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Reminder that ripe puerh is gross and disgusting.
reminder that ripe puerh is tasty and delicious
Reminder that there's nothing wrong with comfy western brewing
>first tea set coming tomorrowGotta go to the local store to get some tea though.
>>20900068Darn proud of you! Post photos when you get a chance. More importantly, get tea.
Finally got around to trying the "Wild Tree Purple Moonlight White Tea from Jinggu" in my latest YS order and it's probably one of the best teas I've ever had so far, at least in my short time of getting into it. Never had one so sweet and fruity with such a strong, long lasting aftertaste. The Honey Orchid Aroma Dan Cong is a close second.
>>20899748>typeswhat is wrong with your post?
>>20900264Sounds nice, gonna add it to my "to consider buying" list
Got the 2023 csh naka. Pretty good. I don't think I would pay $90 for it but at $55 it's hard to find anything wrong with it. This is my second csh cake after the zodiac and both are high quality. Makes me want to buy the #1 blend, but I already have too many cakes.
>>20899748There's a dish in Burma called tea salad that uses pickled tea leaves.
Did anyone ever try this contraption? Magnectic ball valve to release the precious from the leafes. Upper glass holds 440ml, perfect for 2-3 people gong fu.I'm sceptical whether the valve will clog up when leafes get below the ball.
My Yunomi order came in and I'm slowly working through it all... every tea's very good but I'm having trouble telling them apart. Japanese tea still feels a little alien to my palate and hard to clarify. It would be consistent with the Japanese science-not-art approach, though, that the good teas are fundamentally the same as the mediocre ones but quantitatively closer to perfection. For some reason these new matchas produce a way more positive sensation than the grocery store equivalent I'd been drinking- that one feels kind of edgy and these induce a smooth little high, so presumably Yunomi's are much richer in theanine. Now I need to think of kind of dessert to make that would use up the rest of that old matcha I don't want to drink. Something with walnuts? White chocolate and strawberries?>>20900264I remember liking that stuff; it was like a mellower and more balanced version of their "Sweet Ya Bao", which is tasty but a little too sweet, and lacking astringency or bitterness to counter it.Taiwan Sourcing sadly shut down, otherwise I'd recommend the yellow tea they sold me that tasted like a snickerdoodle cookie- distinct sugar and cinnamon flavors, like nothing else I've brewed. It's the best naturally sweet tea I've ever had and it looks like I'll never have it again... nothing new for someone with a taste for good tea.What's a new yerba mate brand to try out? So far Rosamonte is my favorite.
>>20901162My wife bought it for my birthday, I've been using it every day since.It's great, I'm very happy, with both quality and convenience. The problem with leaves getting under the ball can occur, however this is a "skill" issue. Once you figure out how to use it, it won't happen to you. One thing to note is that it takes up to 15 seconds for the top vessel to drain, so this should be taken into account, but again, once you figure it out, it's good.
>>20899254Thanks, I will definitely try some of your top-rated ones.
>>20901321NW, enjoy & remember to come post reviews afterCould you get the weird extra sample shit to work btw? I was double checking after I posted & I couldn't seem to get it to show up again
Not a tea autist. Bought this at the local chink store because I like the packaging. Is it any good?
>>20901218That's disappointing to hear. I've only had two yellow teas and that sounds like it'd be wonderful since the other two I had were a nice melon-y tasting one from Nannuoshan that I kept fucking up with brewing except for one time and some organic Fancy YS brand (not bad at all but just whatever). I'll check out that Sweet Ya Bao next at some point, sounds interesting!
>>20901554Got this one too. Either worth drinking, or just dump the tea and keep the pretty tins?
>>20901554Dunni this producer. The dahongpao should be alright, these cheap wuyi style oolongs are usually drinkable. Cheap chink store puerh can sometimes be nasty, but I would still give it a chance
I will make a wild guess that this >>20901554 will taste ok and this >>20901575 will be pretty bad.
>>20901240It's charming. Nice to know you use it daily and isn't too much of a head ache to use beyond for guests.>>20901554>>20901569Show us the leaves and the tea when you've brewed it. All in all, it's probably fine.>>20901599Second that
Could some kind anons give me some recommendations from this store? Buying my first tea. I know I like green tea, but that's about it.todd-holland. com
>>20901750Gift card or something?
>>20901962No, they're a local store I'm going to today. I have no idea what any of these teas are, so I'm looking for advice on what to get as a newbie.
>Harney & Sons' Lunar Festival tea>Gone>Still crave itHow do I get more?
>>20900083It came with a matching gaiwan, but I found this one at the store I went to. For $20 it was too nice looking to pass up
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>>20902412And the tea I got
I had an Alishan oolong a while back I really enjoyed, now I see FL's Ailao one... How different do the high mountain oolongs get?
>>20899774Yeah, but I prefer to boil it in a pot for ten minutes then steep for 5 and then add milk.
>>20902406Oh yeah, ching chang chong, hnnggg, does that make you feel like a real teaman? Yeah, ungghhh, I bet it does. I’m going to have that ass sock looking the same colors as your teacup when I’m done.
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>>20901980try you some dragon well, some kabusecha, and a smattering of oolongs. also try some whites, and get a yunnan with gold tips, too.
i on this 17track website for tracking a w2t order. it is claiming I have to pick up the parcel now from a post office. but I feel like I remember this happening before and it just ended up going out for delivery the next day anyways and arrived at my house. does anyone know about this?
Hows Pu Erh style tea called, that isn't made in the region of Pu Erh?
>>20903872It's usually called puerh nowadays. Sometimes it's called "border tea" or "puerh style"
>>2090382817track is sometimes weird with pick up status, at least for me
It's always interesting to me when certain vendors have their own house taste across various teas. Why do you think that is? Are they aiming for this?Or is it side effect of their processing/material?
>>20901218I've got some fresh matcha here, milled this summer. Been drinking some stuff from 2023 but I passed the rest of that can off to my brother's girlfriend when the new batches came in. I've got a June can of the Sonogi(still tastes like you scraped algae off a dock) open right now. Going to wait on this slightly more expensive stuff until my nice scoop and sieve get here in a few days. It feels dirty tossing good matcha in my milk frother when I've got a whisk staring at me. Automation makes it way too drinkable.https://www.hugotea.com/collections/matcha/products/matcha-wazuka-ceremonial-tin-80g
>>20903876tea nomenclature is broken to the core
>>20904162It's just a marketing thing. Pu-erh is desirable now, so that's what they call it
>>20904244Poo 'er? I hardly know 'er!
Why is puerh so popular with teafags? It isn’t even just you internet tea autistics. Puerh is the tea of the moment for IRL tea snobs as well. It’s like the IPA of tea. Does anyone know when and why this happened?
>>20904301>why this happened?It's the most complex/interesting tea so it's natural people that have been drinking for a while will gravitate to it.
>>20904301>Does anyone know when and why this happened?The OG pu-erh boom was in China in the mid 2000s. That's when prices soared up and it became a luxury goodLater on, I guess some of that prestige rubbed off on the western market. The rise in cleaner production, fancy high end material and more accessible / ready to drink puerh also made it way more popular in the West
>>20904301Puerh is the bloody king of tea.
Man I love tea.
Any good travel sets with bigger cups? I'm used to yunomi (100-200 ml) so 50 ml gong-fu cups feel too small to me.
When is the LP $5 sale?
>>20904244Chinese national standard protects the term 'puerh'. They list 75 counties, which are the only ones allowed to call their products puerh, all in Yunnan. When the mighty tea lord decides to swing the hammer the other counties better come up with a new term for that tea. I'd go for 'shmoo-eh'>>20901240Sounds good, I'll get a set. Not 100% happy with my current pot solution.
fucking love that the tea sellers from china write a super low value on the packages, has probably saved me over 100usd this year from having to pay barely any VAT tax
>>20906426yep, it's very based. makes buying from EU based stores look a bit silly in comparison
>>20906426This is the reason EU customs are fed up with chinaman greenery with fake invoices on the box. I always tell the seller to put the real invoice on the box so I don't look like an idiot in the customs offfice when they demand proof of payment at pickup. Tax here is only 7% on groceries so whatever.Even Farmer Leaf now uses a local importer to forward the package here since packages barely make it through anymore how I learned the hard way. Still have an Awazon package coming, I have no hopes.>sellers from china write a super low value on the packageswhat shitty country customs office even falls for this shit
>>20906731Erm... William does the same thing sir.
>>20906731I would rather give more money to China chinaman then to local scammers that don't make/grow anything. My local customs on my last china package somehow charged me VAT on double the declared value even when I provided recipe + ofc 6 euro for the process.
>>20906731just give the customs office the same value declared on the package...how many times have you actually been questioned about the true value?
>>20906731I've never had the value questioned desu and I live in the EU. Is it german customs that are so uptight?Awazon was the only chinese seller that didn't lower package value for me oddly enough
>>20906731Fuck the EU!
>>20906752not anymore for my country>>20906765thats so random>>20906857>give the customs office the same value declared on the packageI had to show my Paypal record>>20906886>Is it german customs that are so uptight?yesBest wishes to all that your tea makes it to your door.
What's the recipe for this?
>>20908454for 1.5l lemon iced tea from black tea:Pour 1l boiling water over the teabags (maybe start with 6?) + 100g sugar.Take the tea bags out after 4 minutes and make sure the sugar is dissolvedPour the tea over 500g ice cubes (shocking over ice makes the characteristic taste)Add 35ml lemon juiceenjoy (getting the strengh right will take some experimentation)
>tfw no perfume that smells just like my puer cabinet.It's not fair, i just want to smell like an old, wet and moldy puer shop.
>>20908622
>>20908622https://www.fragrantica.com/notes/Pu-er-Tea-1156.htmlthe category is underrepresented for sure
Got a pleasant surprise today, a selection of lapsang from w2t,tried the one labeled traditional,immediately an engaging green and lightly tarry scent.the flavor explodes in jam, peach and juniper, malt, cream, a nice sweet tomato fresh from the vine without the pungent green punch, nutmeg, turnip greens bay leaf, peppermint water. oh this is a delight, what a beautiful tea this is.
https://yunnansourcing.com/collections/ripe-pu-erh/products/everyday-drinker-loose-leaf-ripe-pu-erh-tea?variant=32626948309095https://yunnansourcing.com/products/2022-cha-nong-hao-double-power-tiger-bulang-ripe-pu-erh-tea-cakehttps://yunnansourcing.com/products/tong-mu-village-dan-ya-jin-jun-mei-black-teaWhich should I pick for my YS free offer? Leaning toward the Jinjun Mei cause I've already got plenty of cheap ripe laying around.
>>20908840It's always interesting to read those perfume notes
>>20904162Thanks brits.
I use a smaller amount of water and then over steep the tea and then add cool water to top it off which balances it out and makes it a drinkable temperature sooner :)
>>20908875Was this from their tea club?
>>20908951>Bulang>$0.13/gLooks like a nice shou but I wonder where it's really from. "Fake" JJM is still a great tea and YS's Tong Mu teas tend to be solid, so I too would go with that. What else are you getting?
>>20910853sure was. the traditional has been the best of the two i've tried, the other being the fruit bomb. the traditional has more depth, and the fruit bomb is more of a malt bomb than anything to do with fruit. really quite pleasant stuff. really would have liked a smoked one to try, i adore smoked lapsang.
>>20911030there is a lot of standard cheap intensive plantation tea in bulang. even the big factories blends use some material from there. it's not all expensive lao man e gushu
Got in a new Awazon shipment today, a tong of Silver Medal Long Yuan Hao 2006 Raw Puerh, It has the flavor of croutons and rubber john deere tractor tires after a fresh boggy grass mow. It is the sweat of china distilled, I can taste receipt inkstained hands weighing comestibles, the fried rice down the road, cheap beer spilled into a gutter lined with hand-rolled cigarettes with a virginia burley blend. Tomatoes and cabbage, I can taste the turn of the earth, the despair and blood and vomit. A field of razors, wine, and copper. This Cha Qi is -overpowering-. Inimitable. I can feel it behind my eyes, at the tips of my fingers. The first two steepings were naught, but suddenly I feel sedate, encroaching drunkenness, a brawl with awareness, pools of lucidity swarm and flock only to disperse.
notes of suburban lawnmower grass clippings coasting in little clumpy islands into a metal curb drain on a river of excessive sprinkler water
>>20911284But what about the qi?
Bought this, what am I in for?>t. Tea casual
>>20911369I'm guessing some roasted twigs. Casuals should not go for Japanese green tea let alone cheap one.
rate my new cup!any ideas where it's from? i know it's just a cheap little thing. seems japanese from the design and shape, but you guys would know far better than i.
>>20911451Bretty cool. I see this type of crazing more on Chinese ceramics, but maybe someone can ID the moon rune or pattern
>>20911451Don't know what the runes say, google translate couldn't detect a language, but ebay says it's a Japanese Sake cup.
>>20911605ahh, sake. of course! nice snooping anon. very nice. i'm sure that's it!
>>20911451I'd say a 9, gf says a 10
>>20911030Ended up going with that. As for the rest, I've been craving black tea as the weather cools down.
>>20911242Excellent.Did you really get a tong? Or it that BS too?
>>20911392>Casuals should not go for Japanese green tea let alone cheap one.utter bs>>20911242glad you only got a tong
lapsang souchong teateaspoon of clover honeypicture unrelated lol
>>20912824why would you say it's bs? yes i got a tong.
Drinking that Awazon stored Dayi 7572 again, once again I'm reminded how horrible ripe is.
>>20914123had some of that just yesterday, it really ain't so bad! i get a lot of butter notes from the scent. the flavor isn't offensive in any way either. i do agree that even a good ripe isn't exactly the most pleasant thing in terms of tea.
>>20914123filteredshould have gotten that 2002 ripe tuo they have though, now that's good drinkin
>>20914123The vast majority of shou just sucks. I like some of it though. I'm drinking some right now, actually.>>20914185Good ripe should be totally smooth, sweet, and have dried fruit notes. The fishiness and weird gross flavors ripe usually has is a defect, it's not supposed to be there. Shou gets much better after it's aged.
Told you /tea/ was sus
>>20916145Yes, I think maybe a lot the puerh lesbians might actually be “transbians”. Straight men pretending to be women who say they’re lesbians because they’re sexually attracted to women despite being men playing dress up. They go on lesbian dating apps and get true and honest lesbians banned who don’t want to have sex with men in women’s clothing.
Tried a new (to me) local store, this is some javanese black tea purported as rare and famous, though it's nothing special for the price.I have higher hopes for the tie guan yin and bai mu dan.
>>20914123>I'm reminded how horrible ripe isThis should be in the OP>>20915845>The fishiness and weird gross flavors ripeIn my experi even when the fishiness is missing then there is still dirt/old attic wood vibes
>>20901218>For some reason these new matchas produce a way more positive sensation than the grocery store equivalent I'd been drinking- that one feels kind of edgy and these induce a smooth little high, so presumably Yunomi's are much richer in theanineYeah i hate being snobby about tea in general but matcha is something where you just shouldn't bother unless you get it from Japanese tea specialty stores. It's just a completely different product then the "matcha" sold in the west
>>20914123decided to also drink my Awazon stored 7572totally an easily acceptable tea. not exciting, but a clean ripe
shou is great i dont know what the fuck you guys are on about, so long as it has no fish flavour ill drink that shit no matter what, beets, dirt, basement, cardboard, rotting leave,s nothing hits the same as it>b-b-but-but the mold1/3rd of the food you eat is already fermented, get over it you dogma of sterility cultists, your body was built for this
>>20916244>ill drink that shit no matter what, beets, dirt, basement, cardboard, rotting leave,sGood for you to have such low standards, but some of us still have taste buds left and prefer to drink something tasty instead.
There absolutely is good ripe puer, the problem is the good stuff costs like $70 a cake
>>20916319Also the two best tasting most complex ripes ive ever had both still smelled like fish and had pile taste
I think something's wrong with me because I've never tasted the fishiness everyone goes on about ripes having. Not even in the dirt cheap Chinese supermarket ripe I've had.
>>20916336Try this oneIt has an amazing grahm cracker flavor under the fishhttps://www.puerhshop.com/new/index.php?route=product/product&path=49_6&product_id=999
>>20916145That’s the guy from teaDB right?
>>20911030There is plenty of cheap plantation tea in bulang
I have no idea what to do with my jar full of Awazon ripes. In a gongfu session with flash steeps they are tolerable borderline undrinkable, but with longer brews the fishy stank gets concentrated and I gag after a single sip. It feels like a waste to throw them out but I sure as hell am not drinking em anytime soon maybe never. Anyone want them?
>>20916202Nice cups and pot
>>20916641I'd leave em out on a shelf a few weeks and try again (though your description makes it sound unsalvageable), if not dump em, assuming nobody wants it.It's a shame but ditching tea happens from time to time.Which ones did you get? I've not had anything super stanky from awazon yet.
Which mint tea is the tastiest? The mintiest?
>>20917101Whatever you do, use fresh mint. Steep your green tea with mint, at 80c for 5-15 minutes. For even more mint flavor, make a mint simple syrup, by adding fresh mint to the simple syrup while it is heating. Make sure to take the simple syrup to near boiling, the mint will appear to wilt, but you will get even more mint flavor.
>>20916485yeah. knew that white dude was his boyfriend
>>20916182keki wonder how many of regular posters here are 90lb "men"
>>20917391I weigh 225, but I also don't drink Puerh.
>>20899696Can someone give me a brief overview on the different types of chinese teapots and their benefits? I was looking into yixing pots just out of curiousity recently
>>20917452Yikes. Why are you itt?
>>20917708Some good reading/viewing herehttps://teadb.org/yixing-teapots/But really as far as >benefitsDifferent pots will mute the flavor of your tea more or less depending on the type of clay, temperature they were fired at, etc. and the muting effect isn't necessarily desireable or a benefit. It can be, but you kind of just have to buy a pot and try brewing several different teas (preferably teas you are already familiar with) in it to see if you like the way it changes the tea.I have one pot that doesn't seem to have much of an effect at all, and one that mutes so much that I use it only for super dank HK stored stuff because it sucked way too much flavor/aroma out of every other kind of tea I tried. I brewed some sheng in that yixing pot and in a cheap porcelain gaiwan side by side and the yixing actually made the sheng considerably worse.Be wary of anybody telling you that you need [specific clay] for [specific type of tea], and be wary of what you hear from people trying to sell you something.I would recommend that you only buy expensive teaware if you'd like to appreciate it as a work of functional art. Don't go into it thinking>This pot it made of mystical xyz clay and costs $200, surely it will make my tea taste $200 betterbecause it really won't.I'm happy with my yixing pots because I think they're cool. I enjoy using them and admiring them. They do have a muting effect on tea, but if I had purchased them expecting to get my money's worth by making my tea taste better, I'd be quite disappointed. If you want better tasting tea, just buy better tea. If you want to appreciate the history/artistry of teaware, then go ahead and buy expensive teaware (after doing research to make sure you aren't getting scammed).
>>20917956Thanks for the explanation
>>20917724I created a thread shitposting about making gunpowder green tea using a Keurig machine a while back which is what generated this general.
>>20917708i got a jianshui teapot for my blacks as they are my favourite type of tea, can't say i notice much change but i enjoy having a special pot for my favourite teas that i brought for myself as a birthday present.
>>20918082this is what i brought for ~£110. the only thing i would change is having one with flat sides not rounded so it'd be a little easier to get the leaves out
>>20901240>One thing to note is that it takes up to 15 seconds for the top vessel to draintake the lid of the gaiwan and it should drain faster
>>20899696Hi.I quit caffeine about two months ago. I am considering drinking tea again to aid in meditation.I wonder if helpful anons could point me to a tea and simple equipment to aid in that.I suppose I'd want something lower caffeine for tea.For equipment, simple and durable but not terribly expensive.I'm essentially a mendicant.Thank you.
>>20918372any herb mix like camomile or lemon + ginger and a stainless steel mug infuser (should be less than $10) or a cheap gaiwan for the same price. you should know that tea(the plant) has a lot less caffeine that coffee
>>20918372Yeah, stainless steel tea basket style infuser to brew in a mug should be $6-$10 on Amazon.For tea try bancha or hojicha. Hojicha is roasted tea stems and is quite low in caffeine with a pleasing toasty flavor. Bancha is made with larger older tea leaves and again is relatively low in caffeine and mellow tasting.
>>20918372no caffeine in barley tea
>>20918085Jianshui are so nice. I absolutely need one. I feel like I typically only see that particular shape with yixing. The Jianshui I have in my head are more cylindrical.>>20917708I don't mean to discourage you from studying anything tea related, but know that there really isn't much of an impact between teapots. Unglazed pots should be dedicated to similar teas. That's pretty much the only rule.
>>20918586Tea hardware can be really cheap and can use cooking supplies you already have. I have my gunpowder green tea 4 liters at a time, in a 6 liter pot that I also use for pasta. The only extra hardware I need for that is my oversized mesh tea ball.As long as you have something that can hold hot water for you, all you need is a mesh tea ball, and a thermometer if you want to be extra fancy.
>>20918875NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO LET HIM OOOOUUUUTT
>>20918875let him out. what is his crime
>>20918895>>20919134
>>20918875He will be steeped inshallah
4 liters done.
>Put wild berry tea bag in the cup >Good color, good aroma, good flavor >Play vidya while sipping >Game session done and so does my tea >Pour another cup of hot water into my current cup with used tea bag>Literally no color, scent, or flavor Did i got scammed by big tea, why the fuck would it can only be used once
>>20919207thank you for righting this grievous injustice.
>>20919486It's pretty typical of scented/flavored teas to lose their potency after one steep. Since they are often cheap tea leaves with flavoring added, all the flavoring gets dissolved in the first steep, and the flavor of the tea leaves themselves isn't that strong.
>>20918057>I created /tea/Shut the fuck up. You didn’t do shit, tubby.
>>20919586I never said I created tea. I shitposted, and one of the respondents in that thread created tea. Not me.
>>20919609I kneel, shitposting inventor
>>20919486tea bags are low quality, high surface area dust. tea bags are basically the instant coffee of tea
>>20919609>/tea/ only exists because of meSame sentiment. Show proof or fuck off.
>>20919631>>/tea/ only exists because of meNever said that. If you don't want to believe that's okay by me. You can just check the webm I posted and look it up in the archives.
>>20919635>I shitposted, and one of the respondents in that thread created tea. Not me.You’re saying that you’re responsible for the creation of /tea/ because of a shitpost you made. Without your shitpost, /tea/ wouldn’t have been made in response. How are you not directly responsible for /tea/?
>>20919631>>/tea/ only exists because of meme unironically, even though i haven't posted in months and didn't until the general existed for months if not years before me
>>20919642However, I never created a /tea/ general thread. That happened after the shitpost when a person in that thread noticed a lack of tea general.
>>20919635not to contribute to the decline of this thread, but I checked the archives and the first post of that webm is just u posting in a /tea/ thread about 2 years ago. The filename suggests it was filmed in june of 2022, and tea threads have been going back far earlier than that. Not sure what you are talking aboutpost on the day the webm was taken: https://archived.moe/ck/thread/18022822/#18042089
>>20919668Okay
anyone picking up any of the new dancong on white2tea? Could be fun to do a taste test between a few of them. Some of them are real pricey. A little too expensive for me I think. The Dancong chatou seems seems like a nice deal if its as good as they claim. Maybe I'll pick some of that up
I recently sampled a tisane made from sunflower flowers. It tasted like sunflower seeds. Not sure what I was expecting. Hot sunflower seed water. The petals gave it an excellent color though, but I won't repeat the experience
>>20919808all i can say is i got some of the last batch of chatou and really enjoyed it, extremely worth the money. i am not a dancong connoisseur. it was out of stock recently and so i bought their 'snowflake dancong' which is about the same low price, and its definitely not as good as the chatou
>>20903872Dark tea
I saw a fb post about William visiting jinggu again. Do you think there will be more teas from that area? Tflz is a hit.
>>20921373I bet he'l finally release Autumn TFLZ, after gaslighting anon with it
>>20916803Thank you, I'm very fond of the cups.The pot is nice but nothing special really, I should get around to buying a new one to substitute it, but it has some sentimental value.Also, I've tried the bai mu dan and this too is nothing special, fairly good quality but I'm not all too happy for the price.
>>20918082Zisha has been used for a thousand years for all sorts of tea and to this day it's very widely prized for its properties as teapot material.This graph looks suspicious(unreputable).
>>20922086pretty sure it was made by Mei Leaf, the guy who sells "1200 year old gushu" and alternative medicine, so I wouldn't exactly take it seriously
>>20922086>>20922100yeah there's a reason why i called the pic teapot autism. still even with the dodgy claims mei leaf does sell good (a bit expensive) tea
>>20911125>>20916615My mistake; thanks for setting the record straight.
>>20921615gaslighting anon with it?
What kind of do the British drink, particularly with milk and sugar. Assam is the one kind I can think of.I hear of the brand Yorkshire Gold a lot for black tea they like but it seems to be a mix.Also is there a name of the style of tea pot of pic related?
>>20899696>get job, no longer neet>no more time to drink tea>such is life frens
>>20922917>What kind of do the British drinkMostly blends such as English Breakfast, which contains mostly Assam and Ceylon.>the brand Yorkshire GoldCommon but bottom of the line supermarket tier. Twinings is also common>the style of tea pot of pic related?Western teapot
>>20923209i take evening classes at uni so I don't get home until around 10:00pm some days. I find it's actually pretty nice to drink tea before bed, just gotta make sure I go pee before I go to sleep or it'll be bothering me all night until I go.
>>20923229Idk, if I drink tea at night, I feel like it will keep me awake too long
>>20923209Drink tea at work.
>>20923258I used to bring tea with me but then I got lazy and I usually wake up late in the morning and have to rush to get to work, I just get the coffee when I get there
>>20922454one anon posted a mislabeled free sample he received. it was signed as "Autumn TFLZ", despite such a tea never being sold on the site. he really enjoyed it and was eagerly awaiting when the tea becomes available
>>20923209Home office bro. Those are my only sipping days.
>>20923292I figured you were talking about him lying about seasons again.
How much tea you drink a day?I drink 6-8 cups (1,5-2L) daily
>>20924131same ish.the cha qi is kicking in bros.
>>20918057did it work?
>>20924131my kettle is 1L and I overfill it a bit to account for the rinse so I'd say I drink around that 1L per day. Sometimes if I'm reeeeally enjoying a tea I'll fill it up again halfway and go until it just tastes like water, but I haven't done that in quite a while; usually after one kettle I don't really want to drink anymore so I stop even though the leaves probably have a couple of steepings left in them.
>>20908951I hate the "everyday drinker" it's too wet tasting. I prefer my shou's dry stored because it's way too much otherwise. I don't know about the others.that Jin Jun Mei is basically an orange in a list of apples.just get the JJM if you aren't feeling like a gambler.>6 days agorip.
I like iced sweet and sugary drinks. Trying to get away from canned teas and I'm looking for higher quality teas to try with honey. I'd really like to make large batches that could last a day or two in the fridge. What are my options here?
>>20924131office days: .8l light black tea in the morning + .8l light green tea in the afternoonhome office days: 1l fancy tea in the morningweekend: 1-1.5l max per dayI do consider this too much sometimes since I get tea high like crazy. Many mornings where I could barely sit anymore. Interesting how similar that feel is to amphetamine exposure.
>>20924131Typically around 1.5L. Sometimes closer to 1L and sometimes closer to 2L, but usually right around 1.5.I'm glad I have a job where I can sit on my ass and brew tea all throughout the day.
>>20924975Cold brew Japanese sencha or black teaFor sencha try Dens Tea or Sugimoto in the US or check the pastebin for vendors in your country.
>>20899696I got a sample of 2017 Hai Lang Hao "Lao Ban Zhang" Ripe Pu-erh Tea Brickhttps://yunnansourcing.com/en-gb/products/2017-hai-lang-hao-lao-ban-zhang-ripe-pu-erh-tea-brickNot worth the price, obviously, but it was the best tea I've had. The body of all ripe seems fundamentally the same though, so in the end you're really paying for some top notes and aftertaste.
>>20925877Chen Sheng Hao also released a LBZ ripe this year. Price is in a similar ballpark
>>20925904Have you tried it? I do find that, like most things, there're huge diminishing returns with tea.
>>20925912I haven't tried it. could buy two or three cakes of Lumber Slut for the price of one sample, so I'm not too eagerI like CSH though, will probably order from them on black friday. definitely sticking to the lower end of their catalogue
>>20918082Tell me how this chart isn't made up entirely. Could be straight out of an audiophile forum.>loses brightnesslmao, people believe thispoor black tea never gets a green rating in any pot pairing, how can anyone enjoy it then
>>20925947This. unglazed special clay teapots are a meme in any case. Anything glazed is better. I want to taste the tea, not some lead filled Chinese dirt.
>>20925972How many different clay pots have you had tea from?
For Great Prosperity and strong veiny root, drink Liu Pao tea!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0eLrIEDKJgin my pot today 2007 Guangxi, Wuzhou 500g. Liu Bao Tea Brick 3310 very sweet and smooth, not much damp musty beets, more slowly cooked and caramelized root veg. thnik carrots from a 12 hour long stew. delightful. I hope you can try it.
huh. awazon ripped me off!i ordered another tong of their moonlight white and they only sent me four!!! :T rude.
>>20926945four beengs or whatever stupid thing they call it.
>>20926945Message them about it, I wonder what they'll do
>>20926969gonna find out. my guess is that since the thing says "special promotion", it might be a one time thing. i got a tong of the same stuff already, so that would be a rational explanation.
>>20924146That wasn't my oldest shitpost about making gunpowder green in a K-Cup, those were from 2017, but yes, it does work, and you can reuse the leaves in the kcup for an absurd number of brews. I don't do it much lately because I tend to brew a gallon or more at a time out of sheer laziness.
Drink milk tea
>>20928036no
>>20926945>>20926947>>20926992Turns out they just sent it in two separate packages. No big dealio
>>20928371That's what I like to hear. Awazon isn't sketchy. When King Tea Mall did that for a larger order for me, John sent me an email letting me know.
I have an Awazon shipment coming. According to tracking it's sitting in German customs now for 4 days.Wish me luck lads(I'm the guy who had massive issues with the FL shippings to Germany)
>>20928396I had never had any problems before, so I was pretty surprised. Glad to see my first impulse was utterly wrong as usual.
>>20928400Good luck, germanon. I hope your FL teas were worth the wait.
>>20928400>Awazon shipmentWhat is the quality like? They have some very cheap tongs.
I quit my job so now I have time to drink all this fucking tea I've been hoarding the last 5 years. It's nothing bougie like this general drinks but it's a lot of jars of different varieties I bought from asian grocery stores.
>>20918085I prefer loooong and slim ones :)
Why won't they just make an unglazed (inside & out) brown betty bros
>>20930296:)
Drinking FL 2023 Autumn Jingmai Gushu from free sample.An understated and mild sheng, but with quite a nice mouthfeel (active with pretty thick body) and refreshing huigan. Seems to have a good calming effect on me too. Quite enjoying it so far, it's meditative and very easy to brew.
what store should I buy from next if I want:>white tea>aged raw>maybe liu bao or black tea>cheap shipping to EU
>>20931367thetea.pl ships from EU and has a good selection of those but the prices are really high
>>20931367https://tea-expert.net/$5 flat rate shipping until $75, then it's free IIRC
>>20917101make your own.pick some fresh mint.hang it upside down in a dry place for about a week.grind that shit in a mortar and pestle.put in a tea ball and brew as usual.
>>20918372for meditation you're still going to want to manage your high and low energy for internal alchemy, just cutting caffeine won't do it.if you're low and need to balance high go ginger, lemon, or hibiscus. if you're high and need to balance low go chamomile or barley
>>20924131same
>>20918372Tea doesn't really affect you like coffee does, if that was your previous source of caffeine. I'd recommend drinking real tea, and not and herbal tea or a blend. There is a reason drinking tea was common among monks, and cultivated around buddhist temples. Brewing tea is possible with no extra equipment if you have a mug, you don't need a stainless tea strainer, and I would actually suggest you not use one. The Finum brew basket is fine, it's largest enough to let the tea expand, but it isn't necessary. I own one and don't use it too often, it's also fairly expensive. The other piece of equipment I would recommend is a very simple glazed porcelain gaiwan, if you're ordering from china these can be had for 3-5 dollars. Green tea is most commonly drunk granpa style, the name for just dumping tea and water in a vessel of some kind. I drink all sorts of tea this way, but it's the go to method for brewing chinese greens e.g. longjing. I'm mostly going to mention chinese tea since it can be had for much cheaper, usually, and is much higher quality on the low end. Japanese teas are excellent, and not too expensive, but have a higher starting minimum price. Hojicha is the Japanese tea that stands out, since it's soft and low in caffeine, that's what I would recommend trying. For Chinese green tea, green tea sold as longjing is a good bet, as are some cheaper oolongs. If you want to try a puerh-like tea, huangpian is a good bet, it is generally softer and milder than sheng puerh from a similar season and area. Fu-cha is another tea than can be had extremely cheaply, in bricks, and is easy to brew.You're kind of in an unfortunate spot, if you're starting out I recommend buying samples of lots of teas and trying them. There are hundreds of different kinds of teas out there, so drinking tea is really an explore / exploit problem for the first few years of drinking it.
>>20931752>>20918372When I was starting out it was common for me to find a new tea that I liked more and was cheaper than some of my favorites. Actually, I recently ordered kind of a lot of new tea to try, very little of which is any good, and I kind of regret not just buying a lot of tea that I knew I would like. However, if you only buy tea you know you like, you'll gate yourself off from most of the tea that exists. As far as some specific examples, some teas that I've tried that I like and are on the cheaper end are these. There are other anons in this thread who buy cheap tea from e.g. awazon, and this list certainly isn't exhaustive. These are just a few things that come to mind. In general, you'll be "forced" to place large orders because of shipping costs, and shipping will take a long time, this is why I mentioned that you were kind of stuck since you're just starting out. I personally recommend finding some way to try teas, maybe at a tea shop.https://yeeonteaco.com/collections/oolong-tea/products/iron-buddha-i-oolong-teahttps://www.farmer-leaf.com/collections/yunnan-pu-erh-tea/products/2024-jingmai-yellow-flakeshttps://www.puerhshop.com/new/index.php?route=product/product&path=35&product_id=228The fu brick is just an example, I actually haven't had that one specifically.
>>20931752Why would you say not to use a mesh basket but then suggest one that is made of plastic? Obviously if you use a mesh strainer you need to have extra volume for tea expansion, but please avoid plastics.
>>20931873I don't think I suggested one made of plastic, my Finum brew basket is made of stainless steel. I never use it though, I don't think you should by one. I don't think it's a good way to brew tea, and as I said, it's expensive.
>>20931881>FinumThe mesh is steel but the frame is plastic Anyway brew baskets are great for western brewing, but yeah not really great for gongfu and unnecessary if you just put leaf in cup but that doesn't work for all teas in my experience.
>>20918875>>20919207>>20919321>dis nigga reducin' reusin' recyclin'Great to see.
>>20930978Taod bloodline strong in this one
Hello anons. I prepared about 140g of mandarin skins (from 20 mandarins) for making chenpi today.>Pic related, my haul.Last time I did this, I attempted to do it with lemon peels in early 2022. I haven't had them even once since, but I smell them every few months, and they do smell quite nice each time. However, I learned a lot from my first time trying it. So, I thought I'd share some observations like I did back then.First and foremost: any kind of extra moisture (juice from the citrus, sink water, etc) and excess pith can be risk factors for mold. Especially so if they clump together. I was able to salvage enough from that first run, but it was a measly 72g of what could have been much more. This time, I am at 140g of citrus peel, taking care to not puncture into the juicy layer, and removing any particularly concentrated concentrations of pith. I also spread the haul over two plates to increase airflow. This should prevent it from even feasibly holding onto water, and furthermore, improve how quickly it will dry (thinner surface against open air) while preventing mold. I'll have to wait a few days to see how it turns out.My technique for peeling developed as I tried new things. I don't think it's worth scraping at pith from a time perspective, even if it could theoretically improve the final product, but I did that for maybe 1/3 of them. I think they look better if you peel carefully into a flower/windmill shape, which I did later on. Anyway, it's all trial and error, but if any of you want to do it at home, try not to be too much of a perfectionist with it.
I wish I could enjoy tea but my childish palette makes me hate the flavor
>>20932635What kind of teas have you tried?
>>20931752>I'd recommend drinking real tea, and not and herbal teaHe explicitly mentioned he quit caffeine. This is terrible advice>you don't need a stainless tea strainer, and I would actually suggest you not use oneStrainers are the go to tool for beginners. They are also very cheap>gaiwanfor advanced users>Green tea is most commonly drunk granpa styleExcept 98% of tea drinkers around the world dont drink green tea grandpa style. Grandpa style is quite an advanced technique for people who know what they are doing. You easily oversteep if you don't get everything right.
>>20932635Try more teas and if it's something you really wish you enjoyed then just keep drinking it in little amounts, over time you'll most likely get a taste for it. I used to denounce all teas and be disgusted by seaweed flavor and matchas. Now I love all teas, especially seaweed tasting jap greens and matcha. Got there over time by drinking mint "tea" because it helped me shit and gradually moved on to other stuff
>>20931379Yeah, I've bought from them before. Agree with cool selection but high prices (at least they don't sell obvious markup scams, 2 other local stores sell 2006 Xiaguan Jia Ji tuos for like 60$...)>>20931391That does sound enticing, I'll check out what they have
is it poor form to suck on the tea bag right before discarding it?
>>20932731>I quit caffeine about two months ago.>I am considering drinking tea again to aid in meditation.Tea has caffeine in it. People drink tea to aid in meditation, which has caffeine. Strainers are unecessary, gaiwan are easy to use, and pretty much everyone in china does in fact brew longjing like this. This is by far the most common way to drink it.
>>20932635You could try drinking white tea, something like baihao yinzhen, that should be pretty sweet and easy to drink.
Does fullchea do BF sale?
Do you guys finish your cakes or leave a little?I'm getting strangely sentimental about it. I'm not sure I can do it.
>>20932964It's easy to want to leave a little when you really like a certain tea. However, it's my view that it's best to enjoy and fully appreciate a tea to the end, if you really like its current state. You'll eventually find new and intriguing teas in the future after all. Better to enjoy good things now before they shift and possibly degrade over time...unless it's pu'er/heicha, maybe.
Shulloween is live boys and girls.
>>20933248i'm still drinking the lot i got 2 years back, of those only trap bird was really good(very smooth)
>>20932499Wow that's cool. Looking forward to hearing what you brew with them. Are you using a dehumidifier or letting them air dry?>>20932885Yes. But if nobody is around, it's fair game.>>20932964I rotate teas often so I have tons of open cakes. Finishing them can be bittersweet. I make poster collages with my cake wrappers. It helps overcome that strange desire to not finish a cake. I don't at all have this problem with cheap Xiaguan tuos.>>20933248Happy Shulloween! I still have a few minis from last year. I'm going to buy two bags this time.
>>20933248Just saw the email. Like last year, I thought the grab bags seemed fun, but the lack of free shipping vs the Black Friday sheng cakes makes me want to just wait for that instead. Shame too, because it seems fun, and I liked the freebie minis I got from my BF order last year.>>20933288>Are you using a dehumidifier or letting them air dry?Air drying. I checked them around an hour or two ago to see how the drying has gone and mix up the piles. Seems to be progressing nicely already. I'll wait some three days or so to observe for any chance of mold (which should hopefully be low) before I package it all in a bag and store it for aging. As for what I'd have them with...tough choice. I think it could go well with cheap whites and shou. It needs time to age regardless, but my lemon chenpi could be consumed now if I wished.
>>20931367Farmer Leaf, but the white will also be aged.
>>20931367Maybe fullchea-tea. They have cheap tea, but some of the raws are quite good if you are willing to pay up. >>20933366FL doesn't have aged white
>>20933406*aged raw
>>20933276I've still got most of the ones from last year. 3 were great. old reliable is boring. Probably give this new one to my dad for campfire brewing. Jacko is the other dupe from last year and I thought it was really tasty. I remember another anon liking it as well.
>>20932964I finish them. But I do go more slowly of I only have a bit left
>>20933337>>20933248Yeah I'm gonna wait until black friday with any purchases. Been a bit bored of ripe, would honestly rather get a liu bao or something.
Hello dear friends,do you have any aged white teas you would recommend?I've tried a Taiwanese aged white made from a T-18 cultivar (one of the cultivars developed by their ministry of agriculture and normally used to make black tea) and I've liked it very much, but the website I got it from isn't selling it anymore.It looked quite similar to black tea, dark, withered and small, and had a similar taste to yue guang bai but was certainly a higher quality tea, it had like a buttery, somewhat sweet smell of a mid-high oxidized oolong and flowers like peony, with very little of the astringency of more aged and tannic tea and little of the grassy-ness of tea made with more buds than leaves.I'm looking for something similar to that, so I'd appreciate any recommendation.(also I feel like I'm getting a bit too much into my own head, but does this message sounds exaggerated to you? please and thank you)
>>20933739I liked the Nannuo white cake from thetea.pl as far as more oxidized white teas go. It's very honeyish and approaching black tea in flavor
this is how i brew my tea. is this acceptable?
>>20933806>Ingredients: green tea, natural and artificial flavors Looks sketchy to me but whatever floats your boat. Enjoy
>>20933824now that im thinking about it and read some reviews there is a tinge of soap or perfume flavor to it. i still like it but open to suggestions for bulk loose leaf green tea thats high in caffeine. one of these 8.8 oz packages last me about a year.
>>20933891Buy temple of heaven gunpowder instead
It has been almost a year since I came back to tea and started my puer journey. I now have way too many cakes and still desire to buy more. Think I need to find a new hobby again to balance things out.
It's been about a year since I went to Taiwan, and one of the teas I bought there was Muzha Tie Guan Yin. I first tried it a month or two after getting home, and it tasted like pure charcoal, nothing like the well balanced tea I sampled in the shop. I knew heavily roasted tea took a while after roasting to be drinkable, so I waited and tried it again six months after I bought it and still it was nothing but roast flavor. I was just about ready to accept that I had gotten screwed over and sold crap since I was a tourist after that.But today I tried it and was pleasantly surprised to find that the tea had balanced out. Caramelized sweetness, that sort of straw/hay TGY note, and the nice heavy roast to balance it out. Good stuff, it makes the new age super light roast Anxi TGY seem like it's missing something (I guess because it is).I had thought that six months was plenty of time for the roast to calm down, but apparently not.I told myself that I wasn't going to buy any more tea this year, but I've been on a yancha kick lately and I really want to go deeper into the realm of roasted oolongs...
>>20932690Mostly just green and some generic lipton stuff
>>20932786Desu i did pound the fuck out of green tea once.I flew across the us and after waking up on the plane, my head was fucking killing me. It felt like there was a drill in my skull so my brother got me some green tea since its supposed to relieve pressure headaches. Drank it like water just because i was looking for anything to help relieve the pain.Thats actually why id like to try drinking more tea. I always hear about the health benefits.
>>20935198Consider trying some Taiwanese oolongs, they're pretty approachable. I don't think you need any sort of advanced palette to enjoy them. There are a few good vendors in the rentry.
>/ck/ advised me to go to Ippodo for matcha>went there>one can per person per day>oh, okayAnyway, what's the beginner's advice for matcha? I only drink teabags and sometimes loose leaves before, I have no idea. Is that whisk thing necessary?
>>20935485>Is that whisk thing necessary?an electric whisk is good enough or put in a jar and shake, you dont need to spend 10 years mastering the hand motion
>>20935490Alright, cool. I can do that.The shopkeeper told me that I have to finish the can in 3 weeks (I bought a 40g so that's pretty much a cup a day). Is it really that bad?
>>20935498they probably just want repeat customers. matcha will loose its freshness faster then other green tea because its powdered but some tea authority jap a few hundred years ago wrote that it shouldn't even be drunk in the first ~2 years which is an anathema to todays matcha drinkers. so dont stress and if in 5 years time you rediscover your tin, try it and if its terrible throw it out
Why did yen have to crash and not yuan?I want to sip on cheap gushu god damn it.
>>20935581this, the growing middle class in China has been disastrous for tea drinkers, soon Chinese tea will be like Indian, all collected by hedge trimer with catch baskets, sold as commodity not autistic niche hobby because they dont know any better. capitalism is terrible because all it does is drive down quality as sellers keep chasing the bottom line to maximise profits
>>20935533>anathema
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htcwu1EEFU0>>20935485why do you want to drink matcha? your tea journey led you there? if you want to gulp it, buy middle priced stuff, no need for "the whisk thing" grade.
>>20935635>>20935645fuck both yall, me vocab big good.
>>20935498No. I just finished a can milled may 2023 and popped a fresh one milled in june. Visually the older one was a tinge darker but they're not far off in taste.>whisk thing necessaryI've got a top tier electric frother/milk kettle(dreo baristamaker) and a takayama whisk/scoop+tsubame sieve. That little extra bit of effort keeps me from drinking the stash too quickly. If you're buying to enjoy, then enjoy it. If you're buying to consume, then consume it. If I don't have time to make and enjoy matcha, I don't make matcha.>>20935645> if you want to gulp it, buy middle priced stuffYeah it just feels kind of shitty to drop several dollars of matcha into a blender with oatmilk.
>>20932499Very cool, tempted to try that out myself
anyone's going for the shuloween this year? or is it really just FL general?I may have to donate to this blonde guy, I don't mind
>>20935996i ordered a bag of minis and 2 blakc tea cakes, i have enough ripe cakes. i have far too much tea
>>20935996>Orders over $500 will receive a free cake of our new 2020 Old Reliable Small Batch, no coupon needed.bruh, what the fuck?
>>20935996I got the set of cakes. I'll expect them to be nice, the jacko minis were good last year. Sippin those till spring.
>>20936022yunnansourcing honestly does good deals and loyalty points. w2t is shitty and so is meileaf with their "spend X amount and get a token for free shipping on your next order(token expires after 1 week)"
>tea has caffeine>caffeine keeps you awake>drink green tea>feel sleepy
>>20936035>he jacko minis were good last year.that is my thinking. is the black cat the charlie? >>20936022that's the minus here and why I skipped last year's>>20936045thank you shill. it happens. drink tea from different companies/coffee/eggs/oil/dairy
>>20936022One more reason why don't give him money I guess. >>20935996>or is it really just FL general?You can always try some CSH they also have ripes...
>>20936061>...
>>20935996I snagged the 4 pack.>>20936049Charlie was a "club only" drop for a few years. Black cat is the new jacko.
>>20935195>But today I tried it and was pleasantly surprised to find that the tea had balanced out.nice, really love taiwanese oolongshave you tried aged roasted oolongs before? i havent bought any because of the price but they seem interesting
>>20936061>You can always try some CSH they also have ripes...I wonder how good their ripes are. Never heard any discussion about them
>>20935996I never found the promo that enticing compared to -15% on all tea and other stuff other vendors sometimes offerBut the marketing is ingenious and admittedly it is a fun promoI'd be way more inclined to buy from w2t if they had free shipping. I like making small orders and the flat shipping rate is not great for that
>>20936075>have you tried aged roasted oolongs before?I've tried several, not a lot but I've enjoyed all of them. I actually bought one in Taiwan as well, I've posted about it here before.In my limited experience they converge on a really nice mellow sweetness kind of like figs, and they do also pick up a note that is recognizable as "aged", something like dry wood and old books.They're definitely worth a try.
>>20936046CATechins
>>20935186Tea neatly complements every other hobby, imo.>>20936064>Shou puerh is not easily pressed together as shengThat's interesting. I didn't know that.
>>20933771Thanks!
went to a chinese tea leaf shop yesterday and they gave me tastings for free. Found the two puerh I tried were too astringent and green tea too weak in flavor. I was looking for the tea taste that I would get at dim sum places and he said those were usually a mix of puerh and chrysanthemum and brewed me a cup. Exactly what I was looking for.Not exactly sure what kind of puer it was but I a happy customer.He had a really cool brewing device that was like a pour over coffee maker shap that he would brew in and press a button and the liquid would drain out from the bottom into a glass pot. Been looking for it online but no clue what its called.
>>20937929one of these? try and get one thats all glass no plastic
>>20937942kind of. do you have a link to that?
>>20937947google Tea Brewer And Decanter theres a few different ones
>>20937929is it the "hario switch" ? maybe i'm thinking too literally into the "like a pour over coffee maker" part
>>20938312it looked like that but t had a metal strainer on the inside and the button was on top but it had an open top like the hario switch. Its more like this hario switch than the other two above.>>20937942This is the best design one I can find online for purchase but I think i'll just keep using my french press for now and decant into two cups.
>>20935645I'm just curious what the real deal tastes like. I mean, I had matcha tea in Japanese restaurants & cafe before, but I want to know how good it is if I make one myself. I have mild GERD so I don't drink milk and creamer much nowadays (somehow black coffee and plain tea work fine though).>>20935533>>20935762Alright, got it. I'll wait until winter comes, might be better time to enjoy it.
It's been around three days since I prepared a batch of fresh chenpi: >>20932499 .Thought I'd share an update to show some of you what it looks like (pic related), and perhaps encourage other anons to give it a go. Nearing three full days later, a few things of note have been observed:>Great drying with simple exposure to the air, with no visible mold development whatsoever.I believe this supports my claim about avoiding careless hydration/humidity and excessively thick pith portions.>The initial weight value of 140g went down considerably to a dry weight of 60g.I found it surprising that it shrunk in weight mass by over 2x, but it did dry and stiffen considerably in a short time.It's not too hard to do. The aroma seems decent, but it's clearly still young and needs time to age and develop its aromas. One challenge with this is that while I wanted to use a citrus skin peeler, the skin was too thin to do so so finely. I think there may be potential with citrus fruits that have very thick skins, and peeling just outside of the pith for the ultra-concentrated portions of oils and thin remainders thereof that should dry and age most rapidly.
>>20938675Hell yeah i remember your first attempt.This looks like it went much better
>>20938675Now try to keep the tangerine whole for stuffing.
>>20938680Yeah, it's darkening up nicely already, so I think it has good potential from this starting point. I haven't had the lemon chenpi yet in these past few years...how should I even evaluate it? 6g broken up and thrown in my gaiwan? High temp, long infusion?>>20938712I have seen videos where they do that. I don't personally have the tools for it in the method I've seen of them prepping it like a jack-o-lantern, but I do have an idea. That is, cutting out windmill shapes, shaping them upward, filling with tea, and either tying them up temporarily with twine or thin skewers to dry into their new shape. I think this could even be superior in a way, since it'd naturally unfurl both the skin and the tea for consistent infusion. My only concern is if it'd increase the risk of mold development or not.
How do I into tea?Lqst time I tried it tasted like grass shavings
>>20899696I drink gong fu and milk teamilk tea is better
>>20935207>I always hear about the health benefits.I wouldn't think too much into that unless you're already a caffeine consumer, but do as you wish eh. Try out different teas and see which one is most suited to your tastes and start there, something like black tea might be easier. Then once you get more used to that, other teas will be easier to enjoy.>>20938911This applies to you as well, you probably had green tea so try out black or oolong tea to start>>20938924Try adding 50g of sugar to your tea
>>20938957I'll try out some darker teas
>>20935207>>20938911i started with a vahdam variety pack then moved into chinese. my advice would be buy something like that and a £10 gaiwan or mug brew basket, brew western style i.e 2g for 3-5 mins in a 100ml gaiwan or mug and if you like that start looking into brewing gongfu style with chinese teas.dont go the whole hog and buy an expensive gonfu set or a kilo of random chinese teas, start simple and build.just dont bother with teabags, its cheap worthless dust grade in plastic that needs milk and sugar to make it drinkable
>>20938957>health benefits>I wouldn't think too much into that unless you're already a caffeine consumeryeah what's up with that? Every time I tell someone I'm into tea they start talking about health benefits and I'm like "oh idk i just drink it cuz i like it". They think it's like a miracle drink or something, does it actually do anything special?
>>20939673>does it actually do anything specialI've seen studies about puer and I wouldn't say it actually does anything. It's hard to see why people drink tea for taste when soda is cheaper and tastes way better than tea bags. That's why the goto conclusion people have is oh it's healthy or something.
>>20938957>>20939673>>20939690>health benefitsPretty sure they are neglible. Having a cup of green tea everyday is propably better than having the same amount of coffee or beer. When you pump liters of tea and getting caffeine rush from it, the health benefits will be out of the window. Tea is big in esoteric circles. There is a whole industry behind shilling this lifestyle so take everything with a grain of salt from that direction.Make sure to not drink your tea or whatever liquid too hot, the heat fucks up your throat cells and will be carcinogenic.
>>20939693I mean green tea is a zero calorie stomach irritant that happens to suppress your appetite a bit. Mountain dwelling Tibetans stave off scurvy with brick raw floor sweepings etc.
>>20939673That also happens with kombucha and its annoying af
>>20939693>Tea is big in esoteric circlesExactly. It's all spiritual/hippie nonsense. It's also why I hate the hipster culture around it. I went to some tea fest recently and hippies/weebs/hipsters everywhere. Not a single reasonable person. It's such a shame that only these "people" get to taste the good stuff while the rest keeps drinking beer/wine.
>>20938911Avoid tea bags and green tea. Instead pick up a loose leaf unflavored black tea, this one is good https://www.amazon.com/Alwazah-Triple-Traders-Loose-Ceylon/dp/B07DZ4M75Z but you might be able to find something in a local shop.Brew it western style, ratios can be found in the OP rentry. You can buy a mesh strainer basket if you want to but steeping in one mug and just pouring the tea into another mug will also work. If you find it too astringent try decreasing the time you steep. The two mug method can also be used to try gong fu brewing but if you do get the Alwazah I recommend against that- it comes out extremely bitter.Alternatively, you could try a shou mei white tea, they lack the bitter/grassy flavors people just getting into tea find unpleasant. They also do well with both western and gong fu style brewing.
>>20939722>tea fest recently and hippies/weebs/hipsters everywhere.The new yoga cacao ceremony hype is way worse>>20939729competent post
How should I be storing my puer? Do you use humidity packets?
>>20939729I almost finished my box of that, it's nice tea. Haven't quite decided if I'll get a second box or try some other ceylon.>>20939955It's common to seal them in a box with a humidity pack yeah. Imo it's worth the effort if you're not going to drink it up fairly quick. There's some info in the rentry.
just added coconut flakes to my earl gray teaball
>>20940079>Haven't quite decided if I'll get a second box or try some other ceylon.Try some Yunnan black, Assam, Darjeeling, Kenyan. Ceylon was for me always a little underwhelming in the scope of black teas but I'll try the Alwazha for sure some day since people seem to like it and it's cheap.
>>20940170>Ceylon was for me always a little underwhelming in the scope of black teasUse Ceylon tea to make HK milk tea.
>>20940098i do that sometimes when the flavor starts fading after subsequent steeps. it's nice!
>>20940170I've had plenty of chinese black tea, none of the indian stuff though. Should probably head over to vahdam.I could see how ceylon might come off a bit underwhelming, it's gentle. There's something super moreish about it to me. Worst case you can use it for milk tea as anon said, I just boiled up some chai with it.
>>20940200Isn't ceylon meant to be boiled anyways? Most Indian tea is for sure. Chinese black tea is pretty good for gong fu but I like adding some to my Ceylon and boiling then adding evaporated milk.
>>20940224I only boil it occasionally for milk tea, mostly I drink it without milk western style. It's good to me but I dunno how proper that is.Adding some chinese black is a nice idea, would beef it up a bit.
>>20940243>Adding some chinese black is a nice idea, would beef it up a bit.Try and do it hk style.And yeah, adding 25% Chinese black tea, damn, the tea is heavenly. You can drink it hot but I also like to have another cup at room temperature and let the flavors meld while cooling down and the taste on my tongue is awesome. The taste on the tongue is awesome. Really good.Try it with pu-erh too.5 grams in 450ml boiling pot of water. Boil 10 mins, then take off heat and steep 2 mins. then,Most important thing for milk tea is FILTERING it with a fine filter at least 4 times.Add milk to cup of filtered tea. SMOOTH and tasty.
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>>20940254Nice thanks for the tips anon.
