Monday TeaDay 2/09/09 Your personal TeaRoom?

[Smari]

I had to choose work, considering that's where I spend most of my waking hours. I tend to keep a whole large drawer of my favorite teas at work, along with a kettle & other wares. As I've been told by coworkers, my drawer of food and teas here are larger than their own pantry at home

This morning, I'm drinking mateVana again. The smell of the cocoa wakes me up nicely.

[JP]

Tea is something that I have anytime, anywhere, so I don't have a dedicated spot for it. I take with me while working, have it while online, and I can't wait for the weather to warm up so that I can take it outside again.

[Salsero]

But I guess it's the qing xiang kind.

You can tell because of the leaf color? Is the nong xiang then roasted? I made my statement above because this tea was pretty easy to brew without being very astringent, but maybe that just means it's a good quality. It was very floral and like perfume, I guess that is characteristic of qing xiang. I have had several Dan Cong where astringency and roughness were a problem continually, where the wonderful taste and aroma came at the cost of puckered and dry mouth. With this example, that was less true. Of course, I may be getting better at brewing too!

Oops, now I look back in my Anxi oolong notes and I see a reference to an entire Cha Dao article on these terms, but applied to TGY. And my own cribbed note:

• Qingxiang - "clear fragrance," lightly oxidized and floral
  Nongxiang - heavy, fruity aroma, "dense," "robust," or "strong" aroma, more roasted (perhaps over wood fire)

Thanks, Gingko, for setting me straight (again)!

[Chip]

My kitchen! I love my kitchen and its where most of my life at home happens. It's big and comfortable- I have my computer there set up on my island. I love to cook and do my work there and its so convenient for the making and enjoying of tea.

My best, most enjoyable tea sessions take place at a butcher block table in the kitchen. I have most of my tea and wares close at hand. The kitchen is as dedicated to tea as it is too food.

Later steeps move to other areas. I can be seen with a small Japanese teacup resting atop the opening of a glass pitcher of hot tea virtually anywhere.

Started the TeaDay with Adagio Sencha Premier, really enjoying this stuff. I do not brew it as intense as other sencha. SweeTea seemed to like it as well, Pyrit was just into belly rubs although she did have her tongue out ...

[ErikaM]

Computer room, definitely. I work from home and have a loft that is set up as my computer room/home office. The only hassle is going up and down the stairs to and from the kitchen, but at least it's good exercise.

Starting off today with green kukicha.

[snafu]

My primary tea drinking area is at my small kitchen table - it's a sort of nook-like area next to the window with the nicest view and out of the way of the rest of the house.

Today drinking Uji Sencha Miyabi.

[teahandle]

I do most of my tea drinking in the living room, by the light of the laptop and TV, but I consider my "tea room" to be the dining room. It's always quiet, there's good natural light, and the cats like to lay in there by the radiator. If I really need some quiet time and want to really enjoy my tea, I go there.

Started the day with Citron Green, then had a cup of Adagio's black coconut at work.

[TierOne]

My family thinks it's the funniest thing in the world that I have a tea cabinet in my upstairs bathroom!

It's just a few steps away from my computer loft, so I have a cabinet with my teas and an electric tea kettle in there.

l must have tea when I'm at my computer, and I'm at my computer a lot.

Of course, if I just went downstairs to the kitchen anytime I need a refresh, I would probably get a lot more exercise than I do. But. . . c'est la vie!

[danibob]

I voted other. I set up a tea space in my room. I still live with my family so my room is all I have to work with. Working on moving out but times are rough and I picked a very finicky field of study. A bachelors doesn't cut it.

Sencha in my cup today.

[olivierco]

I would say living/dining room and kitchen.

Ujibashi san no ma sencha in a few minutes.

[Pentox]

This is a bit of a tricky question for me. Technically my living room / dining room / kitchen are all the same room since they're open into each other. So I picked living/ dining room.

Some oolong this morning. Lupicia Mengjian.

[horsencl]

I still use an old fashioned tea kettle so most of tea prep is in the kitchen. I almost always drink my tea in the living room since the coffee table is usually the only available space for a tea tray. Plus the TV is conveniently close.

[Cinnamon Kitty]

I voted other. I set up a tea space in my room. I still live with my family so my room is all I have to work with. Working on moving out but times are rough and I picked a very finicky field of study. A bachelors doesn't cut it.

Sencha in my cup today.

Ditto on both counts! I have my zoji set up on the corner of the kitchen island, but would rather enjoy the tea itself in my comfy chair in my room. In my cup is Yutaka Midori.

[Victoria]

Undrinkable yunnan gold in my cup this morning, thanks to a 10 minute steep.
Guess I need to rebrew. Killer headache and no tea.
Must brew now.

[silvermage2000]

I use my own room for my teas. today I had a cup of rishi's moonlight white tea. I would probley have some more teas later.