Tuesday TeaDay 7/28/09 Bad TeaDay reflections?

[tea-guy]

I've had a few bad tea days. Mostly related to Mate and not the venerable Camelia Sinensis.

In my cup this busy day at work: Cranberry Autumn

[Mrs. Chip]

Yes, only days completely without tea are bad teadays. They've become pretty rare.

Since I am relatively 'new' to the TeaScene, I can only remember 1 bad tea day and that was a day when I had to be at work super early and totally missed the first TeaSession at home.

Fortunately that has not happened since and I am enjoying all my shared TeaDays immensely.

Currently in my cup Kukicha with Matcha ala Maeda-en.

Have a TEArrific TeaDay everyone.

[gingkoseto]

I have bad days from time to time, but almost never bad tea days. If I don't like the tea I have, I just switch to another cup.

It may be called a bad tea day when I once sat down in a Beijing teahouse and realized there was no tea cheaper than $30 per serving on the menu. I would rather splurge than being embarrassed

[Chip]

Sometimes I have withheld all reference to fish in today’s photo. Despite the Zencha bag in the background, the subject tea is actually Lupicia Nara. Thanks to Pentox for suggesting this as well as a couple others.

Hrm, no reference to fish, but this picture reminds me of a slug -- a cup of tea moving slowly across the table, leaving a trail of a arboreal pattern in its wakes, with nice orange accents.

Seems this photo has evoked some images in the minds of TCers. My initial reaction to it instantly, a Wizard of Oz parallel with the cup of sencha skipping along leaving things greeeeener and full of flowers in its wake. I have not been able to get "Follow the GREENER Brick Road" song out of my head allll day. Great imagery, Sal!

Bad TeaDays are pretty much a thing of the past since I started "following the greener road" of Japanese teas.

Speaking of, began the TD with YM from O-Cha, cannot get greener than that!!! SweeTea slurped it up while Pyrit and Wulong paid close attention to Fuji instead of the tea.

[Chip]

It may be called a bad tea day when I once sat down in a Beijing teahouse and realized there was no tea cheaper than $30 per serving on the menu. I would rather splurge than being embarrassed

Yikes, not sure what I would do except hope that I am misunderstanding the exchange rate.

I think my miserly character would overrule my "TeaGo" in this case.

Brewing up some remnants of Asatsuyu with some Yamata shinchas, both from Rishi.

Follow follow follow follow follow the greener tea road ...

[Mrs. Chip]

I think my miserly character would overrule my "TeaGo" in this case.
Follow follow follow follow follow the greener tea road ...

NOT!
[he is far from miserly]

[Drax]

Hrm, no reference to fish, but this picture reminds me of a slug -- a cup of tea moving slowly across the table, leaving a trail of a arboreal pattern in its wakes, with nice orange accents.

Seems this photo has evoked some images in the minds of TCers. My initial reaction to it instantly, a Wizard of Oz parallel with the cup of sencha skipping along leaving things greeeeener and full of flowers in its wake. I have not been able to get "Follow the GREENER Brick Road" song out of my head allll day. Great imagery, Sal!

Heh, there was a later Oz story (by Thompson) with a girl (Flora?) made of flowers, and wherever she walked, flowers sprang from her footsteps. I think it might have been Grandpa in Oz... been awhile.

Either way, I agree -- great imagery!

[Dreamer]

Really, the only bad tea day is a day without tea!

Today started with Nilgiri, mmmm.
This afternoon I had a great bowl of matcha.
This evening iced Nilgiri.

Yep, a good tea day, for sure.

And the day is always good, if I get to check in with teachat...Sal's pics and the ensuing comments are always fun!

Have fun,
Dreamer

[sriracha]

Like yesterday, I voted 'not really'; I did however have one rather mediocre tea experience last weekend when visiting a cafe me and my little circle of friends have been frequenting for years. It's very old, both the establishment and the house it's in-I think 17th century. I really love the place but I realize I haven't been since my interest in tea exploded some months back, and their tea is...simply awful. I shared a pot of tea with one other guy and we were given around 1 L of water into which someone had dumped a single, small tea ball. How that tiny amount of tea was supposed to be able to turn all that water into tea is anybody's guess. =_=

A pity since their apple tart, blueberry pies, rhubarb pies are so yummy..

Today has been...ok. No tea is really able to revive me after having worked the whole night so I cannot say it's been bad today, at least.

[Chip]

A tasting of Kunpu shincha from Den's earlier, and then Keemun Concerto from Adagio with DW.

Dare I say it, a great TeaDay indeed.

[Proinsias]

A bad tea day is a day when I only have one tea and I can't get it to taste nice. This happens most often when I am busy and finishing a tea off, there is either too little or too much leaf and I've not got the time to learn how to make it work.

A no tea day is fine, I have one or two days off a week.