Ive seen teaspring starting to offer some 2009's already..this is my first season on here learning and while i drank good greens as a youth overseas i havent really been doing so up until recently again. (looking for quality tea's that is outside of the local shop of which have been questionable or nondescipt grades) so I am kinda excited
Bad side is I am REALLY about to run out of tea...trying to figure out if i should try and wait or not!..Long Jing's and Sencha's...
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yes, the earliest shincha's were not the best, last year, from what I sampled. can't rush a good thingPentox wrote:Well senchas won't really be available for a bit still. Most likely end of April at the earliest. I would say if you're really running out, pick up some for now. But that all depends on how much you drink / day.
btw mmmm shincha.... i hope i can afford it this year ;/
We had such a topic last year http://www.teachat.com/viewtopic.php?t=4942 and we will sure have one this year.Oni wrote:We should make a list of the vendors that sell shincha, so we can calculate the costs, and we should try all the shincha on the online market.
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drinking a lot a day lol.. no really probably 2 to 4 cups at work then another 2 to 4 at night when i get home..alternating between my long jing, senchas, and some sample oolongs i got from FA.Pentox wrote:Well senchas won't really be available for a bit still. Most likely end of April at the earliest. I would say if you're really running out, pick up some for now. But that all depends on how much you drink / day.
i might try and hold out for the spring long jings since i hear they are not too far off and just pick up some senchas to get me through to harvest for those
This is my first spring buying greens as well and I am so excited about it.
Im waiting for teasprings cheaper long jing and there ding gu da Fang. I e-mailed them about the gu da fang and they said probably mid-April in case anyone else waiting for this one as well.
Yunnan sourcing and dragon tea house on ebay also have some 2009 greens available.
Im waiting for teasprings cheaper long jing and there ding gu da Fang. I e-mailed them about the gu da fang and they said probably mid-April in case anyone else waiting for this one as well.
Yunnan sourcing and dragon tea house on ebay also have some 2009 greens available.
Indeed, it was a legendary international Shincha tasting and review, probably without parallel anywhere else on earth!!! We covered a lot of ground and a lot of Shincha got Shared and Shipped and Sipped amongst ourselves... good times...olivierco wrote:We had such a topic last year http://www.teachat.com/viewtopic.php?t=4942 and we will sure have one this year.Oni wrote:We should make a list of the vendors that sell shincha, so we can calculate the costs, and we should try all the shincha on the online market.
A wee birdie
..told me that the new early blooming LongJings weren't so hot last year. They were developed to as a 'pretty penny' jumpstart on the market, but they aren't worth their price.
If the Japanese are as good at the science of tea storage as I've heard whispered here and there, then patience, and green sencha bandaids, may suffice.
The having is sometimes not nearly as good as the wanting.
If the Japanese are as good at the science of tea storage as I've heard whispered here and there, then patience, and green sencha bandaids, may suffice.
The having is sometimes not nearly as good as the wanting.
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I believe I will be using the sencha bandaid! and just holding out a couple three weeks on the dragonwells/long jing's as ive heard those shoould be near the end of march for some quality stuff?Intuit wrote:..told me that the new early blooming LongJings weren't so hot last year. They were developed to as a 'pretty penny' jumpstart on the market, but they aren't worth their price.
If the Japanese are as good at the science of tea storage as I've heard whispered here and there, then patience, and green sencha bandaids, may suffice.
The having is sometimes not nearly as good as the wanting.
Same here, I can't wait!!! I have a couple weeks of leaf left, and I'm not sure if I want to wait till shincha before I order more, and just drunk other teas till then. I doubt I could last a month without sencha anyway.brad4419 wrote:This is my first spring buying greens as well and I am so excited about it.
Im waiting for teasprings cheaper long jing and there ding gu da Fang. I e-mailed them about the gu da fang and they said probably mid-April in case anyone else waiting for this one as well.
Yunnan sourcing and dragon tea house on ebay also have some 2009 greens available.
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ok..so i bandaid'ed it..well sorta.. ordered a KABUSECHA and a GYOKURO HOSHINO from shizuokatea.com
i had emailed a few questions to them in the wee hours of last night and they were super responsive..like almost immediate replies back and forth which i did really appreciate..so..we will see how those are. anyone ever ordered from there? over 30 bucks was free shipping too so i took the chance even though i havent heard much about them on here.
i had emailed a few questions to them in the wee hours of last night and they were super responsive..like almost immediate replies back and forth which i did really appreciate..so..we will see how those are. anyone ever ordered from there? over 30 bucks was free shipping too so i took the chance even though i havent heard much about them on here.
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There was also the Chinese green counterpart of the shincha topic. Interestingly, that failed to ignite much interest and it faded into oblivion.olivierco wrote:We had such a topic last year http://www.teachat.com/viewtopic.php?t=4942 and we will sure have one this year.Oni wrote:We should make a list of the vendors that sell shincha, so we can calculate the costs, and we should try all the shincha on the online market.
Since we have dual topics going already, I would suggest we call this one the Chinese topic and the other one which is dedicated to Japanese greens, so designated.
blah blah blah SENCHA blah blah blah!!!
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I have never ordered from this vendor. I will be curious to hear about their tea. It seemed when I was last checking them out that they were a more mid and low price range vendor, not really competing with the big boys of steamed leaf.iannon wrote:ok..so i bandaid'ed it..well sorta.. ordered a KABUSECHA and a GYOKURO HOSHINO from shizuokatea.com
i had emailed a few questions to them in the wee hours of last night and they were super responsive..like almost immediate replies back and forth which i did really appreciate..so..we will see how those are. anyone ever ordered from there? over 30 bucks was free shipping too so i took the chance even though i havent heard much about them on here.
blah blah blah SENCHA blah blah blah!!!
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Ill let you know what I think of them. I gave it a shot since it was my "bandaid" order and the prices/shipping wasnt too bad and becuase of their quick responses to me.. so..we'll see i guessChip wrote:I have never ordered from this vendor. I will be curious to hear about their tea. It seemed when I was last checking them out that they were a more mid and low price range vendor, not really competing with the big boys of steamed leaf.iannon wrote:ok..so i bandaid'ed it..well sorta.. ordered a KABUSECHA and a GYOKURO HOSHINO from shizuokatea.com
i had emailed a few questions to them in the wee hours of last night and they were super responsive..like almost immediate replies back and forth which i did really appreciate..so..we will see how those are. anyone ever ordered from there? over 30 bucks was free shipping too so i took the chance even though i havent heard much about them on here.