Monday TeaDay 4/27/09 Worst tea of the year?

[Chip]

Greeting and welcome to TeaDay. Please share what is in your cup today.

Yesterday most responders tea tastes/preferences have changed over the past year. You can still vote and discuss yesterday's topic.

Today's TeaPoll and discussion topic. One third of 2009 has all but passed. On a negative side, what tea did you most assertively give a thumbs down? Or teas, or no teas? Please share some details with us.

I am looking forward to sharing TeaDay with everyone. Bottoms up.

[Salsero]

I can't really say that I gave a thumbs down to much of any tea yet this year. Many have presented themselves to me as too weak or uninteresting, but not assertively bad. Last year there were examples, but not so far this year.

[olivierco]

I haven't tried many new teas so far this year and none of them tasted bad.

Otsuusan sencha this morning.

[CutieAgouti]

Other. I haven't had a bad tea this year. I liked some more than others. Although I was very confused about pu-erh when I first tried it. Also aching to try some of the better stuff when I can get my hands on it

[Drax]

Hrm, well I was given some herbal blend teas from Teavana, and I wasn't terribly fond of those. They were rooibos based with lots of stuff thrown in. Not terrible, but... "not my cup of tea."

Day 2 of my tea exile. Today I start a week of meetings. What sort of tea will they have there, if any....? I shudder at the possibilities.

[hooksie]

Attempted beer tea.


Enough said.

[robbie_olive]

Hi all,

Over the last year, I've come to the realisation that I cannot drink black teas anymore. I just find black teas send my heart racing and leaves me feeling awful afterwards. As for the taste, I find black teas indigestible, compared to a sweeter tasting sencha.

I can now only drink Japanese sencha/gyokuro or when I'm doing chado, I drink matcha. I find that the delicate flavour of sencha suits my palate much better, and doesn't give me a racing heart!

[chad]

The "worst" I had was an inexpensive Assam and it was still drinkable.

Today I'm enjoying my very first mug of Silver Needles. My wife left me unsupervised and the Silver Needles and some Monkey Picked Oolong followed me home!

[iannon]

oh..i got this one!..it was my "deer jerky" Dragonwell..

[omegapd]

like olivierco, the few new teas I've tried were pretty good. Guess I hadn't gotten the bad one (yet)...

EW

[ErikaM]

A friend sent me a sample of pu-erh. I managed a couple of sips and the rest went down the drain. I'm still somewhat amazed that people choose to drink it.

[hooksie]

Also: Genmai houjicha in the cup this morning.

[Chip]

Do not fall over when I say this, but it was a Japanese green! I know, pretty shocking coming from me, but not all Japanese greens are created equal. This particular one was a sample I received of an organic Gyokuro. Just could not brew it right to save my life. I have been drinking very satisfying organic sencha from this vendor, so I will call the organic gyokuro a work in progress or possibly an anomaly.

Began the TeaDay with shincha Magokoro from Yuuki-Cha.

[Mrs. Chip]

Do not fall over when I say this, but it was a Japanese green!
Began the TeaDay with shincha Magokoro from Yuuki-Cha.

Oops, I forgot about that one the other day, so I guess I can honestly say you brewed us at least 1 bad cuppa green that we shared.

No SweeTea this morn?
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[jennlea]

It was an Earl Grey I tried earlier this year and I despised it. First time trying an Earl Grey and more than likely won't try another. For the most part I am finding I don't like black tea all that much.

Oddly enough though, Adagio's Strawberry black tea in my cup this morning.