Do you guys drink milk tea?

[tp4tissue]

I drink it every morning.. and afternoons..

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





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

[Air tree]

Milk tea is the best. I haven't tried honey with it yet...Be right back, going to go brew a pot of tea. 

[Halverson]

I love milk tea but I have it only a few times a year.

[Air tree]

I love milk tea but I have it only a few times a year.

Was expecting some joke about demilk.

I'm disappoint.

[Halverson]

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

[tp4tissue]

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..

[tp4tissue]

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.

[Fire Brand]

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

[tp4tissue]

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..

[Fire Brand]

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.

[baldgye]

This is the only tea;

[hwood34]

This is the only tea;

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[tp4tissue]

This is the only tea;

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There's no good or bad tea.. 

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

[rowdy]

I have my coffee and tea black.  Mostly coffee, but sometimes tea.  With 2 sugars.

[Jokrik]

Coffee is the way of life bruh...

[fanpeople]

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. 

[baldgye]

This is the only tea;

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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

[rowdy]

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/

[fanpeople]

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

[tp4tissue]

This is the only tea;

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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

[Axollott]

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.

[Evo_Spec]

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.

[tp4tissue]

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..

[JaccoW]

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!

[tp4tissue]

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!

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