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Yesterday most responders indicated that time was at least very important when brewing their favorite type of tea. You can still vote and discuss yesterday's topic.
Today's TeaPoll and discussion topic. We come to a fitting conclusion to this week's theme. It seemed most responders throughout the week indicated every variable was very important. But what is most important when brewing your favorite type of tea? Please pick your ranking of all 4 variables (in the poll, I had to limit it to top two due to option limitations) ... and then discuss.
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May 8th, '09, 01:19
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Temperature and time for me.... of course, I take all of it seriously when brewing tea.
My evenings have been crowded for the last couple days, so I've only been able to enjoy tea in the mornings. As such, I decided to keep on going w/ this pot of ali shan. But this week a bunch of pu'erh orders came in, so I now have a massive backlog of tasting to catch up on. . . ahh, what a nice dilemma to have!
My evenings have been crowded for the last couple days, so I've only been able to enjoy tea in the mornings. As such, I decided to keep on going w/ this pot of ali shan. But this week a bunch of pu'erh orders came in, so I now have a massive backlog of tasting to catch up on. . . ahh, what a nice dilemma to have!
temp and time although it was hard to choose- somewhat of a thinking challenge this early!
so this is the brew variable finale and it is also my brew variable finale with my first sincha in that I think that i have my variable just right- enjoying another very very lovely cup of Ocha YM again this am- might have to order some more...
... so how do you do cold storage properly??
so this is the brew variable finale and it is also my brew variable finale with my first sincha in that I think that i have my variable just right- enjoying another very very lovely cup of Ocha YM again this am- might have to order some more...
... so how do you do cold storage properly??
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May 8th, '09, 09:37
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Amount of leaf, temp, time, and then vessel. I think. The question is pretty cruel and unusual punishment for the OCD.
Began the TeaDay with a new opening of shincha Kirameki hand picked from O-Cha from Tsuen Tea Shop. Brewed light this time. SweeTea wanted some shincha. Pyrit, Lil Bit were just being disruptive at the TeaTable and might get banned.
Amount of leaf, temp, time, and then vessel. I think. The question is pretty cruel and unusual punishment for the OCD.
Began the TeaDay with a new opening of shincha Kirameki hand picked from O-Cha from Tsuen Tea Shop. Brewed light this time. SweeTea wanted some shincha. Pyrit, Lil Bit were just being disruptive at the TeaTable and might get banned.
blah blah blah SENCHA blah blah blah!!!
Leaf and time.
Had my first cup of Darjeeling Singbulli DJ17 "Flower" today. As the name suggests this is a tea with strong floral tones, it smelled like a rose garden when I poured the brewed tea. I'm not good at identifying different floral aromas, so I will leave that to the experts. But there certainly are a bouquet of different floral aromas, but I also detect more grassy twist to it. There is also the familiar Darjeeling slight astringency.
All in all a very good tea, people who love floral teas should love this.
Had my first cup of Darjeeling Singbulli DJ17 "Flower" today. As the name suggests this is a tea with strong floral tones, it smelled like a rose garden when I poured the brewed tea. I'm not good at identifying different floral aromas, so I will leave that to the experts. But there certainly are a bouquet of different floral aromas, but I also detect more grassy twist to it. There is also the familiar Darjeeling slight astringency.
All in all a very good tea, people who love floral teas should love this.
May 8th, '09, 11:18
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Ah! Is it the horse gaiwan from jing teashop? Your photo shows the lovely texture of the porcelain much better than their website photo! And it's sold out alreadySalsero wrote:I picked leaf amount and time, since temperature seems at least partially dictated by the type of tea.
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May 8th, '09, 11:21
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I guess, some kind of oolong, most of the time. I chose leaf amount and temperature.
