Began this rainy TeaDay with Yabe Organic from Yuuki-Cha. I forgot how different this sencha is. SweeTea partook of tea. Pyrit, and Lil Bit witnessed.
Currently Genmai/Mugi/etc minus the Cha, but I need caffeine soon.
Apr 3rd, '09, 12:17
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I tend to want to clean out the teaware right after use. Especially kyusu-s knowing what happens behind those screens from past experience, not pleasant. Hagi gets cleaned right away as well. If a tea is going to be continued the next day and is in a porcelain or glass brewing vessel, I can wait, really I can.
Began this rainy TeaDay with Yabe Organic from Yuuki-Cha. I forgot how different this sencha is. SweeTea partook of tea. Pyrit, and Lil Bit witnessed.
Currently Genmai/Mugi/etc minus the Cha, but I need caffeine soon.
Began this rainy TeaDay with Yabe Organic from Yuuki-Cha. I forgot how different this sencha is. SweeTea partook of tea. Pyrit, and Lil Bit witnessed.
Currently Genmai/Mugi/etc minus the Cha, but I need caffeine soon.
blah blah blah SENCHA blah blah blah!!!
Sal, what gorgeous leaves! Thanks as always for your photos (and you too Herb-Master)
Today I am drinking a Yunnan gold tip tea I bought from a teahouse in New Jersey that I learned about through TeaMap and one of our teachatters' review
I like the taste of this tea: minor smokey, malty, a deep rich striking, distinctive flavor. Totally smooth, no astringency
Only problem is I'd like it to go more steeps and don't get why it doesn't
Cleaning: recently i've been using glass pots and pitchers, so I'm not too stressed about leaving it overnight and cleaning it in the morning before re-using
I found some nice little cups by Bee House that I really enjoy using. Because of the type of ceramic, again I don't have to worry about leaving it overnight (I just try to rinse out the night before if I'm too tired to wash)
Today I am drinking a Yunnan gold tip tea I bought from a teahouse in New Jersey that I learned about through TeaMap and one of our teachatters' review
I like the taste of this tea: minor smokey, malty, a deep rich striking, distinctive flavor. Totally smooth, no astringency
Only problem is I'd like it to go more steeps and don't get why it doesn't
Cleaning: recently i've been using glass pots and pitchers, so I'm not too stressed about leaving it overnight and cleaning it in the morning before re-using
I found some nice little cups by Bee House that I really enjoy using. Because of the type of ceramic, again I don't have to worry about leaving it overnight (I just try to rinse out the night before if I'm too tired to wash)
Apr 3rd, '09, 13:57
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Mixed bag.
My tea mug is scrubbed about every other day or two - its dark colored, so I don't always see the buildup right away (its gets rinse immediately anyway). Teapots and infusers are always rinsed/cleaned immediately.
Yerba Mate Java this morning. Keemun and Lovers Cup black tea blend this afternoon.
Yerba Mate Java this morning. Keemun and Lovers Cup black tea blend this afternoon.
Apr 3rd, '09, 15:23
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I can be pretty sloppy about some things, but I do take care to clean my tea-things promptly and thoroughly - but with gentleness.
Kinda reminds me of one of the hundred sayings of Rikyu: "When you place a tea utensil, you should withdraw your hand as though it were a loved one you were leaving."
Kinda reminds me of one of the hundred sayings of Rikyu: "When you place a tea utensil, you should withdraw your hand as though it were a loved one you were leaving."
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Apr 3rd, '09, 15:47
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+1chamekke wrote:I can be pretty sloppy about some things, but I do take care to clean my tea-things promptly and thoroughly - but with gentleness.
Kinda reminds me of one of the hundred sayings of Rikyu: "When you place a tea utensil, you should withdraw your hand as though it were a loved one you were leaving."
Moving on to Takumi Sencha from Yame ... Zencha. Quite good and brewing it cooler than normal per Brlarson and Zencha.
I clean at the end of the day.
Had some keemun followed by Sakura Sencha from Den's tea. I was rather skeptical about the cherry flavor but it's very pleasant.
Sipping it right now and contemplating:
"It was all. The faint lines of ink were subtly suggestive - or so he allowed himself to think." (Genji monogatari)
Had some keemun followed by Sakura Sencha from Den's tea. I was rather skeptical about the cherry flavor but it's very pleasant.
Sipping it right now and contemplating:
"It was all. The faint lines of ink were subtly suggestive - or so he allowed himself to think." (Genji monogatari)
With matcha performed ceremonially of course all is cleaned before AND after the tea so of course it is done properly every time. The only exception is the chakin which is not generally washed as part of the ceremony so the odd time I wash it later as it is supposed to go out in the chawan with the chasen on top of it.
For sencha I clean up at the end of the day after my last infusion.
Today's best tea: Maikotea's Kotobuki matcha (thick and thin) this morning in a kuroraku chawan.
For sencha I clean up at the end of the day after my last infusion.
Today's best tea: Maikotea's Kotobuki matcha (thick and thin) this morning in a kuroraku chawan.
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I'm lazy about such things.
I had some liu an gua pian this morning, it was left out whilst I went about uni and work then I had a few cups this evening. Some boiling water has been poured over the leaves and I'll decide in the morning if it's for drinking or for one of the house plants. I'm upstairs atm and have had a nice cup of yunnan gold which I was drinking last night.
There's usually some partially brewed tea lying around somewhere and starting a new tea doesn't mean the bin for it, I might want some later. Decent tea in a yixing can lie about for days on end with the odd cup here and there and boiling water in the middle, sometimes left to brew sometimes not.
I stepped out of my gong fu shoes for the first time in quite a while yesterday, I brewed some unknown light Taiwan oolong in a kyusu type thing with a strainer, my gong fu shoes are firmly back on. I felt like I needed a machine that goes PING! to tell me that my tea was ready.
I had some liu an gua pian this morning, it was left out whilst I went about uni and work then I had a few cups this evening. Some boiling water has been poured over the leaves and I'll decide in the morning if it's for drinking or for one of the house plants. I'm upstairs atm and have had a nice cup of yunnan gold which I was drinking last night.
There's usually some partially brewed tea lying around somewhere and starting a new tea doesn't mean the bin for it, I might want some later. Decent tea in a yixing can lie about for days on end with the odd cup here and there and boiling water in the middle, sometimes left to brew sometimes not.
I stepped out of my gong fu shoes for the first time in quite a while yesterday, I brewed some unknown light Taiwan oolong in a kyusu type thing with a strainer, my gong fu shoes are firmly back on. I felt like I needed a machine that goes PING! to tell me that my tea was ready.