Questions
Posted: Feb 7th, '08, 18:31
Here's the story so far: my mother's been sick for a while and I am giving her my personaliTEA since I don't have the water heating capabilities to use it at school along with a tin of the Apricot Green and a tin of the Sencha Overture from Adagio as a get well present. She enjoys tea since it helps with her throat problems and she liked the Apricot Green when I made it for her during Christmas break. I chose to give the sencha as well since I liked it and its easy to brew in comparison to some other greens.
This gives me two problems. The first one is that I have been brewing my teas in the basket that came with the personaliTEA. It fit nicely inside my mug so it works really well. Since I can't figure out how to get a replacement basket so I can continue that method, would it be better to switch to a gaiwan or one of those nifty teapots with the screen on the inside? For brewing green tea for one person, what are the pros and cons of each way?
The second problem is that since the sencha is going to Mom, I need a new every day green tea. I've looked at both Den's and O-cha for better quality green teas. I tried the Sencha Fuka-Midori from Den's and love it. O-cha seems to have a more reasonable quantity size, but I don't know where to start there and it looks to be a bit more expensive for the amount of tea. If I end up with Den's I would go for the one pound bag of the Fuka-Midori since it would be a better deal than constantly reordering samples and probably one of the $19 teapots, but I don't know if I want a full pound of one type of tea with the new tea season coming out soon.
What I am looking for is a flavorful sencha that is not highly astringent and is reasonably priced. Any tips or suggestions would be awesome.
This gives me two problems. The first one is that I have been brewing my teas in the basket that came with the personaliTEA. It fit nicely inside my mug so it works really well. Since I can't figure out how to get a replacement basket so I can continue that method, would it be better to switch to a gaiwan or one of those nifty teapots with the screen on the inside? For brewing green tea for one person, what are the pros and cons of each way?
The second problem is that since the sencha is going to Mom, I need a new every day green tea. I've looked at both Den's and O-cha for better quality green teas. I tried the Sencha Fuka-Midori from Den's and love it. O-cha seems to have a more reasonable quantity size, but I don't know where to start there and it looks to be a bit more expensive for the amount of tea. If I end up with Den's I would go for the one pound bag of the Fuka-Midori since it would be a better deal than constantly reordering samples and probably one of the $19 teapots, but I don't know if I want a full pound of one type of tea with the new tea season coming out soon.
What I am looking for is a flavorful sencha that is not highly astringent and is reasonably priced. Any tips or suggestions would be awesome.