Sep 15th, '10, 13:23
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by dooble » Sep 15th, '10, 13:23
Craving is a too strong word for me
. I drink white and I really like yellow, but somehow I find myself buying them much more seldom than eg. oolong.
brandon, I tasted a white pu'erh a while ago too, a friend couple was kind enough to brew their last bit of the cake for me to taste. It was wonderful, smooth, yet light and fruity, delicate, almost creamy mouth feeling.
Sep 15th, '10, 15:56
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by theory » Sep 15th, '10, 15:56
"might be too strong a word"
On the crave-o-range scale, white/yellow are WAYYYY above green, but quite a bit lower than Oolong and Pu.
Today in my cup - the last of my OB (sob!) I was planning on getting more before I ran out. Fail.
Sep 15th, '10, 16:45
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by RaynBeatle » Sep 15th, '10, 16:45
10.
I'm craving a white right now...and I craved a white last night(:
Sep 15th, '10, 16:47
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by Cael » Sep 15th, '10, 16:47
I have craved white teas in the past, but I am not craving any right now. I don't think I've had any yellow teas. I would be very interested in trying one.
Sep 15th, '10, 17:08
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by Mr. Usaji » Sep 15th, '10, 17:08
I've never tried yellow tea, but I've had bai mu dan a couple times. It had hardly any flavor at all, even when piling on the leaves. Silver needles is supposed to have even less flavor, so I haven't felt like trying that one. Am I really missing out?
Sep 15th, '10, 20:06
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by LauraW » Sep 15th, '10, 20:06
I have to go with 6 - occasionally I'd call it a craving, but definitely not often. I'm starting to run low on Snowbud, this might mean a tea order in the near future.. maybe I'll try something different. Oh, who am I kidding, I'll try a couple new things, but I'll get another 5oz bag of Snowbud.
Yunnan Noir all day at work - oversteeped twice because I wasn't paying attention, but it was fine (as long as it's not the first steep, it's usually not bitter even after 10 mins).
Sep 15th, '10, 20:31
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by appleberry » Sep 15th, '10, 20:31
10 - I can't resist white tea. In fact, I'm not resisting white tea right now!
I've never had a yellow, though, but would like to try.
Sep 15th, '10, 20:33
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by brandon » Sep 15th, '10, 20:33
Craving time! Just finished a loose white puerh with some eggs.
But my
real craving is Breakfast Food.
Who knew?
Sep 15th, '10, 20:54
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by Mr. Usaji » Sep 15th, '10, 20:54
Is that coaster/plate made from a slice of tree?
Sep 15th, '10, 21:07
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by brandon » Sep 15th, '10, 21:07
Mr. Usaji wrote:Is that coaster/plate made from a slice of tree?
A baby apple tree. Gift from a good tea chum.
Sep 15th, '10, 21:39
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by DoctorD » Sep 15th, '10, 21:39
I've got one yellow tea in my current everyday stash, and I rather enjoy it; I can also think of some whites that I've been fairly partial to over the years. But the big 10 definitely goes to green. No contest.
So naturally there's green in my cup at the moment: O-Cha's Oku Yutaka--hardly my fave of the season, but not half bad...
Sep 15th, '10, 21:49
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by geeber1 » Sep 15th, '10, 21:49
omegapd wrote:Victoria wrote: I do love my white Rose though and crave it on occasion.
It's called Red Rose, dear.
EricW
Hee Hee ... you're funny!
I use Red Rose all the time for iced tea.
No craving factor on the white or yellow teas. Right now I'm enjoying some Keemun Mao Feng that I just got today from TeaSource. I probably won't sleep, but it's worth it.
Sep 15th, '10, 22:12
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by Skippyandjif » Sep 15th, '10, 22:12
It's odd-- I love white tea, but I don't crave it before I start drinking it (after that first sip, though...all bets are off
). So I went with 5.
Rose congou this afternoon. Just finished off some pre-wisdom-tooth-yanking gyokuro. Ugh, I hope I can drink tea tomorrow, I'm gonna need some after that lovely experience. >.<
by brlarson » Sep 16th, '10, 00:10
I enjoy white and yellow teas, but Japanes greens and Chinese oolongs seem generally to crowd out other types of tea.
Silver needles and Adam's Peak white teas are delicious at any time of the day, and yellow teas are good for a late-night lift -- at least that's when I like to drink them. All four of Teaspring's 2009 yellow offerings were quite good, even the unusual wei shan mao jian which smelled like barbecued potato chips!
Today's breakfast tea was Hou de's shui xian, lunch tea was Ippodo's Kumpu, and I brewed Tea Gallery's Lion's Peak dragonwell for my son and a friend after supper.
Sep 16th, '10, 00:17
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by nickE » Sep 16th, '10, 00:17
I voted 5, maybe.. I do like them but don't drink 'em very often. The crave level isn't too high either I guess.
No tea again today.
