Monday TeaDay 5/11/09 TeaJourney velocity?

[gingkoseto]

I wish it's a very slow journey and doesn't end too soon

[geeber1]

My journey is Not Slow, Not Fast. I bought a few samplers and small amounts of teas to start out with and have discovered some favorites along the way through those and trades with TeaChat friends.

I enjoyed some Nilgiri Glendale FOP this morning at home but haven't gotten around to tea yet here at work.

Salsero, your photo is very tactile today ... for some reason, I want to get into it and feel everything!

[bsteele]

Not slow, not fast. Perfect answer for an indecisive person such as myself.

Ummm yeah. You know, it's been going. Not slow... but not fast. I think I've slowed down some in the past month. Tax season got my tea groove mixed up.

[olivierco]

No Teajourney for me. It is a part of my everyday life as well as eating.

With the internet (I still remember the times when I had to go to Germany to get books in german and when I played correspondence chess with postcards (30 days to receive an answer from USSR)) it is indeed easier to get the best teas from all over the world.

Kirameki in few minutes.

[Chip]

Best part, spending time with the family and my gift of gyo from Den's. It was in our cups this morning, and I will defer to Chip for the name of this delicious tea. It was good, but by Chip's own admission, needs a bit of tweaking as we both agreed.

As for my tea journey, definately had a very slow start, but quickly moved into warp speed! Hey, I live w/ Captain Picard, ooh, I mean Chip, what can I say?

I hope everyone shares a cup of tea with someone today.
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I guess my journey was first slow for many years, or not a journey at all. But once I tasted real tea 10 years ago, and decided to utilize the internet, it became very fast paced as I wanted to try EVERYTHING. After that phase, it slowed quite a bit, but I have not arrived at the destination quite yet.

I began the TD with Gyokuo Suimei from Den's. A Mother's Day gift to my wife that will hopefully pay me back many times! I don't think I quite nailed it this time, however.

[Mrs. Chip]

I began the TD with Gyokuro Suimei from Den's. A Mother's Day gift to my wife that will hopefully pay me back many times!

You betcha it will!

[edkrueger]

I made gyokuro with the same pot today. Ippodo Kanro was in mine, what is in yours?

[Salsero]

I made gyokuro with the same pot today. Ippodo Kanro was in mine, what is in yours?

Embarrassingly, it's a mix of several leftover bits that weren't enough for a whole session on their own.

A Margaret's Hope First Flush this morning and continuing on now with Den's Bancha.

[Victoria]

A Margaret's Hope First Flush this morning and continuing on now with Den's Bancha.

Sal, Den's Bancha is one I am considering next. Can you give me a description of the taste?

In my cup this afternoon, more of the Balasun FF, this time on ice.

[Dreamer]

Necessarily slow...there are only so many hours in a day and there are soooo many teas!

I have to make time for the ones I already know I love and that leaves so little time for the others!

Today's teas: I left home with Kenilworth Ceylon in my travel mug (would up iced at lunch..it was delightful). My tea friend at work made English Breakfast from a teabag (it was actually pretty good). Right now I'm enjoying Yame gyokuro (man, this is some GREEN tea!).

My family was very good to me for Mother's Day...I'm getting tea, tea, more tea, a new brewing vessel and a couple of aroma cup sets!!! Lucky me!!!

Off to make another steep,
Dreamer

[Drax]

Mmmmm, I've switched over to a Xia Guan tuo from the 1980s. Perfect for this retro-cool day, with the windows open and slightly rainy outside. What a wondrous thing that time does to pu'erh...

[Chip]

Chiran Supreme earlier from O-Cha. Very good as always it seems.

Just received a LOT of Darjeeling samples unexpectedly today. Looks like there will be Darjeeling in my future.

[entropyembrace]

I went really quickly at first buying new teas every week at a local tea shop plus a few big online orders from overseas...I pretty much started 3 years ago when I made the jump from tea bags to loose leaf...but last year I took a look at my growing stash and combined with growing expenses in other areas decided to just enjoy what I have. Only a few purchases of teas from local shops plus an order to dancong to age in the past year...but I still have lots of tea tucked away.

It's starting to unintentionally age, changing in really interesting ways...which is really cool and I'm learning a lot from that!

[yoshter576]

My tea obsession startet at 13 I loke to try new things so i ordered irish breakfast sampler, white peach sampler, and a herbal wild strawberries. I was instantly hooked it was like a drug to me ideas of blends came to me and I had to try more and more flavors. I had tried over 20 flavors in a month and a half.

[Chip]

Just finished several steeps of Rishi Spring Sprout CFT/O. Great brew!

I guess it is too late for another tea ... That box of Darjeeling samples is calling my name, maybe a tiny session???