I'm trying to get into tea.

[Stir Fry]

What you want to know? I am a tea head. General advice to start out with:

Only buy loose leaf teas. Teabags eventhough they say otherwise still have microplastics in them, so healthwise over the long term it could be detrimental and besides loose leaf teas are of higher quality. You get to choose your serving size and what level of potency works for you.

Assuming the loose leaf route, get yourself an individual sized tea diffuser and one that comes with a tea pot. Personally now if I am making individual cups of tea I put the tea leafs directly in the cup and then pour the water in the mug. Let it steep between 4-7 mins (depending on the level of potency you want), then I pour the tea in another cup and strain out the loose leaf tea.

Most teas you don't really need to add much for flavoring. Mainly black teas are where you end up adding milk and sweetener. Learn to appreciate the natural flavor of the teas.

The temperature you use to pour over the tea matters and is dependent on the tea. For example you can actually "burn" green tea if you pour boiling water over it. Instead you want the water to be around 80 degrees celsius. There is a difference in flavor profiles. But for other teas such as black teas you would use boiling water.

On that note there are 4 basic tea "types": green, black, whites, herbal. The three colored ones tend to have caffeine, the herbals clearly do not.

Different teas for different moods and different effects.

As an advamced aisde and suggestion with regards to replacing coffee, look into yerba mate. It provides the same "boost" as coffee does or did if you have gotten used to the caffeine, but yerba mate doesn't give you those coffee "jitters" or crash.

Need to know more let me know.

Celsius?

 

[Neuromancer]

It's why I stopped using the diffusers and just put the loose leaf in the mug and then strain out the leaves after I let it steep. The patina builds up in the diffusers and plugs the holes.

You use a regular strainer ?

 

[Neuromancer]

I installed one of these in my house recently for making tea, and it's great. What I didn't expect though is how good it turned out being for rinsing dishes. I use it daily.




I have a tea house not too far from me, so I like trying various ones, but I mainly drink chamomile.

How does it work?

 

[trap101-ETHout-Allegri-In]

You use a regular strainer ?

Yea.... mug size. So usually pour the tea into a larger cup, like a measuring cup, then pour it back in the mug with the strainer over the mug.

 

[Neuromancer]

Yea.... mug size. So usually pour the tea into a larger cup, like a measuring cup, then pour it back in the mug with the strainer over the mug.

That makes sense.

 

[trap101-ETHout-Allegri-In]

That makes sense.

It's just your run of the mill dollar store strainer, but it has improved the tea drinking experience for me..

 

[Maliciouslarynx]

Mint tea
Earl Grey

Shiiid today checking out Him and the theater I go to offer tea gonna get that Green tea with some stick icky and popcorn

 

[The Prince of All Saiyans]

@Standing on business can help

Damnit.

**exits thread**

 

[The Prince of All Saiyans]

been using a Electric Tea Kettles for my tea its more faster

It's more faster

 

[Gil Scott-Heroin]

@Gil Scott-Heroin

 

[Stir Fry]

How does it work?

It's basically a mini electric water heater.

Tank maintains a set temperature range that you set. I have mine at round 205f iirc.

Mount and plug the tank in under your sink

Tap the house's cold water line into the inlet

Outlet feeds the water from the tank to the dispenser faucet.

 

[Cloutius Maximus]

I fukk with that Rishi Matcha, i cop it from Amazon

also yoteas.com is piff. Their Cacao Creme is tasty

 

[KillerPups]

taste like grass.

used to drink a lot but it really only taste good if u add something to it

 

[Lord_nikon]

It's more faster

aw okay cool

 

[bourgeoisie tall freak]

aight ive decided green tea is trash.
try to make it at home for health benefits but it never tasted good
i like the arizona one though so it's probably full of sugar cuz ..... huh