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Saturday FreeDay 7/2/11

by Chip » Jul 2nd, '11, 02:49

Greetings good TeaFriends and welcome to a FreeDay TeaDay. Please stop and share what is in your cup throughout the day.

Since it is a FreeDay, you can discuss topics tea related or not related to tea ... what ever strikes your fancy.

But remember to share what teas you are drinking.

We are all looking forward to sharing this TeaDay with ... everyone. Bottoms up.

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Re: Saturday FreeDay 7/2/11

by bob » Jul 2nd, '11, 10:12

I'm currently drinking Jiu Jiu Jiu Tie Guan Yin from the Wan Ling Teahouse sampler (this is my second time around). Mmmm, very nice easy going tea for a nice sunny Saturday afternoon!

And I think I've finally decided to dedicate the Yixing teapot I got two years ago to the greener oolongs like TGY. It somehow makes the tea more pleasant to drink than from gaiwan, without taking away the flavours. I don't know how to express it, but the texture of the liquid somehow seems different... :)

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Re: Saturday FreeDay 7/2/11

by artmom » Jul 2nd, '11, 10:14

Rou gui oolong this morning.

Off this evening to see Annie Get Your Gun at the stunning (new last year) Clayton Performing Arts Center, Maryville, TN. Son John plays the real-life romantic lead, Frank Butler, who married Annie Oakley. They were married something like 46 years and he died within 3 weeks of her demise.

Guest coming in from Ohio for the weekend. :)

Big cookout on July 4 with extended family and friends. :D

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Re: Saturday FreeDay 7/2/11

by debunix » Jul 2nd, '11, 10:22

Sounds like a great weekend coming up, artmom!

I have to work this weekend, but still am going to have a good time with fireworks on Monday.

And I woke up early enough this morning to start my day with a luxuriously slow session with 'Aoi' sencha from O-Cha, brewed in my Petr Novak kyusu, and drunk from the new Seigan translucent blue glaze hagi cup, home for a crackling check-up.

Not sure if breakfast will be toast with jam or toast with honey or both, and some of this lovely melon:

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Re: Saturday FreeDay 7/2/11

by JBaymore » Jul 2nd, '11, 10:48

That is a GREAT shot of the melon!!!!!!! Nice photo.


Japanese green as usual in the cup.

best,

..................john

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Re: Saturday FreeDay 7/2/11

by bob » Jul 2nd, '11, 11:12

I even made a quick photo:

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Re: Saturday FreeDay 7/2/11

by tortoise » Jul 2nd, '11, 13:37

Great melon shot debunix!

It's a deadline weekend for me so I'll be working a little each day. No big deal. Have to keep that net in the air when a little money is flying around.
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Started the teaday with Shincha Kinari and now I'm having my first taste of Maiko's Houjicha, Kaori Fumi.

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Re: Saturday FreeDay 7/2/11

by Chip » Jul 2nd, '11, 14:35

Thanks for coloring our TeaDay debunix and Bob! :mrgreen:

TeaDay began with organic Warashina Supreme with the Mrs.
served up in Tempest Hagi.

Currently. a blend of 2 premo gyokuro brewed up in a Petr-Yaki shiboridashi and served up GreenwoodStudio cups.

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Re: Saturday FreeDay 7/2/11

by rhondabee » Jul 2nd, '11, 17:35

Today drinking some 2010 Winter Lishan from Floating Leaves. Only a little bit left. Time to buy some tea and finally get into the Spring 2011 teas.

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Re: Saturday FreeDay 7/2/11

by entropyembrace » Jul 2nd, '11, 18:12

Finishing off a sample of a yunnan black tea today :)

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Re: Saturday FreeDay 7/2/11

by David R. » Jul 2nd, '11, 20:04

Excellent tea day for me !

Began with Kiku Mukashi Matcha (O'Cha), then a Saemidori shincha from Kagoshima (Thés du Japon), followed after lunch by an incredible Ge Xin Long Bulang 2011 (sample) and last but not least a wonderful "Heaven's Scent 2010" dan cong from Master Lin (Postcard Teas). I wish all day could be like this one !
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Re: Saturday FreeDay 7/2/11

by debunix » Jul 2nd, '11, 20:34

I just brewed up my 3rd tea of the day--after a sencha start, moved on to some of my favorite Tie Guan Yin, then napped long enough to let the Da Yu Ling 105K Cold Brew High-mountain Oolong from Dragon Tea House steep so I could drink it cold-brewed. Or rather, room temperature brew. It was astonishingly sweet--I had used a bit much leaf and had to dilute it a little to be really properly palatable. I'm going to try for a second steep.

ETA: still thirsty, so broken into the other 'cold brew' of some 2010 Spring Yong De White Buds - Sun Dried White Tea, with a coupld of Chrysanthemum blossoms added. Quite tasty, sweet, with their camphorousness intact, mmm. But I can see that for days like this I may need to dedicate a larger pitcher to cold-brewing of teas, now that I've better figured out how to brew them so I enjoy it, so I don't end up like this--still thirsty but have to wait hours for the next batch to be ready!

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Re: Saturday FreeDay 7/2/11

by Skippyandjif » Jul 2nd, '11, 23:01

I've been drinking kokeicha all day. According to the package it's matcha that has been formed into noodles, so it basically looks like threads of matcha. And hoo boy, it is GOOD! :mrgreen: First time I've ever tried it... I got it at Mitsuwa Marketplace in New Jersey, in case anyone lives in that area and wants to get it.

Didn't really do much today-- there's a carnival in town for the 4th of July festivities, so I went to that but didn't go on any rides because the tickets were too expensive. I just kind of wandered around. Also, I've been making sock kitties. They're like sock monkeys, but...kitties. :lol: And they're incredibly addictive to make.

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