/tea/ Carbonated Ya Bao Edition

[Anonymous No.18568064]

/tea/ - /tsg/
This thread is for discussing teas, tisanes, and other herbal infusions.
info: types of tea, where to get tea, how to brew tea
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[Anonymous No.18568086]

>>18568064
How does it taste?
You use one of those soda bottles from the old cartoons?

[Anonymous No.18568127]

>>18568086
Maybe because it looks like champagne I can't be helped but be reminded of floral white wines. But it's a refreshing sparkling water that compliments the crispness and body of the ya bao. You could prolly tell someone it's vanilla seltzer.
Yeah I used a 2 liter soda siphon

[Anonymous No.18568136]

I only drink sencha

[Anonymous No.18568177]

>>18568127
Sounds good, you picked a good tea for carbonation

[Anonymous No.18568193]

>>18568136
I only drink shincha

[Anonymous No.18568199]

>>18568136
Light steamed or heavy? What varietals do you prefer?

[Anonymous No.18568209]

>>18568199
Kaboku

[Anonymous No.18568232]

Enjoying some afternoon tea in my new gaiwan that just arrived

[Anonymous No.18568239]

>>18568232
Nice bucket
They have put out a few cups/gaiwans that i would consider buying but i can't be bothered to rush to buy them before they sell out

[Anonymous No.18568247]

Lightly carbonated to perfection

[Anonymous No.18568317]

Putting in an order from farmer leaf. Getting samples of these three and 100g of Ailao Oriental Beauty. Anything else I should throw in? I'll pick up a cake of one of the raws if I like them later on.

[Anonymous No.18568321]

>>18568317
wtf is with those prices

[Anonymous No.18568342]

eyebrows

[Anonymous No.18568345]

>>18568321
They're high quality cakes that have been significantly aged.

[Anonymous No.18568348]

>>18568317
Im jealous those old cakes he added look great.
Get some of his black tea if he has any

[Anonymous No.18568352]

>>18568345
nta, ya but there's a limit its just tea my dude, remember not to overdo it

[Anonymous No.18568391]

>>18568352
>it's just tea
>it's just wine
Anything that evolves and improves with age will inevitability appreciate as it does so my dood. If I can afford to enjoy it why would I deprive myself? Enjoy your Arizona.
>>18568348
Good call, the Menghaitian Oolong Black would be interesting to compare with the Oriental Beauty.

[Anonymous No.18568497]

>>18568391
yes I agree completely, his stock has indeed appreciated and he'll be pleased to sell it to suckers like you

[Anonymous No.18568512]

>>18568497
I'm sorry that $300 is expensive to you. I hope your situation improves.

[Anonymous No.18568536]

>>18568317
Jingmai moonlight white

[Anonymous No.18568553]

Just out of curiosity, does anyone enjoy a tea that is described as "earthy". When I've tried teas described as that, they literally taste like dirt. Just wondering if anyone truly likes brewed dirt as a flavor, or if it is just pretension to sell dirt as a scam.

I do say this as someone who likes black tea, but the ones I like certainly aren't "earthy". Though I have seen what I like called "robust" whatever the fuck that means.

Also curious how much /tea/ thinks tea descriptors are bullshit like wine descriptors are.

[Anonymous No.18568564]

>>18568553
Earthy can mean either grassy, bitter/opposite of bright, dirt. For example when yerba is described as earthy, it means grassy.
I don't think I've had a tea that actually tasted like dirt. Coffee for sure. Maybe I haven't tasted actual dirt recently enough to compare to.

[Anonymous No.18568591]

>>18568553
A decent portion of the teas i drink taste like earth/soil/wood usually old fermented teas, I usually enjoy them. That said they are usually complex and have more going on thatn just that, sweetness, dried fruit flavors, chocolate flavors stuff around those lines.
My girlfriend always complains that im making her try/smell teas that taste like dirt.
Anyway flavor descriptors are real but also exaggerated.

[Anonymous No.18568603]

>>18568536
Have you tried it yourself? That's really cheap for a cake

[Anonymous No.18568654]

>>18568591
Not the other guy but I've definitely tasted woody, oaky, palo santo, smoky in tea and yerba. As well as grassiness and soil. I'd use earthy when there's no other word, specifically to describe the mood and brightness level of the leaf, similar to audio review descriptors.

[Anonymous No.18568673]

>>18568603
Yeah it's a good price. I tried a sample and was planning to get the cake someday. One caveat is it's very compressed.

[Anonymous No.18568694]

Can you actually, reasonably, boil water for the tea with a single candle or are those a meme? Alternatively what is the cheapest way of boiling water in the confort of room that doesn't involve a plastic eletric kettle.

[Anonymous No.18568699]

>>18568553
>When I've tried teas described as that, they literally taste like dirt. Just wondering if anyone truly likes brewed dirt as a flavor,
Yes "earthy" teas like shou or liu bao taste like dirt and yes people actually like them.

>Also curious how much /tea/ thinks tea descriptors are bullshit like wine descriptors are.
There are a lot of really common tea descriptors are fairly accurate and relatively consistently used. Though admittedly with the "tastes like ..." style of descriptors you often have to do the taste bud equivalent of squinting a bit to get things to line up. Sometimes you do see to descriptions stretching things too far, especially when they try to add to many descriptors. That said nature of the sense of taste makes it hard to be truly objective and of course there is no accounting for the other sense of "taste" which can bias descriptions. It is always better to take tasting notes with a grain of salt, at least until you have decided whether you generally agree with the person writing them.

[Anonymous No.18568705]

Speaking of soil/dirt I bought this without doing research https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08DCN91HN/ and while it's a good caffeine boost with a thick body, it tastes like nothing. Just bitter with not a single flavor note I can tell you. I like the tobacco taste of some puerhs but it's absent in this. I don't regret buying it, I'm actually kind of impressed.

[Anonymous No.18568711]

>>18568553
I really like some 04(?) liu bao Purple cloud sent me. Very earthy but in a clean way. Petrichor/geosmin type shit.

[Anonymous No.18568714]

>>18568694
Not even close. Those are meant as warmers.

[Anonymous No.18568718]

>>18568694
>what is the cheapest way of boiling water
https://www.amazon.com/LUBINSKI-Lighter-Windproof-Cigarette-Topsense/dp/B07QS2GXX2/

[Anonymous No.18568740]

>>18568705
>Made by NanJian Tulin factory
>Sold by FullChea
Not surprising it's at least drinkable.

>Made in 2007
>Cheap low-end toucha
Also not surprising it is unremarkable.

[Anonymous No.18568755]

>>18568654
>I'd use earthy when there's no other word, specifically to describe the mood and brightness level of the leaf, similar to audio review descriptors.
Oh i usually do that but use colors, this tea tastes brown, or dark something like that, i might habe autism.

[Anonymous No.18568761]

>make tea with tap water
>it's delicious
>make tea with water from water dispenser
>it's disgusting
I was told harder water had an impact on the flavor of tea, so I tried the bottled water but it produced a disaster for some reason.

[Anonymous No.18568763]

>>18568755

[Anonymous No.18568771]

>>18568694
>Alternatively what is the cheapest way of boiling water in the confort of room that doesn't involve a plastic eletric kettle.
Electric kettle really is the way to go.
Next is to boil water in a different room, then pour it in a big insulated bottle and bring that to wherever you want to make tea. You can get bit stainless steel vacuum insulated bottles pretty cheap these days.
You can get single electric or induction burners that you can plug in and use almost anywhere.
Beyond that you end up with options that are questionably safe. Single burner stoves that use gas, those tins of flammable gell, charcoal water boilers which are not safe to use in small confined spaces.

[Anonymous No.18568792]

>>18568705
As far as buying puer on Amazon goes you did decently, you got something which is safe to drink which is nice.
Taetea sells on amazon if you want to keep buying on there. Just make sure its sold by taetea and not their tea from another store.
A bit more expensive then ordering from china but you are paying for the convenience of it shipping from amazons warehouse.
https://www.amazon.com/TAETEA-Sweet-Fermented-Puerh-10-58oz/dp/B07FTFPNQB/
https://www.amazon.com/TAETEA-Sweet-Fermented-Puerh-10-58oz/dp/B07P2YBGK8/

[Anonymous No.18568795]

>>18568761
https://www.ebay.com/itm/313024315793
My shit's custom at this point but I started out with a prebuilt.

[Anonymous No.18568836]

>>18568795
Do you remineralize your water after the ro filtering?

[Anonymous No.18568873]

>>18568836
No but I take 16 grams of salt daily along with 62mg zinc, 200mg potassium iodide, toss n washed epsom salt, borax, and sometimes copper and selenium depending on how many eggs I ate that day.

[Anonymous No.18568889]

>>18568694
Tetsubin can be used on anything. You can buy an induction plate to use it anywhere indoors. If you're outdoors, then you can use it over a fire.

[Anonymous No.18568985]

I want to get into yerba mate but im cheap as fuck. I wish that mymate website from the pastebin didn't charge a flat $10 shipping rate. I only want to buy one $12 bag of mate, but nobody else is selling it.

[Anonymous No.18568989]

Mate bros, what are the best bombilla shapes/filter styles?
Any tips for which ones will work best?

[Anonymous No.18568995]

>>18568989
I got the one in your pic for 2 dollars and find that it works perfectly, never really got any leaf through. It's not as big or fancy as the other ones though.

[Anonymous No.18569000]

>>18568985
https://www.amazon.com/Barão-Cotegipe-Yerba-Mate-Chimarrão/dp/B09HN8VPJR/

[Anonymous No.18569006]

>>18568995
Did you buy it on aliexpress or is there anyone selling it in the US for $2? I keep finding them listed for $9 or something.

[Anonymous No.18569008]

>>18569000
Is it smokey? I need that barbacua

[Anonymous No.18569011]

>>18569006
https://www.amazon.com/UKD-Multicolour-Stainless-Excellent-Beautiful/dp/B09YRF4DLQ/
Mine took like a month to get here tho

[Anonymous No.18569020]

>>18569011
Thanks

[Anonymous No.18569026]

>>18569008
https://www.amazon.com/Yerba-Mate-Rosamonte-Especial-Pack/dp/B004B607MU/

[Anonymous No.18569150]

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[Anonymous No.18569160]

[Anonymous No.18569165]

>>18569026
Thanks

[Anonymous No.18569169]

>>18569150
Needs more Pibb Xtra.

[Anonymous No.18569170]

>>18569160
So how is the caffeine buzz?
Is it like tea or different?

[Anonymous No.18569182]

>>18564273

[Anonymous No.18569188]

Late nights call for old tea
Here is some 2004 xiaguan four fortunes
We will see if this will actually open up on its own

[Anonymous No.18569209]

>>18569170
Yerba's got good caffeine, around 350mg per 50g session but it's also got magnesium, a cocktail of low dose vitamins, theobromine, theophylline and possibly other compounds that produces a sort of body high. Others and myself noticed this. But, I cut down on caffeine and had yerba for the first time in a week today and I'm more wired than anything with a little body feel. Reviews find Rosamonte to have the most distinctive effect.

[Anonymous No.18569235]

>>18569165
Be sure to use 140F water and steep until the water turns amber and not green if doing it with an infuser or french press, which takes about 40 seconds.

[Anonymous No.18569641]

anyone else season their food with tea?

[Anonymous No.18569645]

>>18568718
maybe for cooking up heroin

[Anonymous No.18569653]

>>18569188
I also have tea from 2004. Not sure why I haven't thrown it away yet

[Anonymous No.18569864]

>>18568740
dont shit on Tulin, i have the same cake but 2009 and a Tulin Youle tea from ktm and theyre both very good, they cut up all their leaves like crazy though

[Anonymous No.18570110]

is there any hope for broken gaiwans? as in repairs that would be sure they are safe to use with boiling water afterwards, or would most repairs just render them as decorative objects?
maybe im wrong but i feel a bit weird with epoxy/superglue and heat

[Anonymous No.18570196]

Are there any mate vendors that test their bombillas for lead?

[Anonymous No.18570282]

>>18570110
There are some things that can be done, but unless it's a special one, it is best to just buy a new one or repurpose the non-broken part(s), if applicable. I think there's some Japanese method of forming shattered parts together; someone here mentioned it before.

[Anonymous No.18570327]

>>18570110
>epoxy/superglue
iirc both are toxic, you can get food safe epoxy but i dont think it will stand up to heat
>>18570282
Kintsugi and its a lot more involved than just using molten gold as a glue. watching vids on yt it would probably be many times more expensive than just buying an expensive new gaiwan, also might also only be decorative and not usable

[Anonymous No.18570337]

>>18570282
>>18570327
Yeah I've already got new ones, but i guess i will just throw out the shards of the broken one.
as far as i know traditional kintsugi is not really foodsafe, and modern equivalents uses epoxy, which again is what i am wary about when it comes to standing up to use with hot water. I broke a nice cup recently that could make a neat decorative piece i guess

[Anonymous No.18570340]

>>18570327
>While kintsugi-repaired items are not safe for food or drink, they do make phenomenal display pieces for you home.
dumb japs and their aestheticism

[Anonymous No.18570388]

>>18569645
You'd run out of butane pretty quick but that quart will be boiled

[Anonymous No.18570492]

[Anonymous No.18570527]

>>18569150
>>18569155
>>18569160
Looks like shit

[Anonymous No.18570531]

Someone shilled a Fullchea white cake a few days ago, any of their other cakes/teas worth buying?

[Anonymous No.18570694]

>>18570282
>it is best to just buy a new one or repurpose the non-broken part(s), if applicable.
Unless it is an expensive, antique, or sentimental piece or unless you just want a project it is probably better just to reuse the unbroken parts.
>Kintsugi
>Hard to do yourself without practice, expensive supplies needed to do yourself, expensive to pay someone to fix, food safe but possibly allergenic.

>Metal staple repair
Very hard to do yourself without practice and tools, expensive to pay someone to fix, can only fix clean breaks on its own but can combine with Kintsugi to overcome this, food safe.

>Ghetto Kintsugi with clear food safe epoxy
Cheaper and easier to do yourself but it is pain to source food safe, clear, temperature stable epoxy and food grade mica powder that is not cut with sugar or dyes that may not age gracefully. I also doubt you will find any epoxy company outright willing to say they approve of this use. Food safe silicone glue may also work but is probably too soft and rubbery.
https://atomadhesives.com/aa-bond-fda15-food-drug-administration-medical-grade-epoxy-adhesive/ (this should work but it may get slightly soft at boiling temperatures)
https://bakell.com/products/super-gold-edible-food-grade-luster-dust-4g (not all colors are sugar or dye free!)

If you do decide to try repair please share your results.

[Anonymous No.18570698]

>>18570531
If you mean the moonlight white cake, that was me. This COFCO/Butterfly one is good too:
https://www.fullchea-tea.com/-p0685.html
It's been a fairly long while since I've had it or written about it, but here are some notes from my mildly autistic journal:
>Dry leaf smells of deep mellow fruits and perhaps chocolate, with a subtle floral character. Brewed leaf smells more deeply of a lightly roasted milk chocolate, still with some of that fruit aroma overhead (which seems lighter somehow). Thickness low, astringency medium, bitterness low. The flavor balances on an indulgent roasted milk chocolate note, which then goes floral, and balances between the two until settling on a very slightly bitter herbal finish. There is some light creamy texture present, even on a short rinse.
I do remember that it becomes more floral-dominant with each infusion, if that matters to you. I can take a picture of the cake/leaves and infusion later today if you'd like to get a better look at it.

Another simple rec (this time for shou pu'er) would be a Haiwan 9978 cake. I had one from 2018, and it had mostly low brown syrup and sugar notes. Pretty simple and standard flavor, but pleasant. You can get different years on the site, but this is the one I had:
https://www.fullchea-tea.com/-p0244.html

[Anonymous No.18570729]

>>18570698
oops this was actually a reply to
>>18570110

[Anonymous No.18570737]

>>18570729
No worries, I figured. You can delete (recent) erroneous posts and repost in the future too, if it happens again.

[Anonymous No.18570761]

>>18570110
Unless it is an expensive, antique, or sentimental piece or unless you just want a project it is probably better just to reuse the unbroken parts.

>Kintsugi
>Hard to do yourself without practice, expensive supplies needed to do yourself, expensive to pay someone to fix, food safe but possibly allergenic.

>Metal staple repair
Very hard to do yourself without practice and tools, expensive to pay someone to fix, can only fix clean breaks on its own but can combine with Kintsugi to overcome this, food safe.

>Ghetto Kintsugi with clear food safe epoxy
Cheaper and easier to do yourself but it is pain to source food safe, clear, temperature stable epoxy and food grade mica powder that is not cut with sugar or dyes that may not age gracefully. I also doubt you will find any epoxy company outright willing to say they approve of this use, so do it at your own discretion. Food safe silicone glue may also work but is probably too soft and rubbery.
https://atomadhesives.com/aa-bond-fda15-food-drug-administration-medical-grade-epoxy-adhesive/ (this should work but it may get slightly soft at boiling temperatures)
https://bakell.com/products/super-gold-edible-food-grade-luster-dust-4g (not all colors are sugar or dye free!)

If you do decide to try repair please share your results.

>>18570737
I keep screwing up my reply's today, need to go drink some more tea.

[Anonymous No.18570850]

fullchea doesn't ship to my cunt, has anyone used their aliexpress store?
https://aliexpress.com/store/1269947?spm=a2g0o.store_pc_topSellerIng.pcShopHead_5961084.0

[Anonymous No.18570882]

>>18570196
>Are there any mate vendors that test their bombillas for lead?
Just get ones that are made of stainless steel and not weird stuff like alpaca silver/german silver if you are concerned about that sort of thing

[Anonymous No.18570890]

>>18570531
>any of their other cakes/teas worth buying?
This is pretty good
https://www.fullchea-tea.com/xiaguan-2011-sheng-puer-cake-bulang-old-tree-since-1902-puercha-357g-p0340.html
Most of the stuff from xiaguan, dayi, mengku haiwan and tulin and are a reasonably safe bet when it comes to puer its the sort of no name brands in the "other" category where things can get iffy

[Anonymous No.18570894]

>>18570882
u talkin shit bout alpaca silver?

[Anonymous No.18570899]

>>18570850
Their aliexpress store is fine. They started making some countries order though ali because ali calculates and charges all the import tarifs and fills out the paperwork for them so they don't have to figure it out themselves.

[Anonymous No.18570910]

>>18570894
It doesn't bother me but if was worried about lead straws the ones made out out weird alloys are the ones i would avoid

[Anonymous No.18571053]

I keep getting sticker shock and forgetting that a tea cake is an entire 357g and not 250g or 100g like loose leaf. Like of course they're $25-50.
I guess my concern is you drop $30 for a quality cake and then even if it was only 8c/g you're still out $30 if the cake isn't to your taste.

[Anonymous No.18571104]

>>18571053
just buy a sample if $30 is a significant investment you cannot afford to lose

[Anonymous No.18571122]

>>18571053
Yeah it certainly adds a bit of a barrier to entry when it comes to getting into puer.
I usually stubbornly buy cakes because samples are a much higher price per gram.
Stick to safe buys for your first couple cakes, get a feel for the market and you can decide if regularly blind buying cakes is right for you or not.

[Anonymous No.18571172]

>>18571053
It helps to post in the thread if you want some feedback. If it isn't something decently-known, or a brand you have experience with, then it's a greater gamble...but that doesn't mean it is a bad option either. Frankly, I'd usually prefer a full cake or tuo over a "sample" just because sample costs are usually high anyway. It can also sometimes take some time to properly appreciate a new cake, and figure out how best to make it. I view samples as options for when you don't have any intention of paying fully for a notably expensive product, but still want to experience it.

[Anonymous No.18571189]

I see this is the thread for refined individuals

[Anonymous No.18571194]

Anyone here have any experience with tea concentrates?

[Anonymous No.18571523]

>>18571194
Good for chai. You might be interested in the Russian brewing method with a samovar

[Anonymous No.18571526]

>>18571523
You don't need a samovar to make concentrated tea, just a stove and a pot

[Anonymous No.18571545]

>>18571526
No fun in that

[Anonymous No.18571687]

Do you have a "daily driver" tea? I drink several cups of Early Grey with some lime juice every day. Some days I can drink 10 cups somehow even though I let them sit for way too long.

[Anonymous No.18571700]

>>18571687
>Early Grey
Earl Grey, my bad.

[Anonymous No.18571727]

>>18571687
chinese dollar store tea
if im feeling sassy, chinese grocery store tea

[Anonymous No.18571756]

>>18571687
bigelow constant comment, then this lapsang souchong from upton tea, then harney & sons blackcurrant
strongly flavored black teas that go well with added sugar
Now I'm trying different white teas, but I haven't found something cheap enough that I can drink as much as I do.

[Anonymous No.18571758]

>>18571687
Mostly my more "it's okay" whites such as this (not a recommendation):
https://www.fullchea-tea.com/-p0588.html
I'm almost done with them, so I can start drinking more of my better tea again. The idea is to drink my way to a better overall stash quality. I just don't like to waste so-so, but otherwise perfectly serviceable material.

However, at the same time, we have limited lifespans, and thus a limited number of tea sessions to experience. We should aim to have many different experiences within tea. So, I am not into the idea of "daily driver" tea, but rather a modest inventory of different ones to pick from. For example, I'd rather have 3x357g cakes than 1x1.1kg or 1.2kg chunk of the same thing every time.

[Anonymous No.18571793]

>>18571122
Same.

[Anonymous No.18571997]

>>18571687
I don't drink daily anymore but if I did it'd be a mid-tier Sencha, probably Chumushi and between 10-12c/g.
I had a period where my daily driver was Gunpowder though, decent enough tea but I find it's a hassle to get it just right.

[Anonymous No.18572325]

>>18571687
just some basic 2022 spring green
love that flavour

[Anonymous No.18572356]

>>18571687
Usually puer in the morning, something else in the afternoon. I don't have one specific tea i drink all the time its just whatever i happen to have around.

[Anonymous No.18572447]

We had a discussion a few days about how hot tea and alcohol wouldn't really mix well, but there are plenty of people who don't mind cold brew tea. I have to wonder, maybe an oolong would pair well with a botanical alcohol like Gin or Triple Sec? I know Suntory actually makes a Roku gin with Sencha and Gyokuro green tea and it's pretty fucking nice (I have a bottle) so I feel like cold-brewed green tea and gin might be a nice combo. Maybe a standard black iced tea without as much sugar would pair decently with something like whiskey, etc.

[Anonymous No.18572490]

>>18572447
Cold Oolong + gin sounds pretty good
And of course you canmake sweet tea and mix it with vodka, maybe rum as well

[Anonymous No.18572502]

>>18572447
look up 'hot toddy'
its v nice

[Anonymous No.18572508]

>>18572447
actually look up 'hot toddy tea' because faggots have apparently bastardised the original recipe and added fucking cloves and shit

[Anonymous No.18572741]

>>18572508
Neither of my copies of Old Mr. Boston (64 and 06) have tea in any of their toddy recipes.

[Anonymous No.18572772]

PEET'Z brand
Paid $5.62 for it.
Yes, it comes in teabags.
Sorry but it's good.

[Anonymous No.18572855]

>>18572772
Looks like the bags have actual tea in them so they are ahead of most teabags

[Anonymous No.18572970]

>>18572855
https://www.mighty-leaf.com/collections/loose-leaf-tea/products/organic-breakfast-tea-loose-tea?variant=51345529107
It's sold loose as well. Very pricey stuff. Weird that it's in bags at a grocery store.

[Anonymous No.18572976]

>>18572970
I mean I can get Mariage Frères at my local grocer.

[Anonymous No.18573238]

Thoughts on camellia-sinensis in Canada? They've been my go to for a couple of years now, wondering if there are other shops worth checking out that offer decent shipping prices

[Anonymous No.18573258]

>>18573238
They have my favorite website of any vendor. I demand you try Ceylan [sic] New Vithanakande or sencha koshun.

[Anonymous No.18573261]

>>18573238
You can also try
https://www.capitaltea.com/
Depending on what kinds of tea you are into

[Anonymous No.18573265]

The best video i have found so far on preparing a mate gourd is from a Russian guy lol.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=OWjO7lyC1CQ

[Anonymous No.18573328]

So what's up with erva mate? Is it good?
From what i gather its Brazilian, a finer cut and not aged. Is it actually a different plant from yerba?

[Anonymous No.18573385]

Having yerba and limeonade (lemonade but lime) today. Not much different from the lemonade desu.

[Anonymous No.18573401]

>>18568064
Can I get some reccs? I want to put in an order from a chinese distributor but I dont know where to really begin. I want cheap cakes and a decent quantity that can last maybe 6 months at least. I want to get a variety as well as specifically a few oolongs. Im thinking 50-100g per tea, thats on the cheaper side. Ive had experience with white2tea in the past but am open to others, thanks

[Anonymous No.18573412]

>>18568064
I've tried brewing Long Jing from sparkling water, and the results were pretty underwhelming.

[Anonymous No.18573576]

>sipping yerba
>get distracted doing other things for a couple of hours
>come back to a super strong sip
Hoo boy, that's some mighty yerba.

[Anonymous No.18573645]

My tea got stuck in Zoll AGAIN. I think I’m better off just ordering from teegechwendner.

[Anonymous No.18573654]

>>18573645
or walmart

[Anonymous No.18574424]

>>18573328
Not a different plant. If you want a different plant try guayusa

[Anonymous No.18574431]

>>18573412
Try making the tea with gaiwan and pour the steepings into the soda siphon then load the cartridges, that's what I did.

[Anonymous No.18574685]

I like mate cocido (teapot yerba) but it's not quite on the same level as traditional, so I tried making multiple short infusions using an infuser basket in mugs then pouring the infusions into a pot. It's noticeably sweeter. I gotta try it with a less boring yerba next.

[Anonymous No.18574839]

Anons, what is a small item shop selection (500 v-bucks or lower) that you have FOMO over, but couldn't bring yourself to buy? Minor or major, doesn't matter. For me, I kind of wish I got that Star Wars BDSM-esque forest bike emote some weeks ago. Vehicular traversals are my favorite emotes. There were some moped/scooter emotes that looked like fun in the past too, but I was either inactive or being a cheapass then too.

[Anonymous No.18574850]

>>18572772
It's so good u guise. I'm shook. It doesn't taste like cedar like most breakfast tea I've tasted recently. It's herbal and super malty. By strange coincidence it's similar in flavor to Farmer Leaf's Jingmai white which I enjoyed a lot.

[Anonymous No.18574864]

>>18574850
How does a breakfast blend end up tasting like a white from Jingmai? Maybe it'd be interesting to try coldbrewing one or two as well.

[Anonymous No.18575137]

>>18573401
Here is a off the cuff list from white2tea. I won't claim to have tried all these teas personally but I would be willing to trust that they are good. This list is more mid priced and higher quality than budget so feel free to ignore this list if it does not meet your needs. If you need something cheaper Yunnan sourcing may be a better option as they have a better selection of cheap teas. They also have a much better selection of aged tea. Cutting variety and buying less teas in greater quantity would also save you more. You did not specify what kind of tea cakes you want so I included a bit of everything.

https://white2tea.com/products/2021-snoozefest (worth grabbing a second cake for $15 if you know you like young sheng)
https://white2tea.com/collections/2022-raw-puer-tea/products/2022-2222022
https://white2tea.com/collections/white-tea/products/2020-turtle-dove
https://white2tea.com/collections/white-tea/products/2021-tiltshift
https://white2tea.com/collections/oolong-tea/products/daily-duck-shit
https://white2tea.com/collections/oolong-tea/products/daily-milan-dancong
https://white2tea.com/collections/oolong-tea/products/three-spot-guanyin
https://white2tea.com/collections/oolong-tea/products/canton-canon
https://white2tea.com/collections/oolong-tea/products/dahongpao
https://white2tea.com/collections/black-tea/products/2021-fox-down
https://white2tea.com/collections/black-tea/products/red-red-robe
https://white2tea.com/collections/black-tea/products/daily-jinjunmei
https://white2tea.com/collections/ripe-puer-tea/products/2020-lumber-slut (skip if you don't like shou)

Prices assume you are buying this on black Friday when they restock Snoozefest and do free shipping.
1450 total grams of tea
$214 total cost
Will last 180 days at 8.05g/day or 290 days if you only use 5g/day
Average cost of 14.75¢/g (this is more mid priced I consider 10¢/g to be baseline for high quality daily drinker tea and 5¢/g for good bargain tea)
Costs $1.18/day at 8.05g/day

[Anonymous No.18575536]

>>18575137
Do people seriously drink a puerh cake labeled lumber slut

[Anonymous No.18575545]

>>18575536
That's not even one of the worse ones.
There's also Hotline Space Coyote, Astro Kittens, Pussy, and The Nameless One.

[Anonymous No.18575552]

>>18575536
they have a raw called pussy. their entire gimmick is hipster names and wrappers for their tea cakes

[Anonymous No.18575589]

>>18575536
One of the best tea's I've ever hard was called "nigger shit" and had an A Wyatt Man tier caricature on the wrapper.
For a less offensive example, people enjoy a tea called "duck shit" (and in fact it's higher up in his list, daily-duck-shit)

[Anonymous No.18575637]

How is Hibiki-an relative to some place like Ippodo or O-cha?

They sell 200 grams of sencha for what other places seem to charge 100 or even 50 grams.

https://www.hibiki-an.com/product_info.php/products_id/31

How do they stack up?

[Anonymous No.18575752]

*sip*

[Anonymous No.18575776]

>>18575752
>He burger-pours his gaiwan
That said, I can imagine how weird it might feel to use that huge thing. How does it feel so far? Still thinking it will be your daily driver?

[Anonymous No.18575802]

>>18575752
we have identical hands

[Anonymous No.18575810]

>>18575776
I'll definitely use it exclusively for months, I think I can comfortably use it after I learn how to pour a gaiwan. From my point of view, I can't look into the future and see if I buy a smaller gaiwan.

[Anonymous No.18575897]

>>18575589
Duck shit is a respectable tea, whereas lumber slut is not

[Anonymous No.18575943]

>>18575552
It's all a ploy to make craft beer names look less retarded

[Anonymous No.18576020]

>>18575137
Three spot guanyin is fantastic and a non tea drinking friend ordered some 17 lumber slut and loved it.

[Anonymous No.18576175]

>>18575536
I hate the name as much as you but the tea itself is good if like extra woody shou and it is well priced. It is one of W2T's longest standing shou blends, they make it almost every year so it seems popular enough.

Their "Brown Sugar" is also good and unique and would be one of my other recommendations but I did not want to recommend 2 shou cakes to someone who did not explicitly ask for shou because it tends to be a more divisive type of tea.
https://white2tea.com/products/2018-brown-sugar
https://white2tea.com/products/2020-brown-sugar (more expensive but supposedly made with better material)

[Anonymous No.18576324]

>>18575752
Nice that the saucer can duel function as a dinner plate, that thing is massive

[Anonymous No.18576363]

>>18576324
Yeah it's an absolute unit, it weighs as much as the gaiwan minus lid.

[Anonymous No.18576373]

>>18575752
So this is what it's like to be a manlet

[Anonymous No.18576425]

Still $24
https://www.amazon.com/Merced-Campo-Yerba-Mate-units/dp/B078SDGRJ6

[Anonymous No.18576486]

>>18576425
You won't like the price but this is the most premium yerba mate on amazon
https://www.amazon.com/Mate-Organic-Yerba-Loose-Yerbamate/dp/B09YKY1HJB/
I know the packaging looks like some whole foods shit but I promise its not a white people brand (depending on your thoughts about Argentinians being white)
Thats a large cut leaf no stems version, there is also a traditional grind with stems version but its less premium.
https://www.amazon.com/Mate-Co-Organic-Yerbamate-unsmoked/dp/B09YMJFT32/

[Anonymous No.18576512]

>>18576486
How about something actual white people (Uruguayans) drink. Like canarias

[Anonymous No.18576598]

Uruguay is whiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiite

[Anonymous No.18576959]

Recommend me a solid breakfast tea I can find in any supermarket. I near liked Tea but I recently tried it with honey and lemon juice and I really like it now.

All I have is earl grey.

[Anonymous No.18577074]

[Anonymous No.18577245]

>>18568064
yamibuy is a good source for teas.
https://www.yamibuy.com/en/new-arrivals?page=1&track=display-0-2-New%20Arrivals&cat_id=115&is_fby=1&sort_by=7

[Anonymous No.18577349]

>>18577074
is this traditional tea ceremony?

[Anonymous No.18577371]

>>18577074
>all that for barely one sip of tea

[Anonymous No.18577449]

>>18576959
I like drinking black tea (turkish) in breakfasts. The method of preparing is different to the other methods listed in the pastebin, since it requires quite alot of heat to get the full flavor:
1-put water on medium heat on teabottom
2-put your tea ontop of the water on the teatop
3-let the water steam cook the tea from the bottom of the teatop
4-this should mellow the taste of the bitter tea and preheat it so it doesn't react violently with the hot water
5-wait atleast 10 min
6-pour water slowly with biggest distance to the tea in the teatop
7-turn down the heat to lowest possible
8-wait another 10 min
The ideal tea will be something we call "rabbit's blood". And with the turkish lira in the shitter black tea is cheap as fuck right now

[Anonymous No.18577562]

which teas are best for grandpa/lazy brewing?
i learned the hard way that white teas are shit because they are too buoyant, and i doubt green teas are good either with their short cold steeps.

anyone tried the new kuura teas?

[Anonymous No.18577720]

>>18577562
Anything that can last for many steeping's

[Anonymous No.18577788]

>>18577074
>Whatu elsu?

[Anonymous No.18578095]

>>18577449
Thanks anon, i will add it to the pastebin later

[Anonymous No.18578106]

>>18577562
Compressed white teas should work, you gotta hit most teas with full boiling water for the leaves to sink in the mug, also pour water over the tea leaves dont add the tea leaves to a mug full of water.
I think tian jian and liu bao are.the best for grampa style, also any roasted oolong, ripe puer is usually good but it somethimes needs to be rinsed first. Also any Chinese black tea that isn't too malty, especially the ones from wuyi that are processed kinda like oolong

[Anonymous No.18578530]

>>18577074
W2C, I’m sick of burning my hands with my gaiwan

[Anonymous No.18578663]

I've recently taken to hei cha or shu in place of the shengs, blacks and greens I used to drink. I found the former to be much easier on the stomach, much more forgiving to brew, and to exhibit a range of flavours that are new to me.

However, I noticed that even in mid-price range hei chas, the leaf quality is quite poor, with plenty of twigs and torn/ chopped up leaves. I suppose this means that with many hei cha you're paying moreso for the specific process or "recipe" of tea fermentation, rather than the leaf, and the "story," and the leaves are most likely sourced from company- or state-owned plantations. Western-facing vendors at least attempt to make some of their wares seem organic, ecological, pesticide-free, or whatever buzzwords whitoids care about.

Given that I am probably consuming plantation tea not marketed towards westerners, how many pesticides am I imbibing by drinking hei cha over blacks, shengs, etc.?

[Anonymous No.18578668]

What tea should I drink on an empty stomach

[Anonymous No.18578703]

>>18578668
english breakfast

[Anonymous No.18578705]

>>18578663
>Given that I am probably consuming plantation tea not marketed towards westerners, how many pesticides am I imbibing by drinking hei cha over blacks, shengs, etc.?
Hei cha definitely has rougher processing and has litte to no focus on leaf appearance. You can still get fu bricks and some other hei cha made out of forest teas if you are willing to put some effort (and money) into sorucing but yeah the chepaer stuff is rough and ready.
That said i don't think hei cha is farmed as intensely. They don't care about leaf appearance so pesticide use in nowhere near as important as it is with some super large bud grade silver needler or other premium teas where there is a large foucs on appearance. They also don't care about yeild as much since a lot of this tea is coming from old half abandoned farming projects. So even though the tea is visually ugly and rhe older larger leaves will have more bioaccumulation of whatever is in the soil i think hei cha is relatively clean. Probably very low pesticide use, herbicides, im not sure. In theory any of these teas that go through the large state sanctioned factories are undergoing much more stringent testing then some tea a farmer is selling directly to some western vendor since at least in theory there is a lot of pressure on the Chinese government to keep food quality standards after the recent food scandals and the more demanding Chinese middle class.
I wouldn't worry about it too much. Or again just buy forest teas. Yunnan sourcing has lots of hei chas that are from untented semi wild gardens.

[Anonymous No.18578730]

sheeeeeeeeeit

[Anonymous No.18578747]

>>18578730
Damn this nigga finna brew up some popcorn chickn

[Anonymous No.18578881]

1kg assam $13
https://www.amazon.com/Tata-Tea-Premium-North-1kg/dp/B00AI87X0O/

1kg sencha $57
https://www.amazon.com/Business-Japanese-tea-Prefecture-production/dp/B0042UVOLI/

[Anonymous No.18578888]

>>18578730
Is this a tea or tisane?

[Anonymous No.18578962]

>>18578888
Dats spicy wing sauce

[Anonymous No.18579406]

[Anonymous No.18579412]

[Anonymous No.18579426]

>>18578881
>1kg of sencha
It's obviously marketed for businesses, but ignoring ordering on Amazon in the first place, why would anyone order 1kg of sencha at once for themselves? Even if you imagined there was no deterioration in the time during storage/shipment, it'd take so many sessions to get through a full 1kg of sencha. Even if you pushed it, say, twice a day hot and once cold (coldbrew), it'd still take several months, and peak freshness would be lost quickly, wouldn't it? That said, it would also be really interesting to see an anon actually buy something like this.

[Anonymous No.18579454]

>>18579426
hey bro want 500g of sencha for 29 bucks

[Anonymous No.18579527]

>>18579454
Thanks, but I'll refrain for now. I don't have much experience with greens in general, Japanese or not. The $/g amount seems decent either way. Do you know much about the brand?

[Anonymous No.18579675]

>>18578106
dianhong?

[Anonymous No.18579689]

>plane landed!
Where the FUCK is my tea then???

[Anonymous No.18579698]

>>18579675
Yeah that should be good
Haven't actually tried it myself in a while but that's the right kind of black tea where it shouldn't get too malty of loaded with tannins on you brewed grampa style

[Anonymous No.18579709]

>>18579689
Im in the US
Lately my orders have taken as long as a week to clear customs after they get off the plane.
Its very annoying it used to take half a day at most

[Anonymous No.18579967]

okay you fags have convinced me to try yerba mate, wish me luck
Also i found this blog where a guy posts yerba mate reviews, they seem pretty detailed and good quality, you might get some value out of them
https://www.yerbamatelab.com/category/yerba-mate-reviews/

[Anonymous No.18580426]

i go on what-cha and get mystery black/green/oolong sets and maybe something that's on sale, also den's tea and get hojicha by the pound and some sencha

[Anonymous No.18580435]

>>18568761
my local tap water is high quality and a little soft, perfect. i just use a basic full-flow filter under the sink for chlorine.

[Anonymous No.18580784]

>>18568064
Is tea good for cooking

[Anonymous No.18580842]

>>18568694
glass and stainless electric kettle
https://www.amazon.com/AmazonBasics-Electric-Glass-Kettle-1-7-Liter/dp/B07JZQ1MXT

or get a nice zojirushi or panasonic electric pump kettle

i actually regularly use both for various purposes as the amazon kettle draws a lot more power

[Anonymous No.18580848]

>>18580784
ive made some hojicha & black cardamom (whole pods, cracked and toasted) ice cream that was exceptionally good

[Anonymous No.18581090]

hey bros im looking to get my first temperature control kettle and was looking for suggestions. i don't have a price range, im just looking for a good one with accurate temperature control for different types of tea; preferably the best kettle money can buy. thanks in advance!

[Anonymous No.18581094]

How long can I forget wet tea leaves in a teapot and still reuse them safely? When it's a single day I reuse them with no problems but at 2+ days I start getting worried, even more so now with temperatures here around 25~30C.

[Anonymous No.18581099]

Do any anons here drink herbal teas?
Got any recommendations?

[Anonymous No.18581105]

>>18581090
I like my stagg ekg. Accurate, 40-100c, 304 stainless. Had it for a few years now. Pours a little slow for tea but you can get the corvo instead if you're never planning on wanting a gooseneck for coffee. Same kettle but with a beak.
https://fellowproducts.com/products/corvo-ekg?variant=29430961832051

[Anonymous No.18581326]

I can pour the 500ml gaiwan easily with two hands, still practicing one-handed pours. It gets hot so I need to have the lid at the right angle so it pours quickly.

[Anonymous No.18581342]

>>18580784
I've made matcha ice cream and black tea bread

[Anonymous No.18581699]

>>18581090
Bonavita
Oxo
Cusinart
Are some of the most popular brands for temp control kettles

[Anonymous No.18581702]

>>18581094
Really 12 hours is about max if you are paraniod about mold. Say overnight or so.
24 hours if you aren't particularly paranoid. I wouldn't leave them any longer than that

[Anonymous No.18581707]

>>18581099
Chamomile, hyssop, mint, liquorice root, greek mountain tea
The celestial seasonings brand of teabas is decent if you don't mind flavors added. If you want more premium blends mountain rose herbs sells herbal tea blends that are nice quality and affordable, just stay away from their actual green black etc tea its pretty meh.

[Anonymous No.18581710]

>>18581326
Nice, i would imagine it gets tricky but im sure its doable.

[Anonymous No.18581736]

Liubao

[Anonymous No.18581867]

>>18581090
https://www.amazon.com/OXO-Adjustable-Temperature-Electric-Pour-Over/dp/B074KHPS7F
This is what I have been using for the last couple years. I like it and have no major complaints with it. I actually bought it off someone else's recommendation here.

[Anonymous No.18581874]

>order 1.5kg from ys to the uk
>either £25 shipping and takes 3 months or £75 for 1 month shipping
>order 1.5kg from white2tea for £10 shipping and its here in 13 days
k.... anyway my Shulloween deal is here, also got waffles and brown sugar, surprised just how thin the waffles cake is.

[Anonymous No.18581893]

>>18581867
I have that and I didn't even remember it was $100. Water seems to leak out of where the spout meets the body of the kettle. It works but it seems a little overpriced for what it is, but I'm not familiar with cheaper kettles.
>>18581874
EMS is $18 for a 1.5kg package and goes beyond $55 once you go past 2kg. Suffice to say the price in shipping is made up for by how they price the product they're selling. Which probably isn't a big deal since your total was probably in the hundreds, but I just felt like pointing that out.

[Anonymous No.18581914]

>>18580784
I know it is used in some savory dishes, and I believe also as a flavorant/aroma component for rice. Besides the ice cream anons have mentioned, you can use green tea powder (or culinary ""matcha"") and mix it into a lot of things alongside stevia or sugar for a nice flavor. I used to blend half a bag or more of spinach with almond milk, stevia, cinnamon/clove, and green tea powder. The stevia helps cut down the bitterness, and the spinach has a fairly neutral profile, so it just adds to the thickness/creamy texture and color. You can add some protein/collagen powder (with or without flavors) if you want to mix it up, since all those flavors are neutral enough to be 'absorbed' by anything else you add.
>>18581702
I'm not the anon you responded to, but have you ever actually gotten mold in your left-out tea? I leave it out all the time (easily gone beyond 48 hours before), and I never seem to have an issue. Granted, they may taste a little different after being infused and exposed to the elements for so long, but they've never been "dangerous".

[Anonymous No.18581966]

>>18581914
nta either but I guess it depends. Never got any problem leaving the mesh filter out. It dries and mold don't grow. Inside the teapot would be another story.

[Anonymous No.18581981]

>>18581966
I've done both, but I exclusively use my gaiwan (which has a subtle lip). Maybe the tiny gap prevents any such issues if I accidentally leave the lid on.

[Anonymous No.18582102]

YS 2021 qian jia shan, 357g, 76$ (0.21 $/g)
6.1g tea - ~100ml, rinse 5 s
1st brew 25s 98c
faint smell, somewhat nice, and what you could epect from a young sheng
low no astringency or bitterness, and also no real taste which could just come from it being the first brew.
2nd brew, 35s, slightly darker soup, very slight astringency, very slight "rocky" taste
mouthfeel is fine, slightly thicker than water, not drying but not really oily either
3rd brew, 1m went for broke to force some taste out of it, slightly darker brew again, i tried to colourbalance the images but im not sure i did a very good job
at this point there is a very slight astringency still, as in noticeable

This tea does not taste bad at all. The problem is it does not taste much at all. It has tiny amounts of everything i am looking for in a good puerh, or things that make it interesting, some minerality, mouthfeel, slight astringency, but its like this is just an outline of a tea, like the actual content has been removed and just the husk remains, with hints of what it once was.
Extremely boring and uninteresting as a drinking experience, and to a point where it actually annoys me a bit since the description on YS says the tea has "a very strong taste and aroma", which i cannot find.

The cake could have dried out BUT 1. the cake has only been in my possession for like 1.5-2 months at this point. 2 none of the other teas i have stored the same way this has been has experienced the same muting of taste in that amount of time, and 3. two other cakes of puerh from the same order/shipment still have their strong tastes, so its not an issue with the shipment taking long either. I have also done 3 "sessions" with this tea over the past week to try to get more out of it, also with other teas in between, which i can still taste, so i can not say the lack of taste comes from me being sick.

Two conclusions i can draw, either this specific cake is a dud or the tea does not taste much. not recommended from me

[Anonymous No.18582110]

>>18582102
pics from top left to bottom right: cake, dry leaf, rinsed leaf, first brew leaf, 1st, 2nd, 3rd brew.
Have any other anons tried this tea? have you had a similar experience? this along with the other 2 cakes of tea and the oolongs i ordrered from ys being boring have really made me not want to order from them again. maybe 2021 was just a shite year for puerh

[Anonymous No.18582122]

>>18581914
>I'm not the anon you responded to, but have you ever actually gotten mold in your left-out tea?
Just because it isint covered with visible spores doesn't mean it isn't growing mold
That said yeah ive forgotten about tea in a gaiwan before and had it be a fuzzy mess within maybe 3 days.

[Anonymous No.18582123]

>>18582102
You gave it a fair chance. You should make sweet tea out of it now.

[Anonymous No.18582166]

>>18582102
Sounds like the tea just sucks.
Even if it did dry out that shouldn't totally kill a tea in a few months
He copied the description from previous years of the same tea so maybe it was a bad batch. Generally i think 2021 was a pretty decent year for puer but that doesn't mean the famer can't scew up the processing.
From my very amateur opinion it looks like the processing on your batch was overly green, not enough oxidation and it was fried too much during processing. It probably had some punch last year when the tea was a few months old and then quickly died since it looks to me like the farmer basically made it into green tea.

[Anonymous No.18582180]

>>18582102
Shame, the leaves themselves look great, and the liquor looks like a creamy egg custard. Could try less leaf and see if maybe the leaves could use more space to open up, or more leaf and grandpa style it.

[Anonymous No.18582520]

So are these things just memes?
It's a neat idea but the fact that the tea just sits there at the bottom seems like it defeats the idea of being able to leave the stuff sitting in there for your convenience

[Anonymous No.18582533]

>>18582520
Plastic aside, you can build a cup with a drainable filtered bottom for much less.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pythagorean_cup

[Anonymous No.18582571]

>>18582520
They work fine, the tea sits in the bottom of any empty brewing vesell, are you shure you understand how those are supposed to be used

[Anonymous No.18582596]

https://www.made-in-scandinavian.com/store/p191/KOBBS_berries_Sorgadate_Loose_Tea_in_One_Bag_125_g_%28_4.4_oz_%29_Made_in_Sweden.html

is this good?

[Anonymous No.18582617]

3kg rosamonte traditional $24.50 back in stock
https://www.amazon.com/Yerba-Rosamonte-Argentina-Green-Herbal/dp/B001UKFN24/

[Anonymous No.18582660]

>>18582596
Try it and tell us

[Anonymous No.18582672]

>>18582617
Have you tried anna park? Any good?
Have you tried any of the organic brands?

[Anonymous No.18582684]

>>18582596
Never heard of or tried this company's wares. They conveniently don't show any images of the tea, so we can't comment on the condition of the leaves. $7 is not a terrible price to try it at either way, and it's loose over bagged, so you might as well try it and let us know your thoughts, maybe share a pic of the leaves, etc.

[Anonymous No.18582688]

>>18582672
I haven't. I've just been impulse buying sales so far.

[Anonymous No.18582709]

>>18582688
You gotta try some Brazilian mate if you havent yet
https://www.amazon.com/Barao-Yerba-Mate-Nativa-1Kg/dp/B008REYUPW/

[Anonymous No.18582711]

>>18582709
Yeah that's my next purchase. And this
https://www.amazon.com/Barão-Cotegipe-Yerba-Mate-Chimarrão/dp/B09HN8VPJR/

[Anonymous No.18582716]

>>18582711
https://www.amazon.com/Barao-Yerba-Mate-Premium-Blend/dp/B009UV5CG2/

[Anonymous No.18582725]

>>18582716
Good price on the premium, nice
Lets us know how it is, it sound like the Brazilian mate is much more bold and malty baked goods chocolate kind of flavors

[Anonymous No.18582760]

Does tea work well in a yerba gourd? Maybe that's the ultimate grandpa style setup?

[Anonymous No.18582768]

>>18582684
Haven't tried many other loose leaf teas, but they all have more or less the same quality. with a good smell and deep taste.

[Anonymous No.18582785]

>>18582760
I was just thinking that the yerba straw would be pretry good for grampa style.
I don't know how much flavor the gourd imparts so i guess try it and see

[Anonymous No.18582787]

https://www.mymateworld.com/product/yerba-mate-maycha-matcha-powder-fidel/
Has science gone too far?

[Anonymous No.18582788]

>>18582760
Yes it works, I've done it. Just stick the bombilla under all the leaves.

[Anonymous No.18582789]

Speaking of yerba mate gourds some poster the other day was asking for ones thst had already been scraped and seasoned, i found these which have been cleaned up on the inside
https://www.mymateworld.com/product/mmw-medium-size-plain-yerba-mate-gourd-large-apple/
https://www.mymateworld.com/product/mmw-small-size-plain-yerba-mate-gourd-tennis-ball/

[Anonymous No.18582792]

>>18582787
ceremonial grade Yerba Mate matcha

[Anonymous No.18582796]

>>18582787
I saw that, i really like that its shade grown like the leaves for matcha are. No idea how it would taste, it does make sense since they are pushing the health angle to just eat the leaves to get all the vitamins and minerals out of them

[Anonymous No.18582803]

>>18582684
the price in the local store is about 2.7 usd for 0.125kg. i buy it because it's the only thing available in rural Sweden. it taste pretty good, but i have nothing to compare it with except bagged tea.

[Anonymous No.18582820]

>>18582803
Its probabilities fine, that's a pretty good price for tea in your part of the world.
If you are feeling brave you can order a big box of black tea from china, no flavor, its a little malty, a little chocolaty, a litte fruity and somewhat sweet, fairly balanced.
https://www.fullchea-tea.com/2019-yunnan-old-tree-black-tea-dianhong-feng-qing-red-tea-cake-357g-p0593.html
If you don't want to spend $30 grab one of these
https://www.fullchea-tea.com/yunnan-black-tea-with-honey-sweet-notes-fengqing-dianhong-tea-red-brick-250g-p0700.html

[Anonymous No.18582972]

>>18582820
>URL says Red Tea Cake 357g
>actually a 380g box of loose leaf
lol

[Anonymous No.18583041]

>>18582972
Yeah i know, im linking it for the box, im guessing the old url got traffic so they squatted it with a new product when they stopped carrying the old one. Or they are just complete morons who knows.

[Anonymous No.18583053]

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[Anonymous No.18583089]

[Anonymous No.18583112]

>>18583089
Seems you're starting to get comfortable with one-handing that behemoth. Maybe it'd be worth it to get a comparable pitcher for holding your multiple infusions as well. Which tea today?

[Anonymous No.18583119]

>>18583053
More like ding dong amiright
Anyway i like how you set up the whole flight of brews at once.
Im kind of impressed that you own that many mugs that are the same size.

[Anonymous No.18583127]

>>18583119
Why does it impress you? By time he start drinking last cups they already cold.

[Anonymous No.18583135]

>>18583127
Because i don't have any matching sets of more then 2 mugs let alone 6

[Anonymous No.18583136]

>>18583112
Dong Ding in the video, gonna keep steeping it. Had gunpowder before that.
>>18583119
Yea I picked em all up at a dollar store years ago.

[Anonymous No.18583168]

>>18583053
Which one of these infusions tasted the best?
I would guess second or third

[Anonymous No.18583169]

>>18583053
>>18583089
Pissmaxxing. Love it.

[Anonymous No.18583193]

>>18583127
It wasn't so bad. Just had to microwave the last mug.
>>18583168
Yeah pretty much. There was less of a distinction because the infusions were very light. I steeped it for a little under a minute afterward and got pic

[Anonymous No.18583450]

>>18583193
That looks more like the tea I'd brew.

[Anonymous No.18583567]

Am i going to screw myself I ver if i get a somewhat coarse cut yerba without stems as my first bag? It say it has some dust but is it really going to be a huge pain in the ass to keep my mountain together in the cup? What happens if the mountain collapses? Does it actually fuck up the session or is it not a huge deal?

[Anonymous No.18583581]

>>18583567
There's no problem. It's actually really hard to screw it up. All mountains eventually collapse after a few pours. Just keep the bombilla end wedged into leaf and nothing gets through.

[Anonymous No.18583671]

>>18583581
Awesome thanks.

[Anonymous No.18583748]

Been enjoying this lil Japanese pot, its good for smaller sessions.
Very different from my yixing. The Japanese pot has very little muting, maybe it rounds out bitterness a tiny bit but thats it, it also noticeably increases the sweetness of teas. My yixing is somewhat muting and adds a minerality to teas. Its interesting how they each work great for some teas and awful for others.
So far im liking this Japanese pot for young raws, old fairly clean raws clean hei cha and roasted oolong. Tried it with an hk raw and it really enchanced and excentiated the storage taste, not very enjoyable.

[Anonymous No.18583771]

$2 bombilla
https://www.amazon.com/Multicolour-Stainless-Drinking-Excellent-Sophisticated/dp/B0BM91YRT2/

[Anonymous No.18583789]

>>18583771
For me its the 3 pack with brush for $7
https://www.amazon.com/Bombilla-Drinking-Food-Grade-Stainless-Bombillas/dp/B083HWLTYH/

[Anonymous No.18583798]

>>18583771
Also just for you
https://aliexpress.com/item/3256803127188360.html
If you don't mind wating for shipping that store has a few nice steel mates for cheap

[Anonymous No.18583807]

>>18583798
Nice

[Anonymous No.18583867]

>>18583807
WTF REAL WOOD?

[Anonymous No.18584277]

Okay, bear with me. Tea leaves, ground, in a V60. Drip brew.
Quality idea?

[Anonymous No.18584287]

>>18584277
Its been done
It works
Up to you if it tastes good

[Anonymous No.18584307]

>>18584277
>Tea leaves, ground

[Anonymous No.18584317]

>>18584307
What? It works for the Japanese. I imagine the leaves need to be broken up to get pour over extraction to work, otherwise the brew will be relatively weak and flavorless as the water simply filters past the unopened leaves.

[Anonymous No.18584462]

>>18584317
you can't really grind leaves, gently shredded would be a bit of a better option

[Anonymous No.18584479]

>>18584462
>you can't really grind leaves,
Sure you can, a burr grinder would probably do pretty nicely

[Anonymous No.18584525]

>>18584479
what naah it would get all jammed up and shit also burr grinders rely on the heavy weight of the beans that the tea doesn't have

well gove it a shot and remember to clean out all the old coffee from the birrs unless you want to summon Satan

[Anonymous No.18584542]

>>18584277
>>18584287
I don't believe you. I doubt it could work. Without a bed of coffee what prevents the water from rushing through the filter in seconds?

[Anonymous No.18584546]

>>18584542
>Without a bed of coffee what prevents the water from rushing through the filter in seconds?
The tea leaves duh

[Anonymous No.18584570]

>>18584546
V60 recipes use iirc around 22 grams of beans. Imagine using up 22 grams of oolong minimum.

[Anonymous No.18584591]

Someone gave me this cake as a gift maybe 5 or so years ago. I forgot about it in a drawer and just rediscovered it. Can anyone tell me anything about it? Is it worth ageing further or should I just try drinking it.

[Anonymous No.18584649]

>>18584591
pry a piece off and drink

[Anonymous No.18584652]

>>18584649
Ok

[Anonymous No.18584661]

>>18584570
put a bunch of chinese market tea into a blender with chop head lol

[Anonymous No.18584801]

I enjoyed this tea a lot and compressed white teas seem right up my alley in general given the natural sweetness and fruitier/brighter flavors and that it's fairly cheap. I could easily get a dozen cakes but I'd rather try more teas out. What do you guys recommend?
https://yunnansourcing.com/products/jinggu-sun-dried-silver-needles-white-pu-erh-tea-cake

[Anonymous No.18584880]

>>18584277
>>18584317
>>18584542
I do it all the time.
>>18584525
Works fine. You don't know much about grinders huh?

[Anonymous No.18585533]

>>18584591
Need a picture of any kind of label on the back of the wrapper, also the tea itself. The box is a gift box so its not specific to that cake. The front of the cake label doesnt really say much. It maybe says wild mountain tea or something like that.
Its probably some kind of puer or maybe white tea

[Anonymous No.18585540]

>>18585533

[Anonymous No.18585582]

>>18585540
Is there some text printed on the paper the cake is wrapped in?

[Anonymous No.18585594]

>>18585540
Anyway its ripe puer, looks like huang pian or large yellow leaves.
Its a fermented tea
Its hard for me to say much more without knowing the manufacturer, its clearly labeled as an old tree tea from yiwu which is a famous area fornpuer production but the Chinese often take a bit of poetic license when labeling these kinds of teas. Break a 5 gram chunk off of the cake using a buttknife or a screwdriver or something. Put the chunk of tea in a mug, fill the mug with boiling water. Once the tea is cool enough to drink drink it. If it smells fishy or doesn't taste good you can rinse it first. Chunk of tea in mug, fill 1/3 with boiling water, wait 30 seconds, carefully pour off water, then fill the mug to the top with boiling water and then drink when its cool enough

[Anonymous No.18586017]

>>18584801
That's a nice tea, and it's hard to go wrong with YS's whites. Among cakes, the 100g shou mei and gong mei (the latter might be sold out) are great, not quite the deals they used to be but still good bang for your buck. The "Meng Song Village" cake is also quite nice, as are their Moonlight White options. In general their compressed whites are better than their loose, but if you don't mind spending more per gram for a novel experience, get a sample of their "Sweet Ya Bao" (maybe also out of stock?), it's a bizarre flavor profile.
There are probably young sheng offerings on YS that would appeal to you on a similar level but nothing springs to mind.

[Anonymous No.18586583]

>>18582760
>>18582785
I often use a yerba mate straw fir grandpa style. very practical, would reccomend

[Anonymous No.18586682]

[Anonymous No.18586695]

>>18568989
I've got one like this and a triple filtration one. the triple filtration filters dust better, but also gets clogged sometimes, it's a trade off

[Anonymous No.18586741]

How much milk should i have in my tea? what percentage of fat? and what kind of pasteurization method if any?

[Anonymous No.18586743]

is Yongde pu-erh any good?

[Anonymous No.18586791]

>>18586682
Cop that rishi kava if they sell it around you

[Anonymous No.18586794]

>>18586791
Actually that's yogi not rishi never mind

[Anonymous No.18586800]

>>18586743
Yeah, those border teas are usually pretty nice as long as they are processed well

[Anonymous No.18586808]

>>18586741
Raw, whole milk, cream on top if its an option
If you can't get raw than 2% lactose free "milk"
For how much milk, the answer is add milk to taste, whatever your preference is

[Anonymous No.18586871]

>>18586808
raw milk is inconvenient to get, it's illegal to sell raw milk in the store, i would have to walk a bit longer and talk with a farmer to get it.

Milk only comes in 0.5%, 1.5%, and 3% here. i don't know why anyone would buy lactose free milk unless they are a genetically inferior subhuman.

[Anonymous No.18586893]

>>18586794
That's in stock too but I have no idea wtf it is

[Anonymous No.18586919]

>>18586741
35 milliliters. Whole. Vat pasteurized.

[Anonymous No.18586947]

>>18586893
Try it, make at night an hour or two before bed, brew one teabag for 10 minutes, then squueze out the bag and dunk it and squeeze it out more 3 or 4 times. Its a very hearty spicy flavor tea with a mild relaxing feeling

[Anonymous No.18586954]

>>18586871
Fine then 3%
But there is no point in drinking a bunch of lactose in pasteurized milk
Anyway make sure you have a hearty malty tea, assam, english breakfast, irish breakfast something like that, you need a tea that can stand up to the milk and maintain its flavor

[Anonymous No.18587023]

>>18569170
stronger than tea. has that slight relaxation from tea, but with the kick of a strong coffee

[Anonymous No.18587028]

>>18570196
all your other teaware can contain lead, except a stainless steel / silver / alpaca bombilla, anon

[Anonymous No.18587033]

>>18586954
why would you wan't to drink milk with lactase added over regular milk?

[Anonymous No.18587041]

>>18568512
I'm glad yours can't.

[Anonymous No.18587052]

>>18587028
>alpaca bombilla
German silver historically contained 2-3% lead, i would avoid alpaca silver/german silver completely unless you test it with one of those 3m lead test sticks.

[Anonymous No.18587060]

>>18579967
good luck
the reviews on the site are a bit too detailed for my tastes, bordering on autosuggestion. I've been drinking mate for years and most of it is fairly similar honestly, at least within a single country

[Anonymous No.18587069]

>>18583567
mountains aren't obligatory. I don't use them anymore myself

[Anonymous No.18587071]

>>18587060
I mean he is obviously shilling his store and trying to pepper his posts with SEO but there is still some decent content in what he says about the different brands.

[Anonymous No.18587085]

>>18587071
for sure. I've found a pretty decent mate reviewer on youtube who doesn't bullshit so much, but he only speaks Polish lmao. very bad production values too

[Anonymous No.18587088]

>>18587069
So when you pour the hot water do you pour all the way to the top of the leaves or do you pour like 2/3 of the way and leave some dry?

[Anonymous No.18587094]

>>18587088
I pour all the way personally. used to do the whole mountain thing, but I took the lazypill. + the bombilla I have now filters dust really well (though it does clog sometimes)

[Anonymous No.18587098]

>>18587094
Cool thanks

[Anonymous No.18587191]

>>18587094
Could you point me towards a good shop to pick up a quality bambilla + gourd

[Anonymous No.18587196]

>>18587191
What kind of gourd do you want? the actual plant ones or steel or what.

[Anonymous No.18587201]

>>18568064
is that a ""food grade"" co2 cartridge? The ones that co2 bb guns use literally smell like truck exhaust and must be literally that.

[Anonymous No.18587207]

>>1858719
I think the plant ones are neat

[Anonymous No.18587233]

>>18587191
don't know international stores, sorry. the "filters great but sometimes clogs" bombilla I have is this one (though I didn't get it on ebay, I think it was cheaper where I got it): https://www.ebay.com/itm/331896631196
and I use a palo santo cup with a metal outer layer. not necessary at all, but it smells nice

[Anonymous No.18587253]

>>18587207
If you want a atainless gourd i would probably get one from aliexpress since they are the same as the ones on Amazon but so much cheaper
https://aliexpress.com/item/3256802132584328.html
For the gourd gourds these guys have reasonable prices and a good selection of yerba mate too
https://www.mymateworld.com/product/mmw-medium-size-plain-yerba-mate-gourd-large-apple/
I dont love their selection of bombilla, might be good to get a two or three pack of cheap stainless spoon style ones off of amazon or ebay.

[Anonymous No.18587275]

>>18586919
35ml is a little low, I prefer 40ml personally

[Anonymous No.18587390]

>>18587201
What are you trying to say? I have co2 and n2o chargers and they both take the same shape but the metal of the nitrous charger is a little bit blue.

[Anonymous No.18587401]

>>18587390
co2 cartridges are also used for airshit so they sell cartridges with impurities cuz it doesn't get drunk

[Anonymous No.18587405]

>>18587401
Makes sense to me. By the way I tried using a nos cartridge on tea and it didn't work out too well. I probably did something wrong

[Anonymous No.18587416]

>>18587253
Thanks for the shop link. Any brands of mate I should try in particular?

[Anonymous No.18587467]

>>18587416
>Thanks for the shop link. Any brands of mate I should try in particular?
Starting out if you want something safe and accessible cruz de malta or la merced de campo. If you want something strong and a little smoke rosemonte extra. If you want something organic than anna park for something on the stonger side, or porongo on the more mild side.

[Anonymous No.18587472]

>>18587405
I think you need fat (or at least some kind of thickening agent) for nitrous cartridges to add carbonation.

[Anonymous No.18587477]

>>18587416
>>18587467
Also somone else will probably respond and say im a total moron and suggest something else so keep an eye out for that

[Anonymous No.18587482]

>>18587472
>nitrous
>carbon

[Anonymous No.18587485]

>>18568064
NEW
>>18587484
>>18587484
>>18587484

[Anonymous No.18587488]

>>18587482
>nos cartridge
>>18587405
Unless they meant new old stock

[Anonymous No.18587543]

>royal mail has received your parcel and will be out for delivery tomorrow

[Anonymous No.18588937]

>>18568989
What's the significance of this weird spoon? Do you snort the leaves off of it?

[Anonymous No.18588947]

>>18588937