/jp/ - Otaku Culture

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O-cha is run by a gaijin and is a good place to start if you're deadset on importing. Yuuki-cha is good too if you want organic. If it doesn't have to be imported, there's Den's and Mellow Monk which do the importing and sell from within the US.

o-cha has radiation do not buy

>>11584135
Maybe you can get super powers

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I use tea bags.

I hope I'm not missing out on anything.

Do any of you use tea as a bath infusion?

>>11584166
I did once with some dollar store tea, but I'd never waste good tea on something like that.

>>11584166
I don't have a bathing pit so I have to stand up to do my tea infusions with pots but I have done it

>>11584166
do you think any got in her gaping vagina??/? y

>last thread on /a/
>almost missed it

Hello.

>>11584027

I doubt tea is allowed on here. But what kind of flavours do you like? Sweet, savoury, bitter?

I was thinking of buying some tea online but does anyone have any suggestions for water filtration systems? The tap water here tastes a bit off and it's getting expensive to use bottled water, not to mention all the bottles and lifting.

Masala chai is good with milk/sugar plus the water quality becomes less of an issue. I haven't bought any but it seems to be pretty cheap, and it has a very comforting flavor.

>>11591967

Carbon filter isn't bad, depending on the mineral content of your water. Definitely avoid reverse osmosis.

>>11591936

Oh wow. I actually thought I was on /a/. Egg on my face.

>>11591936
>>11591947
>>11591976
>>11591988
I never thought I'd say this on an image board, but cool it with the double posting.

And stop ageing the thread, Jesus. It's not going anywhere soon.

>>11591967
Just go to the water store. ¢.25 per gallon.

just get some loose tea, chances are you'll be fine

>>11591991

Sorry chief, I know /jp/ is such a beehive of activity right now, but I'll try and keep things in check.

Mugicha master race reporting in

Wu long best tea.
White tea doesn't have enough flavour and black tea like pu'er just tastes like cheap red wine.
Any japanese tea close to tie guan yin or shui xian?
I'm thinking about trying Gyokuro, but I have no idea what to expect.

>>11591976
> Definitely avoid reverse osmosis.
Why so? does the tea needs some ions to form complexes to brew well or something? Or is it because it's a shitty process?
But yeah, brita stuff is enough for hard water anyway.

>>11584027
I never have, but a Japanese friend just got me into it. I still preffee it cold. I like the extremely tasteful ones. Sour or similar to mint. Something that shocks your taste buds. I have only heard of rare teas existing in China. I would like to know what arare teas exist in Japan. Ovbiously Japan is why I am on this board.

I enjoy tea, when it's not so hot! I don't know how people can drink it when it's still so hot, same with coffee, but I don't enjoy coffee anyway.

>>11594160
I agree, I just don't like hot things.
I usually throw an ice cube in them when done and drink around it.

>>11594152
pu'er and lapsang souchong are popular amongst people who like strong tastes.

>>11594160
Sip it slowly and take air with it. That way the air that goes into your mouth rubs over the liquid you drink, evaporating some of it via vapor pressure shift, making it colder due to loss of energy via latent heat of vaporization.
This is why japanese are noisy when eating their noodes, they suck in air with it to cool it down.
It's called つるつる.

If you drink slowly and do that, any temperature is fine, really.

I just go to Lupicia, they're a Japanese chain that has stores in the US.

lately I've been drinking a lot of chai + milk, because the weather's been so cold!
It's nice and thick and yummy and warms you up from the inside, perfect for battling the first traces of winter!

so tasty!
>>11584027
I usually get everything from dens, but there's a korean family market nearby that I cant get stuff from too.
Nothing better than some sencha or genmaicha with some seaweed or squid to much on with it!

>>11591967
I use a carbon filter, personally, but my tap water is really really hard here. Where I used to live, we used aquifer water so it was already filtered by the time it got to the tap, so it was less to worry about.

>>11584164
There's a lot more high quality loose leaf than there is high quality bagged. usually bagged stuff is the leftovers and the tiny bits and pieces. They diffuse quicker into the liquid, but the quality might not be as good in most cases.

Most brands that do bagged stuff also tend to aim for using the cheaper teas and stuff!

>>11594163
Most teas can be served iced! A lot of black teas are really good iced, and you can look into making cold-brewed "sun tea" too if you're looking for something tasty and cold!

I buy the bottles with the matte labels and all the complicated Kanji that appeal to middle- aged people who enjoy bitter drinks.

I imported some rooibos the other day. The smell was rancid, and the flavour was vile. It also left me with a bad case of indigestion and stomach ache, so I'm definitely not willing to try something like it again. Serves me right for trying to branch out from Earl Grey and Assam, I guess.

>>11600990
I recognise your writing style from somewhere. I wonder if you are who I think you are.

>>11601076
I dunno! I'm not very social, but it's possible!! any ideas?

sorry about the rooibos though! I've never tried it, but it's always bad to hear about bad experiences people have....I hope you can find more tasty things to try though!

who opium tea here

>>11594163
Doesn't that dilute the tea with water?

Drink a ton of hibiscus brew and nothing else and piss your kidneys out

You'd die of low blood pressure and dehydration, but at least it's be a tasty way to die

>>11601076
rooibos isn't really tea, it's just (supposedly) processed in a similar way (though I suspect they just throw it in a bag as-is since there's sticks and stones in it)

>>11601082
Now that I think about it, you're probably not them. Similar writing style, but you don't seem quite as articulate/eloquent. Forget that I mentioned it.

>>11601118
I must've ordered some of the higher quality stuff since there wasn't anything like that in there. Still didn't stop it from tasting like cheap folk medicine, though.

>>11601129
now you've got me curious! but alrighty, ahaha. 　
does 未完 ring any bells? if not probably not!

>>11601101
Like 99% of tea is water, brew it stronger and it wont matter.

>>11601088
I wish
Do you feel a buzz?

>>11601076
>The smell was rancid, and the flavour was vile. It also left me with a bad case of indigestion and stomach ache

I'm convinced that is just a bad bunch of tea leaves, if not rotten.

>>11601439
I've read that you can overdose on it, so probably.

Green tea? Mattcha?

>>11602250
All that and more on >>>/ck/

>>11591991
I know right? OMG

has anyone french pressed their green tea before maybe with a short infusion time so the leaves dont get too soft

>>11593988

>Why so?

It smells and tastes bad. In general, water is ideal in its natural state.

>>11601076

It sounds like you got a bad batch. Foodstuffs fit for human consumption have none of those qualities! Oxidized ('fermented', red) rooibos has a sweet, candy-like smell and similarly sweet taste.

>>11601088

This isn't bat country. Out with you, fiend.

>>11604716

Yes, I have. It was served that way in a tea shop I visited last year. It doesn't work very well. Pressing the leaves tends to result in a bitter brew and it's very difficult to clean, which means a murky mix of flavours is inevitable.

Holy shit kill yourself blogshitters

>>11604716
>>11604784

i've had french pressed jasmine pearl at a shop that ended up super duper nice before, but for most it's gonna have the same problem laser-chan mentioned.
I wouldn't do it personally because you cant get the leaves out till you're done so things will just get more and more bitter as it oversteeps! Unless you're drinking the tea super quickly, but in that case you probably don't care much for the flavor...

Just get a tea ball or something removable!!
I just use my french press for when I'm in the mood for coffee~

Had my first cup of bancha. Really light tasting and feels like it goes right through you yet still feels satisfying. Cheap and quick to make too. It will be a nice change up from the usual sencha for me.

>>11605953
You could just decanter it in another recipient, as you'd do with a chahai.
A french press sounds like overkill anyway, you wouldn't need something this big to brew tea in the first place.

>Just get a tea ball or something removable!!
A sieve and two small pitchers would be just fine. Tea ball are gimmicks that are more inconvinient than anything.
Brew in one pitcher, sieve over the second one, pour in cups. Easier to clean as well as easier to handle.

what about if I use an aeropress and then I wont need to brew as long?

>>11609174
a tea ball is way easier to clean than dirtying two pitchers, at least in my experience. I don't like using more dishes than I need to! I just take it out and set it in the upside down lid when I'm done brewing, then dunk it back in for a second brewing later on.

And cleanup is as simple as popping it inside out and a little bit of rinsing!

Does anyone have experience with heated water dispensers? I've been thinking of picking up a Panasonic one, NC-HU401P in particular. The charcoal lining is interesting; I wonder how it affects the taste of tea brewed with water from such a dispenser.


It also has VIP on it, which appeals directly to me.

>>11609578
>It also has VIP on it, which appeals directly to me.

Teafags are textboard scum? I did NOT see that coming!

>>11609578
I use one! not that one in particular, and mine doesn't have a charcoal lining or anything like that, but the temperatures are fine. I'd use filtered water with them if your tap water is hard, because the minerals can build up on it which is no good. I guess the charcoal lining gets rid of the need to filter the water first though, so it might help you cut some corners!

I've recently started brewing coffee with a moka pot. It works great, but sometimes the resulting drink tastes too watery or bitter.

What does this mean? Should I use less water? Add more coffee? Add less coffee?

>>11609610

>>11609601
if it's too bitter, that means your temperature was probably too high, resulting in scorching. As for too watery, maybe not hot enough.

Are your temperatures consistent? And the brew times? a few seconds might make the difference, or your heat could be uneven or inconsistent, causing different results.
If you have a thermometer, I'd recommend checking your temps when you notice the problems, to see if that has anything to do with it.

I've had the same problem with my stovetop peculator, which is similar, and it ended up being the heating elements on my stovetop needing replacement.
But, the thing makes too much for just me to drink alone, so I just stick to the small french press if I want coffee!

>>11609648
I think you're onto something. I always start off on low heat, get impatient and up the heat, then regret it and lower it again.

I thought it wouldn't matter as long as the water boiled.

I'll try leaving it on low heat for longer next time, and experimenting from there.

Thanks for your help!

>>11609541
>dirtying two pitchers
>dirtying
Unless you leave tea in there for over a day cleaning them is quite quick.
> I don't like using more dishes than I need to!
I suppose you're not a great fan of gong fu cha ｗ

>>11609578
If you intend to drink white tea & green tea make sure the temperature you want are available.
If you intend to drink oolong & black tea, just get an electric kettle.

>>11609593
> guess the charcoal lining gets rid of the need to filter the water first though
Nope, it wouldn't.
Firstly, I doubt there's a readily purchaseable replacement for the filter once it's full.
Secondly, when you heat water, limestone and carbonate magnesium that precipitates inside will stay inside.
Sure, you can clean that with vinegar/lemon juice, but the less often the better.
Also I'm sure that if only for the taste, you should filter it beforehand.

>>11611399
I dunno, different routines for different people! my way is convinent for me, your way for you, ahaha.

>Nope, it wouldn't.
Oh, it was just a guess. I cant think of any other reason why it would have the charcoal filter built in rather than that though. Back-up maybe?

Why do all hot drinks (tea, coffee, etc.) taste just like hot water?

>>11614376
You have no taste buds.

>>11614376
Either you're not making it correctly or your taste buds have vanished.

>>11614460
>>11614394
Can I get new ones?

>>11614465
Get a tongue implant.

I find English breakfast tea tastier than green teas (but I'm a pleb that puts milk and sugar on his tea).

But I like roasted barley tea during summer, I bought it from a local store that sells Asian stuff. Korean instant ramen is the best.

So I'm thinking of getting the sampler pack on Den's. Is this a good place to start? I already have one of those Ingenuitea things for loose leaf tea so I hope that will be good enough.

I off an on drink Valerian root tea so I feel like I shouldn't have issues with taste but I'm curious how big of an issue water temperature is. Right now I have a one temperature electric kettle should I just get a themometer for it? I was going to get one of the ones with adjustable temperature but I've been putting off new purchases until I get my living area a little more organized.

>>11614511
I mostly buy from Den's but I've never had anything off that list except Sencha Fukamidori, which I don't think I remember liking much.

Getting the water temperature wrong with green tea pretty much turns it to shit, making it dank and bitter and blotting out most of the flavor. It's very important. A thermometer would work, but I'd imagine it'd be tedious to have to watch over it constantly and repeating the process while reheating for every cup. Having an adjustable electronic kettle is pretty nice.

>>11614536
I'll probably break down and buy one then. I was reserved about it since I wanted a smaller sized one so I could just leave it on my computer desk, but most ones seem to be 1L

>>11614465
stop smoking if you do, cut back on the sugary drinks and snacks. You're probably so used to modern junk food that you've built up a tolerance with your taste buds.

>>11614511
get a thermometer! You can let the water sit a bit after you've boiled it to cool it down before adding the tea, but it takes a while. alternatively, you can add a teensy bit of cold filtered water to bring it back down, but this takes a good bit of patience and practice.

Den's is good, I use it a lot. The sampler is more or less free, and they give you a pretty good variety. The genmaicha is my favorite!
They also give you a little page with every tea and the recommended temperature/steep time, but I've needed to adjust those a bit for the sakura sencha they gave me in particular.

>>11609578
I bought one a couple of months ago and use it more than any other appliance I have. Make sure you get one with the right temperatures for tea.

>>11609578
You know for some reason I was going to get one with a removable caraffe but something like this seems a lot nicer, even if it's not as cool as what I was eying. It's cheaper too.

Turns out that last batch of rooibos actually was bad so they sent me some more, and it actually doesn't taste all that bad. Can't say I'm fond of the smell though.

I'm drinking hot cola!

>>11615646
Why?

>>11615649
Because it's tasty!

>>11615652
Can't argue with that, I suppose. It sounds vile though.

Is there any value to brewing it in a pitcher versus just steeping it in a mug and straining it into another?

>>11615725
Beside quantity? nope.

It'd be very close to brewing in a zhong then pouring in a mug; in fact it's about the same, minus the lid and the shape.

>>11615725
i've heard the clay teapots give the tea a different flavor, but that doesnt sound so great so I stick to just glass.

Otherwise, it's just going to be the amount you make!

where do you get good chinese tea

>>11616197
china

i dont recommend aeropressing tea it does not work well

>>11614799
What a strange looking machine.

>>11616197
I buy a lot of mine in various markets in Chinatown here in NYC. A lot of the flea markets around here also usually carry a wide array of different stuff.

green tea is a favorite or peppermint tea or pumpkin spice

I've imported pu-erh and tulsi tea

My friend is visiting next week and I asked him to bring me some green tea. Then we'll drink it together~

Yeah I do, from nippon.

I don't know what else to discuss about it. I boil the water at 70C and steep it for 1 minute. Usually brew it twice before throwing the tea out.

>>11615646
Disgusting.

>>11616205
Boiling water is its speciality.

Not exactly import in my area, but I like it.

>>11616668
This is also a good flavor.

>>11616664
I can see that from the knob, very cool.
Seems a little excessive though.

My sister buys me tea from Singapore.

My tea reservoir of darjeeling and genmaicha is going empty. I drunk these two teas about 2 years now, it's time for something new this winter. I have no idea what to buy yet. Maybe some chinese green teas.

>>11616329
tulsi is a different plant from actual tea as well, it's just an ethno-folk-medicine form of basil.
Not that it isn't pretty good, it is, but it ain't tea.

>>11616696
Try a lapsang souchong or assam.

>>11616668
>>11616673
Russian tea sounds scary.

>>11614764
Not that guy you were replying to, but even though I really like sugary drinks and sweet snacks, I have no problems drinking tea or coffee, even when I used to smoke quite a lot (I stopped).

Maybe he has just weak taste buds.

>>11616708
These teas are a bit too strong for me. Well, lapsang souchong tastes great if you mix a little bit of it with some more "flowery" black teas like darjeeling, but buying a 100g bag of it is just too much.

this reminds me I have some genmaicha i still haven't opened.
brb
gonna make a cup

>>11616721
Genmaicha is one of these teas that tastes some kind of awful the first time you brew it, but it tastes better and better until you love it.

>>11616710
It's quite delicious. Try it sometime.

>>11616719
How about houjicha?

>>11616723
I've had it at a korean restaurant before of all places
i like it
i actually like the cup i made more though because i'm sure at the restaurant they made large batches and it's diluted somewhat
but the cup I just made is a lot stronger and the toasted brown rice taste is a lot stronger
hell the tea itself smells like toasted rice

>>11616723
I've had it dozens of times and it always tasted like burnt popcorn. I wasn't really surprised it was originally for poor people.

>>11616723
I dunno, I liked it a lot the first time I tried it! I really liked how warm and toasty it was, and the rice taste really stood out for me. It was a really cozy, comfortable tea!
In fact, it's grown to be my absolute favorite~

>>11615987
You mean Ying Xin clay teapot?
The're horribly expensive, quality varries a lot and you have to dedicate them to one single specific tea.

If you just mean clay in general, well yeah, clay have pores and stuff

>>11616696 >>11616719
>chinese green teas
>These teas are a bit too strong for me
Try wu long instead.
I'd recommend Tie Guan Yin, it shouldn't be hard to get your hands on it.

>>11616770
genmaicha-anon here
i don't know what was in that tea but as soon as i drank i it i feel right asleep, has this ever happened to you, before?

shit worked better than sleepytime tea

>>11616812
What about black tea?

>>11616904
I'm not sure why genmaicha would do that, but if you enjoy the effect you should try houji-kukicha. Kukicha has the lowest caffeine content of green teas and roasting it apparently releases chemicals which dilate blood vessels. After two or three 16oz mugs my muscles go limp and I can count my own pulse without touching myself, then I sleep like a brick.

It's actually sometimes annoying. I like drinking it for the flavor but it consistenly knocks me out almost every time, often even after I've just woken up a few hours earlier.

>>11616812
I stopped drinking coffee because it causes inflammation in my tendons and it causes my wrists to bee more susceptible the tendonitis I am trying to keep at bay.

It also give me diarrhea. I also believe it stunts your growth which may explain why I am 23 only 5'8 still. (that or it is simply due to genetics, my father being 6 foot something and my mom being 5'2. So naturaly I got the average height of both)

>>11616933
neat
yeah i gotta try that

>>11616904
No, green tea wakes me up, it has caffeine.

They probably drugged your tea.

>>11616933
>After two or three 16oz mugs my muscles go limp and I can count my own pulse without touching myself, then I sleep like a brick.

That's kind of scary.

>>11617070
>4Pq7ZkSFpA
What?

>>11616904
Nope! But it is super relaxing in general. Maybe you just took it easy!

>>11616933
Maybe I don't drink enough of that for it to do that to me? eheheh.

>>11616994
You're taller than I am and I never drank coffee as a kid, ahaha! I think it's just genetic.

I grew up in Saitama so I could get loads of Sayama green tea for hella cheap. Its not as bitter as other tea ive had since it has thicker leaves. Good stuff.

I am currently drinking a Chinese herbal tea from TWG, unsure of the name, but it's prepared like black tea. It makes me sweat quite a lot for hours after drinking it, pretty cool since I lost weight since drinking this instead of just water.

How should I brew Gyokuro? I just did 3 teaspoons of it with about 12 ounces of water @ 160 degree fahrenheit for 90 seconds and it came out a little weak I thought.

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>>11630806
No idea about japanese tea, but if you've got the temperature and tea/water ratio you could try brewing it longer.
If that's not enough brew with more tea per water.

Maybe it's just old and lost its flavour?
There's that jap dude who brews everything, from black to white tea, with boiling water; I wouldn't suggest going that far but adding a few degree might help. Only as a last resort though, because temperature messes up with everything.

>>11630856
>>11630806
Never brew longer or with hotter water- both of these will lead to bitterness! Use more tea instead, for the same amount of time and same temperature.

>>11631439
>Never brew longer or with hotter water- both of these will lead to bitterness!
Not if done within reason.
Same could be said about quantity, adding more tea just makes the flavour unbalanced.
imo tampering with brewing time is the safer option.

Every year during summer I look forward to drinking iced tea. This past summer I shared a lot of tea with a little girl. Whenever I'd pour a glass from the fridge or open a can/bottle, she'd always be really eager to sample what I was drinking. Sweetened, unsweetened, flavored or natural, it didn't really matter to her, as long as she got to share with me. We shared many gallons of tea over the summer. We shared many indirect kisses that summer.

>>11626294
Does the chinese tea have a specific name? A tea shop near me sells TWG, so I am interested in this one.

The best tea is dried plum black tea.

The kind that's 200 yen a pack.

>>11637446
Blends are gross, especially fruit + black tea blends.

Anyone like to pretend they're some kind of Tang/Song dynasty aristocrat when you're drinking tea?

>>11637476
Of course. I try to be as much elegant as I can.

>>11637626
Do you hold your pinkie out while drinking?

>>11637659
I don't have this one... What kind of thing is this?

>>11637626
You might want to start with the way you speak.

What does /jp/ think of Garasha Sencha green tea? I just had a cup and got scared because it tasted like fish (or seawater, rather). Maybe it's an acquired taste.

I'm new to tea, and I'm looking to get really into it, but I don't have the money for expensive tea.

Does Adagio have good tea? If not, where would you recommend I buy it?

>>11641067
Why would you want to buy expensive tea? That doesn't mean it's good or something. Tea in general is very cheap compared to coffee. I started with the basic teas i already knew the names of: gunpowder, darjeeling and assam. Except some darjeelings, these are pretty cheap.

>>11641067
I've always seen dens recommended in these threads so I used them! they're relatively inexpensive and have some really good teas. It might seem like 2-5 oz is not much at all, but it's a whoooole lot!!
They also have first flush and stuff so there's that. They're primarily for japanese teas though, so you'd have to find another place for chinese ones.

>>11609578

chinkfag here
i have this old ass one that just has a mesh filter by the nozzle, works pretty well, and regulates the temperature so you dont burn the leaves

I drink a tea in chinese restaurants that is a light goldenish color and taste a bit floral and light. All the teas I drink in the chinese restaurants taste like this. What exactly is it?

>>11642364

jasmine tea. 香片

I had my first cup of sencha today, it was very nice.

>>11642401
I bought some sencha from yuuki cha and it's pretty good. I made some for my friends but I made it poorly and they didn't like it.

>>11643898
I wish I had tea drinking friends.

I've made all kinds of tea for family and friends but they all like sugary shit. Fucking American palette...

>>11643906
I used to drink tea with a girl I knew a long time ago. We'd swap tea as presents and stuff, but she moved away. And then I moved away.

It was really fun though, we'd bring different kinds of snacks and pastries we had made, and try a new kind of tea every time. I got to try a lot of unusual kinds and flavors from that!

But most other people I've tried to drink tea with have the same problem - they drown out the flavor of the tea itself with so much sugar it nearly turns into a syrup. It just doesn't taste any good!

>>11643916
That kinda deal would be fun a few times. I don't really need someone to have tea parties with, though. That would be a little off for a dude. It's just too bad so few people enjoy nuanced flavors. It would be nice if when I offered up some $40/oz shit brewed up right, someone would say "that's preddy tasty, anon!". Oh well, there are other things in life.

My dad started feeding me this imported black tea. Now I can't stop drinking it.

>>11643927
hmm, I guess, in retrospect, it really was a tea party, wasn't it? Ahahaha.

So I just had some Houjicha Gold I like it but I can't help but thinking it smells fishy. Should I just give my infuser a good rinse? I usually make Valerian in it which is pretty repugnant.

>>11648586
sometimes mine gets a mild toasted seaweed smell to it, but it isn't very strong or noticeable unless you're swirling it around to smell the tea. I'd try rinsing your equipment with hot vinegar and seeing if that solves it!

>>11649822
My bad, after reviewing the notes I've taken, it was the sencha fukamidori I had that smelled like seaweed.

Just give stuff a good vinegar rinse then, ahaha!

Hey /jp/,

I'd just like to tell you something I learned in my health class today. All you tea drinkers out there, who think they are getting great health benefits are idiots. You are drinking leaves, how is that healthy? Your just drinking chlorophyll!

90% of the people who drink tea on this site are just fucking WEEABOOS. You drink tea just because the JAPS do it. Well, the JAPS have you conned. The other 10% are just brits, and you are excused, because you are naturally fucking morons. Tea is just a LEAF! Japs aren't smart. You see how shitty their Yen is? You think that someone, who can't even keep a good economy, has the intelligence to know how good tea is? Bullshit.

Enjoy your diluted organic particles and chlorophyll, you've all been conned by the crafty, yet idiot NIPS.

What are some good types of Black Tea? I've been drinking Earl Grey (specifically the one in the pic) now for a few months and I've found a relatively good balance of tea leaves and timings to suit my tastes. So now I'd like to move on to other types.

>>11650148
>Black Tea
Not otaku culture.

>>11650148
assam

it's really tasty

>>11650216
some of us live off tea and various cookies/biscuits

>>11650216
I like my tea as black as my soul.

Show me your stains /jp/.

>>11652035
I use clear glass cups and when they start to become dark I pour a lightly diluted bleach and water mixture in them to keep them very clear.

>>11652035
I can't get behind that. It's one thing if you're letting it build up in a pot you've got specific for a type of tea and a whole other to let gunk build up a mug you use for everything.

My favorite mug, in the middle, developed a crack. It's sad to see it go. It was my favorite and these two I replaced it with just don't feel the same.

>>11652062
But on a happy note I found a bag of oolong that I ordered from Yuuki-cha ages ago and forgot in the recess of my cupboards. The first infusion was great, amazingly sweet. This second infusion is a little too light. Should've brewed it hotter.

>>11652035
Jesus christ is it that hard to rinse it out? Gross.

Drink coffee. Tea is for Brits.

>>11652150

>>11652141
It's hard to rinse out if you microwave tea. I seriously hope that guy doesn't do that.

>>11652150
I do coffee in the morning and tea for the rest of the day. Too much coffee makes me jittery.

>>11652087
That looks tasty. I haven't had an oolong in a long time.

>>11652150
tea contains stuff that coffee doesn't. it's not all caffeine, pleb. plus, caffeine is a bad drug anyway.

>>11652193
pleb
plebbery
plebo pleeb plobb

Tea is just hot water.

It's more pretentious than modern art.

>>11652208
>implying stimulants aren't all plebtier
do you even drugs

>>11652215
that's an amusing troll but you don't realize how wrong you are which is what makes it amusing

try backing your claim with something

>>11652210
stimulants are the only drugs worth taking unless youre a degenerate shithead

>>11652217
hitler used stimulants and he was the greatest man in the history of mankind

depressant users are gutter trash and hallucinogens are for smelly hipsters

>>11652210

Stimulants are the only useful drugs. They make you actually do something with your life, while downers will have you nodding off like a lifeless slug and psychedelics will just fill your head with a bunch of hippie bullshit and make you think that you're talking to fractal elves.

>>11652223
stimulants are the most popular in rave scene and with niggers

hitler was a nigger

>>11652231
mdma isnt a stimulant just bcuz its derived from one

plus im not racist i dont give a shit what niggers are taking at their spirit dances it doesnt make real stimulants the greatest drug when used right

>>11652231

>rave scene

That's MDMA though. Empathogens are an abomination that's something in between a hallucinogen and a stimulant.

>and with niggers

Crack isn't a proper stimulant because of it's ridiculously short duration. I have never seen any blacks that did meth or amphetamines in general. They only go with the useless garbage like crack.

Meth is cherished Japanese heritage.

>>11652228
dad when I grow up I want to be productive and use stimulants just like all of those crack users in the sixth! or all the cool meth users in san fran!

>>11652252
sounds like you arent man enough for real drugs i guess stick with the pot kid

>>11652254
>damage control
looks like the trole
*puts on glasses*
has become the troled
YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

>>11652252

>I want to be productive and use stimulants just

The vast majority of med school students and an estimated minimum of 1 out of 5 university students.

Stimulants are far more commonly used by students and business men, you just don't notice it because they're too busy being productive to do shit like honk the crack pipe and dance in the street like the blacks do in the ghetto.

tea is for plebes. water is the true otaku drink.

>>11652260
wtf are you saying gob2/b/

>>11591976
>avoid reverse osmosis
are you a fucking stupid

what RO water do you use that taste bad

you must be the most idiot i have seen talk about water

RO water is the most pure water and has NO scent NO taste but water because of the process that makes it ONLY WATER IF YOU

want minerals add the mineral to the water or do some spring water but do not say it TASTE BAD when it TASTE LIKE WATER

when you do not know

Speaking of drugs, I have a thing for drugged up lolis and/or little girls. I'm not sure why, really.

Anyone else?

Really folks, get out of my blog. I'm going to have to report all of this off-topic chatter.

>>11594202
>lapsang souchong
Ill try those out. Thank you.

>>11652286
and here we fucking go. We can never have anything before it goes back to the pedos.

>>11652280
some things in unfiltered water tastes bad

the RO water we have out at our cabin out of neccessity tastes sort of metallic, it's hard to explain. it tastes much more normal if you let it air in the fridge for a while.

>>11652280
To be fair, RO doesn't remove everything. That's exactly why people use distilled water. But what remains should be so fucking small it wouldn't matter much.
>>11652238
>the greatest drug when used right
[x] is good when used right is a fucking stupid argument, because what is good isn't the [x] itself but how it's used. You're fucking stupid.

>>11652268
cute hands dude

>>11652329
Sorry. I cannot help it.

>>11652228
nootropics are superior. stimulants are outdated and not as effective in comparison. I have extensively used both.

I just drink Lipton green Tea.

About to check out. This is my first time buying tea that doesn't come in a box and bags and from a store.

Did I do good?

>>11660390
>personalitea teapot - plum
gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay

>>11660394
It's cheap and if I don't get it I would end up using a regular cup.

>>11660390
just import some proper tea from yuuki-cha or something in that direction
the yen is weak and for some it's cheaper than buying it locally

>>11660454
What's wrong with adagio? They've got high quality tea for good prices.

>>11660471
They do. Just because your tea comes from Japan doesn't make it better than other teas, you weeb.

>>11660460
they don't

>>11660473
they don't even list when it was harvested you clueless idiot
it's like buying japanese shit from j-list or play-asia

>>11660480
It's fresh, and it beats paying nearly $14-20 for a fucking ounce and a half of imported shit from Japan. At this point, you're not really paying for quality. You're playing to fuel your weeaboo needs.

>>11660494
>It's fresh
How do you know? And don't tell me you can taste it because you're obviously fucking clueless, just look at the shit you're buying. Don't ask for criticism if you can't take it you willfully ignorant retard.

>>11660473
At the very least you can be more confident it's not saturated with groundwater pollutants versus China or India.

>>11660506
I don't think it's worth the premium.

>>11660460
>>11660390
Adagio has decent tea if you mostly stick to the highly-rated tea. Some of their other tea is pretty mediocre.

Black Dragon Pearls is a pretty good choice, though I thought it was similar enough to their Irish Breakfast to just opt for the latter (since it is cheaper).

yunnan sourcing / puerh master race

>>11660494
Most japanese teas fall in the 8-12 dollars for FIVE ounces range, for first flush.

Chinese, Indian, and Japanese teas are all completely different.

I wouldn't recommend Adagio for any of them. Also, half three of the four teas he bought are flavored. I call bait.

>>11660390
Changed my order, this is what I'm getting now.

I plan on drinking it without sugar and milk. I know people often put milk and honey or milk and sugar in Chai, so I'm hoping to avoid stuff like that.

How does it look?

>>11663829
Masala Chai is the only tea I put milk and sugar in.

>>11663829
Irish Breakfast and Earl Grey Bravo are some of their best offerings. I haven't tried their Peppermint or Spearmint, or Strawberry though. Cocomint Green was okay. I think Peach Oolong was okay too.

What matters most isn't how high the quality of the tea is, but how much you enjoy it, so don't let other opinions keep you from enjoying tea. Having said that, it seems very likely that other vendors offer better quality. Adagio seems like a fine place to start though.

Does anyone like barley tea?

>>11664067
I love mugicha.

>>11664067
I like it once in a while, but for some reason it makes me feel like an old man when I drink it.

The most ironic part is that I'm the reason that I hate warosu now.

I tried posting anonymously but everyone just accused everyone else of being me or people used my name to post. I even left for 2 months and you faggots were still talking about me daily when I came back.

I'm a literal, unironic cancer. The only choice is to follow the path of Lt. Ripley and Arnold by killing myself, but there's no melting metal furnaces around here.

Le sigh.........

>>11663829
that's still all flavored tea

show it when you click buy

>>11664100
Can mint tea really be classified as a flavor tea? It's not even tea, it's just... a mint drink.

>>11664102
Its really overpowering, I don't particularly like mint.

>>11664105
I'm not the guy who's buying it, but I am considering buying some. Do you know what it tastes like? Is it subtle like regular tea, or is it like drinking altoids/mint candy?

>>11664107
usually mint tea is an herbal mix and the mint flavor is toned down

>>11664114
>>11664107
depends on the mix. Some of them are extremely minty. Personally I think if you're going to drink that sort of thing you might as well go full mint.

>>11663829
But masala chai is supposed to be brewed with hot milk and no water.

>>11663891
Quality is not an opinion

>>11664107
>is it like drinking altoids/mint candy?

All the descriptions I've seen of mint tea usually involve adding a lot of sugar. I've had it myself and prepared it according to the instructions from my distributor but I found it too sweet to bear, though I probably just messed it up. Even without the sugar the taste wasn't subtle at all; the mint overpowered most of the tea flavor. It's really a different beverage altogether.

>>11666226
>>11664114
the spearmint teas I've tried have been really mild and not at all like the mint candies. It doesn't even make your mouth tingle.

But I guess it depends on which mint you use. Peppermint and wintergreen are the two tingly ones.

>>11594202

Can't say I've heard of pu'er, but I am a fan of Lapsang Souchong.

What else is there that has similar characteristics? Smokey/bitter/harsh etc.

>>11671310
>Smokey/bitter/harsh
I know someone just like that
*dons black cape, staring off into the distance*

tfw when I only drink cheap as piss genmaicha all day ery day but its still delicious

I recommended you Benoist tea

>>11584027
Yorkshire tea is the best

>>11584027
I like <insert name> tea is my favorite the best (:

>>11671310
I can't help you much since it's far from my favourite, but in addition to pu'er you might want to try some indian black teas like assam?
Go for second flush (aka summer flush).

But I don't think there's many tea as strong as Lapsang; if I were you I'd give pu'er a try and then bother with indian tea.