aroma cups

[trent]

I recently tried having tea w/o an aroma cup for about a week, and it felt like I was missing an appendage. In my opinion, I can't fully enjoy the aromatic complexity w/o one.

Do you use an aroma cup?

[wyardley]

No.

[Chip]

Yes, I love tea aromas. I use them primarily for greener oolongs it seems. Plus, I enjoy using them, tbh.

I used them one time for sencha, I doubt I will try that again anytime soon.

[heavydoom]

my cup or the lid of the tea pot is my aroma cup.

[Salsero]

Not usually.

[Sam.]

I don't have one, but I'd love to get one. I already have the tiny Chinese teacups (http://shop.andaotea.com/products/ancie ... inking-cup) that are generally used with them, I believe.

I used them one time for sencha, I doubt I will try that again anytime soon.

Why never with sencha again? Was the grassy smell overpowering?

[Chip]

I used them one time for sencha, I doubt I will try that again anytime soon.

Why never with sencha again? Was the grassy smell overpowering?

Yeah, I love sencha, love aroma, but I guess it was too much of a good thing because it was just NOT pleasant, "overpowering" is a good word. Plus it just isn't necessary to elevate the intensity of the aroma of sencha, IMHO.
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[pb2q]

I've used aroma cups once, in a teashop, and it was great. But the lid and intermediate cup give me the necessary aromas. Both distinct.

[Oni]

Once I empty the pitcher I usually smell it, it really adds to the experience, I will buy aroma cups soon.

[tenuki]

Yes, but not all the time.

[Vulture]

I am still a teanub, anyone have a link or picture of such a cup so I can see it?

[Pentox]

I've got some, but I rarely use them. I can't describe aromas well so there's not much use.

[Victoria]

Aroma and tasting cups usually come together in a set. The tall cup is the aroma cup.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Gongfu-Tea-Culture- ... .m20.l1116

How to do it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--jBK3QoMn8

[xuancheng]

I don't have any, but I have used them. I like practising one more tea related skill.

I am not really good enough at aroma cups yet to be able to enjoy them, at the moment it feels like overall they take away from my tea experience because I am fumbling around with one extra thing.

But I generally enjoy a simplified tea set. I don't filter my own tea, and often skip the Gongdaobei unless I am making tea for guests or tea shop customers.

[Oni]

I do not filter my tea too, with good quality tea and a good quality (handmade) Yixing pot you don`t really need the strainer, there are only very small leaves, after a few infusions there will be none at all.