On my third steep of this morning's hashiri sencha. I refrigerated the leaves so that they wouldn't go off in the heat, and used slightly hotter water than usual. Not a great success. This tea doesn't produce a very flavorful third steep, and the chilled leaves held the flavor back all the more. It's sweet, but more of a sweet nothing.
I guess I don't want to be THAT frugal.
I don't usually care for flavored oolongs, but I have to say, this was the best of the flavored line. Peach being closet and harmonizing with the naturally occurring peach flavor of some oolongs. Not the higest quality tea as you can see by the leaves, but still decent and it comes from Taiwan not China.GeekgirlUnveiled wrote:How is this? I've been hesitant to try the "flavored" oolongs.TimeforTea wrote:
First real tea today so late in the day-peach oolong.
I didn't care for the vanilla or almond oolong. Based on that experience & typically not being a peach fan, was very hesitant to try it. Thanx for the info, V!Victoria wrote:I don't usually care for flavored oolongs, but I have to say, this was the best of the flavored line. Peach being closet and harmonizing with the naturally occurring peach flavor of some oolongs. Not the higest quality tea as you can see by the leaves, but still decent and it comes from Taiwan not China.GeekgirlUnveiled wrote:How is this? I've been hesitant to try the "flavored" oolongs.TimeforTea wrote:
First real tea today so late in the day-peach oolong.
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henley wrote:I didn't care for the vanilla or almond oolong. Based on that experience & typically not being a peach fan, was very hesitant to try it. Thanx for the info, V!Victoria wrote:I don't usually care for flavored oolongs, but I have to say, this was the best of the flavored line. Peach being closet and harmonizing with the naturally occurring peach flavor of some oolongs. Not the higest quality tea as you can see by the leaves, but still decent and it comes from Taiwan not China.GeekgirlUnveiled wrote:How is this? I've been hesitant to try the "flavored" oolongs.TimeforTea wrote:
First real tea today so late in the day-peach oolong.
What...you could get thrown out of Georgia for a comment like that. You might as well move north now. 
I want to give Jogrebe credit where credit is due. This is a great poll question!
I went with less tea -- but I'm not exactly sure how I'd approach this situation. As it is, I generally only have tea twice a day. Maybe I would scale back to once a day. The morning of course! That could possibly be the solution. And, another strategy I could use is to buy other teas that aren't as expensive, and put them in the rotation.
Of all the teas, I think one gets the most return on blacks. You can find really good and satisfying black teas at the most affordable prices. For sure, the most expensive teas out there in my opinion are oolongs. Good oolongs are just down right pricey.
I went with less tea -- but I'm not exactly sure how I'd approach this situation. As it is, I generally only have tea twice a day. Maybe I would scale back to once a day. The morning of course! That could possibly be the solution. And, another strategy I could use is to buy other teas that aren't as expensive, and put them in the rotation.
Of all the teas, I think one gets the most return on blacks. You can find really good and satisfying black teas at the most affordable prices. For sure, the most expensive teas out there in my opinion are oolongs. Good oolongs are just down right pricey.
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I agree with Geekgirl that price and quality are not always proportional. I think I could significantly decrease the amount of money I spend on tea without necessarily decreasing the quality (although I would definitely have to decrease the variety). I also agree with Bamboo Forest that black teas tend to offer the best bargains. Omegapd has his Red Rose; I have my odd affection for Twining's Prince of Wales. In a pinch I'd just drink more of that, maybe more Ceylons, and sacrifice the senchas, oolongs, and pu-erh.
I ended up only having one tea today Adagio Strawberry Black. Not bad.
The day just seemed to fly away.
The day just seemed to fly away.
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My last cup of the day - I can't believe I am even typing this - is Harney Rooibos Chai.
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evian bottled water tastes pretty nasty and would rather drink city water. Thankfully here in the montianous part of go old Pennsylvania I have well water at home and THAT is what I prefer. A few bucks for a nice reusable water bottle and free refills I laugh at those who relay souly on bottled water.Chip wrote: When in Vegas, a small (around 8 ounces) bottle of evian was $5.50. I just wanted water...but was not buying that.
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Invading this Scot's TeaCave would save TeaBucks (TeaEuros?) too!!!!Proinsias wrote:I think until I can wander to the teacave at the foot of my castle to see if I can fit any more 1950's red mark into it, I'll be flitting between options. I'm fairly sure my other half would be encouraging me to appreciate cheaper tea.
But he needs to procure more sencha first!!!