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Does anyone have recommendations for a good maocha vendor? Preferably with some variety. I was hoping to buy from KTM but unfortunately John was only able to source one maocha this spring (and wasn't too hopeful of more coming in).

If you live in the US, this seems like an excellent store: https://camforest.com/ Ended up getting seeds from here. Importing to EU was somewhat expensive because of the mandatory inspection, but otherwise I can vouch for this store. The seeds germinated without problems and are now growing happily...

When the tea turns bitter due to this, that means the quality of the tea might be part of the problem. At least for Taiwanese teas, the better the tea, the less long steeps will be affected by unpleasant bitterness. True for most oolong I believe. I agree. I'm mostly in the business of drinking pue...

Seems weird to me, never had this happening with any of my teas... also, would tea not get weaker and weaker with each round, thus counter-balancing said build-up(if that is really the case). And then we try to counter this by increasing the brewing times. It's clear that there are way too many var...

I attribute this mostly to bitterness building up in your mouth, like @Ethan Kurland already mentioned. Additionally, I think that the same phenomenon is noticeable in a larger scale, between the brews of a session. I.e. subsequent brews appear more bitter.

mbanu wrote: ↑

Fri Feb 19, 2021 10:58 am

You might have luck asking for help at the various tea research institutes.

Good idea! Hadn't thought of that.

Nice find @wave_code!

I can say this: most of the modern pots are almost identical to porcelain in terms of effect on tea. They are very neutral and easy to use with great pour and minimal leak. I only have modern pots and this has been my experience as well. Usually I brush off any clay effect descriptions as just igno...

Yeah you're probably right pedant . It seems quite unlikely that a store, that ships a wide selection of varietals, will be found. Still, I don't think that it's unreasonable to stumble updon a store that just happens sell one type of seeds from a nearby farm, and they actually disclose the origin. ...

If you live in the US, this seems like an excellent store: https://camforest.com/

Vendors who sell Camellia Sinensis seedlings or seeds for planting . Share your recommendations and experiences, good or bad. I'll start by sharing my experience so far: Finding a store that sells some generic Camelia Sinesis seeds is easy. Finding a store that sells different varietals is exponenti...

When temperature drops, the air cannot hold as much water vapor. So even with the same amount of vapor, the RH is higher. RH is the absolute amount of water vapor divided by total water vapor the air can hold. So temp drop is the denominator decreasing. RH can change when numerator or denominator c...

There is no risk... if the temperature does not change. But in real life, RH will go up when temperature goes down until any humidity control has time to act. Using the same calculator at 70F and 65RH, the dew point is 58F. If there is a drop in temperature to 58F and the humidity packs act too slo...

Bok wrote: ↑

Thu Jan 28, 2021 12:12 am

Everyone is not the most reliable source of information...

This is a very important thing to keep in mind.

Better effort in 1980, I think, trying to do a health-benefits pitch and includes a recipe, although "tea reduces by 30 per cent the mortality of guinea-pigs exposed to massive dosages of Cobalt 60 radiation" isn't the draw I would have gone with. :) Hah well yeah that might not be the most typical...