I like that small banko houhin, I really need to get one of those, which one is yours from the 3 types on horaido`s website, and how many ml does it hold, I would like the one made with the wood turning technique.
Fuuki is very good gyokuro, it is sae-midori breed, burnt sugar aroma as I recall, did you try Kame No Yowai, that is gokoh breed a pure and sweet gyokuro.
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this is the houhin i got yesterday.
http://www.japantea.hu/index.php?pageid ... =46&id=360
i would say it holds 40ml,the 60 ml as stated on the website are up to the rim.
for me it's perfect,because i like to drink gyokuro in small doses and to be honest 100 ml would be too much for me from such an intense tea.
Kame No Yowai will be my next gyokuro,but i'll wait some time.gyokuro is nothing i drink everyday and in the time i use 300g sencha i barely use 100g gyokuro.
http://www.japantea.hu/index.php?pageid ... =46&id=360
i would say it holds 40ml,the 60 ml as stated on the website are up to the rim.
for me it's perfect,because i like to drink gyokuro in small doses and to be honest 100 ml would be too much for me from such an intense tea.
Kame No Yowai will be my next gyokuro,but i'll wait some time.gyokuro is nothing i drink everyday and in the time i use 300g sencha i barely use 100g gyokuro.
Re: Gyokuro suggestions
What would be the reason for using a yixing?skilfautdire wrote:How about brewing gyokuro in a yixing teapot ??
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Simple: that'd be the only teapot around.
It's a bit like the chicken and the egg. Won't get into gyokuro by buying a teapot first. Don't have a gyokuro teapot, so won't try gyokuro.
What I'd like to know is, what would be the net effect of brewing gyokuro in a yixing ? I mean, would the result be quite along the lines of brewing it properly ? Would the result be good enough to decide and go for it ? Or would it yield a really bad brew ?
It's a bit like the chicken and the egg. Won't get into gyokuro by buying a teapot first. Don't have a gyokuro teapot, so won't try gyokuro.
What I'd like to know is, what would be the net effect of brewing gyokuro in a yixing ? I mean, would the result be quite along the lines of brewing it properly ? Would the result be good enough to decide and go for it ? Or would it yield a really bad brew ?
Re: Gyokuro suggestions
Yixing is supposed to retain some of the flavor of the teas brewed in it, so it might interfere with the taste of gyokuro. A little porcelain or glass teapot would be better.