Wednesday TeaDay 3/4/09 Ooops, brewed incorrectly?

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Today's TeaPoll and discussion topic. How often do you brew your tea incorrectly, or just not as well as you would have liked? I am talking about "human brewing error."

It happens all the time
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13%
It happens occasionally
45
63%
It rarely happens
17
24%
It never happens
1
1%
Other
0
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by Intuit » Mar 4th, '09, 11:58

Thanks to Adagios tea-timer executable, I tend not to botch brewing as often when I get caught up while working/playing.

Last of my Assam estate tea. Darn!
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by horsencl » Mar 4th, '09, 12:00

It happens occasionally but I've gotten a lot better. Especially since I purchased a thermometer/steeping timer combo that beeps at the appropriate temps and times. So far I've had a cup of Fiji green tea from Amai (tea shop near where I work in NYC).
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by Victoria » Mar 4th, '09, 12:04

It rarely happens to me now, when it does it is usually that I got distracted and oversteeped.

In my cup this morning ToT Bohea. This just might be my favorite black. Which is
scary since it comes in small Limited Edition tins.

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by Pentox » Mar 4th, '09, 12:23

It's a pretty rare thing for me now. Most of the time my cares correspond directly with the care I take in making it. So if i'm just making it at work or something I don't care too much how it turns out.

This morning: Ashikubo Gold from Chado.
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by Chip » Mar 4th, '09, 12:23

It is amazing how even using things like scales and thermometers, one can still mess up brewing, but I do. Not too often and it is often a subtlety that is missing. Sometimes I will fall out of the groove with a particular tea that I had liked and it takes a while to figure out the obvious error that I happen to be repeating over and over.

Started the Teaday with a new matcha, Organic Uji Matcha Tenkei Tori from Yuuki-Cha. Very unique, quite unlike other matcha I have had of late. SweeTea enjoyed it while Pyrit just likes to watch matcha being made.

Next up, O-Cha Fukamushi Supreme. Today is shaping up to be a very great TeaDay indeed ...
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blah blah blah SENCHA blah blah blah!!!
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by chad » Mar 4th, '09, 12:36

At work I'll often forget to remove the infuser from the cup. With first infusions of estate pekoe and darjeeling the results can be pretty "stout"! :D China green and whites are a bit more forgiving. I always do multiple steeps and the 2nd-4th or 5th are a lot more forgiving.
At home I tend to pay more attention since I have a timer.

Margaret's Hope darjeeling today.
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by Pentox » Mar 4th, '09, 12:49

auggy wrote: No tea this morning. Not feeling good. :(
Awh, hope you feel better!
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by Geekgirl » Mar 4th, '09, 13:42

If I'm doing longer than a 30 second steep, I either have to stand right next to the teapot and do NOTHING else, or set a timer. My attention span is so short that I oversteep stuff ALL the time, drives me bonkers. Other than oversteeping, I don't often mess up the proportions/temp, etc.
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by auggy » Mar 4th, '09, 13:45

Pentox wrote:
auggy wrote: No tea this morning. Not feeling good. :(
Awh, hope you feel better!
Thanks. Didn't react well to some medication I took last night so I'm stuck waiting for it to get out of my system. In other words - fortunately I'm not actually sick (again) so it's not horrible! :)
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by silvermage2000 » Mar 4th, '09, 13:52

I brew sometimes incorrectly.
My name i's ashley I am a female and 21 years old.
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by Smari » Mar 4th, '09, 13:52

auggy wrote:
Pentox wrote:
auggy wrote: No tea this morning. Not feeling good. :(
Awh, hope you feel better!
Thanks. Didn't react well to some medication I took last night so I'm stuck waiting for it to get out of my system. In other words - fortunately I'm not actually sick (again) so it's not horrible! :)
Yikes, hope you don't get sick again. Get better!

Having alishan now. I'm craving a peach oolong though... hm.
Tea tea tea... I like tea...
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by entropyembrace » Mar 4th, '09, 13:56

For me I feel like I could always do better so it happens all the time. :oops:

edit oh and started off with 2007 Ying De Gold :D
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by Pentox » Mar 4th, '09, 14:00

auggy wrote:
Pentox wrote:
auggy wrote: No tea this morning. Not feeling good. :(
Awh, hope you feel better!
Thanks. Didn't react well to some medication I took last night so I'm stuck waiting for it to get out of my system. In other words - fortunately I'm not actually sick (again) so it's not horrible! :)
Well maybe some tea would help flush it out of your system!
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by danibob » Mar 4th, '09, 14:27

I still mess up from time to time. Particularly sencha and the occasional oolong. I never know how a new oolong is supposed to taste so I don't really know if I'm messing up or not. I guess if it's not bitter I succeeded somewhat. :lol:

Started the day with the oh so yummy birthday tea, and now I'm on my second bowl of matcha. I need all the energy I can get for work soon. (I work with kids)
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by Victoria » Mar 4th, '09, 14:32

In my cup this afternoon a nice Taiwan oolong from Hankook Teas.
Just now getting to a sample I have, really a nice surprise, very enjoyable.
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