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This thread is for discussing teas, tisanes, and other herbal infusions.

info: types of tea, where to get tea, how to brew tea
https://rentry.org/teageneral

previous thread: >>21004217
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Drink more liu bao.
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I want to drink milk oolong, but my remaining supply is at the office. Sucks man.
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>leaf water
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Seems like the taxjew caught my vietsun order.
Good bye 20% discount, hello 20%+ tax.
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Bai mu dan with home-made éclairs.
The bai mu dan is pretty good, somewhat herbal with just the right amount of that citrusy tea aroma, though it's maybe a tad dry where a better quality tea would be a bit fresher and more herbal.
The éclairs are an improvement over last time, and at this point I don't think anything could be really improved save for the shape; I filled them with a custard based cheese cream, like one where you'd dip panettone.
If you'd dip panettone in anything.
Also, in case you didn't see my posts about it in the previous few threads, I'm looking for good aged white teas to try out, things like yue guang bai and t-18 red jade/white jade, if you can think of anything do reply, please and thank you.
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glass of tea
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I finished making my Fa Zhan He beer with my friends. It turned out pretty darn good, although it is a strange beer! We got it judged at the local homebrew club. It passed, but not by much. It tastes distinctly like Fa Zhan He. It's extremely hazy and has a lot of sediment that settles. There's even a bit of huigan, which I find very satisfying. We're going to take some feedback we've received and try again next year before submitting it to a competition.
Cheers!
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>>21036617
Hell yeah, that's awesome.
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>>21036617
Awesome. I really thought the ferment would destroy the characteristics of the tea. Nice stuff
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Does Teahome provide tracking numbers? I've made credit card payments for both the order and the shipping and the order says "完成," but that's it.

>>21036617
Nice, I'd buy a six-pack.
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>>21036617
>It turned out pretty darn good
>tastes distinctly like Fa Zhan He
Hopefully this helps dispel the myth that using good teas for kombucha is a waste of time.
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>>21036059
Based post
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>>21036121
This reminded me that I need to leave some emergency tea at work. I almost forgot my tea today and that would have been a minor disaster.
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>>21036714
>Does Teahome provide tracking numbers?
He provided a shipping notification a couple days after payment but no tracking number. Shipping took about 2 weeks to the US but things may be a bit slower right now because of Christmas package season
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>>21036714
I did get a shipping number, though not much in terms of shipping updates, until it got to my country.
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>>21036481
This combo sounds killer. Is there much of a difference between bai mu dan and shou mei?
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>>21036054
Reminder that tea should be accompanied by sugar.
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where can i buy the tea needed for tibetan butter tea? could i just use ripe puerh or another heicha? my sister wants to try it
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>>21037762
It was good, thanks.
There's not a big difference, though you can usually tell a shou mei from how much more dry and astringent it is compared to bai hao yin zhen and even bai mu dan, without being smoky like a green or nearly as tannic as a red.
Then again, it depends on the quality, and a good quality shou mei will taste more fruity and less dry than a bad quality bai mu dan.
I recommend it if you like reds but you'd like to exchange some of the strength and all of the tannins for a more floral, fresher tea.
Bai mu dan is one more step in that direction, with more flowers and grassiness and even less dryness.
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>>21038223
The xiaguan baoyan bricks are basically made for the job. YS stocks the ripe, not sure where you can get the raw
https://yunnansourcing.com/en-gb/products/2022-xiaguan-tibetan-flame-ripe-pu-erh-tea-brick?_pos=1&_sid=2f7b0785d&_ss=r
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>>21038223
Tibetan export heicha is pretty cheap on Amazon. Red box tastes pretty good.
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>>21038332
Nta but, got a link? I think it might not be sold here on amazon.
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>>21038341
Yeah looks like it's gone now. Any anhua fu brick that's really cheap and old should do.
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>>21036680
>>21036697
>>21036714
>>21036761
Thanks lads. I may hit up the homebrew thread and share the recipe. That's on /out/, I believe. If I do, I'll link it.
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>>21038330
>>21038223
You can get the raw tibetan brick on Awazon for extremely cheap. 3.95$ for a single brick:
http://www.pu-erhtea.com/TeaDetails.aspx?TeaID=796
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>>21038460
Very professional looking display
Why the choice of fa zhan he?
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>>21038817
I wanted to make a puerh tea beer. That's the baseline. After a couple sessions of marrying tea with beer, we decided to do raw instead of ripe. Farmer Leaf was a pretty obvious choice to start with for punchy young raw. Fa Zhan He is particularly distinct in flavor and a good value in case the experiment went bad. Herbal with a notable citrus vibes. I knew I would be able to detect it even in the background of beer, which helped dialing in the balance between the two.
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>>21038840
Makes sense. You should send William a bottle lol, of you think it could take shipping to china well.
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Does anyone know what a betel nut actually smells like? I got conflicting descriptions from aniseed to petrichor.
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Have you tried gong fu brewing with other tisanes?
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>>21039196
>petrichor
that and the medicinal chinese medicine smell. Some kind of strange, tangy fruit peel and dried tiger penis or something.
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>>21039196
>>21039461
It's a very distinct and hard to define smell, like lychee fruit. "Aromatic nut" is about right.
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>>21039461
I've been meaning to ask about that too, I wanna know which chinese medicine to go smell. Ginseng gets mentioned.

>>21039470
It's a particular note I could hopefully figure out from the right teas, then.
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Had some renovations done to my bedroom over the last few weeks. Now have a built-in storage space in my closet that includes a small quick access section dedicated to tea. Quite comfy. Do any of you anons do the same, having a shelf, cubby, drawer, etc for selections of tea in your bedrooms?
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>>21039582
Nice setup
Do you keep a kettle in your bedroom as well?
I drink a lot of my tea my bedroom but store it in my living room, i would love to have some built in storage like that
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>>21039590
Thanks. It's a work-in-progress, but I like how it feels for daily use.
>Do you keep a kettle in your bedroom as well?
Yes, in the rear end of my bedroom table, so within arm's reach when seated. I keep a few jugs of water in my room at all times for when I need to refill it. It ends up saving a lot of time to have everything neatly and conveniently prepared in one room. That said, much of my tea is in another closet in another part of my home.
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>>21039470
Rthay looksloike a dried human shit
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After holiday shipping madness is over, i plan on buying one cake each of a nice shou and sheng cake from w2t. I know I'm getting Tale Chasers but not sure about the sheng. Was thinking Pin but reviews seem like it would be too intense for someone who hasn't had a lot of sheng experience, especially aged sheng.

Any recommendations would be appreciated anons. Enjoy my Miruta tea cup made in occupied Japan.
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>>21039962
If you don't have a lot of sheng experience I would buy a bunch of different samples that sound interesting rather than commit to a full cake based on the vendors description or recommendations from anonymous.
Not that the vendor/anonymous isn't knowledgeable or is acting in bad faith, it's just that everyone has different tastes and preferences, and you don't know how your tastes align.
If you like a sample you can always decide to go back for a full cake, and if you don't like a sample you've saved yourself from buying a lot of tea that you don't really want. Bad samples are good learning experiences too.
So I'd recommend you sample the 200X Wuliang (good example of an aged dry stored raw) and 941 (easy to drink young raw), neither are intense. Besides those two the only other raw I've had from w2t that I liked enough to buy a cake of is the Boat Captain, but it's quite a bit more bitter than the other two and also is a bit smoky.
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>>21038595
What the hell? I'm just discovering this tea and seeing "100 grams samples" for like 2 bucks. How come is it that cheap?
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>>21040219
this site*
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>>21040219
>How come is it that cheap?
it's basically older leaves, broken leaves and various other scraps from Xiaguan productions. you could think of it as their equivalent of a huangpian cake. and since basic Xiaguan teas are already cheap, the scraps from them are even cheaper
traditionally exported to Tibet for making butter tea on the cheap
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>>21040246
no budget going to marketing and website probably. also their cheapest teas are their own productions (aside from that xiaguan brick)
also, their tea is total kunming dry storage, so most of their older stuff doesn't taste as aged as it sounds
also, they bought a bunch of tea back when it was much cheaper and I don't think they bother to update prices...
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>>21040259
>>21040252
I see, thanks anons. Well even if they're scraps or whatever for that price it's still very much worth it, i'll most likely order a few soon. Maybe it's a good opportunity to try Tibetan butter tea with that Xiaguan sample, even if I never really thought of trying it
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>>21039470
I always thought of lychee as perfumy, bordering on floral
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Cheap chinese black tea is utter dogshit.
Cheap indian black tea is actually good.
I love cheap black tea fuck off with your oolongs.

Hierarchy of tea:

1) Cheap black tea powder that's actually good (there's also shitty ones)
2) Puerh what smells like feet
3) Any darjeeling
4) Any matcha
5) Any black tea that takes more than 15 seconds to brew because it is in the form of whole leaves, or any store brand green tea
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9000) Fruity flowery smelling oolong and shit
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>>21032142
>Any recs on yunomi.life?
The kamairicha I got from them was pretty tasty.
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>>21040345
I meant in the sense of it being a hard to place smell if you don't know what it is.
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>>21040464
>Cheap chinese black tea is utter dogshit.
Wrong
>Cheap indian black tea is actually good.
Wrong. Jeets can't do anything right
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Got some super fine Tai Ping Hoi Kui, the leaves are like 6" long. This is insane. Cost a mint tho.

Tastes not unlike Dragonwell.
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>>21040464
>2) Puerh what smells like feet
by any chance are you the guy that was scared of his roommate a while back?
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>>21041197
>15cm leaves
Man, that's some LONG jing!
Jokes aside, that's impressive, I can very well imagine it was expensive.
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>>21039962
Where did you get that cup?
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Anyone have have gyokuro make them feel nauseous and even lightheaded? Can it really be just the caffeine?

There were discussions about mold toxins in tea before so I'm wondering if it's that and low steeping temperature that doesn't destroy some things like higher temperatures do.
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>>21041413
i wonder if they've had sex yet, the sexual tension was unreal
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>>21041517
It's not particularly uncommon for people to get nauseous from drinking neon green teas.
It's not mold it's just green tea can be rough on your stomach.
Try drinking it after a heavy meal and avoid drinking it on an empty stomach
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Can anyone recommend a site that has both tea trays and decent cups + gaiwans?
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>>21041413
I wasn't scared. I was just being respectful of his wish not to smell brewing puer. He saved me from being beaten by shadow men so not brewing stinky tea around him wasn't a huge ask. And there was no sexual tension because he's straight and I'm not gay for chad jock types. He moved in with his gf last month and I can afford to not have a roommate right now so I'm in puer heaven rn. Puer and molly with some ket to wind down is my new go to.
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>>21041456
>15cm
>cm
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>>21041517
It might be all the catechins too. Eat before you drink.
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>>21041517
One time with king of duck shit oolong I felt like I had been poisoned for a solid 2 days. Wasn't vomiting, didn't have diarrhea, but it gave me a really weird persistent nausea for over 48 hours with a bretty gnarly headache that was unlike anything I'd experienced. I honestly chalked it up to pesticides, but no other high altitude tea had ever done that to me, so idk. I had eaten beforehand and only drank about 2 small cups.
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>>21042637
It never went that far for me, but I did get the start of that feeling. Does throwing away the first wash make any difference?
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>>21042023
Purple Cloud Teahouse
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>>21042920
Wouldn't know, I got too freaked out and never drank from that batch again (it was from Yunnan Sourcing, 2022 I think). I asked around and a few people told me they also sometimes get those symptoms, and they guessed pesticide sensitivity was the cause. I imagine tossing the first wash would indeed make a difference. I'd try it again if I were you, but if it still makes you feel like crap after eating beforehand and tossing the first rinse I'd avoid that batch.
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>>21042930
I've been going through the puerh, also Yunnan Sourcing, that goes down easily, so once I get back around to Oolong I'll give it a proper tasting/test. But from memory I do find oolong in general to be surprisingly harsh. I've had Chinese greens from a similar altitude and they were fine and mellow, and black/puerh/purple etc are much smoother. As with everything Chinese though, it's hard to say-food standards are just different there.
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>>21042942
dancong is definitely the harshest oolong
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This Paul guy sends a sample with my order and doesn't even tell me what it is
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>>21042967
This, yeah. King of duck shit is dancong so i guess it was no surprise it made me sickly, pesticides or not. But like >>21042930 said, never know with stuff sourced directly from Chinese farmers. Not gonna stop me though.
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>>21042991
it should be written on the wrapper
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I can’t remember the name, I can check later, but I bought a sheng cake from FL earlier this year I think. 2024 tea. I know I could use less leaves or shorter brew times but are there any other methods of preventing the bitterness? I’m not going to waste the tea or toss it, I just can’t stand the taste when it’s too strong. Gives me the shivers.
I think I remember reading some anon saying to mix it with shou and I might give that a try.
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>>21043147
I dunno about young sheng and shu mixed.. might be pretty weird. Worth a try though.
You could try a lower temperature, just wait a few minutes after your kettle boils, treat it like green tea. Or pour it into a different vessel before you pour it into the gaiwan.
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>>21043147
lower temperature. you could also keep it around for a year, it will often mellow out a bit
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Is Shiso juice worth growing shiso for?
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>>21043147
try being gentle when you pour the water in as well.
This guy shows how pretty well I think:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0_DI3wf1G4&t=62s

You can really get some nice sweet brews this way, though it also depends a lot on the leaves of course, some are just gonna be more bitter than others. The other day I tried a sample of the new FL mangzhi brewed this way and it was practically all aroma and flavor, with little to no bitterness or astringency to the point where I thought it was getting a bit boring. Then towards the end I started doing longer brews which gave it a little bit of a bite that made it so much better. I actually ended up really liking that tea lol. But yeah, that's a good one to try if you like soft teas. TFLZ is another one that's really nice when you brew it mellow like this.
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>>21043403
It grows like a weed and is useful in cookery, why wouldn't you grow it? It grows wild in my yard now.
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>>21043529
TFLZ is my favourite daily tea from FL at this point. So easy drinking yet interesting. And doesn't make me too wired like some shengs do
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what's /ck/ opinion on tea resin?
https://youtube.com/shorts/LZLni7rdl0E?si=44wOOuXKdIqrUgFo
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>>21043870
I bought a bunch from Yunnan Sourcing this Spring and haven't tried it once yet. I vow to change that.
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Finally trying one of YS's Purple Voodoo cakes (2024) and it's very good, definitely lives up to some of the hype I've seen. Nice grapey taste to it.
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>>21039962
You're right anon i need to have some chill. I have a huangpian raw cake and the tea club old arbor cake that don't seem too different or offensive so i wanted to really go in and find something else. People seem to jizz over raw so im wanting to find out why

>>21041479
got it at a flea market festival in indiana. they wanted $7 i offered $5. Sweet deal i think
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>>21043870
Handy for travelling and quite hearty but nothing special taste-wise.
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dear japanese,

please stop cutting your leaves into shreds

I hate having suspended particle mist in my cup

cloudy tea
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>>21044730
how does this make you feel, anon?
also, it's not cutting, it's steaming
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>>21044854
disgusting

are you saying steaming leaves makes them turn into this sawdust?
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>>21044859
yes, steaming makes the leaves break down a little into particles
if you want as little of that as possible, make sure you're buying asamushi (lightly steamed) tea
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>>21044880
I'll stick to Chinese tea

they taste better anyway
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>>21044854
i'm gonna come
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I'm going to get crucified for this buut

I'm looking for Tsar Alexander II black tea w/ rose petal flavor (pic rel) and every online store and my import store irl do not have it and I was wondering if it has been discontinued, or if it got stopped being produced.

this is for my sister, not me.
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>>21045603
There's probably an embargo if it's actually Russian. Somewhere else in eastern europe may make something similar, I'm pretty impressed with most Czech exports.
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>>21045603
cute christmas present
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>>21045648
thing is, my import store does import Russian stuff even during the embargo (idk how, they just do.) the odd part is, I can get the other stuff somewhat just fine (I saw the green tea variant at the store a few days back), just not this particular one.
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The king of duck shit dan cong oolong tea from YS is pretty good. I wonder how it compares to other dan congs out there.
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>>21045722
See >>21042637
Did you rinse it? Any tummy trouble?
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>>21045733
I forgot to rinse it, but it doesn't upset my stomach.

Just good tea, ya know?
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>>21045722
I agree that it's pretty good.
I've been on a yancha and roasted Taiwanese oolong kick lately, and I've also been thinking that I need to drink more dancong.
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>>21045722
It's been a while, but I think the dan congs I've had since have been roastier, and had some biscuity notes I don't recall in the duck shit.
I'd love to get a good grip on dan congs but I often shy away since they're expensive
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>>21044854
Japan loves their tea dust and crumbles
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>>21045739
Alright, that's good to know. I'm less nervous to give it another try now, thanks! Enjoy the tea.
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>>21045986
Different people have different reaction to things.
It not upsetting my stomach doesn't mean it won't upset someone elses.

idk
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>>21045991
True, but my batch was from years ago and I've avoided it since, which feels unfair. I'll buy a newer batch sometime soon. Other dan congs I've tried haven't made me feel so sick.
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Got this as a christmas gift from a co-worker its bretty gud
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I have reached the point where I can down matcha made with two teaspoons of low quality ground green tea on an empty stomach and not feel nauseous.
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Anyone tried this year's W2T Snoozefest yet? I opened up a cake and unraveled some material into a separate jar to enjoy. Smelled decent, and I noticed how very easy it was to pry too; even more than last year's. Nice whole leaves. I'll be taking a few pics and writing some journal notes for anons here after I have a session with it.
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>>21046618
Natural flavors eh?
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>Want to taste and journal about new tea
>Accidentally got blasted with cayenne powder hours earlier
>Nose still burning and sensitive, acting up if I even so much as inhale
>Can't clearly judge anything, just too vague.
Truly, I suffer...
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>pour boiling water into intermediary glass from pot
>let it cool a bit
>all my teas taste 10x better
why the fuck didn't i listen, anons?
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what are the differences between all the different black teas? they all taste different even if the label says it's just black tea
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>>21047976
I would say there are two branches:
Shaihong which is dried in sun, is usually fragrant and leans more into different spices.
Dianhong which is roasted more, hence it gets more of that chocolate notes. This one is usually made with worse material since you can roast almost anything and it will develop some taste.

It's up to you, what you prefer. I've had so many different black teas that I can't really say this is what black tea tastes like.
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>>21047976
Black tea is so diverse. It's grown and processed worldwide. It'd be easier to tell you the similarities rather than the differences: black tea is fully oxidized before fixating. Beyond that, it comes in many forms and is surprisingly versatile when it comes to brewing or blending. If you're looking to learn a bit more about the genre, try some shitty Kenyan CTC from your local grocery store, try some Indian, Ceylon, and of course the king, Chinese.
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>>21048005
>>21047987
what kind of black tea variety should i look for if i want the southern sweet tea taste? i think they use lipton black tea for that
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>>21048039
That falls into the cheaper black tea grades or "commodity tea." Not that it's a bad thing, per se. In fact it pretty much needs sugar or milk. You're probably looking for Indian or Sri Lankan tea. Even picking up some Alwazah Ceylon off of Amazon would give you a better result than Lipton. Might be worth checking out your local Asian grocery store, too.
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>>21048066
thanks. i tried making it with earl grey tea which apparently has oil flavoring so it didn't taste right. would i get the right southern sweet tea flavor from any black tea that doesn't have anything else added? i have a bag of irish breakfast tea which i want to use up. i like using loose leaf for cooking it in a pot so that is why i can't just the lipton tea bags
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>>21048099
Yeah an earl grey may be a bit too adulterated. It might good in a sweet Southern tea, but it's unorthodox. Generally speaking, yes any straight up black tea would be just fine for making sweet tea. There are probably some exceptions, but unless you hit up OP's rentry and buy from specialty Chinese vendors, you won't have to worry about it. Irish breakfast might be alright. That's a blend of black teas. I'm no sweet tea expert, but I have to imagine it would be just fine.
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>>21048114
alright, i think i will also spend some time learning about the different teas since i thought it all came from the same tree and only differed in aging and packing processes
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>>21048133
It does all come from the same species of tree! The different genres of tea generally differ in how they are processed. Different nations, provinces, factories, villages, even farmers may all have their own spin on how they produce tea, not to mention the natural variations the plant itself may have influenced by terroir or mutation. Aging and packaging are just two vectors of how tea may differ from others.
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>>21048161
so when you label tea by region, it's actually just a different method of process rather than where the tea came from? like labeling pizza as new york style if it's a thin circle pizza
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>>21048302
It's varietal, terroir, processing and some other factors like how and where it is aged. It's pretty close to wine in that regard. There are vintages and good and bad harvest years.
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>gives you diarrhea
Why do tea drinkers keep doing it to themselves?
I've been trying to take up tea, but I can afford to spend half the day on the toilet.
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>>21048559
If tea gives you the shits you probably have serious issues with your digestive system that need medical attention
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>>21048559
only coffee does that to me
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>>21048559
This can be solved by drinking more tea™
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>>21048559
I just like poopin
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>>21047106
Republic of Tea is alright proally overprice but their assam is great
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>>21048559
>tea made me pass out
>tea made me sweaty and jittery
>tea made me hallucinate
>tea gave me diarrhea
>tea gave me withdrawal symptoms
>tea gave me blood poisoning

Why is this general full of frail and sickly people?
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>>21048817
Maybe tea really is just poisonous. You're probably riddled with tea related ailments that you blame everything else for.
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>>21048817
It's gotta be all bullshit.
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>>21048837
You have Crohn's disease, go to the doctor.
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>>21048817
/ck/ as a whole seems to have some real crazy digestive issues
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Drinking tea caused my wife to leave me.
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>>21048817
I drink black tea while fasting without any of the empty stomach issues everyone mentions.
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>>21047741
it's okay, it happens to us all and it will probably keep happening to us all 'til the day we die. just enjoy tea
>>21048817
it's probably the people looking to switch from slop, like soda. their digestive system is used to digesting those things
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Why should I start drinking gong fu style when I've been content with the brews drinking western style with an infuser cup?

Can anyone vouch for a positive noticeable difference?
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>>21050009
You have greater control over your tea.
This is mostly noticeable when drinking raw puer since:
A) they have good endurance and take several brews (10+ even)
B) they can get bitter real quick, 5s vs 7s is sometimes big deal
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>>21050009
>Can anyone vouch for a positive noticeable difference?
Yes. I wouldn't brew my more expensive teas western style because it would be a waste of good tea. You don't get the same range or quality of flavors western vs. gongfu.
Why not just try it out?
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anyone else really really like tiny cups? in the region of 15-20ml? i find that I enjoy the tea so much the more with a tiny cup (even pic related is too big)
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>>21050009
It changes the profile quite a lot in my opinion, but if it's better or not depends on the tea. Worth a try.
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My wife got me this teacup for my birthday last week.
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>>21050900
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I just whittled down a toothpick and spent 30 minutes poking out 7 years worth of hardened particulate matter from my kyusu's clay filter
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>>21050900
>>21050910
Yeah she loves ya
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>>21050009
most teas are fine western style and gong fuing everything is a modern invention. if you're content with western style, do it. I can't imagine drinking young raw pu-erh western style though, it really benefits from the control and extra mouthfeel you get from gong fu

but a basic porcelain gaiwan is like 3$, so it doesn't really cost much to try out gong fu if you're curious
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>>21050910
>>21050900
that's nice, I love these tenmoku / jianzhan cups. and this one looks very nice, vibrant but not garish like some of them can be
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>>21050066
I've never used any that small, seems like it might be a hassle to refill it so often. Mine are either around 50mL or about 200-300. The bigger ones are nice for when I'm busy/eating and drinking tea so that it doesn't get cold too fast, and so I'm not bothering with a cha hai.
The smaller ones are nice for focused tea sessions when I don't want to wait several minutes for my tea to cool down enough to drink it.
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>>21050999
I had seen it online a year ago or so and showed her because I thought it was really pretty and I guess she remembered, I didn't expect it at all.
>>21051658
It seems like the ones that have more iridescence are usually not the bright base colors.
This one came in a gift box with some Chinese certificate of authenticity from the potter.
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did anon try everything from his TheTea.pl order already? any reviews?
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I don't know how many here tried vietsun but so far I'm kinda impressed.
Good stuff at reasonable prices.
Definitely on par with FL or other vendors.
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>>21044854
Looks delicious, I usually prefer guricha but I've never gotten that Powerade look from my senchas/gyokuros
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Getting my order from vahdam teas tonight
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>tfw no gf to take out my rage on, so I just keep smashing gaiwans
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>>21051884
any standouts for value?
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>>21051942
I don't know yet.
So far I've only tried the lao Cai black tea and right now I'm sipping on free sample of Tua Chua(very good considering it's autumn, but it is kinda expensive).
I've the Christmas break to try bunch of others, maybe I get my lazy ass to write something.
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>>21039582
I wish I could do tea in my bedroom, but my kettle trips the breaker there half the time, so I'm confined to the kitchen.
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>>21052086
Tried one of those thermal carafes? Anons have said they work pretty well
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>>21051939

Don't worry, the tea lesbians will rough up their partners a little extra to make up for your inadequacy.
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What's the Yunnansourcing site of Japanese teas? I'm enjoying the Chinese teas but I'd really like to try some Nippon cha.
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tea game
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2365230/LoveSoTea/
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>>21052349
Gosling dao bei
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bought a tin of matcha (shogyokuen #8) as a gift for my sister. the girl told me to keep it in the freezer at all times. was she fucking with me or nah?
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>>21052358
O-cha seems popular here. but there are stores with bigger selections
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>>21052366
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1401340/Tea_Garden_Simulator/
I went looking. This also seems relevant to /tea/'s interests.
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>>21052463
at all times? yeah she's fucking up. you can keep matcha in the freezer for long term storage but if you do that you should let it get back to room temperature over the course of a day before opening it. assuming the gift is for christmas don't even bother, it's soon enough that it'll be alright
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>>21052463
>>21052691
oh i just realized you might have meant "the girl" as your sister and not some shopkeeper lmfao if that's the case then yeah do it
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>>21044859
They also rub wheat flour into many teas.
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>>21045705
IIRC I saw an Ahmad brand tea like that.
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>>21052463
Yeah I wouldn't bother for short term storage at all. I do store my unopened jap greens in the fridge though if I plan to drink them months later. Freezing seems unnecessary to me
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>>21052723
NTA, I've had unopened sencha fade after being in the fridge long term, but that was like a year after the best by date. I haven't tested to see if freezing extends it any.
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>>21052723
>>21052691
thanks
>>21052694
you're good. it was the shopkeeper that told me
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>>21052744
I think if you're planning to drink it a year or more from now then maybe freezing makes sense. otherwise, it's fridge
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>>21052895
ok good just making sure, since if it was your sister then she probably knows what to do with it and plans on doing with it, otherwise it's best to just keep it out as the other friend concurs
>>21052723
>>21052900
i prefer the idea of freezer since at least mine tends to have less smells than the fridge and gets opened less, so less fluctuations in temperature. i've never actually put any in either though since i've never bought that much. i might soon, so i'd love to hear differing opinions
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My sister says Pu-erh smells like fermented fish. Is this accurate? Is there any tea you guys would recommend outside of Pu-erh?
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>>21053399
>Pu-erh smells like fermented fish
Ripe does. Young raw doesn't.
>Is there any tea you guys would recommend outside of Pu-erh?
No. Try raw puer.
In all seriousness, there are so many teas... just get some black or oolongs if you are new.
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>>21053484
How many infusions can these Chinese teas take? Infusion is brewing right? So you can put the leaves in boiling water more than once to get a cup of tea?
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>>21053519
Read it
>>21036054
>https://rentry.org/teageneral
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>>21053519
yes. this the simple process of extraction. water is a solvent, and the leaves are dried vegetation.
i like to think of brewing like whiskey distillation, where depending on the timing and the temperature, you're pulling different chemicals and therefore flavors, from the vegetable mass. if you take one of the dried tea leaves and pop it in your mouth, and let it sit a few moments, you'll find that the things have a great deal of flavor in them, and you'll notice that if you the same after ten steeps, you'll still taste something in those very same leaves. there is a style of steeping called 'grandpa' where one simply lets the leaves sit in the water for hours at a time, and you'll find that there's so much flavor to be extracted that you'll have to refill the bottle several times over.
there is a limit, of course, most of the more powerful flavors will be depleted in the first four or five steeps, though, depending on the tea's quality and treatment, the depth of flavor can be extended all the way to a dozen, perhaps. in any case, yes, from even a few grams of dried tea leaves, you're going to get a lot of flavor. this is why tea bags are usually frowned upon, or seen as a different beast entirely, the particles of tea have a lot more surface area, and most of the cell walls have been crushed, so all of the flavor is sucked into the water extremely rapidly, basically creating a hodgepodge of the flavors you would see through windows of temperature and time (as in distillation, with its heads, hearts, and tails) with a full or more fully intact leaf.
learning about tea at least to a level of vague understanding can take you some time, which is one of the reasons it's quite a fun hobby, so i hope you look into the various ways that preparation, seasonal differences and terroire can influence your tea, it's rewarding to be able to pick these things apart while absorbed in a steaming cup of tea, it helps you to understand, and appreciate it a bit more!
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>>21053539
LOL, look at this fuckin nerd. She ain't gonna fuck you, bro.
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Anybody else grow and process their own tea? I have seven tea bushes, each of which is really productive. I am relocating them soon and digging them into superior composted soil. It's quite superior already.
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>>21053786
I don't yet, but I moved into a house with a sizeable backyard a couple months ago and I've been wanting to try.
What kind of tea do you process the leaves into?
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>>21053786
Did you grow from seeds?
I've had like 10 seeds and no success.
Also do you have the big leaf or small leaf varietal?
One day I would like to have my own tea bush, but gotta get lucky and it would probably have to be in pot anyway, not sure how well it would survive zone 7, especially these days when weather seems to be quite random.
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>>21053871
All kinds but puerh so far.

>>21053898
No I didn't grow it from seed. But my plants bear seeds, they will be cross breeds. I haven't germinated any, I hear you have to cold striate them for 1 year which sort of implies tea was a higher altitude shrub before it moved to and colonized such a huge area.
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>>21053399
>My sister says Pu-erh smells like fermented fish. Is this accurate?
young or bad ripe pu-erh does. raw doesn't, young raw pu-erh tastes a bit like a very intense green tea with fruity and floral flavors, often bitter and tart. old raw pu-erh can taste pretty weird, but not fishy
>Is there any tea you guys would recommend outside of Pu-erh?
oolongs, Chinese black teas and lower grade white teas (moonlight whites / shou mei) are fun, easy to like and don't have to be crazy expensive to be good
if you buy green tea make sure it's 2024 harvest, it's best when fresh.
>>21053519
China has the biggest variety of tea in the world, so it depends. Chinese style gong fu brewing does give you many infusions though, because you use a lot of tea and not much water. anything rolled or pressed into a cake will also need several infusions to get everything out of it, it needs to open up
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>both black friday orders stuck in limbo with no updates since December 8
RIP, might end up getting these in 2025
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>Pu’erh general
Japanese tea is better and you aren’t giving money to communists
Grow up
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>>21054181
>Japanese tea
Sorry but your thousand times folded tea dust from glorified plantation field can't hold candle to that sweet sweet commie gushu
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Besides yerba mate and rooibos, am I missing out on any other tissanes or herbal tea whatever you want to call it? Not interested in blends or mixes I want one single plant species in my cup.
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>>21054404
chamomile
hibiscus
mint maybe
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>>21054404
Lemon verbena if you like honey+citrus
I've also heard you can make tea from magnolia flowers, but I've never tried it.
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>>21054404
Ivan chai
Sideritus (if you can get good quality)
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>>21054404
Local, formerly medicinal drinks (think sasparilla) made from local ditch weeds. Sugar and preparation may be required.
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Which one of you lads is this?(I also recently did a 21/23 side by side brew recently)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_2x2R4nUnQ
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>>21054516
I've seen this guy post somewhere, maybe on the farmerleaf discord or on r/puerh
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>>21053898
Tea seeds are hard to germinate, they need to be fresh, they are only viable for like 6-8 months probably less. They need to be stored properly and iirc they need to be cold stratified before they will germinate.
It's way way easier to propagate tea from cuttings unless you have horticultural experience and are the one producing the tea seeds yourself from your mature tea bushes
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2005 Dayou “Emperor’s Bing” Yongde from thetea.pl
The wet leaf is smelling classic, a little smoke, leather.
It's a hearty old varnished wood and burnt incense type of experience which is the kind of thing I'm a fan of.
Wooly astrigency is present, mouthfeel meh, but that's fine. Good huigan.
There's a distinct acrid note of 9v battery terminals in the aftertaste. It only hangs around for a couple seconds and drops off after a few steeps, but it's hard not to call it a fault.
It does clear up and the later steeps have mellow sweetness, with aged tea taste.
I'll enjoy a few sessions with this but not a rebuy.
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2005 “Something Like SPH” Yiwu from thetea.pl
The smell of this one is in the attic, not outright musty, but old wood. Maybe you can imagine a little bit of your grandma's house who used to smoke indoors. I like evocative smells like this.
Comparatively, it's a little sweeter, there's no wooly astringency, and a some bitter improves the mouthfeel. The texture and brewing quality is more like I tend to expect from sheng with a decent amount of age. There isn't much huigan, unfortunately. It's good well-rounded taste.
I had both of these teas a few times now and this one is definitely the winner.
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>>21054404
coca tea
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>>21055456
>>21055612
thanks for the reviews. was curious to hear more about teas from this store. I liked the Youle, Banpen was a little weird with the strong bitterness in a semi-aged tea.
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>>21055924
I'll get round to the rest gradually. I'm not too familiar with aged bulang but presumably that Banpen could keep its kick for quite a long time. I heard they put material like that into factory blends that are designed to age for a long time.
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>>21056031
yeah it wasn't particularly rough or astringent like some factory teas can be, it just had that medicinal aspirin type bitterness that stayed on the tongue
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I'm sippin the dark tea/hei cha my family sells back in China. Relatives just brought some back when visiting. Fug I love fermented tea, I feel like it takes a lot of bitterness out and it's weird but to me some have a familiar aftertaste to chocolate.
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I bought some Tit Kon Yum oolong, its quite nice and its quickly rising to be one of my favorite tea varieties besides Dian Hong, also the name is funny
Tits are indeed Yum
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Gaiwan most useful teapot. Gaiwan strongest lid cup. Brew tea kung fu, fine, yes. Brew tea like white person, also work, for one cup, save leaves for later, very convenient. Brew japanese tea? With smarts, work fine. Need cup? Work as cup. Mixing alcohols? Work for stirring and straining out ice. Hungry? Work great for oatmeal and soup. Instant noodle gaiwan? Yes. Sweet tooth? Serve ice cream in gaiwan. Best purchase you can make. Buywan.
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How do you deal with heavy compressed cakes?
If I break off a chunk it takes several brews just for it break apart in the gaiwan and by that point the outer leaves are finished.
The other alternative is to turn it into tea dust when breaking it, which I hate.
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>>21058070
just keep pouring in more water you can use the same leaves repeatedly with those fermented teas like puer, hei cha, etc.
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>>21054522
>farmerleaf discord or on r/puerh
the idea that those things exist causes me a kind of existential terror
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>>21057434
that's nice, what type of hei cha do they sell?
>familiar aftertaste to chocolate
it's true, shu pu-erh and liu bao are especially chocolaty
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>>21058070
>If I break off a chunk it takes several brews just for it break apart in the gaiwan and by that point the outer leaves are finished.
which is good, if it opened immediately it would brew too strong and last shorter
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>>21058127
But it has like no taste until it actually opens.
I'm not breaking huge chunks that barely fit in the gaiwan just so the surface leaves can deliver the same result as 7g of maocha
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>>21058195
you can try to stir it around as it brews, with the gaiwan lid or a spoon
it's also useful to rinse it then leave it with the lid closed so it steams a bit and opens up
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>>21054516
drinking 2023 again. it alright but I don't need another one. maybe next year.
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Where do i get cheaper chink teas if i'm based in europa, local sellers have extremely jewish prices.
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>>21058488
Check the OP.
Sometimes you can get really good deals on taobao, hidden gem if you will, but be prepared it's all just roulette.
And superbuy/customs will fuck you over so in the end the price to quality ratio isn't really worth it.
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>>21058488
Any of the chinese stores in the OP will work. I'm in EU and have bought from KingTeaMall, Farmerleaf, fullchea, awazon, cspuerh, White2tea and tea-home.
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>>21058488
Fullchea is a pretty good choice for budget tea.
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Gonna pick up some teaware and staples from YS.us. Anything really good I should consider tacking on?
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>>21058488
Define country of residence and €/gram threshold. If you want to be helped, ask proper questions.
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>>21058891
I hear good things about their fu zhuan
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Interesting, CSH Gan En raw puer gave me a distinct umami note on my first session
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any resources that show good pairings for tea/herbs/spices? like mixing hibiscus with black tea is a good one i think
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>>21059625
That's cool, I was curious about that one. Whay else did you get from then?
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>>21058500
>>21058510
>>21058619
Thanks didn't know the op had store links
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Merry Christmas, anon, and a happy new year!
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>>21059625
Anything else to note about it?
Any comparison? I bet the value is good since it's cheap and I haven't had a bad one from CSH yet.
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>>21060489
Merry christmas anons.
I can't decide what tea is the most festive to drink later.
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I actually got something I wanted for Christmas. wtf bros? Idk if this stupid brand is any good, but it smells and tastes ok.
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>>21060630
post pic of the powder
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Anybody got an easy drinking tea that can stay in a hot thermos for a couple hours without turning acrid? I am planning to stay in my car while doing some ice climbing this winter so I figured I should get myself a thermos with a cup. I have been lurking this general and it seems like getting higher quality leaves as opposed to typical tea bags will give me a couple more brews to refill my thermos over the day. If not, do you guys have a preferred method and type of tea for low maintenance on the travel sippin.
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>>21061131
Ripe puer is great at that sort of thing, if you're into the earthy flavours.
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>>21061131
leafy white tea tends to work well right that. shou mei, moonlight white etc. anything fermented will also work great, but those teas can be acquired tastes
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I got one of those Ember mugs for Christmas.
Even though it's maximum soy I think I'll actually like using it because I drink my tea at a specific not-very-hot temperature range.
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>>21061741
Grandpa style... for a new age...
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>>21061131
If you want to break out the power tools you can try wt2's 2017 turtle dove (https://white2tea.com/products/2017-turtle-dove?_pos=18&_sid=4e53ca2c2&_ss=r). I ordered some when it first came out and didn't realize it would be so heavily compressed. I almost stabbed myself trying to pry it apart so I took a bow saw to the fucker to get my lil brewing chunks. Those puppies could last for days in a boiling pot they were so heavily compressed. Or maybe just try more regular white tea first like the other anon suggested.
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I drank tea the other day since I had a cold that wouldn't go away, and now I'm hooked on it!
I'm not sick anymore but I love the satisfaction of drinking hot tea in the winter.
So far I've had Stash English Breakfast and Earl Grey, both were nice.
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>>21061741
I'd say it's only soy because it uses an app, otherwise they seem very nice. Enjoy it anon
>>21061917
A warm welcome! It's only up from here, try loose leaf tea if at all possible
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>>21061957
is bag tea as bad a redditors say?
I find it convenient and thoroughly enjoyable
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>>21061958
>is bag tea as bad a redditors say?
If you use sugar, lemon, honey etc then bags are fine.
The point is with good lose leaf tea, you don't have to add anything and it will still taste good.
The range of taste profiles of lose leaf teas is also way bigger and some flavors you just can't get anywhere else.
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>>21061962
I already add nothing to my tea
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Which companies make plastic free teabags?
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>>21061958
In my opinion I'd call tea bags "serviceable"
They're tea, and if you just want tea then there's no shame in just using tea bags. If you want something to appreciate or explore then yeah tea bags are awful. The difference in quality is night and day but in the end it's up to how much the individual cares, don't be ashamed if you don't care
Although fuck green tea bags, they are horrible
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>>21061988
>explore
But isn't that a strength of teabags? You can have a cup to try a new style instead of committing to a whole tin of looseleaf.
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>>21061993
Almost all online tea stores sell samples where it's enough leaf for 1-2 "sessions" and most stores sell variety sample packs for exploring too
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>>21061964
>rawdoging bagged tea
I kneel. That shit has no taste to me. Check the OP and get something nicer, tis the season after all.
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>>21061958
they're okay for english breakfast and earl gray, but many other teas really need to have whole leaves. you can sometimes find those bigger pyramid shaped teabags with such teas, but the selection is very small compared to loose leaf
>>21061993
it's best to buy loose leaf tea online for max quality, freshness and value, many specialized tea stores offer samples or smaller sizes, or samplers with many teas to try. check out the OP if you want. if you want to see how staggering the variety of loose leaf tea is, check out a site like yunnansourcing
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would love to get my hands on this KTM order already
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>>21061957
They're packaged like Apple products and just as destined to become e-waste, but the idea itself is nice. Seems people have reverse engineered the protocol to control them at least.

It is neat to have a nearly empty mug with tea that's still hot though.

>>21061777
I bet it would be interesting to use one as a cha hai.
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Just bought the cheapest shit imaginable from awazon (I'm on a budget). What am I in for?
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>>21062746
no 3$ / 250gram Xiaguan slop bricks? I recall some anon liking their hilariously cheap white tea too
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>>21062763
Yeah maybe I should have, but I'm not really interested in tibetan butter tea so I went for other options. Maybe another time though.
Yeah I heard their white teas were good also, but I'm not that much into white tea. On the other hand I never see people talk about their black and green teas so I'm curious about those
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>>21062787
it is cool to see someone try these for sure
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>>21062763
>anon liking their hilariously cheap white tea too
That's it, I'm getting a tong of it. I've been putting it off but one good review is all I needed.
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>>21043165
I feel like no matter what the shou will just overpower it. Very little nuance in shou as it’s fermented so heavily you just get the same cacao and earth notes.
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>>21062763
>>21063048
That's me! Bought a tong a year ago and don't at all regret it. I've even sold a couple of cakes to friends who liked it, too.
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>>21063289
Based. Which one did you get? I was looking at the moonlight cakes (white tea, blue wrapper).
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>>21063299
Nvm nvm! I crossed my wires thinking it was the KTM aged shou mei.
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bought some of the costco ito en green tea cause it was cheap and i was in the mood for green tea, usually a coffee guy
this shit is practically flavourless and not particularly enjoyable, what not shit green tea should i order?
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>>21062763
I think I'll make a little grandpa slop brick :)
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>>21063456
Go on Yunnan sourcing. Not the cheapest in the long run but I've never had a truly bad tea from them. Also make green tea at a lower temperature, 70c/160F or so.
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>>21063456
how did you brew it? could be you're just underbrewing it, jap greens tend to be harder to brew than other teas. well, more likely it's just stale garbage from costco - jap green tea needs to be current year harvest, it goes stale quickly
if you want jap greens, this site is pretty good: https://www.o-cha.com/chiran-green-tea.html

if you want something like a green tea, but more intense, tart and bitter, you could also get some young sheng pu-erh: https://www.farmer-leaf.com/collections/yunnan-pu-erh-tea/products/spring-2024-fa-zhan-he

and for chinese greens get yourself some longjing. doesn't have to be the fancy expensive one, but best to make sure it's also 2024 harvest
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>>21063694
went 80 degrees, let the teabag steep for like 3 minutes and found it too weak, let it go for another couple and it was a bit better but still weak flavoured and a bit too astringent
i'll check those out, thanks
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>>21063816
>teabag
How much water? I'm assuming you used a mug so I'm guessing around 500ml. The teabags are probably 2g of tea each so you need at least 2 maybe 3 of them. That's why it's weak.
I'm making a few assumptions here though so correct me if I'm off by a lot. Don't let it steep for over 3 minutes, I'd say even 2 minutes is too much. Leaf to water ratio is how you control strength (and sometimes temperature), too long of a steep time will just result in bitterness and astringency. This is especially true with green teas and doubly so with jap green teas
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any new year sales or releases?
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>>21064064
Rarely, China is about to shut down for two weeks for New Year's.
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>>21064064
yunomi is giving away discounts or something while they move
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I introduced my father to a ripe puerh, but now he's drinking it with sugar. What do I do?
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>>21064402
Accept that you'll never be half the man he is.
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>>21064402
Get him some of those instant puerhs.
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>>21062763
cheap xiaguan white tea? where?
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>>21064521
Cheap awazon white.
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>4 tongs Snoozefest blind buy, 1000$ of daily drinkers in total
No wonder they sold out in a few hours if redditors are blind buying 2kg of them
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>>21064614
I'm trying to limit my usage of this word but what a fucking retard.
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>>21064614
>2kg
*4 kg
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>>21064614
This makes me want to blindbuy a bunch of awazon shit for futureproofing. Any suggestions on minmaxing this order? Already have a cake of the 2015 menghai, already have a few bricks of xiaguan but I kind of want more stashed back. What else looks good on a ~$100 order?
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>>21064402
Sugar with ripe puerh sounds pretty good I'm with your Dad on this one.

>>21064614
That sucks man, but I understand the reasoning for the purchase. They're buying 4 years worth of tea. Assuming 10g a day, that puts you at 14.6kg of tea. Saving a dollar per 200g cake adds up very quickly.
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>>21064692
the cheapo lao cha tou sounds interesting
throw in the cheap Spring of Menghai cake sample and the 2002 6FTM ripe tuo. those were both good
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>>21064402
Pinkpill him. Introduce him to sissy hypno. You'll have a new lesbian puer mom in no time.
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>>21064727
The 06 or the 2015? I snagged a full cake of the 2015 back when that was an option. My cart got deleted when I added the 6ftm so I'm significantly less motivated to give them money tonight.
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>>21064809
the 06. not very common to see 9$ / 100 gram samples of 2006 Dayi cakes, and I thought it was nice, though less aged tasting than the year suggests. the 6ftm tuo does taste aged for a ripe, I wonder if it went through some wet storage early on before Awazon bought it

the cart is a bit janky and resets after some time
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New farmerleaf ripe and sale early next year
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What makes a Japanese tea have high static electricity? You know, one of those teas that just goes absolutely everywhere like green glitter no matter how you handle it. Small particle size? Low water content? Shape?
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>>21066081
Definitely has to be the small particle size, which it tends to have a lot more of due to the steaming process
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Want to get a kettle for my desk
Any recs or reason to not just go with the Amazon one
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I bought some linden and it says 2 cups after dinner. Can I infuse the bag twice? Like 2x3mins for two cups or I have to use 2 bags? Only 20 bags in the box..
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>>21066366
I've had the oxo one for a few months now, very pleased with it.
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>>21066396
I think I found instructions, but they're all in German:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYBa4lPvveo
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guys how do i make sure my tea tray doesnt grow mold
also does it come with some kind of waterproofing? or is wood really just naturally this water resistant? do i need to reapply the waterproofing or is it just good to go forever
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>>21036054
Which tea has the most tannins?
Other than retard-tier responses for the first few search results
>black tea
>english breakfast
all I found was a reeeddit post that posted some study results showing that the highest is generally Assamica black (so just like caffeine, black tea took the credit for Assamica's work).
However this goes against the "common knowledge" that the darkest tea has the most tannins.
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>>21067285
>generally Assamica black
Meant Assamica green, damn it.
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>>21066852
>how do i make sure my tea tray doesnt grow mold
Empty it and dry it out really, really well.

>also does it come with some kind of waterproofing?
No

>is wood really just naturally this water resistant?
Depends on the wood. Bamboo can mold pretty easily in my experience if you're not diligent about drying it. Don't know about rosewood which is the other common tea tray wood.
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>>21041517
Other anons tackled the nausea but is the lightheadedness in a bad way? The nicer Japan greens get me tea drunk from the theanine but it's a mood improvement.
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>>21041517
Either you’re a wimp or its errant powdery shit from low grade gyokuro. I have no issues with big chadly leaves but any amount of matcha or green tea particles, even the shit in the bottom of an ito en bag, is an instant stomach ache.
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>>21067498
I guess it's in a nice way but I don't know what in gyokuro would make you feel that drunk. I can drink loads of normal senchas all day. I guess kabusecha has some of that but gyokuro just seems to hit like a truck. Or maybe it's the quick high dose of caffeine.
>>21067528
it should be good, I'm quite wimpy
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Anyone got Black Friday orders yet?
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>>21068647
You still haven't gotten your orders?
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>>21068754
Nope, neither of the two. Christmastime shipping is always slow as fuck here, I got last year's cspuerh order after like 1.5 months too
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>>21068647
Got my vietsun order few weeks back.
So far good stuff, but I haven't been drinking that much.
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>>21068647
Still waiting on a KTM order.
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>chinese girl laughed at me for thinking shou puerh from 2020 was really tasty
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>>21068940
based. young sheng chads just keep winning
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>>21068940
Some people gotta learn the hard way
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>>21068940
>doctor laughed at me for not knowing puer is literally poison and i’m drinking ochratoxin A for fun
b-back to being a weeb…
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(You)
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Managed to intrigue and convince a buddy to get into tea. Anywhere (shipping to US) that's still having sales for some beginner stuff that won't break the bank? I can already help him get a kettle, and I guess teaware can be bought even on Amazon if need be. I just want him to have some decent selections of leaf to start with and train his palate on.
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>>21069528
desu you should hook him up. Selection paralysis is a massive early barrier to entry.
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>>21069577
He lives too far from me unfortunately. I'd just hand him a spare gaiwan/cup and some of my tea if he was local to me. I know selection would be a barrier to entry, which is why I'm gonna select some stuff for him and guide him through the basics.
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>>21069528
West china tea has a 20% coupon right now. I think their stuff is kind of on the fancier (pricey) side, but pretty much everything I've tried from them has been really good. I actually just got one of these tubes myself to get an uncle into tea. $35 for 10 different coins to try is pretty cool I think, it's basically different variations of whites, reds, shu puers, and sheng puers:
https://westchinatea.com/mystery-coin-deck/
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>>21069601
Seems fun, especially since it covers a broad spectrum, but $3.50/session is higher than I think a novice would be able to get much use out of. I probably need some 100g portions and a cake or two so he has stuff to get used to it with and not stress about fucking up. Farmer Leaf is the only one I can think of atm, but his sale is over.
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Recs for pure green teas that smell like seaweed?
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Does Daiso have decent tea stuff if I want to larp as a Japanese person?
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Name 3 japanese greens I can brew in a gaiwan without guzzling copious amounts of leaf
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weeb o'clock
>>21069899
Mostly any asamushichas would be your best bet, not confident as I don't use gaiwans but I think it should be fine
>>21069893
jap green in general
>>21069896
I haven't been in years but I would assume they have a basic teapot and maybe some yunomi. I swear I've seen some there but I'm not sure and now you have me questioning myself
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>>21069921
>jap green in general
Sencha, matcha, and genmaicha don't smell like seaweed at all
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>>21069963
>Sencha don't smell like seaweed at all
The ones that I had did, which I why I ditched them for young sheng and never looked back
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>>21069528
CSH has 30% of their tea samples and 20% off lao ban zhang samples until Jan 5.

Taiwan Teacrafts has 20% off with coupon code BETTER2025 until Jan 6.

>>21069896
I used a $4 kyusu from Daiso as my office workhorse teapot for over a year. Brewed basically everything in it, from Japanese greens to Chinese oolongs to liu bao to puerh.

Don't think they have any loose leaf at Daiso though.

>>21069899
Kamairicha
Kukicha
Guricha
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>>21070150
Taiwan Tea Crafts runs so many sales recently. their prices seem kind of meh to me though. but the selection of teaware looks top-notch
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>>21063456
The bottled ito en is really good but they almost never have it. Can't say I'm a hug fan of the bags
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>>21069528
Verdant tea always has that $5 sample pack deal. I don't really love the shop and suggest buying larger quantities elsewhere but it's enough for 1-2 brews of a bunch of different varieties of decent quality tea.
https://verdanttea.com/five-teas-for-5
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I tried matcha (samidori) for the first time and I'm confused. I believe I brewed it well, but it doesn't have any of the depth that I expect from tea. The surface flavour is fine but just not very interesting. Am I approaching this the wrong way?
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>>21070865
>flavour is fine but just not very interesting
You saw through the charade.
Try something else.
It's only matter of time till you embrace commies for the gushu sheng like the rest of us.
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>>21071115
>It's only matter of time till you embrace commies for the gushu sheng like the rest of us.
kek story of my life. do you shengfrens even drink anything else anymore? sometimes I'll pick up a black/oolong/white/green out of pity because it's been sitting in the tea box too long. I also just don't ever find myself wanting ripes, i just want to drink young FL sheng.



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