Saturday TeaDay 12/27/08 Too much TeaStress?

[Chip]

Welcome to our virtual TeaRoom. Please share with us what is in your cup today.

Yesterday, responders were almost unanamous regarding whether they felt they were "different" beyond their enjoyment of tea. You can still vote and discuss yesterday's topic.

Today's TeaRoom Poll and discussion topic. As we approach the end of the year and I am straightening/organizing teas, I began to wonder, does having too much tea around cause you stress? Please share.

I am looking forward to sharing TeaDay with everyone.

[Pentox]

Yeah, I actually worry about making sure I rotate my teas regularly to make sure nothing goes stale. I also have a list of ones to get to, to try out that grows rather than shrinks.

At times I wonder if I should just start offering people free tea.

[Salsero]

Oh yes! And the only cure is tea ... and more tea.

[Yaanon]

As a tea newbie with less than 30 ounces of loose tea to my name, no!

Russian Caravan in my cup today. Nothing warms me up better.

[andy825]

Not having enough room in the tea cabinet kind of irks me, but that just means I need a bigger cabinet, not less tea, right? RIGHT?
No tea in my cup right now, since its bedtime...

[olivierco]

No, definitely not.

I just don't open too many packages at the same time and have a list of all the teas stored in my fridge.

Yunnan golden tips with my breakfast.

[ABx]

I never have enough That's the nice thing about wulong - most of them don't go stale quickly, and if they do then they can just be kept for the long haul (aging) My biggest problem right now is that I know that a lot of my teas will get better with age and that I probably won't be able to get more of them when they're gone, so I'm afraid to drink much of them because I want to keep them around for time to come.

If only I had my own house with a walk-in pantry and enough wealth to buy these teas by the pound

[omegapd]

Finding the room to keep them all is the only stressful part.

Apricot Green this morning...

EW

[Herb_Master]

Yes actually and more so

Each new tea I try, makes me go out and buy even more.

I have 25 unopened teas that I have never tried. And that is ones that I ordered from sources that fully described the tea.

I have free samples labelled in Chinese that I have no idea what they are, so not willing to open them until I know more about them, I will have to start posting photos and asking for advice.

On top of that I have about 15 teas on the go at the moment and keep switching between them as my moods change or after reading some erudite postings in the forum.

I have ordered more canisters so should be able to open a few more soon, but would like to finish a few of those opened all ready, but YOU LOT keep posting such interesting accounts of the teas you have I want to go out and buy more.

[olivierco]

Lu an gua pian after my lunch.

[brandon]

Yeah, I actually worry about making sure I rotate my teas regularly to make sure nothing goes stale. I also have a list of ones to get to, to try out that grows rather than shrinks.

At times I wonder if I should just start offering people free tea.

+1, and I have been giving away a lot of tea. I experience periods of Intense tea drinking of a certain type, this month is Taiwan Gao Shan and Baozhong. This isn't much cause for concern except for when my interest temporarily wanes on a fine sencha or matcha and it is left to go stale. The round tins from O-Cha do seem to keep things fresh for a few months longer than advertised, though. Matcha, on the other hand, is hopeless.

[Riene]

As Andy said above, the only problem is storing them!

Nothing in my cup yet...might go try the Yunnan Noir sample...

[Beidao]

Now drinking Matcha (organic kauro supreme from o'cha). This time I got quite a good froth. Has anyone else tasted this matcha? It has almost no sweetness and not much astrigency. Last time I did it, it tasted a lot like sesame. Not this time though. This time I got no associations at all.

No, I don't get stressed by having too much tea. I mean, TOO much? Is that possible? If I have something I won't drink, I throw it away or give it someone who likes it. If I have something I like, I drink it!

[brandon]

Now drinking Matcha (organic kauro supreme from o'cha). This time I got quite a good froth. Has anyone else tasted this matcha? It has almost no sweetness and not much astrigency. Last time I did it, it tasted a lot like sesame. Not this time though. This time I got no associations at all.

This was my first good matcha, and I never tasted "food." I didn't used to get much froth going my O-cha's proportions (1.5 "spoons" to 4oz of water if I recall). Today I use the same amount of tea with half the water, per Ippodo. Very frothy and creaming. I can't drink more than one bowl at this concentration, though.

Edit: Congrats to Sal who actually pulled off a nice photo today.

[Victoria]

Yes for several reasons; I don't really have the space to store them. I worry about having too many open, and I stress over the ones I don't like. Not sure what to do with them.

In my cup this morning Glenburn Wiry again. This is a favorite Darjeeling from TeaSource.

Have a nice day everyone!