Cheap tea?

[ummaya]

I've used 5g for 6-8oz for 60 sec first steep and had good results.

Thanks. Did you brew it with 90C (200F) water ?

[iannon]

I've used 5g for 6-8oz for 60 sec first steep and had good results.

Thanks. Did you brew it with 90C (200F) water ?

no i hardly ever go that hot with sencha. maybe late in steeping to try and stretch some but first few are 165 to 185 or so depending on preheating my kyusu or not

[ummaya]

165 to 185 or so depending on preheating my kyusu or not

I'll try that. I like my sencha brewed at low temp and longer steeping time.

[kiban]

Hello, I just found this website while looking on how to make wakame sencha blue tea .

I have been looking through this 2 pages and, seems there are a few wrong ideas of sencha.

Sencha tea can be made 2 ways. From 3-7 minutes with a temperature of 80-100C. If you like it light, the best way is 80C at 3m. But it really tastes fully with more temperature and time. This tea is very strong, and thats why is used in mixing of genmaicha etc, as it can take a lot of temperature. Sencha is the third best of Gyokuro(1), Matcha(2), Sencha(3), Bancha(4).

If you see Japan green tea saying it should be done with less than 1,30m, that is a big lie. In fact, you can go over youtube and look for professional Japanese tea brewers, and they not only show where their tea is being made, but they show you the proper ways to make Japanese green tea, which is definitely not less than 1,30m. I forgot the name of this videos, if I remember laer I'll post em.

In tea, less time more temperature is not equal to more time less temperature, as each tea leaf is very different, some of them go to waste if high temperature water is poured for just 1 second.

Oh I forgot, the cheapest green of Japan is bancha, and after that one in my country, is hojicha, but cheap doesn't mean bad, its just about taste, my favourite is hojicha and it is cheap . Also a good example for this is genmaicha, that tea was the lowest of the lowest, as it was made with rice, only the poor people drunk that, people with high incomes did not even mention that tea, as it was the tea of the poor. Now days is one of the most famous teas.

[teaisme]

I think if you browse this forum a little bit more you will find that most suggestions people give are worth a try before you dismiss them as wrong

they show you the proper ways to make Japanese green tea, which is definitely not less than 1,30m. I forgot the name of this videos

All teas are different, example maybe the video was showing how to prepare asa, with a fuka 1 min 30 is just too long for my taste unless you are using much less leaf, the amount of leaf I use is enough for 4 infusions, perhaps you are just talking about brewing one single cup?

I do also enjoy brewing one single (larger then normal) infusion of sencha sometimes, so 3-7 mins like you said is not unheard of for me, but I use less leaf and cooler water

[rabbit]

I went to a chinese resturant and told them I liked the tea and asked if I could buy some... they filled an entire grocery bag to the top with wuyi oolong for $5 lol!

[entropyembrace]

I went to a chinese resturant and told them I liked the tea and asked if I could buy some... they filled an entire grocery bag to the top with wuyi oolong for $5 lol!

a grocery bag? o.O

actually my gf had a similar experience hunting for tea in Chinatown...she found a woman selling TKY in huge plastic bags

she decided not to buy it which offended the Chinese woman because that was the tea she drank apparently

[iannon]

I think if you browse this forum a little bit more you will find that most suggestions people give are worth a try before you dismiss them as wrong

they show you the proper ways to make Japanese green tea, which is definitely not less than 1,30m. I forgot the name of this videos

All teas are different, example maybe the video was showing how to prepare asa, with a fuka 1 min 30 is just too long for my taste unless you are using much less leaf, the amount of leaf I use is enough for 4 infusions, perhaps you are just talking about brewing one single cup?

I do also enjoy brewing one single (larger then normal) infusion of sencha sometimes, so 3-7 mins like you said is not unheard of for me, but I use less leaf and cooler water

Dens tea suggests, depending on type of sencha ie: Fuka vs asa, between 30 and 90 seconds
Maiko: 90 seconds (asa)
Zencha: 10 seconds to 60 seconds (mostly Fuka)
O-cha: 90 seconds to 2 min max
Ippodo: 60 seconds
Hojo: 60 seconds
Yuuki-cha 60 to 120 depending on asa or chu or fuka
second steep recommendations are all less time from all of the above. 30 seconds average and as low as a few seconds

Just sayin...

[Chip]

Touche!

... and that is from Japanese vendors!

This guy must be TeaDrunk ...

Or maybe he saw the spoof youtubes of a Japanese woman making tea?

Regardless, Kiban welcome to the forum, we will teach you how to make good sencha if you stick around.

[bagua7]

Well check this out:

http://www.jingteashop.com/cat_ev_green_tea.cfm

That vendor doesn't sell garbage tea and those prices are very attractive for someone on a budget.

Gluck!

[skilfautdire]

Hello, I just found this website while looking on how to make wakame sencha blue tea .

Interesting. First time I hear about that.

Although the answer is in the name: wakame sencha. Put some wakame with sencha. Adjust to taste/effect. I'll try it. While at it, I'll also try with some freshly-steeped kombu broth (kombu only, no bonito!).

[skilfautdire]

Organic Lu Cha (simply "Green Tea" - no fancy name) and organic Bi Luo Chun, both at $8.55/100g at good values. From YunnanSourcing:

http://www.yunnansourcing.com/store/pro ... oduct=1331

http://www.yunnansourcing.com/store/pro ... oduct=1332

The organic jasmine pearls also, at $27.00 for 500g:

http://www.yunnansourcing.com/store/pro ... oduct=1220

There a few other good, inexpensive teas there. Great for daily consumption.