This is the thread for discussing teas, tisanes, and other herbal infusions.Info on types of teas, where to buy, and how to brew: https://rentry.org/tea-pastebinPrevious thread: >>21964386This is the thread for discussing teas, tisanes, and other herbal infusions.Info on types of teas, where to buy, and how to brew: https://rentry.org/tea-pastebinPrevious thread: >>21986042
1st for black tea
Yeeontea order just came inTwo best taste ripes, the notorious 2001 Pine Crane Xiaguan tuo and some samples of CNNP puerhs I hears were solid
>>22021856Can I ask what makes the 2001 Pine Crane Xiaguan tuo notorious?
Do y'all be wildin' out on your fancy teas like man be doing on coffee or just sip-sip-ahh type beat?? asking for a friend
>>22022017Could you please phrase your question in proper English? If you want a useful answer, present a clear, well formed question otherwise the response you receive may not address what you intend.
>>22022018what a surprise the tea drinker is a fag
>>22022017yo fo sho nigga shit's fire ong, you cap?
>>22022017See >>22017559 for an informative graph
>>22021851Post some then. For me its ha giang deep forest black from vietsun. It full of funky notes like fermenting fruit.
Any of you faggots into incense sticks? I bought bunch of japanese ones and so far like the frankincense ones such as https://item.rakuten.co.jp/kohsen-in/ten-006/ . They are good to use in interior unlike actual pieces of frankincense or other aromatic resins which gave off relatively lots of smoke when burned.>offtopicdon't care
>>22022144not my problem
I'm running low on bulk midshelf loose blacks and whites for making kombucha. So far YS has been my source for those; is there a solid alternative right now? Cheap but not dirt cheap. I'm in the US for reference.
>>22021856Nice anon. Did you buy when they had the discount? I ended up not pulling the trigger myself. I will enjoy it vicariously through you.>>22022172Did you have their Black Gold Bi Luo Chun? Used to be one of the more popular recommendations here.You ought to look at King Tea Mall as your next shop to explore. Pick a few things that sound interesting and are the right price, then run your cart by the thread before purchasing.
>>22022144Premium Shoyeido or bust. Moss garden is good if you're cheap.
I don't know much about tea, but I'm thinking of replacing my daily coffee with tea. What would you recommend that isn't too expensive? I was thinking of buying a loose-leaf English Breakfast blend.
>>22022012Cause it's like the only hong kong traditional storage xiaguan sheng on the market in western facing storesMaking it a niche cult favourite
>>22022144An anon here used to shill these Tibetan incense sticks years ago.https://incense-traditions.ca/shop/tibet/tibetan-therapeutic-and-relaxation-incense/holy-land-incense/I never tried that exact one, but I bought some other kinds from that website. It's powerful stuff.
>>22022229For "normal" indian tea, english breakfast or ceylon are probably the most standard and common, cheap everywhere and easy to find decent quality loose leafs even in local stores (at least in bongland but I would assume in most places in the west)Chinese teas have a ton more variety than indian ones, many are not even ore expensive but you will likely have to order from chink shops and wait a few weeks for shipping, and there's dozens of different types to choose fromI will however shill liubao, buy a box of this https://kingteamall.com/en-gb/collections/dark-tea/products/2020-sanhe-liu-bao-cha-liubao-tea-1st-grade-loose-leaf-100g-tin-boxed-liu-pao-tea-dark-tea-wuzhou-guangxi and see if you like it. It's very earthy and hearty
>>22021824Interesting.
>>22022049Puerh lesbians are not fags. Gaymin don't fuck with puerh.
>>22022859speak for yourself straight faggot i love tea that tastes like it was stored in a flooded west virginia dirt basement
Discuss.
>>22022991>basic bitch shou that was discussed like 10 posts ago>a single sample>a fucking horrid photo of the screenHonestly pretty decent bait
>>22023024I only trust factory ripes desu. Even though I have ordered a few samples of different non factory ripes from YS
Earl Grey anyone?Tried postcardteas which was ...okay. Indian plantation tea basically, better than random shit in grocery store, but nothing special.Also tried hugotea and was disappointed. They use some kind of basic bitch chinese plantation tea and it's very mediocre.
>>22022576why do anons keep shilling Liu Bao? its shitty chinese boomer plantation tea. you buy that for nostalgia and none of us here grew up in 80s hong-kong
>>22023568It's just ripe pu-erh but better in every way. And aged ones are much cheaper and more available than ripe puerh
>need a healthy alternative to energy drinks>green tea always tasted so weak I'd just put in honey which defeated the point of drinking something healthy>decide to try out current fad macha lattes with beetroot powder>spend £40 getting macha, premium oat milk, beetroot powder, sugar free vanilla syrup and a frother>make it up>expect it to be horrible because whenever I do this shit on a whim it ends up terribleIt actually turned out really nice, I didn't expect that. Only issue is it's very quick to drink and I like something I can sip over an hour or so
>>22023576sounds zoomer as fuckwhy not stick with pure matcha or green tea with honeyanyways whatever it is you made its still step up from energy drinks thats for sure
>>22023576>Only issue is it's very quick to drink and I like something I can sip over an hour or soGet into gong fu style brewing (where you put a lot of leaves in a small teapot and do many strong espresso type brews) and buy some pu-erh. If you want one that tastes like green tea but much stronger, more interesting, a little bitter and with a bigger caffeine kick, you can choose something from FarmerLeaf.The stuff can also be aged for darker, woody, tobacco, earthy type flavors which are smoother and less bitter but can be an acquired taste. If you want to try that, QuicheTeas is the best value store for those.
>>22023032>he doesnt infuse his monitor with teangmi
>>22023583Green tea just tasted too weak and attempts to make it stronger just made it way too bitter. Realised I was just drinking honey water with a herbal backdrop and having 2-3 of them a day isn't great as my goal is making sure I don't get diabetus. I may try stronger macha with less milk (did 1 tsp macha, 1 tsp beetroot powder, a pump of vanilla and the rest ice and frothed oat milk in a 275ml glass).>>22023585Ironically I don't like the taste of standard British tea so tried out green tea because of it having a different kind of flavour. Was considering different kinds of tea or chai blends as well
>>22023598>Ironically I don't like the taste of standard British teagong fu wont taste like standard British tea. you use short steeps with much more whole loose leaf, you'll get a strong flavour but no bitterness.>Green tea just tasted too weak and attempts to make it stronger just made it way too bitter.buy loose and brew with 80c water not boiling, instead of over brewing for strength add more leaf
I have a tea set collection addiction
>>22023568Multiple people here like it. I find that the (typically) earthy, mildly funky, syrupy, mineral, etc profiles I get from it to be pleasant. I second the anon who replied to you and compared it to shou, but "better in every way". It's my favorite for when I'd want to relax and/or meditate ('grounded' aroma qualities), but I don't have any left. I want to try liu-an someday. The ones on Chawangshop are very appealing for the price. I only hope they don't sell out by the time I convince myself the cost is worth it.>>22023677Consider showing us some of your favorite pieces, anon.
>>22023576>green tea always tasted so weakuh did you try to brew it stronger? There are some green-similar teas (eg raw pu erh from the Farmer Leaf catalogue, as the other anon suggested), which have a punchy pleasant bitter note. Japanese Sencha teas can be brewed strong to give an insane umami taste. Assam black can also be quite brutal.>Only issue is it's very quick to drink and I like something I can sip over an hour or soOther that a coffee sitting, in a tea session you chug 800ml+ easily. So with tea you drink a more liquid compared to other caffinated beverages. In a beer and wine analogy, coffee is paced more like wine and tea is paced more like beer.>energy drink substituteMake your own ice tea? (black tea + sugar + lemon juice)
>>22022219>Did you buy when they had the discount?Yes.I already had one session with the Pine Crane, I can write down some impressions when I have it again. First impressions were bretty gud, not sure if better than their 2008 7542, but it had a nice strong menthol aftertaste to it and was smoother.
>>22023598>or chai blends as wellI make a sort of masala chai using ginger, cinnamon, star anise, clove, cardamom, cascara, and rooibos. Plenty sweet and flavorful and healthy and it's no more work to assemble than matcha is. You could do it with something like Indian black tea instead of cascara or sugar instead of rooibos but I like this version a lot.
>>22023598>Ironically I don't like the taste of standard British tea"Standard" British tea is basically just Indian tea. By Chinese tea instead, it's very different, even normal blacks don't taste like indian blacks at all - not to speak of all the autistic other types, green and white and yellow and oolong, fermented and roasted and smoked, etc.
