Wednesday TeaDay 11/17/10 What is TeaChat?

[Seeker]

voted for all but networking, don't think i do that.
in terms of ranking, well, each of them can be at the top depending on my interest or my response to topic.

Sipping some Yutaka Midori Kaoru Supreme LE brewed in my new kyusu.
Mmmm.

Here's a pic of the kyusu:


Took the pic in my homemade lightbox.

Cheers.

[msurads06]

I picked mainly the learning options, i joined teachat to learn abut tea, teaware, brewing, vendors, etc. Finding teachat definately saved me from a few purchases i would have regretted (teavana yixing/tetsubin for example, i was heavily eyeing them when i first joined). I have also tried things i probably never would have thanks to teachat. I used to be incredibly intimidated by the idea of gaiwan brewing and now i generally prefer it due to ease of clean up. I have also very much enjoyed the OTTIs they have given me the opportunity to triy teas/vendors i probably wouldnt have otherwise.

Started out the day with OTTI tgy #3, followed by ruby black then rishi pu at work.

[debunix]

All of the above.

Today, shared some Bi Luo green tea in the office, and this afternoon, a wonderful infusion of Wuliang Shan Mao Cha, Loose Sheng Puerh Tea, Spring 2009 Harvest by Norbu. Today I bulk brewed up a thermos of it, starting with cooler water, because I was simultaneously working with the Bi Lo Chun, and then ramping up the temp for the last few infusions to nearly boiling. As always, this is a lovely tea, but what was a little unusual and different is that somehow the flavor has a very strong sweet/caramel/woody note that was so strongly reminiscent of the 2008 Yi Wu bamboo aged puerh I’ve been drinking that I could have sworn it was the same tea. And since I love that Yi Wu, this was a pleasant surprise. Now drinking some more of it--refreshed the leaves with hot water and going for more.

[Skippyandjif]

All of the above except for teaching. The only people I teach about tea are those of my friends who are very new to it, as in just started drinking tea a few weeks prior. Other than that, I'm much more of a learner than a teacher.

I tried a gourd tisane this afternoon, and the result was that it tasted so rancid that it almost made me ill. So I scrapped that and drank a ton of rose congou to cleanse the taste from my mouth. Right now I'm drinking pouchong.

[Chip]

Thanks Seeker for coloring our TD!

Busy day prepping for Hagi SO 13 for me and the Mrs. TD continued with Kame gyokuro and then some dribs and drabs sencha blend which was very good.

Currently SLT into the night ...

Great TD.

[Stentor]

Took the pic in my homemade lightbox.

That's awesome. The pic turned out great, too! Do you have instructions on how one would go about making one?
Very nice kyusu by the way! It's like it's telling a story and the language is tea.

[RaynBeatle]

Teanetworking...just a place to discuss really.