the picture was a Christmas gift.

Why do a lot of loose leaf teas from China sound like they're martial arts moves?
Are they really traditional Chinese teas or something American companies got into and started giving names on?

>>7309787
You gonna smoke that dank?

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>>7311911
Honestly 6/10 would consider doing it again

>>7302314
>It's a Noveltea to drink some Qualitea !

You cheeky cunt.

I'm drinking Twinings Green tea with Lemon and Honey at home and Green tea caramlised apple at work.

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Anyone tried a "tea press"?

Also:
>be at home
>sit in comfy chair, brew oolong, be comfy
>be at work
>want something warm to drink when working
>drink cup after cup of easily bittered, unpleasant store brand teabags

Anyone here like Kratom Tea?
Ik some people can't stand the flavor but I kinda like it and the effects are really superb.

>>7313754
>pressing the leaves
barbaric desu

>>7314150
mine is kinda like that except I just press them downwards when they're done brewing so they don't float around
it seems like a bad idea overall because the tea just gets bitter over time because the leaves are still in the water so I'll probably get a new pot soon

>>7313754
Why not use a french press if you want to do that? It's cheap and easy to use with coffee too

>>7314398
I don't have a french press, and a store near me is selling a tea press cheap. I think I'm going to pick it up, just to check it out.

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Dat dank tea.

>>7313754

I don't see the point of the press if all the tea is contained in an infuser.

>>7314793

The press prevents the tea from becoming bitter by compressing it. Tea doesn't release it's compounds as well when not freely expanding in water.

is lapsang souchong supposed to have a really strong earthy taste

>>7314793
The press on the one I have pushes the tea into the bottom portion of the infuser, and acts like a seal preventing the tea from coming into contact with the rest of the water.
And I'd presume that the compressed tea that can't freely mix with water grows bitter more slowly.

>>7314852
i dont know about earthy but its definately supposed to be smokey

>>7312455
NICE

>>7302314
tea stock currently consists of ceylon, black currant, masala chai, dan cong oolong (GOAT), white peony, and some herbals.
I usually brew in either a single serving mug/basket or my cast iron pot.

>>7308283
What is it like? I am bit distrustfull about that, since Ceylon produce mainly mediocre black tea.

>>7309787
Ad right one: When i worked in tearoom, we had something similiar. All the old, unsellable tea put together, mixed with spice. Fancy name and you still sell it. Well, it wasnt THAT bad, just overpriced for what it was.
>I hated selling that shit to people.

>>7311380
I am not sure, but i think those are traditional names. Do you mean original names (Long Jing, Tie Guanyin, Yin Zhen, etc) or translations (Dragon Well, Iron Goddes of Mercy, Silver Needles)?
DESU i named quite a few characters in MMOs i play after teas, because they have badass names.

>>7314492
Be sure to share results, anon!

>>7314620
Very nice!

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>>7315046
post a picture of this please.

>>7314852
smokey yea
so meaty

What ya'll drink in the mornin?

Should I get a teapot? All I've got now is an Ingenuitea and a cheap electric kettle.

>>7316400

Masala Chai, perks me up.

>>7316400
Long jing or Hammam.

>>7316400

I usually drink my best stuff when I wake up, baihao or my good matcha. That way I can sit and enjoy it, my cruddy stuff is for when I need caffeine for a grind.

>>7302372
This. Best yea ever. Love the extra strength one

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I haven't had tea in a while, but tonight I'm gonna brew up some oriental beauty. I been a lot more interested in coffee lately.

>>7316681

Fuck that looks beautiful

i'm sure most of you who ever tried oolongs have had tie guan yin, but has anyone here tried buddha's hand. leaves are cartoonishly big but it makes the best oolong i've ever had.

>>7316702

Link to where you ordered it from? I'll order some and try it out

>>7316713
i got it from silkroadteas but they don't have it atm. hopefully these guys carry a good stock: http://www.teaspring.com/Buddha-Hand.asp or http://www.teacuppa.com/Buddha-Hand-Oolong-Tea.asp

>>7316735

Ordered the buddha hand, osmanthus and the rou gui from cuppa, hopefully the buddha hand is decent.

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>>7302372
Super based tea

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>they don't dip malt biscuits into their Australian afternoon tea

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Can someone help me identify this tea?

>>7316913

Post pictures that arent blurred to shit, and also include some pictures of the wet leaf.

>>7316814
I love that stuff. Even if it's in the morning.

>>7316913
>>7316929

Btw from what I can tell looks like a roasted oolong. DongDings are pretty common in that category.

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>>7316929
I have no idea why that picture was so blurry.
Let me describe it: strong taste of ginseng, a mild natural sweetness.

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>>7316942

>>7316942

That's definitely a ginseng-flavored oolong then, by the looks of that wet leaf probably around 25% oxidization.

>>7316945

Yep, 100% sure now. That's ginseng powder coating each ball:

http://www.stashtea.com/Stash-Tea-Company-Ginseng-Oolong/dp/B006E9SXO6

>>7316946
>>7316948

Thanks, anon.
The completely non-descriptive strip of paper accompanying it calls it a "turqoise tea" and I've never heard of that term before.

>>7316949

Possibly the brand?

A lot of tea cultivars are named after colors but I've never ever heard of a turqoise tea.

cui yu - jade
jin xuan - golden lily
da hong pao - great red robe
qing xing - green heart

Bought a tea with rooibos, elderberries, liquorice root and catsfoot the other day. 8/10, really nice.

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Organic sencha from glorious Nippon desu

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>mfw never have to go out to buy matcha lattes again
http://www.sharpusa.com/forhome/homeappliances/teamakers.aspx

>he only drinks bagged tea

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Trying the tea press.
I guess it's alright, though I'd have to use it more to say much about it. The bottom portion of the infuser, which the tea is pressed into, seems more or less sealed off.

>>7302314
I just drink the cheap loose gunpowder tea


It's nice senpai

guys how do I into mate

also how do I buy one of those cool cups without it being a piece of shit?

>>7302394

>Yeah I know that feel, pretty sure people think i'm gay for loving tea so much.

do you perhaps live in the land of the burgers?

>>7302314

cooking up some nice valley darjeeling drinkin cherry coke and johnny walker

sounds like a decent mixture desu, one cold one hot. today was a really weird day, lots of shit to think about.

>>7302558

oxymoron

>>7305886

that shit look fly as fuck familia have fun

>long jing

>>7309769

patrish taste 2bh

>>7309777
>>7309787

complete and utter shit taste vomit.exe ugh

>Spent $100 on tea
Feels good man

>>7316400

matcha my nigga

I had two cups of senna tea last night due to not being able to shit for a week

>>7317943
You keep putting boiling water on it, probably they have some in Argentine restaurant or something.

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>>7317986
I spend $60 a week on Japanese imported tea

>>7318745
how fucking much tea do you drink

>>7318745
Is that a real gun or is it a toy?

>>7318801
It's very real. You DONT want to make me angry.

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I'm drinking Winterberry. it's good but very tart. i would like tea that is not so tart.

60/40 blend of lapsang souchong and pu erh

>>7319022
>blend

I had this super cheap sencha I put onto an o-cha order way back when and I decided to pair it with a not very sweet strawberry ice cream I got from a local place. It's fucking amazing, passed all expectations (which were close to 0 but that's not the point)

>>7318787
Not him, but if I had that kind of budget I could do the same without hording, I drink 5+ cups a day

Twinings lapsang souchong. Not crazy about bagged tea but it does the job at work.

>>7302314
I don't usually drink tea, can anyone recommend me some to try?

>>7319417
those are some nice tea trees; is it free to go in there and harvest the leaves?

hazelnut chai

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>>7319319
Get one of these m8, it change my office life.

>>7320017
What have you drink before? what do you like?

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I microwave 2 cups of water for a couple of minutes until boiling, add some lipton bags, and steep for 15 minutes. Then I remove the bags, stir in 2 cups of sugar, and pour it all into a pitcher. Pour six cups of cool water on top of that and add a bit of mint to garnish if you want to get fancy with it.

wa la

>>7320050
Only had chamomile, I'll try anything

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>>7320068
You disgust me.

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>>7319319

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I've been drinking mighty leaf tea bags for a couple of months; so good. I don't add anything to it; just the water and tea.

Decided to step it up a bit and use real leaves so got a sampler pack and some cups.

Did I do alright? Pic is related.

>>7320181
i can't read what the fuck the labels say

>>7320076
Don't make fun of him anon, it's rude to be mean to retards

>>7320181
What did you get? The pic is too dark and blurry to tell

>>7320068
I'm not into tea, but I came here just to say that you can go die now.

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What type of filter is recommended for tea (silicone, plastic, cloth, or anything)? I've read somewhere that the metal filter is harmful for tea. Maybe for antioxidant content.

>>7320407
>>7320592
I mean, maybe you lads don't have very good eyes?

They clearly say:
Sencha Green
Gunpowder Green
Passion Fruit Green
Raspberry Burst
Chocolate Rooibos Mint
Rooibos
Chamomile
Peppermint
Vanilla White

>>7302314
Currently drinking lavender and earl grey blend
Not that bad but they added artificial aroma or something so eh

Drinking unripe loose pu erh I got from an Asian store awhile ago. No idea on specifics because it's all in Chinese.
Hopefully not full of lead.

>>7320076
>>7320595

Sweet tea's better than any of this gay crap >>7320952

>>7302314
TEA IS HOT WATER

>>7320076
People who hate cheap black tea (Lipton in this case) are the coffee equivalent to the hipster trash coffee "aficionados" who only drink double caramel soy frapuccinos at Starbucks

>>7320068

America has successfully disfigured tea in this society. Over 80% of all tea consumed here is ice tea which makes me sad knowing people don't know anything beyond black tea doused in sugar and corn syrup.

>>7321614
enjoy your floor sweepings, stupid

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alright.

This will improve your session with tea. It's a relationship and music can help with that.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgiQtmszK5w

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>>7321732
Somehow managing to be worse than coffee elitists
Congrats

>>7322098
>neighbours

into the trash in goes

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I make sure to get my strawberry tea in my mustache when i drink my first cup and it gently smells like tea with strawberry all day ^_^

What is the proper way to brew REGULAR GREEN TEA?
No excessive equipment, only necessary one.

>>7322432
no boiling water, don't oversteep it

>>7322394
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUuw5rqWkZU

>>7322432
depends on the type of tea. if it's not specified, it probably doesnt matter what you do because it's shit.

>>7322515
It still feels like I'm doing it very wrong (I just pour water over it, cover the cup and wait for 3 minutes).
It even tastes like plain water with little to no flavor.

I just want to make acceptable tea for myself, since I can't stand drinking coffee.

And I usually get Oolong.

>>7302394
test

>>7322531
oolong isn't green tea

http://www.thekitchn.com/how-to-brew-oolong-tea-cooking-lessons-from-the-kitchn-206371

or look something else up

>>7321614
but... but I like double caramel soy frappucinos

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Tea rookie here. I usually drink PG tips but I recently bought pic related which was nice. Almost a tobacco flavour to it. What should I try next as a beginner? I really don't like flavoured teas as it doesn't really taste like tea but overpowered spices.

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I have a pretty bad sweet tooth, so this sweetish tea satisfies my cravings for sweet stuff. It's cheap, pleb, but tastes dope.

>>7324133

Try some earl grey.
You gotta explore some flavored teas.

>>7324133

Assam
Earl Grey

My 2 favourites.

>>7317975
they actually changed it from lung ching like 2 months ago on their site

Any good places to get dragon pearls tea from? I'm in Europe so preferably nothing US based. I don't mind importing.

Where can I buy GOOD tea online.

I would like to try White, Green, and Oolong.

>>7325610
I'm trying Verdant tea out currently. Planning to put in an order once February comes around as they're doing CNY sales. If you like jasmine tea, they do a white jasmine which is probably the only jasmine I've ever liked. They've also got a supplier who specialises in tieguanyin oolongs, and one that specialises in long jing.

>>7303443

>My dream...
> listen to music or read a book, and long walks on the beach...
>find a women [sic]...

Oh gosh, needy losers like you are poison to women, and they can sense it.

Picked up some Oolong from a local coop last week, love that earthy flavor! Any tips on brewing it best?

>>7325775

Good thing VR will be a fine replacement for women soon.

>>7308259
>mfw American in suburbs with locally owned, non-chain cafes that are maximum comfy.

>>7325580
What country? NL has Fleurdecafe.

>>7326428
dont drink the first infusion

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Anyone have one of this things? how is it?

>>7326837
Is a shit. Color blind boy slave fucks it up

>black tea (scottish blend ATM)
>sweet-n-low
>milk
>i tsp cinnamon

Fite me, figets

>>7326837
I have a similar one. Love it. So much better than the stove top ones.

>>7326860
>Artificial sweeteners
Only thing wrong here

>>7302463
I do. I get them from Wal-Mart. It's all that's available to me in my podunk town for now and it's affordable and I like it. Roast me, nigger.

>>7305857
I was gonna ask. Would it matter if I brewed it and then poured the brew over ice to make ice tea? Does it matter if I use any kind of tea?
I don't really like hot beverages.

>>7326837
I prefer kettle that let you set any temperature than kettle with pre-set temperatures…

>>7326926

Yeah I know... I fucking love sweet though, but doing hardcore diet ATM (132lbs in 6 months... it's not fun, beginning to question if reaching this goal is worth it when life is so shitty while getting there).

Good news is that after a while it doesn't taste artificial and disgusting anymore.

>>7302556
forlifedesign.com

>>7326613
Germany. I'm mostly looking to import from some trustworthy place in China so I don't have to pay markups that the shops here like to put on their products. I used to order shincha from a local shop until I realized that I could get better product for half the price if I ordered it from Japan.

>>7327980
Fleurdecafe (I just checked) also delivers in Germany. They get their tea from the source themselves (biggest independent in NL), and have the highest quality tea available (as far as I'm concerned). For measure, dragon pearls are about 10.50/100 grams. Haven't tried their new dragon eyes yet, which are supposed to be even better.

>>7328020
Am I reading that correctly that their dragon eyes harvest is from 2010?

>>7328023
I think you are reading that correctly.
I have no clue what the process of dragon eyes is (no other webshop seems to sell it), so I can't say if that's good or not. They do tend to be the first for many teas though, again because of their direct contacts with farmers.

>>7327953
>A lovely way to enjoy a cup of tea!
Is that header written in fucking papyrus?

>forlifedesign
>design
>papyrus
wtf?

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Got this in the mail a few weeks ago.

Not only is the infuser great for cleaning, but the cup itself feels good to hold in my hand. Its roundness fits perfectly in my palms when not using the handle. It also has a magnifying affect because of how round it is which makes the colors pop out more.

I call it the Venus cup because it looks like a planet when fully infused.

>>7308259
>be Canadian
>live in a big city
>comfy cafes and tea houses everywhere
>if you don't go to places near universities they are not crowded

Living in the city is greeeeat

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I've been drinking masala chai made the traditional way, but I'm trying to cut back on sugar so I'm having jasmine tea w/ lemon and a bit of honey.

Pic is of the masala chai I have that I found via google.

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Tea infuser of the future.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZ5y6V_KlgU&index=15&list=LLFriTjUtmjc-Pk7NUTf-kwQ

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>>7302556
I got you senpai
http://www.teavana.com/us/en/gifts/starter-kits/teavana-starter-kit%3A-gray-dw00179.html?navid=tea-infusers&start=2

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This stuff is pretty good.

>>7328498
wow, gluten-free tea? Sign me right up.

>>7328498

What is it? What does it taste like?

>>7328454
Looks cool but also a giant waste of money.

>>7328454
How is that better than either

>>7328274
this

>>7320039
this

or a freaking gaiwan?

>>7328575
I bought it from one of those "organic" grocery stores. I guess to appease their mentally ill soccer mom customers they have to put "gluten free" on everything.

>>7328594
From Wikipedia:
>Hōjicha (Houjicha) (ほうじ茶?) is a Japanese green tea. It is distinctive from other Japanese green teas because it is roasted in a porcelain pot over charcoal, whereas most Japanese teas are steamed. The tea is fired at a high temperature, altering the leaf color tints from green to reddish-brown.

It tastes quite nutty, with a hint of caramel.

>>7328594
It tastes like black oolongs, if you've ever had them.

>>7328454
>"The tea boils at different temperatures"
>Temperature doesn't seem to be user-programmable, using instead the company's own capsules: will likely be expensive out the ass
>$1300 for a glorified kettle with extra bells
No thks, m80

>>7302314
Homemade Gingertea.
Fucking delicious and healthy.

im going through some yunnan black because there wasn't any pu erh in stock

it's mellow and smells like plums
whatever

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>>7328454
This is not my bag. It infuses for like 4 seconds per infusion profile run.

$199 - maybe. There's people who could afford to try it.

$1299 - kiss my asshole with your tongue out.

>>7328488
Yeah, for being a shitty, cash-grab company, this infuser is the shit. There's some tricks to cleaning that you'll learn in the first 10 or so washes. After that though it's smooth sailing for a damn long time.

I want to get the glass one.

>>7302314
Yorkshire tea; the best tea!

>>7328892
>Black Oolongs

...so it tastes more like black tea than Oolong?

Tried some Wuliang Golden today. Not very impressed. Maybe I just don't appreciate black teas that much because it didn't taste that different from much cheaper assam or darjeeling or whatever.

>>7329404
No, what I mean by 'black oolong' is the category of oolong, with high oxidation levels, that produce a brown colour when brewed rather than yellow/green. It has a roasted, sweet and mellow taste usually, and is quite distinct from black teas like assam.

>>7329426
Assam and darjeeling are pretty different so maybe you don't.

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I'm still drinking lots of leftover holiday teas. This one's pretty good. The candy cane one is weird as hell, but I started using the tea water from it to make a sort of peppermint-ish hot chocolate. Not bad at all.

>>7329309
I like it because it allows the leaves to fully unfold and expand.

>>7329967
yeah, especially the Carmel Almond Ameretti. That shit expands to like 10 times it's size lol

>>7329445

When I drink Oolong I feel like a mountain man in a cabin brewing up a tin pot over the brick fire place. The nutty roasted wooden flavor gives me the feeling of being a man rolling up my sleeves and getting to work.

T

I've been meaning to try more teas. So far I've gotten through Long Jing, Oolong and Matcha, along with standard black teas like earl grey etc, which I liked the first, didn't really enjoy the second (may try another cup now) and loved the latter enough to buy a proper set to prepare it. Any Aussies living in Brisbane know any good tea places? T2 seems like commercialized shit, but it's the only place I know of that's close to me.

Thinking of trying Sencha next, or some sort of white/silver tea. Really want to get my hands on some red tea as well.

>>7307360
idk, peach momotaro used to be my shit...but thats when i was working for teavana...so it was free. upsold that tea like crazy.

>>7308283
>ceylon green tea
>green tea

learn your roasting before you post, pleb. go look at monkey picked oolong, drink it, then tell me who the peasant is.

mind you, the best tea that you can find is often in the small pleb tea store that doesnt charge an arm and a leg for some ceylon shit that all of sri-lanka pumps out.

>>7331523
Bai Mu Dan, Silver Needle and Sencha.

My tooth has been hurting recently when I drink hot tea. There's no cavity (unless my dentist is incompetent), just painful heat sensitivity. Really sucks.

>>7331828
I started having that with cold sensations since the last time I got a tooth cleaning procedure done by my dentist. Pretty annoying when brushing your teeth or drinking cold stuff but at least I can still drink hot tea.

>>7331828
Have you had a filling in that tooth before?

I had one in one of my teeth and everytime I had something hot or cold, it had a weird sensation in it. Turns out, botched filling job, needed to go get a root canal after my face started swelling up. Watch that.

I bought these recently, a bit disappointed with the gunpowder green (thought it would be smokey, but it's not at all) and the marrakech mint (not very minty at all), but I love the genmaicha and the jasmine dragon pearls

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>>7331961
Forgot my fucking picture

>>7320068
murica

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Here's a picture from a tea house in the city god temple in Shanghai, came with some tea eggs- (quail), some really good tofu and some sweets.

>>7331971
Gunpowder is pretty much the most basic tea there is. The quality varies greatly.

>>7332010
Looks really nice. What kind of tea?

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I've been drinking 3 cups of pic related daily after hearing spearmint reduces body hair growth. Started around new years and it seems to be working but that might just be placebo. Can anyone else vouch for its effects? Should I be using something more potent than this herbal blend?

>>7332332
Are you a cute trap?

>>7332360
Yeh

>>7332332
fuck me, my local shitmart stopped stocking both the bigelow mint medley and the plantation mint
the fuck you got against hot minty tea, shitmart
did the NSA tell you I haven't been dumping my mandatory two cups of sugar in
assholes

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Anyone else find that a good vape flavor complements tea really well? Yea I know,
>dude vape lmao
I actually really find that dark desserty flavors complement fruity teas and vice versa.

>>7332499
Beside the whole vape thing. Why the fuck would you vape with tea?

>>7332512
Ever had a cigarette and a good cup of coffee? Kind of similar.

>>7332517
>>7332499
*tips*

>>7332020
I had lapsang souchong, not sure what my girlfriend had

>>7324133
>almost a tobacco flavour to it
man I'm sold, thanks for the insight
anybody knows how their aromatic earl gray is?
just found it for dirt cheap on amazon and I'm wondering if it would be worth it

anyway right now I'm drinking loose leaf twinings gunpowder tea and I'm looking for something with more character
you have any advice family?

and another thing
should gunpowder green tea produce a green colored water or yellow-pale orange colored water?

Do you guys usually put honey in your tea? If so, what kinds of honey and what kinds of tea? What combinations?

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>>7332579
>honey
Throw it in the trash in favor of based Aguave. Your body metabolizes it better and I happen to prefer the taste.

>>7332579
>Do you guys usually put honey in your tea?
nnnope

I used to when I drank english breakfast in the morning tho
the honey was some kind of acacia honey bought from a friend of my fathers and it did very well

also bonus question
how's Ahmad tea in general?

>>7332629
Never had Agave nectar though I'd really like to try it.

>>7332630
Alright. Is it just not accepted to add something sweet to your tea? And yeah, that's what I would have too. English breakfast with milk and honey, clover honey I think. Acacia's a bit less powerful right?

>>7332629
>honey
>Throw it in the trash
>Your body metabolizes it better
what a horrible night to read this post

>>7329310
Tis true

Could someone recommend me their favorite East Asian teas? I've been digging gyokuro, longjing, Tieguanyin, and genmaicha. What should I try next?

>>7332826
Red teas like jinjunmei, and pu-ers would be the next step.

>>7332826
Matcha.

>>7332873
>>7332923
Thank you for the suggestions. I've got some walking money so I'll see what if I can find these at the tea shop in my town. I've only ever used Matcha in baking, but I hear the actual stuff is expensive. I also heard it expires fast.

>>7332684
>Alright. Is it just not accepted to add something sweet to your tea?
>bothering about what others prefer
nothing is "unacceptable", If anybody tell you otherwise disregard all of what he says
drink tea how you prefer it

if you're asking about what's common then it depends on the tea - it's not common to put sugar in green tea, let alone milk, but it's historically very common to put milk in English breakfast

so anything goes as long as you like it

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>>7332873
>Red tea

I wish the west would finally adopt that term.

Black tea just sounds murky like coffee.
Red tea sounds like vine elegant wine.

>>7332989
Alright, thanks a bunch man. Much appreciated.

>>7333047
Red tea generally refers to rooibos whew I live.

>>7333100
same. I'm not a big fan of rooibos but I know a lot of people who prefer it. It's funny, I'm a big green tea fan, one friend likes black tea, and another prefers herbals.

>>7332573
Yeah, mine is a deep yellow colour. I found the brand Ahmad in a """snobbish""" grocery store where I live so I imagine it to be decent. Better than Twinings anyhow.

>>7333107
I prefer both black and green tea over rooibos but I make it occasionally shen it's late and I don't want to consume any caffeine. It's ok.

A ceylon from some overpriced tea sampler I received as a gift. Might be Harney and Sons. It's mediocre

>>7333107
>>7333149
If I want a milk tea, rooibos is great. If you haven't tried it, I recommend it.

>>7333162
Is Ceylon even a tea or just a generic name for teas from Ceylon? I tried Googling it but couldn't find anything obvious.

2 peppermint leaf teabags, juice of 1/4 lemon, 2tsp grated ginger root, half teaspoon of manuka honey, boiling water, infuse, aaand relax.

>>7333172
>generic name for teas from Ceylon
This, I think. I'm not very good at names, but I kind of thought saying "a ceylon" would imply a generic, kind of shitty black tea of dubious roast.

>>7332629
>fucktonnes of fructose
no thanks.

>>7333172
I haven't tried milk tea of any kind yet. Thanks for the suggestion!

>>7333047
>>7333100
>>7333107
the only red tea is Pu-erh you uncultured swine.

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>>7332629
>Throw it in the trash

>>7332629
But does it come from bees? I rest my case.

How the hell do people drink terrible teas like Earl Grey?

Do you hate the taste of black tea so much that you have to replace it with the flavor of soap?

>>7332517
Never, but a good light cigar and coffee is heaven.

>>7325775
Oh my no! no the reason women don't like those guys is because they're exceedingly boring! Just a book to quote, and tea to drink, It's not that 'oh gurls juts wanna hav fun' it's just they never really have anything interesting to talk about, and everything they do talk about you could hear from any other dime a dozen dude whose writing a book about their old tried and told introspection on life.

>>7333818
What the hell kind of Earl Grey have you been drinking?

>>7334015
Twinings

>>7334244
Not that anon but get some loose tea yo

>>7334244
Oh god, no wonder. Try Upton or Harney & Sons.

>>7332629
it tastes like shit

>>7332629
>putting anything with your tea
Why.

>>7335920
Why not? People don't generally shit on Earl Grey or jasmine tea but that's basically adding to your tea.

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Probably a long shot but anyone knows where can i get some tea in mexico?
I have been drinking this sencha for months.

>>7333411
Pu-erh is dark tea in western or black tea in china not fucking red tea, you little shit

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okay motherfuckers. I'm getting real sick of Teavana's horse shit.

12.98 for 2oz of some actually decent stuff.

there are only 15 tbsp per 2 oz

3 tsp per doublesize cup.

ONLY 5 CUPS FOR $13 - $2.60 a cup!?!???

>>7336971
It wouldn't be that expensive if teavana tea wasn't shit.

>>7309649
same. The cool asian tea house here is overpopulated by hipsters and weebs. It's a good place to buy exotic loose leaf, but not much else.

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>>7336979

>>7332873
>>7332923
I picked up some matcha and Liubao today, plus the whisk/spoon for the former. I've only brewed the matcha and it is very good, well worth the price. I'm going to try the liubao tomorrow in the morning. Thanks again for the suggestions.

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>>7336979

Teavana ain't organic.

People are drinking their pesticides in a cup synthetically altered chemicalized "tea".

>>7337854
How much did the Chasen and Chasaku set you back? I know mine blew me around 50aud, although the Chasen was made in good old nippon, and I was willing to spend the cash because by god do I love Matcha.

>>7313754
Dont buy one of these, they are fucking garbage.

>>7336030
Oh, but pu-erh is literally 红茶 (Red tea) when you order it at a DimSum place in China.

>>7327980
Try teavivre. Based in China with great green varieties

What's a tea that doesn't lose its taste or starts tasting bitter or weirdly after a while? Looking for something I can take with me in a thermos flask.

>>7338566
>hur dur organic chems are poison

>>7339018
How so? What's wrong with it?

>>7339103
oolong

>drink warm tea all day
>get cottonmouth
>bad breath

God damn it.

>>7339866
I know the feeling but not why it happens. Shit's annoying.

>>7338989
It was 20 bucks for the chasen, and two dollars for the chasaku. Their bowls were pretty overpriced so I just make it in a rice bowl. The tea itself was $20/oz. I know it can get really expensive if you want the best quality. They were also selling Koicha and Usucha but that would have gone over my budget.

>>7339933
Koicha and Usucha are just different ways of preparing the matcha, I don't know how you can 'sell' those, unless it was just Usucha-grade or something strange like that.

>>7339942
Must have been the grading I guess; they were sold separately.

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What's the best tea to go with lemon? Earl Grey doesn't work.

>>7339933
>Their bowls were pretty overpriced so I just make it in a rice bowl.
Unfortunately it's very hard to make it well without the bowl.

>>7340106
I'd argue that the whisk is much more important than the bowl, as long as the bowl isn't too big or small.