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So I've tasted all the teas I ordered and I liked basically all of them, only one I didn't really care for was the white king as I feel the taste of jasmine was too overpowering - maybe it would be better in a blend with some other tea (I do like the jasmine flavour and love the aroma, but it was just too much). My favourites so far are probably Xi Hu Long Ling and Huang Jin Gui, although I had each variety only once so far and need to drink more to build a better picture. I am experiencing caffeine withdrawals though and they suck ass.
 
Zeftax said:
So I've tasted all the teas I ordered and I liked basically all of them, only one I didn't really care for was the white king as I feel the taste of jasmine was too overpowering - maybe it would be better in a blend with some other tea (I do like the jasmine flavour and love the aroma, but it was just too much). My favourites so far are probably Xi Hu Long Ling and Huang Jin Gui, although I had each variety only once so far and need to drink more to build a better picture. I am experiencing caffeine withdrawals though and they suck ass.
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I mostly drink white tea and don't see it as an effective way to get caffeine, so I have a 1:2 servings mix of guarana extract (22% caffeine) and L-Theanine powder I use as my caffeine supplement instead.
Also, caffeine tolerance resets in about a week or 2 so you can always chill out and go back to normal. That said, my baseline caffeine response isn't that great so around 150mg is my starting point even if I haven't had caffeine in a while.
 
klab said:
Also, caffeine tolerance resets in about a week or 2 so you can always chill out and go back to normal. That said, my baseline caffeine response isn't that great so around 150mg is my starting point even if I haven't had caffeine in a while.
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I'm between jobs right now so I'm trying to use this time to get my tolerance as low as possible. Having spent my peak neuroplasticity caffeinated almost every day probably doesn't help though. I actually had to go to a (probably last there) meeting today so I did cheat and get a cuppa from the office coffee machine, but otherwise I've been coffee free for almost a week and it's been rough. I think I may have some guarana in my pantry from when I was making a homebrew preworkout, so I'll check for that.
 
Pretty much every Christmas I would get these tea sets from my grandparents. I can't recommend it enough, they're not very expensive and you end up getting a lot of tea bags and varieties to try. Chocolate toffee is really good with a bit of milk in it, quince ginger and Christmas mystery are personal favourites too. Do y'all stick to one blend of tea or experiment? greenfield.jpg
 
For Pesach I bought 2 boxes of Wissotzky Tea- Mango & Passionfruit and Strawberry Burst. I have been enjoying both of them,
 
Luna hates niggers said:
Pretty much every Christmas I would get these tea sets from my grandparents. I can't recommend it enough, they're not very expensive and you end up getting a lot of tea bags and varieties to try. Chocolate toffee is really good with a bit of milk in it, quince ginger and Christmas mystery are personal favourites too. Do y'all stick to one blend of tea or experiment?View attachment 7132636
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Hot take, but I really don't like those Christmas cookie, gingerbread, sort of teas. If I wanted something like that I would make hot cocoa and eat a cookie with it, or add some spices to it.
 
Hitchhiker said:
Hot take, but I really don't like those Christmas cookie, gingerbread, sort of teas. If I wanted something like that I would make hot cocoa and eat a cookie with it, or add some spices to it.
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Those are the worst. Usually cheap-ass tea with crap added. I think they make this shit for people who don't even like tea. About the only spices I want in tea are those in chai. And about the only herbs are things like mint. I do have a blend of oolong and globe amaranth I like. The whole label is in Chinese other than the name so I'd have no idea how to get it again.
 
AnOminous said:
Those are the worst. Usually cheap-ass tea with crap added. I think they make this shit for people who don't even like tea. About the only spices I want in tea are those in chai. And about the only herbs are things like mint. I do have a blend of oolong and globe amaranth I like. The whole label is in Chinese other than the name so I'd have no idea how to get it again.
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To be honest it depends on the brand you're buying, I'm not particularly elitist about tea I'm drinking unless we're talking about that weird ekland tea that dissolves. I have no idea how anybody drinks it.

I recently tried some eucalyptus tea that some family brought back from Turkey, it was slightly minty and lemony and very fragrant. I'm really curious now if anybody knows any EU based websites or ones that ship to EU that would specialise in tea from all countries.
 
Luna hates niggers said:
I recently tried some eucalyptus tea that some family brought back from Turkey, it was slightly minty and lemony and very fragrant. I'm really curious now if anybody knows any EU based websites or ones that ship to EU that would specialise in tea from all countries.
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What I would recommend for people new to tea is to try simple herbal teas. Nothing fancy, just buy dried sage/lemongrass/peppermint/chamomile/linden whatever from your local bazaar/farmer's market. Have a way to make sure the heat is right (thermometer or adjustable kettle). Around 85 C is the sweetspot, but you can experiment. Put tea in teapot (helps if you have a filter you can put on the rim of you teapot so you can scoop out easily once it's done). Put some lemon to taste and you are set. Inexpensive top shelf tea. No expensive blends required.
 
NvII iS 8ulLt f0R 88C said:
What I would recommend for people new to tea is to try simple herbal teas. Nothing fancy, just buy dried sage/lemongrass/peppermint/chamomile/linden whatever from your local bazaar/farmer's market. Have a way to make sure the heat is right (thermometer or adjustable kettle). Around 85 C is the sweetspot, but you can experiment. Put tea in teapot (helps if you have a filter you can put on the rim of you teapot so you can scoop out easily once it's done). Put some lemon to taste and you are set. Inexpensive top shelf tea. No expensive blends required.
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Back home we usually go out and get some forage locally and seasonally, same goes for if we make linden tea, pine or anything like chamomile. A lot of people overlook how easy it is to make it yourself especially if it's essentially in your back garden. I never knew that the temperature made a difference in flavour of tea I just assumed hotter = brew gets stronger quickly.
 
Finishing off a freebie cake I got from Yunnan Sourcing a while back. Looked up the name its '2022 Cha Nong Hao "Double Power Tiger"'.
Enjoyable inexpensive ripe, nothing spectacular but nothing bad to say about it. Zero wet pile or fishy taste.

Can't say I'd recommend it for the current cost on their website though. It looks like they've really hiked their prices in the past year or two, this is outrageous. Maybe this is because of the tariffs? I buy in bulk so haven't ordered in over a year. Looks like I'm going to have to start experimenting with new vendors. I liked Yunnan Sourcing because it was pretty decently curated, so it felt like less of a gamble when ordering a big cake. Does anyone have experience ordering off fullchea?
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Rhubarb and Vanilla Macaron are my two favorites; I walk out with one of them in my pocket daily for the last 7 years.
 
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