geese, I thought one of the benefits of tea was the price per cup....
some da yu ling today, over-brewed the second brew (you don't wanna know how long), but this fine tea just keeps on ticking anyway.
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Yet it is for 95% of the tea most of us drink on a daily basis.tenuki wrote:geese, I thought one of the benefits of tea was the price per cup....
Just a Guricha...it is good, but it is so mild compared to sencha. I need to open up a sencha that will inspire me more. Everything Japanese green I have open is failing to inspire me.
Actually, the sencha I am enjoying most is Daily Sencha that I did a quick pan fire, I really like that. I actually experimented with Pan Firing some Guricha last night. I might test that a little later, but I also want to try a Matcha.
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I received my tea trade from Victoria this afternoon! I am now enjoying a White Tip Oolong that is absolutely awesome. I hadn't found an oolong that I really liked until I tried this. Generally there was just something about the other oolongs that had a funny flavor, but this one is great. I am up to the third steep so far and have no idea how long it will last considering I am steeping it in my 16oz mug.
Hey CK, I'm glad you are enjoying that one. I was really amazed with it myself. I tend to like greener oolongs, but the smooth flavor of this one is just great. Not to mention the price is good too! It is definitely in my top rotation.
From the same supplier, comes the Paris blend I am trying right now. Very nice, a bit heavy on the florals, definitely feeling romantic.
From the same supplier, comes the Paris blend I am trying right now. Very nice, a bit heavy on the florals, definitely feeling romantic.
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now drinking 'golden buddha' from RBT - thanks for the recommend brandon. nice, simple, yummy tea with good lasting power.
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My most expensive tea would have to be the TaiPing Hou Kui that I get from a friend/vendor in china. It is about 55$ for 1/4lb and worth every penny. I was lucky this last harvest becuase he sent me a 1/2 lb for free....it was sealed in a nitrogen sealed bag so it stayed fresh.
*Today I have been drinking Pu all day....the usualy Wu's Reseerve (Cooked Shu from 2006)
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*Today I have been drinking Pu all day....the usualy Wu's Reseerve (Cooked Shu from 2006)
-Nick (TaiPing)
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I had Matcha Manten. I used my new baboo matcha spoon. I am so confused now about how much to use. Too many figures running through my head. I feel like I am learning all over again.
EDIT: Oh, it was very good.
EDIT: Oh, it was very good.
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Its been my experience that each matcha is different, it never seems as simple as 2 scoops for usucha, 4 for koicha. Some times its 3 or 5 or 6, of course this is made worse by the chashoku, not exactly a precise instrument. By the time I start to figure out a particular matcha, its gone; time to move on to the next one.Chip wrote:I had Matcha Manten, and used my new baboo matcha spoon. I am so confused now about how much to use. Too many figures running through my head. I feel like I am learning all over again.
Speaking of which, today I had two bowls of the organic kaoru.
http://anotherteablog.blogspot.com/2008 ... kaoru.html
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I am a little frustrated because vendor directions are soooo screwed up. Per Ippodo, I had been using 2 grams per 120 ml for thin (actually 2X the water than they recommended, they said 2 grams per 60 ML, which was sooo intense). But they also recommend to of these scoops for thin. 2 scoops was around .75 grams. In the "heat" of the moment, I just used 4 and hoped for the best.Space Samurai wrote:Its been my experience that each matcha is different, it never seems as simple as 2 scoops for usucha, 4 for koicha. Some times its 3 or 5 or 6, of course this is made worse by the chashoku, not exactly a precise instrument. By the time I start to figure out a particular matcha, its gone; time to move on to the next one.Chip wrote:I had Matcha MantenI used my new baboo matcha spoon. I am so confused now about how much to use. Too many figures running through my head. I feel like I am learning all over again.
Speaking of which, today I had two bowls of the organic kaoru.
http://anotherteablog.blogspot.com/2008 ... kaoru.html
Well, I need to regroup and reread a bit before I break out this Manten again. It was very good, but I was distracted by all the uncertainty.