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: >>22122598
Teabags are fine. Not everything needs to be an entire affair. Stop being pretentious.
>>22138336yes, the price for a lot of these reflects the relative rarity more than the end effect compared to good factory productions
>>22138329>Teabags are fine.eh.
>tea demons
loose leaf
You guys were right, Terere with fresh herbs (peppermint and lemon balm/melissa) is really nice in the heat. Shouts to my cucarachas amigos.
where i can buy all of those exsotic teas? i'm newfag here
>>22138392yes, in Paraguay they even sell herbs for yerba mate at separate marketplace stands
>>22138405could try teavivre if you want a wide variety of chinese tea, they have a sale right nowif you want pu-erh in particular, farmerleaf is popular here for fresh sheng pu-erh and quicheteas is a good place to get aged and ripe (fermented) pu-erh
>>22138310Teamaku Danteaku
>>22138392I've been slugging so much of it back, I'm too retarded to cold brew tea overnight and hot+ice takes shit loads of ice, cold yerba does it just right
>>22138405There's a bunch of trustworthy shops listed in the rentry that's linked in the OP.Usually people buy chinese teas from western facing chinese/taiwanese shops because they're cheaper than domestic vendors. However, some domestic vendors offer nicely curated starter/sampler packs and fast shipping.Stuff like Yerba is probably fine to order off an amazon warehouse or some domestic specialist.I don't know much about japanese teas.
>2002 Songpinhao Yiwu repro in 70s F1 HongniOily and nice tannins/structure, also very warming.
On my monthly quest of giving new teas a go I haven't tried before, I went with Hojicha this time.I know it's technically low quality sencha, but it was rather pleasant. Then again, I have yet to taste a low quality sencha that was genuinely awful.Pretty alright overall.
>>22138366where do they come from??!?
>>22138325Wheres the category for really cool guys who drink good tea and have thousands of anime pictures saved?
>coffeefag approaches>"ooh, are you drinking tea anon? with a teapot and all? got a cold or just feel a bit girly? hahaha are you having a tea party with some little girls later?"How do you respond without sounding mad?
>>22138540>hahaha are you having a tea party with some little girls later?"Uuuoooohhhhh!!
>>22138540Just tell him you are rich enough to bang little girls without consequences duh?
>>22138325wtf sorta faggot puts jaks in the op?you have to go back
>>22138535I feel so excluded
>>22138616excuse me, we call it feelsguy over here
Accessory reviewhttps://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005007749012407.htmlThis exact piece from this seller.Arrived without issues.It is solid wood, although not one piece. Is the craftmanship perfect? Nah.Is the craftmanship shoddy? Nah.Does it look good? Yeah, pretty much as good as pics suggest.Is it worth 65€? That's up to you to decide.Posting it here cause I spinned the aliexpress roulette on this one and wanted to give honest feedback.>pic unrelated
>>22138481Looks nice
>>22138481Maybe these fakes are the best value aged yiwus nowadays. Wouldn't even surprise me
>tfw you chip your teapot
I think I'll grandpa up a cup of the 06 awazon menghai spring and not post any gay anime pictures.
>>22138630i have the feeling the discord normie who made that image wouldnt even know what u meant if u called him feels guy.>>22138671try a bombilla
>>22138672begone tourist
>>22138672Layers and layers of old tobacco. How fantastic.
>>22138672>I think I'll grandpa up
>>22138672I remember enjoying that one. though it tasted still very green for 2006, some real dry kunming storage on that tea. but clearly decent quality, not like some nasty tuos or something
>>22138700I've had it sitting around for about a year and a half. Early tariff panic order. Smells like my humidor, tastes like a well aged cigar. Really wish they sold me more than 100g but oh well. Looks like I'll have to put another order in before winter.
>>22138708it had the tobacco and smoke when I tried it, something like burning grass but also a floral noteit was one of the first aged raws I ever had a few years back. wonder if I'd like it more or less now after drinking the more humid stored quicheteas and especially yeeon raws
>>22138411btw I think I figured out that the herb I liked so much in Colon Completo herbal blend was the purple flower, the "globe amaranth"I thought it was the chamomile I liked, but I tried another yerba mate blend with chamomile and I don't like this one that much
>>22138672I think I will post a chinese cartoon just to spite you.Also these old aged teas are dogshit. Sorry but that's how it is.
>teaDB azn starting to describe every other tea as "brassy" in his reviewsdid you anons drink any brassy teas recently?
The amount that I want to drink pu-erh is out of proportion with how good I actually think it tastes
>>22138836it just has more cool lore to get into
>>22138828>A brassy tea presents a harsh metallic note — often described as tinny, sour-metallic, or copper-like — that cuts through or dominates the liquor.
>>22138329They're really not. They are made from the lowest grade of tea purchased in the largest volumes possible from places where tea does not natively grow. It's optimized for volume and being as cheap as possible, often adulterated to mask the unpleasantness. It's not pretentious, it's what tea was exclusively for thousands of years.>>22138390I hate the term frankly because it's supposed to be the default. Redundant.>>22138535>>22138623Bottom right.>>22138540I have told people bluntly that the good shit is masculine. Punchy and bitter, fermented and aged, tastes like dirt. This isn't delicate grandma tea.>>22138666Adds character.>>22138683>tourists own awazon
Lil 21 snoozefest to keep the party going.
>>22138836Have you ever walked through a wet forest or smelled a big pile of wet leaves in autumn? It's tastes like that with a distinct fishy fermented flavor.
>>22138325God I can’t wait for winter. I’ve barely drank any tea these last few months because of how hot it’s beenFuck these heatwaves
>>22138828I like when Ceylon tastes a bit like copper
>>22138944Drinking hot tea in the heat causes weakness to leave your body
Tea is from JapanAnime is from JapanErgo, Anime is TeaFurthermore, tea is often drunk in anime and I own several "anime" teas.
>>22139169Anitea, teanime
>>22138944Do you not own AC?
>>22138513hairs are a good sign, shows the leaves and buds were handled with care so they weren't broken off
>>22138513Those are little hairs from young tea buds, called trichomes
>>22138666I feel that, chipped my spout a few weeks ago. The aesthetic loss is whatever but now I can't fill it all the way up without it spilling out the spout, I have to stop right at the bottom of the rim. Kind of a pain. I should probably just get a new one
The more time I spend in this general the more convinced I'm north american consumers have no fucking idea on how to recognize and value a proper teaSo much talk about gear and proper temps and focusing on ritual as if that's gonna make a material difference when your leaves are trashReddit is better at tea than 4chan, how sad is that
>>22139558r/tea is unusably bad, absolutely clueless userbase of people who have never even tried a good tea in their livesI agree that most tea can be brewed with boiling water in any gear you have on hand. I really don't think this is a gearfag or temperaturemaxxing general
>>22139570>>22139558idk anons i put leaves in a mug and add water and then drink it and i'm having a pretty good time. don't know what all of you are on about. only time i'm fussy with temps is fresh greens... most everything else is fine.
kettle boilmug outgreen tea leaves incold water fill up to a thirdfill the rest with boiling waterleave for 30s up to a minutesipahhhleave green tea leaves in while you drinkfill up with more hot watersecond cupahhhave some kind of snackthird cup?why notahh
>>22139558>So much talk about gear and proper temps and focusing on ritual as if that's gonna make a material difference when your leaves are trashI've been to many "niche" communities and its the same people again and again. These people are bad at life. They are afraid of getting better because it would involve them getting humbled/embarrassed. Can't have that in today's world. They need safe space. Let's have an example. Guy buys some tea. Vendor tells them what to taste. They try their best to taste it as well. Having different opinion would mean they failed at tasting so ofc they won't fail. They say how awesome it is. Someone says to them, they don't feel that way and think it's not a good tea. This is immediately taken as an offense towards them. That their opinion is wrong and they failed. Can't have that. >Well achctually at these specific conditions it feels this way, try +X of Y and you will feel the same(they have moral high ground now)If you disagree again, you will get downvoted/muted/reported for being troll/toxic. Doesn't matter if you are right or wrong. Its all one big echochamber advertisement friendly space. I could go on and on, but I hope you get what I'm trying to say. Is reddit better/worse? Idk, but I'm not collecting any points here, I do it for love of the game.
>gearWhat gear? What the fuck are you using aside from an unglazed teapot that leeches some minerals? There's tea gear?>temperatureThe duration of steeping and the temperature you do it at absolutely is going to affect your extraction, that's just common senseYou're not going to turn trash into gold by brewing it at 97.2c for exactly 27 seconds but if you steep a Japanese green at 75c vs 100c and taste no difference you might be defective
>>22139705nta but i guess one of those fancy matcha whisks could count as tea gear? but i don't think that's really that egregious.
>>22139705>What gear?
>>22138392Drinking Rosamonte with lemon peel and plenty of ice cubes right now
>>22139769This isn't tea gear, this is for torturing coffeefags
>>22137734Did anyone tried them before?They have some small 100g cakes, could be a nice sample and I like jiggu.
>>22139669where's the knorr stock pot?
>>22139769I get most of these in some way, but what the fuck is the cocaine spoon in the middle supposed to be used for, 10th from the left? Looks like what I use to snort ketamine.
>>22139866Someone here liked their bada white tea a lotSupposedly mostly a hei cha specialist with some good liu an
Does GABA tea do anything to people mentally or is it just placebo/meme? I don't know shit about that kind of thing but I'm curious.
>>22138903Larpin with a little 2016 LangHe 7599 601 this afternoon. Pretty sure I grabbed this from purplecloud.
>>22139955>mentallyNo, they do have a higher content of GABA but it dosen't pass the blood brain barrier so it has no effect, GABA teas however have a really unique taste to them so they are definitely worth trying if you find a good source that focuses on the taste, you can get very vegetal flavours like sweet potato from them
>>22139964>unique tasteThat's actually more of a selling point, thanks! I'll pick some up next time I order.
>>22139459I remember reading years ago about how some people keep protectors on their teapots like a spout foreskin.
>>22139994>His spout is circumsizedNGMI
>>22139898Was probably me who recommended their Bada region whites and reds (loose bags), having had one of each and loving them. Though, each was tastier when younger than in the middle-ground of aging. They do have some good heicha, though I haven't yet had one of their liu-ans. Their liu-bao offerings are solid.
>>22138828I don't think ive ever encountered a that id describe that way lol
>>22138868even if he does which i doubt he's still a tourist to this site who can fuck off back to plebbit and shitter
>>22139964I used to think this but if u take enough pure gaba it does seem to have an effect.take like 3 grams if u don't believe me
>20 years a touristteas for these feels brahs?
>>22138325>AI generated wojak memeThis general has certainly seen better days.
>>22140528being here for 2 years longer than me while not even liking anime is pitiable more than anything
>>22140581If you're not autistic you can enjoy things without letting them bleed into all aspects of your life.
>>22140609I don't tho, just my posting on image boards and some of my music taste.
>>22140618Guarantee you've got a room full of figurines, collectables, non region compliant blurays etc
>>22140545It's a few years old and obviously not AI generated
>>22140623the only anime adjacent thing in my house is some manga on the book shelf, don't rlly care if u believe me or not.if ur just not very into it that's fine I can understand that but complaining about anime on a fucking anime forum is stupid
>>22140998Its a cooking forum.
>>22141044cooking board of an anime forum. you act like /ck/ is a sperate website
Can mods start banning this shit?I'm tired of this off topic rage bait garbage that has nothing to do with TEA. Its like one new tard.
>>22141185It's pretty annoying but just ignore and it'll go away soon enough. Last thread's op seems to have really upset someone.But, tea. A few months ago I signed up for the essence of tea monthly tea club because I haven't been sampling any new teas lately. The past two teas have been young shengs and if this one is too I'm gonna cancel my subscription. They're fine I guess but I rarely want to drink young sheng and I really don't want to spend >50¢/g on any more of them (subscription is $35/month and they're little 60g cakes).
any mugicha enjoyers here? whats your preferred method for making it? i've just been letting it steep in cold water for a couple hours till it looks about dark enough and keeping it in the fridge but i'm wondering if theres a better method?
>>22141207That's steep. I haven't really tasted anything in that price range that would be worth it(to me anyway).Especially recently you can get a lot of young good sheng for cheap, but maybe I'm just not picky enough.
>>22141207Have you tried W2T's club? I was subscribed for a year and was very impressed. Sometimes a whole cake of a classic (admittedly raw puerh) tea, but sometimes it was fermentation experiments, sometimes it was just the earliest green tea they could get their hands on in Spring. A little pricey, but there is value in tea being delivered to you without you having to think about it. It was always sent with a full page letter describing something about the tea or how the tea was processed, discovered, etc. A stark contrast to what Paul usually writes. Picrel.
>>22141221Yeah I don't think what I've gotten so far has been much better than raws I've had from farmer leaf or vietsun that were half the price. More important than the value to me is just that neither of them were particularly interesting. Just run of the mill young sheng imo, I threw away the explanation letters that came with them but iirc they're from regions that the EoT people don't drink from much/had written off in the past.>>22141230I haven't. That one does seem pretty cool though.>there is value in tea being delivered to you without you having to think about itThat's what I was after. I went with the EoT club because I really like their aged sheng offerings, that's my favorite kind of tea and (along with teaswelike) they're my favorite vendors of it.But anyways even if the next tea is yet another young sheng I'll email them and ask if so much of one type of tea is typical or whatever before I cancel it. But if I do cancel I'll consider the w2t club, or maybe I'll just set myself a monthly reminder to buy a few samples from wherever.
Some Da Fang from Sweetest Dew. For some reason, it tastes much better brewed in a pot than grandpa style. Savory, peanuty, bean flavors.
>>22141185It would be really really nice. In the past two days I've tried to talk about>how 21 snoozefest is doing>20 year old awazon menghai spring>and a rarely posted about factory, LangHeand got mostly animeslop posting in return. It certainly never been as bad as this. I think I'll sip on some 2019 Xiaguan Sweet and think about where we went so wrong. Probably way overpaid for this cake years ago too. Fuck YS.>>22141230Oh that reminds me I've got some old w2tclub sheng samples I need to get around to.
Okay, the deed is done. I received about 200€ worth of second hand tea from a nice guy who chatted me up on my local craigslist equivalent. By the end, I was maybe 90% sure that he wouldn't drive over to rape me with a rusty screwdriver or take my money and ghost me, so that was exciting.Guy has a pretty big collection and was looking to get rid of the cheaper cakes and stuff which he doesn't really like, like budget Xiaguan cakes, Oriental Beauty and Liu Bao, which was awesome for me since I'm looking to expand my /tea/ knowledge that is currently really limited to budget Shou and some few examples of Sheng and Oolong. Also cheap ebay greens, but I don't think that counts as knowledge.Anyways, I'm currently on the second steeping of a Xiaguan 2011 "Golden Rhythm" and it's kicking my ass. Smoky on the front and gives way to a nice sweet and dry aftertaste. I'm all huiganing up over here.
>>22141281Following it up with another green tea, an obscure Guanxi green tea from theTea.plIt's pretty good, more generic flavors of good chinese green tea and with some pineapple undertones
>>22141284>Xiaguan 2011 "Golden Rhythm"I have this one, bought it from QuicheTeasVery good budget cake. It supposedly uses aged maocha from 2005 so it tastes older than 2011. Has a smoky bbq flavor with some tart fruitiness, overall makes me think of some kind of stir fry or grilled meat on a stick with a few tart peaches included. I think it's smoother and easier on the stomach than some of the similarly priced Xiaguan tuos I've had, might be more humid storage
>>22141258>More important than the value to me is just that neither of them were particularly interesting.I know what you mean. I miss being new and always tasting something new. These days I try to buy samples from taobao, but not many factories make samples and if they do, its in that minidisc format that I hate. Some vendors sell 7g samples of regular cakes, but 7g is one session and I would like to have at least two(it's also more expensive than I would like).I will probably get bunch of FL samples like every year, this time in the 100+ range, but I'm usually not that impressed.
>>22141207I'm kinda surprised eot are sending out young sheng at all. Maybe just an aberration
>>221395584chan in general has weird autistic elitism on almost every topic that gets discussed.
>>22141284Sounds like a good time, there's bound to be some nice stuff in there
>>22141281Time to get some green in the pot myself. Looks tasty
>>22141402They do produce their own young sheng each year, or they at least press and brand it, idk how involved they are in production.I've tried a few and thought they were pretty good, if a bit expensive maybe, but again I'm not a big young sheng guy
>>22141416It's a pretty cool haul (I'm telling myself because I spent more money than I should have) and the guy basically priced it at or below quiche/KTM prices, so I'm pretty happy.Got like 200g of 4 different Farmerleaf oolongs, 40g of 70s, 80s and 90s LiuBao, half a XG 2012 8582, a barely opened XG 2010 Purple Cloud, half of the XG 2011 Golden Rhythm, a mystery 90s tuo, full cake of XG 2006 Ye Sheng and XG 2005 8653.And a bunch of samples.It's tempting to try them all asap, but I think I'll try to stick to maybe a couple teas until I get to know them a bit.Oh, and the guy is looking to do a taobao group buy in September, but I'm not sure if I'll have the funds to participate in that. It would be pretty cool to have a mountain of cheap tea though. A tong or a heicha basket/bamboo tube does seem like something I would enjoy having.
>>22141455There's no harm in trying them all like a mad lad it's fun, though it takes a few tries of one tea to really get a feel for it imoAt least by sept you will have a good idea if you wanna get some xg or liubao from taobaoSounds like a pretty solid collection to me>>22141431Ah I see, wasn't aware they even produced it, makes sense then. Probably easier to keep things ticking over monthly if they can send out this years fresh stuff
>>22141309I like the wet leaf smell, has this leather/book case smell. Together with the spent tobacco, the fruitiness and sweetness it feels like I brewed up a sugared drew estate cigar. Breddy gud.
>>22141719Yeah, I can see that
>>22139169Without China there wouldn't be Japan. Checkmate anime tranny
Drank some FL gua feng zhai. It's not a bad tea by any means, but incredibly forgetful. I finished it an hour ago and have a hard time, remembering anything about it. I don't think it represents the region or yiwu very well.
>>22142815Someone in the reviews also mentioned it does not have a typical yiwu characterI presume it's not as good as the likes of tang fang liang zi?
>>22142823I like tflz more, but I like tflz more than almost any of their <100 offerings so I'm probably biased. I also wouldn't drink tflz if I wanted "yiwu" experience, but I would say it does a good job showing you what the "forest" taste is that many teas on that website have in description. I will definitely try the single trees version of tflz this year.
>>22142834Had the autumn jingmai gushu today, that's also a good soft one from the site. I get good thick mouthfeel a lot of calming body feel from it and it was only 60$
>>22142837I liked that one as well, but I already have bunch of soft cakes and not that much space left, so I didn't get a cake.
Teavivre has their "sure-win lucky draw" scamwheel today for their anniversary event. You, too, can register and probably win absolutely nothing.
>>22142899>tea gachaingenious though horrifying. I guess we're getting tea lootboxes already, so it's only a matter of time until we see a tea store with a gacha buisness model
>>22142868if I buy more young sheng this year, it might be another Naka from CSH. but I've been more into aged ones recently
>>22142909If you want CSH, I would suggest taobao.Even with shipping and vendor fees, you should get a better deal.You can always use the saved money on more tea, there are endless options, especially the aged stuff.
>>22142930I really need to get around to making a taobao order. I said that like two years ago, but really I do mean it.
>>22142930they also have -20$ coupons and free shipping, so their site is ok for small one cake orders. for larger quantities though I'm sure taobao is better
>>22142901>tea lootboxesWhy do people do it though? Too lazy and cheap to pick out shit to drink on their own?
Any decent vendor for shit like Indonesia or Sri Lanka tea?
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>>22143236You're skating on tennis courts with an adjacent skatepark.
>>22138325>puer>tisaneYou people are pretentious homosexuals.
>>22143174>Why do people do it thoughmeme packaging I guess? IDKhttps://white2tea.com/collections/latest-additions/products/loot-bag-pound-of-minis
>>22143301I hate white2tea so fucking much.
Is there a thread for discussing matchaThe shit I bought is brown and bitter
>>22138325What the fuck is wrong with you people.Just drink Yorkshire Tea like god intended you fucking specsavers
>>22143331they have some teas worth buying desu, but the smug aura and FOMO newbie trap events are annoying
>>22143471you can discuss it here. not that many matcha drinkers, but I'm sure someone will matchapill you
>>22143248the tennis courts weren't there before the neighborhood got gentrified.I hate these new posh cunts that moved in and play tennis all day so I'm doing it out of principle
>>22143471its always bitter
>>22144334Literally 20 years ago.
how big a difference do bovedas actually make for short term pu-erh storage?I've never tried them because it always sounded suspicious to me with people claiming they can tell different levels of hydration from tastemaybe it makes a bigger difference if you live somewhere very dry like a continental climate?
>>22144431its not the fact there's topic boards I'm angry about tho its all the newfags who get all pissy when someone posts an anime image then spam fucking jaks and r*dditfrogs everywhere.these are the posh cunts playing tennis in the analogy.
>>22144676how short term are we talking?id imagine it barely matters in a humid climate
>>22144690I'm not spamming frogs and jaks. I'm asking you to post more tea in the tea thread and less anime. The alternative is no tea and all anime. There are numerous boards on this site for that. This is the food and cooking board. Its been the food and cooking board for 20 years. Posting drawings, gifs, or webms of anime mugs isn't discussing tea. Its just spam. Which is food and you could start a Spam thread here if you felt like it.
>>22144695Idk like a year or several. Not for long term aging I mean
>>22144711if ur not doing that MAYBE ur not the ppl I'm referring to? did u consider that?I was talking in general terms and not about this specific thread, id be perfectly happy to stay on topic if it wasn't for the fact that these ppl sperg out over even TOPICAL anime pics like the ones used in the last thread then act like their ugly fucking knockoff rage comics are somehow any better. anyway I didn't wanna derail this hard so ill try to focus more on tea.what have u been drinking lately? today I just grandpa-ed some tgy but yesterday I was drinking "the gathering" 2024 from tea scotland
>>22144734u should prolly use the bovida packs. by short term I thought u meant a month or less
Recently drinking:>Jingmai autumn gushu 2025 from FarmerleafThis is good, thick mouthfeel and strong relaxing body feel. Flavor is just balanced very soft mellow sheng, not bad but not the star>Daily drinker keemun from sweetest dewRye bread, cocoa, some red fruit. Solid robust black tea
>>22144757>MAYBE ur not the ppl I'm referring to>these ppl sperg out over even TOPICAL anime picsYeah thats me pal. Not all me but certainly me.>what have u been drinking lately?Well you already know because I've been posting about it friend. My daily drinker 2013 xg BXZ, Awazon MH51, YS xg sweet, PC LangHe 7599 601, 5 year old snoozefest(as that'll be dropping soonish). Pretty sure I still have at least a kilo of other years sitting around so I might skip again.
>>22144804>Yeah thats me palare u the same guy that got so mad at a pic of konata that he started posting his girlfriends feet for some incomprehensible reason? xD>teasI don't think I've tried any of those :/most are too abbreviated for me to even know what to look up, I'm pretty new to puer.>snoozefesthow quickly does this stuff usually sell out? they do one each year right? ill have to grab some if its still in stock after the package I'm waiting for arrives.
Lads, don't ruin a second thread. Just let it go.
>>22144869Not sure what that first sentence means. I'd post some links but it triggers the spam filter.>I'm pretty newYa don't say.>>22144888Not calling out offtopic spamming newfriends is why we have offtopic spamming newfriends. It takes a village.
>>22144869>how quickly does this stuff usually sell out? they do one each year right?within a day or two usually. yeah, they do it every yearit's good value obviously, but not massively better value than some of the cheap farmerleaf cakes
>>22144936>Not sure what that first sentence means.some schizo I had an interaction with on this board.>I'd post some links but it triggers the spam filter.I don't require that level of spoonfeeding just the names is fine.>Ya don't say.rude>Not calling out offtopic spamming newfriendsaren't u the same dude who was derailing the last thread with ur complaining?I've made 3 posts that arent tea related this entire thread I wouldn't call that spamming.>>22144888don't worry ill drop it, I did TRY to change the subject back to tea but he seems incapable of letting it go
>>22145003thanks
>>22138325>no puer lesbianThe infographic is inaccurate
I like my tea piping hot. I have a cup heater that keeps it at a nice constant 93°C (the maximum setting).
>>22146229don't it go bitter?
How much black tea per day is ok? I sometimes drink closer to 1 litre, usually just 2 mugs though.
>>22146258you're fine, it's fucking tea. as long as you don't do something stupid like brewing 200 earl gray teabags every day
>Summer 2024 Fen Shui Ling Oolong Blackreally nice, very aromatic and rounded taste. smells sweet, fruity, floral.are yunnan blacks usually this good?
>>22146464that's supposed to be an atypical one
>>22143471What the fuck did you buy? Either way matcha is ok, but honestly deep steamed shincha is close enough in flavor and not as unobtainium or painful to prepare. If you really want matcha, you have to buy "ceremonial" from literal Japs, and they'll still fuck you over. I have someone who goes to Japan all the time and I have her just buy shit for me.
>>22145154You're the bottom right guy who's about to be domed though.
>>22139558>Reddit is better at tea than 4chanI started on there, bought the massively overpriced tea they recommended, was underwhelmed, then realised they had no taste whatsoever-each was just referencing the other. It was an echo chamber enforced by upvotes.They are all consumers with an addiction to novelty and love of the 'idea' of tea and the connotations they imagine drinking it has, and they dress all that up under the guise of expertise and refined taste. It's nonsense. Their good advice is no more than you'd read on any other site, but their bad advice is often unique to them. I've had some good information from 4chan though.>>22141282How was the Menghai Spring?
>>22143471I had some matcha from ikkyu not long ago. Proper matcha is ground shade-grown leaves, that would be a high quality tea in their own right. The only thing in common with that, and the cheaper stuff, is that its ground. I always use a lower temperature than they recommend. You can cold brew teas, the heat just extracts it more quickly, so try lowering the temperature. If that doesn't fix the bitterness, it will be the tea.
>>22146548Its like licking the bottom of my humidor. Cigar shop. Layers and layers of aged tobacco but not smokey. Very pleasant.
>>22143471>brownProbably extremely old and oxidized. Or you bought hojicha powder by mistake.
>>22146577>aged tobacco but not smokey.Great. That's a particular flavour I like. You can only get that cake as a sample now though (2006).Are you the anon who bought all the different Awazon raw cakes?
>>22146596No I'm the anon who buys a bunch of xiaguan brick and 2015 menghai spring back when you could get tongs :/
Do you ice your teas?Coldbrew?When it gets hot out I really lose the appetite hot teas. Having a little bit of the cold I make overnight or before leaving for works helps keep me drinking through my stock. I dont think I've found one I prefer that way, but I know my white and red teas lend well to it so far. Jap Greens I need to keep toying with, last time I tried it, it came out quite bitter so I might have to use less than normally want to
>>22147105I prefer terere style yerba mate on hot days. It's much faster to prepare than coldbrew tea. it's honestly even easier to make than hot yerba mate because it doesn't really get bitter. just keep adding very cold water and ice and wait like a minute or two for it to brew.it's good on its own, but also goes nicely with whatever herbs or fruit you want to throw in there, it's traditional to add stuff in if you want
>>22147105I've never tried it with any tea besides yerba mate, but I can see it working with a green tea like Sencha or Long Jing. Something to try out at some point.
>>22146258how many grams of leaves?I would'nt advise more than 20 grams (this is not rlly an exact number, some tea has less caffeine some has more)its ok on occasion to drink a shit ton but not daily >>22146464I have a yunnan black that id describe as aromatic, sweet and somewhat floral but dunno if this is typical.simao, puer spring 25pretty good but im not super into blacks
FL Autumn LME small trees 2025Has a horseradish herbal spicy note to me
https://orientaleaf.com/collections/ripe-pu-erh-tea-shou-pu-erh/products/bulang-mountain-ancient-tree-ripe-puerh-timeless-aromaretailer is legitif you are eurofag don't be scared of tracking telling you it's delivered while nothing shows up, it's a recent thing where mainland packages get handed over to local delivery companies with new tracking numbercake arrived vacuum sealed (that's a first)benchmarked against 2020 Mengku Rongshi Bo Jun I drank in 2022 which I consider the gold standard to compare against>picit's worse, there's little bit of bad kind of edgeis it worth 130 buck for a 357g cake? nope. considering about 50 dollars is shipping and import charges (wasn't like this few years ago), would I buy it from a store which bulk-imports the cakes and sells them presumably for about 90 dollars a piece? nope.will give it more tries, maybe my impression will improve but for now the price/quality ratio of this cake is quite low.
>>22147105I coldbrewed some sencha once that I really enjoyed when it was brewed hot, I thought it was disgusting though.>>22147176I do need to try this though, I used my meme straw for the first time the other day and it was definitely a better experience then trying to use a filter to brew mate
Del cebador is now my favourite yerba, anyone got a rec for what to try next? Getting through this bag
>>22148805Other uruguayan ones
>>22148695>considering about 50 dollars is shipping and import chargesso much for the $9.95 flat shipping that they advertise. is this some kind of tariff nonsense?
>>22148853No, their prices check out and there weren't any additional customs fees or whatever, it's all baked into the price. My point is give or take 50 dollars is the actual shipping and customs and taxes and whatever cost (baked into the price of product) and it wasn't this expensive few years ago.I had similar price experience when buying "rep" sneakers few years ago vs recently. The actual cost of one pair was 25 bucks, the rest was all the other charges. So these products being this expensive is not only question of supply/demand and profit margins but increasingly shipping and administrative fees. Sellers are not ripping customers off with extremely high margin multipliers.
>>22148853tarriffs, customs/import charges aren't shipping cost.
what raw pu'er brands/factories/regions are associated with camphorous flavors?
>>22148868It's more associated with aging than a region or brand. Usually needs a good bit of age and storage on the more humid side to get camphor flavors.For brand, I guess Xiaguan is said to often age into those kinds of notes, but it's not exclusive to them
I have spent over 400 dollars of tea this July. is it over for me?
>>22148927depends on ur income.
>>22148927Depends if it's a couple expensive cakes or 100 cheap cakes (danger of crushing in avalanche)
How does one brew a Liu Bao, is it good with gaiwan style short steeps or am I supposed to leave it a bit longer like an oolong?I'm assuming you blast it with 100°C.Usually I'd just play around until it feels right, but I only have about 60 grams or so to sample.
>>22149137Treat it like you would a loose leaf ripe. you can push it if you want
>>22149132>100 cheap cakes (danger of crushing in avalanche)would be based if it would happen.
>>22149137I tend to fill gaiwan about 1/3rd and then brew as a ripeIt's hard to mess up though just brew longer if you need it stronger (or boil it)>>22148912Nice drawer, how did you find the awazon LSPE there
>>22149194>>22149218Damn, this stuff is really good. 90s Liubao of unknown origin.Beetroot, earthy potatoes up front, strong menthol cooling in the later steeps. Coats the tongue and lingers. Very different indeed from the teas I've tried before.
VietSun order came in. What should I drink first?
>>22149669Coin flip on the two deep forests.
>>22149675Coin came up tails for for the Deep Forest White.Leaves pre-brew and post-brew.
What do you guys think about pots where there's just a strainer in the lid? Worth picking up or a waste of time since you can't remove the tea..
Did 5 grams boiling for 5 infusions>30s>1 min>1 min 30s>2 mins>3 minsWill try grandpa next time.
>>22149954Strainer is good. But maybe not in that format.
>>22147494I don't dare to say but usually just 4 bags of tea. I haven't graduated to leaves yet.
>>22147494I have the Fuijian Black from Kuura Tea and it's very aromatic/floral without overbearing. Completely different to what I'd call a "standard" black and very delicious.
>>22149954I'm not sure which kind you're talking about. I don't like most pots with basket strainers because the basket is almost always too small and sits too high.My favorite for random pots is pic related. As long as you aren't stretching them out too far they filter way better than you'd think and they're easy to remove and clean. I kind of wish I had a jig to make my own.
>>22149952Nice, I love wild whites. How was it? Vietsun's stuff looks good, though it seems a bit outside my $/g bracket.
>>22150255It's pretty mild all around. Lightly sweet and floral, no bitterness or astringency. You could probably drink it all day without feeling any ill effects. I think grandpa brew with a long first steep will be a better test. Also tempted to just boil the shit out of it to see what happens.>it seems a bit outside my $/g bracketThey throw in a little extra tea if you pay directly (through bank transfers, venmo, zelle, etc.) instead of using Paypal. I paid with Zelle and they threw in the Ha Giang white for free.
>>22150278You ordered 75g of tea?
>>22150278>>22149669Vietsun sent me a free cake of their 2026 sheng some time agoI haven't had much non sheng stuff from them, just one Cao Bo moonlight white tea sample which was quite good. Tippy moonlight white a little like Moon Waffles but maybe better
>>22150290yeah
>>22150066that's totally fine dude. id be more worried about microplastics from the bags than the tea itself though.get some leaves you won't regret it i promise.start with a loose leaf tea of the same type as whatever ur sipping on that comes in bags
>>22150125hmmm yeah that's not too far off of how id describe this.
If you knew someone who just drinks regular black-tea-with-milk-no-sugar tea bags, what would be the largest easy win upgrade for them?I drink this stuff. I like it pretty well, but getting into coffee I found you don't really have to do that much more than "normal" to get much better coffee, and then it's diminishing returns after that.
>>22150614For milk tea, idk. I guess you can see if loose leaf makes a differenceFor black tea without milk, try some chinese options, they are good, more desserty usually
>>22150614Assam CTC can taste like a 'proper brew' but higher quality. It's hit or miss though. Like many black teabags develop a bad taste if you leave them brewing too long, some Assams get that taste as well.Keemun tastes more like cocoa, but it suits the same sort of palate.
>>22149952I like that fabric under the tray on the left. I've seen something like that at a Chinese boutique downtown. Anything interesting about it? Where did you get it? Good looking tea.
>>22150669>>22150699>For black tea without milk, try some chinese options, they are good, more desserty usually>Assam CTC can taste like a 'proper brew' but higher quality.>Keemun tastes more like cocoaThanks to both of you for the suggestions. These are all the kind of notes I tend to like. I'll give each a try, probably start with Keemun.
>>22149962nice teacup. damn.
>>22150801keemun, yunnan red's, congou are all good generic drinkers with chocolately notes and natural sweetness sometimes.jin jun mei is good, but it isn't my favorite. it usually has a stronger honey-like sweetness so I brew it cooler to calm it.I personally hate Assam anything. Strong raisin level of sweetness. It's very "bold" though if that's your thing.If I was going jeetlandia:Darjeeling and sometimes nilgiri is usually what I get. The other Himalaya stuff is ok too.Sri Lanka has a unique flavor that reminds me of tea bags and a lot of the bottled black tea stuff. have mixed feelings about it.this is all black, btw.
Went back to gong fu brewing. Been doing western for so long because it's set and forget, but I forgot how much better it is the real Chinese way.
>>22150614you should go for Ceylon. even cheap shitty loose leaf ceylon will be vastly superior to tea bags. many fancier tea bag blends have assam and ceylon but its often bulked out with rlly cheap low grade Indian black teas.if u want some fancy ceylon get one with as many letters after the name as possible like "FBOPFEXSP" or some such nonsense.
>>22150925he wants stuff for drinking with milk and sugar.in my expirence this tends to utterly obliterate a lot of the flavours in chinese red/black teas.Darjeeling is a good suggestion for both with and without milk
>>22150977Ever try grandpa brewing? Might be a happy medium.
>>22151037haven't. maybe I'll try. as a wagie, it's hard to stop and really brew and enjoy gong fu. tea goes further too.
>>22149218>SLPEUnderwhelming, like a bland and low quality shou mei.I can't recommend it.
Well we almost course corrected. What a shame.>awazon 2006 Wild Ancient Tea Tree Loose Sheng
is ys markup really worth it? fullchea seems to have similar offerings... for a fuckload less. I use to buy a lot from ys, but it just seems kind of memey outside of their most popular tea, the black gold bi luo chun.
>>22151096>is ys markup really worth it?No. They have a lot a variety and that's pretty much where their strengths begin and end.
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>>22151122I feel like this image directly insults me.
Since I don't have a bombilla yet, I just steep my tereré and then filter it before drinking. What kind of leaf ratio should I use for this? I haven't managed to dial it in.
since I'm asking about tea vendors. I know people use KTM for pu'er, but what about red, green, ools, etc?
>>22151133They have a good selection of cheap factory yancha / wuyi oolong. Seadyke AT110 and silver can WuyiStar lcsx are solid. I hear the manting rou gui is also good.I also heard someone recommend their cheapest longjing as good value, but I haven't had it
>>22147105Lately,>black or roasted oolong>brew twice as strong as normal>add an equal part cold milk
>>22151124we love you william, it's just some bants
>>22150753>Where did you get it?I got it from teaware.house . I've seen another /tea/non with the same one before.
>>22151122somewhat of an improvement.you forgot shopping addiction
>>22149954I ended up getting my tea pot and a new mug. The housemates have written off a couple of mugs lately so I used it as an excuse to get a nice glass one to enjoy the colour and meet the tea demons.Pictured is Kuura's (my local) Lotus Red, a very floral Fujian red, that's very light in the mouth.
501 8582 in the Teaswelike Zhuni is very good. Largely resinous and woody, but also fruity. For factory tea, it has a concentrated-ness that I take to mean it still has legs for aging but it’s ready to drink already anyways. Qi is anchoring in a way that factory often isn’t, imagine being in space and getting hit with gravity. The finish is not that noteworthy, however.>>22138651Most Haoji repro is dogshit but this was quite good for some reason.
Revisiting the Yangqinghao 2005 Wushang Miaopin. Still just alright, probably should have done like Bingdao this time, but it’s whatever.>>22140545I think this “meme” was made by some Discord guy who got banned or something who was called karma. Not AI but somehow more insufferable.>>22139570>be Redditor>be Jewnnan sourcing fan>someone asks ”what’s a good tea from YS?”>be unable to name a single good teaJfl. Many such cases.
>>22151096YS is good for fu brick, mostly horrible for green tea and oolong, overpriced for pu-erhIn general there are better stores unless you want a huge variety of stuffIf you want pu-erh, QuicheTeas is much better and cheaper. KTM is also usually cheaper. Teaswelike is expensive but much more curated.
You guys still drink tea? Lmao
>>22152965I'm still drinking yesterday's tea.
>>22152965I'm boiling Liu Bao and you can't stop me.
>>22138540I love 11 year olds.
that's a good troll discord, label all the tea drinkers as pedophiles
>>22154287I don't think it's even really that much of a trole. A lot of internet tea posters fall in the weeb/trans person/anime obsessed/autistic/furry etc category.
>>22154287now reinforce with some graphic and we're done. good job. which general to next?
anything in this list that I might regret? trying a bunch of random shit that looked interesting, except the shou mei. some other anon said that ktm's shou mei was a good daily drinker and I do love shou mei.
>>22154940$14 for that mengoku roshi cake sample is criminal when the 500g cake is $35 on taobao(the tea is good)I should be scamming people with samples...
>>2215497414 kangaroo dollars, so it's not as quite as bad as it looks but yeah that's still a big gap. guess it's time to lrn2taobao
>buy objectively best tea>put it in hot water>add a little milksimple as.
my throat hurts and i dont have ginger to put in my grandpa brews
>>22155020How the fuck is 60 teabags 103$
>>22155043Do you have honey? Tea with honey is good for the throat
>>22155020$100 for 60 bags of flavoured floor sweeping rooibos?sort ur shit out fren ur getting scammed. also ur not sposed to drink that shit daily its a known endocrine disruptor that inhibits multiple important hormones
>>22155124The teabags are really big
>>22155124>>22155173>/tea/ in charge of doing maththis site is truly kill
>>22155173hormones make you transgender. You want less of them
>>22155179I have brain damage from puer fueled late night boxing matches with my gf soz >>22155180it primarily inhibits testosterone and adrenal enzymes
>>2215517610g teabags?
>>22155020>We’re taking a break until 11th September. Any orders placed will be shipped upon our return. We apologise for any inconvenience.Kek get fucked.
best tea per $?
>>22156800>best tea per $?Anything that is free or close to free will dominate this metric. It's pointless, just tell us how much you are willing to spend per gram, and what you want/expect and some anon might recommend something they believe is a good deal.
>>22156807Honestly I just wanted to bump the thread before work. I'm an idiot who mostly buys based on what sounds interesting/tasty so I'm genuinely not sure how much I spend per gram. Mostly drink liu bao, shou and sheng pu-erh, white tea, with whatever black tea I can get cheaply in bulk for caffeine reasons. Oolong sometimes, but I've never developed the taste for most greens.
>>221568002016 Lao Bai Cha cake from KingTeaMall is my number one value so far I thinkAlso, taiwanese oolongs from Teahome
>>22156800Xiao Fa deserves to be on the list. A whole sleeve of five tuos is a classic good deal.>>22156807Good point.
>>22156800Xiaguan Bian Xiao Zhuan
>>22156967I am tired of not knowing what this tastes like.
>>22156970Clear yellow liquid, goes in throat easy, smokey bitter astringent and smooth, totally an easy acceptable tea.
>>22156970Dirt
>>22156978accurate, thanks John
>>22138325Best online tea store for organic brands that ship in USA or to America?
>>22151086Is that the sold out one? In the small tin? How is it?
>>22157365Oh its fantastic.
>>22157462What does it taste like? Is there a tea you can compare it to?
>>22157465Its exceptionally smooth. Not a touch of bitterness. Its like if you found some 10 year old freeze dried peach slices and brewed it up.
What are you drinking today? For me it's cold brewed Da Hong Pao for breakfast. I don't know if that's a thing but it's surprisingly good. Very smooth texture.I used left over loose leaf from yesterday's steeps with our new Tetsubin (Tetsu kyusu) our friends got from Japan.
>>22151122>lesbianAre there simply no more guys between the age of 18 and 33 that enjoy Kiyohiko Azuma and niche 4chan boards, that have not transitioned? Shit, I feel like a damn unicorn.Also since I have turned in my lurker card with this post, what is this general's opinion on picrel? I am tourist here and like it, personally.
>>22157912I'm not quite 30, like yotsuba&(but not THAT much, I had to look up the guy's name), wouldn't say I "like" niche boards but I'm here anyways, and I'm not a fag or a tranny.>opinion on picrelThey seem like gay health food crap. I'm sure they taste fine but if I want tea I drink real tea. It's not something I'm interested in.Do you drink any loose leaf teas?
>>22157929>Do you drink any loose leaf teas?I do not. If I have caffeine, it's almost always an energy drink. The Ryl tea is the most recent thing I've tried for cutting back besides cutting it entirely. Builders tea as a meme has me interested in trying it, but that's a deliberately inexpensive cup of tea from a bag.But, why should I? I've never had a real cup of tea, besides some green tea when I was younger which I thought was... yucky. Can you into tea if you like sugary drinks? The concept of anyone under the age of Uncle Iroh enjoying tea wholeheartedly perplexes me a bit, ngl.
>>22157337most high quality tea is organic.however most tea marketed solely on being organic is low quality
>>22157989>why should I?Because real tea is delicious, because trying new things is fun. There's so much variation in tea, even just "real" tea from the tea plant camellia sinensis that I could never get tired of it.Yes you can into tea if you like sugary drinks and you should probably stop drinking that crap anyways. Green tea can be pretty strong and bitter for someone who's not aquatinted with different flavors like that.https://yunnansourcing.com/collections/samplers/products/first-steps-tea-samplerThis would be a good and easy way to dip your toes in
>>22157912I was under the impression that most puer lesbians are actual foids like myself :/are u telling me the other teasisters are just a bunch of rapehons? >>22157989you can most certainly into tea if u prefer sugary drinks.nothing wrong with adding sweet things to tea if that's what you prefer, even if its fancy shit just drink it how u want. u bought it so its up to you.if its really expensive shit maybe try it on its own first but I've added things like milk and sugar to very rare tea before and felt no shame in doing so
>>22157746I'm gonna drink some white teaNot sure which one. Maybe an aged one
I may be getting an in-office job that'll likely lead to my death. I've been using a french press to make about 3 cups of tea every morning but likely won't have an electric kettle in the new job. Is there a travel infuser thermos capable of making about 3 cups so I can just pour it into a coffee cup conveniently so I can take the entire urn with me, or am I relegated to making it at home, pouring into a thermos, and dispensing there?
>>22158150If you already have the thermos, bring the hot water in that and find a pragmatic solution for brewing the good stuff in office. The thick, double-walled ones are excellent for heat retention.
>>22158150>in-office job>won't have an electric kettle in the new jobwhat, i'd be really surprised if that was the case, 3 cups as in 3*250ml, or 3 mugs of tea? theres probably several sizes for that on aliexpress, but i usually just pour boiling water into the thermos then pour it into a mug with leaves to grandpa brew the tea instead, that way you never have to clean anything
>>22158156>If you already have the thermos,Yeah, I've got a big one along with a couple insulated tumblers. I just enjoy the ritual for the last 10 or so years of boiling the water, spinkling the leaves in the carafe, then waiting to watch the color change, and enjoying. Office drones don't have that ritual, its just "gimme caffeine".
Green teas and oolongs and white teas are dumb and bad and homo.Puerhs and black teas and matcha are good.Sencha is neutral.
>>22158150DO NOT put tea (or anything other than water) in a thermos with a stainless steel inner wall it'll hold onto the smells/flavours and it'll get gross over time and mean no matter what u brew it tastes of the thermos.u should buy a small teapot u leave at work and just bring a thermos of water each day.if u have a glass walled themos then bringing pre brewed tea might be fine
>>22158425Learned this the hard way.
my first time on /ck/ in years. I am genuinely feeling FOMO reading this thread. I want to know about tea and call people retards for liking the wrong tea. This sounds very fun and I want to be involved.
>>22158626It must be your first time on /ck/ in years, otherwise you would know that there is no entry barrier to calling people retards. In fact, the less you know the more emphatically you can call people retards. Just act so smug that they'll be too offended to ask what exactly they did wrong
>>22158646I thought you'd say that. It's what a retard would say. But really, any recommendations? I'm reading the wiki now. In terms of supermarket normieteas I like assam, chamomile, and english breakfast of course. I tend to dislike bitterness but I am open to trying whatever, preferably without investing too much into teapots or utensils.
Thinking of ordering from Cha Wang shop, is there anything that shouldn't be missed?
>>22158150>but likely won't have an electric kettle in the new jobJust buy a kettle and keep it on your desk? It's what I did when I worked my soul crushing office job.
>>22158425Baking soda and scrub. It's not that big of a deal.
Thoughts?
>>22159047unscented oxiclean is actually great for this
Does anyone other than YS have osmanthus-flowered tea? I need my fix.
>>22159219I think someone recommended the one from that tea-expert russian websiteThetea.pl also has one
I'm passing through a forwarding service to buy some fashion reps and I though I might as well add some tea from taobao.Everyone's very welcome to bet on whether the package will be held by customs.
>>22158602same >>22159047can still smell/taste it. ended up using chlorine which mostly worked but not 100% gone and I didn't even put anything stinky in the flask just tea.maybe ur sense or smell isn't as sensitive?
>>22138540>hahaha are you having a tea party with some little girls later?How did you know?
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>>22159639what service are you using, the mx-tea taobao thing? I'm looking to get some LiuBao from taobao but I haven't yet put the effort in to learn much about the site.
I've been airing out a broken-up brick of Dayi 7542 for four months and it still tastes like fish. Am I fucked?
>>22159639Per the other anon, I'd also like to know more about getting tea from taobao. I don't ordinarily request spoonfeeding, but if anyone has a guide or tips for it I would be obliged.
>>22160824James has done some posts about it on teadb, though some are old and presumably outdated:https://teadb.org/tag/taobao/I'm now at the point where I'm looking at 2000 listings of heicha that I don't know jack shit about - might need to look up what the more well known heicha producers actually are, but it's not easy to get good english language information.
>>221606737542 is a cake, not brick and it's a sheng so it shouldn't be fishy. Maybe you bought a fake?
>>22160205>>22160824I'm using Superbuy.>mx-tea taobao thingThat's a taobao store, not a service>how does it workTwo options, one is to create a taobao account, find sellers who ship to your country and buy tea directly from them.I've never done this as nobody ships to my country, I think there's a list of foreign countries taobao stores can ship to and that includes the US, I'm sure you can find it if you look for it.The other option is to pass through an intermediary, often called "agent", that is, a foreign-facing chinese business that takes your money, buys stuff in your stead from one or multiple sellers, repackages everything at their warehouse and then sends you the whole thing.The great advantage of this is the ability to buy whatever from a variety of sellers and essentially paying for shipping only once, and since agents offer services to foreigners they (might) have a functioning customer support system, and the downside is their services cost money, so you might end up paying 10 to 20% more than the price of your tea.There are more automated agents/forwarding services such as ebuy7, but they don't really offer significant advantages over things like superbuy aside from the ever so slightly shorter processing times due to things being more automated.>how to choose a tea/listing/sellerYou need to have a clear idea of what you're looking for, otherwise between the language barrier and number of options you'll never find your tea.The way I go about it is I find the chinese spelling of the type of tea I'm looking for using babelcarp.org, possibly the spelling of other details like medium roast, paste that into taobao's search bar (superbuy has a convenient function that allows you to search in chinese but translates the listings' text to english, but you can find plenty of plugins to do the same thing on taobao), open every listing that looks reasonable, have a look at the description and decide what to buy based on the details.cont.
>>22161073The chinese have this philosophy according to which you have to be smart in business, and if you're not smart someone is justified in scamming you, so be smart about it.Prices are low enough on taobao I once bought 125g of lightly roasted tie guan yin for the equivalent of around €2 and it was the best tie guan yin I ever drank, but if you find a listing for 500g of AAAAAAAAAAAAAA++++++++ government official bribe grade zhengyang da hong pao for €5, you can be sure you'll receive 500g of a bottom of the barrel yancha blend.I will generally avoid a listing if a description is empty or nearly empty, doesn't show pictures of the leaves, has lots of emphasis on health, has no info on picking year and geographic area, of if it generally looks off.Let me state this again, be smart about it.The rentry has quite a bit of info on how to look for pu-erh based on factory (there are factory stores on taobao as well) and packaging year, I've never tried following it since, as you can see from my cart, I'm not very much into pu-erh, but the guide looks perfectly reasonable, so have a read.>I'm lazyThen I can't recommend it.Generally, I think it's worth it for the price if you're buying at least some €50 of good tea that's difficult to find elsewhere (which will end up costing you maybe €80 between agent fees and shippping) or at least some 3kg of run of the mill tea (because run of the mill tea on taobao is decent and can be had for pennies), and it's worth it for the selection if you really know what you're looking for, e.g. hu xiao yan rou gui and not lao shu rou gui.The only times I've gone through these hoops has been because I was buying tea with friends, and so we could split the hassle and added costs, and the only reason I'm buying some now is that I'm buying some stuff for which I necessarily have to pass through an agent.But if you decide to go through with it using superbuy let me know so I can send you a referral link and make some 10cny.
this firebat is interesting.wanted to write a review but the only tasting notes I can come up with are smoke xDits a very nice smoke, has a nostalgic campfire quality more so than a whiskey sorta vibe.not bitterness, no peatyness and its not overwhelming either I just rlly can't taste any typical tea flavours only this warm smokeyness.the liquor is pretty light on earlier infusions but if u push it a bit after the first few it coats the mouth better while taking on a welcome hint of bitterness
>>22154073>Kuro>white
>>22156967It doesn't taste like anything except the bare-minimum sheng flavour.
>>22161152As it should for 2c/g. Use better water.
>>22160848>>221606737562, my mistake. The 2022 from KTM.
>>22161103I got that a while ago. Did you have any other smoked teas to compare it to?Your notes are close to mine. I had:>smoke and leaf came through, not especially strong, but the equivalent of eating food cooked on an open fire. Did better with lower temps (being smoked I instinctively used high temps-90s, but better in 80s), there was a lingering, distinctively campfire taste to the tea, rather than a tobacco flavour
>>22138868>tastes like dirtI don't think this is the own you think it is
>>22161356>Did you have any other smoked teas to compare it to?nope xD not even had lapsang in years let alone any more exotic smoked stuff.campfire is rlly the best description because it was like pine and unidentified leaf matter. maybe if I drank more smoked tea id be able to isolate what flavour is actually coming from the tea but I feel that'd just be like pretending tea dosent taste of wet leaves.
>>22161416My only point is that it isn't feminine or dainty.
>>22161311that makes more sense. I didn't get fishy from it, but some people are more attuned to it
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