Tuesday TeaDay 5/26/09 TeaJourney inspiration?

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Aphrodite was wondering if folks feel like their own tea journeys are often inspired by those of others (like seeing people talk about something and wanting to try it) or if they tend to march to their own kettle of fish?

Yes, I feel like my TeaJourney was inspired by others
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48%
Perhaps I have been inspired by the TeaJourneys of others
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29%
No, I do not think my TeaJourney was inspired by others
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21%
Other
1
2%
 
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by Chip » May 27th, '09, 00:37

Herb_Master wrote:
Chip wrote:Next up, Golden Spring from Adagio with my wife. This is last years, but it was very enjoyable.
Last year's wife ? :roll:
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Mugicha to finish the TeaDay.
blah blah blah SENCHA blah blah blah!!!

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by Salsero » May 27th, '09, 20:10

cherylopal wrote: so it was steeping a lot longer than the overnight ... its is strong but very good- i think that sae midori had a nautral sweet smoothnes that made this long steep drinkable although i won't go that long on purpose!!
Well, I forgot mine so it steeped for a total of 25 hrs instead of the 8 I had planned on. :roll:

I have some Sae Midori weighing unopened on my consciousness, but I used Sugimoto's sencha which is pretty light steamed and I may have gone a bit lighter on the leaf than you did. The result is a very elegant and refreshing beverage, despite the long steep. I think I like the power punch of the Den's powdered sencha more than this, but this one would be great for hot weather and might make a cold tea drinker of me yet!

Thanks so much, cherylopal, for sharing the recipe ... or at least continuing to disseminate the recipe that I have probably read and forgotten previously in these hallowed pages of TeaChat.


BTW, I feel that as long as Chip sticks to one wife at a time, it's OK with me ... as long as there is no weirdness a la Bluebeard.

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by cherylopal » May 27th, '09, 20:42

Salsero wrote:
cherylopal wrote: so it was steeping a lot longer than the overnight ... its is strong but very good- i think that sae midori had a nautral sweet smoothnes that made this long steep drinkable although i won't go that long on purpose!!
Well, I forgot mine so it steeped for a total of 25 hrs instead of the 8 I had planned on. :roll:

I have some Sae Midori weighing unopened on my consciousness, but I used Sugimoto's sencha which is pretty light steamed and I may have gone a bit lighter on the leaf than you did. The result is a very elegant and refreshing beverage, despite the long steep. I think I like the power punch of the Den's powdered sencha more than this, but this one would be great for hot weather and might make a cold tea drinker of me yet!

Thanks so much, cherylopal, for sharing the recipe ... or at least continuing to disseminate the recipe that I have probably read and forgotten previously in these hallowed pages of TeaChat.
you're welcome! i'm now thinking about den's extra green sencha.... and wondering if i have a bag of that around to play with...
cheryl :)

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by emeraldrobot » May 27th, '09, 21:14

I don't remember the inspiration to get back into my tea obsession but I think it started with looking for a tetsubin for my husband, then looking at all of the kyusu that are posted on teachat, buying a kyusu, and then deciding to take classes at teance, which then made my obsession go into overdrive.

Needless to say, today I had some lupicia - paradise green. I finished that one (finally). It used to be one of my favorite green teas, but lately I can't stand flavored tea anymore. I also drank some sencha, and then I decided to see what my blooming tea looked like, but it took too long to bloom so I just tossed the tea that came from it (and I was pretty full of tea anyway).

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by silvermage2000 » May 27th, '09, 21:48

My tea journey was somewhat inspired by others.
My name i's ashley I am a female and 21 years old.

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by teadrake » May 30th, '09, 23:55

I only looked into trying loose tea when someone else mentioned it on a software forum I frequent, so I was definitely 'inspired'.

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