Green tea vs. Black Tea

[Herbsman.]

There's two kinds of kombucha - kombucha in Japan is made from kelp (kombu = kelp, cha = tea).

kelp is seaweed!!!!

 

[Herbsman.]

do south americans pronounce it mate or matey (as in with the accent on the e)?

 

[Hocus Eye.]

I thought it was pronounced matt ay

 

[dada]

i'd prefer green tea over black tea
and white tea over green tea
good one to get is snow dragon
hmm... such scent and taste give me a buzz.

 

[gaijingirl]

kelp is seaweed!!!!

Yes I know

 

[Herbsman.]

then it aint tea

 

[blossie33]

My favourite is the Japanese Genmaicha - green tea with roasted rice.
I don't like brown tea at all.

 

[Hocus Eye.]

I have checked and I see I was wrong about black tea being fermented, it is in fact oxidised as Herbsman says. In mitigation I plead that the tea trade misleadingly describe it as fermentation - the devious schemers.

The Gunpowder Green tea I described is this one:-

which I can get in my local cornershop which stocks lots of Asian, Chinese, Carribean, Italian and other products sourced abroad.

 

[gaijingirl]

then it aint tea

Well I didn't choose to call it tea - the Japanese nation has been doing that all by itself for years now!

There are lots of "teas" that aren't made from the tea leaf such as mugi cha = barley tea.. I've just brought home some soba-cha (buckwheat tea). Then there are all the herbal teas and all those Turkish teas that don't have tea leaves in them... etc etc..

I know what you're getting at - in your mind it's not tea if it's not made from the tea leaf.. however millions of people the world over don't really care about this!

You could start a thread on which "teas which are called tea but aren't in fact made from the Camellia sinensis plant"...

Or, I guess you could get in touch with each country which manufactures something called tea - but which isn't actually made from tea leaves and ask them to come up with an official, Herbsman-approved alternative and then instill a national re-education programme encouraging people to not use the word tea in those instances.

 

[fogbat]

Oh i thought it was different leaves...thats what my chinese herbalist said...conning bugger!

Chinese Herbalist in Ignorance Shocka!

*holds the front page*

 

[gentlegreen]

that's made out of mushrooms, and mushrooms are not tea.
kombucha mushroom: not tea

I bought a kit from my regular tea supplier to make kombucha as I inevitably waste a fair bit of tea. It's on hold at the moment, because Paul Stamets - mycology guru says he wouldn't touch it with a bargepole....... that said, I'm bound to try ..

 

[Herbsman.]

the tea trade misleadingly describe it as fermentation - the devious schemers.

I was gutted when I found out that they were lying to me all these years

Or, I guess you could get in touch with each country which manufactures something called tea - but which isn't actually made from tea leaves and ask them to come up with an official, Herbsman-approved alternative and then instill a national re-education programme encouraging people to not use the word tea in those instances.

I will!

 

[pogofish]

Why is is that green tea contains less caffeine than black tea?

Some can contain much more. The Thai green tea a Thai mate buys can easily knock the socks of this hardened coffee-drinker!

Great stuff!

 

[girasol]

Back from the dead, but better than starting a new thread...

I gave up coffee and started drinking green tea this week. I bought me a box of tea bags but decided I want green tea leaves instead and have bought a nice glass teapot.

Can anyone recommend me some good quality green tea leaves? Ok to get branded name from supermarket? Should I go to specialist store to get some real good stuff? Does it make a difference?

Haven't missed coffee at all. I had headaches, but I also had a terrible cold at the time, so I combated it all with painkillers. All gone after 3 days. Also green tea has caffeine so the headaches were probably just from the cold. I only had two cups of instant a day anyway.

 

[blossie33]

Do you live in London? There are a few places that sell good quality green leaf tea.

The Japan Centre in Lower Regent Street or China Life in Camden (which has loads of different sorts). Both places have websites I think.

I am sure there are many shops in China Town that sell green leaf tea.

 

[blossie33]

There is another specialist tea shop in Neal Street, Covent Garden I have just thought of;

http://www.teahouseltd.com/

 

[Virtual Blue]

Black Tea - in particular Pu-er chai.

My dad buys it by the wheel whenever he visits HK or China.
Looks like compressed weed but is the tea that my family drink.

 

[bi0boy]

Black Tea - in particular Pu-er chai.

My dad buys it by the wheel whenever he visits HK or China.
Looks like compressed weed but is the tea that my family drink.

Yes it's best to get it direct from the country of origin.

I just came back from China with this brick of Hunan dark tea - it's fermented similar to pu-erh but decidedly different:

My black tea I order online from a guy descended from a family of tea plantation owners in Ceylon and who is still involved in the tea business there.

 

[gentlegreen]

My Chinese ex-colleague is back in town and yet again insisted on bringing me some green tea which she surely knows I won't drink.

 

[purves grundy]

Yorkshire Tea for a cuppa; loose leaves of Shan State green tea lobbed in a mug and filled and re-filled with water as a through-the-day drink.

 

[purves grundy]

My Chinese ex-colleague is back in town and yet again insisted on bringing me some green tea which she surely knows I won't drink.

You should.

 

[girasol]

Yeah blossie33, live in London. Was very disappointed by what I could get in Sainsbury's as green tea. Only teabags. Think I will order online though, don't fancy spending time trailing shops, not my thing.

 

[girasol]

My Chinese ex-colleague is back in town and yet again insisted on bringing me some green tea which she surely knows I won't drink.

I'll have it!

 

[gentlegreen]

"Lushan tea science research institute is Lushan mist tea area's first organic tea production base..." apparently.
Smells like nettles to me.

 

[bi0boy]

"Lushan tea science research institute is Lushan mist tea area's first organic tea production base..." apparently.
Smells like nettles to me.

Lu Shan National Park is famed for its highly prized green tea. I hope you make good use of it somehow.

 

[gentlegreen]

I'm totally set in my ways with regards tea - I've been buying the same Oolong and Keemun tea from the same supplier for decades now.

 

[blossie33]

I'll have it!

I have some unopened Japanese Genmaicha (green tea and brown rice) loose tea in a vacuum pack in my freezer that was given to me as a present last Christmas you can have if you would like - I'll have to check the 'best by' date but it should be fine.

I do like it but there is only me and I would never get through it!
I actually mainly drink the macha powdered tea so it will possibly never get used.

 

[bi0boy]

I'm totally set in my ways with regards tea - I've been buying the same Oolong and Keemun tea from the same supplier for decades now.

Well, give it to someone who likes green tea then - I hope it doesn't end up on your compost heap!

 

[girasol]

Does green tea stain teeth? That is my next worry. Seen what it does to mugs.

apparently, yes http://www.myjapanesegreentea.com/does-green-tea-stain-teeth

actually, it won't be any worse than all the coffee I've been drinking all these years.

 

[mao]

I buy my tea HERE.

I like Harmutty (Black Tea) and Geisha Blossom (Green Tea)