I put other. Granted I have my favorites -- but I'm open minded enough to drink the last tea on the planet >_<
I'm drinking Li Shan high mountain oolong from Tea from Taiwan. Delicious!
Jun 10th, '08, 15:20
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This harvest?bambooforest wrote: I'm drinking Li Shan high mountain oolong from Tea from Taiwan. Delicious!
Do something different, something different will happen. ( Gong Fu Garden )
Nope, that was not a joke.Katrina wrote:This was a joke. Right? Right? Gasp. Right?Scarlet Glow wrote: ... my vote was oolong.
I just don't like the stuff... nuff said.
I have tried Adagio's Pouchong, Jasmine #5, Ti Kuan Yin, and Wuyi Ensemble and none have been a very pleasant experience. I don't know why, but I just do not like the taste... I couldn't even finish a whole cup of any of those.
I am glad you like them, though, because it leaves more for you.
This cup just fascinates me.GeekgirlUnveiled wrote:Maybe Victoria is getting her tea from the same place I am. In my cup this morning: "Fragrant Yellow." Not bad. I think I brewed it too hot though because I get just a touch of collard greens. bleh. It was better last time I had it, when I paid attention to time/temp.
Figured I'd torment the purists a bit with my too-dark-to-see cup interior. teehee:
Cup is handmade by a local artist.
Today - Oolong #40 and Harney's Apple cin.
Teas for trade:
Jun 10th, '08, 16:19
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Forgot to mention, I have three wonderful teas going right now:
1) Yesterdays 22 yr old menghai special grade puerh that won't die
2) Westlake Dragon Well from NCTG
3) A charcoal roasted Dong Ding from RBT
ADD Tea drinking ftw.
I've switched now to using my Joyce Chen ceramic stovetop kettle for water and can definitely taste a difference. It's hard to wait the extra time though. I've weaned myself off Fiji now and the Seattle tap -> britta -> ceramic kettle + bamboo charcoal is actually a reasonable substitute. I'm planning on getting some gypsum from a brewery supply store and experimenting with that, although I think the major component of Fiji I'm missing is silica, wonder if there is source for that?
Interesting note on the bamboo charcoal: I had been noticing a lot of my teas lately have had a nice sweet note in the aftertaste, which was missing after I stopped using Fiji. For the fun of it I drank some hot water with the charcoal and sure enough, it was there along with the touch of tongue tingle, both of which are missing without the charcoal. For me the bamboo charcoal in the kettle during boiling is a clear improvement on simple seattle tap water which is quite soft.
1) Yesterdays 22 yr old menghai special grade puerh that won't die
2) Westlake Dragon Well from NCTG
3) A charcoal roasted Dong Ding from RBT
ADD Tea drinking ftw.
I've switched now to using my Joyce Chen ceramic stovetop kettle for water and can definitely taste a difference. It's hard to wait the extra time though. I've weaned myself off Fiji now and the Seattle tap -> britta -> ceramic kettle + bamboo charcoal is actually a reasonable substitute. I'm planning on getting some gypsum from a brewery supply store and experimenting with that, although I think the major component of Fiji I'm missing is silica, wonder if there is source for that?
Interesting note on the bamboo charcoal: I had been noticing a lot of my teas lately have had a nice sweet note in the aftertaste, which was missing after I stopped using Fiji. For the fun of it I drank some hot water with the charcoal and sure enough, it was there along with the touch of tongue tingle, both of which are missing without the charcoal. For me the bamboo charcoal in the kettle during boiling is a clear improvement on simple seattle tap water which is quite soft.
The cup fascinates me, too. The minute I saw it, I had all these famous masterworks flash through my mind...Dalí's Persistence of Memory, Munch's The Scream, Klimt's The Kiss, Van Gough's Starry Night...LavenderPekoe wrote:This cup just fascinates me.
That's pretty awesome if a piece of teaware can make me pull up those associations. A keeper, for sure!
Jun 10th, '08, 17:12
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It fascinates me too, and is my #1 favorite cup. I found it in an airport, of all places, and bought it on the way OUT of town, carried it (and used it) for my entire trip.Mary R wrote:The cup fascinates me, too. The minute I saw it, I had all these famous masterworks flash through my mind...Dalí's Persistence of Memory, Munch's The Scream, Klimt's The Kiss, Van Gough's Starry Night...LavenderPekoe wrote:This cup just fascinates me.
That's pretty awesome if a piece of teaware can make me pull up those associations. A keeper, for sure!
It makes me think of melting ice cream.GeekgirlUnveiled wrote:It fascinates me too, and is my #1 favorite cup. I found it in an airport, of all places, and bought it on the way OUT of town, carried it (and used it) for my entire trip.Mary R wrote:The cup fascinates me, too. The minute I saw it, I had all these famous masterworks flash through my mind...Dalí's Persistence of Memory, Munch's The Scream, Klimt's The Kiss, Van Gough's Starry Night...LavenderPekoe wrote:This cup just fascinates me.
That's pretty awesome if a piece of teaware can make me pull up those associations. A keeper, for sure!
Jun 10th, '08, 18:26
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Jun 10th, '08, 19:48
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Yeah, so today has been a pretty crappy day. But things totally changed after I got home and remembered to check the front porch, because guess what I found? TEA PASS BOX! Oh, so much fun! My kitchen table is covered in teas right now. And so tonights tea is Ocha's shincha hatsumi from the box. Yum. The taste is very unique and I'm really liking it. Might have to get into the shincha craze next year.
So yeah, my computer is still a brick with a pretty colored screen, I'm borrowing a gianormous laptop from hubby that he's repairing for my dad, the copier at my workplace still has a mind of its own, but hey, I've got TEA!
So yeah, my computer is still a brick with a pretty colored screen, I'm borrowing a gianormous laptop from hubby that he's repairing for my dad, the copier at my workplace still has a mind of its own, but hey, I've got TEA!
Jun 10th, '08, 19:50
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Psh, next year? You can still ride the shincha train TONIGHT!auggy wrote:Might have to get into the shincha craze next year.
So yeah, my computer is still a brick with a pretty colored screen, I'm borrowing a gianormous laptop from hubby that he's repairing for my dad, the copier at my workplace still has a mind of its own, but hey, I've got TEA!
Ojno what happened to your computer?
