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I'm getting into loose leaf tea, mostly green, what are some well-loved Chinese/Japanese ones? I'm a boring person so my tastes are pretty basic.
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Apr 23, 2017 07:25
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I bought a ceramic teapot from Daiso (a Japanese dollar store). It's really pretty for its $4 price, but it seems to be leaking on the underside. How do I fix this? My first idea is epoxy, but I'm not sure if that's safe.
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May 3, 2017 06:32
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Zeta Taskforce posted:I can't imagine anything that would be resistant to repeated encounters with boiling water that would both be safe and last for the long term. You might have bought a $4 decoration. Which there is nothing wrong with. It's fully-functional and has a mesh strainer inside, but the edge of the circular base is just somewhat porous and leaks. I'll probably look for a better one, though.
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May 4, 2017 17:49
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Borrowed my officemate's coffee press (which he uses for tea, so flavor contamination isn't an issue) to test multiple steep times. The office hot water isn't hot enough, so I've done 6 minutes for the first steep, then 9 for the second. How many steepings do you make? My limit is 3 so far, but I'm not sure how far I could (or should) go.
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May 5, 2017 07:14
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Ras Het posted:Have you, uhh, considered getting a kettle? I would get into trouble if I used one in the office.
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May 5, 2017 10:21
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Love Stole the Day posted:Daiso Yours doesn't leak, does it? I want to get another one but I'm afraid it might have the same problem as my faulty one...
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May 8, 2017 06:18
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RandomPauI posted:I restarted drinking teas at a hospital where the qualities were Lipton black tea, seemingly brandless airtight packets of green tea, and seemingly brandless airtight packets of orange pekoe and pekoe infused black tea. Loose leaf tea honestly isn't that big of a difficulty increase from tea bags. You just need an infuser/teapot and at most you'll be measuring the amount of leaves you infuse. The rest is tweaking variables like steep time, water temperature, etc. You'll immediately taste the difference once you try it.
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Aug 1, 2017 07:44
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Does black tea not lend itself to multiple steepings well? I bought some Turkish black and the leaves are tiny to my previous ones (Chinese green chun mee), and the second steeping yielded a lot less color. Or maybe I needed to add more leaves, but hmm
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Jan 4, 2018 10:57
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Cymbal Monkey posted:Turkish tea is (technically speaking) trash. The leaves are small and broken to bit and generally very low grade. They'll steep fully in very short order and go bitter before you know it. Better Chinese blacks can be steeped 8 or 9 times and still be very enjoyable. I'm not making GBS threads on you for enjoying Turkish tea, mind, but the leaves are very low quality and won't hold up like high grade leaves will. That's fine. I like the strong taste. I'll probably use a coffee press instead of my huge teapot to save on stuff. I'm just trying out different teas as this is my second loose-leaf one.
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Jan 4, 2018 12:38
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Has anyone tried ordering from Teavivre from Southeast Asia? I want to know if it's a good experience.
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Feb 28, 2018 06:58
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Teavivre reshipped my order when it returned to them because of a wrong address. I got them a year after ordering (I had given up and assumed that Philippine customs ate it). The Premium Dragon Well one was really good...
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Jun 6, 2019 03:31
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