Friday TeaDay 1/22/10 TeaPeeves ... what the zen?

[bsteele]

Other... but I don't know what that is, yet...

[olivierco]

Kaboku sencha after dinner, wakamatsu no mukashi matcha (koicha if there is enough in the tin) is next.

[Dresden]

How about not having an unlimited budget for all the great wares I would like to own?

[LauraW]

How about not having an unlimited budget for all the great wares I would like to own?

+1
More funding toward great wares and great tea would be awesome. That's my "other" vote.

[tea-guy]

With the amount of tea I drink, you would think it'd never go stale! Not so. Often I find myself wanting to drink a tea I remember from months ago which has ironically gone stale.

I have roughly 70 teas at my cube at work. Often I have people drop by for tea. More often though, I have people come by for other project related stuff which end up distracting me from a brewing cup. Nothing is more disappointing than turning around and 'remembering' I had a cup brewing for the past 20 minutes and it's now well beyond its best taste.

Reordering a great tea is always a pleasure. Until it turns out the had a bad crop or switched suppliers and the taste is notably less wonderful than in the past.

Today I have been drinking:
Peach Black Tea from Zhena's
Golden Monkey from Adagio
Winter White Earl Grey from Harney & Sons
CoCo Chai Rooibos from David's Tea
English Breakfast by Taylor's of Harrogate

[Seeker]

Seeker's post inspired me, so I'm having Ancient Moonlight too. Thanks, Seeker!

Cheers Trey!

In my cup now - mix of o-cha organic gyokuro and teavana gyokuro imperial. Quite yummy, i must say.

[TubbyCow]

Stale tea is a depressing thing. I had a lot of cups at friends' houses lately, and their old teas always taste like soap. I HATE when I do that to myself. I really hate to do it to a particularly worthy tea.

[cls46]

I think the worst is when you buy a tea and it doesn't live up to its price
Drinking White peach right now

[brad4419]

I have to add a TP - when I get distracted heating my water, and overheat it, then have to wait for it to cool (or take measures to cool it

Seeker you nailed it. This is my biggest peeve by far. So many times that I go to heat water for green or white tea and leave the kitchen and when I return its boiling Then I start all over and the worste is when it happens over again and again

[Seeker]

Yes, yes Brad!
Ooooo I hate that - especially the repitition!

[Chip]

Pretty funny, I drink Japanese greens all the time and each session begins with an electric kettle full of boiling water... without fail. I get through 4-5 steeps w/o reheating ... got it pretty much down to a science.

Heh, I would be a bit lost w/o starting with boiling water. In fact, not having a kettle full of boiling water to start would be a peeve of mine.

Next up, a tasting of Zencha Fuga LE.

[Symmetry]

For me, it's forgetting tea at home more than anything, but waking up to dirty teaware (dirty dishes in general, really) and overbrewing a special tea on accident also ruin my mood.