I find I usually prefer green tea since it has lower caffeine and a softer taste. Thoughts?
Neither: oolong
Best of both worlds, slightly oxidized so blackish but still has fresh herbal and floral notes like green. You can even mix some oolongs with milk and get a nice creamy but still flavorful drink (like black) that doesn’t taste watered down (like green)
Hell yeah, Milky Oolong (it’s just the name of the oolong, so lactose intolerant comrades be not afraid) is the best. Just fucking delicious.
Charcoal baked oolong and is my favorite.
Do you know of a good loose Oolong? Haven’t had much luck upgrading from BigEllow
It’s actually been a while for me, switched to coffee lately. But I remember liking the Adagio milk oolong. It’s on the lighter side though, but has a creamy taste so I enjoyed it plain
Looking at prices now though, yikes looks more expensive than I remember
Sounds really good, thanks! Might make it a seasonal thing
This shop is run by a huge tea nerd: https://jessesteahouse.com/collections/oolong-teas
Appreciate it! Have to give them a try
Whatever you’re pouring I’m drinking friend.
Typical radical centrist fence-sitting smh
I’m just happy to be invited to tea.
Bad green tea > bad black tea
Good black tea > good green tea
Hmm so maybe I need to try to find some good black tea then. I can kinda see your point, I used to have some really nice loose leaf black tea mixes. I wonder if the bulk loose leaf black tea at the Not White Ppl (not specifying nationality bc don’t wanna dox myself) is any good: I think the green tea has been fine
A really good Earl grey is divine
Green tea or black tea?
Yerba Mate.Had a Spanish teacher from Argentina that brought around maté and bombilla all the time, that shit’s great.
Tea, Earl Grey, Hot
Did they ever say what a raktajino is? That’s the DS9 drink of choice
Klingon coffee
Oolong and your false dichotomy is proof that you’re not a tea snob and thus not a real human being.
NOOOOO MY CREDIBILITY AS A TEA SNOB IT’S THE LAST THING I HAVE LEFT IM SO SORRY I WILL NEVER FORGET TO INCLUDE OOLONG AGAIN
I mostly drink iced tea which I’m pretty sure is black tea.
whatever the fuck yorkshire tea is is good tea
Pu’er is kinda what I’ve been into lately but Chinese white tea is also pretty damn good. Also genmaicha (brown rice green tea) has always been a favorite.
Black tea in the morning, green tea after noon
I used to drink a lot of green tea but now my favorite is Oolong. My grocery store caries Ito En and it’s the brand I go to.
Yeah I’ve had some Ito En before, but it was herbal teas I frankly hated (but that’s not a bad thing!). I would love to get back into it so I’ll definetly take a look at it!
Lemon honey black tea and ice
Yes
I prefer Moroccan mint tea, but i always end up getting turkish black tea when i’m in town.
Oh yeah I’m a true believer in Moroccan mint. I’ll have to try out Turkish black tea though!
Gun to my head, I’d have to say green. I grew up mostly drinking black tea with milk (now I use oat milk) and I don’t really like its flavour on its own, it’s too bitter. I can have it long with lemon, but yeah even then.
Fave green teas are houjicha (boucha), 兰贵人 languiren ginseng oolong, jasmine green and pu’er.
Houjicha (boucha) is so smooth and comforting, it’s unreal. There are a few they sell near me and the boucha variety is the best, it’s the roasted stem, not the leaf, and it has this smoky sweet flavour.
Languiren is a flavoured oolong packed tightly into little pebbles that look like rabbit shit, that then unfurl in the cup into whole leaves. It’s a biting, syrupy flavour.
Jasmine green is a staple, I have a French press in the fridge with some super cheap stuff in there, but it hits the spot damned near every time.
Pu’er is a world of its own and can get spendy, but the roundness of the mouth feel and the earthy tannins approach something like what you get from a good espresso, and is probably my wankiest tea I have at the moment.
Honourable mention to longjing and biluochun but they’re a bit to vegetal for me to be a go-to.
Try steeping black tea at 200 for a minute less than suggested if you haven’t. I find that makes Earl grey be much more pleasant to drink by severely reducing the number of tannins.
I actually do this for most teas I drink as I think suggested times are usually terrible.
That could definitely be it. I’m forgetful and usually steep for ages before finally returning to pour. Familiarity breeds contempt maybe, and I don’t treat black teas with the same attention I would a green. Thanks for the tip :)
Depending on the tea I get better results with a lower temperature. Steeping tea at 190 can help a lot. Instead of the usual recommendation of boiling for 4.5 minutes try 190 for 4 minutes.
I guess Pu’er can be green, but I’ve only ever seen black pu’er
Yes, you’re right. Unfortunately over here the distinction between black/green is basically shorthand for European/Asian tea, so I’ve unconsciously fallen for that delineation. Thanks for picking me up on it.
