Matcha Men & Women

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by Seeker » Jul 16th, '09, 19:22

Hello Victoria!

Reading back, Lupicia?

Also, I've been looking at Yuuki - interesting, it looks as though all their matcha is organic. Is it good? great?

Hope you are well and at ease.

Cheers. :wink:
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by Victoria » Jul 16th, '09, 19:33

Still can't find my Lupicia and haven't opened the others.
I guess because I have sooo much new tea on hand now.
I'll get to it soon. I'll try to photograph some in my new
black chawan this weekend.
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by iannon » Jul 17th, '09, 00:04

Seeker wrote:Hello Victoria!

Reading back, Lupicia?

Also, I've been looking at Yuuki - interesting, it looks as though all their matcha is organic. Is it good? great?

Hope you are well and at ease.

Cheers. :wink:
Yuuki sells only all organic as far as i know..I am waiting on some of their Uji matcha myself as well as some Yame matcha sansui from Zencha that they just started offering
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by woozl » Jul 17th, '09, 01:50

The Yame from Zencha is yummy.
They sent me a free sample of something else too.
I haven't opened it yet, and it is all in Japanese?
I think it is matcha and not sencha will see soon..
“Take some more tea,” the March Hare said to Alice, very earnestly.
“I’ve had nothing yet,” Alice replied in an offended tone: “so I ca’n’t take more.”
“You mean you ca’n’t take less,” said the Hatter: “it’s very easy to take more than nothing.”
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by iannon » Jul 17th, '09, 01:57

woozl wrote:The Yame from Zencha is yummy.
They sent me a free sample of something else too.
I haven't opened it yet, and it is all in Japanese?
I think it is matcha and not sencha will see soon..
really you got some of the new zencha yame already? which one did you get? and just how yummy is it?? :shock:
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by woozl » Jul 17th, '09, 07:30

I like it better than kiri no mori from ocha.
I am not a matcha expert however. :oops:
I want to try a few more before stepping up in price.
“Take some more tea,” the March Hare said to Alice, very earnestly.
“I’ve had nothing yet,” Alice replied in an offended tone: “so I ca’n’t take more.”
“You mean you ca’n’t take less,” said the Hatter: “it’s very easy to take more than nothing.”
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by clareandromeda » Jul 17th, '09, 10:47

I want to admit I have been a terrible match women lately. I've been so overwhelmed with shincha and gyo that my chasen has been gathering dust... :oops:
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by Seeker » Jul 17th, '09, 12:59

Dusty chasen!?

Nooooooooooo...

:lol:
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by clareandromeda » Jul 17th, '09, 14:39

I know I'm so embarassed! I started on matcha..I'll will replace that dust with matcha dust this PM and I'll return to a proper matcha women status!
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by Seeker » Jul 17th, '09, 17:13

Yayyyyyyy! Hazaaaaaa!

:D
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by clareandromeda » Jul 17th, '09, 21:53

2nd cup of matcha of the PM, Kiri-no-Mori, how could I have neglected you so much? This matcha women is back!!!!!!
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Re: Matcha Men & Women

by Seeker » Jul 28th, '09, 04:56

Hi to Victoria,

Wondering if you have an opinion about the yuuki matcha's yet?

I'm wondering because I've been thinking about ordering some to try.

Hope all's well with you.
:)
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Re: Matcha Men & Women

by Maitre_Tea » Jul 28th, '09, 05:05

Seeker wrote:Hi to Victoria,

Wondering if you have an opinion about the yuuki matcha's yet?

I'm wondering because I've been thinking about ordering some to try.

Hope all's well with you.
:)
Although I'm not Victoria, I have an opinion about the Yuuki Matcha, specifically the Yuuki Midori. This was my first experience with Matcha so I don't anything to compare with, but it's very flavorful. There was a lot of vegetal flavor, and I didn't taste too much bitterness. It's a very intense tea, IMO. Of course, I could have really bad technique and I'm actually messing it up completely.
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Re: Matcha Men & Women

by Seeker » Jul 28th, '09, 16:41

Hi MT,
Thanks for sharing your experience. All is helpful.

Gives me some pause in my impulse to rush on and get some.

For now I might just get more wakamatsu and horai from Ippodo - both awesome matchas!

And of course I'll keep looking to see what others say here.

cheers!

ps - have you acquired your 0 chawan yet, and if so, how is it?
:D
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Re: Matcha Men & Women

by Maitre_Tea » Jul 28th, '09, 16:49

Seeker wrote:Hi MT,
Thanks for sharing your experience. All is helpful.

Gives me some pause in my impulse to rush on and get some.

For now I might just get more wakamatsu and horai from Ippodo - both awesome matchas!

And of course I'll keep looking to see what others say here.

cheers!

ps - have you acquired your 0 chawan yet, and if so, how is it?
:D
Not yet! :evil: I hope it comes today (it was mailed last Friday via EMS)...but I'm gone this afternoon so even if it did come, I won't see until tonight. I'm super-excited though. BTW, the rice bowl I'm using has about the same measurements (height and width-wise) and I'm kind of surprised about how small my Chawan is. I expected something much bigger, for some reason.