Official Shincha 2015 Ordering and Review Topic

[beforewisdom]

I just ordered my first Shincha, ever, from O-Cha.com

Uji Asamushi Shincha Kirameki

[Zacherywolf7]

Ahh I just ordered my first one to from O-Cha: "Aio" I decided to buy some despite some hang ups but im sure it will be delicious. Two brewing questions:

1) If my Kyusu is 9 oz and I only fill with 5 oz of water (accounting for a change in leaf amount) am I damaging the brew in any way?

2)For preheating is there a certain temperature I shouldn't go up to? As in, is 212 fahrenheit too hot to preheat the kyusu and cups?

[bonescwa]

1) no 2) no

[gunbuster363]

I just ordered my first Shincha, ever, from O-Cha.com

Uji Asamushi Shincha Kirameki

I only saw O-Cha with shincha sae-midori. You sure about this?

I might wait for other shincha to come out and order them together with the sae-midori

[beforewisdom]

A lot of their Shincha sold out. When I ordered mine there were a number of choices. When I went back to check on my order I noticed a lot of the choices removed.

[Chip]

You can be certain O-Cha will update inventory availability.

[Kevangogh]

The shincha was not sold out, we just quit offering it on a pre-order basis because the shincha started coming in. Henceforth, our teas will become available in shincha form as soon they actually arrive in our facility.

[beforewisdom]

I just saw on O-Cha's Facebook page that they are starting to ship the shincha. I can't wait, I never had it before.

[beforewisdom]

I got an email from O-Cha yesterday that my shincha has been shipped.

I'm excited, I never had shincha before.

[Chip]

Finally ordered shincha!

Maybe arriving Tuesday via EMS.

[MIKE_B]

Finally ordered shincha!

Maybe arriving Tuesday via EMS.

Whatchya gettin'?
I have just two from O-Cha on hand. Tsuen's Kirameki and Ureshino Tamaryokucha. I'm enjoying the both of them.

[Chip]

Finally ordered shincha!

Maybe arriving Tuesday via EMS.

Whatchya gettin'?
I have just two from O-Cha on hand. Tsuen's Kirameki and Ureshino Tamaryokucha. I'm enjoying the both of them.

I had considered both of those and actually somehow neglected to add the guricha ... might need to reorder.

So far ...

O-Cha - Sae Midori, Aoi, and had to give the Yutaka Midori a shot. I added the Uji teabags, but don't think they were shincha.

Maiko - Kinari and the shincha teabags

And not sure why, but impulsively Hibiki-An Traditional and Fukamushi. I have not ordered from Hibiki-An since a somewhat lackluster order ... quite a while ago.

... not done yet, but I highly doubt I will hit my annual 20 shincha goal since this year I seem to be ordering larger quantities of historically personal proven performers.

[Alex]

Ureshino Tamaryokucha tried that from O-cha. Really like it. Been brewing around 63c and its got that nice thick mouth feel. I got a michelin star chef over the road from me and I keep taking any tea over with a strong unami flavour. Always has him in tears of joy. Nice being able to share tea with some one that truly appreciates it.

[Zacherywolf7]

Ureshino Tamaryokucha tried that from O-cha. Really like it. Been brewing around 63c and its got that nice thick mouth feel. I got a michelin star chef over the road from me and I keep taking any tea over with a strong unami flavour. Always has him in tears of joy. Nice being able to share tea with some one that truly appreciates it.

Haha, that sounds great. He must have impeccable taste

[Chip]

That is awesome, Alex!

Ordered Friday, o-cha order arrived in Philly before 8 am this morning. Could see it today.

Hibiki-An is moving slowly, but maybe Wednesday.

No notification from Maiko yet, but this is not unusual for them ...