Official what GREEN are you currently drinking?

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Re: What GREEN are you currently drinking?

by Chip » Apr 20th, '11, 16:46

Recently opened a bag of Kame Jirushi gyokuro from O-Cha. The first steep is always mind blowingly good. I break out the good gyokuro-ware for this stuff!

After approaching and being in a sencha drought, I had begun to do smaller steeps of sencha upon replentishment ...

This is is fine, but a +/- of this is that 2 open bags of sencha are lasting much longer. The plus being the tea lasts longer. The minus being the tea lasts longer. :mrgreen: I should say possible too long. :idea:

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Re: What GREEN are you currently drinking?

by ChinesePottery » Apr 21st, '11, 00:37

Not sure if that actually fits in here with the pure greens, but i couldn't find a better place to post it and wanted to share.
A few months back, to escape the cold in Jiangsu, my wife and I went to Hainan for a few weeks. Today I am having a KuDingCha (苦丁茶), coconut flavored, which i brought home from the trip.
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I am having a bit of a cold right now which impairs my sense of smell greatly, which is the very reason i got out this tea now as it is so strong in flavor and aroma that even my blocked nose lets it through.

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Re: What GREEN are you currently drinking?

by AdamMY » Apr 21st, '11, 18:26

I am drinking the last of the fukamushi I have in my apartment. Guess I will have to make due with Asamushi. :lol: :lol: :lol:

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Re: What GREEN are you currently drinking?

by tortoise » Apr 21st, '11, 22:41

AdamMY wrote:I am drinking the last of the fukamushi I have in my apartment. Guess I will have to make due with Asamushi. :lol: :lol: :lol:
Yeah, sometimes you have to stoop.

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Re: What GREEN are you currently drinking?

by AdamMY » Apr 21st, '11, 22:51

tortoise wrote:
AdamMY wrote:I am drinking the last of the fukamushi I have in my apartment. Guess I will have to make due with Asamushi. :lol: :lol: :lol:
Yeah, sometimes you have to stoop.

I was joking because I by far prefer Asamushi, and have quite a bit of it on hand, in fact it will be a struggle to finish most of it off before Shincha really starts coming in.

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Re: What GREEN are you currently drinking?

by tortoise » Apr 21st, '11, 23:18

AdamMY wrote:
tortoise wrote:
AdamMY wrote:I am drinking the last of the fukamushi I have in my apartment. Guess I will have to make due with Asamushi. :lol: :lol: :lol:
Yeah, sometimes you have to stoop.

I was joking because I by far prefer Asamushi, and have quite a bit of it on hand, in fact it will be a struggle to finish most of it off before Shincha really starts coming in.
I knew you were joking.

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Re: What GREEN are you currently drinking?

by brlarson » Apr 22nd, '11, 02:09

Maiko's shuppin' gyokuro.

This is wonderful tea. It is similar to O-Cha's Kame Jiru Shi but a little richer, more subdued, more layers of flavor -- artichoke and asparagus tips but rich and deep, earthy tones but (again) rich and muted.

The five-packs of the Yamashita gyokuro (five different 8 gram packs) are pricey, but I like being able to open a single-use pack to make tea for a friend. If I opened a 50 grams pack and used 8 then I would have to drink the other 42 grams quickly otherwise it would go stale, but that's not a problem with these single-use packs.

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Re: What GREEN are you currently drinking?

by Nenugal » Apr 22nd, '11, 08:19

After drinking drinking large amounts of some cheap young sheng this morning, I thought I'd go GREEN again and opened a bag of Maiko's Yamashita-Jirushi Gyokuro. I'm utterly wowed :mrgreen:

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Re: What GREEN are you currently drinking?

by Noahnoir » Apr 22nd, '11, 08:28

Maiko's Sencha Maruyama in my little Rock from Shibuya Eiichi... its a great combination

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Re: What GREEN are you currently drinking?

by CazT » Apr 25th, '11, 06:09

I have recently started drinking Green Tea- for allllll the health benefits..

However I am drinking Twinings (not sure how good this type of tea is) and I think it tastes a little ashy?? Is this normal? And what brand would you recommend? Preferably a bag and not leaves.

Thanks! c

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Re: What GREEN are you currently drinking?

by Xell » Apr 25th, '11, 06:35

CazT wrote:I have recently started drinking Green Tea- for allllll the health benefits..

However I am drinking Twinings (not sure how good this type of tea is) and I think it tastes a little ashy?? Is this normal? And what brand would you recommend? Preferably a bag and not leaves.

Thanks! c
I doubt there are any good green tea bags. I saw only some decent genmaicha, but genmaicha is to begin with not a premium tea. Since i drink japanese green teas i suggest you to try them, with a kyusu it's really easy to prepare :)

From Twinings i was drinking only early grey and i think it was quite nice.

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In any case, i think you will have better luck getting something good for adequate price in country of origin.

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Re: What GREEN are you currently drinking?

by CazT » Apr 25th, '11, 06:43

Thank you Xell! I'll see what I can find, I live in Dubai and can't seem to see any tea other than bags when I look, I'll have to do some research :D

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Re: What GREEN are you currently drinking?

by Xell » Apr 25th, '11, 06:53

CazT wrote:Thank you Xell! I'll see what I can find, I live in Dubai and can't seem to see any tea other than bags when I look, I'll have to do some research :D
Even if you find something, try also to order online from one of many recommended vendors here and compare. Thought you might get hooked on those dried out leaves :D I tried once some expensive unknown green tea in my home country and was disappointed, too bad i didn't check about tea on internet at that time, that was a big mistake.

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Re: What GREEN are you currently drinking?

by debunix » Apr 25th, '11, 10:20

I've had some very nice bagged senchas in a green tea sampler from Dens Tea.

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Re: What GREEN are you currently drinking?

by Coppery Cup » Apr 28th, '11, 01:48

I am drinking 1st Grade Jasmine and 3rd Grade Green Oolong from Ten Ren Tea http://www.tenren.com The Oolong is okay, but if I bought again, I'd buy a higher grade. Jasmine is very good but starting to taste a bit bitter. Wonder how long it was in the store before they sold it to me.

Also have a Cranberry Mango Flavored Green Tea from TeaGshwendner which I do not really care for at all. The mango does not offset the tartness of the cranberries.

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