Gyokuro Konacha brewing

[reincarnate]

So I got this Gyokuro Konacha a while ago, but brewing it is pretty problematic, due to the small particles. I was wondering how you guys brew it? Or if you drink it with the particles?

I'm almost tempted to brew it though some cloth or textile, because the particles go though infusers and end up in the glass anyway :/

[olivierco]

What size are the particles? If it looks like powder, you are supposed to drink it with the particles.
With bigger particles paper filters should do well. I use them to brew rooibos.

[reincarnate]

They are very small, I guess I have to pick up my paper filters from work then... I don't know how I feel about drinking the particles

[Tead Off]

They are very small, I guess I have to pick up my paper filters from work then... I don't know how I feel about drinking the particles

The particles are just tea, like Matcha. It won't hurt you, but, you could simply pour the gyokuro through a hand-held filter of some type. I use a bamboo holder with very fine nylon mesh as I don't want metal to touch the tea. These holders are made in Taiwan and can be purchased at some online vendors. They probably make them in China, too.

[Chip]

In Japan it is common to eat the used leaves of Gyokuro.

I have never seen Gyokuro Konacha, and even if Konacha is typically not high grade leaf obviously, the particles should be OK if ingested.

The down side is that the particles may continue to steep while floating around in your water.

[reincarnate]

They are very small, I guess I have to pick up my paper filters from work then... I don't know how I feel about drinking the particles

The particles are just tea, like Matcha. It won't hurt you, but, you could simply pour the gyokuro through a hand-held filter of some type. I use a bamboo holder with very fine nylon mesh as I don't want metal to touch the tea. These holders are made in Taiwan and can be purchased at some online vendors. They probably make them in China, too.

He he, it's not so much that I'm afraid of them, i just don't like it. Matcha is a very different thing, and the experience of drinking it is also quite a different experience. But nylon mesh! that's what I was looking for, that's better then paper at least

[reincarnate]

In Japan it is common to eat the used leaves of Gyokuro.

I have never seen Gyokuro Konacha, and even if Konacha is typically not high grade leaf obviously, the particles should be OK if ingested.

The down side is that the particles may continue to steep while floating around in your water.

This is what I'm trying http://teatropolitan.wordpress.com/tea- ... hment/129/

The particles they float and then they fall to the bottom, I though the tea would be very bitter, because of that, but actually it was still very mild and pleasant to drink, this is my first gyokuro konacha and it didn't feel much like drinking 'discarded dust particles' thus porobably one of the more luxurious dusts to have he he!

[Tead Off]

They are very small, I guess I have to pick up my paper filters from work then... I don't know how I feel about drinking the particles

The particles are just tea, like Matcha. It won't hurt you, but, you could simply pour the gyokuro through a hand-held filter of some type. I use a bamboo holder with very fine nylon mesh as I don't want metal to touch the tea. These holders are made in Taiwan and can be purchased at some online vendors. They probably make them in China, too.

He he, it's not so much that I'm afraid of them, i just don't like it. Matcha is a very different thing, and the experience of drinking it is also quite a different experience. But nylon mesh! that's what I was looking for, that's better then paper at least

yes, it's better than paper and of course you can use it over and over again. They are not expensive, under $10. I buy them in Hong Kong. You can ask sellers in the States if they carry them. Places like Hou De, Tea Habitat, 7 Cups might know.