TeaChat

The day starts with soothing rounds of Sugimoto "Suwanohara" Fukamushi, sustainably grown from Kakegawa, poured in a new gaiwan and cup made by my wife. I found myself enthralled with the swirling fuka leaves and rich, green, cloudy broth, a pleasing way to meet the day.

Blessings!

I'm not drinking it, but this was dessert tonight:

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A delightful tea session this morning with En Shi Yu Lu from Tea Trekker. Its a 2014 pre-qing ming that I added to my shopping cart on a whim due to its low price of $13.50 for 2 ounces. Today I found the sweet spot - hotter water than I'd been using - in a porcelain kyusu. The tea, with the nickname Green Dew, lived up to its description as floral and vegetal.

Enjoyed a session with Sejak from Morning Crane tea this afternoon, sweet and vegetal, peas and asparagus.

茶藝-TeaArt08 wrote:The day starts with soothing rounds of Sugimoto "Suwanohara" Fukamushi, sustainably grown from Kakegawa, poured in a new gaiwan and cup made by my wife. I found myself enthralled with the swirling fuka leaves and rich, green, cloudy broth, a pleasing way to meet the day.

Blessings!

Repeat on the above, only this morning I place the same fuka in a vacuum tea flask on the way out the door to an interdisciplinary push hands meetup with other other neijia teachers and students. I sip the tea over the three hours, a nice way to wet the mouth in the interludes between practice.

Blessings!

Finishing a split session with some Sejak from Morning Crane Tea: started this in the morning (and shared a round with good reviews from my office tea crowd), then took a thermos of some oolong down to clinic, and came back up to enjoy round 2, the later/hotter/longer infusions. Mmm. Nice pairing of Shyrabbit rutile yunomi and Petr's shino shibo too.

Long time, no posts. Today, Tsuen Aoi sencha, mmm. Sweet, vegetal, delicious.

I found time, tea, and a camera....

A Korean Sejak (I believe), I would need to hunt down the actual name of the tea.

Love the receding series of teacups....like an infinity of deliciousness...

Just finished a Gyokuro Premium bag from Hibiki-an. Do you guys think I should restock from Hibiki-an, or Ippodo? Which one do you guys prefer?

No opinion on gyokuro--my relationship with it in general is still a new and fragile thing.

Today starting off with contrasts--Tsuen Aoi sencha alternating with sips of leftover cold brewed mountain oolong from Origin Tea.

I think I only have one more
pouch of sencha left, but at present rates it will still be a while before the next order.

GeorgeGR wrote:Just finished a Gyokuro Premium bag from Hibiki-an. Do you guys think I should restock from Hibiki-an, or Ippodo? Which one do you guys prefer?

Ippodo!

Chip wrote:

GeorgeGR wrote:Just finished a Gyokuro Premium bag from Hibiki-an. Do you guys think I should restock from Hibiki-an, or Ippodo? Which one do you guys prefer?

Ippodo!

Thanks! Any recommendations on which Gyokuro & Matcha I should get? I'm contemplating the Gyokuro Rimpo, but I can't decide on a good Matcha.

Zencha Organic Matsu. Its one of my favorites. F'd up the brewing last night though so can't judge this years unless bitter over brewed tea is your thing LOL

Alex wrote:F'd up the brewing last night though so can't judge this years

It happens, especially when you're really trying to get it right!