I'm trying to live a more healthy lifestyle. Only 24 and I've been smoking close to a pack of joes a day, I drink too much caffeine, etc. But I'm about a week in without a joe, and have been drinking mainly water and tea. I've just been buying green/peppermint tea from the store, I boil a pot of water and dip that shit in there for a few minutes, but I don't feel like it taste like it's suppose to. If anyone knows any tea brewing machines or some shit that's not too expensive on amazon, let me know.
green/peppermint tea is absolute shit tier. yeah they're good for you but they objectively taste bad.
William Johnson
white tea, green tea, black tea
Brody Robinson
Any decent good flavor teas I could probly pick up from the store?
Carter Cox
Use loose tea instead of a tea bag. And filter the water before you put it in the kettle.
Angel King
>What's the best/proper way to make tea?
With 4 scoops of coffee, a coffee filter, 12 cups of water, and a coffee maker.
>Pour into cup >Add hazelnut creamer to taste >Drink amazingness like a fucking boss. >Light cigarette and relax sipping coffee, and smoking like a top tier motherfucker >Fuck Bitches
Grayson Diaz
i'm a britbong so this might / probably won't be available but i drink this
Kevin Jenkins
Trips speaking truth
Colton Reed
>AM green or black with one sugar
>PM valerian root, chamomile, honey, milk
remember not to steep for too long, but also, make sure you give it enough time. depends on the tea. is best to prepare one cup at a time.
Blake Cruz
Anyone know what the thing in the picture is called? Looks like something you'd put loose tea leaves in, then in a cup of water ay?
Aaron White
HOW TO GOOD FUCKING TEA:
UTENSILS: BREWING VESSEL (TEAPOT OR GAIWAN OR FRENCH PRESS) THERMOMETER TIMEPIECE
HOW TO FUCKING BREW: PRE-HEAT YOUR BREWING VESSEL BY SWISHING HOT WATER IN IT (EMPTY THAT HOT WATER AFTER DINGUS) ADD YOUR FUCKING TEA (1 TEASPOON PER CUP, PLUS ONE EXTRA FOR THE POT) ADD YOUR FUCKING HOT WATER LET IT STEEP THE APPROPRIATE AMOUNT OF TIME POUR IT INTO A CUP AND DRINK THAT FUCKING SHIT
>but what was the thermometer for GUESS WHAT FUCKNUTS-- TEA HATES BOILING WATER, TOO HOT AND SCALDS YOUR FUCKING TEA YOU NEED PROPER WATER TEMPERATURE FOR A GIVEN TEA TYPE GREEN TEA PREFERS ~65-75 DEGREES BLACK TEA PREFERS ~70-90 DEGREES THAT'S FUCKING CELSIUS YOU CUNT, FUCK IMPERIAL
>alright but the timepiece? YOU GOTTA FUCKING TIME YOUR BREW SHITDICK ONE TO THREE MINUTES FOR GREEN THREE TO FIVE MINUTES FOR BLACK
>milk and sugar? NO
>what about herbal FUCK YOU
Jayden Gonzalez
Earl gray
Nolan Perry
it's called an "autumn pleentuppy" and can only be purchased in brittain
Colton Bennett
Can you GET anymore pretentious? Jesus you're a smug fucking cunt.
Christian Jackson
>b-bu-buh muh workmans cuppa EAT SHIT CRAB IN A BUCKET FUCKSTICK
Hudson Barnes
Because you're used to shit being more flavorful and sugary. Just keep drinking it and your taste buds will adjust
Hunter Edwards
Imperial guy here go fuck yourself with a 22 yard 4 cwt dildo
Grayson Thomas
sugar in tea? thats fucking disgusting.
Logan Myers
It's because he's drinking stale peppermint from his grocery store
Justin Cook
>Microwave some water
>Dunk the tea bag in a few times. Brand doesn't matter, you just need the powder inside to mix
>Add 2-3 packs of sweet n low. Sugar will rot your teeth user.
>couple tbsp nondairy creamer. Powdered is best
>Microwave again.
>drink. Add more nondairy creamer if its not thick enough. I like mine on the runny side but others like it thicker.
Leo Ross
>grab a box of yorkshire tea >tea bag in >stir >tea bag out >semi skimmed milk in >stir >sugar in >stir
Jack Gutierrez
I don't drink tea. It's like drinking brown piss. Do us all a favor and make your next "cuppa" with bleach instead of water.
Jayden Reyes
We english only use a kettle and hot water....and we still prefer leave slices over tea bags.
Ryan Brooks
who tf microwaves water?
Nathaniel Cooper
YOUR TASTE IS SHIT AND YOUR OPINIONS ARE NOT ONLY SHIT BUT ALSO IRRELEVANT GO BE A CUNTFART SOMEWHERE ELSE
Daniel Kelly
>this is whats defending tea drinking
i dont think ill have tea now, considering this faggot does.
Easton Hernandez
Sounds like somebody missed their British enema this morning.
Jace Scott
Drink coffee instead. It's the choice of all top tier motherfuckers.
Brayden Diaz
Man I thought everyone who drank tea was chill.
Curious is there a big difference between the way Brits brew their tea and the Japanese/Asians?
Camden Phillips
LIKE I GIVE A FUCK IF YOU CAN'T ENJOY A THING KNOWING THAT SOMEONE ELSE ALSO ENJOYS THAT THING THEN YOU'RE A GORMLESS CONTRARIAN WHO WILL DIE ALONE
BRITS BUY SHITTY BAGS FULL OF DUST AT THE GROCERY STORE AND GET VISIBLY UPSET WHEN YOU REMIND THEM THEY'RE DOING IT WRONG ASIANS DRINK ACTUAL UNADULTERATED TEA
Aaron Collins
You can just give a huge ignore for that troll...
Jeremiah Howard
Do grocery stores usually sell just tea leaves, no bags of tea? If not where do you guys get it?
Elijah Ross
Like most things the right answer to this depends on what you want and how much of an autist you want to be about it. There are thousands of tea varieties and several steeping methods so if you decide this is something you want to get into be prepared to learn things.
Some general rules. Strength is a taste/caffeine content thing. Generally from low to high it is white-green-red-black with herbal being it's own thing cause it doesn't typically contain tea as in the plant. The longer you steep a tea the stronger it will get but many teas can be oversteeped which makes them bitter
Christian Fisher
Is anyone here a tea master and could tell me the difference between the flavors and the benefits of white teas, black teas, blue teas, green teas, etc?
Levi Cooper
DEPENDS ON YOUR GROCERY STORE CHUCKLEFUCK BUT INSTITUTIONS LIKE TWININGS ARE BIG ENOUGH THAT YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO FIND THEM JUST ABOUT ANYWHERE
IF YOU WANT TO STEP UP FROM ENGINEERED BLENDS AND GET INDIVIDUAL ESTATE TEAS THEN YOU'LL NEED TO FIND A DEDICATED TEA IMPORTER
THE TASTE DIFFERENCES ARE FUCKING OBVIOUS EVEN TO A FUCKWIT THE BENEFITS ARE NEGLIGIBLE, AT BEST MAYBE GREEN TEA HAS SOME ANTIOXIDANTS
Brandon Bennett
Let it steep
Oliver Thomas
Typically steeping times increase in the same order as strength with whites being shortest and blacks longest. Some notable exceptions do exist like Puerh which is a black tea but usually steeps for only 45s. Range will depend on the tea itself some can be as short as 25s. Up to what most people would consider normal 3ish minutes. The temp you brew at also matters. The darker the tea the hotter you want the water. Boiling for blacks a simmer for greens.
Mason Robinson
>Puerh which is a black tea
PUERH ISN'T A BLACK TEA IN THE USUAL SENSE IT IS ITS OWN CATEGORY OF TEA, BECAUSE IT IS PROCESSED DIFFERENTLY I.E. FERMENTING
Henry Sanchez
It is a boiled black tea which they press set into cakes and then ferment cold. You break it apart with a knife that looks like an oyster tea. It's not a typical tea but it's totally a black.
Brody Ramirez
I'll try not to be a fucknut like the other guy. Tea all comes from the camelia plant but they are processed differently. White/green tea is lightly steamed/fried/dried so it requires less brewing time and lower temps to brew otherwise it gets bitter. Black/red tea is heavily processed which is why it has the darker color and requires more time to brew to extract the flavor. Oolong is right in the middle between dark and light teas. Some are even fermented like Puerh to give a very rich flavor. Others are smoked over a fire or have fragrant oils added to flavor them.
Easton Bell
you faggots gotta be joking. sugar and tea is what makes this country the greatest country in the world.
Aiden Morris
IT IS NOT NECESSARILY A BLACK TEA AND IT'S NOT NECESSARILY PRESSED INTO BRICKS GREEN TEA CAN ALSO BE FERMENTED INTO A PUERH
When you steep the tea in one teapot, you can then pour it through the strainer into the other teapot, and keep it nice and hot with the teapot warmer. This way, you can enjoy your tea over a long period of time while you do something else. For the green and especially the oolong teas, you can re-steep the leaves 2-4 more times and keep refilling your other pot.
The total comes to $61.04, plus shipping. It'll be some of the best money you've ever spent.
Also, if you want a matching sugar and creamer set, you can get this: , and also a matching teacup and saucer: .
Ian Ramirez
Also the material of the vessel that you're brewing the tea in can effect the outcome. Heavy clay/ceramic vessels are better for darker teas as they capture/retain more heat and therefore brew more flavorful teas. Glass on the other hand is better for lighter teas because it loses heat faster and therefore doesn't damage the delicate flavor of lighter teas
Connor King
Or just buy some teabags.
Ian Thompson
To add to this bro taste is something that is going to vary hugely amongst individual strains based on growing conditions harvest time and other factors. Some greens can be almost fishy while others are more earthy. Think of it like wine. Or beer or whatever. A lager is a style more than it is a taste. The robust bitter flavor in dark teas are tannins. Too many tannins especially on an empty stomach will make you hurl which makes over steeping a problem.
Oliver Campbell
Depends on how you like your tea to taste. To extract the most caffeine, you would act lemon juice to lower the pH and then make sure the water is as hot as possible, brew for a short time and then take out the tea leaves/tea bag. Caffeine is one of the chemicals that makes tea taste bitter btw, so you can judge it's strength on the taste. Some people prefer their tea weaker and with milk and sugar in it.
A wise man once told me, why put 2 sugars into a tea when you can put 3 in. Not like its crack.
Ayden Brown
Thank you! kinda what I was waiting for someone to post, but could you relink the tea kettle? You pasted the tea strainer twice.
Ian Reed
Of course. The first harvest in spring of new growth top leaves are considered the highest quality. Later harvests at lower levels of the plant produce lower quality teas.
Chase Murphy
>sixty fucking dollars to 'get started'
This is retarded.
Grayson Moore
see
Xavier Powell
Fair enough. You are a better tea autist than me. I like this a bunch I hadn't heard it before but it makes sense. I have a bunch of pots and always preferred greens out of the glass ones.
Who the hell calls cigs "joes?" You some kind of queer or something?
Eli Nelson
We call them Fags back home.
Zachary Powell
Uhhh pretty much everyone in the south. And idk about you, but the word "cigs" sounds a lot more like a faggot word than "joe". And it's called joe cause of the working joe who would smoke them.
Mason Cooper
I know people that spend that much at Starbucks in a week. Tea can be a good investment if you shop for good bargains and buy in bulk. I pay around 5 cents per cup.
Teabags are great for black tea, and especially cuppas, but for good oolong and green teas, you really need to get loose tea.
Angel Anderson
Idk man. If someone who didn't know anything about coffee wanted to get into making coffee you wouldn't tell him to buy the Insta Folgers stuff. You'd have him buy a coffee pot or a French press if you're an extra fag. You just don't know anything about tea you pleb.
Jason Myers
I thought they were called joes because the camel on the front was called joe?
Levi Ortiz
People buy those Keurig brewers for like $150. My list includes both equipment that will last a lifetime, as well as enough tea (8 oz.) to last probably a year.
Kayden Parker
The best tea is Darjeeling. Get first flush if you can get it. Steep for a short time and add no milk or sugar. Drink it from a china cup.
It is the most delicate, wonderful thing.
Benjamin Peterson
You don't need sixty fucking dollars to brew tea. A teapot is $3, you don't even need two of the bastards
Brody Edwards
This is the least offensive and most relevant thing that anyone has ever responded to me with. Cheers
Kayden Russell
underrated post
Thomas Sanchez
All you need is a kettle and cup and some earl grey. You're making things too complicated. A tea pot isn't gonna change the taste.
Michael Hernandez
The point isn't to brew tea it's to brew good tea. You clearly didn't understand the point of the post. You can brew coffee for $3 but if you want not shit coffee you buy a machine or a French press and good coffee.
Leo James
Tea and coffee aren't the same. Good coffee needs steam to pass through the ground coffee beans.
Jacob Sullivan
The fucking pot doesn't affect the quality of the end result because all you're doing is steeping a leaf for the required time at the required temperature. The water you're steeping in will affect it far more, why don't you tell him to get a subscription to home delivery of distilled deionized h2o while you're at it?
It's not like coffee where you need lab grade cold vacuum extraction for best possible results.
John Morales
Use clean water (not tap water) let it cool to the right temp after boiling (ull know , if not youll learn) sing to the tea and or water meditate and apreciate what you have
then drink
> No there is no magic machine > its about tempature
Blake Harris
Bagged tea usually contains lower-quality tea, and there's also the argument that bagged tea has a higher surface-to-volume ratio in terms of air contact during storage. Of course, you can get high quality tea and put it in your own t-sacs or whatever, but then you to keep buying those things. To each his own. However, I like to use teapots because because then I have a ready-made hot pot of tea next to me for extended periods of time so that, while reading, vidya, etc., I can have a hot cup of tea at any time without having to get up much. I prefer smaller cups because they cool to drinkable temperature quickly. With huge mugs, your window of good temperature is limited.
Jordan Martin
if you fags saw the way i made tea you'd pee out of your vaginas
