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Chaos Motor posted:We sell an Indian chai made with Assam black tea, you can get a free sample from our website at chai-me.com. We have a 5 star rating, 100% customer satisfaction, and a money back guarantee. Give us a shot if you like black teas, I am certain you'll like ours. Sounds great, but but I'm more interested in teas that are just purely tea so I'll pass so you don't waste shipping a sampler to me. taters posted:Yorkshire Gold Sorry if I didn't make it clear but I was looking for loose leaf tea (full leaf brewing?). breaks posted:Adagio has several black tea sample packs that you can order, I'd recommend trying whichever of those strikes your fancy. Or, you can usually order samples of their teas individually, also. Their emperor sampler sounds right up my alley. Their pu erh sampler sounds kinda interesting too and fermented stuff is awesome but I'll wait tip I try the pu erh the emperor sampler gives me. Thanks!
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Just a warning, I've heard really bad stuff about their puerh, like it's really fishy smelling even for a shu. I'd recommend sticking to dedicated vendors like Yunnan Sourcing. I've really liked all the puerh that I've gotten so far from Norbu Tea and Mandala Tea if YS is a little daunting.
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Mar 22, 2014 21:45
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Chaos Motor posted:We sell an Indian chai made with Assam black tea, you can get a free sample from our website at chai-me.com. We have a 5 star rating, 100% customer satisfaction, and a money back guarantee. Give us a shot if you like black teas, I am certain you'll like ours. Hey, I went ahead and added you to the OP under the vendor section, hope that's cool.
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Mar 22, 2014 22:21
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hope and vaseline posted:Just a warning, I've heard really bad stuff about their puerh, like it's really fishy smelling even for a shu. I'd recommend sticking to dedicated vendors like Yunnan Sourcing. I've really liked all the puerh that I've gotten so far from Norbu Tea and Mandala Tea if YS is a little daunting. Adagio, right? I'm not disagreeing, but my friend likes their pu'erh. I don't know what he gets, exactly, but he is rather picky.
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Mar 23, 2014 00:41
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The Introduction to Fine Tea sampler set at Upton has a nice range in it of some of the classic black tea varieties (Darjeeling, Assam, Keemun, and Yunnan).
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Can anyone recommend a good book on tea? I've drank tons of tea over the years but I realized I really don't know a whole lot about it nor have I kept any tasting notes. Something that gives a broad overview of tea-producing regions, types of tea, cultivation and preparation would be ideal. Looking through Amazon, Tea: History, Terroirs, Varieties looks like what I want, has anyone read that one?
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Boris Galerkin posted:Sounds great, but but I'm more interested in teas that are just purely tea so I'll pass so you don't waste shipping a sampler to me. We'd be happy to send you a sample without any masala added, if you'd like.  Actually, I'm going to add a "Just Tea" product option, since you aren't the first person who wanted the chai w/o masala. DurianGray posted:Hey, I went ahead and added you to the OP under the vendor section, hope that's cool. Of course, thank you so much for doing that for us! We're having some template issues following an update to our backend, so our product pages are less than perfect right now, but we should have it all looking pretty again in the next day or so.
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Boris Galerkin posted:Their emperor sampler sounds right up my alley. Their pu erh sampler sounds kinda interesting too and fermented stuff is awesome but I'll wait tip I try the pu erh the emperor sampler gives me. Thanks! I'm still drinking their emperor sampler but overall I think I preferred the raja sampler, and of that the darjeeling I think was my favorite. Their pu erh is my only experience with it and I didn't find the smell off-putting, though.
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chunkles posted:Can anyone recommend a good book on tea? I've drank tons of tea over the years but I realized I really don't know a whole lot about it nor have I kept any tasting notes. Something that gives a broad overview of tea-producing regions, types of tea, cultivation and preparation would be ideal. I gave a friend a copy of that one for Christmas and he loved it. From flipping through it briefly, it's a beautiful book, and sounds like what you're looking for. I believe it's divided into chapters by region. The author is one of the owners of Camellia Sinensis Tea Shop in Montreal and seems to know his stuff.
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Carbon Thief posted:I gave a friend a copy of that one for Christmas and he loved it. From flipping through it briefly, it's a beautiful book, and sounds like what you're looking for. I believe it's divided into chapters by region. The author is one of the owners of Camellia Sinensis Tea Shop in Montreal and seems to know his stuff. There seems to be a second edition of it. Is one any better than the other? The authors are different, though they are both marked with the Camellia Sinensis Tea Shop on the cover. The first one has a clay pot with four cups of tea on the cover, the second edition has cups of tea leaf next to a bowl of its liquor running down the right side.
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milpreve posted:There seems to be a second edition of it. Is one any better than the other? The authors are different, though they are both marked with the Camellia Sinensis Tea Shop on the cover. The first one has a clay pot with four cups of tea on the cover, the second edition has cups of tea leaf next to a bowl of its liquor running down the right side. Whew, good thing you posted this in time for me to cancel my order of the first edition.  This book is actually pretty expensive, I guess because it has a lot of nice illustrations, but it seems like exactly what I was looking for. I'll probably get to read it sometime this week.
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milpreve posted:There seems to be a second edition of it. Is one any better than the other? The authors are different, though they are both marked with the Camellia Sinensis Tea Shop on the cover. The first one has a clay pot with four cups of tea on the cover, the second edition has cups of tea leaf next to a bowl of its liquor running down the right side. The one I bought in December was a first edition one, but he was selling the 2nd edition at the Toronto Tea Festival last month, so it seems like a very recent update. I didn't get a chance to look inside the new one to compare, though.
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I've been reading the second edition of the book and it's a very nice book and pretty much exactly what I wanted. It goes in depth on history, production (both traditional and modern), tea-producing regions and some selected varieties of tea. It's also got a lot of pictures and glossy print, if I had a coffee table I would place it on there and surely it would be the envy of all my houseguests. I'm only like 1/4 of the way through but I've learned a lot more than I did in years of drinking tea and picking up bits and pieces of knowledge along the way. The only problem is now I'm going to have to order all the varieties they recommend that I haven't tried yet.  Anyway thanks for the recommendation.
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Thoht posted:The Introduction to Fine Tea sampler set at Upton has a nice range in it of some of the classic black tea varieties (Darjeeling, Assam, Keemun, and Yunnan). I ended up buying this sampler instead. So far I've had the East Frisian BOP Assam Tea and thought it tasted kinda bland. I'm drinking the No.1 Tippy Orthodox GFOP Darjeeling right now and this one's more up my alley. Haven't tried the other two yet.
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The US teapigs website is now live: http://www.teapigs.com/ A little costly, but nice for something special. I really like their oolong, their super fruit, and spiced winter red tea.
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Battle Pigeon posted:The US teapigs website is now live: http://www.teapigs.com/ Excellent. I love a good oolong. Anyone else have Teapigs suggestions?
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XBenedict posted:Excellent. I love a good oolong. Their chai and earl grey are not at all what I was expecting but taste fine when considered in isolation.
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Just popping in to see if anybody has some experience with guayusa tea or knows where to procure good sources. My local grocer just got some bottled unsweetened stuff in the organic isle and the taste was enough to get me interested. Turns out it's possibly better for you than some green teas and has a nice amount of caffeine.
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I picked up a box of Guayusa teabags from a local health food store (Stash brand). It's pretty interesting I think. It's not as bitter as Yerba Mate, which I think it's related to. It's apparently hard to over-steep since it doesn't have a lot of the bitter stuff regular tea and mate does. I remember it having the kind of squashy fall flavors that the yerb had but not the roasty flavors. I'd say it's unique. If you got the Runa drink, I think they also sell loose leaf and bagged Guayusa. Mine is Stash tea, and I haven't heard of any others that sell Guayusa.
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David's Tea has a nice guayusa. It can be a bit powdery, so using a fine filter is probably a good idea, but it has a very pleasant, sweet grassy flavor. I agree that it's almost impossible to over-steep.
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What's everyone cold brewing or making iced tea with this summer? I've been cold brewing a spring harvest taiwanese Bi Lo Chun the past week and its so refreshing. Got some new puerhs in today so I'm gonna see how a ripe one does overnight, probably will have to play around with leaf amount so it's not super strong.
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hope and vaseline posted:What's everyone cold brewing or making iced tea with this summer? I've been cold brewing a spring harvest taiwanese Bi Lo Chun the past week and its so refreshing. Got some new puerhs in today so I'm gonna see how a ripe one does overnight, probably will have to play around with leaf amount so it's not super strong. Making iced: Teavana's Snow Geisha, with a pinch of dried stevia. Light, cherry, sweet; perfect iced tea. I seem to prefer white teas iced, though. And only Snow Geisha because I work at Teavana and get to make drinks on my shift. I've also been having our Monkey Picked Oolong iced because I can't bear to throw down the drain our sample when it's made right.
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milpreve posted:Making iced: Teavana's Snow Geisha, with a pinch of dried stevia. Light, cherry, sweet; perfect iced tea. I seem to prefer white teas iced, though. And only Snow Geisha because I work at Teavana and get to make drinks on my shift. I've also been having our Monkey Picked Oolong iced because I can't bear to throw down the drain our sample when it's made right. Seconding monkey picked oolong for iced tea, it's amazing. Maybe not as good as the Ceylon Star blend from The Tea Smith (possibly local to me, not sure) but that's probably the price talking.
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FAUXTON posted:Seconding monkey picked oolong for iced tea, it's amazing. It's amazing, full stop.
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Where do you guys go to for everyday drinking teas. I see a lot of "it's pricey but good for something special". Maybe I'm a bit spoiled from when i got stuff wholesale.
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DontAskKant posted:Where do you guys go to for everyday drinking teas. I see a lot of "it's pricey but good for something special". Maybe I'm a bit spoiled from when i got stuff wholesale. For most of the winter my go-to everyday tea was a dark roast tieguanyin that was about $10 for 100g which norbutea stopped selling which makes me sad. I'm all out of green TGY (monkey picked equivalent), but I've got some winter harvest ali shan still vacuum sealed, think I'll cold brew a pot tonight  I've been neglecting my oolongs lately, too. Not a fan of cold brewed ripe puerh so far, kinda made me gag. The '12 sheng turned out pretty delicious though.
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Back in my poor college days I'd get Mountain Rose Herbs or San Francisco Herb Company. How do you guys brew iced tea? I love the cold bottled green teas i get in japan, taiwan, and hong kong but have no idea how to get that flavor.
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DontAskKant posted:Where do you guys go to for everyday drinking teas. I see a lot of "it's pricey but good for something special". Maybe I'm a bit spoiled from when i got stuff wholesale. My "every morning" tea is Upton's Samovar Blend (http://uptontea.com/shopcart/item.asp?itemID=TB28). It's really smooth, isn't the most complex or subtle ever, but good.
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DontAskKant posted:Back in my poor college days I'd get Mountain Rose Herbs or San Francisco Herb Company. http://verdanttea.com/how-to-make-iced-tea/ It's pretty much put tea in a pitcher, pour water, steep in your fridge overnight. Really easy and brings out a naturally sweet infusion and never any bitterness.
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hope and vaseline posted:http://verdanttea.com/how-to-make-iced-tea/ It's pretty much put tea in a pitcher, pour water, steep in your fridge overnight. Really easy and brings out a naturally sweet infusion and never any bitterness. Much better than the southern method. Boil lipton black tea until bitter add hell then add syrup until it tastes good. Still had a soft spot with me, but soo unhealthy. I'll give the cold brew method a shot.
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DontAskKant posted:Much better than the southern method. Boil lipton black tea until bitter add hell then add syrup until it tastes good. Still had a soft spot with me, but soo unhealthy. I'll give the cold brew method a shot. Stop, you're making me nostalgic.
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hope and vaseline posted:What's everyone cold brewing or making iced tea with this summer? I've been cold brewing a spring harvest taiwanese Bi Lo Chun the past week and its so refreshing. Got some new puerhs in today so I'm gonna see how a ripe one does overnight, probably will have to play around with leaf amount so it's not super strong. I had a whole bunch of the Blueberry Kona Pop blend from my days at Teavana that I've been making, but it's running low, so I'll have to find something else soon! I'm a big fan of iced greens, so maybe that's where I'll go next! FAUXTON posted:Maybe not as good as the Ceylon Star blend from The Tea Smith (possibly local to me, not sure) but that's probably the price talking. The Tea Smith is local, but they do have a website if anyone was curious enough to check it out.
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DontAskKant posted:Where do you guys go to for everyday drinking teas. I see a lot of "it's pricey but good for something special". Maybe I'm a bit spoiled from when i got stuff wholesale. Got a local place with good prices, honestly, and I don't have to pay for shipping from them. You could check for tea shops in your area if you haven't already.
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Hummingbirds posted:Got a local place with good prices, honestly, and I don't have to pay for shipping from them. You could check for tea shops in your area if you haven't already. Wegmans apparently has a pretty large loose leaf section if you have that in your area! And check asian grocery stores if you like chinese greens, they usually have a large tea section.
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I'm in Seoul, Korea so tea is crazy expensive. I do have a bunch of bulk tea from Vietnam and Taiwan when I go on vacation. I always feel like I use too many leaves to get sufficient taste when cold brewing. Made a rooibos iced tea the other day, but apparently rooibos that's 2 years and 5 years old in a ziploc takes on flavors. Wasn't very good.
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hope and vaseline posted:Wegmans apparently has a pretty large loose leaf section if you have that in your area! And check asian grocery stores if you like chinese greens, they usually have a large tea section. That reminds me, I recently got some surprisingly decent jasmine green at the local Asian market. It was like $4 for 200 g or something crazy.
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DontAskKant posted:Much better than the southern method. Boil lipton black tea until bitter add hell then add syrup until it tastes good. Still had a soft spot with me, but soo unhealthy. I'll give the cold brew method a shot. Yeah, but bitter is refreshing. I still do it the southern method, but I'll leave it just a touch bitter, instead of making fully sweet tea.
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SwissArmyDruid posted:Yeah, but bitter is refreshing. I still do it the southern method, but I'll leave it just a touch bitter, instead of making fully sweet tea. For Southern style sweet tea I just brew a decent indian black tea three times properly and add syrup to taste. I use about a 1/4 the sugar as my mother that puts the bags in water in the microwave for 15 minutes.
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SwissArmyDruid posted:Yeah, but bitter is refreshing. I still do it the southern method, but I'll leave it just a touch bitter, instead of making fully sweet tea. cobalt impurity posted:Lipton would also be an acceptable substitute while remaining relatively traditional. They make special round sachets that are meant to go into drip coffee makers, and that's exactly how my father did it. 
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