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On March 01 2013 03:46 Nyarly wrote:Show nested quote +On February 28 2013 07:30 Milkis wrote:On February 28 2013 05:37 Nyarly wrote:
I just bought for 70€ of quality teas.
Matcha uji : very unique and funny, i love it !
Marco polo green tea : best odour you can smell for a tea, excellent taste and quite cheap, i highly recommend it.
Darjeeling namring-poomong (avaliable in only one store in france) quite good and particular but maybe not worth 19€/50g, try it if you like testing unique varieties.
Tomorrow i'll try the blue tea.
I'm very happy with my purchase so far. If you're in France and love tea, i'd definitely suggest you to visit a Mariage freres store!
It's expensive but you know you won't buy shitty classic tea.
I'm starting to run out of ideas for new stuff to try, i have red and yellow teas left. i tried black/white/blue/green/oolong/earl grey/darjeeling/matcha and pu'erh. Any suggestion ? I want very unique tastes, whatever the origin or price. For almost all of the categories you've listed, there are many, many flavors... Even within the same tea you can bring out different flavors by improving your brewing or different pots or even different water. Just in oolong there's a ton, like dancongs (and within dancongs, there's a huge variety of flavors) or even yancha and TGY which vary on aging and roasts and trees and all of that... and puerhs... don't even get started on those :D perhaps you should choose a tea and try to delve into it!!! Wonderful ! :D i didn't know tea could vary so much within the same sort. I'm still a beginner, i only have the basic tools but i plan on buying teapots and something to boil water at the perfect temperature for every kind of tea (i'd love links if that kind of stuff exists !). My favorite tea by far is oolong, i have Shui Xian and Tie Guan Yin, it's so smooth <3 i'll dig into that :D Thank you very much and if i may add, i really like you as a person and as a translator!
Yeah if you're going for oolongs, you can get a huge variety just on roasts and aging, especially on stuff like the Shui Xian. I had some aged Shuixian a week or so ago and it was quite nice and mellow, and I had another one this past weekend and that one almost reminded me of coffee, so you'll get a huge range just within that.
For TGY, you can get them green or traditional (more roasts) or some places even do really heavy roasts on the TGY. You should figure out what kind you have on that so you know where to expand just on that.
Don't really bother buying too much teapots though... unless you're going for tiny yixings or something.
And... thanks, haha. Surprised people still remember me for stuff like that ^^;
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On March 01 2013 03:46 Nyarly wrote:Show nested quote +On February 28 2013 07:30 Milkis wrote:On February 28 2013 05:37 Nyarly wrote:
I just bought for 70€ of quality teas.
Matcha uji : very unique and funny, i love it !
Marco polo green tea : best odour you can smell for a tea, excellent taste and quite cheap, i highly recommend it.
Darjeeling namring-poomong (avaliable in only one store in france) quite good and particular but maybe not worth 19€/50g, try it if you like testing unique varieties.
Tomorrow i'll try the blue tea.
I'm very happy with my purchase so far. If you're in France and love tea, i'd definitely suggest you to visit a Mariage freres store!
It's expensive but you know you won't buy shitty classic tea.
I'm starting to run out of ideas for new stuff to try, i have red and yellow teas left. i tried black/white/blue/green/oolong/earl grey/darjeeling/matcha and pu'erh. Any suggestion ? I want very unique tastes, whatever the origin or price. For almost all of the categories you've listed, there are many, many flavors... Even within the same tea you can bring out different flavors by improving your brewing or different pots or even different water. Just in oolong there's a ton, like dancongs (and within dancongs, there's a huge variety of flavors) or even yancha and TGY which vary on aging and roasts and trees and all of that... and puerhs... don't even get started on those :D perhaps you should choose a tea and try to delve into it!!! Wonderful ! :D i didn't know tea could vary so much within the same sort. I'm still a beginner, i only have the basic tools but i plan on buying teapots and something to boil water at the perfect temperature for every kind of tea (i'd love links if that kind of stuff exists !). My favorite tea by far is oolong, i have Shui Xian and Tie Guan Yin, it's so smooth <3 i'll dig into that :D Thank you very much and if i may add, i really like you as a person and as a translator!
Wow, you sound really enthusiastic and I know exactly how you are feeling. I also get very excited when talking about tea or drinking it.
I was a passionate tea drinker even before I discovered this thread, but when I read that so many of you love tea as much as I do it really started to take off. I started to experiment a lot with amount of tea/temperature/steeping time, just to find out which I like best and which gives you the best overall experience. I have to say that every tea is a little different and you should never be afraid of trying something new. I also started a tea journal where I write down exactly how I felt about the tea, how it tasted, how I prepared it etc.. I tried a couple of different tea stores as well and probably tried 30-40 different teas in different qualities in the past 2 months. The more I learn about tea the more fascinating it is, and the more I want to know and taste.
Just today I bought a wenshan pouchong and I can't wait to try it.
The best thing about such enthusiasm is it's contagious, I got my whole family and friends hooked on tea now. Whenever I get a new tea now not only I am, but everyone is getting excited to try it.
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On March 01 2013 09:43 vic_gn wrote:
I also started a tea journal where I write down exactly how I felt about the tea, how it tasted, how I prepared it etc.. I.
This is so geeky lol. But awesome 
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On March 01 2013 09:48 SchOOl_VicTIm wrote:Show nested quote +On March 01 2013 09:43 vic_gn wrote:
I also started a tea journal where I write down exactly how I felt about the tea, how it tasted, how I prepared it etc.. I. This is so geeky lol. But awesome
You might enjoy the site http://steepster.com. Its a pretty good site for finding out what tea other people like and also for documenting your tea drinking.
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I also started a tea journal where I write down exactly how I felt about the tea, how it tasted, how I prepared it etc..
Haha, I do the same thing! I'm a week behind though, i have a lot of things to write and catch up on T_T
Currently seasoning my yixings since i obtained a few more so i swapped my old one as my puerh one. Going through a bunch of puerhs atm and experimenting with this high mountain taiwanese oolongs, heh.
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It might sound strange but i am starting to getting concerned. Can too much tea be hermfull for You? Recently i was drinking black tea up to 10 times a day in 0,3-0,4l amounts. Are there any threats arising from driking a lot of tea over long periods of time?
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I drink TONS of tea.
There seems to be no drawbacks.
Don't over steep it.
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What TONS mean? Anyone have some hard data on this? Or at least some experience? I have been drinking tea my whole life, but now i feel like i am consuming increasing amounts.
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Within 9 hours,
I drink over 3 litres.
That's my frequency.
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I would like to point out that pu'er is a diuretic.
Tea is great for you but too much of anything isnt as great. If you are like me and drink 10-20 8oz cups a day you should vary what kind of tea you drink.
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On March 21 2013 23:08 Silvanel wrote:
It might sound strange but i am starting to getting concerned. Can too much tea be hermfull for You? Recently i was drinking black tea up to 10 times a day in 0,3-0,4l amounts. Are there any threats arising from driking a lot of tea over long periods of time?
The only possible serious drawback I'm aware of is the fluoride in teas. Before I started drinking regularly I did some research and came to the conclusion that the amount I drink, about a liter a day, is unlikely to cause any negative effects. Excessive amounts of fluoride can cause a condition known as osteofluorosis, kind of like osteoporosis and there are some cases where it has been confirmed to be caused be excessive tea drinking. Some research has even shown a link between exposure to fluoride in drinking water and lower IQ. Maybe you should look into that and decide for yourself if you're worried.
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I'm on a constant diet of perhaps 2l of tea a day, often double strength. About 60% is black tea with milk and sugar, 40% is green and white tea of various varieties and Rooibos for late nights.
Apart from occasionally needing to take a week off to reset my caffeine tolerance a bit, no downsides I can see. Beats the shit out of being an alcoholic or drinking softdrink or cordial, that's for sure
In other news, does anyone else have a closet dream to become a tea mixer. Like, I've always wanted if I randomly come into a few thousand bucks to buy one of these things and then fill it with various single origin teas, spices, dried fruits and herbs so I can mix teas on demand.
In a super ideal world I might get one made that not only has drawers, but niches for a pestle, kettle, cups and pots etc.
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On March 22 2013 09:04 Thereisnosaurus wrote:I'm on a constant diet of perhaps 2l of tea a day, often double strength. About 60% is black tea with milk and sugar, 40% is green and white tea of various varieties and Rooibos for late nights. Apart from occasionally needing to take a week off to reset my caffeine tolerance a bit, no downsides I can see. Beats the shit out of being an alcoholic or drinking softdrink or cordial, that's for sure In other news, does anyone else have a closet dream to become a tea mixer. Like, I've always wanted if I randomly come into a few thousand bucks to buy one of these things and then fill it with various single origin teas, spices, dried fruits and herbs so I can mix teas on demand. In a super ideal world I might get one made that not only has drawers, but niches for a pestle, kettle, cups and pots etc.
I actually have not heard of tea-mixing before, but that sounds amazing.
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On March 22 2013 09:45 RuiBarbO wrote:Show nested quote +On March 22 2013 09:04 Thereisnosaurus wrote:I'm on a constant diet of perhaps 2l of tea a day, often double strength. About 60% is black tea with milk and sugar, 40% is green and white tea of various varieties and Rooibos for late nights. Apart from occasionally needing to take a week off to reset my caffeine tolerance a bit, no downsides I can see. Beats the shit out of being an alcoholic or drinking softdrink or cordial, that's for sure In other news, does anyone else have a closet dream to become a tea mixer. Like, I've always wanted if I randomly come into a few thousand bucks to buy one of these things and then fill it with various single origin teas, spices, dried fruits and herbs so I can mix teas on demand. In a super ideal world I might get one made that not only has drawers, but niches for a pestle, kettle, cups and pots etc. I actually have not heard of tea-mixing before, but that sounds amazing.
I love mixing teas.
I don't mix with milk these days.
This is my fav mix:
Peppermint + Ginger + Echinacea + Gojiberries (in mug)
This mix is dreamy.
Coconut mixes well too.
Who else likes mixing?
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honestly, I haven't really heard of it before either. There are references to it in a couple of fiction books I've read and it has clearly been a thing because, well, most of the tea you drink is blended or mixed in some way. There does seem to be a tisane mixing scene, which makes sense because you can basically throw anything together to make one. I got interested in the idea thanks to looking at some really nice chai blends which had a really chunky sort of mixing that you could see whole cloves and cardamoms and shiz in. that particular blend is hella expensive, so I figured it might be easier just to buy the spices wholesale and mix my own chai spice. then I figured, why not do the same with fruits or herbs. I haven't actually tried it much yet, because I'm poor as fuck right now and the weather has been hot, but when we hit winter I think I'm going to do a shopping trip and stock up on stuff to spike my daily tea with. May as well start a of listing of basic stuff, see if anyone else has any wild ideas
Dried fruits: orange, mandarin, lemon and lime peel, crystalised ginger, slivered almonds, wolfberries (goji), dessicated coconut, dried cranberries, dried apple, dried pear, dried peach, dried apricot, dried forest berries (straw/blue/black), dried mango, dried pineapple, macadamia nuts, coffee beans.
Dried florals & herbs: dried rose, dessicated safflower, dried jasmine, dried spearmint & peppermint, fresh eucalyptus leaf, dried cornflower, lemongrass, liquorice root, ecchinea
Spices: green cardamoms, nutmegs, cinnamon quills, cloves, vanilla bean, (when I win the lottery XD, they cost like 7 bucks each here), fennel,
Random stuff: caramel/toffee chunks, various essences incl. bergamot, rose, peppermint etc, ginseng, freezedried chocolate,
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I'm not the greatest tea connoisseur but I was in Shanghai during restaurant week and oh my god, I drank so much tea. The fancier restaurants charged a shit ton for the high end teas though.
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I'm not a tea fanatic but I am posting in this thread because I'm sick and on a bunch of weird meds that made drinking all the things I usually drink seem very unappetizing. But then today I was like: Tea would be pretty good right now...
and it was, so..... good stuff. gonna drink alot.
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Randomly stopped into Adagio Teas earlier this week, thinking it was a sit-and-drink cafe, and left with three different kinds of tea: ali shan, gunpowder, and jasmine phoenix pearl. Have since been making my way slowly through the gunpowder. Pretty good, man. :O
(Think my favorite is the jasmine phoenix pearl tea though. My parents can't stop singing praises of the ali shan, of course, since they're Taiwanese.)
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