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by debunix » Jan 13th, '10, 11:23
Kevangogh wrote:The growers store the tea in special warehouses where the temperature is lowered to near freezing and which is humidity controlled. They pull the tea throughout the year as needed or as we order it.
That's very helpful. I will go ahead and order some more green tea, reseal it in small packages, and refrigerate what I won't use up quickly.
Now I just have to decide: sencha or gyokuro?
Jan 13th, '10, 11:28
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by olivierco » Jan 13th, '10, 11:28
debunix wrote:
Now I just have to decide: sencha or gyokuro?
Both of course.
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by Chip » Jan 13th, '10, 14:15
+1.
Although I do not overstock sencha this time of year, it is an ideal time to get properly aged Gyokuro ... not that there is a bad time, as long as it has been properly aged and not Shincha Gyokuro as stated by Kevin.
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by debunix » Jan 13th, '10, 20:14
too late to take this good advice, already ordered sencha. But will try to remember it for next year.
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by Chip » Jan 13th, '10, 20:32
debunix wrote:too late to take this good advice, already ordered sencha. But will try to remember it for next year.
There is nothing wrong with ordering sencha this time of year, as long as it was properly stored, it has maybe mellowed a bit.
I would not want to be buying a 6 month supply around now, however. I like to be running out of good sencha around mid April to May, about the same time Shincha starts becoming available.
But I have already had previous harvest sencha that sat in the TeaFridge until 6 months into the new harvest, so it was around 18 months old ... was still quite good, no problem. I just would not want this to be the norm.
Jan 13th, '10, 23:15
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by debunix » Jan 13th, '10, 23:15
Gotcha. Sencha in the spring, gyokuro in the fall. Will try to get it right next year!
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by Chip » Jan 13th, '10, 23:17
debunix wrote:Gotcha. Sencha in the spring, gyokuro in the fall. Will try to get it right next year!
Heh, not what I am saying.
I just buy less sencha as Shincha draws closer and closer.
Jan 13th, '10, 23:21
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by debunix » Jan 13th, '10, 23:21
Given my love of almost all types of tea, I'm not likely to drink enough sencha and/or gyokuro to order either more than twice a year, and I *like* the idea of ordering them in a regular rotation.
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by Kevangogh » Jan 14th, '10, 23:28
Best bet is to just buy what you will drink in one to two months time at any time of the year, provided you get it from a source supplying fresh stuff. The only time of the year you might have to suffer is from around March to late April, sometimes stock runs out.
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by debunix » Jan 14th, '10, 23:44
Kevangogh wrote:Best bet is to just buy what you will drink in one to two months time
That's what I'd like to do, but most retailers don't want to sell just 25 or 30 grams at a time. I just don't drink enough of this one type of tea for the 100g minimum from most of them.
