where to start with oolongs

[Victoria]

good deal.

so 4.6 grams of tea to 13 oz of just off boiling water for 2:30-3:00

sounds like a plan..

thanks guys Ill let you know how it works out this evening

Or at midnight when you're still up.

[tjausti]

I usually nod off around 11:30.... see you at 4 am

[iannon]

I'd go 3 mins in the ingenuiTea.
iannon, I believe is probably referring to
another method or vessel.

No rest for the Tea infused!!

yes I use about a 9oz yixing pot so I am steeping about 7 or 8 oz of water or so. I also use the just before real boiling point. cant rememebr what its called.."fish eyes" maybe? another method i go by is when steam from my kettle has moved from being lazy to really going straight up.

[tjausti]

unfortunately we had a server crash last night around 7 so i was unable to try any of my new stuff.... I did not get home until late... but i brought the new ingenuitea to work along with the greens and oolongs. hopefully ill find 5 minutes in the day to try them.

[tjausti]

Note the time im posting this and take a guess what I have been doing

I have to say im not impressed so far with the greens, I like the oolongs but Im still sticking to my old fav earl grey.

the greens taste like spinach water to me. I will have to play with some others. I only brewed one... (cannot recall the name right off) the oolong 18 is a little better but tastes very close to irish breakfast to me.

I have not tried the white teas yet... Im off to bed soon ..... im at 6 cups (first one at 9pm, last one at midnight) the caffeine should wear off soon... im looking forward to the crash..... any minute now lol

[kymidwife]

If Oolong #18 tastes like Irish Breakfast, someone mixed up your tea tins.

#18 is a very light, greenish oolong, not even remotely close to a black tea. I'm betting you were drinking #8 or #40.

18 is my favorite of the 3.

[tjausti]

hmmmm maybe I mixed up my 18 and 40?

[Victoria]

Look at the leaf pics on the Adagio site and compare.

As Sarah says, 18 is not even close to tasting like a black.

[tjausti]

Yeah it appears I goofed up I tried 18 and it was definitely not what I tried the other night.

I must have grabbed the wrong one last time thinking it was the other.

both were pretty good but i think i need to play with the times a little to get them right. I will give them both another shot soon.

[tjausti]

ok yeah I definitely did not brew 18 the other day... WOW thats alot of leaves.!!!>!>!>! THATS CRazy!

4.6 grams of this stuff turns in to about 1/2 of the inguenuitea.....

I did not care for the taste very much but its not bad.... defnintly not my favourite... not bad but not good to my pallet .....

[Victoria]

About one teaspoon should be a good ratio for the ingenuiTea, and then 3 mins
just off boil.

[tjausti]

I will give it a try. i used about twice that much.