Poll of the Day > I'm obsessed with tea

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Yesterday night's tea: 1 pint of tanzanian black tea

Today's tea: 1 pint of Keemun black tea

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Bought another pound of tea.

I got (all black teas):
2nd flush Darjeeling
Assam with golden tips
Yunnan with golden tips again
Lapsang Souchong aka smoked tea
Ceylon, Uva region (uniquely astringent, atypical?)

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Yesterday's tea: 1 pint of yunnan black tea, 1 pint of green tea from the sampler pack, called Lushan yunwu, or Mount Lu cloud tea. I don't drink enough green tea to be able to put into words their nuances. It was a good cup of green tea.

Today's tea so far: 1 pint rebrewed green tea from last night.

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Tonight's tea: 1 pint of Keemun black tea.

And May totals. Black tea unless specified. singletons consolidated into etc.

2 Ceylon
2 Rwandan
10 Chinese black tea blend
3 Masala Chai
5 Camomile
12 Yunnan
2 Tanzanian
6 Keemun
4 etc black tea
9 Longjing green tea
2 Generic green tea
2 dahongpao oolong

57 Pints of tea.

Year to date = 288 pints = 36 gallons

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Today's tea: 1 pint of chinese black tea blend, 1 pint of yunnan black tea.

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Today's tea: 1 pint of keemun black tea, 1 pint of yixing black tea

Tea hasn't shipped yet. Damn corona world.

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Today's tea: 1 pint of Ceylon+Rwandan black tea, 1 pint of Yunnan black tea. Just finished all the Yunnan.

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Today's tea: shipment came. 1 pint of Darjeeling black tea. I think I keep setting my expectations too high. This was not bad, but I was disappointed that it wasn't better. It tasted like a darjeeling, and that was it. In some regards, it's more similar to the weird Nilgiri that I have than the other Darjeeling that I've had. At least it wasn't as bad as the teabag darjeeling that I had that didn't even taste like a darjeeling.

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Today's tea: 1 pint of Ceylon Uva black tea, 1 pint of Assam black tea.

So Uva is a specific region in Sri Lanka. The distinguishing feature of this specific tea is that the tea plant here makes the same chemical as the mint plant. It's not anywhere as minty as actual mint, or stuff like mint flavored anything. It is enough to be noticeable. I find that the mint flavor doesn't really add any enjoyment to the tea, but at least it's not disagreeable. I can still taste the tea, which can't be said for a lot of actually flavored teas.

This Assam tastes like Assam. Rich and malty. I like it a bit more than the other Assam that I've had because there was more nuance than just being malty, but I wasn't amazed.

I think I've grown too fond of chinese black teas to really like nuances of black teas from other regions. But these were all first impressions. Maybe I'll eventually brew a perfect pint out of these new teas at some point.

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Today's tea: 1 pint of smoked black tea, 1 pint of keemun black tea. So wow, the smoked tea was kinda bad. I've had one before from my chinese tea sampler pack and I remembered it to be good and interesting. This had an overwhelming smoky aroma, and the actual taste of the tea was not only not reflective of it's aroma, but it tasted off and bland. I don't think I can find myself to like this. Still better than puerh, but not by much.

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The place that sold chrysanthemum tea drinks (Vitasoy brand) eventually closed down last year after they appeared to stop carrying 'em (they still had the herbal tea cans), made me a sad panda =(

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Today's tea: 1 pint of yunnan black tea so far. nth reaffirmation, this is my favorite black tea. I want to drink more, but my stomach can't handle it.

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I'm assuming the chrysanthemum tea that come in juice box sizes, were from an asian grocery?

Still today's tea: 1 pint of rebrewed yunnan black tea, 1 pint of masala chai.

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Today's tea so far: 1 pint of keemun black tea. I was questioning myself why I even like this stuff when it was really hot, and only certain flavors are coming through. When it cooled down a bit, its richness finally comes through and I'm very happy. Why did I ever doubt my fondness for tea.

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Today's tea so far: 1 pint of chinese black tea blend.

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Tonight's tea: 1 pint of Sencha. I really want to try gyokuro some point.

TOMORROW'S TEA: 1 pint of Tanzanian black tea. I'm going to be slightly experimenting for a bit. I'm going to try and find which black tea of mine makes the best iced tea. I took a big sip before refrigerating it. Had to resist the idea of drinking it all right there and then. It's 130 am.

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Today's tea: 1 pint of masala chai, 1 pint of Tanzanian iced black tea. It was ok. It was far better than any other unsweetened iced tea I've had, but I guess since I'm accustomed to iced tea being sweet, I should have tried adding sugar. Mildly bitter, and the other flavors were noticably subdued. I think I would have preferred it room temperature, because I really liked the sip I had before i refrigerated it.

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Today's tea so far: 1 pint of Assam black tea. I think the chinese teas have been making me soft, because I don't really like the strong maltiness that much. Chinese black teas have a sweet taste to it somehow despite adding no sugar.

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Today's tea: 1 pint Assam black tea, with milk+sugar. Aside from Masala chai, probably the best pint of tea I've had with milk+sugar. I usually only do this with bagged black tea because their bitterness is overwhelming if taken straight. Turns out if you use higher quality ingredients, you'll get a better cup of tea.

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Tonight's tea: 1 pint of rebrewed Assam black tea, plain. It's got a hint of assam maltiness, and the generic spent tea flavor. 1 cup of rebrewed yunnan black tea. It's got a hint of it's yunnan nuance, and a hint of generic spent tea flavor. Probably helped that I overbrewed it, and it's hard to overbrew tea on a 2nd steeping.

Tomorrow's tea: 1 pint of yunnan black tea, iced.

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Today's tea so far: my God, who would of thought my favorite tea also tastes really good iced.

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I can totally understand how there's a guy who had kidney failure from drinking a gallon of iced tea everyday.

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Search function is too difficult for some, I guess.

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I need a tea set.

Like either a cool one or a Japanese-like one. Idk.

Anyone know of one?

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Today's tea: no tea. Welp.

I don't have a tea pot or tea cups, only a mug and a brew cup filter. There's other tea culture vessels besides tea pots. Turkey use a double boiler sorta thing, Russian's got something called a samovar.

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Would a stove top kettle or electric kettle be better to get?
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eating4fun posted...

Today's tea: no tea. Welp.

I don't have a tea pot or tea cups, only a mug and a brew cup filter. There's other tea culture vessels besides tea pots. Turkey use a double boiler sorta thing, Russian's got something called a samovar.

Get one of these:

https://www.amazon.com/Thermos-16-Ounce-Drink-Bottle-Infuser/dp/B008JC76VM

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Today's tea: 1 pint of yunnan black tea. I can't help but think about how good and satisfying it is so often every time I drink it.

I don't think there's really much of a difference betwen a stove top kettle or electric one. Well, my electric one turns off when it's boiling, so I can set it, take a poo, and don't have to worry about it finishing before I'm done.

I've got thermos, and I don't think I would need a built in infuser. You only need to infuse for 3-5 minutes. My filter works prefectly fine.

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Revelation34 posted...

Would a stove top kettle or electric kettle be better to get?

electric is a lot more convenient imo because you can use it anywhere you have a power outlet

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Yesterday's tea: 1 pint of Ceylon Uva black tea

Today's tea: 1 pint of keemun black tea, 1 pint rebrewed. so good. I like Keemun a lot too.

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Today's tea: 1 pint of yunnan black tea

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Today's tea: 1 pint of keemun, 1 pint of sencha.

Oh, yesterday I had iced tea made from the chinese black tea blend. It's nuance came through, but it was still really odd. So much so, I would say you could probably trick someone to think that it's not tea.

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Today's tea: 1 pint of iced black tea, Darjeeling, 1 pint of Masala chai

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Today's tea so far. 1 pint of iced black tea, Darjeeling. I've brewed it weak, so it's more like tea flavored water. Not that bad though. Some reason, the Darjeeling nuance comes through more than the normal tea flavors.

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Today's tea so far: 1 pint of iced black tea, Ceylon Uva. This was pretty good. The minty nuance of this tea is really nice as a cold beverage. Still wish the normal tea flavors comes through more. I would brew this stronger, but it already peaks at what I find acceptable for astringency.

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Been enjoying peppermint tea lately

dunno if it actually has any benefits like traditional tea but it sure is yummy

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yesterday's tea: 1 pint of Yunnan black tea, 1 pint of Assam

Today's tea: 1 pint of masala chai

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yesterday night's tea: 1 pint of keemun black tea

Today's tea: 1 pint of smoked tea.

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Today's tea: 1 pint of yunnan black tea

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Today's tea: 1 pint of flavored tea, 1 pint of thai black tea. Haven't had either in a long while. the flavored one tastes pretty good with sugar, but I don't really consider it to taste like tea though. The thai one is a very mellow black tea, like as if it's half green/white tea. Tastes better than I remembered.

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Today's tea: 1 pint of rebrewed thai black tea, 1.5 pints of yunnan black tea.

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Today's tea: 1 pint of yunnan black tea

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Today's tea: 1 pint of Tanzanian black tea

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How do I get tea to, ummmmmmm, not suck?

I'm not a fan of hot drinks, so I thought maybe I'd cut open a teabag and put it in a blender with some water and then strain the pieces.... .... but that was even worse.

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Lokarin posted...

How do I get tea to, ummmmmmm, not suck?

I'm not a fan of hot drinks, so I thought maybe I'd cut open a teabag and put it in a blender with some water and then strain the pieces.... .... but that was even worse.

That just sounds really disgusting. Also you can just make iced tea.
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Lokarin posted...

How do I get tea to, ummmmmmm, not suck?

I'm not a fan of hot drinks, so I thought maybe I'd cut open a teabag and put it in a blender with some water and then strain the pieces.... .... but that was even worse.

Not sure if trolling, that blender with tea, lol.

The tea isn't going to brew that way. It takes time for the tea compounds to infuse into the water. temperature greatly affects the rate that it happens. Hence, you use boiling or near boiling water + a few minutes of steeping.

You can try cold brewing tea. It takes 12 hours, give or take a few hours depending on your taste. 1 teabag per 8 oz of water, and let it sit in room temperature or colder water.

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eating4fun posted...

Not sure if trolling, that blender with tea, lol.

well, it's not trolling - but it is a joke.

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eating4fun posted...

Not sure if trolling, that blender with tea, lol.

The tea isn't going to brew that way. It takes time for the tea compounds to infuse into the water. temperature greatly affects the rate that it happens. Hence, you use boiling or near boiling water + a few minutes of steeping.

You can try cold brewing tea. It takes 12 hours, give or take a few hours depending on your taste. 1 teabag per 8 oz of water, and let it sit in room temperature or colder water.

I've had sun tea before. It's supposedly dangerous though.
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Past 3 days tea: ~1 pint of longjing green tea, everyday.

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And, June's totals

3 Ceylon
1 yixing
3 Chinese black tea blend
5 Masala Chai
12 Yunnan
2 Tanzanian
7 Keemun
5 Assam
3 Darjeeling
2 smoked tea
2 Sencha
2 Thai black tea

47 pints total. average 1.6 pints a day.

Year to date = 335 pints = ~42 gallons

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