Alright everyone, if you were forced to drink only one type of green tea for the rest of your life, what would it be?
I would have to go with dragonwell.
Favorite Green...
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May 5th, '06, 00:38
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...without a doubt...Long Jing...aka...Dragon Well, Lung Ching.
The tough part would be which one...there are several very good ones to choose from...and if you vary its preparation it can come out good but different each time.
I have not had a bad cup of DW in at least a couple years.
You have great taste teafanatic!!!
The tough part would be which one...there are several very good ones to choose from...and if you vary its preparation it can come out good but different each time.
I have not had a bad cup of DW in at least a couple years.
You have great taste teafanatic!!!
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Yes it does depend on the grade and quality, but the thing I like about dragonwell for me at least is a pretty consistent taste that is different from all the other greens. The chestnutty overtones, although they appear in other greens, are very distinctive in the dragonwell. It is a very good green.
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Favorites: Sencha, Dragonwell, White Monkey, Silver Needle, Gyokuro, Kukicha, Darjeeling
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simply sencha
Call my green, but I enjoy a simple cup of sencha. The fresh flavor, the verdant aroma ..
May 8th, '06, 02:00
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I too love a great sencha or a gyokuro, but I have been horribly disappointed in the past.
I now place it just below DW since I have a great source for the freshed and highest quality senchas and gyokuros I have ever had. They are delivered to my door from Japan complete with Japanese post marks...how cool is that.
I will be receiving any day now my Shincha sencha from Uji, which is the first flush that is available only for a short time...cannot wait.
I now place it just below DW since I have a great source for the freshed and highest quality senchas and gyokuros I have ever had. They are delivered to my door from Japan complete with Japanese post marks...how cool is that.
I will be receiving any day now my Shincha sencha from Uji, which is the first flush that is available only for a short time...cannot wait.
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Re: Favorite Green...
At my current state of mind, it's a tie between Dragon Well and Tai Ping Hou Kui (Monkey King).
My favorite is definately longjing.
About hojicha, I agree with TeaFanatic. It's basically low quality tea roasted to make it drinkable. I also wouldn't be surprised if they used stale tea, because roasting it would make it drinkable again. There is a device that roasts old tea to make it drinkable, so it's definately not unheard of to roast old tea.
Basically, I just don't like it because the roasting covers up the tea taste.
About hojicha, I agree with TeaFanatic. It's basically low quality tea roasted to make it drinkable. I also wouldn't be surprised if they used stale tea, because roasting it would make it drinkable again. There is a device that roasts old tea to make it drinkable, so it's definately not unheard of to roast old tea.
Basically, I just don't like it because the roasting covers up the tea taste.
Super elite tea facist....