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(DIR) Post #AoODg6VBnutquBlSBk by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-11-25T04:14:06Z
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I'm totally going to start #teaPosting again. There are a smattering of posts on the following hashtags:#GongFuCha #teaCulture #puerh #tea But, we could liven things up a bit, I think. And there seem to be people curious about what all of the fuss is about with The Tea.
(DIR) Post #AoOEOwVJp4pYvdCoLo by nathanlovestrees@disabled.social
2024-11-25T04:22:11Z
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@futurebird oh teaposting is a good one, I’m gonna start using that. I was thinking about getting the tetsubin out tomorrow anyway so a good excuse for more tea posts
(DIR) Post #AoOijfIX9w1XYwUPIG by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-11-25T10:02:07Z
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@chu I mean? I would love that.
(DIR) Post #AoOjWr5Y6vtUJts6V6 by wa7iut@mastodon.radio
2024-11-25T10:10:52Z
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@futurebird @chu this is an interesting tea company with a tagline, Make Tea, not War! I’m not a tea expert but the tea I’ve had from them was very good. $s go for a good cause.https://www.rakkasantea.com
(DIR) Post #AoOnARqRnrlTSWPLsW by zdl@mastodon.online
2024-11-25T10:51:43Z
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@futurebird I have a collection of photo-essays on the topic that I periodically update (it's averaging about once every two weeks): https://pixelfed.social/c/760314275213239186
(DIR) Post #AoOqJkNOZaTvOywdFI by harmonia_amanda@eldritch.cafe
2024-11-25T11:26:56Z
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@futurebird can I share my favourite tea hashtag #masteadon which is just people posting their tea of the day, be it Lipton Yellow or full gongfu set-up. It has a lot of joy
(DIR) Post #AoOqiKZpdDxocsU5DM by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-11-25T11:31:30Z
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@harmonia_amanda Yes yes! Please do. This is a tea culture networking post. And I have some things to say about how there are many ways to enjoy tea. Tea is a thread connecting far flung aspects of human history and we can talk about sweet southern iced Lipton, bitter and astringent, tart and cold and fresh.We can talk about the comfort of delicate porcelain and black tea with milk.We can talk about Tea: aged two decades in Hong Kong sipped from a tiny cup in the cool mountains.
(DIR) Post #AoOqlydt7rUfku7Vui by harmonia_amanda@eldritch.cafe
2024-11-25T11:32:07Z
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@futurebird the right way to make tea is *the one you love*
(DIR) Post #AoPiYRClWsJ1oMQWQa by michael_w_busch@mastodon.online
2024-11-25T21:10:37Z
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@chu @alexglow @futurebird That is a tea pick.
(DIR) Post #AoPiYSX0b65nvQuCcS by sbourne@mastodon.social
2024-11-25T21:30:32Z
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@michael_w_busch @chu @alexglow @futurebird When I was searching last night to learn more about tea cakes, a lot of sources called it a "tea needle", too.
(DIR) Post #AoPiYTG1ti6aB3y9nE by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-11-25T21:34:45Z
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@sbourne @michael_w_busch @chu @alexglow I'm very extra with my tea area so I have these:#teaPosting #gongFuCha #puerh
(DIR) Post #AoPid5Unfdr9vh4zWS by sbourne@mastodon.social
2024-11-25T21:35:35Z
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@futurebird @michael_w_busch @chu @alexglow Oh my!!
(DIR) Post #AoPieNXk3XkCBz4TDM by nazokiyoubinbou@urusai.social
2024-11-25T21:35:41Z
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@futurebird I can't really afford to do much with tea these days, but I used to really be into sencha. I'm afraid I never quite got the hang of stuff being more subtle and weak though. I have to taste it, and then it tends to be a bit bitter. I have quite a sweet tooth, so even though this is probably an abomination, I tended to add a bit of honey to mine. You're probably not supposed to do that to sencha, but I did, lol.I hope I don't end up with people with torches me after that.
(DIR) Post #AoPj2KunTlXyzWHLou by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-11-25T21:40:09Z
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@chu @sbourne @michael_w_busch @alexglow I could see Klingons getting SO into tea for some reason. And arguing about it. Which is one of the Great Traditions.
(DIR) Post #AoPj3lkFDCzKUZ1gEC by alexglow@chaos.social
2024-11-25T21:40:25Z
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@futurebird @sbourne @michael_w_busch @chu That is stunning. 😱✨
(DIR) Post #AoPjIfUajzUZRaoE76 by alexglow@chaos.social
2024-11-25T21:43:06Z
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@futurebird @chu @sbourne @michael_w_busch It's such a shame they didn't do Klingon opera for that musical episode! And of course, they'd use some version of bone china
(DIR) Post #AoPjbZaotor8eIjkXI by MolluskGoneBad@mastodon.social
2024-11-25T21:46:32Z
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@futurebird Do you have a starter puerh you recommend? I drink sencha every morning, but I do have a small gaiwan for black teas and keep meaning to delve into puerh beyond the occasional sample.
(DIR) Post #AoPjvXvsmXInI873FA by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-11-25T21:50:09Z
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@MolluskGoneBad There are two main kinds of puerh:Green/ShengFermented/ShuFermented puerh tries to mimic the taste of aged sheng by letting the tea ferment in piles. I'm not a huge fan, it's kind of... earthy and funky. Nearly everyone loves a good aged sheng, this is why it's so expensive. The way that one gets around this is by buying young sheng and ... waiting for a decade to drink it. This is part of the "fun."I would say start with samples from a shop like essence of tea.
(DIR) Post #AoPk8GbcVuu7JlhVhY by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-11-25T21:52:27Z
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@MolluskGoneBad When you shop with one of these dealers with good samples the prices are a little "premium" but you are paying for their guidance. You can avoid this to some degree by getting to know your local teahead WHICH EXIST. They tend to hang out at antiques markets where they have little booths and lots of old Chinese cabinets. Try to get an aged sheng of at least 5 years. Every tea is different. Then maybe buy a small pressed cake (but not those single serving ones)
(DIR) Post #AoPkNa20ZWtJuQLU5Q by MolluskGoneBad@mastodon.social
2024-11-25T21:55:12Z
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@futurebird Thank you! That makes perfect sense, I think I will do just that.
(DIR) Post #AoPkTq7Pfnl1XXrHNY by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-11-25T21:56:21Z
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@EricLawton One can just use a letter opener. But part of the fun is having a bunch of tea stuff and making a big deal out of the whole process. Like obviously you need a little dish to "present" the dry tea so everyone can look at it before you brew it right?It's just about making the tea more of an occasion.
(DIR) Post #AoPkXPIjK17lWdqwCW by spacegeck@astrodon.social
2024-11-25T21:56:57Z
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@futurebird @MolluskGoneBad earthy is a kind way of saying it smells and maybe taste like dung
(DIR) Post #AoPkegFSi7UE76nCDo by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-11-25T21:58:18Z
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@spacegeck @MolluskGoneBad I will never understand shu puerh. And sadly this is what western shops that also sell "herbal" teas tend to foist off on people as "try puerh" no wonder no one likes it. If I want to suck on a shoe I will suck on a shoe.
(DIR) Post #AoPkmUssqWbXBWxVrc by michael_w_busch@mastodon.online
2024-11-25T21:59:42Z
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@futurebird @chu @sbourne @alexglow I am advised than Klingons drink coffee: https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Raktajino
(DIR) Post #AoPku2R4V8R1GnXuUK by spacegeck@astrodon.social
2024-11-25T22:00:58Z
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@futurebird @MolluskGoneBad yeah, my spouse is Chinese, and his mom's favorite tea is puerh, so we got some and just couldn't finish it. we already have too much tea stashed all over so I dumped it. until this thread I have been very confused about where we went wrong. maybe try again and make sure it's not shoe pu
(DIR) Post #AoPlU1zbcqgEJxrUYa by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-11-25T22:07:36Z
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@EricLawton Don't confuse gong fu cha with the Japanese tea ceremony which is this very specific way of making matcha. It seems similar on the surface with all the ... stuff and fussiness, but every person who cares about puerh makes it in their own way and will talk your ear off about why THAT way is the best one. I have decided that this is the point of it all. Come up with our own way of making tea and do it for other people and bring them over to your "way."
(DIR) Post #AoPmLnVPhhX91nNSN6 by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-11-25T22:17:19Z
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@EricLawton Also, and this is just personal experience. I have found puerh tea people to be the most outgoing and willing to teach new people about what they were doing. Willing to share and invite everyone in. It's just very welcoming ... possibly because people obsessed with tea are desperate for new people to talk about it to. But never mind that! They are nice.And it's like a whole international network of pottery and obscure tea facts nerds waiting to indo-- welcome you!
(DIR) Post #AoPnTGy2fEZsNotdSK by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-11-25T22:29:54Z
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@EricLawton Looks like a joy to pour that one.
(DIR) Post #AoPnkSGdu7GELun1o8 by Sharksonaplane@mastodon.sandwich.net
2024-11-25T22:32:56Z
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@futurebird Have you ever been to a Wu Wo tea ceremony? It's a modern Taiwanese ceremony that's all about people brewing tea in their favorite way and sharing it around with everybody!
(DIR) Post #AoPo2uV3fuXL7uKh6W by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-11-25T22:36:19Z
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@Sharksonaplane I think about 2/3s of the regulars at the tea hang out I used to go to were from Taiwan and that's how it tended to go. Everyone would bring their pots and tea and stuff and try to impress everyone else with their brew. I need to get back into that again. It was so fun.
(DIR) Post #AoPoG7WoXzZpIWSA2y by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-11-25T22:38:41Z
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@Sharksonaplane Now and then we'd get really fancy and "go into nature" which for NYC people means going to the botanical gardens and trying not to get caught boiling water with a jetboil behind one of the park benches. But once the cloth as trays were laid out it was very elegant and people would stop and ask questions and get roped in to sitting down for the next round. Then everyone got tea drunk, which sound fake but ... no it is very real.
(DIR) Post #AoPoOd9KrcWZgbWrku by Sharksonaplane@mastodon.sandwich.net
2024-11-25T22:40:04Z
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@futurebird That sounds lovely! And yes, tea drunk is definitely a real phenomenon. When we used to do these ceremonies in the shop we would go through so many rounds!
(DIR) Post #AoPrB5ZwfSoDfMD5ea by iamdavidobrien@mastodon.social
2024-11-25T23:11:22Z
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The only tea I drink is lemongrass. Made with fresh lemongrass. It reminds me of Taveuni. @futurebird @spacegeck @MolluskGoneBad
(DIR) Post #AoPrtwP7cpZaF7XDNo by mcsquank@mastodon.online
2024-11-25T23:19:28Z
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@futurebird @sbourne @michael_w_busch @chu @alexglow tea dragon!
(DIR) Post #AoPvbEIFI0yG2VeSLA by paulc@mstdn.social
2024-11-26T00:00:54Z
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@futurebird @sbourne @michael_w_busch @chu @alexglow I suspect you drink tea just as an excuse to buy the accessories.
(DIR) Post #AoPvfyncK6krQwaf3Y by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-11-26T00:01:48Z
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@paulc @sbourne @michael_w_busch @chu @alexglow No need to be salty just because I'm stylish.
(DIR) Post #AoPzOpRWFyc3JDKcFs by harmonia_amanda@eldritch.cafe
2024-11-26T00:43:30Z
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@futurebird @spacegeck @MolluskGoneBad it's 1am where I am and I now want to go on a rant to defend shu pu-erhs XDHiiiiiii I will be the fediverse's shu pu-erh fan if it needs one!(Though I will admit that there is more variation in quality among shupus than elsewhere and there are also more counterfeiting in shupus than with other teas. There are quite a lot of cakes out there which have not been aged as they are indicated they are, and other cakes where they went through the fermentation process to try to mask the bad quality of leaves. It's more a problem for shupu than for shengpu in my experience. But a good quality shupu??? Oh they hold my heart.)
(DIR) Post #AoPzkvHzCX17oNPLbE by harmonia_amanda@eldritch.cafe
2024-11-26T00:47:00Z
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@futurebird @spacegeck @MolluskGoneBad I will agree that the taste is completely different than shengpu and it's quite funny the process was invented to try to get "aged shengpu taste" faster. It has not achieved that, but it achieved something else, which can also be glorious.
(DIR) Post #AoPzkw2mOYRo9VIiXI by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-11-26T00:47:30Z
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@harmonia_amanda @spacegeck @MolluskGoneBad for some people... LOL
(DIR) Post #AoPztyWwWHJkTDiiIa by harmonia_amanda@eldritch.cafe
2024-11-26T00:48:56Z
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@futurebird @spacegeck @MolluskGoneBad I don't want innocent bystanders to think everyone dislike shupu! Some of us love them!
(DIR) Post #AoPzxOjhXlUQcBJtcO by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-11-26T00:49:47Z
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@harmonia_amanda @spacegeck @MolluskGoneBad This is true. But I still think it's the wrong way "introduce" people to the world of puerh.
(DIR) Post #AoQ04pntIzl8afpFeS by harmonia_amanda@eldritch.cafe
2024-11-26T00:51:06Z
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@futurebird @spacegeck @MolluskGoneBad oh yeah I think people need two different introductions for sheng and shu, because both are very large categories and you can love one and not the other
(DIR) Post #AoQ0c1Px97RGAOSC3s by paulc@mstdn.social
2024-11-26T00:56:50Z
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@futurebird @sbourne @michael_w_busch @chu @alexglow I didn’t intend to sound salty, so I apologize. I always admire a good looking tool or instrument.
(DIR) Post #AoQ0eg4ix9UuqKn4Nc by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-11-26T00:57:36Z
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@paulc @sbourne @michael_w_busch @chu @alexglow Just taking any opportunity I can to be a little flouncy. :)
(DIR) Post #AoQXNWkTflvPTvkZDE by vt52@ioc.exchange
2024-11-26T07:04:14Z
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@futurebird don't forget about the Klingon tea ceremony! https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Klingon_tea_ceremony@chu @sbourne @michael_w_busch @alexglow