currently have macaw gt100s

Why do you want the Zst tho?

🤷 now that you mention it

really love how it looks though

https://www.solidrop.net/photo-27/hot-kz-zst-1dd-1ba-hybrid-in-ear-earphone-hifi-dj-monito-running-sport-earphones-earplug-headset-two-colors.jpg

They do look nice

ew

I finally got unchinked on the gaiwan

thank you based jack ma

nice

http://i.4cdn.org/g/1494785246907.png

What does he even need that many shoelaces for

whoah

Any shoop scam experts here?

@here

https://i.imgur.com/XsTsd6F.jpg

Is the paper a shoop

it looks sketchy

why are you wondering? is this /csg/ related?

yes it is, look at that shadow, it's not over the paper

pmuch

it looks really out of place

<#189467888657235970> though

Zoom in, enhance

Terrible shop

I need to get an ssd to put in my media center, is kingdian still the best bang for the buck?

i think drevo pro is the hot new meme

hmm, kingdian is still cheaper

id wait for more reviews

drevo is just being shilled slowly at this point

seems like I'll just stick with a low capacity kingdian

I'm sad and I want to buy cool chink shit

what buy??

chinese tea

what teas do you reccommend?

>Chinese tea

Pls no

I thought chink tea was safe

Buy seeds :^)

Highly doubtful

dch approved

Nah i have no need for seeds

I

chinese tea is safe if you stick to the good vendors

like yunnan sourcing

what are the vendors you buy from?

I buy from yunnan sourcing, which is probably the most popular one

but people also like teavivre and white2tea

golden needle on the left is good shit

nice, do you buy loose leaf or bag?

loose leaf

with puer like the cakes I posted just now, you have to break it apart

but in the end, its loose leaf

buy meme glasses too https://www.aliexpress.com/item/BUY-MEME-PLS/32654058663.html

what are good non-meme chink sunglasses

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kingseven

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i have two pairs and their great

UV coating is legit, right?

sometimes you can get chinked on the size of lens on chinese sunglasses so be careful for that

yea UV is legit

not bad <:thonk:288060975775612929>

I can't find the golden needle tea

most sunglasses, even chink ones, got uv coating

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/KINGSEVEN-2016-New-Polarized-Sunglasses-Men-Women-Retro-Rivet-High-Quality-Polaroid-Lens-Brand-Design-Sun/32634027800.html?spm=2114.13010608.0.0.cCJJGb

I own two pairs of these

https://yunnansourcing.com/collections/pu-erh-tea/products/2016-yunnan-sourcing-golden-needle-ripe-pu-erh-tea-cake @Waffen

pretty much my daily drinker right now

Dog bless

before my other puer cakes get here

do you store it in stainless steal container or what it comes in?

I just store it in the wrapper

air is good for puer

just store it away from light

never been too much of a tea guy myself, how is it? I've mostly just stuck with plain old earl grey

What should I buy with the tea? Should I buy myself one of those tea pots?

get one of these glass teapots or ceramic gaiwans they sell, I'd say

how long does 1 cake last?

I use 7g each time for 130ml, so 100 / 7 so about 14 days

that's a 100g cake on ys

nice

for brewing, I start out with 15 seconds for the first infusion, adding 5 seconds each infusion

?

what do you mean?

I'm no tea expert

gongfu brewing method

instead of just infusing it in water for a couple of minutes, in gongfu, you use more tea leaves than you usually would but you infuse it for a short amount of time

wow that seems like a lot of work tbh

have you noticed a difference between the taste of regular infusion vs gongfu ?

gongfu is definitely better for noticing taste notes

the tea gradually changes with each infusion, rather than dumping all its notes into one cup

how long does it take you to brew 1 cup?

The actual steeping time or the preparation too?

all together

About a minute (give or take) to get everything out and weigh the tea while the water is boiling and 15 seconds to brew the first cup

really, I thought with all the steps it would take a little longer

you just resteep as you want more

adding a few seconds each time

hmm, nice to know

what are your 3 favorite chink teas?

so far? the golden needle, jin xuan, and some alishan I've so far been unable to ID on the internet

and some taiwanese tieguanyin

tried any white teas?

not yet but I might get some in my next big yunnan haul

nice

man I want to get into this whole tea thing

@transience Would this be fine? https://yunnansourcing.com/collections/teapots-glazed-ceramic-porcelain-and-glass/products/heat-tempered-qie-duan-glass-teapot-150ml

150ml feels a bit small to me

I'd get the 200ml version

ok

that way, you can still brew like 130ml of tea and the leaves still have room to grow

oolong leaves get pretty big

I see

something like this https://yunnansourcing.com/collections/teapots-glazed-ceramic-porcelain-and-glass/products/heat-tempered-200ml-glass-teapot-with-removable-spring-filter

anything else I would need?

only things you definitely need are the teapot and scale

maybe a $1 chink timer from ali

that's what I have

alright

is glassware safe to buy from china?

whats the risk of it getting broken in transit?

I've bought ceramic and glass stuff from china and the chinks seem to package it pretty well

so

pretty low I'd reckon

off of Ali?

yeah ali

do you have a cool cup?

i wish

I'm using a plain white cup, does the job

ali chinks have tea cups but they're pretty small

yea I've been looking on ali

I feel like if i make a pot of tea i would want a smaller cup because it would keep me drinking

any 200ml cup should be fine imo

yeah smaller cup, that's what I mean

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/2016-Hot-Coffee-Mugs-Double-Layer-Tea-Cup-Wine-Cup-Scald-proof-Tea-Mug-Stainless-Steel/32681356467.html?spm=2114.13010308.0.0.VgqedX

I like the stainless look

no 200, but 150 and 180

I heard metal makes things taste weird

I sort of noticed it with coffee

hmm, interesting, guess i never tried

might just have been a nocebo though

I'm lookin gon yunnan source for a good cup

I want more than 1 or 2 incase I had a few friends over and i they wanted tea

thanks for cheering me up with chink tea

chink tea fixes everything

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what are your thoughts on bamboo charcoal as an enhancer?

https://yunnansourcing.com/collections/bamboo-charcoal-and-pottery/products/premium-bamboo-charcoal-for-enhancement-of-water

wait so in some teapots can i just brew the tea in the pot?

no ideal about the charcol

but about the teapot, that's what you'd usually do

put tea leaves in the pot, brew it, pour

well i just spent $83 on tea

they really fuck you with the shipping

I would have gotten the tea cups domestically

normal people would have

eh

I wanted it to be matching with the pot

wew lads

got some new KZ ZS3's

nice

now i can finally disect my old pair and re-shell my TF10's

yeay more chinkshitto on the way

https://lambda.sx/784.png

tfw chink iems come before american microhpones

sup ya'lllLl

i want to try out some new chink earphone memes but my phone's jack broken...

hektik did i tell you my xiaomi pistons broke (jack) :(((

:((

im gonna do a repair of it though

solder on a new one dood

yerr exactly

i bought a new jack and a wire stripper

is it hard to strip wire with the braided cable + IEM wire being so thin?

braided isnt really a factor since you can unwind usually

thin-ness yeah tho

ye i thought it was gonna be a big pain

ill see how it goes when my stripper comes

i can imagine headphone wire being easy pease

but IEM cables are dam thin

i found a really sharp scalpel is better for thinner IEM cables

oh

better than wire splitters?

i mean stripper*

depends on the strippers

oh ok

mine arent fantastic so it might be why

i got a chink stripper from ebay

was 10 bux

works great for speaker cables n shit

yep yep

but for headphone cabling its just too big

even headphone cables?

depends on the cable

mm ok

ill prob buy a new pair of iems incase..

https://www.aliexpress.com/store/product/KZ-ATE-Copper-Driver-Ear-Hook-HiFi-In-Ear-Earphone-Sport-Headphones-For-Running-With-Foam/1358152_32337313320.html

which do you recommend out of this bunch?

or do you have another recommendation

im happy to spend upto 35 aussie bux

i'm not a fan of ATE's tbh

but that is mostly because of fit

ohh

ZST's and ZS3's are nicer

and removable cable

ATE's were also super midbassy

all KZ iems tend to be but the ATE's just really bothered me with it

ok thanks

whats pricing like on those?

I'd recc ZS3/ZST and the KZ silver cable

ZS3 is like $13

and ZST is like $19

ZST for V-shaped

i like V shape v much

ZS3 for dark

what does dark mean

more warm-ish sub-bassy dark tbh but still

ohh

gotcha

dark = less highs

i dont like it too warm

actually if its not overly warm

yeah ZST are probably better

its OK

ok ill setttle for those

thanks mate

get the KZ silver cable with it too tho

its like $5 on ebay

they're typically 20 bux?

these IEMs

www.ebay.com.au/itm/182491177051

rip link

why do i need extra cable?

stock one is really microphonic

also if you want to spend a little more look at Senfer UEs

super clean V-shape

tho mmcx

cant find that on ali

i searched SENFER UE

yeah its a weird search

ali's search is super fucked

o shit the UEs went up in price

i noticed theres KZ ZST Pro and then a non pro?

should ig et anyone in particular