2012 Official Shincha Ordering Topic

[Lerxst2112]

ordered my first round of shincha,
list of all the teas that you ordered.... plus a couple more in another post further down

Holy farkin' shiat! How are you planning on enjoying all that tea while it's still in its prime?

[Poohblah]

morning sencha & evening sencha every day?

[Chip]

... and afternoon!

[blairswhitaker]

ordered my first round of shincha,
list of all the teas that you ordered.... plus a couple more in another post further down

Holy farkin' shiat! How are you planning on enjoying all that tea while it's still in its prime?

I drink about 20 to 30 grams of tea a day plus my girlfriend drinks tea, I also will be sharing some with friends. But yeah I definitely plan on drinking all that tea in it's prime, when it's shincha season IT'S ON LIKE DONKY KONG!!!

[blairswhitaker]

saw this was just released today http://www.o-cha.com/Kagoshima-Sencha-Sae-Midori.html

[SilentChaos]

Looking forward to trying my Yame 88 nights from Hakoniwado

[aeflo]

this year will be my first shincha expierence
i preordered aoi & YM from o-cha and kinari from maiko

i'm really excited already

[Alex]

This year will be my first shincha season as well.

[Seeker]

Have already place my orders with o-cha and yuuki-cha.
Can't wait for my shincha year 2012 to begin!

[iannon]

Wellll...I just really like the Kinari..and you can ONLY get it at Shincha time.they do not offer a "regular" version of it throughout the year. off to preorder

What is it about the Kinari that you like so much? And how would you describe the taste?

Best wishes,
sherubtse

Sorry I missed this earlier.
For me its just a really nice classic Uji Asa. Fresh, Bright, Nice balance on umami, Sweetness and astringency. being just a Shincha offering has its allure for me as well a bit. Of course thats the past harvests so who knows if it will be the same this year..but I will continue to get it until it dissapoints.

[Alex]

Just ordered some Kagoshima Shincha Magokoro from YC.

[sherubtse]

Wellll...I just really like the Kinari..and you can ONLY get it at Shincha time.they do not offer a "regular" version of it throughout the year. off to preorder

What is it about the Kinari that you like so much? And how would you describe the taste?

Best wishes,
sherubtse

Sorry I missed this earlier.
For me its just a really nice classic Uji Asa. Fresh, Bright, Nice balance on umami, Sweetness and astringency. being just a Shincha offering has its allure for me as well a bit. Of course thats the past harvests so who knows if it will be the same this year..but I will continue to get it until it dissapoints.

Thanks for the feedback.

Best wishes,
sherubtse

[blairswhitaker]

@ seeker, What are you going to try this year?

@Alex, Magokoro is a great tea did you have the sencha version of it? I didn't go with any for shincha season this year because I am not a huge fuka fan and I wanted to try some other fukas that I hadn't had before or in a long while.

[Chip]

I plan to be ordering from (selections TBD):

O-Cha
Maiko
Ippodo
Zencha
Den's
Hakioniwado
Rishi

Possibly ...

Ryi Mei
Hibiki-an
Sugimoto-usa
Greentea-Japan
Kaburagien
others TBD (and I am open to suggestions)

Some of these will be in the form of tastings (such as OTTI) ... a lot is still up in the air at the moment for me personally.

I typically shoot for 20 shincha, maybe I will surpass this this year. 2011 was a tough year, so a "new dawn for Japanese tea" is my theme for 2012!!!

[blairswhitaker]

chip I notice you list rishi as one of your choices, I have had some great tea(Jasmine Pearl, Silver Needle Premium, and a Hinshu Bai Hao that was amazing) from them and some others that were so-so (Wuyi Oolong), and some I really didn't like at all (Jade Cloud).

Have you had their shincha offering before?