Wednesday TeaDay 3/31/10 100 years later...green TeaPartay?

[teaisme]

ahhh older and wiser, or closer to being senile?

I'll drink some sencha and send some good intentions your way

Happy celebrations and may you have many more to come.

[LauraW]

Okay now, everybody sing!...

Happy birthday to you
Happy birthday to you
Happy birthday deeaar Chiiiiip
Happy birthday to youoouuuuououuuuou!!!
(and many more!)

Happy Birthday Chip.

+10!

Also, Seeker, what is that fabulous black and green masterpiece in the center of your first pic? And how do I go about stealing it?!

Heating up some water for Fukamushi sencha now... using a green pot, but not a matching cup since when I drink alone it gets really bitter by the time I pour the second cup... But the cream-colored cup lets me see the green beauty of the tea!!

[Chip]

Thank you all so very kindly!!!

And yeah Seeker, what is that blackish yunomi??? Thanks for coloring TD!

Good Genmaicha and great sushi/sashimi earlier ... followed by the previously mentioned Matcha.

... hmmm, 8:15 PM ... is there time for one more tea, a mini session perhaps?!? Maybe in a mini Korean travel set gift received today with a little help from a Californian TCer?

[brlarson]

Hibiki-an sencha went nicely with lunch and Tsuru-Jiru-Shi complemented my wife's vegetarian chili nicely at supper.

... hmmm, 8:15 PM ... is there time for one more tea, a mini session perhaps?!? ...

You bet! Perhaps a little hojicha.

[LauraW]

Maybe in a mini Korean travel set gift received today with a little help from a Californian TCer?

Pictures?

Also, another couple days and I'll be finished with this pack of Fukamushi - I promised myself I would only have one pack from Den's open at a time. Soon, it will be a debate between Genmaicha and Fukamidori.

[artmom]

Well, BIRTHDAY BOY, I tried the sample of Den's Organic Sencha. I'm either not brewing right, or something, or else I just am not going to be a green tea drinker! But I did it for you!

[putibungsu]

Happy Birthday, Chip!

Yuuki's Tenkei Tori matcha (again) in my cup this morning and ippodo's kaboku sencha around noon. Finishing the last square of coppeneur's Java 72% before going to bed.

[Chip]

And again, thank you all most kindly!!!

Hibiki-an sencha went nicely with lunch and Tsuru-Jiru-Shi complemented my wife's vegetarian chili nicely at supper.

... hmmm, 8:15 PM ... is there time for one more tea, a mini session perhaps?!? ...

You bet! Perhaps a little hojicha.

Went with some mystery Korean green from Hankook.

Maybe in a mini Korean travel set gift received today with a little help from a Californian TCer?

Pictures?

Maybe soon.

Well, BIRTHDAY BOY, I tried the sample of Den's Organic Sencha. I'm either not brewing right, or something, or else I just am not going to be a green tea drinker! But I did it for you!

Awwww, thanks. It was the thought that counts and touched my heart! Which sencha was it? Perhaps you need a personal lesson?

And currently a wonderful cuppa Korean Hydrangea "tea" from Hankook.

[Seeker]

Okey doke - here's a couple more shots of that yunomi.



It's not artisan made I don't think. There's no potters mark on the bottom or anywhere on it. I bought it at Tokyo Fish Market in Berkeley, and there were several on the shelf. This particular one called me. All the others were quite similar. I don't think it was very expensive either.
(kinda reminds me of seigan's 'cucumber' glaze, eh?).

Cheers.
Hope all have had a good TD.
Chip - especially you, hope you had a good b'day TD. Happy, happy.
(gonna hit a bit more green and maybe a chocolate chip cookie, heh heh).

[Chip]

Whoa dude!!! That is crazy cool! And nice jade wan!

So, my 100th birthday has come and gone. I managed to celebrate with 100 cups of green tea and a 100 mile bike ride around the tea fields adjacent to Mt. Fuji.

I will report findings in Thursday's TeaDay.

[Seeker]

[artmom]

Chip, the sencha I tried in your honor was included in Den's green tea sampler for beginners. The only info I could find on it was Organic Sencha. I'll keep trying; I have more greens on hand.

I definitely need a personal lesson; will Mrs. Chip allow that???? Actually, when my granddaughter returns in May or June from two years in Japan, I hope to have my first cup of green tea made by someone who knows how. That's what she drinks now.

[Chip]

Chip, the sencha I tried in your honor was included in Den's green tea sampler for beginners. The only info I could find on it was Organic Sencha. I'll keep trying; I have more greens on hand.

I definitely need a personal lesson; will Mrs. Chip allow that???? Actually, when my granddaughter returns in May or June from two years in Japan, I hope to have my first cup of green tea made by someone who knows how. That's what she drinks now.

I am certain your granddaughter will convert you to the green side. Mrs C says fine if you need my help.

[kymidwife]

OK, better late than never.

Or, as they say in my business, Better Late than Pregnant.


Happy belated birthday to my friend, Mr. Green. I will drink some sencha for you tomorrow morning.


Sarah

[Chip]

I hope you enjoyed your GREEN today! Thanks for the birthday wishes.

I finished the TD last evening with Dan Cong Aria from Adagio. I have to say, this Dan Cong is very approachable and fail proof to brew compared to a lot of other DCs I have failed miserably in brewing.

... and still brewing it today.