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I drink coffee.

>>11271110
What kind of coffee? Do you look cute while drinking it?

>>11271111
Why would he look cute drinking his coffee, faggot.

>>11271110
OUT!

>>11271109
Yeah

I usually have breakfast with some kind of black tea. Then midday and sometimes in the evening I would have green tea.

I wish I could get some proper quality teas though instead of the mainstream shitty swill that are only available in the supermarket.

>>11271111
I drink filter coffee. Pre-ground, because I'm scared of sharp objects and getting told off by my parents. I add vanilla because I don't like adding sugar to things, and vanilla is the best thing ever.

I don't have one of those fancy filter cones, so I use a makeshift combination of a sieve and an extra mug to balance it on. It has worked OK so far...

>>11271120
Yeah, that's pretty cute, Anonymous...

>>11271120
why not just get a french press? you can get a 3cup one that makes one nice sized mug of coffee and they're easy to clean and upkeep. You dont need filters or anything!

>>11271109
Yes yes yes!

i wish there was a k-on tea

>>11271144
>why not just get a french press?

More kitchen gadgetry I'd have to explain to my parents.

>>11271125
>Yeah, that's pretty cute, Anonymous...

No it isn't. Maybe we could be friends in another context, but I'm not trying to be cute.

What are some naturally sweet teas? I hate bitter tea and tea that has very little flavor, but even worse I hate putting sugar in tea. I just want to find a nice flavorful tea.

>>11271230
I wish it could be flavored like Mio's manko

>>11271243
I wish there were other flavors like Mugi Yui and Ritsus as well as Mios.

I would by so many of them.

>>11271243
that sounds absolutely disgusting

>>11271238
Passion tea. Try that.

>>11271248
why is azucat such a cat

>>11271238
If you have a david's tea nearby, give fruity teas like "organic blueberry jam" or "bear trap" a try. It's very sweet and tangy while maintaining that usual tea flavour.

If you want to ease yourself into matcha, try cream of earl grey or something like that. It's got vanilla in it so its not quite so bitter as regular

>>11271116
Order it online, from Adagio or Verdant teas or something.
It's worth it anon, trust your old pal /jp/ on this one.

I've been trying Lupicia's Hawaiian tea sampler all week. Feels goodman.

>>11271344
what's your favourite thus far

Not yet.

>>11271331
I bought 8 ounces of Organic Jasmine Black Pearls or something a week or so ago.

Shit's the bomb

>>11271237
whats wrong with kitchen goodies?

>>11271237
whats wrong with kitchen goodies?

>>11271238
passionfruit tea, red mate, matcha and genmaicha! if you have a world market they have a red mate with pineapple thats super mild and fruity!
Alternatively you can make sun tea with black tea and it has almost none of the bitterness~

Every day, yes. Lately I've got a thing for pouring fruit nectar in my black tea. You can't find strawberry tea, but with the nectar you can just make it.

I'm currently drinking some nice Ceylon

no because I'm not a goofy fucking britfaggot, "govnah"

>>11272027
British 'tea' isnt the same as a daily tea time, you know. it just refers to dinner usually! it's the name of a meal!

besides, tea isnt just limited to those islands! people drink it all over the world!! unless asia and america are british now~

who sweet tea otaku

feel when restaurants all oversweeten it

>>11271336
What kind do you recommend?

>>11271243
I love the word manko.

Such an erotic word.

>>11272070
Upton Tea

>>11271205
i drink this as well, during the appropriate season

>>11271238
Sencha tastes kinda sweet to me.
Chinese green tea doesn't have that sweet taste for comparsion.

I usually drink around 4-5 cups at work, then have 2 or 4 more when I get back. Mainly Earl Grey at work, and (lately) a mix of Lapsang Souchong and darjeeling at home.

I like espresso!

>>11272313
>a mix of Lapsang Souchong and darjeeling
I do that too

I used to drink it with every meal but I can't anymore.

>>11272363
Ah, nice. I kinda started doing it because those were the only two teas I have right now and I wanted to mix it up a bit, but it does actually work pretty well.

drinking some earl gay right now

That's a good idea.

I'll put on the kettle and get one of my Sainbury's basics teabags.

With UHT milk.

>>11272413
>drinking some earl gay

lol

>>11272382
How come?

>>11272418
Is UHT milk better or worse? I always see it in supermarkets, and I always just assumed it's a terrible idea.

>>11272422

It is a terrible idea, but I don't have a fridge. Stuff tastes horrible.

But it's alright, because I actually don't own any milk at all. Or sugar.

>>11272436
Couldn't you get one of those boxes? You know those boxes? And put ice in the box.

But then I would need to fill the box with ice.

And I'm on zero income anyway.

>>11272486
Just put water in your box to make more ice. Eventually you'll start an infinite cycle.

>>11272488
it doesnt work that way.

>>11272494
If it didn't, that would mean there's no ice anywhere. Chicken and the egg.

i drink peppermint tea out of a cast iron kettle.

actually caffeinated things are bad for me.

>>11272498
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermal_equilibrium

How do I get rid of limescale?

>>11272504
I use ordinary vinegar. Lemonjuice works too.

Uhh... Lipton?

I always wanted to get into tea, but it either tastes too bitter or has no taste at all. I'm not really into the bitter stuff and I would just get a glass of water with some ice if I wanted a plain drink, which I already do out of preference.

Then again, maybe I just haven't been serious enough about it. I basically just heat up water in a microwave and put the baggie in. Basic stuff, I suppose. I've tried chamomile, black, green, mate and some odd spin-off flavors like strawberry and lime. Strangely enough, despite the name, they don't taste like the fruit, they just taste quite bitter or quite plain.

It all smells real nice though, so I guess that's a plus. People also recommend milk tea, but I have no idea how to do that. I still really want to get into tea someday though!

>>11272601
the temperature is actually important. Depending on the tea, you want to be around boiling for black, 195 for oolongs, 180 or lower for green (I like my sencha at 160, for example). Herbals are also brewed at a boil. The temperature has a really high impact on a tea. Steep time also has an impact - Some only steep for 30 seconds, some need to steep for 5 minutes.

>>11272080
I really like Upton Importers, too. Are there any other importers or tea merchants of comparable quality?

I really like Upton's Quarterly, incidentally. I think it's great that they have this running ORIGIN OF TEA series with old-fashioned illustrations, along with tea paraphernalia and brewing tips.

I just squeeze my teabag really hard with the spoon.

That way I don't have to do any steeping

>>11272768
It's also important to keep in mind the grade of the tea. Tea bags typically have fannings rather than whole or rolled leaves, which are smaller fragments of the whole leaves that fell through a sieve during sorting, though they're not necessarily low-quality. The smaller leaves means that it steeps comparably faster, and are somewhat blander. To get around this, you can use additional bags to increase the flavor, but you cannot, and I mean cannot, incrrease the steeping time for a similar effect. Oversteeping makes the tea bitter and acerbic rather than stronger.

>>11272822
Oh definitely. There are some teas that can go for a second brewing or steeping, but the second pot will taste a lot different than the first. A lot of it has to do with preference, and just testing minor adjustments, but each individual tea you find is going to have some variation in how you drink it or prepare it.

I love sencha, but this one sakura sencha I got from dens, I could not find a way I liked it till nearly the very last brewing. I had to brew it with lukewarm water for it to not be overpoweringly perfumey (because of the sakura), and even then only steep it for a short amount of time. Some teas just need some patience to find a way you like them.

>>11272601
The milk will really curb the bitterness, but I really like the richness of heavy cream from time to time as well. You could try cold-brewed black teas as well, some of those are very fragrant and not at all bitter.

http://www.yorkshiretea.co.uk/about-tea/yorkshire-tea-how-to-make-a-proper-brew.php