Does /ck/ like tea?

>>9324678
Yes. Either green or Earl Grey, with nothing added.

Fruity light tea or Earl Grey. I absolutely hate mint flavoured tea, drinking it feels like a punishment.

>>9324678
When you are drinking coffee on regular basis it kind of blocks your neural receptors. Tea is definitely psychotropic but when you are tripping on coffee all the time, tea has no real effect. Which sucks cause the tea-high is really nice desu

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Engrish

Bump, ask a person with all colors and kinds collection anything

>>9324678
i made the mistake of buying sencha and orange pekoe from costco and now I have 400 tea packets, and I don't drink tea everyday so who knows how long that's gonna last me.

>>9324977
two days
you'll see

Builders tea milk 1 sugar master race coming through

Yorkshire tea w/ tiny splash of skimmed milk and 1 sugar

>>9324678
I'm currently drinking a Yanabah tea and it's not very nice.
Never tried it before and was curious.

>English.
>Chai/Vanilla Chai.
>Earl Grey.
>Lady Grey.
>Green (with or without lemon).
All really nice and could drink them all day.
I don't drink much tea these days though.

>Lapsang Souchong.
Really have to be in the mood for this... it's a weird heavy smokey flavour.

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>>9325042
>Lady Grey

>>9325061
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_Grey_(tea)
More zesty than Earl Grey

>>9325061
>>9325089
This.
More heavy on the citrus flavour.
It's really nice.

I had earl gray once and got nauseous from it, I couldn't finish it.

>>9324678
I'm a puerh autist

>>9324678
The only tea I drink is green, hot with no sugar or milk added, just plain.

Sencha
Matcha
Oolong
Assam Royal Milk Tea
Earl Grey

r8h8m8

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Anyone had shaded green tea (gyokuro)?

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>>9325447
It's too expensive

>>9325463
Although Matcha is also shaded and I love it

Tea is the most fedora food t.b.h

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>>9324678
Yup.

I like
Green Tea straight up
Earl Grey straight up or with milk
I like my Turkish cay
I like my assam tea
and indian style chai

Anyone have the pastebin for tea general?

>>9325421
Sounds boring. You need to find a tea shop and expand your horizons. These are my standbys.

Hojicha
Genmaicha
Biluochun
Lung Ching
Dong Ding
Mao Feng
Bai Mudan

>>9325794
I love Indian chai. It's so creamy without diluting the chai flavor

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>>9324678
i sure do

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>>9326074
making some right now

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About to grandpa some shou

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I like black tea. I have a lot of Yorkshire. No additions.

By the way, I recommend teafags to get some pic related. It's ubiquitous in Russia but pretty much sold nowhere else, and it's in fact very good.

A bit expensive to buy on the internet though, because again, only sold in Russia.

I grew chamomile this year on my balcony so every other day I get to make chamomile tea. It's pretty good.

Is cheap loose leaf tea from chink stores worth buying? Is it at least better than regular Lipton bagged supermarket stuff?

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>>9326567
Depends, chink store puer is disgusting, but their tieguanyin is usually drinkable (they're usually just labeled as oolong, the leaf itself looks like pic related it can be a lot greener or darker depending on roast). Sea dyke brand very roasted oolong is also common, I dont like it very much as you taste pretty much only roast but its still miles ahead from bags.

>>9325823
I dint have the link atm, I'm on vacation but it's it's pretty outdated and I lack time/patience to make a new one/redo the old one.
As bad as r/tea is their faq is decent to get started if you know nothing at all, just dont lurk any of the actual posts, its pure garbage, the only advantage of it is to keep track of what usernames have shit taste so you just ignore them, a luxury we dont have here.
A good place to lurk is reading old threads on teachat, you dont need an account to lurk on most boards.
If you were looking for a specific resource or a vendor to get a tea/ teaware I can name some.

I tried genmaicha the other day, it was really good stuff. Like camomile tea too. But haven't really gone mad trying nice tea. I want to get into loose tea at some point when I have some money to throw away

>>9324678
Sure, chai and black tea with milk or plain green /black tea is great to start your day

>>9324678
I really enjoy sencha and I have a bunch of unopened ones I need to work my way through. That picture makes me want to brew some.

>>9325794
I tried those Ito En mugicha bags and didn't like them as much as the House stuff I had before. It seems like it's a lighter roast or something.

>>9324678
Yes, but it was making my kidneys ache so I stopped.

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>>9324678
Sweet Iced tea.
Not too much sugar, and not too light.
Crushed Ice with a couple swirls and a lemon slice.

Anyone do herbal tea blending?

Rebuilding my herb stock atm.

Loose leaf Jasmine or Oolong, in a pot, hot. Iced is always nice too.

>>9324790
>all colors and kinds collection
What is that supposed to mean

>>9328270
Pot - nice and hot

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>>9325565

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>>9325565
>food

>>9324678
love tea, mostly drink oolong and green tea

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this is the stuff i drink

The Asian and British shit is bad and that's 90% of all tea so just stay away.

i drink herbal tea, form local shit, cheep as dirt, sometimes even form shit my grandma brings.

>>9329143
I don't think tea from any kind of shit sounds very good anon

>>9324678
Most taste like grass, I don't get the appeal. I like the Chinese/ginseng variants though.

>>9325447
Its good. Think sencha with none of tge astringency.

>>9329123
Looks cool. Do you mind describing the taste?

When I make green tea, the green tea is never green. Why?

>>9329429
the trick is to pee in it

>>9329429
I don't claim to be an expert, but the only "Green tea" which I've ever had brew up green like OP is Matcha. Anything else won't have that bright green color.

>>9324714
Yes the tea high is great! Less hyper active jittery feeling, more of a sharp concentration feel.

>>9324678
Any recommended loose leaf greens? I'd be interested.

>>9329785
Google "(your city name here) tea shop" and find a small local place that is not a shitty chain like davids or teavana. Then go in there and look at their list of unflavoured green tea and choose anything.

That being said here are a few types I enjoy.

>Fukamushi sencha
Fukamushi is steamed for longer which makes it less astringent and slightly sweeter. It is also a much finer tea and you are going to get more particles of the leaf so it has more health benefits than regular sencha.

>Genmaicha
This tea has toasted rice added in which gives it a mild toasty almost nutty flavor

>Biluochun
Very aromatic tea. It smells like the seeds of a cherry pits taste. At least to me it does. My mom says it smells like rubber boots.

>bancha
This is the twigs and stems of the tea shrub. You can get Kukicha which is just the dried twigs or Hojicha which is roasted.

>Lung Ching (dragons well)
This is a higher quality tea that has been pan roasted. it has a very delicate flavour and the leaves become very tender after steeping so you can eat them or use them in cooking.

>Gyokuro
Very expensive. This is a shade grown tea which concentrates its chlorophyll content making it very grassy and flavorful.

>>9329785
If you go the online route i've heard good things about teavivre specifically for chinese greens and greener oolongs they have cheaper grades and some expensive ones, the midterm will be pretty good I assume, other teas not so much

>>9329429
Western brewing. If you want really good tasting, life changing tea, switch over to gongfu style brewing.

Lots of leaf to water ratio, lower temperatures (for green @ 70°C) and quick, quick brewing times. 10 seconds, and increasing in 5 seconds thereafter.

Try it; it's changed my life.

>>9328134
Looks nice anon.

But what tea did you use?

>>9329937
Do you use a gaiwan?

>>9329836
>>9329929
Thank you.

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Yes, just green tea and iced tea, nothing added. My mom gave me pic related on Saturday, I drank some with breakfast and was disgusted but she likes it, so I'll give it back this next weekend. This isn't seen as a dick move, we're honest if we don't like something and don't like wasting things.

I'm drinking some green Teekampagne (Some enterprise that specializes in Darjeeling and works closely to the producers) with cardamom now. It works fine with the green tea.

>>9329964
Not that anon but yeah, gaiwan is the most versatile tool and cheapest too, there are other options like small glazed teapots but you dont have as much control on steep time of you're flash brewing(due to pour time).
What that anon said about brew times, leaf amount and temp can and should be tweaked and experimented with, not all teas are the same even if they have the same 'type', what I do most times is just flash steep and go from there, too watery, give it a few more seconds next infusion, too strong, keep doing water in, water out as fast as possible or let the water cool a bit, dont fall into routines, you might miss some stuff you might not have noticed.
That said, some teas work better closer to western or even grandpa style (http://www.marshaln.com/whats-grandpa-style/) so dont be afraid to try them in different ways

>>9329964
Yes. I agree with the other anon
>>9330039
Personally I've only switched to a gaiwan recently but it's been such a pleasure. Besides all the flexibility of use, it's also super convenient. Easy to clean and very portable.

Lemon and ginger
Chamomile and honey

>>9324678
>ginger root
>cut it from 5 to 10 thin slices (depending on how strong you want it)
>add to boiling water
>let it sit for 15 minutes in low heat
>once done, add lime and honey, mix it
>let it sit for another 5 minutes

Perfection

>>9330086
That's not got remotely anything to do with tea nor camellia sinesis

>>9330094
I forgot the chamomile actually, thanks for the reminder.

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>>9324790
when you wipe your ass, do you fold the tp, bunch it up, or wrap it around your hand?

>>9324790
Is Bigelow a good brand or have I been drinking shit-tier tea?

>>9330135
all three apply

>>9330140
Any branded bagged tea will be noticeable shittier then even some low end loose leaf tea, but you dont have to go full autism, you can get a cheap daily drinker and have that, at a point it becomes a rich man's game so you have to know how deep to get

>>9324790
what's better: smoked or non-smoked herba de mate?

tea tastes like shit.

Anyone drink white tea? I found that if you steep it too long, it makes the tea really dark and harsh on the throat. Actually, I find that steeping tea long in general just makes it overly harsh on the throat. Pretty good stuff though.

Also, how do you guys preserve used tea leaves? Like when you do a whole pots worth.

>>9330236
>Anyone drink white tea?
yes.
>Also, how do you guys preserve used tea leaves?
I preserve mine in the garbage bin.

>>9324790
what's a good strongish tea?

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>>9330140
>>9330199

How many types of tea do you tend to keep on hand at a time? I like to have variety, but I worry about overdoing it. Especially with ones that it's only economical to get in bulk amounts. Right now I have ten, plus a few free samples that came with things I ordered.

>>9330411
Teas that are better fresh(green teas, some blacks, some whites, greener oolongs) I tend to have a small amount, like 50g of each or even less, but I mostly drink puer/darker oolongs so I care a bit less about hoarding those

>>9329429
Steamed teas, like most Japanese greens, will usually brew up a nice green. I've had some that looked like a highlighter color.

Green teas from China and elsewhere tend to be pan fired and brew up a much more mellow color, even amber.

>>9325447
Gyokuro yamashiro?

western tea tastes like mud water

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Where do you purchase your tea online? Stores in my area have piss poor tea selection.

>>9324678
i know i'm going to get reamed for this but can anyone recommend a good brand of green tea in bags? i'd like to make some at work and loose leaf won't cut it. the only stuff i've had in a bag is the double matcha from republic of tea which was fairly good, but what are some others to check out?

>>9330654
just get teabags and put your own leaf in

>>9330660
could do. in that case can you recommend any particular DIY bags? i've never done that before

>>9330640
Depends on what you are looking for, its common for vendors to have something they specialize in then have a few mid to low end options in other types to seem like they have a wide selection

>>9330640
https://pastebin.com/4ZEuMwBJ
As far as I know this is the most up-to-date pastebin. It lists some places online. I like Upton.

Ahmad English Breakfast looseleaf or kill yourself

>>9330640
have you ever heard of google anon

>>9330724
There are a million vendors of shit tier tea, google will not get you quality unless you know what you are looking for, stop being retarded

>>9330662
Any tea place will have bags but honestly just buy a teapot/cup with a built in infuser.

Also
>the only stuff i've had in a bag is the double matcha
>matcha in bags

You wot?

I drink too much of it honestly.

>>9325794
Is that bag of sencha open? You should really fold the package down and clip it, air and light are a tea's worst enemy.

>>9325823
https://pastebin.com/EnUxQGdK

Might be an old one, I'm not sure.

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>>9328116
>It seems like it's a lighter roast or something.
I think that Ito En one he has is herbal mugicha, not straight barley.

>>9329429
Get some fukamushi (deep-steamed) sencha.

>>9330929
I can't smell or taste anything anyway due to a sinus condition

>>9330956
Do you just enjoy the mouthfeel or something? I've had some creamy sencha before.

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>>9324678
Yeah, I like peppermint, earl grey, green and roobios. Currently working through 1 pound bags of davison gunpowder and roobios. 10 bucks a pound is a lot of tea drinking. Brewed in a single serve french press.

>>9329975
Somehow chai makes me much more resistant to cold.

>>9330236
I used to cold brew white tea for 12-16 hours at a time. You get more antioxidants from it that way. I did it in large mason jars with uncle lees organic white tea bags and then tossed them the next day.

>>9330640
Davidson organic tea from amazon prime. So much for so cheap. 1 lb organic gunpowder for 10 bucks.

>>9330640
I use Yuuki-cha for Japanese tea and Upton for Indian tea.

>>9330964
well, i have a little bit sense of taste, but I just like the hot liquid and i think my brain tricks me into tasting it sometimes

>>9324678
I like tea. I wanna drink it regularly but just can't get away from coffee. Tea just feels like drinking hot water. Coffee has some body to it. It isn't that I drink shit tea either. I've purchased several varieties of loose, rolled whole tea leaves at the local asian market. Found a few I really like but always go back to coffee. I'll have tea every now and then but really only drink it with honey and lemon when I'm sick. And yes, I realize authentic green tea doesn't add honey or lemon but it makes me feel better when I'm sick.

>>9330640
Reddit has a good list of vendors:

https://www.reddit.com/r/tea/wiki/vendors/page_01

>>9331067
Try Lapsang souchong

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lapsang_souchong

>>9329941
Simple Orange Pekoe and black mix.

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>>9331081
Here are a few I have in my cupboard. The problem is the labels are mostly in Chinese. The English doesn't say much beyond "Green Tea". The one on the left is my favorite.

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>>9331081
>>9331168
As you can see "Famous Tea." The leaves unroll beautifully when seeped in water.

>>9331174
Nice how is the flavor? I like full bodied black teas and the smoky flavor of lapsang souchong definitely makes it seem more robust. I haven't heard of famous tea but it looks kind of dry from the picture. Has it been in the cupboard for awhile.

>>9326567
I buy chink store oolong. It's ok to drink as water replacement.

>>9326567
I usually stay away from the tea from the chink stores because they might not have quality control and you end up with heavy metal poisoning.

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>>9331299
>I buy chink store oolong.
I buy the lichee tea in the tin, can even get it on amazon. So good.

>>9331293
I don't really know how to describe the flavor. It is just a fresh, crisp green tea, free of any impurities or fake chemical tastes.

And you're right. It is dry as shit. That package has been sitting open in my cupboard for a while. Must have opened it and never finished it. The unopened ones are vacuum sealed so they are fine. I don't want to waste one just to take a pic to post here.

>>9330200
I've only had smoked mate, and I was not a fan. It tasted like a smokey bar.
Oddly enough, I don't hate other smoked teas like lapsang souchong.

gth pnig

>>9330952
I'd have to check the bag again. I'm pretty sure it's just barley, but it's "aromatic" so I guess that's why it smells good but tastes way more grainy. It's really cheap though, so that's not too surprising.

>>9331506
Himabro from years past...

>>9324699
ABSOFUCKINGLUTELY DISGUSTING

black tea mixed with fruity herbal teas, right off the grocery store shelves.


I am a monster, I accept that.

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After the merger, Chinalife lost the page they had about tea brew times and ratios and such. It was very helpful, so I'm posting it here for everyone else. Also, my favorite tea is Dragonwell, I can never get enough of it.

>>9332534
agreed, this is a /sips/ board

>>9324699
First time I drank Earl Grey, I thought my Grandma spilled her perfume in it. I actually cried and made her feel like shit.

>>9326286
Looks like dollar store tea

>>9332551
Bigelow? Always tasted like perfume to me.

Any opinions on buying things from Yunnan Sourcing that aren't Puer, Dianhong, etc? Just ordered some 2017 Mi Lan Xiang and its surprisingly good for $0.25/g

>>9332551
This. It was undrinkable and conjured images of an English garden party where dried up husks of old hoitytoity englishwomen sat around with corncobs stuck up their ass.

>>9330357
Assam
Dark roast oolongs
Pu er
Taiwan Ruby #18

>>9334516
ty

>>9334515
Country girls make do

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I have this but I don't like it.

I like coca tea, but I don't have much time for tea so I don't drink it often.

I boil a large pot of water and let some tea bags with Earl Grey sit in it for 15 minutes.

Makes for refreshing chilled tea.

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I got some Oolong Milk Tea. Whats a good way to prepare it?

yes

i like to squeeze my tea bags anyone else?

So shaded teas/coffee are a thing
and they grow pretty good on mountaintops
so what if I were to plant a windmill farm on the top of the applachian mountains that got blown off are now level
and then plant teas/coffees there?
Would I make the big bucks?

I LIKE CUMBERLAND FARMS

>>9335412
probably add hot water

>>9325447
Gyokuro is what I primarily drink.

>>9334986
Seriously, is there something else I might like?
I prefer earl grey tea bags to the one loose I posted. It tastes weird, like smoke.

>>9334986
>>9336053
It's a pretty smoky gunpowder, especially with hotter water. Maybe try some jasmine green for something lighter?

>>9325447
I've had it but I think I actually prefer high grade sencha.

>>9335335
I wish i could get the real stuff here.

>>9325447
yeah, pretty regular in japan, local sho[ had it

>>9330640
darkweb

>>9334469
Not sure, people seem to like their anxi oolongs a lot but I never tried any, i've had 6 or 7 of their yanchas and none of them struck me as anything special, but for the price I wasnt really expecting them to be, good yancha is real expensive so theirs was about right for the price.
Their dancongs seem priced a bit higher so it might not be so middle of the road

>>9324678
>green tea
>but addding a lemon and honey on it

God damnit is awful , but i will catch a cold if i don't drink it like that.
But there was this tea called the "the 5 islands"
it was perfect no metter what you add it

Here's a long list that might be helpful to someone looking to get into tea:

Cold brew sencha in the summer (nothing added)

Hot earl gray in the winter and smaller amounts of warm sencha without sugar. I have tried other teas like Darjeeling, Assam, Hojicha, gunpowder but have not found them to my taste

Chamomile rarely, with regular sugar.
Oolong rarely, hot without anything extra.
Earl gray with crushed cardamon and milk rarely.
Matcha, very rarely, I like a cold mix with sugar and condensed milk. Don't enjoy matcha warm for some reason.
Mint, rarely, when a fresh supply is available.

I prefer tea in the evenings.

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Anybody know a good source for dong ding oolong?

>>9324678
Does thai tea count? If not then I don't really like it, the flavour is too weak for my tastes

>>9331081
Lapsang souchong always leaves me more thirsty than when I started drinking it.