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IMG_6956.jpeg Trying a new to me tea, that sat sadly longer than appropriate before I opened the sealed pouch, so I'm tasting the tea plus a bit of aging potential...Hatvala Floating Cloud White Tea, from April 2021. The long, thin, dry leaves smell lovely, peaches and champagne. IMG_6957.jpeg I pr...

What an interesting sounding tea....I love An Ji Bai Cha, so curious, dashed off to order some to try it out.

A really nice session with FLT furry crab, where I nailed the sweet spot: the earthy, toasty, field of dried grasses and sweet hay, subtle sweet caramel notes, really fine....more because I did a bit of 'grandpa style' in the small thermos than in spite of that form of brewing.

They were still flavourful at the 'untimed' or 'fill and forget' stage of the brewing process. It is a very fine tea that will keep going like that. Fill and forget is such a pleasant way to end an evening tea session…. Not too much caffeine to worry about sleep, and still more pleasant than playin...

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...

annual Sakura sencha from Obubu, a lovely offering that is floral and fresh without any overdone or off notes. Happy camper, me.

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'...

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...

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...

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.

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...

I hope you get the same experience or better this time too

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...

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,...

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