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- Wed May 08, 2024 9:14 am
- Forum: Green Tea
- Topic: What Green Are You Drinking
- Replies: 1502
- Views: 729659
Re: What Green Are You Drinking
A recent episode of my favorite podcast, "in defense of plants" talked about light being both so necessary to a plant but also sometimes toxic if overdone, and described how some of the red and purple pigments are produced as almost like a Sunscreen to protect them from excessive sun in various situ...
- Tue May 07, 2024 5:45 pm
- Forum: Green Tea
- Topic: What Green Are You Drinking
- Replies: 1502
- Views: 729659
Re: What Green Are You Drinking
annual Sakura sencha from Obubu, a lovely offering that is floral and fresh without any overdone or off notes. Happy camper, me.
- Wed May 01, 2024 11:43 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: What's your tea of choice when you're sad?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 1345
Re: What's your tea of choice when you're sad?
I don't think I really do gravitate to a particular tea or genre when I am sad. there are moments of acute sadness when I want some thing easy that I don't have to think about because I can't spend the energy on infusing a tricking to properly or appreciating a really special tea. At those times it'...
- Fri Apr 26, 2024 10:42 am
- Forum: Fermented Tea
- Topic: Everyday Puer and Heicha
- Replies: 4
- Views: 933
Re: Everyday Puer and Heicha
I love the Menghai Lao Cha Tou for everyday puerh as a plummy, earthy, mellow, undemanding tea that is reliably pleasing to me and the many people who look forward to my tea sharing in the office and clinic. I got them first from Norbu (sadly no longer in tea retail) and Yunnan Sourcing. I have also...
- Fri Apr 26, 2024 12:09 am
- Forum: Herbal Tea
- Topic: What Herbal Are You Drinking
- Replies: 79
- Views: 79378
Re: What Herbal Are You Drinking
This evening at a restaurant (MoMed, Los Angeles), I had a simple tea made with a wedge of what was described as a not-quite-preserved lemon, and a whopping quantity of fennel seed. It was LOVELY, with the seemingly overpowering quantity of fennel somehow tamed, pleasant notes of anise with a bit of...
- Thu Apr 11, 2024 6:43 pm
- Forum: Fermented Tea
- Topic: What Pu'er Are You Drinking
- Replies: 2052
- Views: 959794
Re: What Pu'er Are You Drinking
2093 Green Mark puerh, I think from Wing Hop Fung. It is lovely balanced tea right now with sweetness, earthiness, camphor and a bit of spice, just lovely.
such a tiny bit of tea gave such a fine first Infusion, and there will be several more. mmmm.
such a tiny bit of tea gave such a fine first Infusion, and there will be several more. mmmm.
- Thu Apr 11, 2024 9:42 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Your day in tea
- Replies: 482
- Views: 210073
Re: Your day in tea
I opened My Obubu Tea Farm spring tea club delivery today (it actually arrived a week or so ago but I hadn't yet opened it). This one contains several gyokuro teas and the annual Sakura sencha, Plus a mysterious pouch simply labeled 20th anniversary. It is a rather mysterious tea without any English...
- Fri Mar 29, 2024 1:57 am
- Forum: Oolong Tea
- Topic: What Oolong Are You Drinking
- Replies: 2787
- Views: 1558972
Re: What Oolong Are You Drinking
I hope you get the same experience or better this time too
- Thu Mar 28, 2024 11:09 pm
- Forum: Oolong Tea
- Topic: What Oolong Are You Drinking
- Replies: 2787
- Views: 1558972
Re: What Oolong Are You Drinking
grapes and jellybeans Curious: I get the grapes reference, that sounds quite tasty. But I don't think of a 'jellybean' flavor, perhaps because I was introduced to JellyBellies at an early age--a cousin started carrying them in her shop long before they were staples of every sort of candy and gift s...
- Thu Mar 28, 2024 9:01 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Your day in tea
- Replies: 482
- Views: 210073
Re: Your day in tea
It's been a lovely tea day. I started with some water left on the sencha leaves from yesterday's morning sencha (from Obubu), because yesterday morning I was in a rush and could not 'finish' the session. I somehow hit upon a very nice dilution of that cool concentrated infusion with fresh hot water,...
- Tue Mar 26, 2024 8:30 pm
- Forum: Announcements & Guides
- Topic: Introduce Yourself
- Replies: 1441
- Views: 593527
Re: Introduce Yourself
welcome! and happy to have you join our tea adventures
- Sun Mar 17, 2024 9:14 am
- Forum: Announcements & Guides
- Topic: Introduce Yourself
- Replies: 1441
- Views: 593527
Re: Introduce Yourself
I remember Fukujuen looked intriguing but we kept passing it when it was closed, on a main shopping street. I can't find my notes at present to remember others.
- Fri Mar 15, 2024 9:13 am
- Forum: Announcements & Guides
- Topic: Introduce Yourself
- Replies: 1441
- Views: 593527
Re: Introduce Yourself
I did get to try some tea at Tsuen tea house, and it was lovely, and I bought a bunch of tea to take home. if I recall correctly, we were joined for part of our session by someone who identified as a member of the Family that owned the shop. It's not far from Kyoto! But tea was not high on Mom's to ...
- Wed Mar 13, 2024 2:04 pm
- Forum: Black Tea
- Topic: What Black Are You Drinking
- Replies: 686
- Views: 363069
- Wed Mar 13, 2024 12:38 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Looping usps packages
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1011
Re: Looping usps packages
I had a China post parcel that was delivered to my regional post office right around the new year, if I recall correctly, but after Christmas. It sat there for something like two weeks before it abruptly moved to my local post office and was delivered the next day. usually when I see that arrival at...