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peacenl
550 Posts
On July 02 2012 12:01 tl4life wrote: sipping on 4th brew of gyokuro premier, it almost gets better the more times you infuse it. Cool stuff, that Gyokuro. Usually after the 4th brew I stop, because I notice the vividness goes down after that. Do you have any pics of what the premier Gyokuro looks like? | ||
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tl4life
Canada247 Posts
 http://www.tealux.ca/gyokuro_premier?category_id=3#.T_HtSfX84a8 | ||
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Retgery
Canada1229 Posts
I cook a lot, and I'm kind of obsessed with Asian food, so soy sauce and other cooking related things are pretty common presents I get. | ||
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wanghis
United States320 Posts
Gets really confusing at certain times | ||
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Golbat
United States499 Posts
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terialk
United States770 Posts
Personally, my favorite tea is Jasmine, preferably in Pearl form (sometimes this is called Dragon Pearl or some other related names). www.grandtea.com has affordable good quality Chinese teas which is good on my college budget . Check them out if you like Chinese teas! It's cool to see a thread for other fellow tea drinkers | ||
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peacenl
550 Posts
On July 03 2012 14:15 Golbat wrote: Just tried my first Pu-er tea today, it smelled slightly of fish (which was off-putting at first) but tasted very good. I can't place the flavor exactly, except for that it was very bold. I also got two different types of sencha, one type of gunpowder and another one I can't remember. I like the gunpowder a lot, but I think I didn't use enough tea when I made the sencha, so I'll have to try it again before I can say any more. I'm pretty sure now, after checking it on some forums that that smell indicates that the quality is low  | ||
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Exigor
Sweden11 Posts
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peacenl
550 Posts
On June 05 2012 10:28 Windd wrote: I have heard a lot of bad stuff about teavana (specifically from reddit). Mostly as being overpriced. For example the Gyokuro seems very high priced to this organic one http://www.ebay.com/itm/Premium-Gyokuro-Organic-Jade-Dew-Japanese-Green-Tea-/220860340364?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&var=&hash=item791561b81c Teavana also recommends to steep it at 170 F while it is usually suggested to be at around 140. The other issue is similar to the first. Rice AFAIK is not usually added to gyokuro, but doing so is rather in expensive additive to something that is priced very high per lb. Anyway I personally usually buy numi loose tea in bulk off amazon (the lung jing). I want to try some oolong and have been thinking about getting some Iron Goddess of Mercy. Anyone tried it? I have also been thinking about getting a Gaiwan (seems like the mechanical keyboard of tea community), but I'm not sure yet. Anyone have any recommendations about where to look for Gaiwans? Reddit also has a huge tea seller list with coupons and notes: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0ApCZ-sUhC2egdGtTVFNjMzFfZzdDUnVVTVgxQ2RxNVE&authkey=CJLgu5IL&hl=en&authkey=CJLgu5IL#gid=0 Thanks for your contribution yakitate304 and windd!!! want me to add it to the first post? I have the premium Gyokuro you mentioned (directly from Asia), but it tastes more like a premium Sencha, sort of lacking the creaminess (almost like milk), sweetness and vegetal flavor of my usual Gyokuro. Not sure why this is. ![[image loading]](http://i45.tinypic.com/2l89fmv.png) | ||
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willoc
Canada1530 Posts
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treekiller
United States236 Posts
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ancientmariner
116 Posts
On July 10 2012 05:44 willoc wrote: I'm a bit surprised Orange Pekoe isn't in the list of common black teas. This is the one I've been drinking most of my life. I think that's just a description of the quality of the tea. I know that Darjeeling teas are rated like that, but I'm not sure other teas are described with a different system. It describes the kind of leaves used for the tea. A rule of thumb would be, the longer the decription, the better the tea  (1. grade Darjeeling tea is something like Special Finest Tippy Golden Flowery Orange Pekoe). | ||
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DodgySmalls
Canada158 Posts
Tea is the master-race drink, so delicious, so smooth, never lets me down when I wake up wanting to punch a hole in a wall. *edit: Apparently I've been lied to by the tea companies, and orange pekoe is just a medley of other teas at a certain grade, I always wondered why different brands of orange pekoe tasted so different. Guess you learn something new every day. | ||
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r.Evo
Germany14081 Posts
On July 10 2012 08:03 treekiller wrote: I didnt know there was tea other than Lipton. Im still skeptical. Or is this all just some drug reference that is going over my head? Once you get hooked, you won't be able to stop. Confirming drug reference. | ||
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NET
United States703 Posts
![[image loading]](http://i.colnect.net/images/f/419/152/Chinese-White-Tea.jpg) ![[image loading]](http://i.colnect.net/images/f/419/153/Chinese-White-Tea-back.jpg) The OP states that white tea is not the healthiest, but after some reading, possibly from biased sites such as these White Tea Guide, stating that white tea is the healthiest because it is the most unproccessed directly the same reason the OP states the tea is not necessarilly the healthiest. I would imagine it is healthier due to the fact that it is the least messed with. But you guys can be the judge. Cheers.  | ||
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slappy
United States1271 Posts
On July 02 2012 09:13 r.Evo wrote: If it gets really hot tea is much better to stay hydrated than juice or sodas imoimo. Not to mention there are lots of teas who taste great if you let them cool down and then put them into the fridge for a delicious fresh selfmade and un-uber-sugared ice tea. =D unfortunately, a lot of teas have caffeine, and caffeine is a diuretic, which dehydrates you . If the tea you're drinking doesn't have any caffeine, then I think it's safe to assume it will hydrate you. Otherwise, you'd best be drinking water along with it | ||
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Danglars
United States12133 Posts
On July 10 2012 16:17 slappy wrote: unfortunately, a lot of teas have caffeine, and caffeine is a diuretic, which dehydrates you . If the tea you're drinking doesn't have any caffeine, then I think it's safe to assume it will hydrate you. Otherwise, you'd best be drinking water along with it It's safe to assume that tea will usually hydrate you. In the high areas of caffeine, the dehydrating effect can be noticeable (5-10 cups of the stuff). Otherwise, you are hydrating yourself in a similar manner to juice. Sodas suffer from salt and caffeine in this respect, however, making it the far worse hydrater. Go Tea! *sip* | ||
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FakeDeath
Malaysia6060 Posts
My dad got it from China.Pretty expensive though. | ||
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peacenl
550 Posts
On July 10 2012 05:44 willoc wrote: I'm a bit surprised Orange Pekoe isn't in the list of common black teas. This is the one I've been drinking most of my life. Orange Pekoe is particularly popular in the US. But I'll add it because it came up multiple times in this topic already :-) Will have to try it now :D On July 10 2012 08:30 DodgySmalls wrote: Orange pekoe, REPRESENT! :D Tea is the master-race drink, so delicious, so smooth, never lets me down when I wake up wanting to punch a hole in a wall. *edit: Apparently I've been lied to by the tea companies, and orange pekoe is just a medley of other teas at a certain grade, I always wondered why different brands of orange pekoe tasted so different. Guess you learn something new every day. There's not realy a structure in the naming of tea's I think. While Indian and Chinese oftenly use provinces (Darjeeling, Yunnan, Xi Hu, Ceylon, etc.) Japanese tea's are usually just a description of the tea characteristics. However, you can always see that if a province is used then there can be different types of tea (green, oolong, white or black), for example you can have Darjeeling green and Darjeeling black. And the ones with a specific meaning like Oolong (black dragon), rooibos (red bush) or Indian chai (tea). Hopefully this clears it up a bit | ||
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Pleks
United Kingdom14 Posts
Have got some green tea and really enjoying it, will have to look around and get trying more! | ||
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