Friday TeaDay 1/23/09 Specialized or generalized?

[murrius]

Ok, brandon, that has to be a cow pie! Cowpu Erh?

[Pentox]

is that mirror ghosting I see on the top half?

Indeed yes. I wonder why only part of the image is ghosting? Perhaps it has something to do with photographic focus?

To me it looks like the whole mirror section is ghosting. The ghosting is because you have a normal mirror instead of a surface mirror.

[Shelob]

I voted mainly specialized as my preferred teas are greens, especially Japanese Greens!
No tea yet, not feeling up to par...
Hope everyone has a FAB TeaDaY!

Hopefully I have been a member long enough to participate in this contest.... I believe I just missed out on the last one

[scruffmcgruff]

Moderately specialized for me, I guess. I usually buy from vendors like Teacuppa, Hou De, and Jing Tea Shop. They carry a pretty broad spectrum of teas but I do tend to get the kinds they tend to emphasize above the others. For Teacuppa this is yancha, Jing's seem to be yancha and TGY, for Hou De it's puerh and Taiwanese oolong, etc.

That said, I've been surprised. I thought Imen's dancong was pretty much untouchable, but I was very impressed by one sourced from Hou De (which has only recently gotten into the dancong game AFAIK).

As some have mentioned, Japanese greens sold by specialized vendors are far-and-away the best, but I don't drink sencha as much as I used to.

Here's an unrelated picture for you all:

[Shelob]

Adagio's Oolong # 40 in my cup along w/sticky rice in my bowl to soothe my aching tummy

Oolong # 40 is just soooo smooth, I just know it will help me to feel better

Next A catnap

[Salsero]

Unrelated pictures, FTW!

[Victoria]

Mostly general all around vendors since there were sooo many last year. Plus a few that specialize in oolong and a couple who specialize in green.

Didn't get a chance to sign on most of the day yesterday, busy work day.

Started the morning with Nilgiri Blue now, I'm having some Frozen Summit Oolong.

[Cinnamon Kitty]

I had a good mix of specialized and general vendors this year. I will most likely continue to buy tea from a mix of both types of vendors though Japanese greens and some oolongs definitely are better when purchased from people who specialize in them.

Today's oolong from the box is Lao Cong Shui Xian. It seems fruitier and richer than the other Shui Xians that I have tried before, which makes it pretty good in my opinion.

[Ryoruki]

good afternoon!

i started the morning off right with a nice hot cup of Moroccan Mist from Argo :3 mm just right for getting through classics class ;D

i second the catnap! (friday afternoons have been proven to be the best time to catnap!) ;3

[Chip]

Since I drink mostly Japanese greens, I tend to specialize pretty much these days. I used to be all general vendors and rather unhappy with them, but became very specialized around 3 years ago which changed my outlook on tea and vendors completely. Currently, my only general vendor is Adagio which is a nice compliment to the specialized vendors I use.

I started the day with Fukamushi Tenho from TJGTS. This is milder than most fukamushi, but quite good. SweeTea certainly agreed, but TEAh, Pyrit, and Gandlaf could not have cared less.

Just finishing a nice round of Sencha Premier from Adagio.

[Shelob]

i second the catnap! (friday afternoons have been proven to be the best time to catnap!) ;3

Ryo, could you please explain your gorgeous avitar to us?
OH, and glad to see you in TeaDay, didn't we just meet in intro?

After CatNap, with my 2 catz..... had some Ali Shan from again our host, Adagio

[Ryoruki]

i second the catnap! (friday afternoons have been proven to be the best time to catnap!) ;3

Ryo, could you please explain your gorgeous avitar to us?
OH, and glad to see you in TeaDay, didn't we just meet in intro?

After CatNap, with my 2 catz..... had some Ali Shan from again our host, Adagio

yes! i was glad to have such a nice welcoming :3

actually, my avatar is just something that i shrunk from online, but they're tea-eggs! I love the colors and patterns!

[leiche]

Mostly generalized. I plan to branch out this year, though.

Ugh, not much tea this week as I've been down for the count since Monday with a bad flu. Next week's gotta be better! Maybe a little oolong will help me feel a little more human later.

[Shelob]

i second the catnap! (friday afternoons have been proven to be the best time to catnap!) ;3

Ryo, could you please explain your gorgeous avitar to us?
OH, and glad to see you in TeaDay, didn't we just meet in intro?

After CatNap, with my 2 catz..... had some Ali Shan from again our host, Adagio

yes! i was glad to have such a nice welcoming :3

actually, my avatar is just something that i shrunk from online, but they're tea-eggs! I love the colors and patterns!

TeaEggs... I presume edible???? Have you tried them??? Boy so much to learn about tea and tea related things.
Thanks Ryo
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[Ryoruki]

Shelob-- xD yes very edible, there's actually a recipe in TeaChef to use them to make deviled eggs, i've never done that with them, but i have packed them in my lunch before, they make for a good 'in between classes' snack for me :3