Tuesday TeaDay 4/21/09 Most difficult to brew?

[Chip]

Good TeaDay everyone. It is great to see you! So please sit a spell and share what is in your cup, and see what is in everyone elses.

Yesterday, it turns out that 21% of yesterday's responders are moving to China! See why in yesterday's TeaDay. You can still vote and discuss yesterday's topic.

Today's TeaPoll and discussion topic. What tea is currently THE most challenging tea for you to brew? Please share some details if you please ...

I will be looking forward to sharing our TeaDays. Bottoms up.

[Salsero]

Without hesitation, Dan Cong. On the other hand, shu like this Menghai classic is one of the easiest.

[trent]

good topic

dan cong: I've solved the tooweak OR too bitter problem, but I would like to brew DC (almost) as well as Imen someday

[entropyembrace]

It used to be dancong but I've spent the last year with it and I've gotten quite comfortable brewing it. The hardest for me are really greens....or well the couple of unflavoured chinese greens I have. I haven't really gotten into green tea yet so I find it tricky. But I've been looking at some beautiful Chinese and Japanese greens on the web...so when I have more spending money I think I will order a few I am starting to really like my midrange long jing from last year as I start to get better brewing it...

[CutieAgouti]

Being a newbie I tend to screw up Japanese greens, partly due to being absent-minded for a moment or using water that's too hot.

I'm starting to get the hang of gyokuro but tend to always screw up the second infusion

[Trioxin]

I have to say Greens, simply because I forget to turn the temp on the thermo pot down half the time.

[olivierco]

Tea isn't difficult to brew.

Otsuusan sencha this morning.

[Proinsias]

Dan cong but recently I've been finding a few wuyi's rather challenging to get just right, either that or I'm becoming fussier.

[Drax]

If I had to pick one, I'd say Chinese greens, pretty much for similar reasons as Trioxins. But other than that... I'm not having too many problems.

I'm continuing with the Menghai 08 Qing that I started yesterday. The tea made my senses numb at the 3rd infusion and I could no longer taste it. So I decided to stop and re-started it this morning, after my taste buds had reset. Indeed, it's back to its Menghai glory. I hate it when this happens... I can't tell if it's the tea doing it or my allergies.

[Jack_teachat]

Many of the types of tea listed I have never had so I can't really comment fully. However, on the discussion of which is harder to brew, Chinese or Japanese greens, I find the later far less forgiving and more fussy in regards to water temp and water/leaf ratio.

My matcha order arrived from O-Cha this morning! I got the Kiri-No-Mori and Karou Organic. Have opened the Kiri first and just finished my first bowl, seems much fresher than the matcha included in the Ippodo starter kit, and in terms of flavour has lovely hints of something reminiscent of fresh salmon, reminds me of the first time I had a high quality first flush sencha.

Have a great day everyone!

Jack

[Salsero]

Speaking of difficult teas: I am continuing my experiments with the first flush Puttabong sftgfop Dj-7 which I seem to like more the more leaf I use. Cooler water seems to help as well ... thanx for the advice Sarah!

[cherylopal]

japanese greens- although i'm getting much better. i've not tried dan cong though.

ali shan this am

[Katrina]

Japanese greens for me, primarily because I get distracted very easily around here. Not much room for error with those. Most of my blacks and oolongs (other than something like a pouchong) are a little more forgiving.

No tea yet, but it is a grey rainy day here so I see lots of tea in my future.

[saretta]

Japanese greens for me, primarily because I get distracted very easily around here. Not much room for error with those. Most of my blacks and oolongs (other than something like a pouchong) are a little more forgiving.

No tea yet, but it is a grey rainy day here so I see lots of tea in my future.

Grey rainy daysss here too (where is Spring? Have you seen it in last days?)

I agree with you Katrina as concern Japanese greens, but the reason is that I have still little experience with them!

For me Feng Huang Dan Cong all day long

[dooble]

Heh I got to say that Green Pine Needle is the most challenging for me currently, but it's a lovely tea.

I got a job today, and I'm moving next monday! It will be celebration = Yellow Needle Yunnan .