Wednesday TeaDay 7/7/10 Chinese Tea Consumption?

[Chip]

TeaDay has been declared! Take up your teapots and brew, pour, share what is in your cup today, all day!

Yesterday we discussed China's 10 "Famous Teas." You can still vote and discuss yesterday's topic.

Today's TeaPoll and discussion topic. Taking yesterday's topic a step further. What percentage of your tea "sessions" consist of Chinese tea? Please share some details about your Chinese tea consumption.

I am looking forward to sharing this TeaDay with everyone. Bottoms up.

[Victoria]

Probably 10-20%, but I went with 10%, currently not drinking very many.

In my cup this morning Floating Leaves Tea LiShan Cui Luan.

Have a nice day everyone!

[JBaymore]

About 10% I guess.

best,

............john

[Alucard]

50% of the time it's a yunnan black.

[Skippyandjif]

Between 50% and 60% for me. I love the wide range of kinds of tea that China has to offer, especially the pu-erhs, but also the different green teas; Yunnan black; keemun; congou; lapsang souchong; and all the white teas.

Lapsang souchong in my cup this morning.

[laura99]

I put 30%. Have at least one cuppa Yunnan black every day. In fact - just finished one!

[putibungsu]

I rarely drink Chinese Tea but I put 10%. I occasionally drink pu-erh, that's the only Chinese Tea I am currently drinking.

No tea yet today.

[Chip]

I used to drink a LOT of Chinese tea, would say 70-80% of the tea sessions were Chinese. Every day started with a Keemun black, then an oolong, then Chinese greens the rest of the day. Later I switched to almost all Chinese greens.

Then Japanese tea hit home, now on average 20% perhaps are Chinese. During Shincha, even less.

About to begin the TD with a shincha ...

[entropyembrace]

Probably about 80% if I count Taiwan since the varietals and techniques are very similar to China. Mostly oolong, a bit of white tea and some Chinese red teas like Keemun, Ying De and Golden Yunnan.

Most of the rest has been made up of Darjeeling but Sencha is starting to sneak in so this balance could change.

[Victoria]

A Chinese tea currently in honor of the poll -
Da Wu Ye oolong from Camellia Sinensis.
I highly recommend this one, very nice!

[geeber1]

I'd say it's currently about 60% India and 40% China (including Taiwan)

More Adagio Black Dragon Pearls this morning, a 2nd steep from yesterday's leaves.

[dooble]

Around 90%. The rest consists mainly of a few thai wulongs and a few japanese greens.

Zhi Lan Xiang currently. This is my first tea in two days, so it's hard to concentrate... I think my body just demands the caffeine .

[artmom]

Around 80%. The rest is from India.

Son David brought me a gift from Japan -- I don't know the name of them, but they are delicious little wafer-like cookies with strawberry filling(Kobe Fugetsudo). I'll be having some with my four o'clock tea (which will probably be Black Dragon Pearls from Adagio).

[nickE]

Most of the tea I drink is chinese, maybe 80%? With Puerh dominating my tea consumption and my love for Yunnan Blacks, this is expected.

Today I'm breaking that trend with some Fukamushi Sencha Yame from Den's. Yum!!!

[debunix]

It was 98% chinese tea, 2% herbal tisanes, until I started drinking senchas; now I drink a single brewing of sencha 4-6 days a week, so still 80+% chinese teas.

Today missed the window for morning sencha, so starting with Yunnan Jade Pole green tea, floral and delicate and vegetal. Long gongfu cha session during a meeting.