Mar 17th, '09, 15:40
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Hi All,
I voted for magical GREEN powder...matcha...might as well wish for enough matcha to drink a pot (that's a really big bowl) twice a day!!!
Started the day with Kabuseha (son's off school this week so I can slow my morning down a bit!).
Here's a picture of something else green in my cup a couple of weeks ago...I think it was gyokuro...
Right now I'm trying my first Den's cherry sencha...it is pretty good.
With all the lid breaking, finger cutting, computer misbehaving...I'm hoping that all this green talk will bring us a bit of the Luck 'o the Irish!!!
Really, tea should be a low-hazard hobby!
Happy St. Patty's Day,
Dreamer
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I voted for magical GREEN powder...matcha...might as well wish for enough matcha to drink a pot (that's a really big bowl) twice a day!!!
Started the day with Kabuseha (son's off school this week so I can slow my morning down a bit!).
Here's a picture of something else green in my cup a couple of weeks ago...I think it was gyokuro...
Right now I'm trying my first Den's cherry sencha...it is pretty good.
With all the lid breaking, finger cutting, computer misbehaving...I'm hoping that all this green talk will bring us a bit of the Luck 'o the Irish!!!
Really, tea should be a low-hazard hobby!
Happy St. Patty's Day,
Dreamer
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Mar 17th, '09, 15:46
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Mar 17th, '09, 15:53
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Green and orange are my two fave colors, and amazingly they can play together so beautifully, especially when edible.Dreamer wrote: Here's a picture of something else green in my cup a couple of weeks ago...I think it was gyokuro...
Nice photos Sal and Victoria as well!
blah blah blah SENCHA blah blah blah!!!
I voted GREEN highest mist covered mountain oolong, my beloved oolong, but I wanted to vote also for SHINCHA... looking forward spring to come! This time the two teams tied !!
This morning just after the end of night shift a black Kenya Marinyn GFOP... and with my lunch (bread, french butter and fir tree honey) at 2pm a DJ from Ariya garden : Rose d'Himalaya FTGFOP1 Autumnal from Mariage Frères
!!This morning just after the end of night shift a black Kenya Marinyn GFOP... and with my lunch (bread, french butter and fir tree honey) at 2pm a DJ from Ariya garden : Rose d'Himalaya FTGFOP1 Autumnal from Mariage Frères
None of the above
My most sincere wish isn't related to tea.
Did have my Irish breakfast to start the day, 'tho.
Did have my Irish breakfast to start the day, 'tho.
2008 Menghai 0532 Premium Shu pu-ehr in my cup now, a birthday present my fiancé gave me earlier today, along with some more pu-ehr and a gaiwan. This is the first time I try Pu-ehr so I'm not sure what I should be looking for in terms of taste, but I think I might like it if brewed correctly. I tried 5 grams in a thick walled 100 ml. gaiwan for 20 seconds after a rinse, and it came out pretty strong so I didn't up the brewing time for later infusions which mellowed it down a bit. Could someone maybe recomend a way to brew it?
Mar 17th, '09, 19:14
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I think you are on the right track. Just start with a shorter 1st infusion next time or maybe a little less tea. You may also find that this tea will mellow and improve over the next few years, especially if you are finding any fishy, pond, or other off tastes.Saifuddin wrote: Could someone maybe recommend a way to brew it?
I have both the 2005 and 2007 editions and find them enjoyable, but not my favorite shu. They both seem to taste better without pushing them too much.
I was tempted to vote shincha or matcha as I am being slowly but surely brainwashed, and it IS the greenest day of the year. But, the truth is, I wanted to vote for the current object of my deepest desire... green first-flush Darjeeling. As this was not an option, I went with my solid stand-by go-to tea... High mountain oolong.
Someday I will have to try some phoenix dan cong so I can more accurately answer these polls.
In my cup this morning was ummm ... matcha first (almost emptied my first tin)... then some Oolong #18... then some sakura sencha which I consumed all day at work. Not sure what will be next...
Sarah
Someday I will have to try some phoenix dan cong so I can more accurately answer these polls.
In my cup this morning was ummm ... matcha first (almost emptied my first tin)... then some Oolong #18... then some sakura sencha which I consumed all day at work. Not sure what will be next...
Sarah
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Mar 17th, '09, 21:04
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Had genmaicha at a Chinese/Japanese restaurant with lunch served in a nice tetsubin. Yao, the server, was not so knowledgable about the tea, but seemed interested in learning, or at least in a good tip.
Back home, tried a sample from a company called Masudaen. This was called Premium Sencha, hmmm, not really. Just OK sencha of medium quality. SweeTea was not impressed. Pyrit and a rare appearance by Bear to the TeaTable. I did however use the new Kenji kyusu for the first time!
Back home, tried a sample from a company called Masudaen. This was called Premium Sencha, hmmm, not really. Just OK sencha of medium quality. SweeTea was not impressed. Pyrit and a rare appearance by Bear to the TeaTable. I did however use the new Kenji kyusu for the first time!
blah blah blah SENCHA blah blah blah!!!
All/any of the above would be my answer. They all sound so good but I think Yunnan Gold just because its one of the top teas I want to try.
What a beautiful picture Salsero! I love the wisteria.
What a beautiful picture Salsero! I love the wisteria.
Salsero wrote:I would probably go for the matcha since yesterday the Gainesville Tea Buzz™ attended a lecture/demonstration given by Shozo Sato who is—among other things—a tea ceremony master, a Japanese national treasure, and no cheerleader for Chinese tea.
If I have to wish for something that is not tea at the end of the Irish-Nipponese rainbow, I guess it might be one or two of the magnificent lacquered teaware pieces, black, shiny with 40 layers of lacquer, each applied and sanded smooth before the next was applied, then decorated very quietly with the thinnest imaginable filigree of gold dust and mother of pearl. ¡WOWZA!
Despite my broadened cultural horizons, today's photo is cooked puerh. To class it up a bit, I have festooned it with some of the wisteria blossoms that are hanging high up in the pine trees all over Gainesville now. At least the yunomi chawan is Japanese.
Shincha, lots of green Shincha that magically stays fresh until I finish steeping all the leaves.
Currently in my cup is a later steep of the sencha fuka midori from Den's. It was mild flavored, not as in your face as the YM, but still had a nice flavor. Next time, it gets a bit more leaf to see if that helps any.
Currently in my cup is a later steep of the sencha fuka midori from Den's. It was mild flavored, not as in your face as the YM, but still had a nice flavor. Next time, it gets a bit more leaf to see if that helps any.