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Silvanel
Poland4769 Posts
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willoc
Canada1530 Posts
On July 10 2012 19:42 Pleks wrote: Having read through all of this threat I have been inspired to try something other than my brewed for 15 mins with a splash of milk standard UK supermarket tea. Hear hear! Let us have a tea renaissance! Over the last year or two I became a bit of a coffee connoisseur (no milk or sugar) and found that I like medium fruity roasts the best. Now it is time for tea to get into the spotlight (Thank you for this thread). Ultimately, I want to take my beverage consumption to the point where I only drink water/tea/coffee/juice/kambucha and the occasional beer. | ||
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peacenl
550 Posts
On June 13 2012 02:13 ticklishmusic wrote: ![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/p6uz9.jpg) Dad brought back some stuff from Taiwan. There's more, but its hidden in the back of the pantry and I'm scared of triggering a landslide and getting trapped under other foods if I try t find them. I can't really see what types there are, my Mandarin is a little rusty  But Taiwan is the place where some superb formosa Oolong teas like Dongding and Pouchong and greens like Longjing and Biluochun are grown. Generally all very sweet tea's.![[image loading]](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/df/Teaareas_taiwansmap.jpg) | ||
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peacenl
550 Posts
On July 10 2012 21:00 Silvanel wrote: How do You guys feel about mixing? I mean, my dad always buys like 3-4 diffrent types of black tea and mix them (using smell as indicator of quality of the mix) it tastes great and better than any single tea i have ever tried. Perhaps i have grown used to the taste and thats why i love it so much. I dont know.... I'm not sure if mixing is done a whole lot, I've never done it. Only with foods, because certain foods such as sea food, pastries and vegetables go well with certain tea (tannins influence your palate). | ||
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peacenl
550 Posts
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neptunusfisk
2286 Posts
http://www.booksatoz.com/witsend/tea/orwell.htm | ||
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peacenl
550 Posts
On August 13 2012 07:32 neptunusfisk wrote: This fantastic article been linked in this thread yet? I agree fully with Eric Blair aka George Orwell on this matter. http://www.booksatoz.com/witsend/tea/orwell.htm Agreed, except for his limited tea selection, nothing about Japanese or African tea. Probably because Indian and Chinese tea (mainly gunpowder, Ceylon) was most popular in his time. You have to consider that when reading it, things seem somewhat exaggerated or outlandish because there is no science to back his claims up. But if you look into it, most things do make a lot of sense. | ||
Carnivorous Sheep
Baa?21245 Posts
On August 13 2012 07:32 neptunusfisk wrote: This fantastic article been linked in this thread yet? I agree fully with Eric Blair aka George Orwell on this matter. http://www.booksatoz.com/witsend/tea/orwell.htm First of all, one should use Indian or Ceylonese tea. China tea has virtues which are not to be despised nowadays — it is economical, and one can drink it without milk — but there is not much stimulation in it. One does not feel wiser, braver or more optimistic after drinking it. Anyone who has used that comforting phrase 'a nice cup of tea' invariably means Indian tea. stopped reading right here fucking joke LOL | ||
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neptunusfisk
2286 Posts
On August 13 2012 08:18 Carnivorous Sheep wrote: stopped reading right here fucking joke LOL No, the article was about tea. No sex involved. Also, you're wrong. | ||
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abominare
United States1216 Posts
/southerner on a more serious note, what kind of hardware is recommended for getting int othe tea tasting arena, is any ole pot good enough, or is there a reason for the fancy pots I always see at stores. | ||
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peacenl
550 Posts
On August 14 2012 06:56 abominare wrote: Thats odd sweet tea isnt even on the list! /southerner on a more serious note, what kind of hardware is recommended for getting int othe tea tasting arena, is any ole pot good enough, or is there a reason for the fancy pots I always see at stores. Neither is iced tea  The thing is: a tea enthusiast like me is rather particular when it comes to original flavor. If some form of flavor masking ingedrient (sugar or milk) was added to the tea, then I would consider that habitual, rather than enjoying original tea the way it should be. This does not go for natural accentuation flavors such as osmanthus, vanilla, or you name it.+ Show Spoiler + I think I can make sewage water taste great if I added enough sweeteners and flavors. But would one appreciate sewage water in such an event? I wouldn't call them enthusiast. Would a hardcore hamburger lover settle with a sweetened McDonalds hamburger or go for the handmade original style burgers? | ||
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LiamTheZerg
United States523 Posts
Bought like 17 types from Adagio/TeaVivre before heading to school in 2 weeks, got like 3 blacks, 3 or 4 oolongs, 6 greens, and 5 pu erh(got a sampler). Honestly can't wait, i've been drinking tea since I was like 8, but it's almost always been tea bags since my Mom put away her infuser long before I was born. I wish I was 60 already so I could just run a tea house.. edit; probably the most excited for my Golden Monkey, Almond Oolong, or Jasmine Phoenix Pearls, obvs can't wait for the other blacks/Gunpowder though! | ||
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SKDN
Sweden243 Posts
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peacenl
550 Posts
On August 14 2012 09:00 SKDN wrote: Im not a tea pro or anything But is lipton really that bad? seems to the trick for me.. Freshness scale (stale hardly any smell <-> very strong vegetal or roasted smell) [-|------------] Tea flavor scale (fake/chemical taste <-> genuine tea flavor) [---|----------] It's just not the same  ![[image loading]](http://www.arborteas.com/product_images/uploaded_images/pg-sup-loosevsbag2.jpg) | ||
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Glenn313
United States475 Posts
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SKDN
Sweden243 Posts
On August 14 2012 09:13 peacenl wrote: Freshness scale (stale hardly any smell <-> very strong vegetal or roasted smell) [-|------------] Tea flavor scale (fake/chemical taste <-> genuine tea flavor) [---|----------] It's just not the same well ive been drinking tea daily for less than 1 month , Since im trying to quit smoking I stopped drinking coffee, coffee makes me go insane for a smoke... | ||
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peacenl
550 Posts
On August 14 2012 08:25 LiamTheZerg wrote: ;D Started on my tea journey today. Went and got some loose leaf for what's been the first time in years a week or 2 ago(a nice genmaicha) and decided/always wanted to be more into tea, so now's time for me to start! Bought like 17 types from Adagio/TeaVivre before heading to school in 2 weeks, got like 3 blacks, 3 or 4 oolongs, 6 greens, and 5 pu erh(got a sampler). Honestly can't wait, i've been drinking tea since I was like 8, but it's almost always been tea bags since my Mom put away her infuser long before I was born. I wish I was 60 already so I could just run a tea house.. edit; probably the most excited for my Golden Monkey, Almond Oolong, or Jasmine Phoenix Pearls, obvs can't wait for the other blacks/Gunpowder though! I'm sure you will enjoy it every second  Would be really cool if you could squeeze in a couple of pics.BTW this is my current top 5: #1 Superior XiHu West Lake Longjing 2012 (green, China) #2 Ambootia royal first flush darjeeling 2012 (black, India) #3 Ceremonial Matcha Hikari (green, Japan) #4 Formosa Tung Ting (oolong, Taiwan) #5 Gyokuro (green, Japan) | ||
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gape.ninja
Japan249 Posts
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LiamTheZerg
United States523 Posts
I need to try more greens though. Tried the bags earlier this year and they were ok, but after trying some loose leaf genmaicha, they just don't compare. Not a huge fan of the earthy taste of genmaicha though, it's definitely better than most that i've had, but hoping to find something a bit more like black/oolong ;o | ||
Empyrean
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