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Title: Do you guys drink milk tea?
Post by: tp4tissue on Sat, 06 June 2015, 11:52:57: I drink it every morning.. and afternoons..

It's keeping me fat I think.. cuz i sweeten it with honey..

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Tp4 makes milk tea with "red tea" (known as oolong/black in the west)

Traditionally, You'd use "aged black tea" (known as pu-erh in the west)

Pu-erh would taste the closest to the HongKong origin of the popular Milk-Teas.

_____ the controversy here is that Traditional Pu-erh is aged for a LONG time (YEARS), it's unlikely that this would be the "center" of creation during the popularization of Milk-Teas.
_____ the Boom must've occurred AFTER they began using the -accelerated fermentation process- 渥堆 which produced the Pu-erh within months as opposed to years.
_____ Regardless, the flavor would be similar

_____ But the sn0b-types would argue Traditional Pu-erh is the only Pu-erh
Title: Re: Do you guys drink milk tea?
Post by: Air tree on Sat, 06 June 2015, 12:02:31: Milk tea is the best. I haven't tried honey with it yet...Be right back, going to go brew a pot of tea. :)
Title: Re: Do you guys drink milk tea?
Post by: Halverson on Sat, 06 June 2015, 12:06:04: I love milk tea but I have it only a few times a year.
Title: Re: Do you guys drink milk tea?
Post by: Air tree on Sat, 06 June 2015, 12:07:34: Quote from: Halverson on Sat, 06 June 2015, 12:06:04
I love milk tea but I have it only a few times a year.
Was expecting some joke about demilk.

I'm disappoint.
Title: Re: Do you guys drink milk tea?
Post by: Halverson on Sat, 06 June 2015, 12:08:18: Quote from: Air tree on Sat, 06 June 2015, 12:07:34
Quote from: Halverson on Sat, 06 June 2015, 12:06:04
I love milk tea but I have it only a few times a year.
Was expecting some joke about demilk.

I'm disappoint.

Guess I don't **** around when it involves demilk tea
Title: Re: Do you guys drink milk tea?
Post by: tp4tissue on Sat, 06 June 2015, 12:10:48: Quote from: Air tree on Sat, 06 June 2015, 12:02:31
Milk tea is the best. I haven't tried honey with it yet...Be right back, going to go brew a pot of tea. :)

You want to try 2 things..

There's the Obviously-Sweet, iteration

AND

There's the Minimal-Threshold-Sweet.

......... This is done by sweetening to the minimum detectable threshold, such that the sweetness does not overcome the other flavors...

........ Similar to making sushi-rice.. they add as much sugar as possible without the rice tasting obviously sweet..
Title: Re: Do you guys drink milk tea?
Post by: tp4tissue on Sat, 06 June 2015, 12:20:46: Also...

In HongKong they pour the milk tea through a sieve/filtering material..

I believe the fundamental reason for this is that it returns oxygen to the boiled liquid.. thus removing the potential "flat" taste of the water.

I just shake the tea in my thermos before I drink it.. because I don't want to clean a damn sieve.
Title: Re: Do you guys drink milk tea?
Post by: Fire Brand on Sat, 06 June 2015, 12:20:47: The hecks milk tea is that just a cup of milk with a teabag, or is it water+tea bag and milk because if so we just call that Tea here you goofballs
Title: Re: Do you guys drink milk tea?
Post by: tp4tissue on Sat, 06 June 2015, 12:24:25: Quote from: Fire Brand on Sat, 06 June 2015, 12:20:47
The hecks milk tea is that just a cup of milk with a teabag, or is it water+tea bag and milk because if so we just call that Tea here you goofballs

It's quite specific.. LOL..

There are many variations..

You start with Black Tea.. but... the steep length is generally much longer and in high concentration.

Because you're going to be mixing alot of milk into it.

In the ol' days they used more condensed milk / evaporated milk because fresh milk wasn't available. -So, technically- traditional Milk-tea aught to be done that way.. because the flavor will obviously be different than using normal milk.

Also, it doesn't work with skim milk, or 2%, so don't even try.. It must be whole milk.. or condensed, or a fattie-dairy-creamer..
Title: Re: Do you guys drink TEA?(Not Milk tea)
Post by: Fire Brand on Sat, 06 June 2015, 13:21:20: Quote from: tp4tissue on Sat, 06 June 2015, 12:24:25
Quote from: Fire Brand on Sat, 06 June 2015, 12:20:47
The hecks milk tea is that just a cup of milk with a teabag, or is it water+tea bag and milk because if so we just call that Tea here you goofballs

It's quite specific.. LOL..

There are many variations..

You start with Black Tea.. but... the steep length is generally much longer and in high concentration.

Because you're going to be mixing alot of milk into it.

In the ol' days they used more condensed milk / evaporated milk because fresh milk wasn't available. -So, technically- traditional Milk-tea aught to be done that way.. because the flavor will obviously be different than using normal milk.

Also, it doesn't work with skim milk, or 2%, so don't even try.. It must be whole milk.. or condensed, or a fattie-dairy-creamer..
So its just Tea then... you could just say do you drink tea all your fancy names.
Title: Re: Do you guys drink milk tea?
Post by: baldgye on Sat, 06 June 2015, 13:23:17: This is the only tea;

(http://www.twinings.co.uk/TwiningsUKI/media/product/IEBT0614-100/1-IEBT0614-100-F09025.png)
Title: Re: Do you guys drink milk tea?
Post by: hwood34 on Sat, 06 June 2015, 13:40:07: Quote from: baldgye on Sat, 06 June 2015, 13:23:17
This is the only tea;

Show Image
(http://www.twinings.co.uk/TwiningsUKI/media/product/IEBT0614-100/1-IEBT0614-100-F09025.png)

eww
Title: Re: Do you guys drink milk tea?
Post by: tp4tissue on Sat, 06 June 2015, 13:54:23: Quote from: hwood34 on Sat, 06 June 2015, 13:40:07
Quote from: baldgye on Sat, 06 June 2015, 13:23:17
This is the only tea;

Show Image
(http://www.twinings.co.uk/TwiningsUKI/media/product/IEBT0614-100/1-IEBT0614-100-F09025.png)

eww

There's no good or bad tea..

but... there is such a thing as Sn00ty tea... and it says much about the drinker.
Title: Re: Do you guys drink milk tea?
Post by: rowdy on Sat, 06 June 2015, 20:48:18: I have my coffee and tea black. Mostly coffee, but sometimes tea. With 2 sugars.
Title: Re: Do you guys drink milk tea?
Post by: Jokrik on Sat, 06 June 2015, 21:44:39: Coffee is the way of life bruh...
Title: Re: Do you guys drink milk tea?
Post by: fanpeople on Sat, 06 June 2015, 21:57:00: Wait so did we establish whether milk tea is just tea with milk in it or some form of special tea concoction dreamed up in the skunk works that is TPs organic super computer?

If so black tea is best tea but milk coffee is best coffee.

Dam I miss cigarettes, stupid wife making me quit like a year ago. I feel like coffee went perfectly with cigarettes.
Title: Re: Do you guys drink milk tea?
Post by: baldgye on Sat, 06 June 2015, 21:58:16: Quote from: tp4tissue on Sat, 06 June 2015, 13:54:23
Quote from: hwood34 on Sat, 06 June 2015, 13:40:07
Quote from: baldgye on Sat, 06 June 2015, 13:23:17
This is the only tea;

Show Image
(http://www.twinings.co.uk/TwiningsUKI/media/product/IEBT0614-100/1-IEBT0614-100-F09025.png)

eww

There's no good or bad tea..

but... there is such a thing as Sn00ty tea... and it says much about the drinker.

I feel like the only snooty tea drinkers are those who drink green tea and go on about how great it is and how healthy etc and then go on and on about all these strange horrible imported teas that needs special equipment just to brew... Like for real, the only piece of equipment you need to make tea, is a kettle
Title: Re: Do you guys drink milk tea?
Post by: rowdy on Sat, 06 June 2015, 22:06:46: Quote from: fanpeople on Sat, 06 June 2015, 21:57:00
Wait so did we establish whether milk tea is just tea with milk in it or some form of special tea concoction dreamed up in the skunk works that is TPs organic super computer?

If so black tea is best tea but milk coffee is best coffee.

Dam I miss cigarettes, stupid wife making me quit like a year ago. I feel like coffee went perfectly with cigarettes.

By "milk coffee" do you mean coffee milk?

I like Dare, their new Mocha is quite nice :)

http://www.dareicedcoffee.com.au/
Title: Re: Do you guys drink milk tea?
Post by: fanpeople on Sat, 06 June 2015, 22:07:31: Quote from: rowdy on Sat, 06 June 2015, 22:06:46
Quote from: fanpeople on Sat, 06 June 2015, 21:57:00
Wait so did we establish whether milk tea is just tea with milk in it or some form of special tea concoction dreamed up in the skunk works that is TPs organic super computer?

If so black tea is best tea but milk coffee is best coffee.

Dam I miss cigarettes, stupid wife making me quit like a year ago. I feel like coffee went perfectly with cigarettes.

By "milk coffee" do you mean coffee milk?

I like Dare, their new Mocha is quite nice :)

http://www.dareicedcoffee.com.au/

You sir just took this to a whole new level of taste
Title: Re: Do you guys drink milk tea?
Post by: tp4tissue on Sun, 07 June 2015, 04:41:09: Quote from: baldgye on Sat, 06 June 2015, 21:58:16
Quote from: tp4tissue on Sat, 06 June 2015, 13:54:23
Quote from: hwood34 on Sat, 06 June 2015, 13:40:07
Quote from: baldgye on Sat, 06 June 2015, 13:23:17
This is the only tea;

Show Image
(http://www.twinings.co.uk/TwiningsUKI/media/product/IEBT0614-100/1-IEBT0614-100-F09025.png)

eww

There's no good or bad tea..

but... there is such a thing as Sn00ty tea... and it says much about the drinker.

I feel like the only snooty tea drinkers are those who drink green tea and go on about how great it is and how healthy etc and then go on and on about all these strange horrible imported teas that needs special equipment just to brew... Like for real, the only piece of equipment you need to make tea, is a kettle

Yea.. it's a hobby for them, so new "problems" are invented and "solved"..

For example...

Tp4 makes milk tea with "red tea" (known as oolong/black in the west)

Traditionally, You'd use "aged black tea" (known as pu-erh in the west)

Pu-erh would taste the closest to the HongKong origin of the popular Milk-Teas.

_____ the controversy here is that Traditional Pu-erh is aged for a LONG time (YEARS), it's unlikely that this would be the "center" of creation during the popularization of Milk-Teas.
_____ the Boom must've occurred AFTER they began using the -accelerated fermentation process- 渥堆 which produced the Pu-erh within months as opposed to years.
_____ Regardless, the flavor would be similar

_____ But the sn0b-types would argue Traditional Pu-erh is the only Pu-erh
Title: Re: Do you guys drink milk tea?
Post by: Axollott on Sun, 07 June 2015, 06:19:54: I don't willingly consume sugar, I avoid products with added sugar. I do eat fruit. But I don't consume dairy products either. And although I like tea, that type of caffeine makes my mouth extremely dry. So, only coffee, freshly grinded, locally roasted, single serve brews with an Aeropress. Coffee, my love.
Title: Re: Do you guys drink milk tea?
Post by: Evo_Spec on Sun, 07 June 2015, 06:44:28: i should really make my own milk tea, i used to always buy the bottled stuff by kirin and or kochakaden (coke) but recently i can't drink them or most other drinks because it's just far too sweet for me.
I drank so much bubble milk tea in Taiwan, ****'s amazing.
Title: Re: Do you guys drink milk tea?
Post by: tp4tissue on Sun, 07 June 2015, 07:00:38: Quote from: Evo_Spec on Sun, 07 June 2015, 06:44:28
i should really make my own milk tea, i used to always buy the bottled stuff by kirin and or kochakaden (coke) but recently i can't drink them or most other drinks because it's just far too sweet for me.
I drank so much bubble milk tea in Taiwan, ****'s amazing.

Bubble tea is very sweet, the cold ones mask it by being cold.. But you're getting a super-sugar rush from it..
Title: Re: Do you guys drink milk tea?
Post by: JaccoW on Sun, 07 June 2015, 07:23:03: I think Tp is talking about Hong Kong style bubble tea like the ones you see around the world today. Minus bubbles of course.

Incidentally, I will be drinking a lot of bubble tea this summer in Taiwan! :D
Title: Re: Do you guys drink milk tea?
Post by: tp4tissue on Sun, 07 June 2015, 07:24:44: Quote from: JaccoW on Sun, 07 June 2015, 07:23:03
I think Tp is talking about Hong Kong style bubble tea like the ones you see around the world today. Minus bubbles of course.

Incidentally, I will be drinking a lot of bubble tea this summer in Taiwan! :D

If you get the bubble Tea on the road, it's gonna make you so fat.. prolly close to soda.