Official what GREEN are you currently drinking?

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Re: What GREEN are you currently drinking?

by iannon » Nov 18th 10 1:24 am

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Re: What GREEN are you currently drinking?

by Chip » Nov 18th 10 3:27 am

Togei this evening ... :mrgreen:

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Re: What GREEN are you currently drinking?

by entropyembrace » Nov 18th 10 3:32 am

Chiran sencha from o-cha :mrgreen:

it´s a bit weird in that my 1st infusion is always yellow...then the 2nd turns bright radioactive green :shock:

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Re: What GREEN are you currently drinking?

by Chip » Nov 18th 10 3:46 am

entropyembrace wrote:Chiran sencha from o-cha :mrgreen:

it´s a bit weird in that my 1st infusion is always yellow...then the 2nd turns bright radioactive green :shock:
Yeah, nature of the beast. We fondly call it swamp water.

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Re: What GREEN are you currently drinking?

by entropyembrace » Nov 18th 10 3:50 am

Chip wrote:
entropyembrace wrote:Chiran sencha from o-cha :mrgreen:

it´s a bit weird in that my 1st infusion is always yellow...then the 2nd turns bright radioactive green :shock:
Yeah, nature of the beast. We fondly call it swamp water.
haha yeah...it´s just most fukas I get the bright green on the 1st infusion too and it doesn´t turn yellowish until the 3rd or 4th

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Re: What GREEN are you currently drinking?

by Chip » Nov 18th 10 3:53 am

You brew Chiran like a ... a samurai!!!***




***Chiran is an old samurai village.

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Re: What GREEN are you currently drinking?

by Kaja2737 » Nov 19th 10 5:18 pm

Currently I'm drinking a "popcorn" tea... Genmaicha! :mrgreen:

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Re: What GREEN are you currently drinking?

by debunix » Nov 19th 10 5:35 pm

Sayamakaori sencha from Yuuki-cha. Today's infusions were especially delicious because I am trying to use up my currently open pouch, so I can start on the OTTI #7 offerings....and start on the new senchas that just arrived from Norbu.

Hence used more tea per cup than usual. Mmmm.

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Re: What GREEN are you currently drinking?

by mbishop » Nov 19th 10 9:12 pm

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Re: What GREEN are you currently drinking?

by bryan293 » Nov 20th 10 5:37 am

Right now, I have some yame gyo from o-cha. I just recently finished the last of my yutaka midori karou supreme LE (also from o-cha) which was delicious. I think I'll probably be ordering some miyabi as my next sencha.

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Re: What GREEN are you currently drinking?

by Uji » Nov 21st 10 1:53 am

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Re: What GREEN are you currently drinking?

by Catfur » Nov 21st 10 3:38 am

At the office...

Teaspring's Long Jing (just plain Long Jing, their cheapest), it's nothing incredible (hear it was a bad year for LJ anyway), but it's pleasantly sweet and nutty anyhow.

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Re: What GREEN are you currently drinking?

by debunix » Nov 21st 10 4:50 am

After a bunch of sencha this morning (tasting all five asamushi from the OTTI #7), I am trying a different green now: Xue Dian Mei Lan Yunnan Green tea from Norbu. This is a free sample I got with a recent order but hadn't yet got around to writing up. I liked it enough first try to order a bit more. I foolishly tried it 'western stye' first--a few larger volume/lower leaf infusions in a larger glass teapot, and it was too dilute, but showed some lovely floral/sweet/vegetal character. Will try a proper review later when I have a better handle on this tea.

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Re: What GREEN are you currently drinking?

by NOESIS » Nov 21st 10 5:47 am

Hon Yama (yummy!) sencha from Hojo.

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Re: What GREEN are you currently drinking?

by iannon » Nov 21st 10 6:13 am

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