Tea

[Anonymous No.]

What are you drinking?

[Anonymous No.]

Ｅａｒｌ　Ｇｒｅｙ．　Ｉｔ　ｇｉｖｅ　ｍｅ　ｓｔｏｍａｃｈ　ａｃｈｅ．

[Anonymous No.]

>>11842297
heh, i like umineko too.

[Anonymous No.]

>heh, i like umineko too.
What?

[Anonymous No.]

[Anonymous No.]

Chai since it's cold outside.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11842319
how do you drink your chai?

[Anonymous No.]

I've ordered some stuff from Den's for the first time, thought I would try their houji-varieties. This houji kukicha is really good! The flavor isn't as nuanced as a nice first flush houjicha but it's nice none the less. It has that fruity typical flavor but very sweet, and it's cheap as HELL to boot. It goes pretty fast tho on account of you use more per cup.

A great wintertime tea.

[Anonymous No.]

I have to ask, what is the "right" way to drink tea? Every time I make tea I end up gulping it down as soon as it's cool enough to not give me internal burns. Should I just make it in bulk or something?

[Anonymous No.]

>>11842331
There is no right way to drink tea. There's a million different ways to prep it. In ancient china they originally mixed it with vegetables and ate it as food.

The flavor doesn't degrade as fast as coffee so you don't need to be scarfing it down or anything.

[Anonymous No.]

t eg h

[Anonymous No.]

the tea i bought in 2012 still smells good but i'm afraid it might be bad

i haven't had tea in a while...

[Anonymous No.]

>>11842341
Tea stays good but the flavor will be different from when it was fresh. Some people ferment it even.

[Anonymous No.]

コーヒー　デス

[「ロリあき」 No.]

shitty instant coffee.

It's the end of the month.

[Anonymous No.]

purple drink

[Anonymous No.]

[Anonymous No.]

>2011
>drinking tea
ISHYGDDT

[Anonymous No.]

>2011 was 3 years ago

[Anonymous No.]

>>11842293
Something called "White Christmas Dream", a tea mixed by a local shop. It's pai mu tan with a bit of orange, anise and sweet chestnut aroma.
It's quite awesome.

[Anonymous No.]

I am enslaved to this creepy little fucker

[Anonymous No.]

Holy god damn piss I am drinking folgers hazelnut coffee and it smells so good but god damn tits does it taste like piss

[Anonymous No.]

Jägertee. It's so snowy outside. Might even consider going for a walk after another cup.

[4Pq* No.]

I'm out, I told myself I'd wait until spring to buy more because I don't want tea that's been sitting around in a warehouse for a year, even though I'm sure it's still good.

>>11842331
Wot? Just drink it.

>>11842473
Kinda scary looking.

>>11842527
Keebler elf cookies?

[Anonymous No.]

>>11842531
I once bought a cup of coffee at a place where you poured the coffee yourself, I was distracted by something and wound up pouring myself half a cup of flavored hazelnut coffee before I noticed. I tried to water it down with regular coffee and cream, but it still tasted like licorice jellybeans.

I swore at myself when I noticed and the Chinese cashier got mad at me a bit. I haven't even been back there since then, even if it was a great place to stare at women's bottoms from the window...

Flavored coffee, never again...

[Anonymous No.]

>>11842548
>Keebler elf cookies?
He's the mascot for Tetley Tea
It's floor sweepings and I regret buying the value carton
I wanna start drinking black tea loose!

[Anonymous No.]

I have Jasmine tea, which I sometimes mix with honey.

It's okay, I think I'd like tea with a more "orange" flavor.

[Gropy !GiNMk13BnA No.]

/jp/ disapoints me,

coffee > tea

[Anonymous No.]

>>11842695

[Anonymous No.]

I've never tasted ``real'' coffee other than preground and instant...

[Gropy !GiNMk13BnA No.]

>>11842708
But have you ever tasted real tea leafs?

[Anonymous No.]

>>11842714
Only one type of green tea... I find it to be heaps better than the cheapo bagged stuff!

[Anonymous No.]

>>11842695
Who the HELL are you supposed to be?

[Anonymous No.]

>>11842737
Almost all our old generation tripfriends are permanently banned and he's the new fill-in. Please treat him kindly.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11842744
No.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11842770
He won't be here for very long so just put up with it for now please...

[Anonymous No.]

>>11842789
N-no.

[Anonymous No.]

You guys only drink tea because you're NEET and can't afford anything good to drink.

[Gropy !GiNMk13BnA No.]

>>11842737
>>11842744
>>11842770
>>11842789
>>11842800

[Anonymous No.]

>>11842802
Not everyone can afford to drink horse semen everyday like you do, anon-sama. NEET or otherwise.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11842800
Please be a good girl and behave, /jp/...

[Anonymous No.]

>>11842293
poppy seed tea because i have no pills

[Anonymous No.]

How should I make my milk tea jaypee?

[Anonymous No.]

>>11842856
Rub a dub dub, thanks for the grub.

[Anonymous No.]

Diet Coke

[Anonymous No.]

tranquil dream... before bed

[Anonymous No.]

Chilled sweet tea!

[Anonymous No.]

>>11842818
>>11842800
>>11842789
Get the fuck out of here without your shitty ass animes.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11842744
His name is just too retarded to treat him kindly.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11842856
cum in it

[Anonymous No.]

I'm drinking coffee today because it's 16F Degrees out and the wind is blowing at 40 MPH, it just seemed like a coffee day to me.

Usually I enjoy some nice puer tea, it is tasty and its not too expensive.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11843033
>16F Degrees out and the wind is blowing at 40 MPH

Holy shit that sounds like paradise

[Anonymous No.]

>>11843105
Where do you live, Manitoba?

[Anonymous No.]

Black tea

[Anonymous No.]

>>11842991

[Anonymous No.]

Does it count as tea if it's fermented like with a mushroom and stuff growing in it?

[Anonymous No.]

>>11842293
I'm a pleb when it comes to tea.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11843766
Isn't that just kombucha?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kombucha

[Anonymous No.]

>>11843823
Supposedly the stuff will make you immortal.

[Anonymous No.]

I just pee in a mug and drink that, pretending it's Lenfried's pee.

[Anonymous No.]

I want to have a tea date with /jp/. I will make the biscuits.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11843854
I had a tea date with a /jp/ once. It was only mall tea place tea, but pretty decent despite that. A better mall tea place than Teavana at least.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11843854
Wow that is HELLA gay, broski.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11843890
Teavana has some decent stuff if you know what to look for, but 90% of their tea is gimmicks or flavored water for people that don't actually like tea.

[Anonymous No.]

I drank this earlier. I know it's not tea but I figured I'd post it anyways. About to make some Celestial tea seasonings tension tamer. I love that stuff.

[Anonymous No.]

hot milk with black sesame

[Anonymous No.]

D-does sweet tea from a bottle count?

[Anonymous No.]

I wish I could be a tea connoisseur like /jp/, I can only taste water when I drink tea...

[Anonymous No.]

>>11843968
Maybe you should put the tea bag in the water then.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11843971
When I drink Jasmine or Green tea, I can barely grasp any kind of flavor, other than a slight fragrance. Maybe I need to try other kinds.

[Anonymous No.]

Does beer count? It's kinda like tea, right?

[Anonymous No.]

>>11843975
If the rest of your diet isn't that great this might be the reason you can't taste a lot of common green teas. Check out /ck/s tea threads that happen every so often, if you find a good one you can normally get some good suggestions for loose leaf green.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11843975
>>11844071
Or try out the powdered instant matcha. It tastes pretty strongly like the scent of freshly cut grass.

[Anonymous No.]

Peppermint herbal tea.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11843918
>celestial seasonings
try red zinger if they still make it

[Anonymous No.]

I drink čifir' like all Men from Mother Russia. If it was good enough for the gulag, it's good enough for you pansies.

[Anonymous No.]

>tea
Dis~gus~ting. I'm drinking coffee with a bit of cinnamon.

[Anonymous No.]

I've been meaning to try konbuchu, is it any good?

[Anonymous No.]

Black tea. Cold brewed.

[Anonymous No.]

Every night I usually don't finish my last cap of black tea before switching to green, one of my favorite things is waking up and finishing that cup first thing in the morning.

I'm not really sure why, but the taste has really grown on me.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11845032
Ack, I meant Konbucha!
The one with kelp!

[Anonymous No.]

ive only ever drinked bagged tea how do i be less pleb /jp/?

[Gropy !GiNMk13BnA No.]

ive only ever drinked instant coffee how do i be less pleb /jp/?

[Anonymous No.]

>>11845168
Buy an automatic tea maker. You put the tea in here and the water and it makes a tea automatically. It's why it's called an automatic tea maker. It's for high tech master race.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11845172
so am i supposed to take the tea out of the bag first?

[Anonymous No.]

>>11845174
Yes. Generally speaking, the smaller the tea leaves are, the better they are. If you have big tea leaves you need to grind them until they are dust.

Thankfully, it is already done in your tea bags. You just need to remove the tea from your tea bags and put it in the machine.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11842293
yo guys check out this place, was looking for a automatic tea maker and found this website, you can buy the tea maker and all these different teas

[Anonymous No.]

>>11845224
http://www.adagio.com/black/index.html
whoops. any better place to buy loose tea?

[Anonymous No.]

>>11843783
i drink the same! goes pretty well with some milk.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11845227
looks like w33d

[Anonymous No.]

>>11845235
The first one, yea.

Anyone ever tried smoking tea before?

[Anonymous No.]

>>11845250
no would you reccomend it

[Anonymous No.]

>>11845253
it owns. i smoked it w/ my ass once and got mad high

[Anonymous No.]

>>11845154
No kelp, fungus and germs. And no, it actually isn't a good idea, people have accidentally poisoned themselves on bad batches, but that doesn't stop people from making huge vats of it, bottling it with a little apple/grape/whatever juice and a lot of hfcs and successfully selling it to clueless hippy health nuts.

Tastes like carbonated fruit juice if you can mentally get past and ignore the strings of gunk floating in your drink.

[KING OF /jp/ !2K23m85knQ No.]

coffee with sugar and milk

pic is related to autism

[Anonymous No.]

>>11845286
I bet you buy a Dagon every game.

[KING OF /jp/ !2K23m85knQ No.]

>>11845286
yes
every day

[KING OF /jp/ !2K23m85knQ No.]

>>11845306
>>11845294
sorry miss-typed
replayed to myself

[Anonymous No.]

I've been having a bunch of green tea, going between gunpowder and caihua mostly. I also have some ceylon left and been going through that a bit too.

>>11845032
All I've had with kelp was from a tin of a powdered form. It smelled like genmaicha, but it tasted more like a broth, savory and a bit salty. Really nice for a cold day.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11845170
Are you willing to invest in a coffee machine?
You could drink arabica instant coffee if it's to expensive.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11845051
How much is extracted from the tea with that method? Maybe it's my mind playing tricks on me, but I could have sworn it doesn't seem to extract as much caffiene or theanine as hot brewing.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11845654
The taste is much better in my opinion. The flavor is better. I've been cold brewing my tea for quite a while and having hot brewed tea i can really tell the difference. Cold to me tastes more flavorful while hot almost tastes like if the tea was cooked. Honestly the amount of caffiene or theanine depends on how long you steep the tea, it can come out just about the same if steeped long enough. Cold brewing takes time but its my method of choice as i get the flavor of the tea as it smells and not the flavor of cooked leaf.

[Anonymous No.]

Longjing. Last time I went back to China almost half of my baggage allowance on the way out was various kinds of tea. This one suits me best, I think.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11845170
move to somewhere where they have proper coffee machines at every street corner.

for example, Sydney.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11846114
They already have Starbucks (Or McDonald's if you want a sanely priced coffee) at every corner. You don't need coffee machines, too.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11846125
starbucks/mcD coffee surprisingly vary a lot depending on which country you're in. for example, I couldn't get a decent cup of cofee in all of Shanghai despite it being the equivalent of $10 a cup. even in countries like the US, it's only mediocre coffee, not good.

in Sydney, on the other hand, Starbucks closed down because they couldn't compete with the local coffee shops. some Sydney mcD's have surprisingly decent cofee (since they use the same machines as a real coffee shop), but other low-traffic ones have this horrible instant-coffee-plus-coffeemate crap.

[Anonymous No.]

Some Earl Grey right now. I have a bit of a blend left. It's a mix of gunpowder, peppermint, and chamomile. It's really good!`

[Anonymous No.]

I wish I was drinking a touhou's urine, if you know what I'm saying.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11846350
I know which one you mean, you wino.

[Anonymous No.]

Just got into tea really recently. Got a trader joes cultivated pack of rooimbos, indian black, and sencha tea. Also got some gamaicha tea which I really like. Rooimbos is my favourite though

Anyone know the general quality on this supposed special trader joes pack? How much better does tea get

[Anonymous No.]

About to make another 2L of sweet tea for tomorrow. Times like this are always fun.

[gigs !A7GLsxo4c. No.]

Been having trouble with my throat lately because of the cold weather. I bought some store brand black tea from Walgreens today and its actually really good to my surprise.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11846762
Is that like hibiscus tea?

[Anonymous No.]

>>11846776
It's black tea with sugar. This specific black tea is just some random black leaf from Java, nothing special.

[geekreaper No.]

i drink indiference.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11846791
Oh nevermind, not interested.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11846794
Does it taste like water?

[Anonymous No.]

Not tea.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11846125
That's severely limiting yourself, unless you can just walk up to them with your own outside bag and ask them to brew it for you.

[Anonymous No.]

vodka and iced tea

[Anonymous No.]

What kind of beans should I buy if I want to grind them myself? Is it as fickle in quality as tea leaves? I want to be coffee otaku.

[Anonymous No.]

Rum.

[Anonymous No.]

Drinking some makaibari tea, Apoorba leaf tips. Darjeeling bros ww@

[Anonymous No.]

I am drinking peppermint tea to help with my crappy body and its awful cramping pains.
Going to make some more later.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11847162
Vodka and Lapsang Souchong is really good.

[Anonymous No.]

Woongjin bottled barley tea.
Unsweetened.

[Anonymous No.]

I'm having green tea. But it tastes like shit. How the hell can people drink the stuff everyday?

[Anonymous No.]

Is genmaicha supposed to taste like really watered down sugarpuffs or what? It's kind of nice, but it's strange.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11848076

I love both of those things.
I shall give that a go.

[Anonymous No.]

Bought mugicha tea bags. I'm too lazy to roast my own barley.

[Anonymous No.]

I'm drinking water and some earl grey.

So wait is /jp/ a giant board of people who don't like coffee? Because that's awesome.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11850871
If you like tea you probably like coffee, too.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11846350
i'd suika's sake

[Anonymous No.]

Homebrewed wine.
Actually quite drunk now. I can barely type.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11850871
I am also drinking earl grey. I like black teas.

>>11851234
Isn't homebrewing fun?

[Anonymous No.]

>>11851274
>I like black teas
thats not the only thing thats black that you like in your mouth is it m8 ;)

[Anonymous No.]

>>11850871
Why the fuck is that awesome god damn.

[Anonymous No.]

I have a ton of sencha. It's pretty good, I think. I'm not very good at making it, though. No one ever talks about sencha. Is it not good?

[Anonymous No.]

I drank a cup of matcha before sleeping last night.
I got about 2 hours of sleep. That shit's full of caffeine.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11842293
Mint, no sugar. I rather like mint tea and the lack of sugar is from cutting it out of my diet where I can.

[Anonymous No.]

Baihao Yinzhen, aka White Hair Silver Needle. A very nice white tea with these little white hairs in it.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11858916
That kind of white tea is amazing. I wish I had some.

[Anonymous No.]

it's Friday

what are you retards drinking

[Anonymous No.]

my b meant to blog

[Anonymous No.]

>>11850711
Im this fag>>11846539

My genmaicha is actually really nice. You can definitely taste the roasted rice. It gives it a more... hearty flavor? Not really sure how to describe it but it certainly fills that base flavor that sencha seems to be missing.

So, no, I don't think its supposed to taste like that. Perhaps your leaves aren't fresh enough? Or maybe your just adding too much sugar? Personally I like to drink mine straight

[Anonymous No.]

>>11859213
sencha shouldnt be missing anything. it tastes lacking because you are drinking bags of dust.

genmaicha is boiled rice crispies. nasty shite bro but dont let me tell you what to like.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11859213
It was an £8 500g bag of kuradashi Genmaicha that I bought from eBay, so it's probably just stale cheap tripe. I think the shop was name "Foojoy" or something, it had good reviews but eBay is full of tasteless plebs and you can't really expect much from something priced that low.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11859226
all genmaicha tastes stale just buy real tea you mongoloid its literally stale rice mixed with shitty grade late harvest leaves

[Anonymous No.]

>>11859220
Eh. I don't know. Sencha is nice, but its too light to drink any time other then midday/afternoon. But maybe I just have a bad batch.

>>11859226
Mine was a $8 56g box of genmaicha from the coffee bean, so I highly doubt its of all that great quality either. In fact when I say I just got into tea, I mean that all I had a month in a half ago was ginger root tea. And that stuff is objectively shit. So I'm probably not the most reputable source. Still what you described tasted nothing like mine.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11859254
Oh, and what is "real tea" exactly? If you're talking about traditional British teas then you can get fucked.

[Anonymous No.]

I tried the Samurai / Majahara Chai from Teavana and fucking loved it. Is there anything else similar to that? Teavana is too expensive.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11859352
I know someone who gets their tea from Teavana. She keeps suggesting I go there, too, but I'm worried about the quality.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11859352
>samurai chai
My grandma always buys me a huge bag every 6 months, it's really good. I like to steep it for ~1 minute for the best taste and add no sugar

[Anonymous No.]

I just poured a fresh cup of tea, would anyone like it?

[Anonymous No.]

>>11859895
Whoa watch out man, you'll cut yourself on that edge! I mean it, be careful with that, we're all worried about you.

[Anonymous No.]

What do you all use to steep your tea? I bought some bagged tea from adagio ("loose leaf" but in a bag) a while back, but I don't know if I was even brewing it right. I also didn't have a thermometer, so I estimated the temp of the water when steeping.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11861761
A cheap kettle with an infuser. I'm too lazy to do anything other than fill the thing with leaves and pour boiling water in there.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11859895
That's just the kind of tea to put a smile on one's face.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11861761
Non-glazed kyusu for greens, another non-glazed for whites, and a normal glazed teapot for everything else.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11861761
A measuring cup and a filter to pour it through.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11861761
http://www.amazon.com/Cuisinart-CPK-17-PerfecTemp-1-7-Liter-Stainless/dp/B003KYSLNQ/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1391303973&sr=8-5&keywords=electric+tea+kettle

[Anonymous No.]

>>11861761
Just a hanging mug infuser. If you're drinking anything other than black or roasted tea an electric kettle is a good investment. It's nice not having to walk back out to the kitchen and carefully reheat the water for every mug. I have this:

http://www.amazon.com/Cuisinart-CPK-17-PerfecTemp-1-7-Liter-Stainless/dp/B003KYSLNQ/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1391303973&sr=8-5&keywords=electric+tea+kettle

[Anonymous No.]

>>11861771
>kettle
*teapot

[Anonymous No.]

>>11862368
In what units are the temperature markings on that? 160F is about 89C, which is way over the appropriate temperature for delicate tea. On the other hand, 60C for delicate, 75C for green, 85C for white, 90C for oolong, 100C for french press and boiling for black tea are exactly the right temperature, but I don't know of any temperature scale that's offset by exactly 100 degrees from celsius.

And if they really are in fahrenheit, why aren't the volume markings in oz?

[Anonymous No.]

>>11862368
http://www.amazon.com/Zojirushi-CV-DSC40-Hybrid-Boiler-Stainless/dp/B000MAFJRM

Master race reporting in.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11862484
It's Fahrenheit. I don't know about 'delicate' teas, I only drink green varieties so I've never really paid much attention to that.

Measuring liquids in liters is about as common as using imperial units in the US.

>>11862555
Damn, that's expensive.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11843913
>go to teavana for the first time with friend
>"HEY WOULD YOU LIKE TO TRY SOME TEA?"
>"s-sur-
>"THIS IS JAPANESE OOLONG TEA LEGEND SAYS MONKS WOULD TRAIN MONKEYS TO GO INTO THE MOUNTAINS AND PICK THE LEAVES AND WOULD LEAVE THEM TO SIMMER IN POTS FOR MONTHS AT A TIME"
>"o-oh wow"
>"HERE TRY THIS IT'S ORANGE BLOSSOM TEA MIXED WITH GERMAN ROCK RUGAR AND POMEGRANAT-"

never again

[Anonymous No.]

>>11862813
Holy fuck I wish I had a monkey to go get me shit

[Anonymous No.]

>>11862813
Oh man, I can't wait for the orange blossoms. Only about a month away!

[Anonymous No.]

>>11861761
I use a filter and an 8oz tea cup, but I've noticed that I can't drink more than two cups and it feels like I'm wasting tea.

So I just bought this http://www.amazon.com/Yixing-Black-Clay-Gaiwan-Seller/dp/B00HUGUHPU/ref=sr_1_94?ie=UTF8&qid=1391312874&sr=8-94&keywords=gaiwan
I don't really care about yixing clay and shit but it looks nice was kind of cheap if you take into account how much each piece would cost separately.

I also have a cheap meat thermometer but I'm probably going to buy an electric one soon.

[Anonymous No.]

Anybody in the UK want some Genmaicha? I'm thinking of throwing it away if nobody else wants it, I can't stand the shit.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11861761
Just a plain old cooking pot. I heat approximately 7dl of water at a time. From 100C, it drops to approximately 80C when I pour it into my cold cast iron teapot. If I heat the teapot beforehand, it drops to about 90C. Pouring 1dl of cold water from the tap to the cooking pot drops the temperature from 100C to approximately 70C. Furthermore, pouring that to the heated teapot drops the temperature a bit.

With these simple combinations, I can get any temperature I want, really.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11847169
True coffee snobs tell me to get coffee from places like Stumptown and Blue Bottle, but I've tried coffee from both and it doesn't taste that much better than stuff I make with cheaper beans from other places. I prefer coffee beans from Trader Joe's, but I don't know if you have access to one.

Coffee just isn't as fun as tea.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11864903
Coffee isn't as fun as tea, but coffee is still kind of fun in its own way. I think measuring and grinding the beans with a hand grinder is fun.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11864919
Not to mention that there are so many fascinating ways to make coffee.

Still, I always come back to paper filters and funnels.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11847169
Coffee is pretty neat. It's not cute and girly like tea, and you can't pretend to be an ojousama while drinking it, but it's still really rewarding to explore.

It might not seem that complex, because unlike with tea leaves, there's not different types of coffee beans. It all comes from the same plant. But coffee plants are grown in various parts of the world, and you can notice distinct differences depending on what region they come from, what altitude they're grown at, and the local humidity. I'm still pretty new to this, so my tastes aren't very refined, and I don't know any of the terms used to describe differences in flavor, but I can, for instance, notice the difference in coffee from India and coffee from Ethiopia. There's also difference in how the beans are roasted. If I remember correctly, light roasting gives a sour and oily coffee, while dark roasting makes it more full and bitter and gives a hint of cocoa. Then there's the brewing method, which also has a pretty big impact on both the flavor and texture of the coffee you get. There's a huge difference between espresso and french press coffee, and I heard that Turkish brewing is really unique too.

Despite all that, it probably can't compete with tea in variety offered. But the complexity of flavor makes every cup an exciting experience, even if it's a blend you're already familiar with.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11865144
>there's not different types of coffee beans

Peaberry beans come to mind but if I'm remembering correctly they're not a different breed of coffee bean, just beans that grew oddly. I suppose they can be likened to newer or older tea leaves, or the leaf buds. Either way, there's still much more variety in tea, and you can be cute while drinking it.

[Anonymous No.]

I'd like to make mugicha but the tea bags at the Asian stores here only make liters at a time.

How can I make less mugicha? I'm afraid of commitment!

[Anonymous No.]

>>11865664
Well, you want to drink that mugicha cold, right? So just go ahead and make a litre of it in a plastic pitcher. Then you'll have enough mugicha for a few days!

[Anonymous No.]

I got lazy tonight and decided to just try to make a flavored caffeinated beverage by putting a spoonful of coffee grounds and a tea bag into a mug and pour boiling water in.

This is the vilest shit I have ever consumed and I want more of it.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11842338
I never understood this. Were there perhaps many Federation captains who preferred their tea at room temperature? Isn't "hot" the default state of tea? If one wanted iced tea, then it wouldn't be referred to as "Tea. Earl Grey. Cold.", because that implies something unlike iced tea. I don't get it.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11866730
It's the fact that he could have it replicated at any temperature he'd like, including the perfect drinking temperature, which is somewhere between "hot" and "warm". Instead, he likes it hot.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11843913
I was pretty upset when my local Teaopia was acquired by Teavana and took Tie Guan Yin off the menu. I'm not very knowledgable about tea so going there is a minefield, where you pay extra to have a cup of tea that may or may not be disgusting sugar fruit drink.

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>>11866747
Then maybe he should have set his preferred temperature in degrees so he wouldn't have to specify "hot" every time.

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>>11842293
Bruce Lee's favorite drink:

Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaattttttttttttaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhh!

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>>11866757

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>>11866755
It's that he just doesn't care.

[Anonymous No.]

Lemon and ginger, which probably isn't real tea.

[Anonymous No.]

People shouldn't worry so much about what is or isn't real tea.

[Anonymous No.]

Isn't Pure Leaf owned by Lipton? Their bottled tea is pretty good. At least, it's not overly sweet like some brands (Arizona, Peace, ect.) and uses sugar if that kind of thing matters to you.

[Anonymous No.]

Earl grey

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>>11866770
Bagged Lipton is shit. Don't they sell loose-leaf too though?

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>>11859254
>>11859324
After a bit of looking around, it turns out you're right. The tea leaves used in Genmaicha are typically from poor batches, or from stale leftover tea that is no longer suitable to be sold on its own. Looks like I'll just have to throw it away, and order something else.

[Anonymous No.]

I want to try spearmint tea,
people said it helps slow hairgrowth, but for males it can make you bald on your head and lower your libedo too

[Anonymous No.]

Lemon tea, my mom has been having Lemon slices sit in a pitcher and uses that as a base for my tea. Also has some honey. Really nice.

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>>11868711
Even the expensive high-quality stuff tastes like burnt popcorn thanks to the rice. I don't get why it's seems so popular. It was made for poor people.

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>>11843033
Are you in the midwest? It was almost the same, but a bit colder (-4F) here.

Drinking lots of Houjicha Gold, I kinda want to get something floral for spring when it rolls around though.

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>>11845412
>gunpowder
Hey, me too. I'm on a bancha-jasmine-gunpowder rotation lately.

[Anonymous No.]

I bought Tippy Orange Pekoe a while back. It's really strong but really good, too.

I'm going to have some extra autism bucks next month and I'm considering buying first flush darjeeling. Anyone here tried it? Is it worth it? Or is it just expensive cause there isn't a lot of it or is the price in line with the quality of the flavour?

[Anonymous No.]

pg tips, chai and brown rice tea.

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[Anonymous No.]

>>11873524
heh

[Anonymous No.]

An incredibly Imperial blend involving PG Tips and grog. Usually it's just PG, milk and sugar.
Даз Бог brewed from a samovar with a wee bit cane sugar and liberal helping of Столи is where it's at, though. I save that recipe for special occasions.

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[Anonymous No.]

Today's a NEET day for me so a relaxed green cuppa seemed appropriate. Not bad. Adds that perfect touch to a lazy afternoon.

How my NEETbros feelin' today?

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>>11859165
Why do those bottles look so boring?

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>>11876211

Woke up around noon today.

I warmed up water for black tea, but am drinking rum instead now. In 2 hours I'll be thinking it was a good idea, and in 4 hours I'll be wishing I had just drank some more tea.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11876211
You do realise that you can use adblock element hider to hide those "Please support 4chan by disabling your ad blocker" things, right?

[Anonymous No.]

>>11876288
I can't figure out how. Please help.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11876545
if you wanna be pro just use css

[Anonymous No.]

Oh I figured it out, an Adblock addon called Element Hiding Helper made it easy.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11876211

Windows classic is the best visual option.

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>>11869158

Yes, South Dakota, today it is currently -3F ... but no wind thankfully

And i'm drinking coffee again, don't know why, but cold days = coffee for me

[Anonymous No.]

Bastard across the road was havin a turkish after seein me in my room at the computer chattin with my mates but now it's my turn cause I've nicked a couple stone of lemons from the tree in his garden and now I'm drinkin some lemon iced tea like it magically appeared. Juice from the things was like acid on my fork but I'm cracking now I'll tell you.

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>>11877117
Cockney trash.

[Anonymous No.]

Yakult. I'm a Yakult milk otaku.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11879321
Me in the lap

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>>11879355
That's me, dude.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11845257
Konbucha is kelp tea, what you are thinking of is called 紅茶キノコ

[Anonymous No.]

>>11876578
A fellow Dakota otaku, I am in North Dakota though.

[Anonymous No.]

Taiwanese High Mountain Tea

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>>11879321
Ha ha it has cultures and this is otaku culture.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11879957
Yakult Culture

[Anonymous No.]

Chai cuz It's frickin storming outside.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11842293
This.

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>>11880189
That stuff tastes really good.
Although I drank it only when I went to Mexico because there a package costs like one buck while in my country costs five.

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>>11865144
All tea comes from the same plant as well: Camellia Sinensis. Your wording might have been misleading.

What makes teas different is how they're processed, stored, and brewed. Coffee is very similar, but it's a different experience. I understand why coffee and tea are so often compared, but I don't really like it as they're different things, which is a big deal because both are nuanced arts and experiences that require good sensibilities and focus.
>>11866767
It's a tisane. "Real tea" is the aforementioned plant.
>>11868766
Medical findings behind tea and "tea" are largely unfounded. These claims arise because tea vendors want to make money. Tea is just a drink for you to enjoy and find the effects yourself.
>>11872827
The common Darjeeling teas are what you'd expect out of a black tea that isn't quite as black as some other black teas. It's similar to darker oolongs in my experience, but with less qi. Astringent, medium-bodied, fairly light in color and taste.. I prefer the more oxidized black teas myself. I've yet to try a Darjeeling that was very special.

Today I gaiwan brewed some sencha after dinner. It lasted me about 5 infusions before I gave up on it. I think sencha is much better suited to pot brewing, but it was an experiment. The Japanese probably traditionally make it in a "kyusu" for a reason. You guys seem to drink a lot of green tea, which I normally don't, and considering this is /jp/, I suppose it's appropriate I had sencha. I rarely drink it so it's quite the coincidence. The tea I had before today was a bai mudan, pai mutan, pai mudan... whatever you want to call it since Chinese romanization is some broken mess of Pinyin, wade-giles, and whatever people feel works phonetically. A white tea, as I don't usually drink white tea and decided I wanted to get some more samples to learn more about them. It was pleasant. Very fragrant and had a soothing flowery taste. I brewed what I had left in a gaiwan, but I was unfamiliar with this tea.

[Anonymous No.]

had nothing but cheap Senseo coffee with milk and sugar today.
left my tea pot in my dorm room.
>>11842341
tea leaves are dry and won't rot.

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>>11881277
That's true, but some teas also just don't age well. The poster should just try it. That's the only way to know for sure and it won't be toxic.

[Anonymous No.]

http://www.greenpeace.org/eastasia/news/blog/pesticide-pollution-chinese-tea-may-not-be-sa/blog/39936/

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>>11880969
Does that actually taste like tea, or is it more like Nestea?

[Anonymous No.]

What is a good place to buy loose tea? I tend to drink sencha and chai a lot.

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>>11882074
No, it's tea. O~i ocha is pretty good. I like the dark version.

The only teas I've had from Japan that taste like brisk or whatever are the black teas, which usually have sweetener/lemon added.

[Anonymous No.]

I'm drinking water. I only drink water. Tea is for gays and old ladies.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11882102
Japan.

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>>11882074
It tastes like tea.

Where do you live? That stuff is all over New York, though nowadays its made in thailand and not japan.

[Anonymous No.]

Iced tea made from store brand black tea (80 bags for $2). Sweetened with that newfangled "natural" zero-calorie sweetener.

[Anonymous No.]

I have loose tea and a kettle but I really dont like cleaning it up for a couple of cups so I always end up a slave to the Earl Grey bags and I regret it everytime.

I'm having some peppermint hot cocoa now though. Shit's cozy.

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>>11842527
nice

[Anonymous No.]

Icey sweet tea because any other tea is bitter and nasty

[Anonymous No.]

>>11883540
The bitterness is minimalized or made non-existent for a lot of teas with better tea and brewing technique. Try experimenting

[Anonymous No.]

stone pale ale and some brita

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>>11883546
You're right, I should be more open with tea, and coffee for that matter too.

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>>11883549
Yeah good coffee is really a mind-blow. I always knew coffee was supposed to taste and feel like coffee, and not be the burnt mess clouded by sugar and milk most people served, so I did a bit of reading and most recently bought myself some nice beans, a grinder, and a french press. I was very pleased with the results and I've gotten better at it with each brew. I made my sister a cup of my coffee and when she went back to trying the typical American stuff, she told me she nearly vomited.

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>>11883554
Is really fancy coffee just as bitter as the American wallmart counter part?

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>>11883556
Bitterness largely depends on the roast if it's brewed right. American stuff tends to be very dark roasted and therefore very bitter, very roasty-tasting, and with a lot of the original coffee taste lost. Coffee is definitely usually bitter, but it's not supposed to be unpleasantly bitter. An acquired taste for some, sure. Nicer coffee will usually be bitter, but it shouldn't make you cringe as you drink it like most of the stuff in stores.

[Anonymous No.]

I don't get it, if you didn't want bitter why would you be drinking coffee instead of, say, hot cocoa? I also question people who don't drink it black.

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>>11883571
I think for the latter it's because having a drink with additives is a different overall experience than having it straight. I'm not against either, for example. When I crave coffee, I want straight coffee, but when I want, say, a latte, I want a latte. They both taste good and they're different.

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>>11882102
I don't have any tea shops near me so I order from Adagio. They get here fast and their pretty cheap too. Bought some teaware from them as well.

[Anonymous No.]

bourbon

[Anonymous No.]

>>11883554
>clouded by sugar and milk
Where do you live that you can't at least get coffee black?

[Anonymous No.]

>>11883783
You can still get it here, but it doesn't change that it's bad coffee. I was referring to how most people drink it with additives.

[Anonymous No.]

I kinda want to start getting creative with tea, like maybe with some steamed milk or chocolate. Anyone do this or know any good combinations?

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>>11884003
Start with a black tea like Darjeeling. In India this is often used for chai which is traditionally made in milk and I've seen some blends with chocolate as well. There's also very interesting milk teas in Hong Kong. Some are outright terrible and some are great. It's such a traditional drink that a lot of businesses there depend on having a good milk tea to have a good image. Basically you should just stick around black teas and some spices that work well with tea. I don't think anything else would be good at all.

[Anonymous No.]

Peppermint.

It is a lot weaker than I'd expect.

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>>11883459
Why not buy a teapot - those are easy to clean. I have this from ikea http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/products/50112868/?query=anrik - I just rinse it and flush the used tea down the toilet.

Or use a pot and sieve, if you don't money for anything fancier.

[Anonymous No.]

I just finished my Yuzu Kukicha from Dens and wish I hadn't since it's now out of stock.

[Anonymous No.]

I can't drink hot drinks over 65C

[Anonymous No.]

>>11885460
you let the tea cool down before drinking it

[Anonymous No.]

pepsi

[Anonymous No.]

Ran out of tieguanyin tea so I'm drinking dongding tea.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11886119
Good choices.

[Anonymous No.]

Where does /jp/ buy their tea? I'm tired of going to my local teaopia (teavanna now?) I want something better

[Anonymous No.]

Mountain Dew. The booze can come after class tomorrow.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11885414
I don't use teapots that much, are you supposed to leave the leaves sitting in there after they brew?

[Anonymous No.]

What is you're favorite starbucks coffee drink?

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>>11886167
Venti mocha frap. I order hot peppermint mocha's in the winter.

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>>11886166
I have a press, btw

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>>11886167
americano, or espresso frangelico

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>>11886167
I dont go to starbutts because I am not a lazy fuck who likes to get gouged out the ass to get shit coffee and diabetes

[Anonymous No.]

>>11886177
Are you angry dude? Please take it easy

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>>11886177
I get Starbucks like, once a month. A little more when I get gift cards from family.

I don't rely on it, that'd be fucking expensive.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11886167
iced latte

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>>11886181
Please leave /jp/ and return to being fucked in the ass by some jewish "barista," filthy homosexual.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11886167
I went to Starbucks and tried to get a Cafe Au Lait and they didn't know what I was talking about. Fuck that place.

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>>11886166
Depends on the tea, brewing style, and your personal preferences. Personally there are a lot of teas I've had that are fine brewing western style for a long time, but certain teas I'll only make a cup or so of at a time because they turn rather nasty if they brew past a certain point. Something you can do, if you like to make large amounts of tea at a time, is decant the tea if it's sensitive to sitting around, or if you've found a sweet spot in the brewing times for the particular tea. The downside of this is that it cools the tea.
>>11886149
Some online retailers like Upton and English tea store are decent places to start. They're very reasonable. Often times when you find local vendors they tend to overcharge greatly and do everything they can to sell you a tea while telling you as little about the true quality and origins of the tea as possible. This is because, in the West, it's very hard to keep a tea shop afloat with all the other expenses they have; Especially if you're mostly selling good-higher end teas. They just aren't popular enough.

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>>11885414
Sorry too, I said kettle last night but I meant teapot. It's a tiny little thing too.

http://www.adagio.com/teaware/ceramic_teapot.html

Using a press didn't occur to me though, what a great idea.

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>>11886189
Probably just buy an electric warmer to keep it hot. Or one of those glass ones with the candle inside.

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>>11886183
>>11886181

Are you really that embarrassed of your poor financial and health choices that you need to justify them to some stranger on /jp/?

[Anonymous No.]

>>11886206
What? I'm just saying

But yeah man I'm poor as fuck

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>>11886206
I just named two of my favourite drinks I get at coffee shops.

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>>11886197
Yes, some people do that. The electric warmers or hotplates can be good. The ones with candles are hit or miss. Depending on the teapot and tea, too, doing this at all will have varying effects or could be bad for your pot. It all just depends.

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>>11886213
>>11886208

If you keep replying are you gonna get /jp/ street cred? If you get enough can you cash it in for a night with your favorite 2hu? What happens if you get that special night and just can't get it up?

[Anonymous No.]

>>11886220
What? I'm just saying

But yeah man you're mad as hell

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>>11886216
I've never thought about buying one of those electric mug warmers, but I think that might actually be a fantastic purchase.

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>>11886228
Couldn't you just get a tea cosy and then freshen your cup with more tea every now and again?

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>>11886247
No, because that would require taking breaks from whatever work I'm doing at the moment, which is the reason why I need one in the first place as I get really invested in projects and often forget about my drink.

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Today I decided to finish up an experiment I started yesterday. I have a mystery, good quality oolong that I picked up from a local retailer that I haven't seen in about a year now since I rarely go out. She didn't tell me a lot about the stuff and brewed tea in a questionable manner when I visited her but she's a vendor living in the states so she has to be like that as to not intimidate newcomers. She obviously knows a lot, but she owns a business, so... Anyway that's another story.

The oolong in question is rolled mostly full leaves, which is something I don't often encounter around here. I'm not yet experienced enough to say with certainty its origin. After I seemingly exhausted its infusions last night, I decided to air out the leftover leaves and try them again today. They were almost completely dry when I decided to try them today. To my surprise, but also fulfilling my hopes, the first couple infusions I had after this little experiment were very good. It was different from what you get from the initial infusions, but after undergoing this processing it was transformed and given a new life. It was very interesting. It was pleasantly sweet as usual, but in a different way, and it had a mustier aroma to it. It gave me that psychoactive effect in the front, upper quadrants of the head that I love to get when I drink tea. Some might say this is the effect tea has on your qi, and I wouldn't disagree.

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>>11886166
No, I make the tea in that and then pour it in a thermos. I suppose some people might like to leave the tea-leaves in, but I don't.

>>11886193
I got the idea to get one after breaking several glass and ceramic teapots, including having one break from just pouring hot water in, even though it was explicitly rated as heatproof. I just decided to go full metal and this thing seemed like the best choice.

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>>11886187
They call it a Venti y fechez la Vache

[Anonymous No.]

Fukamushi fukamushi~ It tastes really good and it makes you feel really good!

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>>11888122
I can't even pronounce that! I'd rather go to the local coffee place that roasts its own beans and have the bearded hippy make me one instead.

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>>11888118
Your teapot probably broke because you didn't warm it up prior to pouring in very hot water.

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>>11888122
Why did you mix Spanish and French?

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>>11882102
If you're in UK then Imperial Teas. I'm fortunate enough to live in Lincoln so I spend fortunes in there.
Didn't help that my Mum nicked my Jade Oolong the other day.

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>>11886167
I tend to just get a Red Eye or Black Eye, but where I live they're not super common luckily even donut shops can make them now. When I could regularly go to Starbucks I'd treat myself to a Quadshot on Ice or their big gay Green Tea thing now and again.

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>>11886167

I won't go there.

It is like the Subway of coffee.

One has to be familiar with the protocol to not cause discomfort for oneself, employees, and potentially anyone waiting behind oneself.

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>>11890098
Subway scares the shit out of me. Especially being a vegetarian and in this area, I almost feel like I've confused the poor person by not wanting meat.

I don't feel like Starbucks is half as bad. They have reasonably cheap normal coffee now, and if you go in and ask for a large no one corrects you or really cares.

[Anonymous No.]

Oh and I'm drinking Sencha Fuka Midori right now. Are there any other really green tasting green teas? This has a slight taste of spinach to it which is one of my favorite vegetables.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11890104
I really want a veggie sub right now with every topping but I have gastroenteritis at the moment and I'd probably just throw it up.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11890098
Subway is easy. All you need is a bread type, a meat, a cheese, and what vegetables you want on it. It's not like they will chase you out if you take too long to decide.

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>>11890301

It's ok now, but I first went about a decade ago and it was traumatising. I had to keep asking what the options were for everything and what cost extra (I had very limited money with me and didn't want to exceed that amount) and they got annoyed with me. Even now when I go, they greet me looking happy, but their expression falls when I start saying things so I feel bad like I'm inconveniencing them too much.

I've only been to Starbucks once and they didn't have the only thing I knew the identity of so I had to guess and ended up with something bad. Others have bought me things from there on occasion and they weren't good either. The simple items are very expensive and I could make those myself for much less, so none of it seems worthwhile at all.

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>>11890108
Green Kukicha tastes so raw it makes me queasy. It's made from the stems of the plant. I don't know why I drink it because the flavor is almost nauseating but it's somehow addictive. I've had pounds of it.

>Sencha Fuka Midori
Is that from Den's? If you're buying from there you might also look at the Sencha with Matcha they sell. Maybe I just make it wrong but that stuff tastes like sucking the water out of a bog, though as with the above I like it. It probably has something to do with how the matcha powder leaks out of the infuser so easily. It gives it a thick and soupy consistency and is probably oversaturated, but it tastes really strong and might be what you're looking for.

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>>11890315
You can just say "put all the free things on it."

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>>11890342
I really love greens, I almost can't explain it. I chew on Kale stems and make a big ball out of it and use it like gum. Also I did get it from Dens, thanks for the suggestions. I can't get loose tea anywhere here. My only options is the single Indian grocery and that's just spiced tea and Jasmine. Maybe I'll see if someone opened up an Asian one. I'm waiting until March for them to introduce the Sakura Sencha since I liked the last Seasonal tea so much.

I think I messed up my first batch in this new teapot since it came out way more mild, I have a scale I use while making it but I forgot to zero between the tea and water and just guessed. It's sort of nice to make it more mild though. Hopefully I'll find a place to buy locally as this area slowly becomes more civilized.

>>11890271
Ah, you just wanted a nice beverage thread to read and we started tempting you with food talk, sorry.

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>>11890342
Matcha is actually made in a few ways, and the thick way is one of them. To even out the texture they use a specialized Japanese whisk made out of bamboo. They call this preparation koicha, and because it's so thick it almost looks like paint sometimes.

[Anonymous No.]

i am drinking my own sperm

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>>11886119
tieguanyin is good stuff. I also ran out recently.

[Anonymous No.]

Fukamushi Sencha Kaoru, first steep. Tried to limit consumption of this tea but it's gone too long.

[Anonymous No.]

chai and my own semen

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>>11891611
>>11891150
God, you guys are gross!

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>>11891501
Where'd you get your teacup? I've been looking for a double-layered clear glass one like that for a while.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11891670
Amazon. Bodum Pavina, the 8.5oz ones.

[Anonymous No.]

Jasmin tea

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>>11891793
Wait hold up.
Is that an IBM keyboard? Obviously it's not the Model M, but it has the same contour, is it one of their later models?

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>>11891697
The tea threads on /jp/ get me to buy a lot of stuff. Tea from Teaspring, a glass teapot and now some new glasses.

Currently enjoying some more Bai Hao Yin Zhen.

[Anonymous No.]

I just made green tea perfectly for the first time.

Perfect temperature, perfect time. The taste was unbelievable.

But I'm sad that it made me realize I get it wrong 99% of the time. I wonder when I'll get it right again.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11892925
>tfw you will never be a tea master.

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>>11892925
>>11892987
You will make guys, just keep trying.

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>>11892925
Please explain what you learned and what different experiences you had before this brew, during, and after. I'm curious about your progress and experiences with tea.

Today I had a mystery puerh. Again, the vendor didn't tell me much about it since they just want to make sales and keep it simple. I don't really mind since I just like to try lots of teas, but it is frustrating not to have a way to compare teas properly. In the future when I try many other teas I might be able to have a good guess about its origin and processing. It seemed to contain chenpi, which is alright when I'm in the mood for it I guess, but I usually prefer my tea without any additives. Still very pleasant overall, as most teas are. After some infusions it was a lot lighter, but had a sweetness that wasn't initially present. For the first few infusions it was a little bitter, but coated the mouth which was nice. If drank in a quick flow like taking a shot, it had a milkiness that I hadn't yet experienced in many teas and huigan, or throat sweetness, that connoisseurs often look for in teas.

[gigs !A7GLsxo4c. No.]

Orange pekoe with a slice of lemon it. I also like to add a bit of honey as well.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11893815
pleb tea as expected of gigs

[Anonymous No.]

>>11892925
times were that you had to have a decade of experience before you could make the perfect cup, because you have to get everything just right.

those days are behind us because science.

get a scale, a thermometer, and a stopwatch. spend a little time experimenting. write down your results.

perfect tea every time from there on.

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>>11893929
also, use distilled water if you can. it doesn't actually taste better, but you eliminate an important variable to getting a consistent taste.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11892768
Unicomp copy.
http://pckeyboard.com/

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>>11893936
I don't think that's necessarily good advice. It makes more sense to use a filtered water that is easily accessed. If this person uses, say, filtered tap water all the time for all their practical tea brewing and they like it, then it doesn't make sense for them to suddenly change that variable, let alone to change it to something that they have to go out of their way to get. Unless they're going to start using distilled water all the time and want to make that change, it doesn't make any sense for them. This is like comparing brewing in a ceramic pot to a yixing pot. If a person normally always brews tea in a yixing pot, then it makes sense for them to continue to brew any new teas in that pot since it's what they'll normally want to use. Using a ceramic brewing vessel might less them taste the tea uninfluenced, but if that's not how they like to drink tea all the time, it makes no sense to start doing it so suddenly.

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>>11893936
I don't think that's necessarily good advice. It makes more sense to use a filtered water that is easily accessed. If this person uses, say, filtered tap water all the time for all their practical tea brewing and they like it, then it doesn't make sense for them to suddenly change that variable, let alone to change it to something that they have to go out of their way to get. Unless they're going to start using distilled water all the time and want to make that change, it doesn't make any sense for them. This is like comparing brewing in a ceramic pot to a yixing pot. If a person normally always brews tea in a yixing pot, then it makes sense for them to continue to brew any new teas in that pot since it's what they'll normally want to use. Using a ceramic brewing vessel might less them taste the tea uninfluenced, but if that's not how they like to drink tea all the time, it makes no sense to start doing it so suddenly if they're just going back to making it how they usually make it after that isolated instance. It makes more sense just to use the same water they're going to use all the time because that's what they're used to. Changing that variable is just going to delay the learning process when they already have their own rhythm going.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11893936
I don't think that's necessarily good advice. It makes more sense to use a filtered water that is easily accessed. If this person uses, say, filtered tap water all the time for all their practical tea brewing and they like it, then it doesn't make sense for them to suddenly change that variable, let alone to change it to something that they have to go out of their way to get. Unless they're going to start using distilled water all the time and want to make that change, it doesn't make any sense for them. This is like comparing brewing in a ceramic pot to a yixing pot. If a person normally always brews tea in a yixing pot, then it makes sense for them to continue to brew any new teas in that pot since it's what they'll normally want to use. Using a ceramic brewing vessel might less them taste the tea uninfluenced, but if that's not how they like to drink tea all the time, it makes no sense to start doing it so suddenly if they're just going back to making it how they usually make it after that isolated instance. It makes more sense just to use the same water they're going to use all the time because that's what they're used to. Changing that variable is just going to delay the learning process when they already have their own rhythm going.

The following post agrees with my point:
http://www.marshaln.com/2010/10/thursday-october-21-2010/

Start reading from "I think there is probably no optimal way..."

[Anonymous No.]

>>11893936
I don't think that's necessarily good advice. It makes more sense to use a filtered water that is easily accessed. If this person uses, say, filtered tap water all the time for all their practical tea brewing and they like it, then it doesn't make sense for them to suddenly change that variable, let alone to change it to something that they have to go out of their way to get. Unless they're going to start using distilled water all the time and want to make that change, it doesn't make any sense for them. This is like comparing brewing in a ceramic pot to a yixing pot. If a person normally always brews tea in a yixing pot, then it makes sense for them to continue to brew any new teas in that pot since it's what they'll normally want to use. Using a ceramic brewing vessel might let them taste the tea uninfluenced, but if that's not how they like to drink tea all the time, it makes no sense to start doing it so suddenly if they're just going back to making it how they usually make it after that isolated instance. It makes more sense just to use the same water they're going to use all the time because that's what they're used to. Changing that variable is just going to delay the learning process when they already have their own rhythm going.

The following post agrees with my point:
http://www.marshaln.com/2010/10/thursday-october-21-2010/

Start reading from "I think there is probably no optimal way..."

[Anonymous No.]

>>11894097
You sir/madam, are a gentleman and a scholar.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11895258

Iremasing the tiibaggu after sosoging the nettou is not unacceptable.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11895258
>You sir/madam, are a gentleman and a scholar.
I'd appreciate it if you didn't use reddit memespeak here, thanks.

[Anonymous No.]

So uh how do I do this?

[Anonymous No.]

>>11895484
You fill the teapot with tea until it's a quarter full, pour cold water in, and then heat it on the stove whilst occasionally stirring.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11894097
>>11895258
I have a DAS keyboard which also has the original IBM layout-- The best layout. I even got the one with blank keys so I can feel super cool when normal people can't use my keyboard but I can without any issues.

>>11893812
This was my post. I left some of that puerh out to dry again after I felt I infused it enough times. Soon I will see how it has been changed.

[Anonymous No.]

I'm going to the coast to the Japanese tea store. What should I get considering the season? The store is cha-ya in Monterey.

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>>11896705
Ask for samples and decide what you want based on how much you enjoyed what they had to offer. Tea is a dubious business, so you kinda just have to go with your experiences.

[Anonymous No.]

I bought this because I needed a strong black tea that could take some milk.

This has left me wondering about the name; It is supposedly the strongest (or darkest) tea of the line and I can't help but think that the original name was PC'd.

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>>11897439
For milk, I personally favour Lapsang Suchong. I feel the way the milk softens its edge works well with its smoky aroma.

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>>11898543
I personally only like milk with Indian teas, especially the spiced ones. I have a chocolate chai that is very good with a little bit of milk. It gives it a very nice body and doesn't take away from the tea at all. If anything it makes it feel more whole. I almost never drink tea with milk, but with this particular tea I pretty much always have 20% or lower of its composition being milk; It's very good. I would suggest these kinds of teas or any strong, barky-tasting, "popular-with-the-English" Indian or otherwise kind of black tea, such as English breakfast blends or any of its component teas. Lapsang Souchong, to me, would be ruined with the addition milk but there's nothing wrong with it if that's how you like it.

[Anonymous No.]

white tea's a baby tea leeeaa
and why it still hass naturally light fwavor
we pluck it

[Anonymous No.]

Drinking Miyazaki Oolong at the moment. Seems a little bland, maybe I didn't put enough tea leaves in.