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Sep 6th, '08, 16:08
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I quite like the brothiness of this tencha. If you like thick gyokuro brewed with a lot of leaf, you would likely enjoy this, thus I do. It is not that much different in flavor and savoriness as some higher end gyokuro.
What I am not enamored with is the leaf. It is definitely made for grinding and not brewing. As a result it is messy brewing and does not brew so many additional infusions.
When brewing subsequent steeps, I highly recommend increasing the temp by 10-20 degrees F each steep.
What I am not enamored with is the leaf. It is definitely made for grinding and not brewing. As a result it is messy brewing and does not brew so many additional infusions.
When brewing subsequent steeps, I highly recommend increasing the temp by 10-20 degrees F each steep.
Sep 19th, '08, 15:43
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Still not tried it, please bear with me.
I went to my dad's today and he was complaining that his ceramic manual coffee grinder keeps slipping down a notch or two when he's grinding and the resulting coffee dust has been so fine it has busted two of his espresso filters. It got me thinking I may drink half the tencha as leaf and stick the other half in his grinder, set it to superfine, and see what happens. It can be fully disassembled and scrubbed to remove most of the coffee build up.
Thoughts?
I went to my dad's today and he was complaining that his ceramic manual coffee grinder keeps slipping down a notch or two when he's grinding and the resulting coffee dust has been so fine it has busted two of his espresso filters. It got me thinking I may drink half the tencha as leaf and stick the other half in his grinder, set it to superfine, and see what happens. It can be fully disassembled and scrubbed to remove most of the coffee build up.
Thoughts?
Go for it! I intend to try it out when I get a pestle and mortar or something equiv to use.Proinsias wrote:Still not tried it, please bear with me.
I went to my dad's today and he was complaining that his ceramic manual coffee grinder keeps slipping down a notch or two when he's grinding and the resulting coffee dust has been so fine it has busted two of his espresso filters. It got me thinking I may drink half the tencha as leaf and stick the other half in his grinder, set it to superfine, and see what happens. It can be fully disassembled and scrubbed to remove most of the coffee build up.
Thoughts?
Sep 19th, '08, 16:44
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Sep 20th, '08, 11:08
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No worries! Shipping times are just weird. It typically takes over a week to receive a letter sent by my own family in Ontario, whereas a letter from my in-laws in the United Kingdom often takes only 3 or 4 days. {shrug} And I generally expect items shipped from the US via First Class International to take two weeks minimum. That's just the way it goesPentox wrote:Heh looks like you were the last one to get itchamekke wrote:I received the tencha in yesterday afternoon's post - thank you very much. I'll give it a try this weekend!Sorry it's halfway into sept.
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I used about 5g for 75ml. I brewed it like a gyokuro (55°C, 90s) in my sasame hohin, so the infusion was very clear. I managed to get four steeps, the fifth one being too light to my taste.
The taste wasn't as intense as I thought maybe because I am already accustomed to brew gyokuro at 2-3g/30ml.
The taste was gyokuro like, with some light matcha flavors.
A very interesting experience (Thanks again Pentox!).
The taste wasn't as intense as I thought maybe because I am already accustomed to brew gyokuro at 2-3g/30ml.
The taste was gyokuro like, with some light matcha flavors.
A very interesting experience (Thanks again Pentox!).