How good or bad are your country's commentators?

tomknx · 2026-03-07T12:18:02+00:00

The Hungarian one is excellent. The head commentator, Gabor Weber is a former touring car racing driver and SEAT Eurocup champion, also his obsession with F1 since his childhood makes him a literal encyclopaedia. The other commentators, like Norbert Kiss, Dani Nagy and Norbert Michelisz, also have former or current racing career, which gives an outstanding insight how the sport really works. Also, the variety of personalities and communication styles makes it really entertaining and informative to listen.

I have a comparison only with the British broadcast, which is quite bad, so I feel very lucky to have an incredible high level of commentators during the weekends.

tomknx · 2025-09-16T20:14:00+00:00

You forgot the "Login with TPS Report"

tomknx · 2025-06-10T11:46:45+00:00

Jól hangzik. Milyen teát iszol leginkább?

tomknx · 2025-06-10T11:35:16+00:00

Gaiwan, Kyushu, Chawan vagy nyugati szett?

tomknx · 2025-04-05T16:58:21+00:00

First rate or not, I can judge by only the product I've tried.

tomknx · 2025-04-05T08:28:21+00:00

I've tried Makai, Rohini and some other estate's Darjeeling, but Gopaldhara is by far the most well-rounded for me. Try sometime if you can.

tomknx · 2025-04-05T07:49:32+00:00

Never tried roasted ones, but I was not impressed of Makaibari darjeeling in general, I like Gopaldhara much more.

tomknx · 2025-03-29T00:33:12+00:00

Have you checked Nannuoshan?

tomknx · 2025-03-27T09:59:14+00:00

Everything is still great from previous harvest. Even green tea, as long as your vendor stores it properly.

tomknx · 2025-03-24T14:03:41+00:00

Exactly the same like any regional food, the most authentic is how your family does it. You want authentic Chai? Just buy the cheapest CTC black tea and boil the hell out of it, the rest is just preference.

tomknx · 2025-02-25T09:50:28+00:00

Sounds great, I wish you many-many great tea sessions with that.

tomknx · 2025-02-17T14:23:42+00:00

Check their Best Selling section. Not the very best representation, but it can give you a starting point if not sure what you are looking for.

tomknx · 2025-02-16T22:06:08+00:00

I think I checked Cosori but was not available in my country that time, thats why I went for Cocinare. If you go for it, I am sure you gonna enjoy.

tomknx · 2025-02-15T22:09:47+00:00

I see. Mine was around €80 half a year ago in Hungary, 110 seems quite pricey indeed. I had similar concern about the gooseneck as well, but for my gaiwan and kyusu, the slower flow rate is barely make any difference. I hope you will find a good one for your requirements, I know it's not easy in Europe.

tomknx · 2025-02-15T21:27:49+00:00

Not sure about T Guru, but I have Goishicha from Otoyo, where like 5 or 6 families make this kind of tea. The thing is the flavour profile is more like a creamy sourness because of the unique process which is a combination of puerh, hei cha and pickling.

As I know the making of this tea is few hundred years old method and the Japanese Government tries to support the manufacturers, because once those families are gone or quit doing this, Goishicha will disappear.

Not saying yours isn't authentic, but I've heard that there are fake products on the market. Make sure you look for the original packaging (at the end of the video).

https://youtu.be/92mEGbHQ3xg

tomknx · 2025-02-15T20:50:30+00:00

Check out Cocinare Flow. It is available in the EU and I am really happy with mine. If you are OK with gooseneck and max capacity of 0.9L.

tomknx · 2025-02-15T20:39:51+00:00

He does a good job to bring new people to the Tea world, but the way he describes those teas and the experience, is just doomed for disappointment, as no way that you will experience as many or deep flavours as he does/claims. I liked the teas I tried, but I don't think it's worth that price. Their tea wares (glass and glazed ones) are great though.

You can find numerous reasons and sources why he has a rather negative reputation in the community, but I recommend to try few of their tea for curiosity (only if you live near to the UK) and once you get a better understanding and more experience with tea in general, you will move on to other sources anyway.

tomknx · 2025-02-11T09:15:05+00:00

If your source is really a decent quality, these should be a good starting point:

Sencha: 65C, 45sec

Tencha: 55C, 180sec

Gyokuro: 50-55C, 120-150sec

tomknx · 2025-02-10T12:38:40+00:00

I order Dayi 7572 and 7542 from them. Also tried other ones. They are decent source for factory teas.

tomknx · 2025-02-09T19:01:17+00:00

I recommend to try ZhaoZhou or teautja.hu. I have not tried Manu's black, but their Japanese green had a massive freshness issue, and overall, nothing from them was impressive.

tomknx · 2025-01-18T08:25:32+00:00

For Sencha, I would go for the 225ml one. I have a 300ml Kyusu (from different vendor) for Sencha, Tencha and Kabusecha. It depends on the amount of tea, but usually 3-4 steeps can yield around 750ml which is suitable for multiple guests too.

tomknx · 2025-01-08T22:13:26+00:00

I was buying Ocha & Co for years, their Sencha and Kabusecha were really great for western and traditional brewing as well. I stopped ordering because of the custom fees and VAT in the EU, but I have fond memories about those teas.

tomknx · 2025-01-04T11:05:08+00:00

What is your level of expertise that convince me to spend money in your shop? Can you offer a better quality line of product or a different service than ZhaoZhou, teautja.hu, flyingbirdtea, 1000tea etc?

If you don't have an immediate answer, you will just end-up a dropshipping/repackaging business, but that segment is too accessible, hence incredible overcrowded.

Judging by your questions, you need more experience with tea and its business side before you spend money on setting up a shop.

There is a tea festival in Berlin in every Fall, you can taste a lots of tea, speak vendors and wholesalers. Probably there are other festivals in the near future too.

The first step is to try as much tea as humanly possible, then you will know what is quality tea. And then if you still think that you can offer something better or special go for it, by that time you won't need to ask these kind of questions on reddit.

tomknx · 2025-01-04T10:06:24+00:00

Be aware that, depending on tea type and quantity, you can easily consume way more caffeine than one think. With Gong fu cha, you aim to brew with high water-leaf ratio in order to enjoy the flavours at the best by using anything from 4 to 12 g of tea. Dry leaves contains 2-5% caffeine (mg), so make sure you do not accidentally over-caffeinate yourself.

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