/ck/ - Food & Cooking

>What are you drinking today?
One sachet of each in a glass. I drink only the finest tea Walmart has to offer

>>13316116
Three legged frog?

>>13316189
Yeah.

Heh guys look at my Asian leaves, and Japanese thing.

>>13316293
what happened to its leg?

>>13316324
Maybe the angle was funky.

>>13316336
Lewd

>>13316293
Cool. I was thinking about it as well. Now I see it’s quite big for my tea tray.

>>13316336
give the poor frog its leg back
also why are there coins embeded in its feet

Are there any other european countries with a tea drinking culture or is it just my own and the UK?

>>13316430
north frisia in Schleswig Holstein - Germany has one. Based on strong black tea and rock sugar.
(and for sailors probably with rum, too)

>>13316425
I assume it’s part of the “prosperity” theme that this type of creature is associated with in China.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jin_Chan

>>13316116
Does that have a mesh screen insert or does it have a perforated clay strainer? If you got it online can you link it?

>>13317060

Perforated clay insert. It’s been a while since I got it but I am positive that despite the lack of makers mark on mine this is the one:

http://www.yuuki-cha.com/teaware/japanese-teapots/mini-shudei-tokoname-teapot

Hey Anons, I need some help...

I posted this in the old thread, but it looks like it got pruned or something.

I’m looking for a good tea for beginners, something relatively healthy and somewhat easy to make.

The most common types I’ve heard of so far are green tea and matcha. Would it be a good idea to start there?

Thanks a lot!

>>13316430
European tea culture tends to be either UK/India style (with milk, possibly spices), or "samovar belt" style (strong concentrate diluted down, with hard candy or jams or something). Tea "straight up", like chinamen and jappoes do, is relatively recent.

Also, why is OP's tea pet so enormous. Is the pot extra tiny? Couldn't be.

anybody ever tried tea with distilled water and what do you think about it ? It tastes different but not worse to me and I really like how transparent it looks in a glass

>>13317403

Matcha is a pain in the ass to do right and the quality is all over the place -- and unless you get the stuff super fresh(which is expensive) and have the means to keep it sealed it tends to lose its quality extremely quickly when exposed to air. I was fortunate enough to partake in a matcha ceremony once and I have never been able to approach anything like it when trying to do matcha myself.

As for a "beginners" tea, just read the descriptions of teas and get something in your price range that sounds interesting. The above sticky and /r/tea has a lot of noob-friendly guides.

>>13317414

It's pretty big for a tea-pet, the pot is standard gongfu size as far as I know.

>>13317403
Hello anon, what you heard is partially correct, because you can find some good tea for beginners in every variety. However some types of tea are more expensive (oolongs or white tea).

Starting with matcha and green tea is fine, especially because you can easily compare the two and find out which is your favorite. If you want to try some black tea, try to get your hands on some Ceylan stuff.
Do not hesitate to try flavored tea, depending on what your tastes are !

Have good day out there.

Tell me what teas you're waiting on right now.

for me its

100 grams of Fancy Tie Guan Yin of Anxi Iron Goddess Oolong Tea of Fujian

100 grams of Yunnan "Purple Beauty" Green Tea from Lancang


100 grams of Anxi "Hairy Crab" Mao Xie Fujian Oolong Tea

and
100 grams of Yunnan "Black Gold Bi Luo Chun" Black Tea

First flush Darjeeling every single day. Add nothing to it.

>>13318638
Yunnan Pu'er Tea 2019 Xiaguan Jinbang GAN Pu'er Cake Tea 357g Ripe Tea (someone here recommended it, pic)

Chinese Gong Mei Fuding Shoumei Tea Bai Cha Wild Old White Tea Cake 350g

2012 Yunnan Mengku YUE CHEN YUE XIANG QI ZI Cake Puer Raw Tea Pu Er Green 357g

no idea about the other 2 as buying 3 got me a discount, should come by the 15th. with xmas money i'll probably get "Xue Ju Shu Pu" Ripe Pu-erh and Snow Chrysanthemum Tea Brick & Gao Jia Shan "Wild Fu Zhuan" Hunan Brick Tea, other recommendations from /tea/

>100 grams of Yunnan "Black Gold Bi Luo Chun" Black Tea
hope you enjoy it!

>>13318638
Damn, like $300 worth right now. Some from Yunnan and some from Adagio. A variety of puerhs, black dragon peals, plenty of tieguanyin, some misc greens and oolongs, hot dog I can't wait. I might have overdone it, but fuck it.

>>13316116
Where did you get the DaHongPao? I'm buying from Yunnan sourcing but I find their non-puerh teas to be a bit lacking compared to more expensive options. But the more expensive options are, well, expensive. I don't have as much money to burn on tea anymore.

>>13317170
Thanks

>>13319787
Try wuyi star for Chinese oolong's. They are a higher end chinese brand, lots available on ebay.
Prices range from $20 for 100g
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Wuyi-Star-Happiness-Da-Hong-Pao-Big-Red-Robe-Chinese-Oolong-Tea-100g/272085952049
This is the same tea $40 for 200g
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Wuyi-Star-Medium-Roasted-Big-Red-Robe-Da-Hong-Pao-Dahongpao-Oolong-Tea-200g/371955069067?epid=893425208&_trkparms=ispr%3D1&hash=item569a3ff08b:g:XwsAAOSwY3BZHl4j
They also have a 5 year aged version
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Wuyi-Star-Big-Red-Robe-Oolong-Tea-5-Years-Aged-Da-Hong-Pao-Rock-Tea-125g-Tin/123835340626?hash=item1cd5295752:g:nwkAAOSwPYJdKvLn
And they make a bunch of other rock oolong that you should try if you like dahongpao. I have been really happy with the quality of tea I get from them.

>>13318779
Pls post a review for the ripe puer and the 2012 mengku.

>>13319965
thanks, I'll give them a try and report back.

Recently been having valerian root or chamomile.
Also replaced my morning coffee as of monday with homemade golden milk. Going well so far.
I though you're supposed to have caffeine withdrawal symptoms, or is that bullshit?

>>13316116
Femanon here. Has anyone tried Chaga tea? Is it good.

>>13320705
>Valerian root
Are you depressed?

>caffeine withdrawal
It's just mild headache and fatigue

Some "Basilur" regional whatever leafy thing I got when shopping for some other crap.
Didn't feel like going to my usual joint, but it tastes ok so whatever.
Me mum's got herself some white tea there later on, but I'm yet to check it out.

>>13319491
Except for regular Oolongs (I only like greens) I have similar tastes and you order is close to my annual tea budget. Enjoy!

>>13320781
>Are you depressed?

Nah I just thought I'd try it. Got some tea bags to use up. I prefer the chamomile.

And yeah I have fatigue (more tired, yawning more than usual) no headaches though.

>see yunnan sourcing is having a contest for designing some of their pu-erh wrappers
>can’t draw for shit, see the prizes are credit for their store

All of those tea I could have, if only I could draw

>>13320835
Valerian root is a natural antidepressant. Has been proven to significantly change mood. Good for seasonal depression.

When I used to drink a 6 cup moka pot a day at work, I'd occasionally get mild headaches on weekends. I'd also regularly go cold turkey for a week and would go to bed 2-3 hours earlier.

IMO caffeine addiction is shameful when you need your morning coffee to properly wake up, which never was my case.

Been drinking some simple sencha. Where is a good place for chai blends? I used to get this one from lolteavana that was actually pretty good, but since they've gone under I can't find anything of the sort.

>>13319787
I got it in a brick-and-mortar tea shop...not much help I know.

>>13320781
>>13320835
>>13320879
I've been convinced for a while now that people who cry about "muh withdrawal" and "I need my coffee" are more slaves of habit than actual addiction. Caffeine "withdrawal" is a mild inconvenience at worst.

>>13321487
i rarely get headaches when i stop drinking caffeine but i agree it nothing major

>>13321487
Caffeine addiction genuinely causes migraines and shit. Not sure how you got convinced otherwise.

>>13321494
A mild headache is not a migraine.

>>13321487
i actually feel much worse when i drink coffee, tea doesn't have the same effect so i don't think its caffeine.

>>13321232
i wish i didn't live in the hell hole that is florida, only brick-and-mortar tea shops are "fancy" ones that overcharge like crazy for shit tea.

Haven’t been to 4chan in a while. Is /tea/ still acceptable and running regularly?

>>13317403
>healthy
What

>>13320879
to be honest I'm shocked with how easy it's been for me to just drop it after drinking it literally everyday for years. I miss the taste more than anything. I love the taste of coffee.

>>13321692

All depends on the region unfortunately. Cities with a multi-ethnic population from East Asia especially those with a Chinatown will almost be guaranteed to have at least one decent tea shop. Otherwise any tea shops will generally just be catch all “herb” shops where the tea has been sitting on the shelves for god knows how long and of very limited selection.

nice turd statue, fag lmao

Bump

What does everyone use to drink tea “on the go”? What elements did you favor when purchasing it?

>>13323894
I have a random vacuum bottle. Looks like pic related, hydro flask brand. It's fine, have to remove the cap completely to drink out of but the top is narrow so it's not a big deal. I got it for the narrow bottle shape and small lid. If anything it keeps tea too hot too long which is a bit of a hassle.

>>13320705
I find that the more caffeine I drink, the worse the withdrawal is. I was up to 4 cups of coffee a day one time and quit cold turkey. I spent my Saturday in bed with advil and a cold compress. Similarly, went on vacation to visit a friend and they don't drink coffee, so I just didn't drink any (usually had 1-2 cups a day at that time). Had a strong headache, light sensitivity, dizziness, and hot flashes for like half a day before I got better. Idk why my body is such a bitch about it. It could also be just my imagination that it's happening, idk lol.

Nowadays I stay away from coffee except for decaf (I like the taste still). I don't bother with the caffeine content in tea as it's typically lower than that of coffee, and even if I skip a few days I don't usually get bad withdrawal. I just try to be mindful not to drink too much of it at once. Or I go for tisane/herbal instead. I could just chug mint tea or barley tea forever

Has anyone ever heard of moyeem here

just got this, is it any good?

>>13325120
lol

ok so im sick and i just made a Sleepytime tea and i put a slice of lemon in it

am i going to get cancer and die or did i do alright?

Anyone has a link to that pdf with gong fu steep times?
I can't find it anywhere.

I once drank an entire gallon of ridiculously strong earl grey in the space of 3 hours. The high was amazing, but about 4 hours the laxative effect kicked and oh Jesus was it horrible. You ever dry heaved but with the other end?

I'm sick of slumming it with a microwave but can't buy a temperature kettle yet. I have access to a keurig but I think it gives only one temp, very hot.
What do for varieties of tea

>>13316116
Tried a London Fog today, it was way too sweet for my liking. It wasn't my cup of tea.

>>13316116
I was thinking of buying this since I have a £30 Amazon voucher. Is it any worth getting it?

It listed down as having a variable temperature setting.

>>13317403
>something relatively healthy
It's tea, mate.
>and somewhat easy to make
It's tea, mate.
>Would it be a good idea to start there?
Nope. Start everywhere -- everywhere except matcha, that is. Tea is very literally just a "pour water and wait a bit" kinda deal. Children can and do do it.
Go to yunnansourcing and buy 25-50g of each type (black, green, oolong, white) of tea they have. Buy a gaiwan for a fiver online and look up how to use one (it'll take fifteen minutes to figure out). Try each of them and figure out what you like and what you don't, then branch out of the types you do like.

Just don't make matcha right now, and don't imagine that tea is somehow medicinal. And drop the namefaggotry.

>>13325990
The tea infuser would be redundant if you have a gaiwan or teapot already. I'm pretty sure you can find a variable temperature kettle in Argos for like £20

>>13320781
>It's just mild headache and fatigue
Yeah. And you can make it go away in about fifteen minutes if you want to, at the cost of not kicking. Caffeine has a proper withdrawal because it's subject to "hair of the dog".

>>13325949
Look up the temps they brew at

Also I'm cold brewing some tea right now, 1 jasmine, 2 flavored blacks, and 1 cheap ass lapsang souchong

>>13325735
Don't do this it makes mustard gas

>>13320709
Fuck off tranny. No one's falling for it.

>>13325878
last thread has that slideshow with mieleaf's general guide if you want to check the archive

>>13325900
>but about 4 hours the laxative effect kicked
never had that even when drinking 3 liters on an empty stomach

>>13325990
looks similar to mine, remove the tea infuser

>>13325990
You'd probably be better off with a nice electric kettle. But I'm lazy and messy and use disposable bags for my loose leaf. Otherwise my kitchen is covered in tea.

>>13316430
In Poland tea is very popular, but sadly it's rarely past the teabags here. Anywhere you go as a guest, ,,coffee or tea" is a standard question once you sit down, and I'd argue tea is more popular, if only because some peope don't have a coffee express to offer coffee while teas requires only a mug and hot water.

A kettle is a standard piece of equipment here, I haven't seen samovars at all, but I'm a city guy and don't have family in the east, where it may still be popular.

Tea is also getting an increase in interest, not unlike coffee had in the past years, with tea houses sprouting up in cities and blogs like czajnikowy.pl getting popular.

>>13325878
it's called mei leaf handy brewing chart

>>13316116
lose the nametag please

>>13326430
I get surprisingly nauseated if I’m having an excessive amount of green tea but not other types. Cursory searches reveal that it is due to the high levels of tannins unique to green tea. I guess I should just eat something before going on my huangshan maofeng Bender.

>>13327375
i think you mean catechins, which are found in green tea. black teas have the highest amount of tannins. i've also had stomach pain/unease from drinking a lot of green tea, never diarrhea though and not from black/pueh/oolong

Can I get a recommendation for a mild oolong or green tea? I mostly drink flavored green teas, but it's more because I know they won't bother my stomach. Strong black teas, even scalded green tea, can make me nauseous. So, I'm a little hesitant to just try things. Thanks!

>>13328912
Tie Gyan Tin and Huang Shan mao Feng are both pretty mild oolong and green teas respectively.

As for the stomach, I recommend less leaf, more filtering to make sure leaf bits don’t get in, and eating something beforehand.

>>13328912
Heavily roasted oolongs are easy on the stomach. Usually it's labeled as traditional roast.

>>13328936
>>13328997
Thank you! And another question, if you're always steeping at lower temperatures, do you need to do much to maintain the heat of the water? If I drank black tea, I'd try boiling it for sure. But right now I'm thinking I'll upgrade to a better tea pot and pre-heat it.

>>13326375
Don't reply to trolls fag

>>13328912
Second for tie guan yin. Steeps a dozen times, too.

>>13328912
if you wanna go japanese, hojicha or genmaicha(green tea with toasted rice) should be good. sencha or gyokura is usually a bit extreme for most people though.

>>13329056
its generally suggested to heat the pot/cups with hot water before steeping your first but i dont and i can't tell the difference, also if you're steeping a large number of times pre-warming is only possible the first time anyway.

Oh God the wait...
How to you tolerate the wait?!

>>13326013
>It's tea, mate.
What about mate, mate?

>>13330458
Get a gongfu teapot and figure out the ratios for that. Also get a temperature variable electric kettle. After you have hot water a cup of tea shouldn’t take longer than 15 seconds.

>>13331153
water boiled, cups and teapot warmed, all thats left is shipping from china...

to clean or not to clean. how long do you wait between cleaning your cup? notice any difference in taste? i know coffee drinkers swear by not cleaning their mug to build up flavour

>>13316116
picked up some yorkshire tea at publix the other day
I've brewed a few mugs with varied steeping times, but I can't seem to taste much beyond the bitterness
will milk/sugar prevent me from tasting the tea?

>>13331257
milk is usually added to round off the harsh bitter tannin taste. try lower temperature? i do my blacks at 90c. or maybe its standard British tea and low quality

>>13316116
what do you guys know about gyokuro green tea, so expensive is it worth it?

>>13331302
I guess it's worth it if you like what it tastes like. I would absolutely not get it from harney & sons. Get it from one of the jap tea sellers like o-cha or yuuki-cha.

>>13331257
yorkshire tea without milk is only for the desperately busy man

sugar is optional, though it will bring you closer to how most bongs have it

>>13331596
I ended up going with Maeda-en, the best price I could find at 30 bucks for a 3 ounces, still too expensive though but I want to try it and see if its as good as they say it is

>>13316116
is green tea actually good for you? i've been having like two cups a day and i want to know if it's a meme or not

>>13331630
my hair was falling out and thinning, then I started drinking green tea regualry and hair stopped falling out and even grew back enough to not notice the thinning

>>13331630
>meme

>>13331630
my arthritis is gone, skin cleared up, lost 35lb in a month and my boner doubled in size. all from 1 cup!

health benefits from food are always 90% meme. better than soda though which is why i switched

>>13331243
Always clean. Coffee drinkers are sodomites and don't know shit.

>>13331630
>>>13316116 (OP)
>is green tea actually good for you? i've been having like two cups a day and i want to know if it's a meme or not
The 'green' study was simply the first true clinical study of health benefits of tea, but it was a study limited to green. What green has going for it, so do the other teas, it would have just been wrong to report something other than green tea does x when in the media talking about the results of the _first_ major study. Experts believe white tea is at the same level of healthiness, no more or no less, and quite possibly black has even more antioxidants than green. So, enjoy whatever tea you actually like, kiddo. Or pay attention to caffeine intake and keep it down to 5 or less per day instead. Variety in foods that you eat isn't a bad idea, in general.

>>13331257
Anon, you're talking about yorkshire tea. It's not some gourmet shit.

>>13331718
I figured it was like beer where you only start to taste it after your palate adjusts

>>13331977
Firstly beer doesn't work like that, you can taste different types immediately
Secondly you're talking about the heineken of tea here

>>13331977
Yorkshire is a processed product using the CTC(crush-year-curl) method which produces a tea with homogenous “bold” flavor at the expense of bitterness and the corresponding requirement by many to add milk and sugar to make it tolerable to drink.

If you are interested in teas that have a unique distinguishable taste as well as much less bitterness then I would recommend you look into purchasing tea that isn’t a “blend” of Indian teas, CTC produced, or Fannings/dust teabags, but rather a whole leaf tea.

>>13331630
yes. don't think, just drink. If anything at least you are hydrating without sugar and enjoying the ritual of brewing, which is enough of a benefit in of itself besides the antioxidants, catechins, etc.

>>13331708
>quite possibly black has even more antioxidants than green.
Those gotta be really shitty antioxidants, considering the black tea is already oxidized.

>>13333427
kek

Man I burn through tea.

>>13334870
Anon what the heck you're not supposed smoke it

OK anon, when I'm at a Japanese restaurant I like good roasted rice teas (genmaicha? I don't even know), are they easy to do at home? Tea bags? Tea leaves? Do I need to roast the rice separately or something?

Idfk anything about tea but I figure since I know that I do like that, I figure maybe someone can tell me if that's an easily findable tea / not complex process

>>13335923

Yeah there are plenty of retailers of genmaicha. Mine has matcha added to give it that extra zing. Try a few different ones out and see what you like.

>>13336394
Thanks!

Thoughts on Bee-balm tea?

>>13336542
It's an infusion, not a tea.

>>13334870
i got a 5g a day habit, but on a binge day it can be as high as 15g

>>13336720
That sounds about right. It depends on the tea and whether I'm at work.

>>13316178
Honestly, Bigelow is my go to bag tea out of them all.

About to order some more tea. Trying to talk myself into trying some Japanese stuff. Anyone have any experience with Japanese black tea?

>>13316178
Why

>>13338793

It's neat though I haven't had some in a few years. They have oolongs and dark teas too neither of which I have tried.

>>13338793
japanese black tea is in a rarity/price point that i thinks it doesn't make any sense unless you are in japan. hojicha is pretty good though.

>>13340210
Weak.

>>13338793
>Japanese black
do these even exist? never seen one before

>order from yunnan sourcing for the second time
>takes forever for the tracking service to update
>check today and see its moved on and is now close by

Its all coming together lads

>>13336720
I always brew a full kettle nearly every day. We're talking 15 grams rocks, that's how I roll.

You guys ever make lotus leaf tea? I find it quite nice. Is there a regular lotus tea? Like a lotus flower (unless thats the same as lotus leaf,I feel like flower petals and leaves are different though) tea or lotus pod?

>>13341224
looks like hipster shit.

>>13341233
What? How, in what world?

>>13340589
You better believe, brother.

>>13341628
>old men arguing in the gym locker room

What do you all think about White2Tea?

His marketing/packaging is pretty neat. I've only tried a little of his stuff (Waffles) and it's pretty alright.

>>13331630
>two cups a day

I hope you enjoy that stomach ache.

>>13340834
>Check today
>its closer
oooh baby

>>13341818
I've heard good things about it and the website/products look slick and chic. I don't know how prices compare with YS and there are no reviews on the products I checked out.

>>13340573
beat u in an arm wrestle no problem.

>>13341818
I have not drank white2tea products. I can't decide if I like their aesthetic or hate it. Anyway they are on the more pricey side and they don't ever list the origin of their teas. The guys from tea db seem to like their product. I also appreciate the way they list some of their products, their most expensive cake from this year says you should not buy it because it is too expensive and recommends one of their other cakes instead. I would say their mark-up is pretty similar to Yunnan sourcing and nowhere near some of the more egregious mark-ups you see from some of the more boutique western vendors. Their subscription service is probably one of the better ones to sign up for if you are in to that kind of thing.

>>13341818
I know Oolong owl rates there tea a lot.

>>13335923
you can get tea bags, sure, and they're mostly fine. Genmaicha is pretty easy to find.

I bought a big pack of loose leaf (like 300g) from the Asian supermarket and it's delicious, it was like $5.99. If you have a David's Tea near you, I don't recommend their genmaicha, it tastes weirdly overly sweet. My local tea shop has pretty good genmaicha too

>>13344038
I've never found a good tea in an East Asian supermarket, including in actual East Asia.

anyone enjoy buckwheat tea?

>order from tea shop
>they include samples they think I'll like
Such a comfy feeling.

>>13345918
>and a little origami crane

>>13345918
frisson right there

>>13345918
What shop

>>13346005
i've had samples from yunnan sourcing. last one i cant remember what it was called but the wet leaf smelled like spiced raisins

>>13346021
Sounds delightful

>>13346005
Upton Tea, they sent me some nice black teas. I'm gonna post them when I try them.

Yunnan is so expensive, shit. How much do you fags fucking spend on tea?

>>13346259
Like, £20 a month. It doesn't have to be expensive if you don't want it to be.

>>13346259
spend ~£70 last September, still have maybe 150g across 4 types. my price range is around £10/100g. waiting on an ebay order of 3 cakes for £40

>>13346259

Like $100 a year or something more if I’m feeling generous to myself. Miles cheaper than a Starbucks a day and a fair bit cheaper than buying coffee beans for comparison.

I don’t pretend it’s cheap by any means but compared to other beverage habits people have(soda, energy drinks, coffee) it’s definitely less expensive.

>>13346688
I compare tea to stuff like wine and whiskey and it's literally nothing.

>>13316116
>The ride never ends

>>13346814
Based mate poster

>>13331257
loose yorkshire tea i ordered just before this post came today. brewed 4g/~400ml 90c for 3mins. nice dark red colour, not that bitter and a little malty, 2nd and 3rd steeps @4&5mins were a lot weaker. basically 1 steep and you're done also drank it neat. no idea why everyone is raving about it, i'll stick to my whole leaf Darjeeling

Oh boy they came in, look at these beauties. Also got some white tea as a sample

>>13347554
nice! dont forget to post some reviews for us

>>13346312
What kind of ebay stuff? And I guess I haven't fully looked through their catalog but I was mostly seeing things that were about 4x your price range

>>13347599
I’ll be sure to, just need to figure out which to try first

>>13347604
this stuff here >>13318779
Jinbang GAN Pu'er Cake was £19 the other two £10 each

Enjoying some old teiguanyin. Definitely prefer the slightly roasted ones to non roasted.
>>13347550
If your going for malt or bread flavors try chinese blacks. They dont get astringent like indian blacks.
>>13347554
Looks good man.

>>13347629
it looks good in the description, is that a good vendor? some of the stuff looks overly inexpensive for what you get. i guess i'm just skeptical cuz i've gotten some decent ebay tea and some utter garbage ebay tea before

>>13344577
I love that shit. It’s my go to late evening/night drink. I recon it should pair well with food as well, haven’t tried tho.

>>13347718
no idea, someone here recommended the 1st cake and i figured what the hell, still haven't arrived. they are very cheap though so who knows

>>13336394
>extra zing

>>13347554
>Purple green tea
I'm interested in hearing how that tastes.

>hated tea my whole life
>last year my cousin had a girlfriend
>go to her place
>her parents are hippies so they have a cabinet full of like 50 types of teas
>have her make me some
>actually enjoy it
>haven't enjoyed any tea since
fuck you Thomas why did you break up with her she had the best tea

>>13348159
Well, I’ll post how it tastes to me when I brew my first session with it

>>13347550
Being underwhelmed is part of the experience! lmao like a shower beer or a White Castle.
>>13347554
Tea delivery day is always a good day. Be sure to report back. I have a very similar order en route. The wait is killing me.bwhat country you from and how long was the shipment?
>>13348594
Yeah Thomas is a fuck but tea it one of those things where it's easy to assume what you see ubiquitously in stores and cafes is as good as it gets, but it's so far from the truth. With just a bit of effort and a bit of cash, fantastic tea can be unlocked. This is unlike whiskey, which is expensive to get into and coffee, which is a lot of effort to get into.

I'm basically out of tea and I'm going mad for my other shipments to arrive. I have like $300 in bound from Yunnnan and Adagio.

>>13349081
I’ll be sure to when I get to brewing it.
And USA, and with the cheapest shipping option it took around, 9 or 8 days I think, maybe one more day

>>13349081
Honest question, what would you order from Adagio that you couldn't get from Yunnan or elsewhere? I've heard that it is similar in quality to Teavana when it was around.

>>13349325
To start, a charming Advent calendar for Mama Bear. Second, I know the shipment will arrive before my Yunnan Shipping will. Third, like the Earl Grey Bravo, the foxtrot, rooibos. As for things I could also get from YS, the tie guan yin, gunpowder, and a couple puerhs.

>when the tea says to use water that is 95C but water boils where you live at 91

I've tried about 20 different loose leaf teas and honestly none come close to a bag of Twinings Earl Grey for me. I drink 3-4 liters of this stuff every day and have for years, it's the only non-water beverage I need.

I read online that tea can be green tea can be dehydrating. Why is this? is it because of the caffeine? If i drink tea that is caffeine free will i still end up getting dehydrated?

>>13349695
Green tea is bad for you. You should only drink high quality green tea that has been aged for at least a year. The people that drink gyokuro that is a week old and kept refrigerated have a death wish.

>>13349732
so is it the caffeine thats the dehydrating part?

>>13349415
Time for you to invest in a pressure cooker for those sweet higher degrees

>>13349695
Tea is a diuretic so it makes you pee more, but nonetheless the amount of water consumed offsets it. In the modern world dehydration should be a complete non-issue anyways, just have a cup of water or 2 after you finish brewing. It’s so easy to prevent

>>13349695
Water can be dehydrating. If you drink it too fast you'll want to piss it out.

Stio kustebubg ti retards,

Hey fellow cooks I'm making some iced green tea for Aussie summer anything I should know? I just put some simple syrup green tea and lemon juice in a bottle and put in the fridge. Did I fuck up?

>>13349820
>just have a cup of water or 2 you finish brewing
You consume more water when drinking tea or coffee than the diuretic effect makes you lose. You certainly don’t need any water after drinking either of those.
>>13349764
Recognize trollposts when you see it.

>>13350153
shld be ok but don't you have Daiso or asian marts there? They sell bottled tea unoe.

>>13350497
But seriously what causes dehydration in tea? Caffeine?

>>13350992
Nothing. It doesn’t.

Fellow pu er drinkers, what do you expect from good pu ers? What are the red flags?

>>13351223
>what do you expect from good pu ers?
Interesting flavors, harmony, really the flavors can be so different there is not really a standard to hold it to beyond tastes that you like.
>What are the red flags?
Off smells, mold, water damage, muh thousand year old trees, anything that's being sold without giving you the factory name
I bought a ripe cake at an asian market once and it tastes like an asian market smells.
I have a raw puer that was heavily fermented and it has a distinct fermented taste, not necessarily bad but not for me.

>>13347550
Am I misunderstanding something or did you literally try and gongfu Yorkshire Tea (tm)? That's like trying to make fondu out of mcdonalds cheeseburger cheese.

>>13351637
no thats western brewing, i always resteep my tea and blacks do better with 90c than boiling water. although you've made me curious and now i am going to gongfu some!

>>13351648
I can't shake the feeling I'm witnessing something deeply wrong.
It's only memeing working class Bong lads who rave about Yorkshire btw

>>13351648
>>13351651
10g/200ml loose Yorkshire tea, gonna try 90c 10sec with a wash first

>>13351724
nice red colour, leaf is so small its a pain to filter. wash is very cloudy, 1st steep is very bitter and thin in the mouth, aftertaste of raw vegetable/plant matter. hard to drink, not very nice.

>>13351724
>>13351733
Dear God why
I hope you're happy

>>13351733
2nd, 15sec. couldn't finish the 1st steep lets try the 2nd! its even worse... oh god the aftertaste is awful

>>13351754
3rd, 20sec. all flavour has gone and it just tastes bitter and astringent. my mouth is very dry.

>>13351777
4th, bitterness is almost gone, no flavour, still very drying. i think that will do.

whats a good electric kettle for like 25 bucks?

>>13351842

Now break open a lipton tea bag and do it again...

>>13351873
lol i have some whole leaf darjeeling that i've always thought about gongfu-ing. i'll try that next, yorkshire tea is a big meh no matter how you brew it

>>13351842
bravest thing i have ever seen in one of these threads

Imperial Yunnan Dong ting bi Luo Chun white leaf

Dry leaf looks beautiful, deep green fading into a green hued silver, neatly curled around eachother in clumps. feels softer than the other teas I've drank, sorta silky

Dry leaves smell faintly of tea, if I take a deeper breath I can barely smell some kind of fruit or vegetable scent? Can't place it

1st brew, 4g (close to 5) for 20seconds, 100mls of water at 85c.

Wet leaves smells of dry wet grass, roasted vegtable (wanna say root in particular), vaguely honey at the tail end when you take a deep inhale of it. Smells acidic on the surface
The silver has been consumed by the green hues

Liqour is faintly colored, carries a different scent than the leaves, kind of neutral with some spice smells to it

Wow, taste is unlike anything I've had in tea before, really light but also very noticeable. Kind of hard to place the flavor, not sure I've tasted enough things to properly name what taste this is like.
The mouth feel is very silken, and it sticks to your tongue and coats the back of you throat.

Despite not being able to pin point the exact taste (its really nice and comforting, but I just can't put my finger on what it is, just that the taste reminds me more of smells than actual tastes if that makes sense, fainter than my other tea, but incredibly enjoyable still)

Will post on the other brews if it changes enough or I figure out what its soft flavor IS exactly.
Still, this sampler has made me want to get some white tea my next order

>>13352307
okay after sloshing a few mouthfuls around, my head is telling me its creamy/ buttery with a bit of the grassy tea notes which probably threw my weak ass palate off
. And what I meant when I said reminded me more of smells is the taste felt like smelling a dry field after a light rain shower, not sure if that makes any sense at all.

>>13351871
I use the 1.7l version, all stainless in contact with water, first one lasted two years of heavy use and abuse.
https://www.amazon.com/Secura-Stainless-Electric-Shut-Off-Protection/dp/B07LBKMCDJ/

>>13352318
2nd brew
30s

Instantly has more power, still silky, the vegetable flavors more prominent, but it flows into a soft finish. Wanna say it tastes like green beans or similar mild tasting sprout cooked in butter. deeper sips are slightly astringent, which is throwing off my inspection, while smaller ones are more creamy/ buttery taste and texture forward, and I am finding it hard to figure out the middle ground.

Still has everything good from the first brew, still subtle, especially compared to my usual drinks

>>13350932
The only shops here are big Australian brands so the only iced tea is shit like lipton.

>>13352367
>>13352318
>>13352307
Also the resulting brew for both of these has been pretty frothy/bubbly and it remains as such in the 3rd brewing (40s)

Wet leaves have lost their acidic scen, smell more like grilled/ roasted wheat now.
Taste has changed, more forwardly astringent// grassy, sticks and feels like it dries the tongue. The after taste mellows and clings there. Still as silk smooth as it has been, getting those buttery and sprout flavors under it, mostly the buttery tastes. And the astringency/ grass taste has faded as I've worked my way into the cup.

Still really liking this

>>13352414
4th brew
50s

Astringent/ grass tastes gone, very creamy/ buttery now, still smooth as the last 3 brewings, the bean/ sprout flavor is subdued now. Think I'm getting some of the roasted grain I smelled on the leaves but that could just be me imagining things.

Different from the other brewings, the tastes are more melded

>>13352470
Still getting any spice at this point? I want to try some white tea but vegetal flavors turns me off a bit.

>>13352604
they're faint, and under that creamy or buttery taste I've been getting. its a kind of light tea, certainly less "Pow" than black or even the few green teas I've had.

in fact I'd only say the 3rd brew was vegetal (to my tongue at least). the rest of it have been more like a soft green (from my short experience with good tea at least).

Really its more the texture/ feel of the liquor than the taste which makes this tea enjoyable, though it also tastes nice, but it is an incredibly smooth and clingy brew.

And again, you might taste it entirely different than I find it, my mother thinks every tea I let her sample tastes of earl grey, and i have no idea how or why. And this is my first white tea outside of tea bags, so I can't really be certain in my inspection/ study of it

>>13351724
>>13351733
>>13351754
>>13351842
Jesus christ.

>>13352630
lasted about 8 or 9 brews. Fine ass tea

>>13351754
Oh dear, did I need a good laff. I now might be able to read the rest of this act of science.

>>13348594
>her parents were hippies
Anon, I think that might have been her "special" tea.

>>13353033
Kek

>>13353033
not funny

Brewing thai ice tea, and it’s snowing here. I like cold.

>>13351842
Bong tea is supposed to be really strong and bitter so that its flavour persists after addition of milk and sugar. I really wouldn't recommend drinking it neat lol

>>13353497
>add milk so cheap bad tea doesn't taste terrible
>blend stronger bitter tea so it can withstand milk and sugar
>repeat for 300 years
no wonder my country's tea is so abysmal

>>13351873
No point, Lipton can't possibly give you the authentic sophisticated Bong experience.

>>13353523
It's not "cheap bad tea", more "tea which will keep over huge ocean journeys". Cheap bad tea only became a thing when Britain had gone full Raj and the working classes could afford tea.

Opinions on milk oolong?

>>13356081
Can be pretty tasty, though I tend to prefer GABA oolong when I want something in that vein. Milk oolong is remarkably filling, as teas go.

>>13356081
You have to be careful. Lots of milk oolong is flavored to varying results. I had some very milky tasting oolong before that I think was not flavored and loved it, my favorite oolong to date.

Yunnan "Purple beauty" green tea from Lancang

Dry leaves. Very, very dark for a green. But shaped like green tea leaves still, with several "unfurled" leaves among the bunched up/ twisted dry leaves you usually get. visible molted colors, like green struggling to get out from under the dark shade.
THE dry leaves are Very fragrant, doesn't smell quite like any green tea I've had before.

And the store page on yunnan does say this is a purple tea, so this is my first of that kind, and the first "purple" green I've tried. Certainly doesn't look like an ordinary green, nor smell like them.

1st brew
80c
4g
15 seconds

Will post my observations once my water is done heating

>>13357068
wanna say the wet leaves smell more "Woody" or "meaty" to my nose than other greens I've had, getting floral notes as well as the usual acidity I get with greens and whites, but much more mellow than with them. Kinda smells like stewed/roasted tomatoes? and wet burnt wood?
least that's what I'm smelling.

Liquor seems darker than I was expecting, hard to pick out colors in my little clay cup, may be ever slightly purplish?

Smooth, sweet. Great green tea. Mild vegtable flavors, taste more like sweat beans or peas. Oh man this is fucking amazing, like its texture isn't Smooth smooth, it has something different about it, I don't want to say thicker or more syrupy, its...different, has a more cloying feel to it.

Very luxurious. Might be the best tea I've had so far godfucking damn.

Honestly muttering "fuck" after every sip its so tasty and good, and not at all like other greens I've had before. its Mysterious and I should've order more than 100g cause I'm going to burn through this.

getting some roasty notes, no astringent or pine flavors.

the leaves look weird, still dark, and I can make out the green patches on the leaves, one or two has become a VERY deep shade of green

This tea is legit amazing

>>13357147
2nd brew
18s

Leaves are now clearly a dark as fuck green, sort of like leaf or grass in the shade or sea weed. Much more roasted/ woody smells on the wet leaf, gonna post a pic of after this post. they're beautiful

still tasty and sweet, mouth feel has changed a bit, still mostly the same. most of the flavor is coming in late on each sip, but sticks around.

Refreshing and soothing, has a sparky feel on the tongue when I swallow. there's a slight char roasted taste under the rest of the flavors now, not smoked, not unpleasant or very noticeable

No bitterness or strong veg flavors, or any offensive or overtly present tastes at all. Still very mellow. I could drink this all day and night, would go great with something to eat.

tongue has a sort of soft cotton feel to it with this brew finished, after taste is very nice.

>>13357190
Look at these leaves

>>13357195
3rd brew
21 seconds

wet leaves smell nutty now, more than roasted, like cooked cashews, walnuts or pines, one of those real hardy nuts. maybe even Cacao

mouth became slightly "Chalky" after being "cottony" between the last brew and this one.

The leaf smell may be tricking me, but I think I'm getting some nuttiness in this brew. liquor seems ever so slightly lighter to the tongue, but the spark feeling comes quicker. And yep can definitely taste some kind of nut in it now, really noticeable after a few sips and pondering on it

Still very mellow, already a lil tea drunk

Love this weird green

>>13357224
4th brew
24 seconds

leaves smell even nuttier now, almost like roasted rice even. No acidity/ tomato smells, or vegetable ones.

the nutty taste clings to the tongue now, still have the tingle/ spark feeling from the last 2 brews. Not at all vegetal. wanna say a little ricey. Amazingly still sweet on its own. A little almondy under the other nuttiness and roasted and rice flavors.

Still has that amazing texture to the liquor, still loving it

>>13357249
5th brew

wet leaves Smell just like roasted/ toasted rice now

>>13357267
6th brew, a little woody now, with the other flavors I've previously mentioned.

>>13357333
You get any citrus, citronella type flavors, the purple puer I tried from ys had a hint of citronella. Did the leaves stay purple? I tried one of the ones where the leafs go green after a few brews. Maybe a different varietal of purple tea.

>>13353523
I actually like the "builder's tea" where you just brew super bitter strong tea and drown it in milk and sugar. Blends heavy in assam are great for this, like Lyon's Irish Breakfast Tea. This is a great way to start a day of outdoor work in winter weather.

>>13357350
>citronella
Not tasting any of what I know to be lemongrass (judging from the one time I had it in thai food). Maybe a bit of citrus, but if there is, its muddled under everything else
and the leaves are still very dark, getting a little greener, but they're still that beautiful dark shade they were in the picture I took

>>13357364
Nice, looks like you have had pretty good luck with your first couple orders so far. That weird, spark feeling as you described it its sure interesting.
I do feel weird about /tea/ constantly shilling ys sometimes and I'm sure they sell a few shitty teas if you look hard enough but I have to give scott some credit for generally stocking good product. I have liked almost everything I have picked up from them.

Has anyone tried bancha? Does it have a charcoal roast flavor like some Chinese oolong? Any wood smoke flavor? I want to try some, I'm hoping it will be burly, woody and not have much vegetal green tea flavor.
Also is it traditionally brewed by simmering? Seems like you would have to hit it pretty hard to get most of the flavor out.

>>13357403
Yeah never had anything like it, its like a tingle on your tongue or feeling akin to sparklers or a static electricity (Without any pain/ discomfort) Really weird, not unpleasant at all but...odd. You feel it for a second, then its gone until the next sip.

kinda feels like its coating my teeth now.
Heartily recommended this tea, all in all, has to be one of my favorites so far

This shit is comfy

Has anyone tried Hojicha? Does it have a charcoal roast flavor like some Chinese oolong? Any wood smoke flavor? I want to try some, I'm hoping it will be burly, woody and not have much vegetal green tea flavor.
Also is it traditionally brewed by simmering? Seems like you would have to hit it pretty hard to get most of the flavor out.

>>13357462
Also is it actually low in caffeine? Or does it just have less than some other teas? I would really like to find an evening brew that won't keep me up without going with herbal tea.

https://youtu.be/n9IrcmiEXCs

Bump

I would like to start this post by stating that I am English.
Does anybody else get the impression that a LOT of people who drink tea online are just Americans who think they're super sophisticated and "British" for switching from shitty coffee to a shitty builder's brew? The kind of cat mums ("moms") and hipsters who think they're connoisseurs for buying a blend of butterfly farts and shitty Bong tea? They don't seem to understand that there is absolutely nothing charming or cutesy about drinking English breakfast. English breakfast, assam, ceylon, earl grey, these are all the "filter coffee" of the United Kingdom.
"Ah yes, I purchased a London Fog (tm), I just adore the fragrance, and what about you? I heard you bought a Black Current (tm)? Do tell"
And what really gets my goat is they don't even know how to act British. They buy Lipton. They put cream in their damn tea. They're usually dimly aware that PG Tips isn't exactly for the top hat wearing classes so they get some shitty tea blended with pomegranates and butterfly farts made in America instead.

>>13359306
no, they mostly don't care about british teas and drink chinese/japanese tea
obsessed

>>13359333
I very rarely see anyone talking about Chinese or Japanese teas outside of matcha -- and even then, they mean matcha lattes.

>>13359306

The UK and, more specifically, associations around it concerning aristocratic manners, daintiness, and sophistication all coalesce in how tea, specifically UK branded teas, are marketed in the US. The idea of having a massive fucking tea pot, adding some sort of black tea, and then dousing it in milk and sugar are the standard here. Everything else, even bagged green tea consumption, is a fringe exception.

Thoughts on cinnamon tea?

>>13359335
You are talking to n00bs, lurk more

>>13359451
Doesn't actually work that well with only real cinnamon sticks in my experience, you also need ground cinnamon for the full effect and I don't recommend it besides chai masala.
If you are talking about bagged "cinnamon tea" then N/A

if you can only choose between chinese and japanese greens, which will it be?

>>13359730
I would be okay with either, but i don't drink a lot of green tea. I guess Japanese, i would load up on hojicha and genmaicha.

>>13359502
whats that furry ass looking motherfucker?

>>13359502
Yes, that was the point of my post, you dunce.
>>13359351
I know. I think it makes me unseasonably butthurt because they're taking an element of my culture which I know to be grim and generally underwhelming and misinterpreting it as an aristocratic, dainty, sophisticated passtime. And they don't even have the decency to do it with UK brands! Gah, every time I see one of those overwrought Victoriana blended tea tins my anus twitches a little more.

making a mint tea

finished and enjoy a mint tea

>>13357462
The tea is woody and has almost no vegetal flawor. How much caffein it has depends on which tea was used to make it. When bancha or kukicha is used, the tea tends to have little caffein, I usually drink it in the evening or when I already had too much caffein. You also don't need to simmer it. I prepare it like bancha

>>13359306
Biggest indicator towards this is scones in US, while a scone is essentially a southern biscuit, and Americans make great biscuits, they refuse to serve biscuits with cream tea at fancy British teashops because PEASANTS EAT THAT. Instead they serve dry cardboard dipped in sugar and call that scones.

What do you listen to when you gong fu lads?

>>13360727
Only the best.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TlMsXybBCA

sup niggers

>>13360727
The music of the video game I'm playing, of course.
If I was really trying to make a deal out of it, I'd listen to some guqin. I really like guqin, and it's hard to think of anything that fits better.

>>13361017
what tea is that.also nice cups

>>13361071
The white, Bai Mudan. Cup is from yunnansourcing, they come in pairs

Does anyone ever wonder if Brits excessive tea consumption has something to do with their messy teeth?

>>13360916
unexpectedly good taste.

>>13360727
i gong-fu while i animu

>>13361168
only the staining

>>13361168
You might be on to something, i guess you would have to see if there are any studies on flouride levels in the general population. Cheap tea = high flouride = fluorosis = rotten teeth. I think it's really just that the NHS does not provide dental care plus a lack of cultural emphasis on having nice teeth.

What's a good Darjeeling I can get online? I'm looking for something above grocery store tier but nothing super serious because the nuances might be lost on me, I'm not a tea expert

>>13362962
Whatever is cheap from uptown tea imports.
This is the really cheap option
https://www.uptontea.com/darjeeling-tea/loose-leaf-darjeeling-black-tea/p/V00120/#V00120
This is the one step up from cheapest option
https://www.uptontea.com/seasons-picks-teas/darjeeling-loose-leaf-black-tea/p/V00726/#V00726

>>13363047
Thanks bro

>>13361168
It's just differing cultural norms. Brits don't have messy teeth, Americans just have impecable (looking) teeth. Americans really care about getting that perfect smile, while Brits only really care if it's obviously imperfect. Americans get wisdom teeth removed as a matter of course, for example, while Brits only get them removed if they're a problem.
>>13362918
Brits actually have very healthy teeth, its just the lack of cultural emphasis like you say.

Honestly is there anything gayer than drinking tea, especially in a super gay traditional ritualistic way?

I read this thread name and I immidiately thought that this is where the trannies and tranny orbiters of /ck/ hang

Tea is for when you’re sick, and you add ginger garlic and lemon juice to it

Unless you’re sick, If you’re not a right-wing Englishman or like 80 year old East Asian you have no business drinking tea

>>13363658
I'll tell all those ex-coal miners up norf they're gay trannies then, I guess.

>>13363664
I’ve seen Zoolander and they’re pretty fucking gay yeah

>>13363689
Zoolander has gay norfern ex-coal miners? Maybe I should give it a watch some time

>>13363689
Then why do your dads don't drink tea?

>>13341818
I frequently buy from there and I haven't found one I dislike

Bumps

>>13362962
vahdam is good for Indian and its where i get my Darjeeling. skip their green tea though, unless its the spiced kind

>>13363644
>Americans just have impeccable (looking) teeth.
thats americans on tv. bititsh tv casts people with imperfect teeth and non-models

>>13363658
>a right-wing Englishman
can confirm

>>13365390
bog off tories

>>13365438
get cucked commie

Anyone have any suggestions one what to do with a large quantity of lower quality oolong I have lying around? Any recipes that I can incorporate it into? Anything I can do to the tea to make it more palatable?

>>13366060
kombucha? maybe food recipes, oolong flavoured rice/eggs, barabrith is a welsh fruit cake that soaks the fruit in tea overnight before baking

>>13366060
I was gifted some cheap, nasty oolong that I managed to make decent iced tea with. Brewed it really weak, like 5g/1L along with an also cheap peach herbal blend. At least a 10 minute steep starting with boiling water. Diluted with another 1L of cold water. You could also try roasting it.

>>13366060
The way I handle bad tea is, whenever I measure out good tea I weigh out a pile of similar weight of the bad tea. Then I steep the good tea, and throw the bad tea away.

>>13366060
>>13366119
The real ice-tea-piled method is putting the tea into the cold water and letting it brew like that. Usually takes 4-8 hours so best left overnight, but that way it's tastier and healthier(provided it was healthy in the first place).

>>13366255
I’ll try that and post the results.

>>13366298
Before pic. I’ll check back in 24 hours.

>>13366325
I use my old flavored blacks for ice team since I got to gongfuing.

12 hours is when I usually pop them out, leave the leaf in cause I'm lazy. Can cold brew a second time with the same leaves

>open up my black gold tea
>smells fucking amazing

oh I am going to enjoy this

>>13367040
oh the wet leaf smells ever better
THANKS for recommending this

>>13367040
>black gold
Pretty sure there are tons of different teas with that name. What's this one, a dianhong? That's an underrated tea category for sure.

>>13367251
its the Black gold Bi luo Chun ffrom yunnan sourcing. Tastes kinda like unsweetened cacao and a bit malty to my tastes. very nice

>>13367274
im the one who keeps shilling it, glad you like it!

>>13367344
yeah thanks for the rec, knew it was gonna be good when I got a whiff of the dry leaf

>>13367349
yeah its amazing stuff for the price

My cat got back from the vet and is very cuddly for some reason. She doesn't really like sitting on my lap, but I guess she's starved for attention.

It's as close to happy as I'm going to realistically get this month

>>13367585
pet the kitty for me

>>13367585
Cute. Makes me miss mine.

>>13332036
beer absolutely does work like that, faggot

Hump

Took it out after 19 hours. It is beyond amazing, the cold brew has definitely mellowed out the flavor. Also, compared to other iced teas on the market, this is miles above anything I’ve ever had in that department.

If you have the tea leaves to spare and a container big enough. Do it.

>>13370131
nice i usually coldbrew my already brewed leaves, how much leaf/water did you use?. btw if you open you pics in paint and save i'll fix the orientation

trying some hairy crab oolong before I get into my iron goddess oolong to compare the two

>>13370174
I don’t even remember the amount of tea I put in it but the container holds a gallon of water. The thing with this cold brewing is that I think time rather than an exact measurement of leaf is the critical factor.

I’m gonna try this again with some shitty loose leaf shou puer I have laying around.

>>13371221
Probably could’ve brewed it more eh

>>13360727
https://wilderun.bandcamp.com/

>>13366060
What kind of oolong. If it's a dark one, you can probably make decent masala chai with it.
Cold brew for 8-16 hours in the fridge is another option that might work.
You can also try this if you have a wok
https://www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2010/07/tea-smoked-chicken-wings.html

>>13367274
The green biluo chun is fucking good too.

>>13370131
No need for a huge container, or straining even. You're welcome.
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32917240226.html?spm=a2g0s.9042311.0.0.27424c4dti2okS
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32809926516.html?spm=a2g0s.9042311.0.0.27424c4dti2okS

Can any Bay Area People tell me if aroma tea shop is a good place to get tea? Is there bulk jasmine tea basically the same as sunflower jasmine tea? Is there a better place to go?

>>13372745
*their

>>13372273
The thing is, if you’re drinking tea throughout the day 550ml isn’t gonna cut it. Having a gallon of cold brew tea in the fridge that I might end up not entirely using is preferable to running out.

But that’s just me and I literally just started this two days ago.

>>13368461
You can easily tell the difference between a guinness and a stout triple its price even as the first beers you ever taste.