Apr 8th, '09, 16:09
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What is not to love! Like many things Japanese, they are superior in so many respects to maples from just about anywhere else I can think of.Janine wrote:And Chip, I too love Japanese maples.
Maybe I will share some photos if I ever resolve compatability issues with my camera and Vista.Herb_Master wrote:Maybe we will see some of your maples soon!?
I am a beginner mine are all only in their 2nd year with me.
All in pots, my garden is too small!
I want to try and semi-bonsai them - but am scared to start pruning - anyway too late now for this year.
I semi bonsai several actually, and while I might do the hardest pruning prior to the sap running, I do prune them up to around July. I try not to after that so the new growth can harden before it gets cold.
I have some planted in a smaller garden and am able to keep them in proprtion by pruning, and they appreciate being in the ground. I used to many different cultivars but have cut back a bit, that and bonsai since it is sooooo time consuming and requires major commitment, much more so than pets.
And now back to TEA ... Japanese of course.
Yabe organic from Yuuki-Cha, very good organic. 4th steep currently.blah blah blah SENCHA blah blah blah!!!
Apr 8th, '09, 16:37
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Hi Tea Chatters,
I said 7-9...with my tea buddy at work, we have a different one every (work) day and I usually have some kind of Ceylon at breakfast and then something else in the afternoon and/or evening.
Once, I noted that I had tea from India (Ceylon), "tea" from South America (mate), tea from Japan, and "tea" from Africa (rooibos) all in one day...that was a great tea day!
Today's teas: Ceylon at home and in my travel mug early. We brewed up a bagged Assam at work, but I decide that I wasn't getting anything but caffeine from it so I poured most of it down the drain. This afternoon I'm enjoying Den's fuki sencha special.
Wonderful pictures here on the chat today...thanks so much!!!!
Joy, joy, joy,
Dreamer
I said 7-9...with my tea buddy at work, we have a different one every (work) day and I usually have some kind of Ceylon at breakfast and then something else in the afternoon and/or evening.
Once, I noted that I had tea from India (Ceylon), "tea" from South America (mate), tea from Japan, and "tea" from Africa (rooibos) all in one day...that was a great tea day!
Today's teas: Ceylon at home and in my travel mug early. We brewed up a bagged Assam at work, but I decide that I wasn't getting anything but caffeine from it so I poured most of it down the drain. This afternoon I'm enjoying Den's fuki sencha special.
Wonderful pictures here on the chat today...thanks so much!!!!
Joy, joy, joy,
Dreamer
Apr 8th, '09, 18:39
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Just sampled a fantabulous sample of 2009 Moa Feng green, Guo Bin Li Cha Mao Feng from TeaSpring. This was certainly the best Huang Shan Mao Feng I have ever had. Many thanks, Sal!
3 steeps down and I think 3 more to go. I would characterize it as sublimely sweet, floral, and approaches more vegetal with each passing steep.
Matcha in a bit in a "new old" chawan!
3 steeps down and I think 3 more to go. I would characterize it as sublimely sweet, floral, and approaches more vegetal with each passing steep.
Matcha in a bit in a "new old" chawan!blah blah blah SENCHA blah blah blah!!!
I voted 4-6...I have a handful of current favorites that I drink most of the week...they do change over time but I have 3 or 4 of these go-to teas at a time at most. And maybe I'll have a couple of others that I drink less often each week too.
I had some Hojicha and gunpower green today and thinking of an oolong now...
I had some Hojicha and gunpower green today and thinking of an oolong now...
I voted 7-9 but it depends on the week really. If I'm super busy with work and school I barely have time for tea so it's less. But next week I have off from work (the kiddies have spring break) so I'll be drowning myself in all different teas.
Chiran sencha right now. Then maybe a bit of TKY before bed.
Chiran sencha right now. Then maybe a bit of TKY before bed.
Probably about 10 in an average week. I keep 3-4 different teas (mainly garden-variety Chinese greens) in my office at school for casual coffee-time sipping; at home in the evening, when I can pay a little more attention to steeping times etc., I rotate through 10-12 teas, mainly green (Chinese or sencha) and oolong, occasionally a Darjeeling. Tonight's cup is a Zhongshan Baiye oolong, brewed in a Yixing pot. For breakfast on weekends I share a pot of Assam with my wife, who likes her teas black and hearty.
Apr 8th, '09, 22:49
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Generally 3 or 4 but sometimes things get out of control which is fun.
For the past few years our garden has been functional, not beautiful. I have now convinced my better half that the best way to eat fresh veg and fruit is in a garden full of flowers and friends. Several thousand seeds, a few hundred bulbs and some garden center plants later I'm hoping there will be more to love about my garden than satisfying tastebuds.
For the past few years our garden has been functional, not beautiful. I have now convinced my better half that the best way to eat fresh veg and fruit is in a garden full of flowers and friends. Several thousand seeds, a few hundred bulbs and some garden center plants later I'm hoping there will be more to love about my garden than satisfying tastebuds.
Chiming in late, but I came up with 10 to 12 per week. I have three or four black teas that I rotate in the mornings, three greens that get rotated in the afternoons, a few not caffeinated blends for the evenings, and a few more thrown in there for the oolongs, puerh sampling, and whatever I make into iced tea. I've been doing a lot of blending lately with left over bits which tends to put the number up a little higher than the majority.
Yesterday, I enjoyed some iced oolong mixed with Berry Blast herbal, an unimpressive TKY sample that I found in my tea drawer, and some chamomile with lavender later on.
Yesterday, I enjoyed some iced oolong mixed with Berry Blast herbal, an unimpressive TKY sample that I found in my tea drawer, and some chamomile with lavender later on.
Apr 10th, '09, 10:50
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Yep, I probably am (though not quite as many open at once). I'm sure my tea shelf life could be improved by your method of structure! I honestly hadn't thought of doing it before, though. So now you've got me thinking about it!brlarson wrote:I had no choice. If I didn't impose a lot of structure on my storage and consumption teas would have gone stale. It was my lack of organization that forced me into this position. I have totally flexibility, though, to choose among my open teas, so I have a lot of choices. BTW, it sounds like you're drinking as many teas as meauggy wrote:Your tea cycle scares me a little - so organized. Yet at the same time, I am envious. I love creating structure in my life..