Okay I can't deny that this completely works
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wrote on 10 Jun 2020, 15:28 last edited by mark 6 Oct 2020, 15:34
@mark said in Okay I can't deny that this completely works:
I can drink it plain or with any combo of the above. I prefer plain or with just a touch of milk."
TMI, Mark. TMI.
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@mark said in Okay I can't deny that this completely works:
I can drink it plain or with any combo of the above. I prefer plain or with just a touch of milk."
TMI, Mark. TMI.
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@mark said in Okay I can't deny that this completely works:
I can drink it plain or with any combo of the above. I prefer plain or with just a touch of milk."
TMI, Mark. TMI.
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I will concede that you shouldn't boil the water for green tea. Where I come from if you drink green tea, well...let's just say it's not considered socially acceptable. Much like reading poetry in the park.
I normally don't like it, but I have to admit I was given some by a Japanese customer that was absolutely fantastic. I got the distinct impression that the stuff we get over here is crap, and they knew as much. Much like all the widely available black tea, almost all of which is absolutely shocking. Due to Covid shortages, I was recently supplied with a box of Red Rose tea as a replacement for what I asked for. Ghastly stuff.
wrote on 10 Jun 2020, 15:39 last edited by@Doctor-Phibes said in Okay I can't deny that this completely works:
I will concede that you shouldn't boil the water for green tea. Where I come from if you drink green tea, well...let's just say it's not considered socially acceptable. Much like reading poetry in the park.
I normally don't like it, but I have to admit I was given some by a Japanese customer that was absolutely fantastic.
If we're going to zero in on green tea, my absolute favorite to date is the green powdery stuff from Ginkaku-ji, the name of which translates to something like "ten thousand year jadeite". It was over a decade ago when I first tasted it while visiting Ginkaku-ji. Loved it so much that I bought a tin to take home with me. Finished it in a few months. Haven't been able to find any other green matcha that comes close.
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wrote on 10 Jun 2020, 15:41 last edited by
@Mik said in Okay I can't deny that this completely works:
An argument about how to brew it really teas me off.
Jeez Louise.
I'm trying to civilise the nation. I have a dream that one day I'll be able to order a cup of tea in an American cafe, and not be provided with a mug containing warm water and a bag, or even worse, cream.
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wrote on 10 Jun 2020, 16:24 last edited by
This is my tea gear.
The thermos is for maté (hot), and the pitcher is for tereré (cold). There are people who get really into it (of course, like anything) and will tell you which yerba is better for maté and which for tereré, and also which type of guampa (the recipient) is best for each one.
I just use whatever. For maté, I have some chamomile that I add on top of the yerba, and for tereré I throw mint leaves into the pitcher of ice water.I have a bunch of guampas, some just for decoration, but the two I have here are the ones I actually drink out of. One was hand-carved out of some wood indigenous to Paraguay, and the other is just cheap and metal inside.
You really don´t need a guampa/gourd to drink it properly, but I think having a bombilla (the spoon straw thingy) is pretty important. I´m sure people can come up with something comparable, but you can find them cheap online so I´d recommend that if you like maté, get a spoon straw thingy and just stick it in a mug. Additionally, when you are drinking tereré, it makes the whole process so much more refreshing. Whatever you do, avoid any of that maté in tea bags.
All that being said, I usually do prefer coffee.
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wrote on 10 Jun 2020, 17:03 last edited by
Nice, Opti! I like that term, "recipient."
With Chinese tea sets, they call the pitcher the fairness cup. The terminology alone is hilarious, and as Phibes would say, in a "reading poetry in the park" kind of way.I've gone back and forth with tea and coffee so many times. But I think now, for me, tea wins out. Simply because you can get jacked on the caffeine, but the theanine in the tea keeps the caffeine from making you feel wired or jittery. So you just feel generally excellent for about 6 hours and no crash.
(CULTURAL APPROPRIATION TRIGGER WARNING.) I also bought a gaiwan online for about ten bucks. It's basically just a very specifically-shaped tea cup with a lid. But you use them to brew the tea, not drink out of. I like that they're cheap (because I'm absolutely going to break it), quick and easy to use, stupid easy to clean, and no metal or plastic, no silly filtering required.
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wrote on 10 Jun 2020, 17:13 last edited by
I can't wait until he's old enough to drink beer.
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I can't wait until he's old enough to drink beer.
wrote on 10 Jun 2020, 17:13 last edited by@Doctor-Phibes said in Okay I can't deny that this completely works:
I can't wait until he's old enough to drink beer.
LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT HOMEBREW!!!
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wrote on 10 Jun 2020, 17:14 last edited by
Oh Christ, not more jam-jar pictures.
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Oh Christ, not more jam-jar pictures.
wrote on 10 Jun 2020, 17:44 last edited by@Doctor-Phibes said in Okay I can't deny that this completely works:
Oh Christ, not more jam-jar pictures.
Don't worry, man. After watching a couple of YouTube videos last night, I'm of course now an authority on the matter, and even today I'm working on a video tutorial to illustrate just how wrong you've been all this time. I'll be happy to share!
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wrote on 10 Jun 2020, 17:49 last edited by
The marketing and ritual is very impressive. I wonder whether the process or the product has more impact on your state of mind.
For non-believers it probably looks like an incredible time suck.
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@Doctor-Phibes said in Okay I can't deny that this completely works:
Oh Christ, not more jam-jar pictures.
Don't worry, man. After watching a couple of YouTube videos last night, I'm of course now an authority on the matter, and even today I'm working on a video tutorial to illustrate just how wrong you've been all this time. I'll be happy to share!
wrote on 10 Jun 2020, 17:51 last edited by@Aqua-Letifer said in Okay I can't deny that this completely works:
@Doctor-Phibes said in Okay I can't deny that this completely works:
Oh Christ, not more jam-jar pictures.
Don't worry, man. After watching a couple of YouTube videos last night, I'm of course now an authority on the matter, and even today I'm working on a video tutorial to illustrate just how wrong you've been all this time. I'll be happy to share!
Hey, it's probably no worse than drinking bleach.
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The marketing and ritual is very impressive. I wonder whether the process or the product has more impact on your state of mind.
For non-believers it probably looks like an incredible time suck.
wrote on 10 Jun 2020, 17:55 last edited by Aqua Letifer 6 Oct 2020, 18:00@Loki said in Okay I can't deny that this completely works:
The marketing and ritual is very impressive. I wonder whether the process or the product has more impact on your state of mind.
For non-believers it probably looks like an incredible time suck.
Well it's not supposed to be this grand, ceremonious thing. I'm not talking about getting organic bamboo spoons and cups with jade inlay. The teapot I picked up costs 10 bucks. A one-month tea supply is another 10. And you can do the same process with a french press if you wanted to.
It's just fundamentally different: social vs. "grab it and go." To make it in the way I described, you're going to have a ton of tea that can do 10+ infusions, and the later brews are far better than the first one. So you either waste the hell out of it with your one cup, or find someone to help you drink it to make it worthwhile. As for what's more potent, drinking 10 cups of freaking tea is a hell of a lot different from drinking just the one.
But yeah, I'll allow that that's not the typical American model. (Which is why I'm so ignorant to it.) Diners, Starbucks, Tim Ho's, even Phil'z don't do this.
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@Aqua-Letifer said in Okay I can't deny that this completely works:
@Doctor-Phibes said in Okay I can't deny that this completely works:
Oh Christ, not more jam-jar pictures.
Don't worry, man. After watching a couple of YouTube videos last night, I'm of course now an authority on the matter, and even today I'm working on a video tutorial to illustrate just how wrong you've been all this time. I'll be happy to share!
Hey, it's probably no worse than drinking bleach.
wrote on 10 Jun 2020, 17:57 last edited by@Doctor-Phibes said in Okay I can't deny that this completely works:
@Aqua-Letifer said in Okay I can't deny that this completely works:
@Doctor-Phibes said in Okay I can't deny that this completely works:
Oh Christ, not more jam-jar pictures.
Don't worry, man. After watching a couple of YouTube videos last night, I'm of course now an authority on the matter, and even today I'm working on a video tutorial to illustrate just how wrong you've been all this time. I'll be happy to share!
Hey, it's probably no worse than drinking bleach.
Verily, I have seen the light, my friend. And it is now, inside the body. I don't know about ultraviolet, but it is indeed very powerful.
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wrote on 10 Jun 2020, 19:14 last edited by
Aqua - What green tea are you using, and where do you procure it? It it available online?
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wrote on 10 Jun 2020, 20:30 last edited by
@kluurs said in Okay I can't deny that this completely works:
Aqua - What green tea are you using, and where do you procure it? It it available online?
Yep. I get a lot of mine from Davidson's. They're also on Amazon. For me they hit the right balance of "not mass-produced crap" and "can easily obtain and in bulk."
It's whole leaf but not fancy beyond that.
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wrote on 10 Jun 2020, 20:38 last edited by
Hey, they do a breakfast tea. Might be worth a shot once I quietly bury the Red Rose in the composter.
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wrote on 12 Jun 2020, 22:39 last edited by
Ruh-Roh.
#Solidaritea: Yorkshire Tea and PG Tips join brands in backing BLM
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/jun/09/yorkshire-tea-and-pg-tips-respond-to-anti-blm-boycott-with-solidaritea -
wrote on 13 Jun 2020, 12:08 last edited by
Only a hipster would drink from a wide mouth...
How to make tea (with baking soda):
