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Re: What Oolong are You Drinking Right Now?

by Chip » Dec 2nd, '11, 22:45

Bai Hao from our host ... first impression ... pretty good even though I am not a big Bai Hao fan ... this was quite pleasing.

... more to come.
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Re: What Oolong are You Drinking Right Now?

by Dresden » Dec 2nd, '11, 23:41

Hmmmm...

I may have to give the Adagio one a try.. I love Bai Hao!

On a related note I have been forced to ration what I have left of my Rishi Bai Hao Hsinchu because it's sold out. ***sigh*** I'm really gonna miss that one when it's gone.

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Re: What Oolong are You Drinking Right Now?

by Chip » Dec 3rd, '11, 00:41

Dresden wrote:Hmmmm...

I may have to give the Adagio one a try.. I love Bai Hao!

On a related note I have been forced to ration what I have left of my Rishi Bai Hao Hsinchu because it's sold out. ***sigh*** I'm really gonna miss that one when it's gone.

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The Hsinchu opened my eyes again to Bai Hao last year, included it in an OTTI
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by Dresden » Dec 3rd, '11, 01:01

Chip wrote:The Hsinchu opened my eyes again to Bai Hao last year, included it in an OTTI
Yup... That's where I was introduced to it.... Been hooked ever since..

DARN YOU OTTI!!!!! Ummmmm.....by the way... When's the next OTTI? :lol:

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by Chip » Dec 3rd, '11, 01:08

Dresden wrote:Yup... That's where I was introduced to it.... Been hooked ever since..

DARN YOU OTTI!!!!! Ummmmm.....by the way... When's the next OTTI? :lol:
Cool!

Phonetically speaking ... woo yee ... when? When I receive it! :wink:
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by Dresden » Dec 3rd, '11, 01:16

Chip wrote:
Dresden wrote:Yup... That's where I was introduced to it.... Been hooked ever since..

DARN YOU OTTI!!!!! Ummmmm.....by the way... When's the next OTTI? :lol:
Cool!

Phonetically speaking ... woo yee ... when? When I receive it! :wink:
Outstanding... I have yet to be formally introduced to wuyi... I look forward to this one with much anticipation.
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Re: What Oolong are You Drinking Right Now?

by iannon » Dec 3rd, '11, 01:18

Dresden wrote:
Chip wrote:
Dresden wrote:Yup... That's where I was introduced to it.... Been hooked ever since..

DARN YOU OTTI!!!!! Ummmmm.....by the way... When's the next OTTI? :lol:
Cool!

Phonetically speaking ... woo yee ... when? When I receive it! :wink:
Outstanding... I have yet to be formally introduced to wuyi... I look forward to this one with much anticipation.
*perks up* !
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by Dresden » Dec 3rd, '11, 01:23

iannon wrote:*perks up* !
..... Coffee????? 8)
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Re: What Oolong are You Drinking Right Now?

by Chip » Dec 3rd, '11, 01:28

OTTI = TeaPerks
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Re: What Oolong are You Drinking Right Now?

by Herb_Master » Dec 3rd, '11, 06:51

BioHorn wrote:
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No idea if these are the kinds of photos people want to see... :?:
Keep the pictures coming :D
It is always good to see visuals

I have never experienced that colour with my DHP infusions
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by David R. » Dec 3rd, '11, 11:29

Herb_Master wrote:Keep the pictures coming :D
It is always good to see visuals
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Re: What Oolong are You Drinking Right Now?

by Poohblah » Dec 3rd, '11, 17:41

Today was a really good day. I turned 21 a couple days ago, so last night I went out to a nice Italian restaurant with my parents and my best friends. I ended up drinking a lot of really nice wine because the sommelier gave us four different wines, two whites and two reds, followed by a dessert liqueur, plus I drank most of the DD's alcohol. I may have been slightly drunk by the time I made it home...

When I woke up this morning, it was snowing heavily; eventually a foot of snow fell, adding to the blanket of snow from earlier in the week. I went to the local Chinese teashop and picked up some Bai Hao, among other things. Even though I had never purchased a Taiwanese oolong before, this tasted really familiar. After several cups, I realized that I was given a cup of Bai Hao when I visited the same tea shop a year or two ago.

I really enjoyed this tea. The dry leaves looked like a mix of more and less roasted, and the tea tasted like it too. The liquor was roasty up front, with floral and honeyed notes peaking later. I sipped until the leaves gave up while listening to one of my favorite albums, Andrew Bird's Weather Systems.

Now to do homework. At least my day started out well :P

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Re: What Oolong are You Drinking Right Now?

by BioHorn » Dec 3rd, '11, 17:58

Herb_Master wrote:
BioHorn wrote:

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No idea if these are the kinds of photos people want to see... :?:
Keep the pictures coming :D
It is always good to see visuals

I have never experienced that colour with my DHP infusions
It must have been the super close macro with flash.
Here it is with "natural" lighting. Cleveland gets pretty dark this time of year!

But now that you mention it might be interesting to see what flash photography reveals! I have noticed pu-erh drinking can be very different experience depending on the lighting. Classic older pu-erh have this rainbow/varnish color that is accentuated by daylight.
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Re: What Oolong are You Drinking Right Now?

by Dresden » Dec 3rd, '11, 21:33

I guess you would probably see the same colors if you used a flashlight to back-light the teacup.... Kind of like checking an egg for an embryo.
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Re: What Oolong are You Drinking Right Now?

by Herb_Master » Dec 3rd, '11, 22:03

The daylight pic shows an altogether different view, and looks as though you may even have had a few tea pearls before they vanished.
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