/tea/

[Anonymous No.11434178]

What are you drinking today?

This is a thread for general discussion about tea, tisanes, and yerba mate.

FAQ: https://pastebin.com/4ZEuMwBJ

Pictured: Matcha tea I had in Kyoto, Japan with a mochi and adzuki bean sweet.

[Anonymous No.11434188]

Bubbly

[Anonymous No.11434195]

>drinking liquid grass

[Anonymous No.11434610]

>>11434195
>not the liquid Jew
one job...

[Anonymous No.11434615]

>>11434188
what's a good ratio of powder to water? any whisking tips?

[Anonymous No.11434622]

>>11434615
0:∞
tea is a meme

[Anonymous No.11434637]

>>11434615
I didn't brew that, it was served to me after a meal at a nice restaurant. i doubt anyone could get a froth that clean without some serious practice.

[Anonymous No.11435289]

>>11434615
>what's a good ratio of powder to water?
I usually take two chashaku scoops of matcha and fill the bowl by intuition with somewhere between 70 and 100ml, depending on how thick I want my matcha to be.

>any whisking tips?
I like to ad just a little bit of water to the bowl first before adding the powder and gently whisking it in a circle to avoid little chunks. Then I add the rest of the water (boiled water that's cooled down to around 80-85°C). Hold the whisk between your thumb, index, middle and ring finger. Whisk in an "M"-Shape from one side to the other and back. Use your wrist, not your whole arm. Whisk fast for about 20 seconds but make sure not to scratch the bottom of the bowl.

[Anonymous No.11435294]

Ginger mint and honey tea is delicous. try some

[Anonymous No.11435306]

Thanks to the anon who recommended postcardteas for their Vietnamese lotus green tea. My package arrived and that shit's just as delicious as I remember then one I had in Hanoi once being.

[Anonymous No.11435329]

>>11434610

[Anonymous No.11435364]

>tips gaiwan
Lapsang Souchong...now that was a hong cha

[Anonymous No.11435867]

>>11435289
thanks, sounds like solid advice

[Anonymous No.11435952]

>>11434195
>drinking liquids

[Anonymous No.11436176]

>>11434178
ah..a proper thread. finally.

[Anonymous No.11436207]

Just got some nice matcha from an HMart the other day. I'm excited to use it.

I might try and make some matcha ice cream or maybe like a matcha cake. Any other ideas?

Also, for matcha, do you really need the special whisk and ribbed cup to make it right? I usually make mine by putting it through a strainer and then whisking vigorously untill it's all mixed up.

[Anonymous No.11436247]

>>11436176
For real. I don't understand how retarded you haev to be to fuck this simple shit up

[Anonymous No.11436358]

do (You) ever pair salty foods with your tea?

[Anonymous No.11436362]

>>11436358
I like tea and crackers. Or like crackers and cheese with tea. Mostly I drink tea on its own though.

Tea and sweets (cookies, buscuits, dried fruit, etc) tends to be better anyway.

[Anonymous No.11436363]

>>11434178
So far, gin and busch light with some water inbetween.

[Anonymous No.11436377]

>>11436207
Just use a $2 milk frother

[Anonymous No.11436383]

>>11436358
Houjicha works with food for me. Drinking it as we speak. Without food tho.

[Anonymous No.11436797]

>>11436207
make sure to use boiling water, matcha from china and add milk to get the real stuff

[Anonymous No.11437104]

>>11436362
delicious! what sort of cheeses work the best? i'd imagine that white mold cheese pairs well with black tea.
>>11436383
never had Houjicha before, but its description sounds very fitting for what i'm looking to try next. seems like it has to be ordered through the internet where i live.

[Anonymous No.11437435]

>>11434178
Bancha. It's good.

[Anonymous No.11437447]

>>11436358
Salted pecans, cashews, hazelnuts, and almonds.

[Anonymous No.11437450]

>>11436207
I've only ever had proper matcha once. It was at a legit tea ceremony. Best tea I've ever had. Whatever equipment they use in tea ceremony, use for yourself.

[Anonymous No.11437512]

>>11434178
Green tea by Elizabeth Arden

[Anonymous No.11438491]

I had yerba mate with some ginger today. Yesterday I had tieguanyin jin jun mei that I got as a free sample with an order a while back. Tomorrow I'm thinking jasmine. Or maybe I'll just grab another one of the random samples I've not tried yet.

[Anonymous No.11439143]

New to tea, planning my first batch order soon, but was wondering if tea vendors tend to have holiday sales. Can anybody confirm?

If so I think I'll wait.

[Anonymous No.11439145]

>>11437435
>Bancha
how broke are you anon

[Anonymous No.11439150]

Gimme herbal teas, boys

[Anonymous No.11439598]

>>11434178
Store brand black tea, bag is reused for the third cut in a row. Three sugars.

[Anonymous No.11439652]

>>11439145
I have enough money to pay rent and eat pasta.

[Anonymous No.11439779]

>>11439143
11 11 should be chink NEET national holiday.

[Anonymous No.11440336]

>>11437447
Not bad, anon! A simple snack with simple tea. Just gotta make sure tea's not too hot for sipping when nut's salt makes you thirsty.

[Anonymous No.11440772]

>>11439143
Fullchea will have some sales on 11.11 on their AliExpress store, for sure.

Are there other reputable stores on AliExpress?

[Anonymous No.11440777]

>>11439150
I'd like to have interesting options for you but when you have mint, peppermint, and mixes of mints, what else could you possibly wish for?

[Anonymous No.11440795]

Birch Water

[Anonymous No.11440807]

>>11437512


I love that scent hehe

[Anonymous No.11440810]

>>11440777
There's plenty of herbs around, but mint does make the most sense to have. There's ginseng tea and pineneedle tea. Beebalm or lemon balm. Teaberry tea made with leaves is something, but it tastes like mint. What about berry/fruit teas? Like apple and blueberry, or lemon. Or rose hips.

[Anonymous No.11440817]

>>11440810
I don't know many tasty herbal teas. They've been taken by antivaxxers and pseudoscience moms, along with essential oils.

[Anonymous No.11440819]

What about a nice Rose and Lemonade

one my my favourites

or a deeply rich coloured Hibiscus flower

[Anonymous No.11440826]

>>11440817

Anon many top medical doctors are anti-vaccination, including high ranking members of the world health organisation, so dont give me it.

I happen to be a scientist in the field of plasma physics. I would never vaccinate my children because I am not a peer pressured idiot.

[Anonymous No.11440850]

>>11440826

[Anonymous No.11440862]

>>11440850

It is a fact my mercury laden bed head

[Anonymous No.11440869]

I love tea and I love you all :)

[Anonymous No.11440882]

>>11440869

Love you too cookie

[Anonymous No.11440889]

>>11440862
What about your mercury laden bed head?

[Anonymous No.11440896]

>>11440889

I dont have a mercury laden bed head

I have an omega 3,6,9 instead

[Anonymous No.11440903]

>>11434178
I know that /ck/ may frown upon it but I have some lipton peach tea and this other store brand green tea. It tastes like instant but it's not awful (the green tea not the peach).

I have been trying different brands and seeing how they taste. At my local big lots they have a nice selection of teas. Just cause it's cheap, doesn't mean it's terrible. So my mom got different version. White tea is literally just normal tea lol. Then again, I'm in the south (GA) so our primary drinks is tea and coke. I miss having loose leaf, damn me for being poor as fuck.

[Anonymous No.11440920]

>>11440903

what is your paypal

[Anonymous No.11440922]

>>11440826
>many doctors are anti-vaxxers
This is not remotely true, my sister is an RN, my aunt is an RN and hell, look up Doctor Mike on youtube, he even has an argument as to why you SHOULD vax your kids.
Please don't be a tard anon. Sure, I do agree it's not ALWAYS necessary if you're good at staying healthy but for young kids, their immune system is like an adult's. Kids need it more than we do.

>>11440920
I'd honestly not give it here anon. I do appreciate the thought tho.

[Anonymous No.11440930]

>>11440922

Anon I dont get ill

The only time I was ill recently was a physical strain injury

I dont ever get sick, never vaccinated. I dont visit the doctor, ever. I eat a plant based diet.

[Anonymous No.11440937]

>>11440922

Jews dont vaccinate their children because it defies the Hippocratic oath the type of practice immunology.

[Anonymous No.11440939]

>>11440930
what if you get bubonic plague from a prairie dog? what will you do?

[Anonymous No.11440943]

>>11440930
Not everyone is as lucky as you. I don't get very sick either, but children are different. They get sick cause they aren't as clean as adults can be cause it's not a thought in their head. When you're playing a lot outside, you don't think how dirty the world is. Granted you can tell them to wash their hands, but they are around so much and they are devoloping an immune system. I went to dragon con one yeah and holy hell, afterwards, I got "conflu." That was a week of hell. I couldn't even talk. Lost my voice and everything. Feel lucky you don't get sick easily man.

>>11440937
wut...

>>11440939
he fucked. I'll get the shovel.

[Anonymous No.11440946]

>>11440939

Well then I will take a spoonful of baking soda and a clove of garlic

[Anonymous No.11440968]

>>11440943


That is correct

Jews have more reason than most people to be suspicious of secular authority.

[Anonymous No.11440971]

>>11440968
Even tho more jews are doctors?

[Anonymous No.11440976]

>>11440971


Anon, a top Jewish doctor came out and said not to vaccinate

[Anonymous No.11440979]

comparing non -vaccinating parents to Nazi-persecuted Jews.

[Anonymous No.11440982]

>>11440976
Why do you leave so much space in your replies? is that to let the anons know its you?

[Anonymous No.11440986]

>>11440982
Israeli Medical Association rejects mandatory flu shots for doctors ...

[Anonymous No.11440992]

>>11440979
and a white woman came out to say she renounces herself as a white person and is now islamic. What's your point? People are fucking retarded.

[Anonymous No.11440999]

>>11440982

It is how I would compose an email, so I just do it without thinking.

[Anonymous No.11441005]

>>11440992

[Anonymous No.11441006]

>>11440999
"30 times zero is zero"
-Albert Einstein

[Anonymous No.11441013]

>>11441005
It's more about protection anon. Saving from the others. It's not about my kids, it's about saving them from an epidemic.

Also isn't this a TEA Thread?

[Anonymous No.11441016]

>>11441005
Unvaccinated children are a threat to children allergic to eggs, the liquid used to hold the vaccine.

[Anonymous No.11441018]

but you had to fall for the bait, didn't you, idiots

[Anonymous No.11441019]

>>11441013

[Anonymous No.11441024]

>>11441005
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herd_immunity

Nice post about tea, by the way.

[Anonymous No.11441028]

>>11441024

[Anonymous No.11441030]

>>11441018
I'm so mad anon. I can't even see straight. Oh wait, my glasses were dirty.

>>11441019
I know how to use WEBMD TOO ANON! Everything gives you cancer now.

>>11441028
Sir, this is a tea thread, a thread for sophisticated people. Please remove yourself and go troll /sci/

[Anonymous No.11441032]

>>11441028
Toilet paper is the backbone of the toilet paper industry.
Are you going to stop wiping your ass?

[Anonymous No.11441033]

>>11441028
How are they a customer for life if they can choose to not get a vaccine like you are? Also, I thought cold medicine was the backbone, things like cough syrups and aspirins.

[Anonymous No.11441059]

>>11441030

Sophisticated? lol see below

>>11441032

[Anonymous No.11441063]

>>11440826
>In areas of the world where virtually all children are vaccinated deadly infectious diseases prior to vaccines which killed, crippled or maimed large numbers of children are unknown
>hey, everybody, vaccines are an atheist, communist deep state conspiracy to capture our childrens' precious bodily fluids

[Anonymous No.11441066]

>>11441030


I am bored with you all anyway, bunch of miscreants of the CIA

[Anonymous No.11441070]

Welp there goes the tea thread, thanx anti vaxxer, you've ruined another thread!

>>11441066
ok

[Anonymous No.11441071]

>>11434178
>discussions about tea

Imagine being this fucking gay.

[Anonymous No.11441078]

>>11441063

[Anonymous No.11441080]

>>11441066
The CIA is after you. Don't forget we know you know our secrets. <3 And also: chemtrails are coming through your area in a bit, just thought we'd let you know. It's a spray toxin that makes people rely on meats and soy! Monsanto helped developed it before they were bought by Bayer.

[Anonymous No.11441083]

>>11441063

Eat shit

[Anonymous No.11441101]

[Anonymous No.11441106]

>>11441080

Anon, you think I live on your planet?

lol

you wish

[Anonymous No.11441109]

>>11441078
I hope you don't use a swimming pool. Chlorine can instantly kill you.

>>11441083
Oh no! All of science, destroyed by a jpeg!

[Anonymous No.11441224]

>>11440826
source me faggot

[Anonymous No.11441242]

so uhhh

does anyone wanna talk about tea? XD

[Anonymous No.11441388]

Bought some new contest grade matcha from my local tea shop. That shit's delicious.

[Anonymous No.11441445]

>>11441101
>i'm an inbred kentucky scientist
>the inbred turtle mitch mcconnell and jerry fallwell taught me everything I need to know about science at muh christian university

[Anonymous No.11441608]

>>11436358
I've been asking myself this question. I don't usually pair any food with tea, but if I'm going to drink tea with every meal (mainly to replace soda), I want to know what kinds of teas work best with what kinds of foods.

[Anonymous No.11442885]

>>11434178
What percentage of the caffeine is removed from tea in each successive steeping? It must be a pretty large amount, by the third steeping I feel little caffeine.

[Anonymous No.11442898]

>>11441078
Wow anon, tell me about how absolutely every compound is of perfectly equal bio-availability. I'm sure you get nitrogen for protein synthesis from the air unlike brainlets like me who have to eat food.

[Anonymous No.11442899]

>>11441608
One of my local tea stores has food pairing recommendations. I've never tried them but here's some, excuse my translations:
>Pai mu tan: only soft, neutral foods like butter cookies.
>Genmaicha: Dark fish like tuna and salmon, or desserts with nuts and seeds.
>Hojicha: Roasted meats
>Long Jing: corn based dishes and white fish
>Tie kuan yin: Cheeses and dried fruits
>Da Hong Pao: nuts and salty dishes like curry, or pan fried meat
>Pu-erh, type not specified, only called 'beeng cha': Dishes with cooked beef or other red meats

[Anonymous No.11442907]

Is tea low-calorie? What are the best low-calorie teas? Are there any I need to avoid? I'd like them to have caffeine, too. I'm sick of drinking soda but the caffeine headaches kill me and coffee is far too bitter for me.

[Anonymous No.11442912]

>>11442907

[Anonymous No.11443147]

>>11439150
>>11440810
I like thyme for tea, first tried it once when I had a sore throat but will drink it occasionally just to enjoy now. I've mixed it with some other things like green tea or lemon with okay results as well. Ginger can be nice, I usually have it with some lemon rather than alone. Orange is another good fruit for tea.

[Anonymous No.11443167]

>>11442912
I know right? what the fuck is up with this thread...

[Anonymous No.11443191]

i wish i had more time to drink tea! how do you guys who aren't neets fit more nice long tea sessions into your schedule?

[Anonymous No.11443203]

>want to drink tea every day
>Don't want to become dependent on caffeine
>Can only drink tea once a week
This sucks

[Anonymous No.11443257]

>>11443203
I do a nice gong fu session on Saturday and Sunday. Mon-Fri I'll just do a western-style brew and put it in a thermos, or tea-bag at work.

[Anonymous No.11443797]

>>11442885
That's why based green tea is so based, especially when prep'd as little as possible.

The more its prepped the more caffeine's released instantly. The good stuff's just left behind.
You could steep fresh leaves 6-7 times and have a fresh cup each time.

[Anonymous No.11443799]

>>11443203
coffee is addictive, caffeine is not.
Just like cigarettes are addictive and nicotine is not.
Brain capacity is to be used.

[Anonymous No.11443851]

>>11443799
The heat releases the caffeine, diffusion releases the oils. That is a long and arduous process.
Cold steep is the way
OR go the way of the booch
Last I heard its the GOAT

[Anonymous No.11443915]

>>11440772
not anymore, they pretty much banned tea more than a year ago and the reputable seller moved to eBay for the most part

[Anonymous No.11443931]

Any fellow Pu erh tea drinkers?

[Anonymous No.11443934]

>>11443931
Never had some myself, how would you describe it?

[Anonymous No.11443973]

>>11434178
So I really like the blueberry tea from Celestial actually. It's really tasty.

Any other recommendations for some kind of tea with blueberry in the blend?

[Anonymous No.11443977]

>>11434195
>>11434610
>>11434622
How much is the coffee industry paying you?

[Anonymous No.11443983]

>>11437450
Tea ceremonies use pots and kettles that have been used for decades and encrusted with flavor

[Anonymous No.11444290]

>>11443983
lol
clueless mong

[Anonymous No.11444407]

>>11442899
Damn that’s an autistic list

[Anonymous No.11444454]

>>11444290
tm uncultured flyover inbred

[Anonymous No.11444664]

>>11443931
Just bought my first cakes, one raw and one ripe, very excited to try it, I'll tell you about in a month a half when they arrive.

[Anonymous No.11444682]

>>11443931
yep, ~65% pu erh drinker here. But have too much oolong atm so drinking them more

>>11443934
earthy taste for the tea, nothing much to write home about desu. Liquid is often thick with a soupy mouthfeel.

but theres a pleasant tingling afterwards, notes of the tea return in layers back upwards to your palate, and you can taste it in your mouth. The tea echoes, in waves. This effect is refered to as "hui gan" (回甘- literally returning sweetness)

[Anonymous No.11444690]

>>11443931
yep, ~65% pu erh drinker here. But have too much oolong atm so drinking them more

>>11443934
earthy taste for the tea, nothing much to write home about desu. Liquid is often thick with a soupy mouthfeel.

but theres a pleasant tingling afterwards, previously hidden notes of the tea return in layers back upwards to your palate, and you can taste it in your mouth. The tea echoes, in waves. This effect is refered to as "hui gan" (回甘- literally returning sweetness). Its very comfy.

[Anonymous No.11444782]

>>11444454
Matcha is ”brewed” in a clean Chawan with clean hot water. No seasoning in sight.

[Anonymous No.11445022]

>>11443931
It's basically all I drink these days. Shou at work, and sheng at home. Where do you shop for cakes?

[Anonymous No.11445585]

How do you brew those teas stuffed in mandarin oranges?

[Anonymous No.11445618]

>>11445585
Have you tried google? Brew it with the tea still in the skin, or puncture holes into the orange skin and brew it. Shred the skin into your teapot and make the tea.

[Anonymous No.11445675]

Today im drinking Apothecary Teas "Blue Mojito" which is a rich, indulgent blueberry black tea with touches of mint and wildflower.

[Anonymous No.11445688]

>>11434178
Just a Cornelius IPA.

I have some Singleton on the windowsill, but I have no ice for it.

[Anonymous No.11445746]

>>11443983
It doesn't take decades. Just make, like, 300 cups of tea. So a few months.

[Anonymous No.11445752]

I love roasted oolongs, but I'm wondering, if the oil they use for frying in China is not that funny stuff, uh, collected from sewers? A friend pointed that out, and won't stop making groce joaks about it. Please restore my peace of mind!

[Anonymous No.11445758]

[Anonymous No.11445924]

>>11445752
Where are you buying from? Surely you can contact them and ask what kind of oil they're using. If they valid have organic certifications I wouldn't worry.

[Anonymous No.11445971]

>>11445752
Forget Chinese tea. The air is polluted, which enters the soil, and then the plants. Heavy metal and toxins in Chinese (and Indian) tea are higher than Japanese.
So even if a Chinese plantation is doing everything right, they're still fucked by the country they produce the tea in, and as the consumer, so are you.

[Anonymous No.11446137]

>>11444782
>>11445746
Why do we allow Nebraskans on the internet? Do some basic research between corn shucking and sister fucking

[Anonymous No.11446167]

>>11446137
You're an idiot.
(1) You don't even get insult jokes correct. Nebraskans don't sister-fuck -- that's Alabama and West Virginia.
(2) A Nebraskan couldn't identify tea if a bathtub labeled "tea" were in front of him.
(3) The decades-long use of materials for tea ceremony doesn't do anything to the flavor of the tea. It doesn't take that long to season a chawan.
(4) The decades-long use of materials for tea ceremony is a billion percent about the purpose of tea ceremony; the methodical, social, and meditative aspect of the ceremony is linked to the history of the materials, the tea room, the tea school, and the people involved in the ceremony, especially when those people have a connection to those things listed earlier.
(5) Fucking brainlet New York swine. Go back to your shitty Chinese takeout and trash bag lined streets.

[Anonymous No.11446319]

>>11446167
OK, Ok, you're from Ohio, relax dude.

[Anonymous No.11446341]

>>11446167
You should make some tea, angery-anon-chan. Tea ceremonies have a meditative aspect. I read it somewhere but I don't know where.

[Anonymous No.11446462]

>>11443931
Yep, gonna order my first raw puehr soon, had only ripe as of yet and it's definitely my favorite. How much does age affect the taste tho - is it worth buying say 2003 or 2008 puerh?

[Anonymous No.11446499]

>>11445752
I doubt the claim could be verified, and as far as I know certifications in China mean little
I also doubt that they use oil collected from sewers to fry tea and I can't see why you would care either, oil is not used to roast tea, they just use big metal pans according to every source I've checked
>>11445971
>believing memes without verifying them
https://pastebin.com/HHesBE36
>>11446462
age affects pu-erh very much
raw pu-erh at least
the taste, aftertaste, texture and all change with age but it doesn't become "better" with age, and there's a number of other factors that matter, so try both, see what you like and dislike about them, then order another pu-erh similar to the one you liked and see how different it is, then keep it up
you may well find you like younger raw pu-erh anyway, I surely do

[Anonymous No.11446534]

>>11446167
nebraskans don't sister fuck, they cousin fuck instead

[Anonymous No.11446678]

Is it okay to pour boiling water into one of those hydroflask/ozark trail cups and brew tea in it?

[Anonymous No.11446700]

I got one of these Craftea machines despite already having a zojirushi boiler and plenty of different kettles and presses to make tea. It is pretty neat and seems awesome for making chai and thai tea atleast. What should I toss in it to try brewing?

[Anonymous No.11446723]

>>11446678
if its stainless steal or glass lined i dont see why not

probably have to use lesser amounts of tea though, it would be extremely steeped.

[Anonymous No.11446783]

>>11446723
Interesting. What about it being stainless steel would make it more steeped? Why would I have to use less?

[Anonymous No.11446784]

>>11446319
ohio gozaimasu

[Anonymous No.11447260]

>>11446783
i said stainless or glass because hot water in plastic for a long time is probably not great for your health no matter what the label says

also the water will taste plasticky, i never trust that shit

>Why would I have to use less?
i was assuming you would be drinking it kinda grandpa style aka leaving the tea in the thermos all day and pouring out tea to drink hours later. Obviously that would reach maximum steepage and you should use less. Tea in teapot or gaiwan have multiple steeps.

[Anonymous No.11447622]

>>11445752
Roasted tea is not roasted with oil. Jesus Christ.

[Anonymous No.11447720]

What's the best place to get tea to use in baking? Cheap but decent quality? Any flavors you'd recommend other than earl grey or matcha?

[Anonymous No.11447810]

>>11446319
>>11446137
>>11444454

[Anonymous No.11448530]

>>11447720
My roommate used lapsang soujang in meat marinades to add a smoky favor

[Anonymous No.11448585]

I just got this and some matcha powder

How do I make good green tea?

Do I just steep the gunpowder green tea and then sprinkle some matcha powder in?

[Anonymous No.11448745]

>>11448585
This is just too good, I can't avoid responding, I'm sorry. Is anyone really this unable to google things? is it a /tea/fag wanting to bump the thread with something funny? is it just a shitpost? guess we'll never know.

But anyway, steep gunpowder, google how to prepare matcha. They're two completely different things and should not be mixed, it'll get clumpy.

[Anonymous No.11449130]

finally got me some real tee bros

some based shimizu sencha

[Anonymous No.11449275]

>>11449130
danskjævel

[Anonymous No.11449289]

>>11449130
>>11449275

[Anonymous No.11449290]

>>11448530
This isn't a bad idea at all. Use it to replace the acid? I fucking love Lapsang but it took a bit of getting to used to the feeling of drinking a smoked brisket.

[Anonymous No.11449307]

>>11449289
slett dette

[Anonymous No.11449482]

>>11449289
OMEGAKYK

>>11449275
fissesvensker

[Anonymous No.11449494]

>>11449130
steeped this bitch like 10 times now
still getting better
i got it for like 10 bucks a hunny gram

you're all so cucked

[Anonymous No.11449507]

>>11442885
>What percentage of the caffeine is removed from tea in each successive steeping?
I read somewhere about 50% of caffeine is gone in first 30-60 seconds of steeping. Not sure about the rest of the distribution.

[Anonymous No.11449857]

>>11445618
I'm more wondering about how much water to use and how long to steep. Like should I try gongfu with it or something like grandpa style in a teapot.

[Anonymous No.11450747]

I'm too lazy to look at the FAQ. I would like suggestions for low or zero caffeine teas that can withstand boiling water. My job has one of those Kurig (however it's spelled) things and I can heat up water that way but basically it only does boiling before it dispenses. Please.

[Anonymous No.11450968]

>>11450747
If you pour your boiling water in an empty cup and then wait, it can go down to whatever temperature your tea needs.

[Anonymous No.11451816]

Jasmine green at a Japanese restaurant today. Decent tea for a restaurant and cute teaware.

[Anonymous No.11451831]

>>11450747
>low or zero caffeine teas
hojicha, genmaicha, certain white teas

if you want zero it would be a tisane like rooibos, buckwheat (soba), peppermint, chrysanthemum etc

[Anonymous No.11451863]

I just got a cheap glass kettle from the store with a strainer and an itch for loose leaf tea. I'm going to order several samples from upton tea, any recommendations? I'm up for anything. Otherwise I'll just pick what sounds good and interesting.

[Anonymous No.11451880]

>>11451863
never tried them but go for some lapsang souchong if you like smoky flavours, great for cold weather. Roasted (brown) tieguanyin is another good one

[Anonymous No.11451941]

I'll probably go with this. I really just picked the highest rated from each category including the lapsang souchong anon above me suggested. I think 20 bucks is good to start with.

[Anonymous No.11452069]

>>11451816
jasmine "tea"
amirite lads

[Anonymous No.11452078]

>>11452069
good jasmine tea is as good a tea as any other. Its not a tisane

[Anonymous No.11452182]

>>11452078
BUT IS IT TEA BITCH
NO

[Anonymous No.11452186]

>>11452182
mhmmm
muh tasty oils

[Anonymous No.11452194]

>blends

[Anonymous No.11452293]

>>11451863
just for the love of God keep using the exact same strain for that poor kettle.
Glass kettles might be cheap but they're not garbage. Far from it.
I got one for mushrooms :^)

[Anonymous No.11452306]

>>11452182
..jasmine tea is actual tea you tard

>Tea leaves are harvested in the early spring and stored until the late summer when fresh jasmine flowers are in bloom. Jasmine flowers are picked early in the day when the small petals are tightly closed. The flowers are kept cool until nightfall. During the night, jasmine flowers open, releasing their fragrance. This is when the tea scenting takes place. There are two main methods used to scent the tea with the jasmine. In one method the tea and flowers are placed in alternating layers; in the other, the tea is blended with jasmine flowers and stored overnight.It takes over four hours for the tea to absorb the fragrance and flavour of the jasmine blossoms. The scenting process may be repeated as many as six or seven times for top grades such as Yin Hao. The tea absorbs moisture from the fresh Jasmine flowers so it must be dried again to prevent spoilage.

[Anonymous No.11452322]

>>11452293
>just for the love of God keep using the exact same strain for that poor kettle.
I'm confused. The one I have is 450 mL with a metal strainer.

[Anonymous No.11452352]

>>11441032
Already did, use a bidet now. MUCH cleaner.

[Anonymous No.11452415]

What are people's opinion about ebay tea, will I get shit covered in DDT or other funky poisons because they don't give a fuck in Asian countries or will it be fine

[Anonymous No.11452417]

>>11448585
>>11448745
>china green tea
more like chinese garbage t-shirt dust amirite lads

[Anonymous No.11452423]

>>11434178
I'd rather have gyokuro than matcha

[Anonymous No.11452614]

drinking matcha is like drinking ground coffee...
with the grounds.

[Anonymous No.11452620]

>>11452306
>le tldr

sure thing its tea bro. sure thing.
i bet if i harvested anything the same way as tobacco i could call it tobacco.
hey look at me im smoking papaya flower tobacco

[Anonymous No.11452627]

>>11452322
>metal strainer
get that aids away from me
do you want to get poisoned?
because that's how you get poisoned.

[Anonymous No.11452631]

>>11452415
You gotta get a reputable dealer brah

[Anonymous No.11452643]

>>11451863
https://www.carstensens-tehandel.dk/tekande-bredemeijer-verona.html
THIS is what a cheap glass tea kettle looks like.
Made of fucking glass.
Don't get no fucking china shit with fucking nickle and metal and shittle and shattle you fucking cattle.
If you really need a fucking strainer and can't just use a fucking gaiwan, drink from the leaf or used based tree pouches go for a fucking platinum "metal" strainer, anything else is complete. fucking. aids. just go back to mcdonalds.

[Anonymous No.11452659]

or like a silver or gold strainer if you're a complete plebeian, jesus.
most "noble" metals, whatever the fuck you call them in your shitty language.
Osmium would be the GOAT for straining.

It's like fucking smoking trees with tinfoil or from a can, complete. utter. degeneracy.

[Anonymous No.11452778]

>>11439150
I love herbal teas teas with anise and liqourice. Perfect for those cold and dark winter evenings.

[Anonymous No.11452784]

>>11443203
Does tea really have that much caffeine?
I can drink like 2 liters of black tea a day and not feel anything. but if I drink 500ml coffee it get jitters.

[Anonymous No.11452832]

>>11452784
the autists here will argue the minutia, but generally speaking tea has much less cafeine per cup than coffee.

[Anonymous No.11452904]

>>11452784
That's because of the based theanine, it's a downer caffeine's an upper.

Black tea generally has a more 50/50 or higher caffeine levels and green has a higher theanine (just generalizing).
That's why you don't get the jitters, because tea already has anti-jitters.

[Anonymous No.11452915]

>>11452659
>>11452627
>>11452620
>>11452614
>>11452417

whats with all this fucking shitposting

[Anonymous No.11452920]

>>11452643
>>11452659
>>11452627
>>11452620
>>11452614
>>11452417

whats with all this fucking shitposting

[Anonymous No.11452928]

>>11452920
Where do you think you are?

[Anonymous No.11453006]

>>11452928
reddit 2.0 probably

[Anonymous No.11453212]

time for my eveningly "based" camomille "tea"

[Anonymous No.11453220]

>>11440795
sounds pretty based desu
gimme the rundown

[Anonymous No.11453495]

I've been drinking this. I don't have a kettle, so I boil some water and steep the leaves in a tea pot for about 4-5 minutes. Y'all got advice for steeping black leaves?

[Anonymous No.11453521]

>>11453495
what you're doing sounds about right

[Anonymous No.11453548]

>>11453495
steep em in an open container.
heat the water.
pour water in container
leaf in container
wait until you're ready to sip
which is asap since you want to drink your fucking tea

[Anonymous No.11453550]

>>11452194
The only acceptable blend is Genmaicha.

[Anonymous No.11453816]

>>11453550
I mean if you brew your brew like a fucking retard maybe

[Anonymous No.11453832]

Why is this blonde faggot shitting all over this thread?

[Anonymous No.11453893]

>>11453832
Because you faggots all act like you know jack shit about tea drinking from your little potties up in britland, how about you try it the shinto way or you stick something up your ass that is actually from your shitty union?

[Anonymous No.11453905]

tea and crumpets my ass
its all about fucking drinking tea after/before/instead of eating you fucking retards.

now that britlands btfo anyone want more??

[Anonymous No.11453935]

>>11453893
y i k e s

[Anonymous No.11454364]

>>11453935
i know right
if only they knew what the fuck shit was instead of just putting random stuff in their bodies

[Anonymous No.11454460]

tea is drugs.
caffeine's a drug
so is ethanol
bye forever faggots you don't deserve this knowledge.

[Anonymous No.11455419]

i fucking hate this ugly blonde swede
i wince when i see your face
get out of this thread

[Anonymous No.11456257]

>>11455419
this is a shop

[Anonymous No.11456505]

>>11456257
ok you've gone and done it now.
I'm Danish.
ree.

[Anonymous No.11456775]

le ubermerchant face

[Anonymous No.11457405]

thread into dead
will keep bump
and sometime
show my head

[Anonymous No.11457702]

I get fly off o' tea
just sippin to be
dont need no high
to get by

But that is tea
What is it to be
And what is it to be high

watchout pikerman, the end is nigh

wait that dont fly
guy

[Anonymous No.11457925]

>>11445675
I’m googling this because it sounds good but can’t find anything. Did you get it from a local store or something?

[Anonymous No.11458017]

>>11449507
rule of thumb for black tea:
two minute steep with boiling hot water gets about 90% of the caffeine out of the leaves.

[Anonymous No.11459399]

I wish I was from the side of 4chan that can doxx idiots, oh well.