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by leth
Sat Feb 01, 2020 4:43 pm
Forum: Blogs, Podcasts, & Vlogs
Topic: Tea: A Nerd's Eye View
Replies: 13
Views: 5973

Re: Tea: A Nerd's Eye View

It sure is OK, nothing wrong with conveying evocative images. Where I tune out is when the author seems to be asserting his super-human taste of smell by using references to something extremely specific or obscure. When I read a description that says a tea tastes like the spring sun, it is clear it...
by leth
Sat Feb 01, 2020 4:13 pm
Forum: Green Tea
Topic: Sencha: what water temp do you use for the second cup?
Replies: 51
Views: 24747

Re: Sencha: what water temp do you use for the second cup?

I have this notion - perhaps a bit uneducated, biased, narrow minded and a problematic misconception - that if you can't gong fu a Japanese green (sencha, gyokoro, or what ever), then it's not High Quality. I admit it's a bit problematic, and I don't disgree with the conventional way of brewing such...
by leth
Sat Feb 01, 2020 3:48 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Tea logs
Replies: 6
Views: 3304

Re: Tea logs

There are some generic tasting apps around as well, that let's you defined what sort of entries you want in your log. And I've seen some printed tea logs as well. But I think that in the end I think most people have their own way of doing it and that generic method are either going to be just as gen...
by leth
Sat Feb 01, 2020 3:17 pm
Forum: Fermented Tea
Topic: What HeiCha are you drinking
Replies: 562
Views: 303384

Re: What HeiCha are you drinking

I've started a new project of drinking up stuff that has been a bit forgotten and that there is little left of. I can sometimes avoid drinking something that I'm about to run out of for reasons that are unlogical and that I really can't agree with on a higher intellectual level. And I guess that "hi...
by leth
Sat Feb 01, 2020 3:00 pm
Forum: Blogs, Podcasts, & Vlogs
Topic: Tea: A Nerd's Eye View
Replies: 13
Views: 5973

Re: Tea: A Nerd's Eye View

Ethan Kurland wrote:
Sat Feb 01, 2020 10:39 am
That's so funny! What is the taste of a white pebble? How different are the pebbles tasting from the Baltic Sea than....? :lol:
It can't be explained in words, You just have to experience it for yourself to know! ;)
by leth
Sat Feb 01, 2020 2:58 pm
Forum: Blogs, Podcasts, & Vlogs
Topic: Tea: A Nerd's Eye View
Replies: 13
Views: 5973

Re: Tea: A Nerd's Eye View

There are cases when I find an obvious, in-you-face aromatic similitude to something that is very much not exotic nor especially refined in a tea, while it is described by a reviewer waxing lyrical about notes of white pebbles from the north shore of the Baltic sea. OK, I seldom describe taste in t...
by leth
Sat Feb 01, 2020 2:43 pm
Forum: Green Tea
Topic: Your day in matcha
Replies: 292
Views: 163840

Re: Your day in matcha

So I had okeiko today and something out of the ordinary happened. I was playing guest for one of my fellow students making a koicha temae. Our teacher however decided to skip actual koicha and thus usucha was made to drink, but the temae was still done as a koicha temae. (It wasn't entierly clear to...
by leth
Sat Feb 01, 2020 2:12 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Caffeine in White, green, oolong, red, pu
Replies: 11
Views: 5444

Re: Caffeine in White, green, oolong, red, pu

I can't cite anything as I haven't really kept any of this info for references in any of my normal places it seems. But I seem to recall reading that it had less to do with processing and more to do with the various environmental differences for the plant itself, such as soil and location and what n...
by leth
Sat Feb 01, 2020 2:03 pm
Forum: Additional Regions
Topic: Novák & Randová Teaware
Replies: 78
Views: 47353

Re: Novak & Randova Teaware

FYI, there is are two lovely chawans that I have not bought on Petr's Pots and Tea club site .....although a different one might be sitting in the 'sold' section and on its way to me.... https://keramikstudio.artkeramika.cz/media/cache/75/f8/75f875e8c718821bfe53dc720ac7a591.jpg https://keramikstudi...
by leth
Wed Jan 22, 2020 2:57 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Teas best suited for grandpa style
Replies: 46
Views: 19850

Re: Teas best suited for grandpa style

I was under the impressions that 10 years is pretty standard for yancha.

But I drink a lot of "cheaper" Liu Bao grandpa style. It's nice, especially when the weather is a bit colder.
by leth
Wed Feb 21, 2018 1:05 pm
Forum: Storage & Organization
Topic: Questions about Storing Tea in Refrigerator
Replies: 34
Views: 21171

Re: Questions about storing tea in fridge

I think that the key to storing tea in the fridge or even in a freezer is to remove moist from the tea before cooling it. Which is why opened packages should not be stored cold. I do however think one can store tea in a fridge as long as one removes moist from the container first, I think the best w...
by leth
Mon Feb 19, 2018 10:57 am
Forum: Miscellaneous
Topic: Teabowls
Replies: 13
Views: 19470

Teabowls

I thought we needed a thread for the appreciation and discussion of teabowls so I'll start it of with my beautiful Petr Novak bowl. I really love these bowls, such a great craftmanship and they're truly delightful to drink out of because they're so beautiful. DSC07281.jpg What are your favourite bow...
by leth
Mon Feb 19, 2018 10:09 am
Forum: Black Tea
Topic: What Black Are You Drinking
Replies: 680
Views: 343062

Re: What Black Are You Drinking

A simple Red Bi Luo Chun from Feng Qing.

Great for grandpa style while working in front of the computer.

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by leth
Mon Feb 19, 2018 7:17 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Trusting Oneself & One's Tea
Replies: 9
Views: 5555

Re: Trusting Oneself & One's Tea

I drink many different kind of teas, I guess i could say that I enjoy all the categories. But I tend to prefere different kinds of tea depending on various variables in my life and surroundings. But I think there is a contrast and a balance between appreciating the tea as it is, and trying to get as...
by leth
Mon Feb 19, 2018 7:05 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: How Much Tea Do You Consume Per Day?
Replies: 60
Views: 28548

Re: How much tea do you consume per day?

I would guesstimate that I drink on average about a litre or two, spending somewhere around 10-15g of tea leaves a day. I tend to mostly focus one tea each day. But often drink more than one, partly because I often cold brew over night or boil tea that has already been brewed. I also drink matcha on...