Ping me when you get here and I'll give you directions.GarrettB wrote:This looks fantastic. I'll be moving to Seattle in the fall and I don't think these were on the Google Tea Map I made for the occasion. Good scoop tenuki.
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Glad you got the package, that was pretty fast.Proinsias wrote:Just tried your mystery green tenuki. Damn that's fine tea. I might have to disregard your comments that it's not a daily drinker. I'm feeling today, tomorrow, the next day and then never again - let the good times roll.
Cheers for all the goodies tenuki.
Ya, that green really grows on you, I'm almost out already. lol.
I hope to find out what it is my next trip, I tried several greens and by the time she brought out this one I had stopped asking what they were. I only remember that she said it was the only tin she had of it and that it was somewhat rare.
Brandon thinks its a Pi Lo Chun of some kind, my recall was west lake dragonwell, but that may have been the tea we tasted just prior to this one, now that I look at the leaves it's doesn't seem like a dragonwell and the taste isn't roasty enough. The plot thickens.
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I am not saying you are wrong, having never had a high grade long jing, but this does not look or taste like any dragonwell I have ever had.
Here is a side by side of a very nice hand picked Pi Lo Chun a friend brought back from Wuxi, compared to the smaller leaves from tenuki. They do not look that similar, but they do have the common traits of being slightly curly and having specks of white. My hand picked top grade leaf has trictomes very similar to a white tea.
I also find there to be a resemblance in the taste. I am sending Tenuki some of mine to compare.
Ugh, having a hard time getting the picture off my camera. WIll post it later.
Here is a side by side of a very nice hand picked Pi Lo Chun a friend brought back from Wuxi, compared to the smaller leaves from tenuki. They do not look that similar, but they do have the common traits of being slightly curly and having specks of white. My hand picked top grade leaf has trictomes very similar to a white tea.
I also find there to be a resemblance in the taste. I am sending Tenuki some of mine to compare.
Ugh, having a hard time getting the picture off my camera. WIll post it later.
Well, she has two grades of west lake dragonwell 
and neither of them look like this tea. So I'm pretty sure it isn't. I guess I'll have to try the west lake this month, just to be sure. bwhahahahaa.
I think we can safely say it _isn't_ dragonwell. Brandon, I'll send you some west lake dragonwell from there if you end up being right.
and neither of them look like this tea. So I'm pretty sure it isn't. I guess I'll have to try the west lake this month, just to be sure. bwhahahahaa.I think we can safely say it _isn't_ dragonwell. Brandon, I'll send you some west lake dragonwell from there if you end up being right.
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The tea was pretty fast, it got here end of last week I think.
Bi Lo Chun was my first guess on opening the pack, it's either that or something very similar though it has been a while since I've had decent bi lo chun. I have nothing to send which is similar or worth tasting alongside but I'm sure I'll find some excuse to send you something soon.
Bi Lo Chun was my first guess on opening the pack, it's either that or something very similar though it has been a while since I've had decent bi lo chun. I have nothing to send which is similar or worth tasting alongside but I'm sure I'll find some excuse to send you something soon.
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I think Dragon Well leaves are usually very flat.
http://wikicha.com/index.php/Long_Jing_%28Dragonwell%29
http://wikicha.com/index.php/Long_Jing_%28Dragonwell%29
Well, just got back from my monthly trip down to the International District.
Yup, it is Bi Luo Chun, you guys rule. They had the high grade stuff from this year in, but not the higher high grade stuff. So you'll have to wait a few weeks for your west lake dragonwell king Brandon. I got a couple ounces of this year's (as in this months) 'regular' west lake dragonwell so I have a basis for comparison when the really good stuff arrives in a couple of weeks.
Good call guys, do I feel a monthly mystery tea competition in the wind? Who's next?
P.S:
Got a chance to stop by Kobo this time, OMG. They have an annual tea cup/bowl showing with about 40 North American artists and 20 Japanese artists from Shigaraki, Kyoto, Iga, and Shiga showing. well crap. They had some fine bowls on display, but I controlled myself (the prices helped a bit, although to my inexperienced eye they were within reason for the quality).
Ujijimaya has a tea cermemony display case with probably 30+ chawans, all the utensils, etc. They aren't signed artisan stuff, more like your very nice 35 dollar daily bowls, but still...
Yup, it is Bi Luo Chun, you guys rule. They had the high grade stuff from this year in, but not the higher high grade stuff. So you'll have to wait a few weeks for your west lake dragonwell king Brandon. I got a couple ounces of this year's (as in this months) 'regular' west lake dragonwell so I have a basis for comparison when the really good stuff arrives in a couple of weeks.
Good call guys, do I feel a monthly mystery tea competition in the wind? Who's next?
P.S:
Got a chance to stop by Kobo this time, OMG. They have an annual tea cup/bowl showing with about 40 North American artists and 20 Japanese artists from Shigaraki, Kyoto, Iga, and Shiga showing. well crap. They had some fine bowls on display, but I controlled myself (the prices helped a bit, although to my inexperienced eye they were within reason for the quality).
Ujijimaya has a tea cermemony display case with probably 30+ chawans, all the utensils, etc. They aren't signed artisan stuff, more like your very nice 35 dollar daily bowls, but still...
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