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by Ginpachi
Wed Mar 18, 2020 1:05 pm
Forum: Green Tea
Topic: What Green Are You Drinking
Replies: 1494
Views: 695380

Re: What Green Are You Drinking

debunix Nice photos! Today, I have a new Tamaryokucha from SONO Organic in my cup. The first brew was clear and surprisingly transparent, and missing nothing in terms of flavor, to my tongue. The second brew, now, is optically quite the opposite - opaque yet translucent, looks like jade in my cup. ...
by Ginpachi
Tue Mar 10, 2020 1:25 pm
Forum: Fermented Tea
Topic: What Pu'er Are You Drinking
Replies: 2051
Views: 924553

Re: What Pu'er Are You Drinking

Just enjoying the 2016 Yunnan Sourcing "Wild Purple Green Mark", which is a mix of Raw and Ripe Pu-erh tea leaves. Very yummy to my tongue, has a nice creamy after taste, and it is long lasting (giving many infusions). But most important, it makes me feel relaxed in a nice way. Perfect evening tea, ...
by Ginpachi
Thu Feb 27, 2020 9:22 am
Forum: Storage & Organization
Topic: Aging puerh: what is your setup?
Replies: 147
Views: 133307

Re: Aging puerh: what is your setup?

teasecret wrote:
Wed Feb 26, 2020 5:51 pm
I'm back to mostly pumidors now, and everything tastes pretty good. I still have a couple in zip bags but they dried out too much if not heat sealed.
Good to know, thanks for the response!
by Ginpachi
Tue Feb 18, 2020 5:55 am
Forum: Green Tea
Topic: What Green Are You Drinking
Replies: 1494
Views: 695380

Re: What Green Are You Drinking

A very light, green, if anything. But it was flavorful. Hello Vanenbw, thanks for sharing your first impression on a Kabusecha. Just these days I refrained from ordering a tea just because the color of the liquid appeared to be "too light" to my eyes, and I thought where should the flavor be in tha...
by Ginpachi
Fri Feb 14, 2020 8:35 am
Forum: Fermented Tea
Topic: My first sheng experience
Replies: 37
Views: 15074

Re: My first sheng experience

mrmopu wrote:
Thu Feb 13, 2020 4:58 pm
I hope I converted him. I sent him a package of samples to try.
Hello mrmopu,
that's very nice of you!
Especially, since for someone new to puerh, there's way too much opportunities to encounter bad examples, IMHO - at least here in Germany, cannot speak for stores in the USA, of course.
by Ginpachi
Fri Feb 14, 2020 8:22 am
Forum: Announcements & Guides
Topic: Introduce Yourself
Replies: 1433
Views: 560666

Re: Introduce Yourself

Hello Admar and yanchaiman!
yanchaiman wrote:
Mon Feb 10, 2020 10:47 am
Also, recommendations on knowledgeable EU tea/teapot vendors would be appreciated.
If you speak French or German, this might be a useful recommendation for you:
viewtopic.php?p=20285#p20285
by Ginpachi
Fri Feb 14, 2020 8:16 am
Forum: Vendor Discussion & Recommendation
Topic: Green Tea Vendor Topic
Replies: 66
Views: 32290

Re: Green Tea Vendor Topic

As for Japanese tea, in general, I can recommend Sunday Natural - only available in French and German, but maybe useful to French and German speaking forum fellows: www.sunday.de www.sunday.fr What I like is the tea quality, the sortiment, as well as the information about the cultivar, origin, farmi...
by Ginpachi
Thu Feb 13, 2020 12:46 pm
Forum: Fermented Tea
Topic: My first sheng experience
Replies: 37
Views: 15074

Re: My first sheng experience

@thommes Just curious, did you find some good sheng?
I hope you did, and that the comments above didn't scare you away from young sheng puerh tea :D
by Ginpachi
Sun Feb 09, 2020 4:06 pm
Forum: Storage & Organization
Topic: Aging puerh: what is your setup?
Replies: 147
Views: 133307

Re: Aging puerh: what is your setup?

It was at a steady 62% 70F recently (have had this storage for a year). Started smelling less pleasant, more sour. Tried a couple teas, they tasted way off, sweetness gone, more like sour and papery/musty, but unlike the typical "too-dry" sourness. I had a similar situation with two tuos that I had...
by Ginpachi
Sun Feb 09, 2020 1:50 pm
Forum: Announcements & Guides
Topic: Introduce Yourself
Replies: 1433
Views: 560666

Re: Introduce Yourself

(...) he warned me to avoid letting Italian elegance creep into my work. :D Bok : I am afraid, even in Germany, less and less people would know his name. Even here in Kassel; if his "7000 Eichen" (7000 oak trees) wouldn't be simply referred to as The Beuys Trees by us locals, I guess one would hard...
by Ginpachi
Sun Feb 09, 2020 1:26 pm
Forum: Green Tea
Topic: What Green Are You Drinking
Replies: 1494
Views: 695380

Re: What Green Are You Drinking

debunix That looks very delicious! The shiboridashi looks nice, as well. With 50 ml volume, it would be a delicate work, I believe. I also like to enjoy dark chocolate as o-cha-uke. Yet, not today, since I was trying a new tea: a Yanagicha from chasen.de, which is older leaf material, according to ...
by Ginpachi
Fri Feb 07, 2020 1:37 pm
Forum: Green Tea
Topic: What Green Are You Drinking
Replies: 1494
Views: 695380

Re: What Green Are You Drinking

Hello everyone, I am new, so I feel this thread is a good starting point after the introduction. Today, I have enjoyed a Tamaryokucha, for the first time. The cultivar is Yabukita, the tea comes from Shizuoka, and the vendor gave it a taste rating of 3/5. I used two teaspoons, which is around 5 g wi...
by Ginpachi
Fri Feb 07, 2020 1:34 pm
Forum: Announcements & Guides
Topic: Introduce Yourself
Replies: 1433
Views: 560666

Re: Introduce Yourself

Hello Victoria,
thank you for the warm welcome.
That must have been quite a nice summer! I hope he was not a bad teacher and you had a great time studying under his care, so that the memories are good ones. Nowadays, people's memories of Kassel seem strangely related to traffic jams on the Autobahn :D
by Ginpachi
Fri Feb 07, 2020 12:43 pm
Forum: Announcements & Guides
Topic: Introduce Yourself
Replies: 1433
Views: 560666

Re: Introduce Yourself

How long have you been drinking tea? A couple of years ago, I tried Japanese teas. Last year, I tried Puerh tea and Oolong. That woke my interest in tea. I was eager to find more about it and was astonished how vast the tea universe actually appears to be. What kind of tea do you drink? Regularly: ...