Thread: Tea anyone ??!!

Originally Posted by OCDshaver

Thank you. I had no doubt I'd get a warm welcome from a man who knows good food and drink. Right now I'm content using mu wife's iron tea pot and my coffe cups. Even my coffee which is my primary choice is made quite simply......a French press. Espresso is the only expensive item because I haven't found a cheaper way to make it and still have it worth drinking. Right now I'm enjoying discovering the different teas. I suppose it can be expensive if you are on the hunt for the truly rare teas but I don't know enough to justify that. I've always hated most of the grocery store teas. But I always liked the green tea from my favorite sushi place. So I've been trying the ones from the tea shop I stumbled across one at a time. The range of flavor sis really fun. Do you gents have any recommendations on good sources for the teas you like?

Tea from a sushi restaurant is likely to be either konacha (if you're in Japan), a lower quality sencha, or maybe houjicha if it's being served with the meal.

Easy to get hold of (well, maybe not konacha - I've not found that online) from a variety of online vendors: yuuki-cha.com, o-cha.com, zencha.net, ippodo-tea.co.jp/en, hibiki-an.com, denstea.com

Those are the ones that come to mind immediately, anyway.

Originally Posted by Nightblade

This is for OCDshaver and also anyone else here who wants some good tea links to get themsleves off to a good start. Cheers you guys . 1) About MyTeaBenefits | My Tea Benefits ,Good tea primer site 2)Tea Cozies - Home of the Tea Quilt brand tea cozy(cosy) Excellent tea cozies (I have one) Superior heat retention and lots of masculine choices. 3) Tea Kusmi Tea- Online sale of various teas: green tea, black tea High quality and old world established for tea blending.Bouquet of Floweres No. 108 is a favorite and was for Czar St, Nicholas II also. 4) The Tea Smith: Beehouse Teapot Beahouse Teapots are tough little pots(I've had one for years) the four cup pots are perfect for 1-2 people. (Note.I've never shopped from this site). Hopefully this will be a good starter for ya and do look back(way back) on this thread as we got lots of good stuff here as far as pics, vids, articles etc. and one more thing ..........For Bela R.I.P. Attachment 173088

Thank you!

Originally Posted by Nightblade

This is for OCDshaver and also anyone else here who wants some good tea links to get themsleves off to a good start. Cheers you guys . 1) About MyTeaBenefits | My Tea Benefits ,Good tea primer site 2)Tea Cozies - Home of the Tea Quilt brand tea cozy(cosy) Excellent tea cozies (I have one) Superior heat retention and lots of masculine choices. 3) Tea Kusmi Tea- Online sale of various teas: green tea, black tea High quality and old world established for tea blending.Bouquet of Floweres No. 108 is a favorite and was for Czar St, Nicholas II also. 4) The Tea Smith: Beehouse Teapot Beahouse Teapots are tough little pots(I've had one for years) the four cup pots are perfect for 1-2 people. (Note.I've never shopped from this site). Hopefully this will be a good starter for ya and do look back(way back) on this thread as we got lots of good stuff here as far as pics, vids, articles etc. and one more thing ..........For Bela R.I.P.:beer1

BTW, here are the few I've been drinking thus far.

That all looks pretty good.....cept fer the Lapsang. Now if wvlooney were here he'd probably dig on that more than I. Too thick on my throat n all.

Freshly opened genmaicha -- second steep -- in the Mukuhara Kashun kyūsu:

Im around, just been hanging out and lurking, and yessss lapsang. Tonight I tried something different, I made a gallon of iced tea from pg tips, seeing how were out of the normal tea bags I would use, that and fresh mint, some lemon koolade, ant were good to go

Sounds pretty good! I was thinking about cold brewing some of this here genmaicha for tomorrow, but I don't know if I can really be bothered.

Originally Posted by wvloony

Im around, just been hanging out and lurking, and yessss lapsang. Tonight I tried something different, I made a gallon of iced tea from pg tips, seeing how were out of the normal tea bags I would use, that and fresh mint, some lemon koolade, ant were good to go

Figures I gotta leave for work right when ya decide to come out into the open......Tips makes great Iced tea ! Hiya Loon !

Hey steph, yeah ive been in my own little world as of late,,, it tends to be quieter there. That and work its kept me busy

Good to see you are still kickin' loon . I'm a bit gun shy about losing friends here.


Mick