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(DIR) Post #Azng6KETU07cF5SnqK by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-11-01T11:33:29Z
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How is it possible for the tea tree to produce so many subtle flavors and aromas. The oolong we are having today has the aroma of a wild honey, sweet but also floral, but the taste has a hint of hot rocks a mineral taste, and of course the bitter and lightly woody taste of the tea itself. This isn't an herbal tea. HOW does this happen?#teaculture #oolong #teahead #tea #gongfucha
(DIR) Post #AzngSQLxPI8Zb1V7i4 by plsik@mastodon.social
2025-11-01T11:37:26Z
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@futurebird Jevtoo and processing. Oolongs are said to be processed using a rather complicated process. I love these teas, especially Taiwanese oolongs.
(DIR) Post #AzngXMzvJFvUdaYMUK by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-11-01T11:38:22Z
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This is the kind of experience that makes people weird about tea. The aroma and taste are shaped by the plant, how it's grown, where it is grown, how it is harvested, how it's processed, how it's packed and how it is stored. All of these variables make every tea different, and every tea you own changes as each day passes because they age into new and unexpected flavors. The possibilities are endless.
(DIR) Post #AzngbsqMqieaZ2EgT2 by albertcardona@mathstodon.xyz
2025-11-01T11:39:07Z
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@futurebird There was a National Geographic article about tea varieties earlier this year, and I found screenshots of its informative graphs here below. The second photo shows the "From one leaf, six styles" which tells a lot about how tea gets its flavour.https://www.reddit.com/r/tea/comments/1hngvl6/tea_article_in_jan_2025_national_geographic/The article is here but doesn't show the graphs:https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/article/tea-ancient-forest-china
(DIR) Post #AzngovsSsg1bjoRHYO by promovicz@chaos.social
2025-11-01T11:41:29Z
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@futurebird “tea-nerd” - the bright side of “tea-weird”? 😄
(DIR) Post #AzngzbckWUnq6mB4y0 by diekehrseite@mastodon.social
2025-11-01T11:43:26Z
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@futurebird fermentation? Just a guess?
(DIR) Post #AznhJQoGRLGQMO182i by snosrapkungfu@mastodon.social
2025-11-01T11:47:01Z
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@futurebird i literally learned just this week that the basics, your black tea, green tea, white tea all came from the same plant and even that was enough to explode my head. More than halfway through my fifth decade of casually believing in different colored tea plants.
(DIR) Post #Aznho0RoVHsLZo5yHQ by stevenaleach@sigmoid.social
2025-11-01T11:52:32Z
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@futurebird Ohhh... Neat. I'm always ranting about how bizarre cannabis is in terms of the wild spectrum of aromas that seem to come from all over the olfactory spectrum. I'd been coming up dry looking for any other plant that could compare (all roses basically smell like roses, etc.)You've given me a second plant in the "why does this species have genes for so many different aromas" list.
(DIR) Post #AzniInOH6EL63e7bIe by babelcarp@social.tchncs.de
2025-11-01T11:58:05Z
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@futurebird Right, in Camellia sinensis tea’s ~2000 year history those variables have ramified into countless different genres.C. sinensis leaves aren’t unique botanically, so if herbalists devoted lots of attention to processing, who knows, SOME species way beyond just drying the leaves, they could come up with something interesting.
(DIR) Post #AznimfLTZkWhnH3W3k by stevenaleach@sigmoid.social
2025-11-01T12:03:30Z
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@futurebird Now I'm thinking about how I need a tea tree to grow into a large-ish bonsai.It could keep my coffee trees company.
(DIR) Post #Aznjkl8XAm6987enBY by Tooden@aus.social
2025-11-01T12:14:20Z
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@futurebird My favourite tea is no longer being produced, so I need to do a bit of blending to get the flavour. Black, Russian Caravan, and Lapsang Souchong. I may have to chuck a gumleaf into the mix.
(DIR) Post #AznkkZ1cIrTLWLtNQ0 by wesley@theatl.social
2025-11-01T12:25:29Z
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@futurebird this is also why I love coffee. There are so many different flavor profiles depending on where it was grown, the soil, how it was processed, how it was roasted, etc.Then you get to when it's brewed and all the different brew methods...
(DIR) Post #AznpFSz1DTzvZlfT6G by timthepost@mastodon.social
2025-11-01T13:15:54Z
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@futurebird The same way cannabis has so many floral aromas, lovely little terpenes :)Oolong in particular has Nerolidol, Linalool, Geraniol and even some monoterpenes like Myrcene and limonene). Those are just the ones in common with cannabis.When you add jasmine and others, then you have the beauty that is oolong. Tea enhances the effects of cannabis if paired strategically. But they get their fruity notes from the same compounds, which they produce mostly to repel bugs.
(DIR) Post #Azo16OA8y7p3T8JEwq by caban4@mastodon.online
2025-11-01T15:28:42Z
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@futurebird Tea is, by nature, amazing. And thanks for introducing me to the tea culture hashtag. I'd missed that one!