Jul 26th, '09, 19:43
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by Chip » Jul 26th, '09, 19:43
Good TD everyone.
I created the list based on personal experience, and have likely had all of those at one time or another. Hard to pick just one right now, but I do habitually drink instead of eating. Then all of a sudden I am all shakey and quick shove any food in my mouth.
Began the TD with Takumi from Zencha. Yummm. Moved onto Gyokuro from Maeda-en with DW. Currently enjoying a tasting of Kunpu from Den's.
Yeah, a great TD.
Jul 26th, '09, 20:51
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by murrius » Jul 26th, '09, 20:51
I have a very bad habit of gulping down tea like it was the last drink I'm ever going to get.
For example, tonight I will gulp down Yunnan golden tips.
Jul 26th, '09, 23:48
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by Victoria » Jul 26th, '09, 23:48
Ended my TeaDay with a reinforcement of my bad habit, about 20oz of
Pomelo Oolong from Camellia Sinensis, on ice, much too late in the day.
Jul 26th, '09, 23:59
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by chefmike » Jul 26th, '09, 23:59
It's 11:00 pm here, and I just brewed up some sencha. So I voted for drinking tea to late. Pleasant dreams?
Jul 27th, '09, 00:14
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by daughteroftheKing » Jul 27th, '09, 00:14
Even though I have several timers, I often forget to set one, ending up with oversteeped tea.
Only one tea today: Adagio's Irish Breakfast. This evening steeped the leaves a 2nd and 3rd time, adding a pinch of mint and lavender, and served it on ice to overnight house guests - good flavor with greatly reduced caffeine.
Like Drax, I've been enjoying kombucha. This hot weather is brewing it very quickly (ready to bottle every 3-4 days), so I'm drinking a lot of it. At this rate, I'll have a huge addiction to it and will go through withdrawals when the brewer slows down for colder seasons.
Jul 27th, '09, 01:48
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by Maitre_Tea » Jul 27th, '09, 01:48
Wow, I was on the verge of having two bad tea habits at the same time: drinking too late and over-steeping. I was brewing some organic Uji Sencha from O-Cha, and I thought I would do some GRE math sets during that 1.5 minutes. When I looked at my timer I had over-brewed for like 10 seconds. Really close to messing up a very fine tea
Jul 27th, '09, 11:06
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by depravitea » Jul 27th, '09, 11:06
Chester Copperpot wrote:I'm a lot better about it, but I used to be a huge oversteeper. I'd pour in the hot water, leave it to steep, head off to do whatever and then get all caught up in it and come back to oversteeped and lukewarm tea 15-45 minutes later.
I've taken to using my digital watch to time my steeping and I've only had the occasional lapse.
Yep! This is EXACTLY my problem. I have a countdown timer on my cellphone, so now I get a nice loud BEEP when it's ready. So my over-steeping has definitely been happening less often... Though lately, I've noticed I'll start salivating when I hear digital beeps, I wonder what's going on...
Jul 27th, '09, 16:10
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by Dreamer » Jul 27th, '09, 16:10
I would have chosen "all of the above" or maybe "none of the above"...I don't know if I have bad habits, since I have nothing to compare to and I keep changing my own rules!
On Sunday, I spent a lot of quality time on my back deck with my DH and some great iced Ceylon!
Happy Sipping,
Dreamer
Jul 27th, '09, 22:48
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by silvermage2000 » Jul 27th, '09, 22:48
I do not think so.
