/tea/

[Anonymous No.16335273]

/tea/
This thread is for discussing tea, teaware, tisanes, and other herbal infusions.

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Previous thread:
>>16295364

[Anonymous No.16335309]

Anyone got experience with AliExpress sellers of clay teapots? The prices are great but they seem like they may not be safe.
Any recommendations for cheap teaware would be appreciated

[Anonymous No.16335317]

>boiled leaves in water

[Anonymous No.16335328]

>>16335309
If honestly avoid clay/zisha on alixpress. I guess JK teashop, but I haven't ordered there in a while. Etsy has some good ones for not too much. Pic related

[Anonymous No.16335385]

>>16335309
I would advise against cheap clay teapots, there is some decent info in the pastebin about clay teaware. Clay is a meme and ai strongly recommended sticking with porcelain teaware unless you want to get into collecting clay teapots and are happy to spend $120+ each on them.
If you insist on cheap clay teapots then i recommended you take you chances with one from kingteamall, i can't make any promises, but they look the least shit, even still his pots that are $80 or more have visibly better clay than the cheaper ones.
As far as porcelain teapots aliexpress is a pretty good bet, lots of cool ones if you dig around a bit, ive spotted a few ru kiln style or celadon pots that look quite nice for not much money.
The tricky part can be finding smaller ceramic or porcelain pots, i recommended getting one that's 100ml-140ml for gongfu.
I can't link store pages but this seller has a bunch of cool pots, just go to their store page from this link and look at the ceramic pots category.
https://aliexpress.com/item/4001031082776.html
This store too
https://aliexpress.com/item/4000324380064.html

[Anonymous No.16335402]

>>16335385
This store too had some decent looking stuff
https://aliexpress.com/item/33047625137.html

[Anonymous No.16335492]

>>16335385
thanks a million lad, appreciate the help

[Anonymous No.16335643]

I thought my Brita filter cartridge needed to be replaced but nope:
>tfw affordable daily drinker organic ripe pu er from the nearby stores dropped in quality after years of good service
Bigger leaves and a lot more stems, what am I gonna drink now?

[Anonymous No.16335924]

Threadly reminder than cooked puerh is for peasants.

[Anonymous No.16336155]

>>16335317
>hot leaf juice

[Anonymous No.16337153]

>>16335924
>not drinking cooked pure

[Anonymous No.16337547]

>>16333606
I'm interesting in growing tea. What I'm really interested in though is instead of just waiting 3 years and having a plantation-style bush, imagine waiting 15 or even longer and having a big tree. That'd be epic I think.

[Anonymous No.16337554]

Howdy yall!
What is your favorite iced tea brand?

Ive been trying to quit soda, and unsweetened iced tea has helped alot

[Anonymous No.16337569]

>>16337554
Get good loose tea and cold brew it

[Anonymous No.16338082]

Having a go at brewing my own kombucha, the tea used in this one was russian caravan but I plan on trying it with puerh or white tea next.

[Anonymous No.16338129]

What are you boys sippin’ tonight?
For me it’s a cup of camomile, honey & vanilla herbal tea and a glass of Sauvignon blanc wine

[Anonymous No.16338162]

>>16338082
Nice, making kombucha is pretty fun.
if you need a good starter culture i had good luck with the ones from this lady.
https://kefirlady.com/

[Anonymous No.16338227]

Anyone ever experiment with infusing tea into alcohol? I know green tea liqueur, for example, is used in a few cocktails.

[Anonymous No.16338258]

>>16338227
I haven't tried it, black tea in gin might be nice.
It might be easier to just make some tea infused sugar syrup and use that when mixing drinks.

[Anonymous No.16338549]

>>16338227
a smokey black tea and a smokey whiskey work great together

[Anonymous No.16338664]

Is young raw puer supposed to be bad or something?
I see them described as vegetal and more like green tea online so I am interested since I generally prefer green tea

[Anonymous No.16338675]

>>16338664
If that sounds good to you, then go nuts. Plenty of people enjoy young raws.

[Anonymous No.16338722]

>>16338664
>Is young raw puer supposed to be bad or something?
It depends on how they are processed, things like a recipie 8653 cake from xiaguan, i wouldn't even touch untill it is at least a decade old, young it would be harsh, rough, bitter, overly smokey and hard to drink. Those classic recipie cakes from factories are made to be aged.
Even some single origin small producer cakes from places like lao man e or bulang are super bitter and hard to drink for most people.
On the other hand, teas from places like yi wu, are typically more mild and easy to approach when young.
Yes young raw puer are more green tasting than older teas.

[Anonymous No.16339039]

if i make iced green tea by keeping a bunch of tea bags in a pitcher in my fridge how often should i change the bags... shits so good im so hydrated bros but i dont want mold or w/e

[Anonymous No.16339964]

>>16339039
You should be brewing the bas once, maybe twice

[Anonymous No.16340372]

>>16339039
To clarify, are you just leaving the bags in cool water overnight? If so, you are making coldbrew, and not iced tea. You can leave it in for at least 12 hours, but I'd personally recommend taking them out by 16, maybe 24. This should get optimal flavor without it becoming 'dry'.

[Anonymous No.16340821]

I had Gyokuro for the first time just now. Brewed at room temperature for 14 minutes, 5g/100mL water, using the Mei Leaf video as a reference. It's so insanely strong and bitter that I am in disbelief. It's like concentrated spinach, including all the bitterness and aftertaste. Don't get me wrong, I love vegetables including spinach, but this was so strong I couldn't drink any more after the first sip. I diluted it to 4x the original volume and it's so much better now, still very strong, and quite bitter, but tolerable at least.

I think for the next brew I'll just stick with the standard method of preparation, hopefully that will be better. I'm glad I only got a 15 gram sample though, I think this is the only tea I've ever not liked.

[Anonymous No.16340855]

>>16340821
Gyokuro is known to be more sensitive in preparation, requiring both a moderate temperature and infusion time to prepare effectively. 15 mins seems extraordinarily excessive. Lower the infusion time and water temperature. Try a reference other than Mei Leaf for this.

[Anonymous No.16340947]

>>16340821
14 minutes sounds insanely long

scroll down to brewing method and try these https://hojotea.com/item_e/g04e.htm

[Anonymous No.16341233]

>Year is 2021
>These aren't available in every food store in North America
What the fuck are the Nips waiting to export this here? They literally have no competition!

[Anonymous No.16341252]

>>16340855
>>16340947
Yeah I figured the instructions made sense because it was room temp water, but apparently a lot of flavor compounds get extracted quickly regardless of temp. My 2nd brew with the same leaves was 50C for ~20 seconds, and this cup is much more tolerable. It was a very funky flavor, almost like nutritional yeast, but it is so much less bitter I can almost enjoy it now. Gyokuro is definitely a strange beast.

[Anonymous No.16341306]

>>16341233
>no competition
the fizzy sugar jew

[Anonymous No.16341320]

>>16341306
American food culture is so decadent that you cant find any bottled unsweatened tea because north amerifats cant live without shoving 20 pounds of sugar into anything they drink or else its literally """bland"""

[Anonymous No.16341681]

>>16341233
It isn't especially easy to market such drinks to a market that doesn't prioritize subtle flavors and textures, healthy living, and moderation in general. You can get some of that with the hipster/hippie crowds, but it takes more uniqueness to hit mass appeal. I think kombucha is a good example; gaining wider appeal as a carbonated alternative to soda and even low-mid concentration alcohol/beer products. Competing with Arizona and similar tea brands which may be regarded as more flavorful can impact 'simple' tea product appeal. I think that is also part of the reason kombucha and jun have increased in popularity, having the secondary fermentation stage in which carbonation and additional flavors are secured. It makes them more unique than just flavored tea (Arizona), but also more expensive, so mass appeal still leans to certain crowds.
>>16341252
Keep experimenting. Refer to a few references to get an idea of what may be best, and then try to work around it for your own preference. Young/'vegetal' teas, in my experience, tend to favor gentle brew parameters in general, and I think you may be seeing this happen firsthand. You will learn to brew it better as you go through some rough brews, and soon enough, will gain a sense of comfort and ease in preparing your tea. This process isn't exclusive to gyokuro; apply it to any tea, and you'll be more successful overall. Just don't take any preparation tips online as gospel, but as simply rough guidelines, and you will have a great time.

[Anonymous No.16342219]

>>16341233
I used to be able to find them in hood grocery stores. Then a mafia family bought them out and the store went to shit.

[Anonymous No.16342594]

trying elderberry/blackberry tea lads
fookin elite innit??

[Anonymous No.16343253]

>>16341233
Just cold brew at home.

[Anonymous No.16343298]

itt:
>I hate/love tea, it's green and I am american cancer, which brand should use me this time
pathetic. worse than pathetic.

[Anonymous No.16344222]

r8 me new setup......

[Anonymous No.16344305]

>>16344222
I can't tell if that's a gigantic gaiwan or a very tiny pig.

[Anonymous No.16344328]

>>16344305
Very tiny pig............... exactly 4cm from snout to tail..................

[Anonymous No.16344331]

>>16342594
you're gay

[Anonymous No.16344908]

>>16344222
Nice,
What tea is in there?

[Anonymous No.16344916]

Mornin' everyone. 5.5g of the Wild White from Shang Tea in KC.

[Anonymous No.16344949]

>>16344916
Looks tasty

[Anonymous No.16344950]

>>16344916
Brewing at 196F and I'm immediately getting sweet butter cookies. An interesting thing is happening where the snuff I just took, made out of And So To Bed pipe tobacco, is interplaying with the taste of the tea in a really pleasant way. Last time I had this tea it had a nice sungold tomato sweet and savoriness to it, while the snuff is very vanilla and apricot-y from the Virginias and Orientals with some woodfire to it from the Latakia. Overall this is a very pleasant morning experience.

[Anonymous No.16344972]

>>16344950
Caffeine and nicotine really is the definitive morning combination.
This morning i have 8 or 10 grams of shui xian stuffed in my little 100ml pot. Roasty toasty almost baked goods flavor with boatloads of minerality. Just unflavored vape juice for nicotine

[Anonymous No.16345001]

>>16344972
>8 to 10 grams
Hell yeah. Sounds like you got the ticket for a nice brisk wakeup.

[Anonymous No.16345020]

>>16345001
> Hell yeah. Sounds like you got the ticket for a nice brisk wakeup.
Please stop this autism dude holy shit

[Anonymous No.16345065]

>brew oolong at 90°C
>cools to drinking temperature quickly
>brew black tea at 100°C
>takes forever to cool enough to drinking temperature
what the actual fuck

[Anonymous No.16345170]

>>16345065
I overthink this to. What I usually do with boiling-hot brews is pour them into a gongdaobei, then into my cups which itself cools it down a bit, then I make the next steep and leave it in the gongdaobei so by then my first is ready to drink.

[Anonymous No.16345175]

have you guys tried psilocybin tea?
that stuff is very soothing

[Anonymous No.16345223]

What do people think about Rooibos? I found it really hard to enjoy at first because of how it reminded me of medicine, at least the smell did. Tasted amazing after the first few times tho, probably my all time favourite right now

[Anonymous No.16345244]

Drinking liubao mug brewing/grandpa style. Whatever chinese chemicals are in these leaves are now in my body 100%

[Anonymous No.16345267]

>>16345223
i like me some rooibos

[Anonymous No.16345447]

>>16345223
Most people who like herbal teas seem to love roooibos. I had a big pot of it last night, and this morning I brewed those leaves again with a dash of some less-than-stellar loose white tea- those flavors play nicely together.
Have you tried its more tart cousin honeybush, or unfermented/green rooibos? The latter has a milder flavor and is pleasant with other green herbals like mint, nettle, and lemongrass.

[Anonymous No.16345639]

>>16345223
I think it's vile.

[Anonymous No.16346146]

>>16344908
2013 Dragon of Jingmai from YS

[Anonymous No.16346917]

>>16341233
>https://aliexpress.com/item/33047625137.html
Have you tried moving to actual civilization?

Here in Houston they sell them at Costco, probably other places, but that's the only store I buy food at. In San Diego they're sold in basically every grocery store I walk into.

[Anonymous No.16346979]

The UK tea recommendations in the pastebin are trash, any others?

[Anonymous No.16347349]

>>16346979
are they?

[Anonymous No.16347366]

Do you trust this man?

Why does he taste the malted sugar loaf?

[Anonymous No.16347402]

>>16347366
>right, let's get a smell of that wet leaf
snnnnniiiiiiffffffffffff...oh yes my dear....sssnnnnnnnnnnnniiiiiiiiffffffff....quite pungent indeed...is that....dare I say....sssssssnniff...boiled cherries I smell?......sniff sniff....hmmm...yes...quite so my darling....sniff....quite pungent honeysuckle yes very much so .....ssssssssssssssnnnnnnnnnnnnnnniiiiiiiffffff....ah yes...and also....a hint of....sniff....marmalade.....quite wet my dear....sniff...but of yes...this will do nicely....sniff.....please my dear....another if you please....nice a big now....

BBBBBBRRRRRRRAAAAAAAPPPPPPPFFFFFFFFLLLLLLLLLPPPPPPPPPFFFFFF

Oh yes...very good!....very sloppy and wet my dear....hmmmmm...is that a bit of wet leaf I see on the rim?...hmmmm.....let me.....let me just have a little taste before the sniff my darling.......hmmmmm....hmm..yes....that is a delicate bit of leaf my dear....ah yes....let me SCOPE...gooseberry terroir?....oh quite right I am....aren't I?....ok....time for sniff.....sssssnnnnnnniiiiiiiiffffffff.....hmmm...hhhmmmmm I see...yes....yes indeed as well gooseberry.....hmmm....that fragrance is quite noticeable....yes.....saffron and deep sweet port wine I take it my dear?.....hmmmmm....yes quite.....

BBBBBBRRRRRRRRPPPPPPFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFTTTTTTTTTTT

Oh I was not expecting that…that little gust my dear….you caught me off guard…yes…so gentle it was though…hmmmm…let me taste this little one…just one small sniff…..sniff…ah….ssssssnnnnnniiiiiffffffffffff…and yet…so strong…yes…the odor….sniff sniff…hmmm….is that….sniff….hmmm….I can almost taste it my dear…..yes….just…sniff….a little whiff more if you please…..ssssssnnnnnniiiiiffffffffff…ah yes I have it now….yes quite….hhhhmmmm…delectable my dear…..quite exquisite yes…..I dare say…sniff….the most pungent one yet my dear….ssssnnnnniiiifffffffffffffffffffffff….yes….

[Anonymous No.16347457]

>>16347402
kek

[Anonymous No.16347621]

>>16345447
I've tried honeybrush actually! Finished the batch but overall wasn't a huge fan, sadly. I've yet to try the unfermented/green rooibos you've mentioned, but the combinations you gave with it sound pretty refreshing! I'll try and remember it next time I restock.

[Anonymous No.16348044]

>>16345223
I don't drink it often but I do like it. I had a friend when I was young from South Africa who introduced it to me and it always makes me think of him.

[Anonymous No.16348053]

Recently tried some three spot guanyin from white2tea and loved it. It was floral but the actual tea tasted more substantial. Any recommendations for similar oolongs other than another guan yin.

[Anonymous No.16348737]

>>16348053
Try some greener Taiwanese oolongs, dong ding, bazhong, etc ive had pretty good luck with
www.tea-masters.com/
But i drink teas on the other end of the spectrum so i can't make any specific recommendations

[Anonymous No.16349780]

I like my local brand of cheap ass earl grey tea bagged tea but now I bought some fillable bags. What kind of loose tea can you recommend me based on the information just provided?

[Anonymous No.16350027]

>>16347366
over priced but he does sell good tea

[Anonymous No.16350335]

>>16349780
If you are in the us check out upton tea
They sell online and have a bunch of different versions of nice earl greys.
I would suggest getting one of the regular or light strength ones, the extra bergamot one has a real shitload of flavor in it.
Get a sample of finest Russian caravan while you are at it.

[Anonymous No.16350414]

>>16350335
>If you are in the us
I'm not. I guess I'll browse amazon for a few black teas

[Anonymous No.16350477]

>>16350414
Fuck amazon,
Check the pastebin, capital tea for canada, what-cha for the uk. Other countries covered as well.

[Anonymous No.16350504]

>>16349780
I would recommend a basket infuser instead of the refillable bags

[Anonymous No.16350874]

>>16350477
>Fuck amazon,
is that an ideological issue or do they not offer good teas?

>>16350504
maybe I will once I run out, I haven't yet decided if I want to *get into* it

[Anonymous No.16351282]

>>16350874
>is that an ideological issue or do they not offer good teas?
Both, but there is very little if any good tea on Amazon, lots of cheap looseleaf that has been sitting in a hot warehouse somewhere for god knows how long, crappy third party sellers, they just don't have good tea.
Seriously check out the pastebin, there is a huge variety of tea merchants in there organized by region, makes it easy to find a shop in your country.

[Anonymous No.16351674]

>>16347366
The brewing parameters on his website are really consistent and reliable, always had good results using them. I’ve never bought anything from him though so I can’t vouch for the quality of his teas

[Anonymous No.16352129]

>>16348737
Thanks I'll check since if those out after I'm done with this order of tea.

[Anonymous No.16352592]

for me it's old raw puer
preferably from lincang

[Anonymous No.16352720]

>>16345170
>gongdaobei
It cannot be this hard to spell pitcher.

[Anonymous No.16352729]

>>16346979
What-cha is an excellent vendor. You have no discernment.

[Anonymous No.16352951]

>>16352720
>pitcher
I keep meaning to get one of these.
I was going to get one on aliexpress but they all suck apparently. I have been trying to find one anywhere but yunnan sourcing but i guess i will give up and get one from there.

[Anonymous No.16354023]

>>16347366
I would never buy from him and do not trust him solely based on him being an obvious snake oil salesman and a greaseball bastard.

[Anonymous No.16354211]

>>16347366
I always buy from him and I trust him completely based on him being a trustworthy and reliable businessman and a kind fellow.

[Anonymous No.16355134]

>>16352951
>but they all suck apparently
how can a glass jug suck? all it need is to hold liquid. i will say a straight side is better than a bulbed shape so you wont have to completely invert it to completely empty it

[Anonymous No.16355171]

>>16352951
I got a sub-5 bucks glass one on Aliexpress and it works fine aside from maybe catching like the very last drop of liquid which then dribbles down it. I can't imagine it getting much worse than that unless they completely fuck it up and I don't mind. If you want a nicer one it might be worth it.

[Anonymous No.16355552]

>>16355134
The issue with the listing i saw was that they showed one branded pitcher in the product photos but people that ordered posted pics of getting a different product.
I know I'm being way to picky but I'm going to use it a dozen times every day, so i want one that is well designed and made of actual heat resistant lab glass

[Anonymous No.16355907]

Fuck you whoever recommended me the hairy crab
tastes like shit

[Anonymous No.16355925]

>>16355907
How?

[Anonymous No.16355977]

>>16355907
Based
the good oolong is the roasted stuff
Try 25 grams of these two
https://www.chawangshop.com/oolong-tea/wuyi-yancha/2014-wu-yi-old-bush-mei-zhan-oolong-25g.html
https://www.chawangshop.com/oolong-tea/phoenix-dancong-guangdong-prov/2018-spring-charcoal-roasted-bai-ye-dancong-25g.html
And throw this in
https://www.chawangshop.com/oolong-tea/other-oolong-teas/2019-fujian-hong-mu-dan-oolong-50g.html
And this while you are at it
https://www.chawangshop.com/pu-erh-tea/raw-sheng-puerh/2006-myanmar-kokang-mei-hua-bing-raw-puerh-tea-100g.html
You will find the true meaning of oolong quality

[Anonymous No.16356067]

>>16355977
yeah, the only good oolong that I had was roasted

[Anonymous No.16356222]

>>16355907
>>16355977
>>16356067
>mao xie
Looks to me like that's basically just tieguanyin but cheaper so I wouldn't give much weight to it. I've had tieguanyin, both roasted and unroasted, and it's good.

[Anonymous No.16356228]

Only oolongs I ever liked were green. Hairy crab is a bit underwhelming though, but perfectly fine for when I have tea noobs over

[Anonymous No.16356576]

Today's tea of the day is 10g of young maocha mixed from two different samples. Both labelled as being from Naka
I tried one fo these previously and it was very good, seemed authentic to what they typical naka flavor profile is described as.

[Anonymous No.16356916]

250ml Pyrex beaker chads report in.
Literal perfect pour crafted for laboratory situations.
Opening is the exact size of the cheap metal strainer.
Pyrex is a great material in terms of durability.
My preferred cups are close to 200 and my preferred gaiwan with leaves is a 100ml volume. So 2 quick brews get me a perfect sized cup.
It just werks.

[Anonymous No.16356947]

https://oldwaystea.com/products/niu-rou-huang-pian-2020?taxon_id=34

How should I brew this? I can't figure out how much leaves to use and what temp either. I'm finding treat it like a green tea and then treat it like a black tea. Not sure if I should gongfu either.

[Anonymous No.16356953]

>>16356916
I’ve been meaning to pick one of these up for tea. Though the lab equipment aesthetic kind of clashes with the Chinese teapot aesthetic

[Anonymous No.16357063]

>>16338129
I have the same tea but it taste like ass hot water

[Anonymous No.16357332]

I was worried I wouldn't like an electric tea kettle but it's absolutely great!
Just made a cup of Earl Grey, what's everyone else drinking?

[Anonymous No.16357448]

I've been busy and it's been way too hot during the day so I haven't drank any tea lately. Think I'll brew a kettle and just pour a shitload of ice and go for ice tea.

I don't really want to make my tea sit for long in the kettle and let it oxidize though.

[Anonymous No.16357458]

>>16347366
Fuck no.

[Anonymous No.16357615]

>>16356947
I would do 1g per 10ml, 5 second rinse, 5 seconds infusion, add 5 seconds for each brew till you hit 25 or 30 seconds, then add 30 seconds for each brew till 1:30, then just hit it for 5 minutes to get anything left out of it.
Boiling water

[Anonymous No.16357626]

>>16357332
Electric kettles are very nice, i would really hate to be without one

[Anonymous No.16357634]

>>16356947
I would probably also break the leaves up some some they infuse better.
Either break all the leaves into 2 or 3 larger pieces, or put a third of the tea in your pot, take a third and crumble it up pretty well and add that, and then cover with the final third.

[Anonymous No.16357641]

>>16357448
I have been drinking hot tea from batches that make me sweat even in cold weather all day, feels good

[Anonymous No.16358011]

>>16357626
I worried it'd be another 1 use kitchen item taking up counterspace
then I realized I could take it to work with me and have cup noodles for lunch, seemed like a good investment
made tea with it every day since I got it, heats up to 212 F for black teas in 3-4 minutes

[Anonymous No.16358374]

i dont like tea

[Anonymous No.16358394]

Has anyone here ordered puer from yunnan craft? Would you recommend? Their prices seem alright to me

[Anonymous No.16358414]

>>16358394
I haven't used them personally but ive heard good things, they have been around for a long time and i agree they have very reasonable prices. I would say they are a safe bet to order from.

[Anonymous No.16358424]

>>16358011
It just makes life so much easier i don't even care if it's a unitasker, plus i don't have to worry about forgetting that i left a kettle going on the stove and having it boil dry.

[Anonymous No.16358870]

what's some tea that's bitter in a good way

[Anonymous No.16359840]

so my fellow EU consumers, starting tomorrow we'll be paying VAT for every order coming from outside of the Union. regardless of value. that probably means a trip to the Customs. fuck knows how it's gonna work. maybe written invoice attached to the parcel. in any case the good times are over.
don't say I didn't warn you, I did at the end of the last year. /tea/ regulars should remember.
I managed to snag few last orders last week, it was close call due to GD lockdown but they got here just in time and free of charge.
now I'm tempted to order something cheap for example from fullchea to see how the system actually works. I may do just that.
undecided cunts BTFO.
have a nice cool day.

[Anonymous No.16360039]

>>16359840
Start growing your own tea, can't screw you with importation bullshit on things that are 10 feet away from your house. While you're at it start becoming self-sustaining with other things too. They will come for you when they feel like it, be ready for them.

[Anonymous No.16360133]

>>16359840
Post some thoughts on mr tea vampires goods when you get the chance.

[Anonymous No.16361188]

I tried the random ripe puer sample that came with my yunnan sourcing order I bought a while back and it just reeks of fish. Like its not just fishy it gave me flashbacks to going fishing as a child and cleaning the fish I caught with a knife.
Is most ripe puer this disgusting? Does raw puer smell fishy?

[Anonymous No.16361573]

>>16361188
>stealth puer lesbian posting
Nice try ya big dyke

[Anonymous No.16361941]

>>16361188
>Is most ripe puer this disgusting?
Most cheap ripe puerh is. You can break up the cake, and put it in a container that isn't air tight for a few days, and it can improve it and remove some of the fishiness.

>Does raw puer smell fishy?
No

[Anonymous No.16362015]

>>16361941
I've got a 2006 box of loose ripe from xiaguan and its delightfully fishy on the nose. Not too much in the cup though.

[Anonymous No.16362137]

Cold brew raw puerh. Came out great, theres no bitterness whatsoever and it ended up tasting just like green tea since its a young raw.

[Anonymous No.16362220]

>>16362137
how much did you use?

[Anonymous No.16362225]

>>16362137
That looks like a nicer hario coldbrew bottle. What is it?

[Anonymous No.16362385]

Thoughts on Teavivre? I don't see it mentioned in the pastebin. Their matcha seems like a deal too good to be true, $17.90/100g for matcha that would cost 3 times as much from EU store even considering the 25% VAT I have to pay.

[Anonymous No.16362504]

>>16362220
eyeballed it but probably around 5-8 grams like I use in a normal gongfu session. so far its on the 4th infusion and losing flavor but still worth drinking

>>16362225
hario mizudashi, only had it for a week or so but i'm loving it so far

[Anonymous No.16362621]

>>16362504
Oh sick. I've got the coffee one, but it has straight volume divisions. I only bought it because the old brown plastic reminds me of the old mcdonalds trays from like '95.

[Anonymous No.16362628]

>>16362621
Forgot the link.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00IJ3O0Y2/ref=twister_B088L5PG59?_encoding=UTF8&th=1

[Anonymous No.16363032]

>>16359840
lol filthy eu savages taxing tea
>fuck knows how it's gonna work. maybe written invoice attached to the parcel.
teaware is taxed when importing into the uk, we get a delivery letter saying tax is due and you pay it at the post office when picking up the parcel

[Anonymous No.16363066]

>>16362385
I haven't had their stuff but they seem okay, they had some cool funky fermented teas last time i checked.
That said i am pretty hesitant about recommending matcha from people who don't specialize in it.
A whole lot of matcha is getting made these days and maybe 1% of it is worth drinking. It needs to be made with good quality expensive Japanese tea and it needs to be fresh and freshly ground. Even tea dealers that mean well aren't going to throw away their stock because it is 3 months old. So i typically recommend getting matcha from sellers in japan, even though shipping is kind of expensive right now because of bat flu

[Anonymous No.16364480]

Coof

[Anonymous No.16364955]

new to loose leaf tea, any suggestions as to what teas i should try out?

[Anonymous No.16364968]

>>16364955
Loose leaf version of your teabag,

[Anonymous No.16365001]

I haven't found myself able to like tea the few times I've tried it, sugary iced teas are good but that doesn't really count.

I guess tea just isn't.. my cup of tea..

[Anonymous No.16365072]

>>16365001
I want to bitch slap you with the back of my hand. Not only for using compromised pepe with telltale lines on his left eye but for being an insufferable faggot too.
I can imagine someone disliking offal or hard liquor but rejecting the second most consumed drink after water makes you a pariah on the level of 30 yo wizards which roam this webzone.
Shame on you.

[Anonymous No.16365090]

>>16365001
What have you tried and how did you prepare them? What didn’t you like about them?

[Anonymous No.16365111]

>>16365090
Just regular supermarket brand black teabags in a paper cup.

Should I microwave my water with the teabag in or should I put it in afterwards?

[Anonymous No.16365160]

>>16365111
Assuming this isn't bait, consider brewing loose leaf tea. You're using the lowest possible tier of tea, presumably infused for way too long and too hot, possibly with tap water. Read the pastebin for more info.

[Anonymous No.16365568]

>>16362385
They're decent, I guess. Haven't tried their matcha, but their dianhong is alright.

[Anonymous No.16366075]

I've been sampling pu'er tea and I have come to feel that the 10-25 gram samples most vendors sell are too small. I've been doing 25 gram ones and they came out to 3 brews or just 2 for ripes. I even had a couple sheng that I feel as though I screwed up each time I brewed it. As a side note, I got heicha samples from YS and they're usually 50 grams instead, which is much more to play with. Anyone think it's a good idea to try mini cakes? I got a sheng pu'er one for free and it's bangin

[Anonymous No.16366114]

>>16366075
I agree that 25g samples aren't really enough, 50g is much better.
When i was getting into puer i bought a lot of 100g tuos, mostly from xiaguan.
Smaller cakes can be good too.
Check out some of kingteamalls house brand cakes, also these bad boys.
https://kingteamall.com/collections/2011-mengku-rongshi/products/2011-mengku-rongshi-qiao-mu-xiao-sheng-bing-arbor-small-raw-cake-145g-puerh-raw-tea-sheng-cha
The customer review is accurate from what anons have said.
Maybe throw in one of these guys if you don't mind that it might be smokey
https://kingteamall.com/collections/2008-xiaguan/products/2008-xiaguan-nan-zhao-tuo-cha-nanzhao-tuo-tea-100g-puerh-sheng-cha-raw-tea
This is an extremely good value cake because it's from a no name factory that didn't last. It would be $100+ if it was made by dayi.
https://kingteamall.com/collections/others-puerh-tea/products/2006-lancang-jing-mai-gu-cha-jingmai-old-tree-tuo-250g-puerh-raw-tea-sheng-cha?variant=32118371745895

[Anonymous No.16366342]

>>16366114
Thanks my man, I'll check them out

[Anonymous No.16366381]

>>16365111
>I've had cheap instant coffee a few times and it sucked every time. I guess coffee just isn't for me

[Anonymous No.16366525]

>>16366381
Nescafe dark isn't that bad desu. Fine for lazy iced coffee.

[Anonymous No.16367104]

Is pour over a good method for brewing tea? How about siphon?

[Anonymous No.16367144]

>>16367104
In principle it shouldn't be too different from gong fu.

[Anonymous No.16367200]

>>16367104
I haven't tried either, i saw some Taiwanese company that makes some setup where you gring the tea with a stone mill and then brew it in a specially designed pour over cone, Lin's Ceramics. I have no idea if that's a traditional way of drinking tea or something they came up with.
I don't see why siphon would not work, you might run into issues with the brew temperature being too high and the tea scalding but I'm not shure what temps the water in a siphon actually is when it goes to the top chamber.

[Anonymous No.16367251]

>>16345020
My man was just expressing himself and enjoying the dang tea you fucking spack

[Anonymous No.16367456]

>>16367104
i dont see why you would bother doing a pour over, more work for less extraction in my eyes. and if you grind the tea leaves, to fix the extraction, like you would coffee it would probably ( im guessing here cause ive never done it ) turn out awful.
then if you do more time to compensate its just like brewing with a decanter or "connoisseur tea brewer" however they are referred to, with more steps.
as for siphon i have no idea, seems to be more for show than taste.

[Anonymous No.16367535]

for me it's brewing with comically small 100ml teapots

[Anonymous No.16367541]

>>16367535
based and gaiwan-pilled

[Anonymous No.16367699]

how do you store your teaware when you're not using it?

[Anonymous No.16367710]

>>16367535
For me its brewing with comically small 15ml teapots.
100ml Gaiwan for scale.

[Anonymous No.16367754]

How much do you guys spend per month on tea? I calculated I spend around €30 a month

[Anonymous No.16367867]

>>16367535
I just picked up a 50 ml pot because my 100 ml ones were producing more tea than I needed when brewing the kinds you can steep 15+ times

[Anonymous No.16367877]

>>16367710
Incredible

[Anonymous No.16367881]

>>16367867
I thought anything less than 100ml was crazy untill i got into wuyi oolongs, now i could see myself getting a 60 or 70ml easily.

[Anonymous No.16367886]

>>16367754
Depends on what im into, lately its been around $100 a month, usually it's more like $40-50.

[Anonymous No.16368296]

>>16365072
lel

[Anonymous No.16368335]

first gong fu session lads
enjoying very much
tea is a random tuo from an online order

[Anonymous No.16368393]

>>16368335
Nice setup
If you can tolerate those sketchy mini tuos you will probably really like some higher quality cakes.
do you drink a lot of matcha or Japanese teas? Anything you have tried recently that you would recommend?

[Anonymous No.16368432]

>>16335273
Any mint tea drinkers here? I dehydrated a bunch of mint at 95F for a few hours and there's plenty more to come, so it's going to be a lot of mint tea drinking for the year. I don't really know much about mint tea brewing times and amount to use, can I also cold brew it? How can I easily filter out the leaves from the mug easily?
>>16350504
Basket infuser looks like a nice answer for my problem.

[Anonymous No.16368473]

>>16368432
Basket infusers are great for brewing herbal teas would recommend, finum makes good ones with a really fine mesh, or you can find tona of stainless steel ones from different brands on places like Amazon or ebay.
I would suggest lightly crumbling leaves before brewing, it will improve the amount of flavor extracted.
You will have to experiment a bit to find what works best for you but i would start with roughly a teaspoon or a fat pinch of leaves per mug. Use boiling hot water and brew for only 60 seconds. Mint can get bitter if you brew it too long.
Cold brew should work pretty well. Again crumble the leaves a pit and do about a teaspoon per litre. 6-8 hours or overnight in the fridge, strain after the brew time don't just leave the leaves in untill it you finish drinking it.

[Anonymous No.16370030]

Coof

[Anonymous No.16370056]

What's the most popular tea in China?

[Anonymous No.16370089]

>>16370056
I assume in the tea-growing parts they drink the local tea. From what I've read in general though China mainly does green tea, particularly jasmine tea. Tieguanyin is also extremely popular.

[Anonymous No.16370379]

>>16370056
I know that for decades tieguyanyin was their biggest export, it might just be generic green tea now. Not really sure about what they drink domestically.

[Anonymous No.16370380]

How do I get water temperature right? It's a fucking ball ache.

[Anonymous No.16370396]

>>16370380
Get a temp control electric kettle.
Get a digital probe thermometer, this is a good quality one you can also use for cooking, cheaper if you shop around
https://www.thermoworks.com/ThermoPop
Bring the water to a full boil and then wait 3-5 minutes before using it, set a timer
Stop drinking tea that requires water that is less than boiling hot

[Anonymous No.16370398]

>>16370380
look at it, or use a thermometer, or temp adjust kettle.
theres a section on eyeballing in the pastebin.

[Anonymous No.16370595]

I make my tea using the grandpa method, adding water straight from my electric kettle, not measuring the temperature, because I'm lazy.

[Anonymous No.16370690]

>>16370595
Nice, i did that all of last year, just started doing gongfu again a few months ago, it's worth the effort occasionally but grampa style works great most of the time.

[Anonymous No.16370889]

I just tried Yunnan Green Snail, and I'm a bit confused. The tea I have matches pic related, but after doing some research it seems that every other green snail online has leaves which look much different. Mine are so tightly coiled that it looks very similar to gunpowder green. After tasting the tea I'm quite happy with the flavor, but I've never tried GG so I don't know what to compare it to. Does this look right to you guys? Here is the link where I bought it:
https://www.uptontea.com/chinese-green-tea/loose-leaf-china-green-tea/p/V00948/

[Anonymous No.16370927]

>>16370595
Its good for black tea

[Anonymous No.16370934]

>>16370889
It's probably weird because it's from Upton, a New England based company that clearly specializes in English-style tea. Why exactly theirs looks different, I don't know. It probably has to do with how they sourced the tea, they could easily have got sold an inauthentic version of it. As a side note, I've ordered from Upton and was pretty disappointed, their green tea probably isn't even fresh since I don't see any harvest dates on them.

[Anonymous No.16371500]

>>16370889
Chinese tea can get weird with names and origins. Maybe some tea dealers consider any rolled tea green snail.
i wouldn't worry about it too much as long as it tastes good.

[Anonymous No.16371517]

today i drank cooked puerh

[Anonymous No.16371522]

>>16371517
I how fishy was it on a scale of 1-10¿

[Anonymous No.16371587]

>>16371522
on a scale of 1-10 i would say a solid 8. kind of like dried squid

[Anonymous No.16371614]

>>16371587
kek, that's pretty fishy,
Most of the ripe i have on hand is pretty funky, i should probably just start buying cheap dayi cakes.

[Anonymous No.16371742]

how long does it take to get used to matcha's properties? i'm on a diet right now so whenever i drink enough of it i risk headache.

[Anonymous No.16371807]

Brewed some raw puerh western style, 93C for 2 mins
Tastes surprisingly better than gongfu.
I dont remember the tea, just some cheap, just threw a chunk in without measuring it

[Anonymous No.16371821]

>>16368393
Thank you
I recommend Maru koyama en for a matcha producer. Their Wako is my daily drinker and Kinrin if I want to treat myself.

For gong fu, do I add steeping time for each subsequent infusion?
Is mei leaf's guide here decent?

[Anonymous No.16371827]

>>16371742
Tea shouldn't be giving you a headache unless maybe you have no caffeine tolerance at all and even then it's unlikely to give you headaches. Where did you get your matcha? Cheap matcha sucks, a lot of it is ground up mystery green tea from china. If you are drinking matcha for health benefits any decent quality loose leaf green tea will get you almost the same amount of polyphenols antioxidants etc.
Check out vendors in the pastebin, get a brew basket from finum, order some green tea from a shop near you and enjoy good tasting tea that is enjoyable to drink.
Or if you want to drink matcha get it from one of the vendors in japan or find a serious business specialist store that only sells premium Japanese tea in your country since that is pretty much the only way to get good quality matcha that isint loaded with god knows what pesticides and shit.

[Anonymous No.16371831]

>>16371821
Mei leaf is too specific
15 seconds and adding 5 more for each brew is fine for everything besides green, 15+3 works good for green

[Anonymous No.16371845]

>>16338549
>smokey black tea
like yunnan tea?

[Anonymous No.16371846]

>>16371821
Yes you add that much time for each subsequent infusion. I would say it's okay, you can puah ripe mich more aggressively than that like 8g per 100ml, 20 second rinse, 30 seconds for first brew add 20 for each subsequent brew, but somewhere between the chart you posted and what i listed will get you good tea, it really comes down to taste and how strong you want each cup.
Thanks for the matcha recommendation, i really need to get around to trying some this year.

[Anonymous No.16371851]

>>16371807
Color looks nice, those parameters sound fine, you can probably get another brew or two out of the leaves if you feel like it, just doubling the brew time each time.

[Anonymous No.16371857]

>>16371846
*you can push ripe much more aggressively

[Anonymous No.16371923]

Is tea real? How do you know if you're drinking tea?

[Anonymous No.16371935]

>>16371821
>the mei leaf guide
It looks kinda wrong in places, like those temperatures. I think a better baseline for whites and oolongs would be 195f, and for black tea it should be 212f or close to it. And shou puerh definitely doesn't get 20 steeps on average. It doesn't seem egregious though.
>>16371831
I think when you do gongfu you should adjust according to the result you get. Like some tea, I increase the steep time linearly, but others it starts making too weak brews so I do it exponentially instead.

[Anonymous No.16372701]

I have a 170ml Yixing gaiwan that I've been using with black tea and it has quickly become my least used tea item because it just makes too much and I basically only have tea myself. What do?

[Anonymous No.16372855]

>>16372701
Use it for western style brewing, 4 or so grams and 1 or 2 minute infusions

[Anonymous No.16373575]

should i buy more tea or teaware next?
i have my eye on a few teas but im falling hard for the clay teapot meme

[Anonymous No.16373659]

>>16373575
You can't drink clay, simple as.

[Anonymous No.16373679]

>>16373659
Yeah it's true, as fun as they are they are just an accessory to the tea.

[Anonymous No.16373690]

What's wrong with Lipton and what should I get instead to make a traditional iced tea?

[Anonymous No.16373778]

>>16373690
its aggressively mediocre, loose leaf lipton is a tiny bit better than the bags but not worth seeking out.
If you are in the us you should get one of these
https://www.uptontea.com/java/java-breakfast-loose-leaf-black-tea/p/V00089/
https://www.uptontea.com/afternoon-tea/iced-tea-blend-loose-leaf-black-tea/p/V00409/
I would try cold brewing, instructions are in the pastebin, you will need some kind of mesh strainer or filter to strain the leaves out of the water after brewing, you can also buy fill your own teabags pretty cheaply if you prefer, the website i linked sells them.

[Anonymous No.16375073]

>>16371587
Holy smokes. My gf pounds our lauqered serving tray on my head if the puer is too fishy.

[Anonymous No.16375505]

>>16335328
>>16335385
>>16335402
Any recommendation as far as tea cup goes?
I like small cup it's damn comfy but gotta have a quality pouring teapot otherwise it drips everywhere.

[Anonymous No.16375661]

>>16375505
get some bone china, mine is a Wedgwood Kingcup and i think its from the late 1800's. antiques are surprisingly cheap compared to the modern stuff, this is selling for <£20 on ebay

[Anonymous No.16376031]

got cups and a pot at a garage sale. can anyone translate what's written on the bottom?

[Anonymous No.16376081]

>>16376031
You have an android phone? Use the google translate app, you van just pint the camera at the text and it will translate it for you.

[Anonymous No.16376083]

>>16376031
台湾茶藝研究所
Taiwan Tea Art Research Institute

[Anonymous No.16376110]

>>16376081
I have android but I awoid google. couldn't find that functionality on the homepage. thanks though

>>16376083
thanks bro

[Anonymous No.16376114]

>>16375661
>>16335328
>>16335385
I'm a lazy fuck sometime and don't wanna hand wash my stuff. Will I fuck my teapots up if I put it in the dishwasher?

Is ceramic a good choice? Sometime the description say ceramic and porcelain. Is it the same thing?

[Anonymous No.16376145]

>>16376114
Ceramic and porcelain are not quite the same but they can be cleaned and used the same way. Basically you want something that has some sort of glaze over the base material, like porcelain and most ceramics do, you want to avoid stuff that is just raw uncoated clay unless you want to go down the expensive clay teapot rabbit hole.
Yeah it's fine to put you teaware in the dishwasher, as long as you don't use really smelly detergent that leaves a scent on your dishes, give it a few rinses after you take it out of the dishwasher before you use it and you should be golden.

[Anonymous No.16376168]

>>16376145
Thanks for the answer.

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/4001045122092.html
Does something like this is considered glazed or your really have to look for more ''pearly'' like: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32394840684.html

[Anonymous No.16376226]

>>16376168
they're both glazed on the inside which is what you're looking for

[Anonymous No.16376241]

I like to have a Lipton and do fuck all.

[Anonymous No.16376274]

>>16376114
Don't put your shit in the dishwasher, just rinse it with hot water and that's all the cleaning you need unless you put milk in it or something.

[Anonymous No.16376796]

Got me one of the Kingteamall da hong pao clay teapots. I can't speak to the quality of the clay, but it seems alright. The outside felt kinda smooth for a yixing but the inside is much rougher so I think it was just polished. It makes a good tea though. I decided to use it for yancha.

[Anonymous No.16376854]

>>16376796
This one?
That kind of clay is usually smoother than other types of yixing.
I dont see any seams down the middle of the pot, so it probably isn't slipcast which is a good sign, slipcast pots usually have a vertical seam in line with the spout and the handle from where they attach the two cast halves.
Anyway that means it should be half handmade so it should be proper clay even if it's not the fanciest thousand year old hand mined clay or whatever.

[Anonymous No.16376874]

>>16371821
>For gong fu, do I add steeping time for each subsequent infusion?
yes that is how the guide is intended to be read.

>Is mei leaf's guide here decent?
its a good starting point just don't treat it as a one size fits all approach. i highly recommend experimenting and finding out what works for you and your tea. i think most people tend to brew their tea differently and a little less precisely once they figure out what they like and learn "the feel of things". i for example do use a scale, timer, and variable temp kettle however i use more tea than that guide recommends, some of my water temps are different, and i use less exact brewing times. adding exactly 5 seconds each time seems like too much work to me and does not work with all teas so i tend to just brew for a fixed amount of (15-30 seconds) once the tea has "awakened" and adjust time per brew by taste. usually i can just reuse the same brew time several times before increasing it.

[Anonymous No.16376889]

Mewfag here, how you guys make your tea? I don't have anything exclusively dedicated to tea despite that I always liked store bought tea bags. Would like to try other teas

[Anonymous No.16376921]

>>16376889
These guys will try to sell you on using gaiwans and brewing gongfu style but the easiest way to get started is with a brew basket.
Finum makes pic related, you just stick it in your mug, add looseleaf tea and then pour you boiling water over the top.
You can also get generic stainless steel ones "try searching " for life tea infuser" or stainless steel tea infuser. Don't use those little tea ball things or the cute silicone tea leaf holder things, they don't give the leaves enough room to expand and don't brew well.
Check the pastebin and look at some shops in your part of the world.
Yunnansourcing.us is a popular choice
look at some teas and grab 50 grams each or so of chinese/yunan black tea, chinese green tea and oolong.
Especially for green tea make sure it was harvested in 2021
There are brewing instructions and information in the pastebin, look at western brewing and check out some of the other info in there.

[Anonymous No.16376927]

>>16371831
>Mei leaf is too specific
that is a good way to put it. some of the values on it seem like personal tastes and not general suggestions. it gives a false perception of the level of precision really needed to make good tea.

>>16371935
>It looks kinda wrong in places, like those temperatures. I think a better baseline for whites and oolongs would be 195f, and for black tea it should be 212f or close to it.
i agree that the guide is not entirely correct but i don't agree with your temperatures either. most oolongs (besides some really green ones) and most white teas (besides some delicate tippy ones) do just fine with boiling water. the only type of tea that commonly really benefits from a lower temp is green tea. exact ideal tea temps is kind of subjective based on what flavors you are looking for anyways and varies by the exact batch of tea as well. your temps are not necessarily wrong if you like them but i just don't think a beginner needs to worry about not using boiling water for whites and oolongs.

[Anonymous No.16376929]

>>16376921
Always forget the pic

[Anonymous No.16376958]

>>16376145
>asically you want something that has some sort of glaze over the base material, like porcelain and most ceramics do
not all glazed ceramic ware is dishwater safe (glazes may crack or chip) and delicate porcelain may chip. i would just do a quick rinse under the sink if i needed to clean my tea ware.

[Anonymous No.16377046]

>>16376958
Yeah that's true, i was just thinking of things like heavy ceramic teapots or mugs. Delicate thin porcelain or stuff with crackle glazes or other complex glazes should be handwashed

[Anonymous No.16377053]

just bought the cutest tetsubin

[Anonymous No.16377063]

>>16376929
Many thanks

[Anonymous No.16377068]

>>16377053
can anyone recognize / translate this?

[Anonymous No.16377077]

Anyone else make sun tea? That's all we ever make. Then sweetened and iced.

[Anonymous No.16377114]

>>16377077
Sun tea chads
Mix the bags, get some green and some black

[Anonymous No.16377118]

>>16377068
it says "little caesar's pretzel crust pizza now in stores"
hope that helps bro

[Anonymous No.16377135]

>>16377068
Its says sothern iron (iwachu)
It's a Japanese group that makes cast iron products.

[Anonymous No.16377215]

>>16377135
please don't waste my time with gags

>>16377118
wow, very insightful. thank you very much.


just joking. thanks for the laugh, and thanks for the information! means alot to me.

[Anonymous No.16377921]

I actually noticed a puer cake being broken up ahead of time tasting better. It had a bit of a storage taste when i got it but the part that was broken up had lost most of the off flavor, i tried the cake again today and pried a chunk off that was still pretty well compressed, it still had that storage flavor and seemed less sweet.

[Anonymous No.16378189]

What are some loose leaf teas which last awhile? I like variety and rotations, as well as consuming tea according to how my body desires -- naturally this means some teas go bad as I rotate around.

I like how my Puers stay good.

[Anonymous No.16378230]

>>16378189
Roasted oolongs when properly stored will keep for ages, decent quality black teas should keep for a few years. White tea cakes keep indefinitely.
Green tea doesn't keep very great.

[Anonymous No.16378827]

Jist baught some turkish tea
What am i in for?

[Anonymous No.16379063]

>>16370056
>>16370089 is correct. Chinese normies generally drink better tea than western normies. At tea shops, people will drink black oolong and puer teas, but at home it's basically always green tea. If they buy looseleaf, it's typically whatever is grown locally.

[Anonymous No.16379088]

>>16378827
What is turkish tea?

[Anonymous No.16379095]

Finally got around to trying 2016 Miao Gong Tang "Fu Shou Ru Yi" Shou Mei two days ago. It is perhaps the sweetest tea I've drank yet. The first steeps tasted heavily sugared, before slowly cooling to the honey flavor I expect from whites. Very pleasing. It gets a little fruity as it progresses (Its similar to cherries, apricots an fig, more heavily leaning to cherry if I remember right) , and this is nestled between the usual hay/ gentle wood notes I generally get in white tea. and then it gets a cinnamon spice as it progresses (Again, something I think is common in whites)

Remains sweet as sin throughout. Highly recommend it.

[Anonymous No.16379135]

>>16379095
sounds tasty

[Anonymous No.16379159]

>>16379135
Oh it was.the cake was also really nicely pressed

[Anonymous No.16379274]

>>16379159
Nicely pressed how, was it really dense? Not too dense? Just good looking with the leafs in decent condition?

[Anonymous No.16379344]

>>16379274
Leaf easily loosened and removed, tightly packed by not too dense. And it looked good and the leaves were in nice condition, not at all broken up. Not as flimsy as a usual white tea cake,

[Anonymous No.16379775]

Which hot leaf juice do you all recommend for preventing inflammation?

[Anonymous No.16380479]

>>16379775
>Studies show that green tea may even help reduce inflammation and arthritis pain because of its active ingredient, epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG), a powerful catechin. It may halt arthritis progression by blocking interleukin-1, a pro-inflammatory cell, from damaging cartilage, according to the Arthritis Foundation.
so any green tea
>Teas that Fight Inflammation. The best anti-inflammatory teas that help improve immunity and reduce body toxicity include turmeric tea, green tea, peppermint tea, dandelion tea, fennel tea, cinnamon tea, and ginger tea, among others.
masala chai, actually vahdam sells a 'Himalayan dexox green tea' thats spiced and very nice. also try keto, ketones supposedly help reduce inflammation

[Anonymous No.16380483]

Just drank some tea AMA

[Anonymous No.16381321]

>>16380483
what sort of teaware?

[Anonymous No.16381345]

>>16380483
How did it taste?

[Anonymous No.16381457]

>>16379088
Google it

[Anonymous No.16381487]

Why are retards buying chinese tea when that shit has heavy metals in it

[Anonymous No.16381494]

>>16381487
sinophobia is reddit

[Anonymous No.16381497]

Had a nice unsmoked Lapsang Souchong this morning with a slash of milk. I love this stuff, hits that ideal black tea taste.

Want to try some assam once I'm done with what I have.

[Anonymous No.16381509]

>>16381494
Not poisoning yourself is reddit? There's literally perfectly good tea from Sri Lanka and Africa and you buy the shit house one wtf

[Anonymous No.16381539]

>>16381487
tea comes from china, the Indians just dont grow it the same and african is only good for bulking out blends on the cheap. not a fan of greens so thats the japs out. also theres probably heavy metals in all tea regardless of location, plants a great for sucking them up
>>16381494
sinophilia is reddit, the site is owned by them & is filled with commies to begin with

[Anonymous No.16381576]

>>16381509
The teabags from the grocery store have more heavy metals that the looseleaf form mainstream western vendors of chinese tea.
As long as you arent buying it of aliExpress it's probably fine.
Japan has the highest pesticide and herbicide use in the world per hectare of farmland. IIRC they are the number 5 consumer of pesticides just in raw numbers.
African tea blows and tea from other asian countries isint really treated any better than tea from china.
It has nothing to do with geopolitics and nobody is endorsing china beyond the fact that they make the tea we want.

[Anonymous No.16381604]

>>16381509
indian tea is inferior
you are drinking inferior tea because you just blindly hate anyone your government tells you to hate

[Anonymous No.16381605]

>>16381576
>African tea blows
retard confirmed

[Anonymous No.16381619]

>>16381604
Why do you keep assuming I'm american

[Anonymous No.16381634]

>>16381619
this has nothing to do with america you mouth breather

[Anonymous No.16381636]

>>16381494
based
>>16381539
nah, reddit is filled with cringe neolibs with no knowledge of china that just shill what the headlines tell them.

[Anonymous No.16381648]

>>16381605
It's third rate filler for english blends after ceylon tea got too expensive

[Anonymous No.16381658]

Can we all just agree that Japanese tea tastes like shit? Most of the tea I tasted from there just tastes like vegetable soup, and the proper way of brewing it in a Kyusu for 30 seconds makes the taste so fucking light I might as well just water down vegetable stock.

[Anonymous No.16381675]

>>16381658
vegetable soup is a good taste

[Anonymous No.16381950]

>>16341233
Taste? Is this just generic green tea in a bottle? Lemme know

[Anonymous No.16382154]

>>16381658
Japanese tea is great, changed my mid on green tea in general.

[Anonymous No.16382215]

>>16381321
Glazed gaiwan
>>16381345
Steep 1 smelled kind of weird but it and steep 2 and 3 tasted really good. After steep 3 is was kind of bland though. I think that I might have done steep 2 for too long on accident because I wasn't paying attention and it sucked too much flavor out.

[Anonymous No.16382222]

>>16382215
how brown was the liquid?

[Anonymous No.16382232]

>>16382222
The first steep was dark reddish color but fairly normal for a tea. The second steep was pitch black and opaque when I held it up to my lamp except around the edges where it was kind of red. I also used a bit more than I should have since a big chunk came off the cake so I think I was using 7.7g in a ~100mL gaiwan.

[Anonymous No.16382373]

>>16382232
>7.7g in a ~100mL gaiwan.
Nice, ive been hovering around that ratio for my regular brewing lately. It's actually great a lot of the time, not overpowering like i thought it would be.

[Anonymous No.16382442]

>>16382232
Shou puerh moment

[Anonymous No.16382510]

can anyone redpill me on a Gaiwan? ive seen a lot of tea faggots shill for it but i need more convincing. what makes it better than my french press?

[Anonymous No.16382549]

>>16382510
>pros
easier to clean, just scoop the leaf out with your finger and rinse
aesthetics
unglazed will change flavor of the tea
>cons
chance of burning yourself on the hot porcelain
leaf flows out into your cup/filter
spillage even after years of practice
you'll probably drop it and it'll chip(dropped the lid on mine 3 months after i got it)

[Anonymous No.16382576]

>>16382510
just get a ceramic or porcelain teapot with a 120ml to 170ml size
they're easiest to use and clean and won't burn your fingers

[Anonymous No.16382692]

>>16382510
A gaiwan isn't exactly an alternative for a french press, especially if it's a big french press and you're doing western-style brewing. For gongfu it's great though. It takes a little getting used to but it's simple, easy to use, and easy to clean.

[Anonymous No.16383679]

i got an essence of tea shuiping teapot about a month ago, it took around 50 days to get here but I was patient and it came in one piece (or two if you count the lid) so im not upset

at first it seemed extremely thin and fragile feeling, very light and finely made, it doesnt leak at all pouring and it feels good to hold/pour. I did not get the filtered version which i did not think would be a problem and really it is not a problem, i kinda like it since I assume it gives a nicer pouring time. I use a little bamboo skewer to fix any clogs and stick to generally more whole leaf teas for it.

After using it for a month or two going back to my old xishi teapot (150ml, my shuiping is around 100ml but feels less, my numbers are accurate though) feels like a big rock. it just lacks a lot of the grace my newer smaller pot has, the pour times are longer and it leaks a bit from the top unless i really watch myself and pour carefully. the only thing im afraid of is somehow dropping the teapot like a retard and either being out a hundred bucks or going back to my old teapots
the 150ml one would be nice to use with a friend otu at the park i think, I also have a kyusu which I like because of the fine strainer and nice pour times but why dont they have a collared lid? what if i drop the lid am i just screwed?

another thing, with the 90-100ml teapot ive gotten mroe into using glasses or cups that can hold that amount instead of using a normal 30-50ml teacup, just helps speed things up and creates less of a complicated session even though i kinda miss using my little teacups. if only i had friends to share this hobby with so we could taste nice teas together in our little teacups. perhaps there could be some slight sexual tension as well

[Anonymous No.16383714]

>>16382510
gaiwans are really beautiful and i think once you get a gaiwan that you can really use or fits your hand right it is very nice

theyre easier to clean and use, wont be touching metal (idk if that really matters)
theyre part of the gongfu school id say, french presses are too easy and probably have a huge volume (ive never seen a smaller french press)
you can save on a lot of tea while maintaining or bettering the experience by using a smaller vessel. you can make things more concentrated and keep them hot, have more control as well. that being said, french presses are basically teapots so do whatever you want buddy

[Anonymous No.16383957]

>>16383679
I was tge one shilling those EoT pots after i picked one up a while ago.
I really like mine, I agree that it feels delicate and that makes me nervous sometimes.
I also have been getting into 100-130ml cups
It's nice to just be able to pour the pot directly into my cup and have a very simple setup for brewing, i just keep a mug around for waste water and a tea towel and im good to go.
I'm strongly considering getting another pot from EoT in a similar size with one of the different clays.

[Anonymous No.16384446]

Other than Japanese green teas are their any teas that you think taste better when not gongfu brewed?
i really think ripe puer is best grampa style most of the time. Or if i brew it in a pot i use a big pot and do long ass infusions, kind of western style but with more leaf than i would use for a Darjeeling or other black tea.

[Anonymous No.16384451]

>>16384446
Ripe puer is also good simmered on low for 10 or 20 minutes in a big pot

[Anonymous No.16384458]

>>16384446
black tea is best western style almost always

[Anonymous No.16384465]

for me its 金萱

[Anonymous No.16384472]

>>16384446
I don't know about "better," but I always do ripe puerh and black teas western style because it tastes the same to me and I like drinking a big mug instead of doing a bunch of infusions for those teas. When I'm looking to savor an expensive green tea on the other hand I'll do gong fu.

[Anonymous No.16384857]

>>16335273
Oolong, Green, or Jasmine? I drink like 6 cups a day but I'm not too knowledgeable about what makes each better or worse

[Anonymous No.16385133]

I really hate you tea culture faggots that try to treat it like it's serious business

[Anonymous No.16385145]

>>16385133
Why do you guy even enter these threads? We just like tea. It's /ck/ and it's inoffensive hobbying. Why even come into this thread to complain?

[Anonymous No.16385149]

>>16385145
cuz it's literally grass water and you nerds are writing paragraphs about it literally just suck a cock and gtfo

[Anonymous No.16385160]

>>16385149
It's fun to take things seriously. And who are you to say tea doesn't warrant that respect? It's a historied and varied product. Do you not like tea?

[Anonymous No.16385943]

What does /tea/ think of English Breakfast Tea
I've tried it with milk and sugar and I've tried it black and I honestly prefer it black
I dunno why brits add milk

[Anonymous No.16385949]

>>16385943
Drinking assam black is kinda weird anon

[Anonymous No.16385966]

>>16385949
Like I said I tried it with milk and it just tastes like milk

[Anonymous No.16385975]

first time drinking loose tea and it ACTUALLY is better
I would have never guessed, I legitimately thought it was just a scam and elitist snobbery

[Anonymous No.16385976]

>>16385966
It's not like we're making chai here, adding milk means like a tablespoon of milk

[Anonymous No.16385987]

>>16385943
Black tea with milk is one of the best things the brits ever did. A delicate tea doesn’t need milk but something strong like Assam and English blends is augmented by milk, especially if you’ve made it properly strong. Makes the flavours smoother, adds a bit of fat and sugar, while retaining the flavour due to the intensity.

[Anonymous No.16386030]

>>16385976
I tried that as well and it still gets rid of the taste
I think brits just like drinking sugar milk

[Anonymous No.16386041]

>>16385943
Milk in tea is usually pretty awful and ends up being warm watery milk
Thai Iced Tea is kinda nice tho, I think they use cream and a concentrated tea for it.

[Anonymous No.16386075]

>>16386030
Brew your tea properly pad, fuck sakes. One bag of tea, preferably Yorkshire, 250ml of water. 4-5 minutes. Splash of milk. Bit of sugar if you fancy. Cum me pants every time

[Anonymous No.16386110]

>>16386075
The English are a disgusting, orcish race

[Anonymous No.16386176]

>>16386075
once I bought yorkshire tea and it tasted like corn

[Anonymous No.16386329]

I had this yesterday at some chinese joint and it's fucking great.

[Anonymous No.16386344]

>>16335273
I steeped my tea for too long.

[Anonymous No.16386418]

>>16384458
Yeah i agree

[Anonymous No.16386423]

>>16384857
Oolong or green tea are both great choices, jasmine is okay but i don't really like flavored tea and the premium jasmine teas are more expensive than very nice green teas or oolongs

[Anonymous No.16386430]

>>16385975
It really is totally different than teabags most of them time. Sure there is some snobbery involved but you can also get looseleaf that is cheaper than teabags and still tastes great.

[Anonymous No.16386550]

>ordered a pot of da hong pao at a Chinese restaurant yesterday
>when I poured some into the cup it was a very pale green color
>open the pot and the leaves are large, flat and broken, almost like a shou mei white tea
>ask the waiter what kind of tea it was when he came back
>he said it’s da hong pao
>I acted surprised and said it looks paler than usual
>he goes to the manager and starts saying stuff in Chinese
>manager comes over and says it’s a high grade da hong pao and it should be pale because it’s an oolong. dark da hong paos are low quality
>didn’t want to argue so I just enjoyed the rest of the “high grade da hong pao”

Why are people like this

[Anonymous No.16386746]

>>16386550
kek
I wonder what it was
I don't think ive ever seen a light roast light ferment dahong pao

[Anonymous No.16386791]

>>16386550
bing images gives this in the 2nd row so maybe? never seen a da hong pao that wasn't dark and roasted over charcoal but then again theres no reason why you couldn't get a non roasted oolong. the ever shilled black gold bi luo chun is typically a green tea for example

[Anonymous No.16386873]

>>16386791
Yeah i forgot that the mainland Chinese taste for oolongs is with a much lighter roast and ferment level compared to what is popular in Hong Kong or Malaysia.
So yeah it's pretty reasonable to believe it was some sort of da hong pao.

[Anonymous No.16386881]

What is actually supposed to be the healthiest tea?

[Anonymous No.16386932]

>>16386881
drinking tea for health reason is kind of a meme but good quality matcha (check the Japanese vendors in the op most matcha on the market blows)
This meme stuff that is supposedly processed to have the highest possible content of polyphonic compounds
https://kingteamall.com/collections/2019-dayi-1/products/2019-dayi-yi-yuan-su-original-beneficial-factors-2nd-gen-cake-357g-puerh-shou-cha-ripe-tea
Good quality fresh green teas in general.

[Anonymous No.16386934]

>>16386791
>>16386873
Ah interesting. The only thing is that the leaves didn’t look wilted or twisted or anything, they were very flat and wide like a shou mei white (pic related). Unfortunately I couldn’t get a very good read on the flavor because I was eating soup dumplings at the same time, but it was pretty mild

[Anonymous No.16386940]

>>16386932
Also post fermented teas like hei cha, liu bao, fu cha, ripe puer, Yunnan Sourcing has a bunch of them

[Anonymous No.16386948]

>>16386934
Yeah that's weird, the leaves should still look like
>>16386791

[Anonymous No.16386984]

>>16386791
Why do the youth like unroasted oolong
If it doesn't feel like I'm smoking a cigar it's not good oolong

[Anonymous No.16387030]

>>16386984
It's weird, the every tea as green as possible trend blows. It seems like a way to flaunt freshness and extremely precise processing, and i understand that a lot of the traditional processing techniques where to make tea that shipped well and would keep longer, but that doesn't mean that green as fuck tea is actually better in any way.

[Anonymous No.16387434]

>>16387030
it has to be a price thing on some level
both the chinese "it's expensive so it's better" and the chinese "I can profit off this more" because roasted oolong takes a long time to make with the resting

[Anonymous No.16387865]

>>16386075
You understand you've fucked up every cuisine and beverage you chaps have imported right? Frozen tesco burgers cooked under the broiler is not "bbq". Lemme just wire this kettle directly into the mains to prepare some brown dust sprayed with artificial bergamot. Hurry, mind your language repeats are about to start.

[Anonymous No.16387873]

>>16383957
I remember you and remember i think you mentioned feeling a little uh hesitant or weird when you first got them and I felt the same way, they just seemed so fragile that i couldnt really use them effectively but ive totally gotten used to them
on the issue of the teacup size, just yesterday I went back to small teacups and forgot how much i liked my little jianshui teacup, makes it a little easier to control the temp and such. the tea just tastes a bit juicier in it if that makes sense

[Anonymous No.16387916]

>>16386550
>Haha stupid guizi can't tell white tea from oolong
>Oh shit its suspicious, just tell him its higher quality
>Haha stupid Guizi

[Anonymous No.16387955]

>>16387873
same poster but id say the biggest problem i have with the teapot is the lid handle, the little ball is cute and i like how its well made but it slips from my fingers sometimes and ive already chipped the collar twice, maybe ill just get more used to it but idk

[Anonymous No.16387988]

New thread
>>16387972
>>16387972