EPTOn October 06 2012 23:29 Mash2 wrote:
Black tea with lemon juice and sugar. mmmmmm
Black tea with lemon juice and sugar. mmmmmm
I have not heard of putting lemon juice in black tea. I will have to try that sometime.
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RuiBarbO
United States1340 Posts
I have not heard of putting lemon juice in black tea. I will have to try that sometime. | ||
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peacenl
550 Posts
On October 09 2012 00:45 RuiBarbO wrote: Just had a really good cup from Tealuxe. Yalta Estate Ceylon. Just a bit of milk and mmmmmmm... Sort of light vanilla flavor that I can still taste even after the fact. Best cup I've had in a long time. I have not heard of putting lemon juice in black tea. I will have to try that sometime. Well if you do, try some green or white tea with that as well. Lemon juice helps the effectiveness of the catechins in green tea. | ||
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jbui
United States193 Posts
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Lysanias
Netherlands8351 Posts
Drinking 3/4 cups of green tea a day every day when i can. Usualy though it's tea bags considering i have trouble finding good tea in my area. I do visit Taiwan on a regular basis and often buy a couple of bags of oorlong tea, often saved for weekends or special occasions  | ||
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peacenl
550 Posts
![[image loading]](http://i47.tinypic.com/swxt9u.jpg) Wild Pu erh ![[image loading]](http://i46.tinypic.com/2eydoxg.png) Left: Wild Pu erh, middle: Dan cong, Right: yellow tea Sorry for the bad picture quality. You can see here what yellow tea looks like. where do you store the leaves if you want to wait an hour or so before re-steeping? do you have to dry the leaves/keep them unexposed to air etc? It's not really quickly to change in flavor by light or air in such a short time, the only thing to make sure is that the leaves are not soaked in water after each pour. | ||
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RuiBarbO
United States1340 Posts
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peacenl
550 Posts
There's a page describing good food tea pairings: http://www.arborteas.com/pages/tea-and-food-pairing.html | ||
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RuiBarbO
United States1340 Posts
On October 21 2012 06:39 peacenl wrote: I'm fairly new to scones, if it helps I've had some cool Eureka moments regarding new flavor experience when eating food followed by drinking tea with white bread. It doesn't limit itself at increasing a flavor's strength, it's a whole new flavor all together. There's a page describing good food tea pairings: http://www.arborteas.com/pages/tea-and-food-pairing.html Interesting. I would not have thought of white bread. I find that in general mildly sweet things and things like sticky date cakes are really nice to cleanse with the bitterness of a cup of tea. Hence I seldom have any sort of sweetener or other flavoring in the actual tea when I have, for example, scones. Not that that's the only way to do it, of course  | ||
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Golbat
United States499 Posts
On October 17 2012 05:17 peacenl wrote: I've just gotten some new tea directly brought in from China: yellow tea!!, Dan cong red tea and wild pu erh. This yellow tea (Huoshan Huangya) tastes like Japanese green tea such as gyokuro or kukicha (Karigane), but more well rounded. I also taste tested about 6 different Pu erh regional teas (each with it's own complex flavor) including old tree (on of the most prized Pu erh). It's amazing how generous and kind tea lovers are when it comes to sharing their experiences and tea! I encourage any of you hardcore tea lovers to meet, when you live closeby. It's alot easier and cheaper to learn from others and try their stuff, than to find out yourself. Wild Pu erh Left: Wild Pu erh, middle: Dan cong, Right: yellow tea Sorry for the bad picture quality. You can see here what yellow tea looks like. It's not really quickly to change in flavor by light or air in such a short time, the only thing to make sure is that the leaves are not soaked in water after each pour. Does Pu-Erh typically come packaged in a pressed disc like that? I bought some before that came pressed and cut up in these little squares, but it was not very good quality tea (smelled like fish). I sort of enjoyed it anyways, but I want to get my hands on some better quality next time, and I'm pretty poor atm t.t | ||
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Rus_Brain
Russian Federation1894 Posts
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peacenl
550 Posts
On October 21 2012 07:36 Golbat wrote: + Show Spoiler + On October 17 2012 05:17 peacenl wrote: I've just gotten some new tea directly brought in from China: yellow tea!!, Dan cong red tea and wild pu erh. This yellow tea (Huoshan Huangya) tastes like Japanese green tea such as gyokuro or kukicha (Karigane), but more well rounded. I also taste tested about 6 different Pu erh regional teas (each with it's own complex flavor) including old tree (on of the most prized Pu erh). It's amazing how generous and kind tea lovers are when it comes to sharing their experiences and tea! I encourage any of you hardcore tea lovers to meet, when you live closeby. It's alot easier and cheaper to learn from others and try their stuff, than to find out yourself. Wild Pu erh Left: Wild Pu erh, middle: Dan cong, Right: yellow tea Sorry for the bad picture quality. You can see here what yellow tea looks like. It's not really quickly to change in flavor by light or air in such a short time, the only thing to make sure is that the leaves are not soaked in water after each pour. Does Pu-Erh typically come packaged in a pressed disc like that? I bought some before that came pressed and cut up in these little squares, but it was not very good quality tea (smelled like fish). I sort of enjoyed it anyways, but I want to get my hands on some better quality next time, and I'm pretty poor atm t.t There is also loose leaf raw Pu erh (aka wild Pu erh), which doesn't smell like fish, it doesn't have to be a cake, unless you wish to let it age. Maybe this helps: ![[image loading]](http://hojotea.com/img/puerh_diagram_e.gif) I think you've had ripe Pu erh (also known as cooked Pu erh), even though they don't actually cook the Pu erh, but use some techniques to speed up the aging - such as putting damp rags on the tea leaves - to imitate an aged wild Pu erh. As a result you end up with Pu erh that doesn't age well, some say you can only keep them 10 years. Quality-wise ripened tea bricks or small squares are usually the lowest (and consequently lesser in taste). ![[image loading]](http://www.puerhshop.com/images/mgh1104Brick.jpg) ![[image loading]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/media.steepster.com/product_images/21479/large.jpg) | ||
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MutantGenepool
Australia115 Posts
I live in northern Finland, don't trust the wretched TL location bar. As far as I know they are all pedo's on Pitcairn. Yeah I make it correct I think. But because I'm lazy I sometimes like to make a lot of it at once using slightly less leaves and then stick it in thermos. So it will get bitter. Usually with my brand of Sencha only the last cup is undrinkable when done so. The cheaper, more powdery varieties just go terrible. I know I should be ashamed but you don't get into masters brewing tea after every game Tip; Brew your tea. Filter it and then put into thermos. No more bitterness. Did you know that there is something in Tea that counteracts the effect of the caffeine in Tea? | ||
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Sephy90
United States1785 Posts
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Jonoman92
United States9110 Posts
My sister's bday is coming up though and I know she is pretty into tea... Any suggestions for a good gift? I know it's hard since I don't have much idea of her preferences. I'm currently living in England so I thought I might be able to find something decent here, but I guess in this day and age with the internet it doesn't really matter since I might order online anyway. | ||
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RuiBarbO
United States1340 Posts
On October 23 2012 07:58 Jonoman92 wrote: So, I am a tea dunce myself. Occasionally will make some with the cheap tea bags I got lying around but not much beyond that. My sister's bday is coming up though and I know she is pretty into tea... Any suggestions for a good gift? I know it's hard since I don't have much idea of her preferences. I'm currently living in England so I thought I might be able to find something decent here, but I guess in this day and age with the internet it doesn't really matter since I might order online anyway. A dedicated tea drinker needs a good teapot. Maybe get her a good one? My family is VERY specific about which teapot is used to brew which kind of tea (no peppermint in the one for the Assam black tea). | ||
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Golbat
United States499 Posts
On October 23 2012 07:58 Jonoman92 wrote: So, I am a tea dunce myself. Occasionally will make some with the cheap tea bags I got lying around but not much beyond that. My sister's bday is coming up though and I know she is pretty into tea... Any suggestions for a good gift? I know it's hard since I don't have much idea of her preferences. I'm currently living in England so I thought I might be able to find something decent here, but I guess in this day and age with the internet it doesn't really matter since I might order online anyway. As far as teapots go, if that's what you decide for her, I'd go with a chatsford teapot. I'm not sure where else you can get them, but I bought a nice 4-cup teapot from Upton Tea Imports for like less than 20$. I'm pretty sure it was on clearance, but the prices should still be pretty decent for a larger one. It works really well for me. | ||
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Bwaaaa
Australia969 Posts
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Bwaaaa
Australia969 Posts
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peacenl
550 Posts
On October 23 2012 11:55 Bwaaaa wrote: I just got my first lot of loose leaf tea after a friend got me interested and quite frankly I have not had a great first experience. The tea is all crushed up and looks like this http://t2tea.com/assets/Images/Products/Heroes/T120AE011-LG.jpg. It cannot be steeped multiple times because after the first steep it has no flavour, colour or anything else. I bought this batch of Irish breakfast from my local tea shop and I wonder if they just sell terrible tea? Sounds a bit like oxidated old tea perhaps? | ||
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sephuys
United States43 Posts
the link of the Aveda tea: http://www.aveda.com/product/5210/17081/Body/Tea/Aveda-Comforting-Tea-Bags/index.tmpl | ||
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