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.
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- Sun Jan 13, 2019 7:18 am
- Forum: Green Tea
- Topic: What Green Are You Drinking
- Replies: 1495
- Views: 703303
- Sun Jan 13, 2019 5:14 am
- Forum: Anniversary Fundraiser & Giveaway
- Topic: TeaForum One Year Anniversary Holiday Fundraiser & Giveaway
- Replies: 23
- Views: 27925
Re: TeaForum One Year Anniversary Holiday Fundraiser & Giveaway
Happy birthday TeaForum and congratulations to all winners
- Fri Jan 11, 2019 4:23 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Water Water Everywhere... What’s Your Water?
- Replies: 471
- Views: 243588
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...
- Fri Jan 11, 2019 4:14 pm
- Forum: Free Giveaway
- Topic: Thés du Japon: Sencha from Kawane, Moto-Fujikawa, Shizu-7132 cultivar (100g) [GIVEAWAY]
- Replies: 23
- Views: 15578
- Fri Jan 11, 2019 4:11 pm
- Forum: Free Giveaway
- Topic: Thés du Japon: Sencha from Tenryû, Tatsukawa, Inzatsu 131 cultivar (100g) [GIVEAWAY]
- Replies: 20
- Views: 13326
- Fri Jan 11, 2019 4:06 pm
- Forum: Free Giveaway
- Topic: 2007 Yibang Cha Ma Si "Mansa Wild" [GIVEAWAY]
- Replies: 31
- Views: 18246
Re: 2007 Yibang Cha Ma Si "Mansa Wild" [GIVEAWAY]
I'm interested.
- Fri Jan 11, 2019 3:20 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Water Water Everywhere... What’s Your Water?
- Replies: 471
- Views: 243588
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.
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.
- Fri Jan 11, 2019 2:51 pm
- Forum: Japan
- Topic: Headed to Japan in a few months to source tea....
- Replies: 9
- Views: 5507
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...
- Fri Jan 11, 2019 2:31 pm
- Forum: Green Tea
- Topic: What Green Are You Drinking
- Replies: 1495
- Views: 703303
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...
- Mon Jan 07, 2019 5:24 pm
- Forum: Black Tea
- Topic: What Black Are You Drinking
- Replies: 683
- Views: 347434
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...
- Mon Jan 07, 2019 3:28 pm
- Forum: Black Tea
- Topic: What Black Are You Drinking
- Replies: 683
- Views: 347434
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...
- Sat Jan 05, 2019 4:41 pm
- Forum: Announcements & Guides
- Topic: Introduce Yourself
- Replies: 1435
- Views: 567010
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...