/ck/ - Food & Cooking

tea is expensive as fuck

>>11960475
Is it really?
I get like 20 bags for $3.
Is that pricey for what it offers?
Is coffee honestly cheaper?

>>11960499
You can use the same teabag multiple times as well

>>11960499
Do you want good quality tea
Or cheap toxic dust from the worst part of China?

I just made a pot of tea from leaves off the orange tree in my backyard along with some of the zest. My friend had suggested it and it’s actually pretty good.

>>11960531
does that have caffeine in it? if not what is the benefit exactly of it?

>>11960466
Tea is not comparable to coffee. They're not much alike other than being hot and being liquid.

>>11960566
Maybe tasting good is the benefit?

>>11960566
No caffeine just the opposite actually. Citrus tree leaves are supposed to have a sedative effect and are good to help sleeping which is why I made it. I definitely feel very relaxed now but time will tell. It also actually tastes pretty good to my surprise.

>>11960601
Do you use any fruit juices or anything like that to sweeten it?

>>11960579
It's called baiting a conversation. Go out sometime and learn some social cues.

>>11960519
What tea brand/country of origin do you recommend?

>>11960632
Maybe if you have to bait a conversation, it might not be worth having.

>>11960667
france

>>11960701
It's a shit bait and what >>11960579 answered is pointlessly boring too. So stop talking.

>>11960704
I’ll keep a lookout for teas made in France, but so far from a quick web search I haven’t come across any brands that produce from there.

>>11960807
French here, he's pulling your leg bro. Our tea is trash. You want some of that tea from England. It's stereotyped for a reason.

I like this green tea

>>11960813
Only an idiot believes someone told him that France would have "good quality tea", among all the countries from the whole world. If he fell for it, well... he deserves to be memed and wish him keep getting memed that easily.

>>11960466
Oh yea, finaly my kind of thread

>>11960813
>>11960704
you two are fucking idiots
the motherfucking Chinese invented tea
you don't ask the Canadians to cook pasta because they have Kraft Dinner anymore that you ask the English to brew tea because they stole all the tea in the world and hid them in boxes.

>making tea
>get a single bag of ceylon tea out of my fridge
>I inspect my teapot to make sure I didn't leave my teabag from last time in there
>use my finger to feel around the inside, don't notice any teabag
>Now, what I thought I did next was put the teabag in the teapot
>However, after I poured the hot water from my kettle into the teapot, I looked down at my mug and teapot beside eachother
>in the mug was a fresh and dry bag of ceylon tea
>in the teapot was a bag of ceylon tea floating at the top

Did the kitchen ghost get me again? I distinctly recall looking in my teapot and feeling the inside to make sure it was empty. Where did the second teabag come from, and why would the dry teabag be in my mug? Also, I found a package of earl grey tea on my bedroom floor this morning when I was moving my bed to a warmer room, don't know where that came from.

OP just a tip, starting a thread with something like that will only attract the amateur tea drinkers looking for an argument. Have you been here lomg enough to see the other /teageneral/s? (Saged)

>>11961787
Anon, how about a protip. OP starts a thread like this is just for baiting idiots, to argue with each other so he can be amused, aka attention whoring. May be you are the one haven't been here long enough, or you are just a bit dumb to see that happens on a regular basis?

I have an almost full box (like 100 teabags) of Earl Grey tea that we bought for gran who was visiting from yurop. I got into tea like 3 days ago and I drink about 2 liters of this shit every day, it's pretty good with squeezed lemons and sweetened with honey. Is it true chamomile helps fall asleep?

Best morning tea. Celestial seasonings is the best budget brand imo, it’s not shitty tea either

>>11960499
oh no
>>11960512
oh, god no
>>11960531
lord help us

Had a session with a 2017 orange peel pressed shu this morning. I think I have five blocks left in the bar. It's pretty much the only puer I've had experience with and I'm starting to look for a new one to get for after it's gone.

>>11962697
>I got into tea like 3 days ago and I drink about 2 liters of this shit every day,

Jesus christ. It's not fucking coca cola that you chug non stop, disgusting amerifat.

>>11960531
You should try steeping pine needles.

I drink this and its pretty nice

There are only 2 states of existence. Having Bai Mudan and being out of Bai Mudan. I currently fall under the latter state of being.

>>11962863
O B S E S S ED

>>11962937

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i fucking love jasmine tea

what are some other teas that may be similar?

Normal tea with milk and sugar >>>>>>>>> green/fruit/foreign tea

>>11962697
i usually have a chamomile tea before bed. i am not sure if it really has any effect or not but i is pleasant for sure

>>11962716
I used to love celestial seasoning bengal spice, but recently it’s not been as good when I’ve tasted it

>>11962946
Pure jasmine? I love greens and whites with jasmine added, Kroger has tins of loose leaf jasmine mixed with one flavor, I forget

>>11962951
I’ve heard mixed things about it’s effectiveness, but it is tasty, especially made from fresh flowers which are fun to grow if you have a little space

>>11962948
>"normal" tea
>better than "foreign" tea
>almost certainly referring to black tea, which is grown in parts of asia
huh

>>11962964
i guess i just meant teas that may be in a similar "family", i.e. green with floral aromas. i shop at specialty tea shops like a fag so i am willing to hunt for exotic flavours

>>11962974
Try some oolongs. Tieguanyin would be a good start.

>>11962944
>'Merican Women (2).jpg
>Laurentiu Garofeanu

>>11962972
Shhhh you can't let people know that British/English tea is just the garbage leftovers from China's good tea.

>>11963078
>China's good tea.

yeah, I'm chinese and I would never drink chinese tea again. China's the only country (along with India) that still widely uses DDT, a known carcinogen, to spray tea leaves.

China is already rampant with cancer epidemics. The last thing we need is to spread the liver cancer epidemic.

>>11962863
I know this is bait but I'll have 12 fluid ounces of cola (including ice) per week, as do most people I know. Drinking 2 liters per day is for native americans and mexicans. Black people drink strictly koolaid. White people drink coffee.

>not liking both cawfee and tea

>>11960499
You can get really good quality, proper loose-leaf tea for less money per litre than Coca Cola. So no, tea isn't expensive as fuck. As far as indulgences go, it's one of the cheapest ones there is.

>>11963088
And Japan has radiation, so most good tea will give you cancer anyways.

>>11963088
If you give up Chinese tea, you're giving up the best teas on the planet.

>>11960475

Here's what my evening looks like. Earl Grey and some homemade shortbread and blueberry scones, as well as some good old Sherlock Holmes.

What tea do you think the world's greatest consulting detective would have preferred? I've heard Lapsang Souchong, but I'm unsure how much Chinese tea the British were drinking compared to all the Indian teas they drank.

>>11961782
Honestly I need to move back to teabags. I fucking always forget to clean out my teapot and the little metal filter that goes inside. I want to make tea every single day but I'm just such a lazy shit that's unwilling to clean out all the little loose leaf tea particles that stick to the metal. So I just leave it. And it builds up bacteria. One day I'm going to die drinking out of that teapot because I'll have forgotten to take out the leaves that have been sitting in there for a week now.

>>11960466
They're quite different so I can't say one is better. I definitely drink a lot more tea than coffee though. Coffee, like many things I used to love, gives me the shits now.

>>11962716
roasted rice? that sounds pretty weird not gonna lie...

>>11964394
Its good, gives a nice earthy taste

>>11962946
Teas scented with osmanthus. Green oolongs, such as tie guan yin, tend to have floral nuances.

>>11964299
Just infuse the leaves directly in the pot. Or hold a mesh strainer over the cup as you pour. It's an easy fix.

>>11963423
>seething

>>11960466
>baggies

>>11960475
if you're homeless maybe, but even then

>>11962948
>normal tea
your tea comes from LOOs shitting in the tea farms

>>11960512
I do this. Mostly because I want to minimize staining my teeth

>>11960667
Aliexpress aged and pressed pu er tea is my go to. Its very woody, I'm very taste and smell deaf, so strong tasting teas are my favourite. Not sure if worth the wait tho. Check you local store for these

>>11964299
I do this but I fixed it by having multiple ways of brewing stuff. That way I can brew 3 or 4 different things before I need to clean something. Then when I do it kind of feels like I'm getting something done because I'm cleaning more than one thing at a time.

>unwilling to clean out all the little loose leaf tea particles that stick to the metal.
I don't really get this part though. Just knock it into the trash (if it's mesh just turn it upside down and give it a flick), rinse it in the sink, pour boiling water over it, and set it out to dry. You've just cleaned and sanitized your strainer.

>>11964767
This works too.

>>11963088
>China's the only country (along with India) that still widely uses DDT, a known carcinogen, to spray tea leaves.

wtf? I thought the WHO banned that substance around the globe because of how bad it was?

>>11967481

Many of these pesticides are banned in the EU and North America. But the issue is that tea grown in China has almost no regulations and there is no control process form the Communist Party of China to protect public safety (without testing and certification).

DDT - DDT is a cancer causing pesticide that is banned in the U.S. but is still used in India and China for controlling pests in tea crops. Many large tea farms spray their tea crops with DDT and those chemicals can leach into the very cup of tea you are drinking.

Endosulfan - Endosulfan is a pesticide that has been banned by the U.S., China, the EU, and 144 other countries because it has been linked to impaired fertility and could harm unborn babies. If that isn’t bad enough, this pesticide builds up over time, making it really bad for farmers and the environment.

Methomyl - Methomyl is a highly toxic pesticide that is not only harmful to humans but to the environment as there is a good chance it will seep into the farms water supply. In fact, there was a peer reviews study that determined that Japanese tea farmers were being poisoned by this pesticide just by working on the land.

This is pretty good. I like to make a huge jug of it.
Btw does anyone know how to make mate more palatable it's kinda shit

>All these twinnings twits
Go Taylor Street and thank me later

I enjoy both tea and coffee.

desu

>>11967526
Ill try it next time

>>11960475
Osmanthus Oolong, 250g ~£25
5g per cup with 8 steeps
thats 6.25p per cup
not only is it better quality, its cheaper than bags

Tazo English Breakfast

Recommend me some tea based on this.

>>11967526
twinings is a fine everyday tea, especially their loose leaf stuff.

>>11962848
agree, drinking bagged tea is nasty. resteeping bagged tea is even nastier. blech. no wonder stupid opinions like this exist
>>11960579

>>11967737
golden assam

Is chamomile tea actually sedating or is it bullshit?

>>11969233
I find it quite soothing, anon. I've been thinking of growing my own chamomile plant so I can dry out the blooms and make the tisane myself.

>>11969241
>I find it quite soothing, anon. I've been thinking of growing my own chamomile plant so I can dry out the blooms and make the tisane myself.
What happens if you smoke chamomile

>>11969243
Nothing pleasant, I can aver, anon.

>>11960466
i get all hopped up on coffee i brew, so it has to tea in between, no two coffees in a row.

Would you grow your own tea?

>tea thread and not a single yorkshire post
WHAT THE H*CK

Is it true that if I use 16 bags of tea I'll get as much energy as I woud in an energy drink?

>>11969233
It puts me in a fucking coma

>>11960475
you're poor as fuck. and probably retarded and gay too. nigger.

>>11964299
get a gaiwan nibba

How do I make turkish tea they give out in the kebab without that 2 floor teapot maker?

Objectively