お茶

I keep hearing wonder about darjeeling tea, but not a single store in my city sells it. Not even one. I checked!

Jasmine, baby.

>>14886386
I hope you get a chance to try Darjeeling tea, ``the Champagne of teas".

Fortunately I can buy it from a store in my city, but online options do exist.

Hey /jp/,

I'd just like to tell you something I learned in my health class today. All you tea drinkers out there, who think they are getting great health benefits are idiots. You are drinking leaves, how is that healthy? Your just drinking chlorophyll!

90% of the people who drink tea on this site are just fucking WEEABOOS. You drink tea just because the JAPS do it. Well, the JAPS have you conned. The other 10% are just britfags, and you are excused, because you are naturally fucking morons. Tea is just a LEAF! Japs aren't smart. You see how shitty their Yen is? You think that someone, who can't even keep a good economy, has the intelligence to know how good tea is? Bullshit.

Enjoy your diluted organic particles and chlorophyll, you've all been conned by the crafty, yet idiot NIPS.

>>14886611
New copypasta?

Livin' fancy with 玉露茶.
Nah, I'm just joshin'. I drink cheap green tea
and starbucks chai. Mostly coffee, though.

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>>14886611
>health benefits
>only nips do it

Love me some Lapsang Souchong, it's got this nice smokey smell its great. I live in the UK so the different types of tea are literally everywhere but unfortunately you have to cough up some decent dosh if you want some legit loose leaf and not the fake stuff like Twinnings or Lipton or something.

>>14886611
Japan is still smarter than the west
http://nichegamer.com/2016/03/japanese-representative-refutes-un-suggestion-to-ban-media-depicting-sexual-violence/

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>>14886367
>tea
>not coffee

I knew /jp/ had faggots, but didn't expect to encounter them with this ease.

>>14888408
Take this political shit back to /v/.

>>14888478
You'd expect the japanese culture board to be drinking coffee instead of tea?

I drink Chamomile tea to relax after a hard day of being neet

>>14888478
I am more of a water drinker than anything else, but here is my take on it.

>Water
-Neutral to mildly off-putting taste, depending on tap/filter
-Hydrates you
-No other benefits

>Tea
-Slightly neutral to powerful taste, depending on combination
-Slight energy due to caffeine boost (for most varieties)
-Various herbal uses of varying efficacy
-Large variety of strains and recipes

>Coffee
-Powerful taste, you either like it, love it, or tolerate it (if you grow up with it)
-Strong energy boost through caffeine
-Various other positive and negative health effects
-Large variety of strains, but less than tea
-Recipes largely depend on dairy products, sugar, and direct application of spices, less malleability than tea

In my order of preference for drinking:
>Carbonated water, no additives
>Lukewarm Green tea with whole leaves at bottom of cup (for refills)
>Water
>Most other tea varieties, unsweetened
>Coffee cut with milk
>Sweet tea
>Stevia Soda (inb4 pictures of Madotsuki upchucking)
>Plain coffee
>Soda
>Sweetened coffee

Its not that I don't like the latter two, but they are more of a dessert for me than anything else.

>>14886611
But I drink British tea

>>14888478
I have never liked the taste of coffee. Plus I don't need it as a stimulant, I naturally don't require many hours of sleep to properly function.

Most of the time I drink cheap shit on the go

Somewhat off-topic, but how is that canned tea (shit like Brisk) actually in any way related to tea?
It's basically uncarbonated soda.

I want to take part in a chinese tea ceremony once. Or at least watch one.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVOU_QtJ9D4

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>>14888574
>Stevia Soda

>>14888408
>Japan is still smarter than the west
Ignoring the article, either say "Japan and country X" or "East and West."

Otherwise it's almost fantastic adoration if a single country.

>>14889528
Mao the great Helmsman once said: "The East Wind shall prevail over the West."

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>>14886367

omg yeah ^_^~ I love drinking tea while eating some desserts treats. I have gained a considerable amount of weight from it. I don't know how anime characters can stay fit while doing so.

>>14891108
most passive aggressive post i've seen all day

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>>14888509
What about the canned coffee that the japanese guys drink.

>>14887171
New?

>>14891220
That's cold, right? Why would you drink cold, black coffee?

>>14891330
It's hot. The vending machines in Japan pretty much all carry both hot and cold drinks in the same machine.

>>14891337
Wouldn't the can be uncomfortably hot for the coffee to be at a nice drinking temperature?

>>14891528
They try to get it as hot as they can without it being too hot for your fingers. I think all but one brand use a different type of metal that is more insulating than aluminium. I like the temperature that they are at but I'm sure there's plenty of people who would prefer it be hotter.

There's a company who is trying to do it in the US but making it even hotter with an insulated label.
http://www.instyle.com/news/hot-coffee-can-japan-coming-US

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>>14888478
coffee is for wageslaves

so probably since 2013, jp became more of a coffee place?

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>>14888478
Oribe would be ashamed of you.

The amount of caffeine in tea can promote having kidney stones.

Tea makes me really angry for some reason. If I drink tea I will wake up the next day feeling angry at everything. It also makes my chest itch.

>>14895980
Tea has a fraction of the caffeine content that coffee does.

>>14888638
not all coffee tastes the same. I'll bet you think beer all tastes the same too.
>>14888574
wow. you really put a lot of thought into this.

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>Caring at all about whatever health bullshit the Jews tell you about お茶
>Not drinking for enjoyment

Anyone here drink お茶のさつき園? My friend in Japan sent me some bags of their sencha and it's breddy gud.

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Been on edge as of late, maybe drinking tea can calm my soul.

>>14886367
Fucking weebs, get off my board!

>>14896210
I never said coffee was good. Caffeine is a bad drug. I don't do drugs.

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I mostly drink Taiwan High Mountain tea. It's pretty good stuff.

>>14896294
The colour is beautiful.

My family always were tea drinkers, and now that I live in a city where I have instant access to more variety I love trying new teas from all over the world. Something about the whole process of making it is really relaxing to me. Lately I've been drinking Sri Lankan teas my roommate brought back from his last visit.

>>14891220
>>14891330
>>14891337
It's served hot or cold. When you walk into a 7/11, they have some in the fridge and one or two under a heat lamp by the register. I have also never seen any of those hot/cold vending machines, even in Tokyo.

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>>14896496
>I have also never seen any of those hot/cold vending machines, even in Tokyo.
I don't believe that for a second. Easily half of the vending machines I saw did that.
The label under each item is blue or red depending on if it's served cold or hot.

>>14888574
>Various other positive and negative health effects
dubious - discuss

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Black tea and only black tea

>>14888478
Coffee makes you sweat. fat waito pigu go homu

>>14886386
I have an entire kilogram bag in my cupboard.
>>14886605
Champagne my ass, more like tap water. Earl Grey is way more fancy.
>>14888478
I like me some coffee too but I can't stand the aftertaste it leaves. Nothing better after waking up, though.
>>14888517
>tfw sitting down with some nice jasmine at 5am in the morning laughing at the wagecucks
>>14891220
Tried it in nipland. I was expecting it to be shit since it's canned and all but it was surpisingly good.
>>14896294
Damn, my Sencha doesn't get a nice color like that.
In fact, it tastes rather bland, too.
>>14896496
>not even in Tokyo
Afaik the average street vending machine doesn't carry hot stuff but the ones in 7/11s or at busy public spots (temples etc) do.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2K_aHCJbxN0

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>>14896507
>>14896496

>>14886611
I despise tea but you know leaves can have several properties right? Not just tea ones.

Still not every leaf is going to have some, some in fact may be used just for the sake of taste. That's in fact the origin of tea, sandniggers in the past could only drink boiled water since the few sources they had were dirty crappy puddles, since boiled water tastes not so refreshing some dude decided to give it some flavor.

>>14897767
I despise pasta, but you know you just replied to some, right?

>>14899715
Does your kyūsu have a built-in strainer?

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>>14899721
Yes.

So i bought from teavana "Gyokuro Imperial Green Tea." Have any of you tried it? I love it. It is loose.

>>14900136
>buying from teavana

>>14900136

Teavana is the Hot Topic of tea.

>>14895339
Wrists can't bend at that angle without external pressure forcing the hand back.

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I like to drink tea while watching anime with people drinking tea.

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>>14909764
preferably little girls though

>>14897582

In the bottom right, is that corn? What the fuck?

>>14915749
Pretty sure that's soup in a can.
It is in the "hot" section.

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>>14915749
I don't think you belong here

>>14909766
I'd like to drink a little girl flavored teat

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Does mint tea count?

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>>14891108
>omg
> ^_^~
>posting /a/ shit
>>>/a/

Morrocan mintお茶 masterrace Allahu akbar

>>14917176
It's not tea, it's a tisane.
That said, I drink an enjoyable licorice tisane since I love licorice.

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english style, japanese style, everything in between - it's all good

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scouring my phone for tea related pics

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...aaaaand that was shortlived.

>>14900136
I've tried it on a whim, but honestly their prices arent good for stuff you can get better for cheaper elsewhere. It's alright, but honestly most of their stuff has been sitting there for a really long time. You're better off buying elsewhere.

>>14888719

Be careful.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZJd56ozi6k
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0YEjiAiPn0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJjcoQlp8JE

I used to order my own tea leaves. Now I just drink coffee twice a day because it's cheaper and more convenient.

>>14896409

I'm too scared to buy Chinese or Taiwanese tea. After learning about gutter oil, i don't see why they wouldn't try to counterfeit more expensive items like tea.

>>14928120
This

If you see that any of your teas are made in China, throw them the fuck out. Even if they aren't counterfeit there's probably tons of carcinogens just from processing and transporting them in a filth factory in China.

Stick with japanese superior teas.

>>14886367
Nope, I hate tea and I've hated it my whole life.

I don't understand how people can drink that shit.

Meanwhile, all I drink is fizzy drinks, mineral water and Coke.

>>14935189
>Coke
This is dark shit, it is toxic.
Tea is good.

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>>14928205
I always worry about this. I have some tea that I really like, with a big old MADE IN THE PRC sticker slapped on it, but I can't help but wonder what the fuck is in it.
In all honesty and seriousness, is there anything imported from China that isn't going to kill me, when it comes to tea and other consumables?
Pic not related, I'm blindly selecting from my reaction folder.

>>14935230
Well, that choice was surprisingly fitting.

>>14935212
Plain carbonated water is nice.

>>14928205
Taiwan may be better, japan may have radiation in teas.

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I'd like to know other teatakus' opinions on this stuff
https://www.harney.com/harney-teas/tea-collections/ht-tea-blends.html
My mother knows I like to drink tea and bought me a few tins of it and I find it quite nice, though I'm no expert on tea. Considering she found it in the local supermarket in my very tiny hometown it seems very mainstream.

>>14940623
...also I'm a sucker for a nice tin and I'd like to note that I'm a bit of a hiki so I don't really know what's in stores.

>>14940623
My local supermarket sells better Earl Grey than any of the hipster organic food stores where I usually buy my tea.
If it tastes good and isn't bagged garbage it's all good in my book.

Every time I see 抹茶, the price is always beyond what I can justify on a grocery bill. I'd love to be able to have just a small packet of the stuff, good for maybe one cup.

Darjeeling Gold tea only,,

>>14942698
the thing is that even a small tin of it lasts an extremely long time, but I agree that it's pretty pricy.