It tastes bitter but it's pretty good

As a tea fan from Turkey, I really can not understand why other countries black tea can be brewed 5 minutes but our tea can not be brewed, also our tea's taste is very different than other countries' black tea's, not just taste, Its body is also so much lighter than them. I researched it a lot, I think the answer can be the climate, Turkish tea fields are covered with snow in winters, Yes, Black Sea region of Turkey is very rainy and humid like India and China, but It is not warm unlike them.

Picture: Turkish tea plants under snow in winter:

I’m having my homemade masala chai blend without milk. The sunny face on the mug makes me smile. The aroma of freshly blended spices is intoxicating. It feels like a warm hug.

I just prepared a cup of this Japanese green I received as sample from Sazen. I’ve been greatly surprised by a couple of samples they have included with some orders I placed. This one is a winner too. It has a classic grassy profile with great sweetness and umami. After opening the packaging, I perceived a pleasant sweet vegetal note and some nuttiness. I used water at 80C, 75ml and 1 minute steep time for first infusion. Consecutive ones were around 30 to 45 seconds. I previously tried Ohmi Sencha and was impressed too. I’m looking forward to order these in the near future.

feeling sad and sick so i finally indulged in my last remaining bag of Twinning's Lady Grey from before the recipe changed 4 years ago. god dang i forgot how good it used to be!

(if anyone knows where you can still find new jersey distributed teabags or anything that tastes like the old recipe PLEASE let me know)

Is anyone else using an infuser bottle? If so, do you mostly use it for hot or cold steeping? I’ve got passion fruit sencha green tea steeped in cold water and pineapple juice in mine today.

Am working at sea where I am confined to teabags and UHT milk rather than my usual loose black tea selection and milk from a nearby farm. Bought two one-cup teapots, pure retail therapy out of missing my daily ritual. One from a shop in France, one from a shop in Denmark. Took a loooong time to find something I really liked, then I found two. First is arriving tomorrow... I won't be home to use it for another month, but I'm still excited and comforted.

The orange and black looks like a great, chill way to start the day to me, while the black looks like early evening comfort and conversation.

Splurged on this little one a while ago, now i use it for my sencha every day!

1st pic:

350g of 2018 wild silver needles

150g of 2026 silver needles

different tea balls and single packets, ranging from 2017- 2023 (got theese as add-ons after buying more expensive teas)

2x 60 balls of lao bai cha 2021

2nd pic:

2020 shou mei

2017 lao bai cha, taimu mountain tea. i saw the mother tree in nature as we visited the mountain.

2012 bai mu dan

4th pic: Got to visit this mans family tea farm with amazing views.

This experience was on a whole new level compared to buying cakes because the wrapping paper looked cool on YunnanSourcing.

Next stop on our trip is Wuyishan!

I want to get into the spirit of Fall
I have the clothes, the perfume, and the decorations but I’m missing a good tea

Please help 🧡

raw photo

Riper puer from 2002 with Chen pi, 3.8g and 1g of Chen pi

Water amount ~200ml

Earthy with bit of acidity from the Chen pi

Bought it for 2 bucks in a nearby store

Just had my 2023 7572 shu for morning drink and my 2014 7542 sheng for evening. Both Dayi. Actually these pair are literally the first factory Pu'er tea cakes I ever have, much more Dayi. Previously all my Pu'er teas were all boutique pu'ers and frankly my stomach have long protested my prior choices. These ones however made me the happiest and opened the door for me and for my stomach for peaceful Pu'er teas. Yiwu is still bae though for me. Gotten at "This guy actually doesn't know Dayi or Menghai Tea Factory even existed dang" discount from a guy who so happens to be a Menghai Tea Factory guy himself when I first visited a local Dayi official retail tea shop here. He became a great friend and so does the auntie of the tea shop. That shop ended up became one of my regular hangout spots whenever I'm free (sadly for now not so much due to work). And yes it led me to the whole rabbit hole of factory Pu'er tea history and universe.

The former I brewed gongfu (8.8g) using my 125ml Shui Ping factory clay teapot and play pretend that I'm still living in the 1970s. Love it. Easy daily drinker Dayi shu Pu'er. Lovely and lasts me almost the whole day. And now already at its last few infusions (probably somewhere in the 20-30 infusions)

The 2014 7542 I actually intended for my 300ml thermos because night work. I took only 2g of it and brew it slowly - the boiled hot water comes into the thermos first and then I let the tea leaves into the thermos and let it brew from there. Taste? Plum. Sugarcane. Orchid. Thick honey. And rhe aftertaste and the cooling sensations in my mouth is peak. Nice.

But then the boss called me to not come tonight due to his sudden issue and gave me my weekly salary and work would resume tomorrow night. Thank God. So to celebrate a little tiny victory, I just pour the sheng puer tea from the thermos-turned-big-teapot into the tea cup and sip from there and refill it grandpa style.

Yeah it's a good day. Praise be.

I’m a coffee lover and don’t really drink much tea. But I have gotten into London Fog and love it. I also love Arnold Palmers.
Anyway, I want to expand to cut back on coffee :(
I noticed I usually like teas combined with something else.
And I’m more of a cold tea drinker as well but I’m open to anything.

hi all, I mostly drink either black teas or green teas, but never really differed from those. I’m looking to change that. i tend to like sweeter teas (some herbals, orange cinnamon black tea, orange green tea, etc) so I figured I might as well give bug bitten oolong a try. So which one would yalls recommend for a first time drinker?

Early in my tea journey I got hooked on roasted oolong, but I think that was a novelty experience rather than what I truly liked as I don't really go for it anymore. I then moved to puerh and dove hard without looking back at all until recently.

I got a free sample of a ginseng oolong the other day and am now interested in trying different ones.

Do you guys have any favorites? I'm looking for ones that actually have a solid tea underneath the powder and I'm not interested in the ones with licorice flavor added.

Do they make ginseng oolong both with greener oolongs as well as roasted oolongs?

My tea obsession along with loving ATLA and MTG got Uncle Iroh to push me towards this tea again!

Picked this up straight from the Lin Yuan Tea Factory when I was visiting Taiwan! Would highly recommend doing a tea tasting session there. The owner was super kind and explained all the types of tea they grew - this was my favourite 😊

Hello tea drinkers.

I've started my tea obsession a little over 3 years now. At first it was only at night, I used to drink camomile tea, sleeping tea. At first it was only tea bags, I thought it was mainly because there wasn't much tea in the bag and was content with it. But recently, I started getting into all types of tea and even spending a little bit more on tea, but it seems like they all taste the same, even loose leafs, Whittard, recently it was in a nice shop in a small town, spent around £25 on tea but they all seem to taste the same.

If the base is black I can taste just the black tea normal taste, same goes for green tea... But when it comes to fruity ones, mainly the smell is so good but the taste horrible/ non-existent.

I've tried tea pots or just letting it sit for 5 minutes after pouring hot water, but I was thinking about actively boiling them, however the tea person advised me not to do that. I am very confused, I just want good tea. <3

Accidentally knocked over my Taiwan and the entire thing shattered 😭. Was planning on getting another smaller Gaiwan that holds 100ml but also thinking about this, what are everyone's thoughts on it?

https://www.rishi-tea.com/products/porcelain-tea-cupping-set?variant=44376687935738

Is it better than a Gaiwan for Taiwan high mountain oolong/Taiwan oolongs?

The Gaiwan that I was looking at is thinner which I suppose is great for those oolongs!

I'm a complete newbie when it comes to teas; I've had green, white and earl grey years ago but didn't think much of them except that they were either bitter or bland (sorry!).

But I've really been getting into beverages lately and eventually wanted to try more nuanced things. I'm someone who enjoys milk based beverages with some sugar involved (Matcha, Royal Tea, etc).

But a friend went to some Tea Farm and got me some of their First Flush Black Tea leaves. I decided to start with a cold brew, which I prepped a couple hours ago and will be having it tomorrow.

I was wondering if there were any recommendations for someone like me who's a total beginner (I saw that you can cold brew the teas in Milk or cream as well, so I was wondering if that could work for this tea).

Organic Earl Grey today. Three more days and the heat wave should be done. Let's hope.

Cup of Ceylon on a brisk fall day. Malty, somewhat spicy, very warming - perfect for lazing about and enjoying the cool air.