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by Ethan Kurland
Sat Mar 23, 2024 8:13 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Your day in tea
Replies: 477
Views: 194411

Re: Your day in tea

Janice wrote:
Sat Mar 23, 2024 4:32 pm
I have a Horoku, a pot I bought to re-roast tea. I’ll try brewing my unintentionally aged genmaicha before roasting it.
If the genmaicha is pretty good now, you might re-roast only half of it, in case the re-roast hurts the tea instead of helping it.
by Ethan Kurland
Thu Mar 21, 2024 6:58 pm
Forum: White Tea
Topic: What White Are You Drinking
Replies: 173
Views: 151668

Re: What White Are You Drinking

LeoFox wrote:
Thu Mar 21, 2024 9:36 am
"gently steamed with butter"

You did not write steamed w/ butter but gently steamed. Sounds nicer but :) :?: :?: really any different?

Your well-written & photographed posts are always a pleasure to see.
by Ethan Kurland
Tue Mar 19, 2024 1:24 am
Forum: Black Tea
Topic: What Black Are You Drinking
Replies: 680
Views: 342635

Re: What Black Are You Drinking

I did not know what to expect but the roast was not dominant at all which was surprising. Thanks for quick response. That sounds tasty. A positive effect of roasting that does not result in a dominant taste of roast is what I want from roasting. 2 teas are giving me pleasure lately that I would not...
by Ethan Kurland
Wed Mar 13, 2024 2:57 pm
Forum: Tea/Teaware Vendors
Topic: Ethan Kurland
Replies: 123
Views: 70760

white nepali tea, word found for it

Muscatel. "Muscatel" grapes, muscatel wine was what would not come into my mind for weeks. A common, desired flavor for a category of tea of Darjeeling & Nepal. The Himalayan Snow has it very nicely for us; &, has I started tasting the unique flavor after some years away from it, I've moved from wan...
by Ethan Kurland
Sat Mar 09, 2024 12:41 pm
Forum: Black Tea
Topic: What Black Are You Drinking
Replies: 680
Views: 342635

Re: What Black Are You Drinking

I don’t drink much black tea at home but got this Tongmu Charcoal Roast 2022 as a free sampler and it’s amazing! I wish I could put the aroma into words but it is very pleasant. Nice and smooth black tea. Happy Saturday Do you taste a black tea that had been roasted or do you taste a roasted tea th...
by Ethan Kurland
Wed Mar 06, 2024 1:08 am
Forum: Black Tea
Topic: What Black Are You Drinking
Replies: 680
Views: 342635

Re: What Black Are You Drinking

Wild Lapsang Souchong from Wuyi Origin: The flavor seems a blend of a few flavors, that I mind not being able to name because I am reviewing the tea. It is somewhat familiar to me though I cannot come up with a word for it. One can feel it is not wrong to connect this w/ what we think of as Lapsang ...
by Ethan Kurland
Tue Mar 05, 2024 12:29 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Thinking about how to get your tea to please you the most it can
Replies: 3
Views: 210

Thinking about how to get your tea to please you the most it can

My sisters arranged a brunch for last Sunday for them & me. My younger sister & I were speaking about it some days before it & did not want it to be concentrated on food. Our mother was a fantastic cook who prepared a very wide variety of dishes & our father was a glutton, & their children are somew...
by Ethan Kurland
Wed Feb 28, 2024 7:56 pm
Forum: Vendor Discussion & Recommendation
Topic: Sun Moon Lake Red Jade T-18 Black Tea
Replies: 12
Views: 882

Re: Sun Moon Lake Red Jade T-18 Black Tea

There's a lot of bitter, overly malty Ruby 18 out there. +1 to Gaoshan's observation. I enjoyed 2 purchases of Ruby 18 over the years & been somewhat disappointed to outrageously disappointed w/ purchases of Ruby 18 about 6 times. Fortunately, I found better black teas that are not such a gamble to...
by Ethan Kurland
Wed Feb 28, 2024 5:10 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: importance of $/g ?
Replies: 10
Views: 1005

Re: importance of $/g ?

... not sure can cover all tea ( especially loose leaf which has different prices on different amounts ) . Assume your customers are willing to think. Break down to price per gram for one size (perhaps the most common size for your teas or the size that sells the most for a particular tea & don't p...
by Ethan Kurland
Sun Feb 25, 2024 4:06 pm
Forum: Tea/Teaware Vendors
Topic: Ethan Kurland
Replies: 123
Views: 70760

Re: more on my white tea from Nepal

My oldest brother is enduring massive doses of chemotherapy which makes eating & drinking difficult for a few days every 3 weeks. He is finding this white tea, Himalayan Snow, very tolerable & enjoyable even on his worst days. "Delicate yet tasty" he has told me. Delicate is a good word. A defining ...
by Ethan Kurland
Sat Feb 24, 2024 11:34 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: importance of $/g ?
Replies: 10
Views: 1005

Re: importance of $/g ?

I & a considerable amount of other consumers (I assume) want and/or need to consider how much specific teas cost for a cup or a session. Knowledge of price per gram makes it easy to calculate the cost of drinking various teas. In the long run, thinking of price-per-gram has helped me to enjoy drinki...
by Ethan Kurland
Wed Feb 21, 2024 5:46 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Chicago tea festival
Replies: 4
Views: 460

Re: Chicago tea festival

Take a look at the cupping sessions. There is quite a bit there that looks interesting to me. Having been to it before, I can say that last time I went, there was a good cross section of quality teas to sample. Here in the midwest, this is about the best we can hope for Now, I am jealous. Nothing t...
by Ethan Kurland
Mon Feb 19, 2024 6:45 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Chicago tea festival
Replies: 4
Views: 460

Re: Chicago tea festival

Brent D wrote:
Mon Feb 19, 2024 9:58 am
Anyone going?

https://chicagoteafestival.com/
Hello, Brent. Long time away. The event sounds like there is not a whole lot of good sampling. For $25, I would like to be drinking special, rare, .... not watching a tea ceremony or seeing British afternoon tea sets.

Cheers
by Ethan Kurland
Mon Feb 19, 2024 2:32 am
Forum: Black Tea
Topic: Lapsang Souchong
Replies: 65
Views: 19079

Re: Lapsang Souchong

I've never had a smoked lapsang from Wuyi Origin, though I've had almost all their unsmoked lapsangs. Can you taste any fruit or other flavours, or is it basically all smoke? Also, are you Western steeping this tea? I've had a couple good lapsangs from non-specialist vendors (i.e., What-Cha and The...
by Ethan Kurland
Sun Feb 18, 2024 3:53 pm
Forum: Tea/Teaware Vendors
Topic: Ethan Kurland
Replies: 123
Views: 70760

Re: Ethan Kurland

White tea from Nepal: My list of teas for sale on the bottom of page 8 has a new addition: Himaylayan Snow, an organic white tea from Nepal. I think I have not had this tea for a few years. Some years had poor conditions for white tea & some years I had trouble communicating w/ my source in Nepal. T...