Monday TeaDay 2/14/11 Journal this!

[entropyembrace]

No Journal for me, it would feel like too much of a chore keeping one for my tea drinking.

Today I´ve been drinking dayi 8582-802...bittersweet with a bit of smoke...woody characters dominating...sometimes I get a hint of cacao but it´s not there in every infusion....

[Chip]

Yes, a daily journal of teas enjoyed. Nothing too over the top, just never really felt so inclined. I also keep a running and complete annual inventory for mostly Japanese teas.

That is enough for now.

Began the TD with Kiwami from Zencha with the Mrs. Next up, Hosen from Ippodo with a little added Musashi karigane from O-Cha. Finished up with Kaoru Organic matcha in a new Shawn's Greenwood Studio Ippuku wan, really nice!

[debunix]

A green and oolong day, with some unintentionally aged Dragon Well from Wing Hop Fung and some Bai Yun yunnan oolong from Norbu. The Dragon Well has held up remarkably well, and the Bai Yun is always reliably delicious. I shared it with a colleague today at work, who had a cup with some ice in it from finishing another drink, and he agreed that it was delicious iced, while I happily continued to drink it hot and sweet.

[JBaymore]

Nope, no journal.

best,

..............john

[brad4419]

Nope, not at all.

I tried to jot down some notes to keep track of what samples I liked but found out quickly that I like them all and it was hendering my enjoyment of drinking the tea to have to worry about keeping notes. Also I kept losing the notes

tie luo han in my cup today

[putibungsu]

Sort of - using a camera than taking notes, mostly when I try new teas or teaware.

Den's organic matcha in the morning then tsue luan oolong from Tea from Taiwan at work.

[tropicanahana]

Yes I keep a little tea diary! It's in a small 5'7 notebook. I decided to start journalling my explorations of tea when I became curious of the differences in different types. I started with teas my indian pen pal sent me. They were from a darjeeling estate and had seasonal flushes, as well as a few assam. I paste in the tea package if there was one, for loose leaf I tape in a leaf lol. I'm very visual. I also rate the teas on 1 - 10 scale, and list the basics like cost, where found, ect.

I've been wanting to put my tea journalling online and become a tea blogger. It takes a commitment and fast computer though! I admire bloggers!

[Cael]

Keeping a journal of what I drink is part of why I started Tea Snobbery. It is sort of up to date, but not always. I tend to drink a lot of my teas before I've had a chance to review them because they make me so happy to drink them.

[DoctorD]

I don't keep a daily journal, but I do make notes on all teas purchased and/or tasted. I did this systematically from 2000 to 2005, then took a break until last year when I started up again. I generally include name, price and source, any relevant info e.g. from a website or whatever (will also sometimes cut and paste a map of the growing area if it seems relevant), and details of the first tasting session. I feel free to go back and expand/amend these notes if my opinion changes later on, though this rarely happens. Years ago I also rated each tea based on a personal numerical scale, but I don't bother with that any more. I'm old-fashioned and keep TeaNotes as a Word document that I print out occasionally and keep in a three-ring binder. It's fun to look back and see how tastes and priorities have evolved over the last decade.

Have just been enjoying some Dragon Whiskers Mao Jian from TeaTrekker.