Decided to sit outside and draw for a bit, thought you guys might appreciate my tea set. It’s all just mismatched pieces I’ve been gifted or I thrifted. The tea is blood orange black tea, and I’ve added some clove, honey, and rosebuds to it for fun :) submitted by /u/Badbitchery [visit reddit] [comments ..read more

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Does anyone have any recommendations where to buy loose leaf teas in the United States? It can be online or at a local shop that ships. I don’t have a problem with any teas, but I love a nice glass of breakfast in the morning, and I can’t find anything where I am except tea dust which is not tea at all. submitted by /u/rkeller1373 [visit reddit] [comments ..read more

I'm thinking of growing chocolate mint, some sort of strawberry, and possibly blueberries(and/or black raspberries) for drying for tea. Are there good varieties best for this or other good ingredients. I'm going for herbal/fruit basically. Unless something else is that convenient/caffeine free. I'm actually hoping to make a no sugar added tea. I'm hoping the ingredients provide natural sweetening to replace added sugars. submitted by /u/Noobilite [visit reddit] [comments ..read more

I'm getting more and more into fancy teas, and want to make sure I'm appreciating them the right way. Basically I've moved past the "grandpa style" of dumping tea leaves in a mug and refilling throughout the day to a glass gaiwan with a very small class cup. I'm basically just taking a portion of tea that seems right -- maybe a teaspoon and a half of leaves? -- and then after it steeps for a few minutes pour and start drinking. So I'm not using a fairness cup or anything. Is this...right? Don't want to drink tea like a 野蛮人. submitted by /u/Accurate_Soup_7242 [visit reddit] [comments ..read more

I brew my sencha with 5grams, 475ml, for 4min30 at 80 celcius and mix it with a spoon. That's how I prefer it otherwise it tastes like drinking hot water. submitted by /u/Accboin2189 [visit reddit] [comments ..read more

I have a job where I’m in a different place every day and it’s basically random whether I’ll have access to hot water, so afternoon tea was always hit or miss before I bought this little Sekaer travel kettle and Sama Doyo infuser. I’m really enjoying the setup so far. Currently brewing some Buddha Hand oolong from Floating Leaves. submitted by /u/arm2610 [visit reddit] [comments ..read more

Do you have a 5 pm tea routine where you check the newspaper or your emails or read a book? submitted by /u/ThorKnight3000 [visit reddit] [comments ..read more

Hello! I’ve always had matcha as I know it has health benefits, but never really enjoyed the taste. I was getting them mostly off amazing, in the $15-40 range, and they were fine…. But I more or less forced it down and it never really replaced coffee bf I didn’t enjoy it. Until I tried this and now I LOVE it, look forward to it and it’s totally replaced coffee for me. It tastes so much better than all the other ones I’ve tried - even the fancier ones. I know very little about tea and more or less stumbled upon this one at a cafe and now spend $120 every month or two ordering it - love it. Mak ..read more

I'm fairly new to loose leaf tea, so far I've got Yunnan black tea, Darjeeling black tea and Genmaicha tea. All three taste much better for me if I brew them in colder temperatures than recommended by the vendor - at 75 degrees celsius. When I brew hotter, they all fill a bit more bitter and off. When I use the colder brew, they taste sweeter. Even if I decrease the soak time of the hotter brews or increase the soak time of the colder brews, it doesn't change and the colder brew is much better. Does it sound like I'm doing something wrong that when using hotter water as suggested by the vendo ..read more