Thursday TeaDay 10/14/10 Rate your OPEN teas?

[RaynBeatle]

8.

all are very good but I know there are some out there that'll bring it up to a higher level!

[Jasmin]

To me they are good. Could be better.
To others here they might look like a joke.

[entropyembrace]

mostly good...I only have a couple of really high grade teas open right now...most of what I have open now are good but fairly simple and inexpensive teas.

[JRS22]

8.

all are very good but I know there are some out there that'll bring it up to a higher level!

+1

I've been trying a variety of chinese teas, and since I've been brewing 1 gram at a time the higher priced teas are affordable. I'm waiting for an order from Jing Tea Shop - mail from China is soooo slow - and then I'll be able to compare some of their teas with Seven Cups and Teaspring. Maybe this time next year I'll choose 9.

In my cup today - Seven Cups Silver Needles, and then Teaspring TPHK.

[Chip]

I find it surprising that nobody voted 10. I almost did. And the good news is that virtually everyone is between 7,8,9! We are a happy bunch I would say, but always looking for improvement to a perfect 10 repertoire of teas.

Began the TD with a near perfect 10 Shuppin tasting from Maiko. Then a near perfect 10 brewing of Adagio's Sencha Premier with the Mrs. One more tea, maybe a near perfect 10 TD!?!

[laura99]

I put 7 good. Most of the teas I drink regularly I would rate an 8, but there are others that for some reason I just don't get rid of.

[nickE]

I said 7; good, as well. There are teas that I love and teas that I'm not so fond of. I'm pretty happy overall.

3 teas today! This hasn't happened since summer!!

• OTTI TGY 1st & 2nd grade
  2001 Jin Chang Hao Yiwu Shengpu

All 3 were wonderful.

[JRS22]

I find it surprising that nobody voted 10. I almost did. And the good news is that virtually everyone is between 7,8,9! We are a happy bunch I would say, but always looking for improvement to a perfect 10 repertoire of teas.

Voting 10, to me, implies that there's no room for improvement. I like to believe that no matter how much I enjoy the teas that I have, there's something better and/or different out there. Trying new teas or the same teas from different sources is part of the fun.

[Skippyandjif]

I voted 9-- there are some teas missing that would make my tea collection pretty much ideal. I love everything I have, though!

Lapsang souchong this afternoon, which prompted one of my friends to sniff around and ask what was on fire. Currently drinking a ginger tisane because I got hit upside the head with epic allergies.

[Chip]

Finishing with Happy Tea from Maiko, a perfect end of day tea. And also OTTI 6 #2 revived from yesterday ...

[debunix]

My open tea selections are very good to fabulous. Not every one is fabulous for every use (solo or few person gongfu cha, vs bulk thermos brewing), and sometimes I am discontented because I keep my teas in several different places, and the one I want is not with me in that place, but there is always something tasty to drink.

So, a 9.

Although I stupidly am without sencha at this moment, I do have a lovely selection of oolongs and puerh and a favorite green tea, the Yunnan mao Feng from norbu that I started the day with. I also enjoyed a shu puerh, a palace seven sons cake from tenren.

[gargoylekitty]

An 8 or 8.5, I think. They're nearly all very good, only one I'm not that much a fan of that is made better mixing with mint or fruit, though definitely room for improvement.

[entropyembrace]

Teaday today was matcha matsu and genmaicha with matcha.

This matcha thing is becoming a pattern....

Tasted single origin chocolate from Mexico today...but I kept it separated from the tea a bit...I didn´t want the tea affecting my tasting of the chocolate! (now that´s a switch)

[Leo_Blue]

I said a seven. I have some decent teas that are open right now (like Teaspring's Jun Shan Yin Zhen and Jiu Hua Fo Cha), but I have a couple not so good teas... Mostly things I bought (foolishly) off supermarket shelves. Eventually I will learn...
Had some Purple Tip Sheng Pu from a sampler I'm finishing off. I think I'll have some Dong Ding now.