Monday TeaDay 12/22/08 Blending teas.

[leiche]

I made a blend and promptly forgot about it. Oh, well.

I'm having a rather exhausting day after yesterday's snow extravaganza, and warming up with a cup of Rishi's Organic Wuyi. Nothing special, but at least it's tea.

[Chip]

Fukamushi Supreme from O-Cha is currently in my cup. Yum!

[Pentox]

Sencha Harebare from Lupicia today for me. I'm just not feeling the fuka today. Switching to some ceylon silver stripe from Tao of Tea.

[traydoll]

Yamamotoyama jasmine tea bags at work, 2 cups so far

i've never blended but am interested in trying it...i drink a lot of chamomile and i could see myself adding dried rose petals/lavender to it

[Ron Gilmour]

I've never blended and I guess I don't have a lot of interest in it. To me the individual qualities of the teas are just so interesting that I hate to mess with them.

Today I've been downing large quantities of Makaibari Estate FTGFOP1S 2nd Flush. It's a nice enough second flush Darjeeling, but isn't really special enough that I would be likely to buy it again. On the plus side, it's organic and fair trade.

[Chip]

Tried a new tea from a newer vendor this evening. Japanese Green Tea Shop's Organic Yabe Kumamoto, from the Yabe district of Kumamoto prefecture on the island of Kyushu. I think this is Chumushicha, midsteamed.

I am thinking that organics/JAS are improving from Japan which can't be a bad thing. I had 2 very good orgnics this harvest. This may be the best organic I have had, not sure since this was first try. The taste was very good and very different.

Then Matcha, Sweetie liked.

Currently coming to the end of a Sencha Karigane session, love this stuff.

A great TeaDay, again. Hope yours was as well.

[laran7]

When my son was little he had terrible migraines and i tried very hard to blend a tea that he could drink that would be comforting, settling for his stomach and his head - and tasty. I just dug up the old emptied out spice jar that I kept his blend in. It was: rosemary, anise, ginko, nettle and white willow.
It was something between an incantation and a prayer -
I don't remember what the nettle was there for - and the jar is full of green cardamon now.

I've learned quite a bit by experimenting and comparing
and blending different teas and spices. I'm not too fond of chai. I love to add fresh mint. I've tried roasting grains ( I like roasted rice "tea" sometimes with cinnamon)

I haven't been posting much because i have learned that i have a lot to learn - and i'm reading about the greens lately and trying them out for the first time ( the good ones or at least better stuff than I had). (Two small cups of gyokuro, made in my yxing teapot today)

Thanks for the memories.

[auggy]

Just finished a cup of mirik valley from ToT. Now having fresh made potato, broccoli and cheese soup. Sooo good. Good tea and food day today.

[murrius]

I like to blend Japanese greens. I started with Hatsumi and Chiran Supreme and now I can't stop.

Stop me before I blend again!


Japanese green blend this morning and finished the day with a darjeeling.

[murrius]

When my son was little he had terrible migraines and i tried very hard to blend a tea that he could drink that would be comforting, settling for his stomach and his head - and tasty. I just dug up the old emptied out spice jar that I kept his blend in. It was: rosemary, anise, ginko, nettle and white willow.
It was something between an incantation and a prayer

Having to watch your child suffer is one of the hardest things that life can throw at you. I hope your tea blend helped him; I know that your love for him, made manifest in your searching for a soothing tea, certainly would have helped a great deal.

Peace.

[Chip]

When my son was little he had terrible migraines and i tried very hard to blend a tea that he could drink that would be comforting, settling for his stomach and his head - and tasty. I just dug up the old emptied out spice jar that I kept his blend in. It was: rosemary, anise, ginko, nettle and white willow.
It was something between an incantation and a prayer -
I don't remember what the nettle was there for - and the jar is full of green cardamon now.

I've learned quite a bit by experimenting and comparing
and blending different teas and spices. I'm not too fond of chai. I love to add fresh mint. I've tried roasting grains ( I like roasted rice "tea" sometimes with cinnamon)

I haven't been posting much because i have learned that i have a lot to learn - and i'm reading about the greens lately and trying them out for the first time ( the good ones or at least better stuff than I had). (Two small cups of gyokuro, made in my yxing teapot today)

Thanks for the memories.

Thanks for sharing with us. I hope the story ends well?

About to have some home roasted and blended Mugi/Genmai, tasty. Yeah, not true tea, but Japanese inspired, so it is all good!

[Chip]

I like to blend Japanese greens. I started with Hatsumi and Chiran Supreme and now I can't stop.

Stop me before I blend again!


Japanese green blend this morning and finished the day with a darjeeling.

Don't stop now!!! I really like blending Japanese teas as well.

[JP]

I haven't started blending yet, but I will give it a whirl sometime.

[Dash-2]

Just getting into tea, so hoping to try out lots before creating my own. =D

[laran7]

[quote="Chip"][Thanks for sharing with us. I hope the story ends well?[quote]

It does - He needed some orthodontry but as soon as his teeth were fixed - the migraines gradually stopped. It was overwhelming at the time -


(I'm following the Thread about green tea)
( also thank you Murrious)