Tea enthusiasts - Page 17

On October 06 2012 23:44 Silvanel wrote:
Yeah, but i use honey instead of sugar, much better.

On October 06 2012 23:44 Silvanel wrote:
Yeah, but i use honey instead of sugar, much better.

On October 07 2012 09:36 PlaidRabbit wrote:
I love tea. When I was a child I would drink bancha tea when the sun came up and when the sun went down because my mum used to buy it due to how cheap it was. Now my favorite tea is hojicha tea. It's really rich tea. Though there's nothing like an Earl Grey with honey in it sometimes when you're not feeling too well, or just when you're in the mood for something not so engaging. I can't play StarCraft without a tea next to me. Stealing nerds ladder points just isn't as sweet when I'm not drinking a tea. :D

My first post on TL is about tea. Wow.

On October 07 2012 09:38 heliusx wrote:

I'm not sure you can have a classier first post. lol

On October 07 2012 09:53 PlaidRabbit wrote:


I try xoxox :D

On another note, here's a bit of something I found interesting. I haven't read through EVERYTHING that's happened in this thread so I don't know if it's been covered or not but here goes. My brother smokes tea. Not smokes tea in order to drink it, but he actually puts it into a pipe and smokes it (not every day, and it's really good quality expensive white tea). At first I was very averted to it and thought it was a horrible idea and why the devil is it even in existence blah blah, you get the picture. And then I noticed that a fair few people were doing it, not just him. I used to smoke tobacco. I was a smoker for four years before quitting, so naturally I'd be against anything to do with smoke. It's kinda built into me now. But looking at tea, it has nothing bad in really. Not that we know of. And a lot of people have been telling me that it's a very calming smoke and has a lovely aroma and all sorts of things like that.

I'm not in a position to try it and don't really want to at the moment, but as a tea enthusiast I'd really like to know wether or not some of you guys smoke tea. If so, why do you do it? What's so great about it? What's not great about it? There must be a reason why you're burning perfectly good tea. Is this another way that I can enjoy tea?

It's been bugging me for a while now. If you can direct me toward another way of thinking about this or enlighten me of certain aspects of this type of consuming tea I would be very grateful.

On October 07 2012 09:53 PlaidRabbit wrote:


I try xoxox :D

On another note, here's a bit of something I found interesting. I haven't read through EVERYTHING that's happened in this thread so I don't know if it's been covered or not but here goes. My brother smokes tea. Not smokes tea in order to drink it, but he actually puts it into a pipe and smokes it (not every day, and it's really good quality expensive white tea). At first I was very averted to it and thought it was a horrible idea and why the devil is it even in existence blah blah, you get the picture. And then I noticed that a fair few people were doing it, not just him. I used to smoke tobacco. I was a smoker for four years before quitting, so naturally I'd be against anything to do with smoke. It's kinda built into me now. But looking at tea, it has nothing bad in really. Not that we know of. And a lot of people have been telling me that it's a very calming smoke and has a lovely aroma and all sorts of things like that.

I'm not in a position to try it and don't really want to at the moment, but as a tea enthusiast I'd really like to know wether or not some of you guys smoke tea. If so, why do you do it? What's so great about it? What's not great about it? There must be a reason why you're burning perfectly good tea. Is this another way that I can enjoy tea?

It's been bugging me for a while now. If you can direct me toward another way of thinking about this or enlighten me of certain aspects of this type of consuming tea I would be very grateful.

On October 07 2012 16:13 jbui wrote:
hello! i just started drinking tea and i had a few questions i was reading a review on this tea that i wanted to buy and they said

2nd steep: 80degrees, 1.5minutes, a little more vegetal, but still nutty

3rd steep: 85degrees, 2.5minutes, less vegetal with some sweetness remaining.

i was wondering how long you can wait before doing a second steep? ( i assume a second steep means pouring water over the tea leaves again?)

On October 07 2012 19:12 Flip9 wrote:

time and temperature depends on what sort of tea it is. and also on how you like it, so i suggest to experiment a bit and find out how you like it the most.
What I've read quite some time (about japanese green tea) is to increase the temperature and decrease the time with every steep.
I never thought about how long to wait between steeping again.
Can't really help you, as I'm a beginner too, but if you say what sort of tea you're talking about maybe someone can give you more detailed information.

On October 08 2012 21:03 Bwaaaa wrote:
Where can I buy good quality loose leaf tea online that can ship cheaply to Australia? I have looked at adagio but unless I buy in bulk the shipping is very expensive.