Tuesday TeaDay 2/10/09 How many different teas in a day?

[brianlavelle]

I'll normally have a couple of different teas in a day, mainly drawn from different kinds of sheng pu'er, sencha or matcha.

At the moment, I'm having some wonderful 2008 Nadachayuan Chachanyiwei "Nannuo".

[olivierco]

Otsuusan sencha right now

[Chip]

I shoot for 3 different teas, and hope for a 4th! I can often get a 4th in but seems I am rushing a bit to get it in before too late in the evening. Usually evening to night I get a bonus "tea" which lately has been mug/genmai derivatives.

3 today and the hope of a 4th is w/in reach. Started out with good ole' Yutaka Midori from O-Cha. Had to deal with a flat tire mid session, but still managed to enjoy it. Morning tea is usually the best tea of the day. SweeTea enjoyed the YM, TEAh made a rare tabletop appearance for morning tea.

Kame Gyokuro from O-Cha was next up. This stuff just puts virtually any other tea I have to shame, and I have pretty good tea.
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[Victoria]

In my cup this afternoon a nice Li Shan oolong from
Floating Leaves Tea.

[cherylopal]

Started out with good ole' Yutaka Midori from O-Cha.

Kame Gyokuro from O-Cha was next up.
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I will be saying this very very very soon!



I usually try for two teas- with additional steeps if I can. Work can be crazy and often I'm lucky to get one cup in.

Currently enjoying a second steep of adagio's oolong #40 at work-staying late because I'm going to a friends to watch the rest of the Westminster dog show- champagne there!

[Dreamer]

Weekdays...two a day...something ("bagged" or Teavana) flavored or black or rooibos with my tea buddy at work then some Japanese green in the afternoon. Once in a while a green rooibos or houjicha in the evening.

Weekends...more random...hubby and kids (old teens) only like straight Lipton...don't even try to flavor it up with something else....so if I hope to share tea with any of them, that's the choice.

I've ordered a bunch of blacks, oolongs, etc as samples so who knows what the pattern will look like shortly.

This afternoon started with matcha Kiro-no-mori and now I'm working on Kabusecha (first steep) right now. (I LOVE those sweet shady greens!)

Laughter,
Dreamer

[silvermage2000]

I am not totally sure sometime one certain all day. Then sometimes I will switch between different ones. Today I drank a cup of rishi's ancient moon light white. And now I am drinking a cup of lipton's pyrimaid sp? teabag peach/mango white.

[jazz88]

Usually 3-4. I start with some black then move to white or green or oolong – depending on my mood.

Having Jasmine #12 from Adagio right now.

[Pentox]

Switched over to a black, English Caramel from Lupicia. A rare switch for me.

[Chip]

Started out with good ole' Yutaka Midori from O-Cha.

Kame Gyokuro from O-Cha was next up.
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I will be saying this very very very soon!

Indeed you will! Let us know how you make out!

Thanks for sharing the photos Sal and Victoria.

Just finishing up Den's Shin Ryoku. This has been a nice casual asamushi sencha for me.

I have been trying to wrap my rather limited vocab around the flavor profile unsuccessfully thus far. It is odd to say this, but it tastes ... warm ... every time I drink it, warm, not temp, but if warm had a flavor, this would be it.

Yeah, I need help.

evening tea coming up.

[murrius]

these days I will typically have three different teas a day. Usually a Japanese green in the morning, a Chinese green in the afternoon, and a black in the evening. Today was no exception:

sencha Kawane No Kaori followed by Mao Feng, followed by Keemun.

[Cinnamon Kitty]

I generally get as far as two teas a day currently, sometimes three depending on my mood and how many steeps the other two teas get.

Today stuck with two tea plan. I started off with a mugi-hoji-genmaicha blend that makes for a surprisingly pleasant toasty cup of tea. Later on in the evening, I enjoyed a cup of Earl Grey Creme. I learned that a 4 minute steep brings out a better flavor than the 3 minute steep which is more aroma than actual taste.

[danibob]

On a good day I usually get in 3 different teas. A black in the morning, sencha during the day/night, and some kind of oolong during the day/night. Today was very busy so I only got in 2 teas.

Sencha before bed. Mmm.

[auggy]

Auggy, where did you get your pineapple tea? It seems like it is always out of stock on Adagio's site. I have been looking for a pineapple tea for months.

It's Adagio's. It's probably three months old, though. I had forgotten that I had a tin of it!

[teaguru]

I rarely ever have the same type of tea twice a day, unless it's multiple infusions. I always try to shake it up, with 4-5 different teas everyday.

I'm currently enjoying the last of my Libra sample. It was so delicious I had to order a whole tin! Yummy chocolate tea!