Tuesday TeaDay 6/22/10 Fanatical TeaPotter?

[TIM]

One tea pot, one kind of tea vartial, one kind of roasting, one kind of aging. Fanatical indeed.

Learn something new everyday. How to kick start your yixing:
http://www.zishayixing.com/blog/250110/ ... t-use-tips

[olivierco]

Fanatical but in somewhat different way: I have more teapots than needed for my favorite types of tea: about ten houhins for gyokuro and sencha and even more chawan for matcha.

Kuradashi gyokuro in a few minutes.

[Victoria]

Pretty much so, I guess I would say.
Not totally Fanatical about it though.

In my cup this morning my new favorite Darjeeling:
Tea Emporium 2010 FF Turzum

Have a nice day everyone!

[Seeker]

"i guess so...".
I do match somewhat with yixing, and kyusu, but only by tea type.
I don't match by specific tea (i.e. certain red or blond yixings I use for any oolong rather than specific oolongs, and 'purple' yixings get only puerh, but again, not specific pu's to specific pots; then kyusu for all sencha and even gyo; gaiwan or glass for whites or chinese greens).

just broke a tooth - eeeeek! Upper molar.

Working to get myself to the dentist now.

deep breath, sigh.

cheers.

[Chip]

"i guess so...".
I do match somewhat with yixing, and kyusu, but only by tea type.
I don't match by specific tea (i.e. certain red or blond yixings I use for any oolong rather than specific oolongs, and 'purple' yixings get only puerh, but again, not specific pu's to specific pots; then kyusu for all sencha and even gyo; gaiwan or glass for whites or chinese greens).

just broke a tooth - eeeeek! Upper molar.

Working to get myself to the dentist now.

deep breath, sigh.

cheers.

Too much matcha is bad for your teeth!

[entropyembrace]

One tea pot, one kind of tea vartial, one kind of roasting, one kind of aging. Fanatical indeed.

how do you keep track of what each of the 3 nearly identical pots is for?

[artmom]

Yunnan Golden Curls for 1st cup of the TeaDay. Then, Formosa Ruby Black.

Received my Second Flush Darjeeling/Assam sample tasting tea from Lochan today. I think I'll prefer these to the First Flush--who knows, though?

[Chip]

Heh, love all the ducks in a row shot, TIM! Thanks for coloring TD.

I would say I am pretty fanatical at matching a pot to the tea. I will pick a particular pot or pots for particular sencha, etc. And if brewing oolong or white, etc, I continue the practice. I guess I want the best pot for the job!

Began the TD with a tasting of Kinari Shincha from Maiko, outstanding asamushi! Last time I brewed this, it was in a Deishi Kyusu ... was not a pleased as this time in a Tokoname. Not sure if there is a conclusion in there or not? SweeTea joined the tasting while Gandalf and Shincha were just visiting the TeaTable this morn.

Next up, a blend of Yutaka Midori from the O-C blending with the last of a Sae Midori organic. Outstanding as well!

[laura99]

I love searching for, and sometime purchasing, new tea ware, but not fanatical about matching tea ware to teas.

Exceptions are that at home I always brew my sencha in my kyusu, and use my hagi cup. But I also brew green oolongs in that same kyusu (its glazed).

At work I have two IngenuiTEA's - one for greens (including green oolong) and another for all else.

[nickE]

"I guess so." I have a few yixing pots dedicated to certain types of tea (young sheng, shupu, etc). I also have 3 gaiwans (different sizes) that are very versatile.

Today was a fun day. Decided to cup 2 different roasted TKY from the Tea Gallery; Classic Roast & Elegant Queen. Even though the teas are quite different, it turned out to be great fun!

The Classic Roast had notes of dark chocolate, cherries, and a caramel smoothness that lead to a cooling huigan. Elegant Queen had a very unique lime acidity and some citrus notes, but also deep complexity and a nice play between sour & sweetness on the tongue.

Not sure which I prefer, they are both wonderful.

[TEAcher1111]

I think if you have enough pots it can be fun, and more enjoyable to match your tea with your pot. Personally i am a gaiwan man myself, so i don't worry myself with this stuff to much. One yellow gaiwan, one server, and a ton of tea cups to share my tea! =)

[Chip]

... next up, a tasting of Kunpu from Den's which was superb! Brewed in the kyusu I have had the longest which is perfect for Asamushi-cha.

[TIM]

Going thru the 6th pot of oolongs tonight.... Plus Gaiwans and such of course.

[Chip]

Thanks for coloring TD nickE ... and for the encore TIM.

Sipping the remains of the day currently.

[LauraW]

Not really, but I have been known to actually use my gaiwan once in a while... mostly for new tea to see differences between small steeps, most of the time for oolongs (if I have time and am at home). Since a lot of my tea time is at work, it tends to be (lately, anyway) the same few teas in an infuser in a SplitFire mug. Even at home, I tend to use the same pot over and over, or my IngenuiTea (which sees most of its use when no one else wants tea or I'm alone - which is fairly often).