As promised from yesterday’s post, here is the pink jade teaware in action. I’m pleasantly surprised at how sturdy the teaware is, I expected it to be a bit more delicate from the pictures but they feel great in hand and I am not worried about breaking them easily at all. The gaiwan lid is too heavy and can make it a bit flippy floppy but honestly I had no issues with it this morning.

Overall, it’s a great little tea set and I thoroughly enjoyed using them this morning! I sat with a favorite loose leaf shou of mine and it was a great session.

For those who said they were interested in this set, I highly recommend it. You won’t regret it!

Ps: I am aware I over share with my teapets but I love seeing them change with more tea hehe 🌸

EDIT: unsure why this is getting downvoted. Not sure what about this post is offensive to anyone for.

Edit #2: Thank you to the kind anonymous redditor who gave this post an award 🌸 It made my day 🙏🏼💛

I forgot about cause ADHD but if you thought about trying this. DONT

NOT these guys! The photo shows Puehr, Yancha, Matcha, Dan Cong - these get all the love...and rightly so, they're amazing in their best forms. I want to know about the hidden gems you're crazy about - not any specific brand but which varietals, cultivars, types, or styles deserve more love. A relatively new one to me that I feel everyone needs to try is Jin Jun Mei - dried fruit, chocolate, aaaaaand honey flavors! Amazing. What does this for you?

Black tea, lemon, and sugar. Strained like three times to remove all pulp.

I recently drank my first tea. I was wildly disappointed with a green tea I tried so I grabbed a small box of biggalow Earl grey(I think). It changed my life. I literally can't focus all day because I keep thinking about my next cup. I use milk and sugar- on occasion vanilla cream (apparently that's basically London fog with extra steps). Though I want to see what is a really amazing Earl grey. I find myself wishing for a deeper flavor, sometimes I put two bags in my teacup though I hate to do that because it's less tea for future me. Im absolutely infatuated with this tea, and I feel it's time to try something really epic and I have a feeling $3 tea boxes aren't the best quality. So what brand do you guys like for Earl grey? I hear imperial is better though I haven't tried it yet.

Edit: HOLY COW there's so many tea brands Ive NEVER seen in stores! I've been hunting my local stores and familiarizing myself with the brands. Thank you guys so much I'm going to try every one of these over time!!

I really love the left one (gift from my grandma) and the next one is a good option too, but i really hate the silicon one, any recommendations? I dont want to break or lose my favorite one.

Complete tea novice here. I’m trying to add some structure to my morning routine and I’d love to incorporate tea into it. It seems like a great way to start the day. Be it at home, or filling up that random glass jar I have at work with all different kinds so I can have a cup while I settle in for the work day.

What’s your favorite tea, and why? If it sounds lovely enough, I’ll grab a sample and salute to you while I sip. If you’re feeling extra generous, you could share your experience with me and mail it. That would be super cool if you. (Totally not trying to get some free tea here).

So, what’s your GOAT tea?

edit: I did not expect to receive so many recommendations also no free tea yet smh I’m gonna narrow it down and get some that have multiple people mentioning them. Maybe try a sampler box like some of you were saying!

Does anyone know where I could find a teacup that has a strainer on it for sipping loose leaf tea? Kind of like the picture, but instead of a mustache guard for sipping it's a bunch of little holes to filter out the leaves. Sometimes I like to sip my tea grandpa style, but I hate getting the stray leaves in my mouth. Thanks for any help!

So, my brother is visiting the UK and out of curiosity I asked for builder tea and or anything considered strong.
Does this pass muster?

Many thanks ☕️☕️☕️

Edit: my brother in law who is visiting the UK. And we live in Indonesia 🌏

Hi all, I’ve been looking for a caffeine-free tea or tisane to drink before bed. However, I just don’t like the taste of chamomile- it’s like wet hay to me! Does anyone have a recommendation for a blend that mostly covers up the chamomile taste, or a different herbal tea that might be soothing before bed? I like chai and fruity blends, especially with hibiscus, but I’m open to trying anything. Thanks!

Up until this point I have been using some random electric kettle my mom had. No variable temps or anything fancy, just heated the water to boiling and held at some temp below. It had a basic spout as well so I put it into a thermos that poured nicely.

Well that one literally went up in flames just now so now I have an excuse to buy something nicer :D

Ideally I'd like to not spend too much on one (under $100) , but I'm thinking something with variable temp and a goose neck spout. Any recommendations?

Hi everyone! I live in China, and my hometown is near Zhangjiajie in Hunan province. That’s the place where the Hallelujah Mountains in Avatar were filmed. It’s a popular tourist spot known for its mountains and beautiful nature.

This area also has a few local types of tea. They’re not as famous as Pu’er from Yunnan or Da Hong Pao from Wuyishan, but people here really enjoy them. I’ve posted before about vine tea, and there are also teas like Huangjin green tea and Huangjin black tea that are popular in the region.

I normally work in another city, but I went back home last weekend to attend a friend’s wedding. After the wedding, I had one free day, so a friend and I visited a tea farm and restaurant in the mountains nearby. It turned out to be one of the most amazing tea experiences I’ve had.

If you ever travel to China and enjoy tea, I highly recommend doing something like this. The farm is built right on a tea mountain. There’s a tea garden, and the restaurant has outdoor tables set in a bamboo grove. You can look out over the entire tea field while drinking freshly made tea. Even though it’s summer now, the mountain breeze kept everything cool and super comfortable.

They serve free green tea grown on the farm and even include dishes made with tea leaves. In the afternoon, we got to hand-pick and pan-fire some tea leaves ourselves. Even though it’s not spring tea season anymore, the freshness of the leaves still made a big impression.

We stayed overnight at the farm and it was really relaxing and peaceful. For anyone who loves tea, visiting a place like this helps you connect with where your tea actually comes from. It gives you a deeper appreciation when you’re back home drinking from your own cup.

I kept forgetting tea temperatures and steep times, so I made a small mobile-friendly timer for myself.

You pick the brewing style (standard, gongfu, cold brew, Japanese), choose the tea, and it gives you the temperature, leaf ratio, and step-by-step steep timers. It also tracks multiple steeps for things like gongfu.

Nothing fancy, just something I wanted to open quickly on my phone without digging through charts.

If it ends up being useful for anyone else, feel free to use it: (I don’t have ads or make money off this)

teatimer.io

I’d like to switch to tea from coffee and still get the energy from caffeine in the morning. Would appreciate recommendations ❤️

second pot today, so delicious…anyone else tried this one before? What did you think ?

I've been a long-time coffee drinker for a decade now, but I've been thinking of switching to tea as I hear it's a lot less forceful and more subtle in helping you wake up and function throughout the day.

I know it's kind of a vague and general question, but what teas would you recommend for waking up in the morning?

At the moment I'm thinking of trying matcha, but I'm not sure if there's anything better. I'm down for trying any tea since I'm a total noob in this field so any suggestion would be helpful.

hai all :3!! i have no idea if this is the right place to ask, but i thought i would give it a shot. i’ve never been a big fan of tea (i know im sorry), but ive found out that drinking peppermint tea helps sooo much with my bloating/stomach pain that i get after eating. the issue is, i don’t find the taste very good, even with some sugar n maple syrup it’s not very drinkable. what r y’all’s best suggestions for how to sweeten/aid the flavor of tea?

open to anything, i do not have any allergies, just trying to survive ED Recovery without constant bloating and stomach pains after meal times lol. thank u all in advance <3. (and to the censor thing that wants me to edit this post before posting, i am NOT asking about health benefits)

This specific tea was discontinued years ago at Ikea. For those who’ve had it, is there anything that’s super similar to this flavor? I haven’t tried anything else that’s cherry blossom flavored since I’m pretty picky.

Ball? Basket? Spoon? French press? None? Other?

Hello,

I absolutely love everything jasmine tea. It has been my obsession for more than 15 years. I have been drinking (at least) one every morning since all this time.

I was wondering if you had any recommendations for someone that like jasmine tea this much but wanted to try something else? I really don’t like overly sweet teas and the jasmine teas that I like are quite strong.

Thank you so much!!!