/tea/ - Tea

>>558

Sort of true. But the liquid looks a bit too thin to be coffee to me, and some teas are very dark. Regardless, it's a nice banner and /tea/ doesn't have a whole lot of options at the moment.

All banners are appreciated.

I'm Clapistani. That's why I don't ruin perfectly good tea with milk.

American't here. I like a little honey and milk sometimes as a treat.

Canadian reporting in.

>>721

I live in Scotland, and I always encourage people to drink better quality tea, and have it without milk.

I consider myself a teavangelist.

"I like my tea harvested by underpaid Indians, completely ripped to shreds and dust by machines, put into tiny bags, distributed through a dozen different companies, prepared with boiling water, oversteeped, and finally, since my hatred of tea knows no bounds, I like to ruin the result with milk. Just in case."

- British person

>>714

I haven't really had matcha before, only this weird combo matcha/sencha stuff at a person's house. You had the sencha in the tea bag and then poured the matcha overtop.

Tasted good, though I think, I was really high every time.

>>716

matcha iri sencha?

Tea is not limited to bitter and sour. There are so many tastes out there.

I don't drink coffee, but I imagine that a shu puerh could get rather close to what you seek. You'd have to get something of decent quality though, not the cheap generic shit they sell in supermarkets. And even then, it's an acquired taste for many people.

I'd recommend this: http://www.teavivre.com/loose-leaf-pu-erh/

It's not compressed so you don't have to fiddle around with puerh cakes and it's quite decent if I do say so myself. When I first tried it I was like "goddamn this just tastes like leather and dirt". I wanted to hate it but I actually kinda enjoyed the taste. Now I have like 10 different puerh cakes and bricks in my tea stash. An acquired taste indeed. Anyways, this tea I linked kinda reminded me of coffee at first. Mind you that I don't actually know what coffee tastes like, I only drink tea. Oh and it's gonna be on sale soon. I think 40% off starting tomorrow for a couple of days.

Alternatively, you could try to obtain a 50 year old sheng puerh, but you probably don't have that kind of money. And if you do, you'd just get scammed anyway.

Also, if your tea is bitter you're brewing it wrong. Or it's shit tea. Or both.

>>613

>Also, if your tea is bitter you're brewing it wrong. Or it's shit tea. Or both.

Unless it's a tea like matcha.

>>610

Then just drink coffee you fucking plebeian shitface.

Sometimes I mix strong black tea with a shot of espresso , a cloud of cream and some sugar. It's ok

>>438

People bash Lipton pretty hard here.

The beauty of tea is you can afford it no matter how poor you are.

I am a bit of a snob, but if I didn't have any $$$$ I would drink Lipton in a second.

I bought the house blend green tea from a local specialty tea shop. It is, hands down, the most delicious beverage I have ever consumed.

>>652

>>685

You can get better for the price, I got some carrington peppermint tea from walmart for a dollar (20 teabags), and it was fucking good. Lipton just tastes like metallic water, and costs 4 times more than that mint tea I got.

>>666

>$3 for 1.25ltr

Dayumn, that shit's a dollar in the US. Tea can be cheap by the pound/ounce for the most part, but some teas,like matcha, remain exorbitantly priced.

Dan Cong is alright

>>703

>The thing with microwaves is that they denaturalize organic particles

I assume that by "denaturalization of organic particles" you mean denaturation of proteins and nucleic acids.

>which become toxins

Oh. You're one of "those" people.

>>644

How different does this taste compared to water from a kettle?

Bro, don't microwave your water. A few times is fine, but regularly the radiation builds up in your system. Cancer will fuck you up so bad it'll make you deader than this board

>>352

ayyy

I think Hibiscus infusions taste like rose hips and beets.

I dunno do you like green or black ?

any 'tips' ??

hahahaha

I made a funny.

chephyr

>>593

Fuck off, beaner.

I personally don't consider anything a "real tea" unless it's from the Camellia Sinensis plant, anyways.

>>603

BASED

It's not a tea. It's a tisane.

Electric kettles should be more power efficient as well.

Electric kettle takes too muck space, I use stovetop.

>>681

They're damn expensive, though. I've been looking for one for a while. I usually check the electronics/kitchen appliance section when I go to thrift stores, but have yet to find one.

porcelain for black tea.

For green tea use clay.

Rule of thumb: the smaller a teapot is the better it is. This is so true.

Purple clay 'banko-yaki' is the finest. You can purchase a boss one here:

http://www.yuuki-cha.com/teaware/japanese-teapots/hakucho-banko-yaki-houhin-teapot

>>658

see, a teapot to me is something you brew tea inside. It is not the device you use to heat the water.

>>684

Why do they have to be seperate?

>>700

pouring the heated water from one pot to another allows it to cool slightly, to accomodate green tea better. There's some intense procedure where you pour it into the pot, then into some cups, then back or something, and then as a rule of thumb it should be at a good temp for the tea leaves to steep without burning them, plus it heats the tea cups themselves. Additionally, unglazed teapots were used for a single type of tea as the tea would seep into the unglazed surface and retain the flavour. i imagine if you boiled water in there it might mess with that. this is all rendered obsolete because we have thermometers now.

generally speaking, putting clay or ceramic etc on a stovetop is a pretty dumb idea anyway. it'll just get burned. Use a kettle or a boiler that can be set to specific temperature that is ideal for the tea you are brewing, and pour that into the teapot.

another point, i guess generally its separate because you might wanna make a different kind of tea and dont want to have to boil water twice? oh yeah, and if you heat the teapot itself it's very difficult to control the temperature well because the pot itself will be scalding hot. you definitely cant take that along on a tray for serving.

>>691

Yes, it does, but it's just fine if you like it. Just as long as you don't destroy good tea to make it.

>>692

TL;DW: It's overbrewed often cheap black tea with milk and sugar. A limey way of making tea.

Is any breakfast tea actually good? I've tried like 5 different brands and they're all bland and shit tasting.

>>698

That's a perfectly normal way to drink Gyokuro. Personally, I like to add a dash of Pepsi as well. I think that's the way Japanese emperors traditionally drank it.

Nepalese tea has roughly the same taste but is much cheaper.

Darjeeling is good. But I can't get myself to pay for that stuff. China black tea is great.

The difference in the soil from China -> India is so…. different I guess. They are both good but I love the chocolate tones of good China black tea, yum

>>563

Darjeeling has a more 'floral' flavor than Assam, if that helps.

Don't listen to >>556, OP. Blooming teas are more for decoration. They always come out kind of light and kind of bland in the steep.

>>563

If you like Assam less than Ceylon, you will probably like Darjeeling.

Sure its good.

But I won't pay that price for a tea from India, sorry.

>>526

That depends entirely upon what tea it is you chode. You can and should steep some stuff more than once, not so with other stuff. Not steeping some tea twice is literally nothing but a waste of good leaves thatd brew a cup just as good as the first.

>>537

Not to mention the fact that some teas have been known to bring out completely different flavors after multiple brews, without the strength even weakening too much.

PG Tips are pretty expensive for a grocery store black tea bag. Definitely not the cheapest.

>>648

I think it may be worth it, though. Not too many bags can fill my mug to the tip with full flavor like PG T

>>243

>Stay away from the mixed teas that have bits of chocolate and roses and other shit in them

I'll agree with you on the chocolate bits, but you sound like someone who's never experienced what a touch of rose or lavender can do to a good tea.

Teavana has exactly two demographics they market to though. Hipsters and upper-middleclass women 20-45 years old (mostly for their "weight loss teas"). They give you artificially flavored crap that you can find cheaper AND better elsewhere. And having known someone that used to work for them, I can confirm that their staff are trained primarily in the art of selling disgustingly overpriced accessories and teapots. They sweeten all their samples too. I tried a "green chai" from them and all I could taste was sugar and cinnamon.

They also do shady stuff like demand you buy a minimum number of ounces, even if that amount is higher than however much you bought there of the same tea last time. Teavana's a giant scam.

>>240

I can vouch for the quality of much of TeaSource's selection. Look em up if you get the chance.