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by Lemir
Sun Jan 13, 2019 7:18 am
Forum: Green Tea
Topic: What Green Are You Drinking
Replies: 1494
Views: 695268

Re: What Green Are You Drinking

Haha, yeah, I definitely did a double take after seeing your 18g gyokuro session :)
I started with O-cha recommended settings and found out that they work for me, so after some light experimenting with more leaf I came back to them.
by Lemir
Sun Jan 13, 2019 5:14 am
Forum: Anniversary Fundraiser & Giveaway
Topic: TeaForum One Year Anniversary Holiday Fundraiser & Giveaway
Replies: 23
Views: 27604

Re: TeaForum One Year Anniversary Holiday Fundraiser & Giveaway

Happy birthday TeaForum and congratulations to all winners :)
by Lemir
Fri Jan 11, 2019 4:23 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Water Water Everywhere... What’s Your Water?
Replies: 471
Views: 241632

Re: Water Water Everywhere... What’s Your Water?

Mineral count is not everything. You will have to do practical experiments, just brewing tea with the different available waters, and see which one works best Did you have any good results with specifically mineral water before? I don't remember the counts too well at the moment, but from what I re...
by Lemir
Fri Jan 11, 2019 4:06 pm
Forum: Free Giveaway
Topic: 2007 Yibang Cha Ma Si "Mansa Wild" [GIVEAWAY]
Replies: 31
Views: 18117

Re: 2007 Yibang Cha Ma Si "Mansa Wild" [GIVEAWAY]

I'm interested.
by Lemir
Fri Jan 11, 2019 3:20 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Water Water Everywhere... What’s Your Water?
Replies: 471
Views: 241632

Re: Water Water Everywhere... What’s Your Water?

I'm using filtered tap water, it must be pretty soft, because there's no sign of limescale in my kettle after over 6 months of using it everyday :)
I've looked at bottled water before, but couldn't find anything that would have low enough mineral count to even consider using it for tea.
by Lemir
Fri Jan 11, 2019 2:51 pm
Forum: Japan
Topic: Headed to Japan in a few months to source tea....
Replies: 9
Views: 5461

Re: Headed to Japan in a few months to source tea....

Ideally I'd love a nice mix of good quality for the price in the basics and some rare offerings besides that (new/heirloom varietals, unusual processing, maybe a nice oolong or heicha to compare against Taiwanese/Chinese offerings). If you end up around Shizuoka prefecture you could try to meet with...
by Lemir
Fri Jan 11, 2019 2:31 pm
Forum: Green Tea
Topic: What Green Are You Drinking
Replies: 1494
Views: 695268

Re: What Green Are You Drinking

Since beginning of the year I've come back to my morning sencha ritual, it's a great way to start the day the right way :) I've been drinking down Yutaka Midori Sencha from O-cha. I try to keep it around 2,5g/120ml (usually brewing in my Petr Novak shibo), 80C, three steeps - 60s, 30s, 90s. I tend t...
by Lemir
Mon Jan 07, 2019 5:24 pm
Forum: Black Tea
Topic: What Black Are You Drinking
Replies: 680
Views: 342790

Re: What Black Are You Drinking

Yeah, my order was basically a bunch of different samplers and some baozhong. Seems like the sampler didn't change either, so we can compare notes for the rest too :) I guess this will be at least partially in the spirit of this thread ^^ For the Golden Dragon Black Pearls I actually didn't write do...
by Lemir
Mon Jan 07, 2019 3:28 pm
Forum: Black Tea
Topic: What Black Are You Drinking
Replies: 680
Views: 342790

Re: What Black Are You Drinking

To me the first infusion has a somewhat creamy/smooth mouth feel, it tastes like baked bread (French bread crusts? But a bit more malty) and the jammy taste of fruit leather (cherry maybe? Something a tiny bit tart), and just a tiny bit of astringency. A pleasant dichotomy of savory and sweet. In f...
by Lemir
Sat Jan 05, 2019 4:41 pm
Forum: Announcements & Guides
Topic: Introduce Yourself
Replies: 1433
Views: 560591

Re: Introduce Yourself

Hi! How long have you been drinking tea? Since I've been a child, although if we're only counting loose leaf then around 6 years. What kind of tea do you drink? Every kind, but I'd say that white tea seems least interesting to me. How do you prepare your tea? That depends on the circumstances. At wo...