So while strolling around my Whole Foods, I was eyeing the Kukicha...and decided what the hell, let's give it a whirl.
I get home and ask my loving friends using the instant messenger how they prefer there Kuki, and the method i end up going with was a first brew of one minute. a second brew of about 20 or 30 seconds, and a final brew of one minute.
The first two cups were delicious but the third was a little too watery, maby a minute 15 seconds next time?
But I was wondering, how do the rest of you brew? I saw that Rishi reccomended 3 minutes at a nice 180.....
All in all i loved the tea, and probably preferable to me than, dare a say it, Fukamushi....
With kuki, I've never gotten a bad brew. I just loosely follow sencha parameters, but go a little hotter with the water.
Say... ~178°F for 1.5 minutes, then 40s, 60s.
That never leads me astray, but I don't drink much kuki either. I've only ever had 3 types.
By the way, if you're enjoying the tastes of twig tea, you have GOT to try out Hibiki-an's Karigane Sencha(which is their kukicha, in which they use gyokuro stems instead of sencha stems!). That stuff is a whole 'nother brew!
Say... ~178°F for 1.5 minutes, then 40s, 60s.
That never leads me astray, but I don't drink much kuki either. I've only ever had 3 types.
By the way, if you're enjoying the tastes of twig tea, you have GOT to try out Hibiki-an's Karigane Sencha(which is their kukicha, in which they use gyokuro stems instead of sencha stems!). That stuff is a whole 'nother brew!
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I second the hibikli-an karigane ssencha comment. That stuff is simply outstanding.
I vary a little from fatali with brewing. I like to use 5 grams per 200 ml, 175*, 1 min.
I am easily able to get 4-6 steeps if it is good karigane. Plus it is low caffeine.
If you are brewing gyoluro karigane, the temp is much lower.
I vary a little from fatali with brewing. I like to use 5 grams per 200 ml, 175*, 1 min.
I am easily able to get 4-6 steeps if it is good karigane. Plus it is low caffeine.
If you are brewing gyoluro karigane, the temp is much lower.
blah blah blah SENCHA blah blah blah!!!
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