Tea or Coffee

VPhong said:
I keep a blog to share my thoughts from time to time. Its mainly about tea but my love for natural fermentation and incense will also appear from time to time.

Anyone who is interested is most welcome to visit my humble blog
https://theguidetopuerhtea.blogspot.com/
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Interesting blog... we have Yunnan Oud and now I see there is also tea from there.
 
Ouddict said:
Tea, coffee, incense and Oud are interconnected in the Arab and Far Eastern cultures... PM me if you have a website and would like to sell your teas on Ouddict.
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I couldnt agree more.

I deal mainly with age tea like Puerh, Liu An, Liu Bao, Fu Cha. These can get pretty pricey and most of my deals are made face to face. That said, an international audience and online opportunities is definitely something I would like to expand on. At this time I have my blog as my online presence -
https://theguidetopuerhtea.blogspot.com/
 
Ouddict said:
Interesting blog... we have Yunnan Oud and now I see there is also tea from there.
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VPhong said:
Tea with :Poop::Poop: would not be good :Laugh::Laugh::Laugh:

How was the 1976 tea?
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I use to have black Assam tea that actually was having a bit barn/fermented taste to it a bit, that I got from a tea store in Hong Kong in 2008. 1976 Yunan has very earthy aroma with some nice sweetness to it, also is very strong and dark type compare to most other puerh’s.
 
I'm a tea user, alhamdulilah it's a beautiful gift from God. Mostly I like to mix and make my own batches tailored to my needs or desires at the time.

For me I love honey and I use tea as the medium to get it in . So it's not all about taste of tea for me. I use it to imbibe antioxidants and other usefull things from herbs, spices, roots, flowers , barks etc.

Of course the chai hallib is quite nice, and India chai is also great dependent on the milk used ( really enjoying raw buffalo milk). Unfortunately in my country pasteurization is mandatory... to get around it is difficult. So the milk tea just doesn't have the goodness I want so I seldom drink it in Canada .

Top ingredient for me in a tea lately is ginger. Love my ginger. I'm under the impression it is quite healthy. Lately I have been using fresh turmeric also a lot mixed with ginger and other spices mainly.

I used to drink a lot of coffee from a retail outlet here called Tim Hortons. It caused me problems and I had to stop ( was drinking too much ) now if I drink it it causes me quite a headache for a day after.

I have never really tried any good coffee that made me want to drink more or appreciate the taste. Some Syrian refugee I met and worked with on a small masjid project brought his Kawa and insisted to share with me. The serving was quite small. It reminded me a lot of gasoline and the chemical trails floating on top did nothing to shatter that thought process. 😛 I ended up mixing it with more sugar and cream than coffee and then it was drinkable.

I wouldn't be averse to to expanding my coffee palate as my wife does enjoy coffee and I would like to enjoy it with her occasionally. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Also any suggestions of a nice tea mixture would be taken into consideration . Someone mentioned agarwood tea and that sounds very interesting to me. Would I just steep the wood? 😉
 
Bilalw said:
I'm a tea user, alhamdulilah it's a beautiful gift from God. Mostly I like to mix and make my own batches tailored to my needs or desires at the time.

For me I love honey and I use tea as the medium to get it in . So it's not all about taste of tea for me. I use it to imbibe antioxidants and other usefull things from herbs, spices, roots, flowers , barks etc.

Of course the chai hallib is quite nice, and India chai is also great dependent on the milk used ( really enjoying raw buffalo milk). Unfortunately in my country pasteurization is mandatory... to get around it is difficult. So the milk tea just doesn't have the goodness I want so I seldom drink it in Canada .

Top ingredient for me in a tea lately is ginger. Love my ginger. I'm under the impression it is quite healthy. Lately I have been using fresh turmeric also a lot mixed with ginger and other spices mainly.

I used to drink a lot of coffee from a retail outlet here called Tim Hortons. It caused me problems and I had to stop ( was drinking too much ) now if I drink it it causes me quite a headache for a day after.

I have never really tried any good coffee that made me want to drink more or appreciate the taste. Some Syrian refugee I met and worked with on a small masjid project brought his Kawa and insisted to share with me. The serving was quite small. It reminded me a lot of gasoline and the chemical trails floating on top did nothing to shatter that thought process. 😛 I ended up mixing it with more sugar and cream than coffee and then it was drinkable.

I wouldn't be averse to to expanding my coffee palate as my wife does enjoy coffee and I would like to enjoy it with her occasionally. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Also any suggestions of a nice tea mixture would be taken into consideration . Someone mentioned agarwood tea and that sounds very interesting to me. Would I just steep the wood? 😉
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I like both but best aroma for me in morning and make my mood happy are Oud and coffee! Specially the Turkish coffee & Vietnamese & Arabic coffee
 
Bilalw said:
I'm a tea user, alhamdulilah it's a beautiful gift from God. Mostly I like to mix and make my own batches tailored to my needs or desires at the time.

For me I love honey and I use tea as the medium to get it in . So it's not all about taste of tea for me. I use it to imbibe antioxidants and other usefull things from herbs, spices, roots, flowers , barks etc.

Of course the chai hallib is quite nice, and India chai is also great dependent on the milk used ( really enjoying raw buffalo milk). Unfortunately in my country pasteurization is mandatory... to get around it is difficult. So the milk tea just doesn't have the goodness I want so I seldom drink it in Canada .

Top ingredient for me in a tea lately is ginger. Love my ginger. I'm under the impression it is quite healthy. Lately I have been using fresh turmeric also a lot mixed with ginger and other spices mainly.

I used to drink a lot of coffee from a retail outlet here called Tim Hortons. It caused me problems and I had to stop ( was drinking too much ) now if I drink it it causes me quite a headache for a day after.

I have never really tried any good coffee that made me want to drink more or appreciate the taste. Some Syrian refugee I met and worked with on a small masjid project brought his Kawa and insisted to share with me. The serving was quite small. It reminded me a lot of gasoline and the chemical trails floating on top did nothing to shatter that thought process. 😛 I ended up mixing it with more sugar and cream than coffee and then it was drinkable.

I wouldn't be averse to to expanding my coffee palate as my wife does enjoy coffee and I would like to enjoy it with her occasionally. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Also any suggestions of a nice tea mixture would be taken into consideration . Someone mentioned agarwood tea and that sounds very interesting to me. Would I just steep the wood? 😉
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Turkish coffee with a beautiful bitterness, don't burn beans or else too much acidity. Arabic coffee has a different kind of bitterness, more cardamom. I would recommend you chat with Taha from Agar Aura. If I remember correctly he was quite the coffee connoisseur.
 
peter4ptv said:
I use to have black Assam tea that actually was having a bit barn/fermented taste to it a bit, that I got from a tea store in Hong Kong in 2008. 1976 Yunan has very earthy aroma with some nice sweetness to it, also is very strong and dark type compare to most other puerh’s.
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Dear Sir, that description describes the category of ripe puerh tea very well but doesn’t say much about the tea individually ...

For a 20+ y/o age ripe puerh I would personally look for clarity and age development. The funkiness and fermentation notes (from the production) ideally should have cleared or dissipated considerably at this age making the tea cleaner and presenting good clarity. The age development comes in the way of the development of deep traditional Chinese medicine notes, a refinement in the earthiness of the tea and the softness and smoothness of the brew in terms of mouthfeel. These attributes over time and with decades of aging becomes more pronounced and endearing.

I will take some pics of my 1980s Menghai teacake to share.
 
Bilalw said:
Also any suggestions of a nice tea mixture would be taken into consideration . Someone mentioned agarwood tea and that sounds very interesting to me. Would I just steep the wood? 😉
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When it comes to tea I’m a purist at heart. That said, there is no right or wrong here … just be ready to dodge a cup of hot water thrown at you if you happen upon a cranky uncle serving you something valuable 😱😱😱

With agarwood you steep the wood and the tea together. Ideally the combination is with old ripe puerh tea. Use a thick wall clay pot that holds in the heat well.
 
VPhong said:
When it comes to tea I’m a purist at heart. That said, there is no right or wrong here … just be ready to dodge a cup of hot water thrown at you if you happen upon a cranky uncle serving you something valuable 😱😱😱

With agarwood you steep the wood and the tea together. Ideally the combination is with old ripe puerh tea. Use a thick wall clay pot that holds in the heat well.
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I can still burn the wood after I suppose eh
 
Not sure about the green tea combination.

I take ginseng from time to time. Traditional Chinese medicine practitioners have advised me to avoid drinking green tea close to the proximity of those times (before and after) as the effects of the green tea would diminish the effects of the ginseng. I have never had green tea with oud and I have yet to encounter anyone who has so I dont know if the same applies ??? If you are into experimenting you could try on 2 separate occasions steep the oud by itself and compare it with the combination with green tea. See if there is any difference for you and which you prefer. Some people say ingesting certain ouds can affect the body in a pleasant way.
 
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