Friday/Saturday TeaDay 2/25-26/11 Uh oh, bait and switch?

[David R.]

Being in the discovery phase, I don't often reorder the same tea unless it is to stock it (mostly puerh.) I really enjoy tasting new stuff all the time.

After YM Supreme from O-Cha, testing the effect of my new Chao Zhou teapot on Hojo's Lao Ban Zhang. So far so good.

[Tadpole]

Silver needle from 2010 this morning. Over time, seems to have traded the sharper floral taste with something more rounded and thicker. Good, but really craving a dancong. None to be found at the moment!

[Nenugal]

Something similar once happened to me, I ordered some loose-leaf green tea from a shop, and it turned out that the particular tea I wanted was sold out. I was offered to either wait for a long time, or they would send me several bags of other types of tea instead. This was in the beginning when I was getting to know tea, so I accepted, and thought it would be a nice chance to taste some new types of tea.
Two days later, I got a package with 6 different boxes of teabags, that were past the best before date.

Now, I'm drinking a large cup of Adagio's Irish Breakfast tea.

[ebauer]

If you are ordering the same tea from the same vendor, it should be the same as previous. If not, I would be changing vendors.

[gargoylekitty]

I can't say I've had this problem before, not counting variation from harvest to harvest.

Not much tea today due to travel, but last night I found out I can brew sencha without breaking anything or scolding myself when drunk enough I don't even remember doing it.

[Chip]

Saturday was a great TD. Began with Hosen from Ippodo and then Kaoru Organic matcha with the Mrs. Finished with a very good everyday tea, Musashi from O-Cha.

Oh, and day 3 of the Pu-OTTI #2.