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: >>22085089
London Fog is the only good non-south asian tea drink
Someone make a new one so we can ignore this gay anime shit
what date do new black teas typically get released? greens have Pre-Qingming festival but blacks take a little more time to process and have a summer picking
>>22122598>tea: >:(>tea, japan: :O
>>22122613this nigga dosent even post in the tea threads he just trawls through the board looking for anime pics to whine about.its a fucking ANIME SITE you retard
2010 Dayi 7542 from QuicheTingly mineralic plums, classic Menghai goodness
>>22122680tasty for you.I'm just having some tieguanyin, its my daily driver.thinking of maybe experimenting with puer and evaporated milk tomorrow tho. I'm not a big puer drinker tho, would raw or ripe be better with milk?
>3/4 cups from the same handful of green tea leavesam i doing it right?
>>22122713what brewing style? if its gong fu id expect to get more, if its western style or grandpa style 3-4 infusions is about what id expect to be the most u can squeeze out of ur leaves
>>22122701I like ripe with milk just boil it nice then add milk till it looks like chocolate.
>>22122701ripe for sureI'd rather use roasty oolong for milk experiments though desu
>>22122667Uh, ya? Matcha is world class.
soon. for the first time in over a year (lost job, had to rebuild savings after,) i will be placing a bulk order for tea. i drank up literally everything i had up to and including shit i did not like (and now can appreciate, or even crave.) i'm so fucking excited to finally have a daily drinker again, to try new things, and the flexibility to order more in the future when i want something new. i love tea, man.
>>22122875Based. I will probably make a bigger than usual order myself. Probably from KTM or Quiche
>>22122875>i'm so fucking excited to finally have a daily drinker againDon't just tease us like that, tell us what it's going to be?
>saying weeb not wapaneseDamn newfags.
>>22122721tyty>>22122732hmm the thing is I am not a big fan of roasty/dark oolong.I have a couple kilos I need to get through tho so ill defos give it a go with evap. I have some condensed milk too, I wonder what it'd be like with both lol.>>22122924ur so desu kawaii senpai ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ*:･ﾟ
Teanime Anitea
>>22122938You need to stop being new. Gb2 gaia
>>22122948(ᗒᗣᗕ)՞ senpai is so mean desu~
this nigga dosent even post in the tea threads he just trawls through the board looking for anime pics to post.its a fucking /tea/ general not /a/ you retard
>>22122701Pu erh works well with evaporated milk. Just boil tea for at least 10 minutes.
In spite of the complaints of bad pricing, middling quality, sketchy claims, or exaggeration of aroma notes, some of the decried/denounced sort of vendors seem to have at least some actually okay products after personally getting some to try. I won some cool tester freebies from MeiLeaf once some time back, and they offered to include anything I'd want to buy in the free shipping. Four teas in total: two are not sold afaik, but the two I bought (on sale) were "Sultan's Quill" (Da Ye Zhong Fengqing) and "Purple Bud" (Yi Sheng Zi Ya). Both genuinely delightful and surprisingly complex. Perhaps these journal note excerpts may sound kind of weird, but I thought I'd share them anyway:>Purple Bud:>Dry leaf has an amazing candy-like stone fruit aroma, closest to peach and reminding me of Starburst chews. Cream; peaches and cream. Subtle floral quality, maybe like osthmanthus but lighter; lilies?>Wet leaf has notes more like a more intense stewed peaches and cream, linen, and honey or perhaps rock sugar.Then also,>Sultan's Quill:>Dry leaf has notes of freshly baked wheat biscuits, tomato vine, charcoal (yet not smoky), and a fairly subtle fruit jam (apricot?) quality.>Wet leaf leans into toasted grains/crackers and biscuits, roasted nuts. Now a more clear apricot jam quality and coffee come out, especially as the aromatic build and infusions to on.Family also gifted me some lapsang souchong from "The Spice & Tea Exchange" months ago. Notes:>Dry leaf smells of sweet smoked wood (pine), light BBQ sauce, sunflower seeds, and subtle bergamot.>Wet leaf experience is similar, but lifts the smoked wood note towards smoky pinecones, maybe reminding me slightly of matches as well.I don't necessarily recommend any of these vendors broadly-speaking, and the price/g is less than ideal, so they wouldn't be my first choice. I'd rather try buying from Quiche, or good old Chawangshop for my tastes. Though, I like all of these teas, and am grateful to have been able to try them.
>>22122718ye grandpa styleit does get a bit weak by the last one
I've found if you are one of those people who eat food, the taste of what non liquid food you are eating or what's currently in your mouth will affect what the tea tastes like. Sometimes it's best to swallow your hard food first before clearing out your mouth then having a sip of tea.
>>22123001Nice, mei leaf has "Tiger Eye" gaba I got gifted, still the best gaba I've hadLot of puffery but does have some good stuff and some unique things as well>>22123010Are people out there sipping drinks with food still in their mouth?
>>22123001i buy a lot from MeiLeaf and they are on the expensive side but they do sell some interesting tea. Sultan's Quill is very nice and i really like their kombucha fermented ripe Playground Rendezvous
>>22123014Yes. Sometimes that's the only liquid they drink because they fear choking.
>>22123014>Are people out there sipping drinks with food still in their mouth?not him but yes, sometimes a little liquid helps it go down and even after swallowing you still get lingering taste. not every tea session has to be a tasting session
>>22122613I'll catch you gentlemen in the next one.
>>22123020The hell it's NOT! Animal.
>>22123022we've had far worse in these threads than this anime rere posting random shit. xer will get tired of it by tomorrow
>>22123031Heaven forbid posting images on an imageboard unlike yourself.
>>22122598Show us your tea cabinet.
>>22123040Is that a fly in your sugar?
>>22123037im the one whose kettle broke last thread and started posting anime >>22121974, i also created this thread, your just lazy trolling and probably the tard that got butthurt in the first place
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>>22123045(ಥ﹏ಥ)DX
>>22122598For me, it’s gotta be Yorkshire Gold, preferably with lemon and honey. Someday I’m gonna get into blends & high tea though
>anime posting is banned in hereanime posting is banned in here
>>22123001I don't think anyone says they have horrible tea, just are somewhat overpriced and have cringy marketingAnd I guess some people dislike the owner himself
For me, it's lipton bags.
>>22123045Brits ruining /tea/. Tale as old as time.
Drinking Buddha’s Palm oolong aged 20+ years. Seems roasted and spicy. But not thick and rich enough, going to add more leaves.
>>22123048Nice. >>22123061Yeah.
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>>22123093Banned image.
>>22123093
Del Cebador is good shit, especially as cold brew
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>>22123132Yes, it's a very good yerba mate. Very vibrant grassy flavor
>>22123040Most of my tea is outside the cupboard nowadays
Are cheap Lapsang likely to be any good? I'm seeing a lot of dirt cheap stuff on eBay coming from european warehouses.
>>22123048a Mei Leaf superbuyer I see
>>22123259In my experience, no. They're good for culinary uses, but not for drinking.
>>22123259No, the fluorine content is too high.Shit is probably full of lead by the taste
>>22123269>>22123270mmmh, I see. I want to buy some proper lapsang the next time I put together an order from KTM or wherever, but I'm always tempted by these low barrier of entry listings.Making cheap Lapsang is probably a good way to sell off low quality material, but as with Jasmine tea, I suppose the quality of the base tea makes a very noticeable difference.
>>22123294buy cheap heavy roast oolong instead. some Sea Dyke for example. those are much more drinkable
Don’t let this guy bake again.
Is the rentry maintainer around?https://puerhtea.eu/en has changed URL to https://teasenz.eu/ according to this blogpost from 2022:https://teasenz.eu/pages/puerhtea-eu-is-now-teasenz-eu
>>22122988I was gonna gongfu it.I've not got loads of good puer, ill try both if i have enough.>>22123003its to be expected
>>22123298that stuff is horrible.
What tea does Shinku drink?
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>>22123653When the bull gets your wife pregnant.
>>22123653i break up my fu bricks a bit and store the chunks in a jar instead of attacking the brick every time i want to drink it, the mold dust has build up and fallen from the leaf
>>22124284that' some spicy tea, mama mia.do you plan on gong fuing it eventually or did your doctor advise you not to?
>>22122598any brand besides Femboy Brand Yorkshire?I drink it while thinking of ultra fem femboys, with shy girlcocks as a daddy. Totally hetero tea session i've got their.I drink it with milk and sugar to stay authentic to my thoughts. Anyways, is their a similar brand to order?
>>22124547Try Twinkings, I hear they're extra soft for your sensitive bottom boys.
>>22123076I gotta try aged oolong at some point
>>22124670They are pretty good. Mom gave me $8000 so I might buy some tea.
>>22124565or i get a femboy for my dick and drink some manly assam instead. Twinnings is the low level high price shit, in germany you have messmer, its even shittiert than twinnings, but compared to yorkshire its indian dirt gobbler bad. anything else?olong is nice, but its kinda narrow in its taste.not interested
>>22124677is your mom interested in adopting a second child
>>22124714Lol. I just quit my job so she gave me that to make more money from it. I just realized that when you drink higher grade tea, you notice other teas aren’t as good.
>>22124730Good luck in the job hunt anon, it's brutal out there, no matter what field, trade, or industry you might be in.
>>22124735I think I might just stop working forever t b h.
Tell me about Mister Mopar. I'm trying to buy some puerh in the local classifieds and the guy namedropped him - first result on google is a leddit thread crying about him reselling stuff with markup (duh) and moldy cakes.It also sounds like Mr Mopar is an oldhead social media tea guy who has been around for a long time, curating lists of teas or something like that.
>>22124758I'm on year three of the SSI application process working a part-time job in the meantime (it's all I can physically handle because I have a disorder that makes my joints fucked up,) so all I can say to that is don't count your chickens before they hatch.
>>22124815So what work do you do now and with your disability, why do you think you deserve high pay?
>>22124815Still me, can you explain why you deserve to be paid highly?
>>22124825>>22124833Never said I deserve to be paid highly, but it'd be nice to have a safety net. I get by on the money I make for now. More importantly, where's the best place to get aged white tea right now?
>>22124859No, I am curious. I go on /antiwork and there are tons of anons bitching about capitalism and all that and some of these anons admit they have disabilities. So if these people have disabilities, what do they expect? Everyone thinks they deserve some high salary or to be a millionaire yet don’t realize they are being paid their worth. All these people on reddit are making suggestions as to what networth is “too much” and why no one should have more than it. What is up with that I am not a fan of white tea. Try ripes.
Ordered this because fast shipping.
>>22125266Forgot pic.
>>22124781Yeah you basically got it, he used to be a seller on reddit and he had his own discordAnd then someone discovered he was reselling most of his stuff from one Amazon vendor and some of it was moldyGood reminder not to fall into reddit groupthink cause they used to recommend this guy all over r/puer
>>22124859>More importantly, where's the best place to get aged white tea right now?That one cheap 2016 cake from KingTeaMall still seems unbeatable value wise desu
You can only chose 4 of these teas, choose wisely:2010 XiaGuan "Zi Yun Hao" (Purple Cloud)2008 Dayi 801 "Chun Shui"2004 XiaGuan "Cang Er" Tuo2007 Mengku Rongshi "Chun Jian" (Spring Buds)2003 Brown Changtai2010 Xiaguan Teji Tuo2003 King Of Brown Changtai90s mystery surprise tuo2010 Dayi 75422012 Dayi 85822011 XiaGuan "Huang Jin Yun" (Gold Rhythm)
>>22125571I've actually had 2010 7542 and 2007 Mengku Chun Jian, from QuicheTeas I definitely prefer the 7542 of those twoI would also grab the 2004 Canger tuo. Dunno about the others
Ah, tea. The soldier's drink.
>>22125611The first person who manages to sell tea in the US as "manly" with Black Rifle Coffee type marketing will make so much money
>>2212557190s mystery surprise tuo2010 Dayi 75422010 XiaGuan "Zi Yun Hao"2003 Brown Changtai
>>22125619green beret tea
still not got around to my puer and evap milk experiment.I struggle to eat in the mornings and if I drink puer on an empty tummy won't it give me indigestion?what are u guys eating to line ur tummy before drinking puer and red teas?maybe some biscuits or something? shortbread?
>>22125749Ripe is ok for me fastedRaw I leave till after lunch, but you might be ok if it has milk. I wouldn't recommend drinking this with an empty stomach. Something small isn't enough for me has to be a decent meal, you will have to test yourself what you can tolerate I guess.Lately I started drinking yerba first thing, it doesn't bother my stomach so I still get to skip breakfast
>>22125749any sandwich will suffice
>>22125754>Something small isn't enoughwas afraid u were gonna say that.I've tried just a peice of toast before but it didn't help much.can't rlly eat much more then that in the mornings.>>22125755ty.I've been waking up around lunch time last few days so haven't been able to eat anything untill dinner time which is too late for tea.I guess ill just have to wake up earlier
>>22125749Yeah don't drink raw on an empty stomach, it's maybe the strongest tea out there
>>22122598Nice edition
>>22122598>THE BEST CUP OF TEA IN BRITAIN?>?is this how they get away with this bait?
>>22124284>niggas actually drink this shithow?
>>22125749Chocolate is good, because you can get away with very little. Also very nice to have WITH the tea as well.
Tea should be illegal because it often has drugs in it like caffeine. All these threads just push people towards unhealthy drug using pracitices. Same with beer, coffee, whiskey and other alcohol threads. It's just some kind of way for addicts to get others approval that just feeds their drug habit. "Oh no, I'm not a druggie... this is a oolong free range yadda yadda brewed with an exquisite yadda yadda and appreciated in a royal doulton cup with hand painted periwinkles. I'm a connoisseur"Yeah OK. We know why you drink that shit like you do coffee or alcohol.
>>22125883Good (dark) chocolate has the same empty-stomach issue.
>>22122667Yeah that's me: I'm on a kabusecha and shincha arc. It's refreshing after all those years of ripe. (still gongfu though)
>>22125894What else am I meant to do between gooning sessions?
>>22125826was the body pillow bought at Sotheby's?
>>22125925Oops *fapping
>>22122613Nice cuteness aggression you've got there you mentally ill freak.
>>22122598I drink a raw puerh and the shit has started hurting my teeth. Why is this?
>>22122875You're not a true tea officianado if you're not willing to suck dick for the money to buy it.
>>22125967Kids don't normally carry much lunch money though.
Half of this thread should be purged. Dead thread is better than whatever this is.
>>22123064I cannot even begin to fathom the level of mental illness that would be required to create this creature.
>>22125826No cum stains? Where's the fleshlight hole
>>22125972You don't like monster girls? Never seen monster musume? Live under a rock? It's Miia the lamia.
>>22125978Yes, I know who it is and yes I have seen the show, but to take something cute and trust it into the disgusting abomination takes a lot of mental illness.
>>22125987>never heard of artistic licenseThose who stick to on-model shit are autistic or lack the ability to appreciate creativity. Sad. Go back to your Dinosaur chicken tenderloins and kraft macaroni and cheese.
>>22125835you brew the chunks of leaf not the ~3 years worth of mold dust thats fallen off. have to say not my favourite type of tea, they always taste a little murky, like how you'd think a puddle would taste
I've read in a teaDB blog post that was comparing 7542 Dayi productions that 2007 was a crappy year for tea in general. Do you think that 2007 material is best avoided for that reason or is the difference in quality not as noticeable as a tea reviewer might make it out to be? I haven't had a tea produced in 2007 yet.
>>22124284Tea kief. Teaf.
>>22126103quality among big factories was lower, but prices are also lower as a result. so you can always buy the fancier productionsthere is no law that says they have to be bad. I had the 2007 8531 from yeeontea and it's very good
>>22125281Drinking this right now. Very good. The good value probably made it taste even better.
I avoid tea for health reasons. Same with colas, coffee, fruit drinks, alcohol.
>>22126376Nice, love cheap longjing meWhere did you get it from?
>>22126382Tnt supermarket. It is a tnt house brand apparently. This one was 11.99 for 100grams. They have two more green teas same price but 200g and 250g. I googled it and apparently it cuts out middleman or whatever so the tea punches above its price. I was expecting tannic and astringent tea but this was decent. No complaints especially since I am not a green tea drinker, just don’t taste like garbage is more than enough. I also have their jin jun mei which scratches the itch very well too.
>>22125883I don't like chocolate :/>>22125896true
>>22125281the asian supermarkets always have tea in jars like this but I'm afraid it's going to be low quality just because it's cheap and in the grocery store. is there any way to suss out whether grocery store tea is decent or not? or is there a kind of tea in particular that is decent even at a lower quality?for coffee you can at least look at roast date and other little indicators but idk what to do for tea especially when it's in asia language
>>22126405>or is there a kind of tea in particular that is decent even at a lower qualityblack tea and roasty oolongany green tea sold like this will be stale and mid
>>22126481>roasty oolongeven stuff like tie guan yin, or should i look for a more generic roasted oolong? >green tea sold like this will be stale and midgood to know
>oolongI just... I just can't drink something that sounds so silly. Just like I don't use yahoo or Google. Tf that's the sound babies make. Call it something normal that I can say in respectable conversation without sounding like an infantile weirdo.
>>22126405>>22126481This is from tnt and it is their house brand. It is pretty good. They cut out their middle man and it is $12 for 100 grams. It is good for a daily driver or a tea to drink next to foods.
>>22126405The jars of teas, or in this case, are a house brand from TnT Supermarket. Tnt is a huge Chinese supermarket in Canada. The chinese community here is huge and very wealthy. I have the jin jun mei and the dragon well and they both surprised me with their quality. I was expecting garbage to drink while I order tea from China.
Anime picture as the op is not a good look. >>22126539You are posting in a thread with an anime picture.
>>22126841Anime is great though. Anime website. Not all cartoons are for yummy kids. The things I could show you are quite non-infantile.
>>22126874Several containment boards for you.
>>22126882my brother in christ you are on a dakimakura collector's forum discussing leaf water, the anime is in this website's DNA.
>>22126890>/ck/ - Food & Cooking>/a/ - Anime & MangaIts a pretty simple system.
no point engaging tourists or schizos. it just encourages them. and they do not care about tea
>>22126897He's been doing the same shit for weeks in /ctg/.
>>22126894/ck/ is for shitposting, and always has been. That why anime is appropriate here.
puer and evaporated milk is excellent.I'm not sure what I'm drinking I think maybe its mosh pit.>>22126537tie guan yin should be quite green if ur stuff is dark it's factory rejects that someone has tried to "save" by incinerating >>22126405its cheap just buy it and try it.
>>22127379>tie guan yin should be quite green if ur stuff is dark it's factory rejects that someone has tried to "save" by incineratingMaybe in some cases, but imo the best tgy is good material with a med-heavy roast. The neon green stuff is meh
>>22127386what would u consider a heavy roast tho?the stuff I drink daily is fairly dark green not neon at all.the bad shit I'm referring to is almost black and tastes like sea dyke but worse
>>22127390Liquor that's not green at all, ranging from pale to dark brown, usually sold with a description/disclaimer that it's heavily roasted/traditionally processed because most people expect tgy to be green. Like picrel from verdant (haven't had this years but I did have some last year), or w2t 2nd batch three spot guan yin (sold out). It gets pretty dark if you brew it for long enough.I've never had sea dyke but I've had over roasted tea and yeah it's bad, but I don't think it's representative of all heavy roast tgy.
>>22127412the liquor in ur pic looks roughly like the one I drink daily.it gets darker if u steep it for a long time, even sometimes fairly dark brown.my leaves are greener tho.>50g $14.50yikes>I've never had sea dyke but I've had over roasted teathen u know what sea dyke tastes like just it also has a hint of licorice and a weird mild after note of cheap purple flavour blunt wraps
>>22124547>any brand besides Femboy Brand Yorkshire?>I drink it while thinking of ultra fem femboys, with shy girlcocks as a daddy. Totally hetero tea session i've got their.I've drank a couple yorkshire, never had such homosexual thoughts - how could I increase the probability of such homosexual thoughts?
>>22127421>the liquor in ur pic looks roughly like the one I drink daily.I wouldn't say that's "quite green" or green at all but gotcha>yikesYeah verdant is kinda pricey. Your description of sea dyke sounds absolutely disgusting lol
>>22127447Pedophile.
