This is dangerously close to slop / advice animals tier memeing but it is also meant sincerely, as the only moment of not suffering I have had so far today was when drinking some really nice looseleaf assam tea steeped to a strength (to Hell and back) that has historically made professional tea snobs complain that I’m ruining the delicate flavors and blah blah blah, if tea flavor is good then MORE tea flavor is even better 
Unfortunately if I make more and keep drinking it all night I will stay awake all night and keep suffering, whereas if I go to sleep …
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I can have a reprieve? A foolish thought! Alas, sleep offers no safety either, for I spent all of last night tormented by nightmares about being emotionally and psychologically abused by the worst ex
in light of which maybe staying awake all night isn’t a terrible idea. More assam tea it is!
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The “alhamdulillah” is ironic; I’d gladly convert back to Islam if the world weren’t full of injustice, but since everything keeps getting worse rather than better I can’t believe in a benevolent god
Anyway, good quality non-Brtsh[1] fair trade looseleaf is expensive up front but I’ve had this bag for a long time and am still not through with it because it’s so strong I don’t have to use much and if I don’t oversteep it it holds up well for a 2nd steep. It’s probably still more expensive than bagged assam per cup, but it’s also some of the tastiest tea I’ve ever had so I’m fine paying more cents per cup.
[Footnote 1] I’m engaging in a one-cuttlefish BDS operation against Brtsh branded tea until they admit on their labels/boxes that they stole it from India
I read that “Assad Tea” but still upvoted
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Yes good tea
I really like persian tea brewed strong as fuck when watered down to taste with some dates in a fancy glass.
Oh that looks so pretty! Dates sound like a good pairing for strong tea as well.
Preach. Tea and Coffee are some of the only hyper-colonial goods on which I spend as much money as I can reasonably afford. I love a good, malty, tannic and almost sweet assam — especially in the summer when brewed cold.
Coffee, it seems, will not fare as well as tea in the impending climate apocalypse, so I’m really treasuring the good stuff now. Pro-tip: vacuum seal some of the good shit in whole-bean single-servings and stash it in your freezer. Shit will stay fresh for years that way. Don’t know if it works the same for tea, though :(
I love a Malaysian-Indian style pulled tea, and it doesn’t taste right without the malty flavour of Assam tea.
if tea flavor is good then MORE tea flavor is even better
Unironically true with high quality loose leaf tea. Outside of some niches (like gyokuro) I brew everything at boiling and without any particular care as to the length of the brew. Cooler temperatures and shorter brews are good for selectively extracting good tasting compounds in leaf that has good and bad tasting compounds, but the highest quality stuff is just good all the way through. So more temperature and longer brews just means more good in the cup.
And to be clear this is a tea snob perspective, I’m just an even bigger snob than most snobs. I look down on the snobs and their pathetic fragile low quality leaves.
Thanks for the validation, I should (definitely not) screencap this and dig up the numbers of the people I had this argument with 9 years ago!
Assam tea is way too fancy for me. I just get the cheapest Turkish brand, dip the teabag for less than 10 seconds, add more sugar than water, and drink it from a glass with a handle, never from a ceramic cup. Just like my father used to.
Ah yes, the hummingbird preparation
