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- Fri Apr 05, 2019 9:13 pm
- Forum: Blogs, Podcasts, & Vlogs
- Topic: My new blog, tea secrets
- Replies: 32
- Views: 16880
Re: My new blog, tea secrets
I'm just saying that probably due to the bicarbonate and hardness making up a large portion of the TDS of that water, it provides a sufficient body for all types of tea. If it had neither of those, I doubt it would have much body at all.
- Thu Apr 04, 2019 9:40 pm
- Forum: Blogs, Podcasts, & Vlogs
- Topic: My new blog, tea secrets
- Replies: 32
- Views: 16880
Re: My new blog, tea secrets
I can see what you’re saying, but I think total hardness doesn’t just mean how much scale. Why doesn’t it pertain to the body and even the flavor of the water/tea? Fiji water tastes thick and rich, and has 105 total hardness. TDS and hardness correlate, but they don’t always have to. For the record,...
- Thu Apr 04, 2019 12:23 pm
- Forum: Blogs, Podcasts, & Vlogs
- Topic: My new blog, tea secrets
- Replies: 32
- Views: 16880
Re: My new blog, tea secrets
38 is not that low of a tds, especially with a total hardness of 25. Icelandic glacial water, while it has a tds of 62, the total hardness is 26 - almost identical.
- Wed Apr 03, 2019 4:16 pm
- Forum: Blogs, Podcasts, & Vlogs
- Topic: My new blog, tea secrets
- Replies: 32
- Views: 16880
Re: My new blog, tea secrets
Here’s the analysis of your Fox Ledge spring water. While not listed in the analysis someone online said it had a TDS of 38, which if correct would give it a very light mouthfeel. Victoria may find this interesting. Spring-Finished-2018.pdf The mouthfeel is much richer than expected. Something is v...
- Tue Apr 02, 2019 11:39 am
- Forum: Blogs, Podcasts, & Vlogs
- Topic: My new blog, tea secrets
- Replies: 32
- Views: 16880
Re: My new blog, tea secrets
Here’s my first tea review, a very clean dong ding.
https://teasecrets.home.blog/2019/04/02 ... -review-1/
https://teasecrets.home.blog/2019/04/02 ... -review-1/
- Mon Mar 25, 2019 9:48 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Tea “Poisoning”
- Replies: 32
- Views: 15302
Re: Tea “Poisoning”
Did you drink it in the sun? Sometimes when too much sunlight gets onto the wet leaves they turn yucky really quickly.
- Wed Mar 06, 2019 3:59 pm
- Forum: Travel
- Topic: Travelling to New York City
- Replies: 22
- Views: 16491
Re: Travelling to New York City
(don't forget puerh brooklyn, it's a nice space, there's nice tea, I work there)
- Mon Mar 04, 2019 7:46 am
- Forum: Storage & Organization
- Topic: Aging puerh: what is your setup?
- Replies: 147
- Views: 133291
Re: Aging puerh: what is your setup?
As a quick update - all my cakes are now in their own cotton paper zip bags sitting in a 62% environment outside the bags to prevent drying over time. This should be a lot more stable and keep anything from growing while preserving aromatics and moisture. I've tried a couple cakes that were tasting ...
- Sun Feb 17, 2019 8:46 am
- Forum: Storage & Organization
- Topic: Aging puerh: what is your setup?
- Replies: 147
- Views: 133291
Re: Aging puerh: what is your setup?
young sheng has been consistently frustrating - I've kept well within appropriate parameters and my tea is still going awry. What is happening currently, and how does this differ from what you are attempting to achieve? Additionally, how do you imagine your two ideas would improve the situation? It...
- Sat Feb 16, 2019 10:38 am
- Forum: Storage & Organization
- Topic: Aging puerh: what is your setup?
- Replies: 147
- Views: 133291
Re: Aging puerh: what is your setup?
an update on my storage: young sheng has been consistently frustrating - I've kept well within appropriate parameters and my tea is still going awry. I've aired it out for a day and am storing it now unhumidified for a while to settle. I don't heat my storage. Oddly, once the flavor and smell starte...
- Thu Feb 14, 2019 10:11 am
- Forum: Blogs, Podcasts, & Vlogs
- Topic: My new blog, tea secrets
- Replies: 32
- Views: 16880
- Thu Feb 14, 2019 9:28 am
- Forum: Blogs, Podcasts, & Vlogs
- Topic: My new blog, tea secrets
- Replies: 32
- Views: 16880
Re: My new blog, tea secrets
Here's a new post on Jiří Lang's teaware, which I consider very underrated.
https://teasecrets.home.blog/2019/02/14 ... -new-pots/
Discussion appreciated if you are so inclined!
https://teasecrets.home.blog/2019/02/14 ... -new-pots/
Discussion appreciated if you are so inclined!
- Mon Feb 11, 2019 9:12 am
- Forum: Fermented Tea
- Topic: What Pu'er Are You Drinking
- Replies: 2051
- Views: 924457
Re: What Pu'er Are You Drinking
2018 "The Box" from White2Tea. Last of a sample. It's stayed well-conditioned in the bag which I kept in the pumidor. This one is mysterious, I'm wondering if anyone else has tried. Edit, found shah8's post on the sheng of the day forum. He said it was like a fancy sencha with a classic bingdao oran...
- Sun Feb 10, 2019 9:24 am
- Forum: Blogs, Podcasts, & Vlogs
- Topic: My new blog, tea secrets
- Replies: 32
- Views: 16880
Re: My new blog, tea secrets
Here's a new post with some nice pictures.
https://teasecrets.home.blog/2019/02/09 ... -75-recap/
https://teasecrets.home.blog/2019/02/09 ... -75-recap/
- Tue Feb 05, 2019 8:26 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Water Water Everywhere... What’s Your Water?
- Replies: 471
- Views: 241632
Re: Water Water Everywhere... What’s Your Water?
From the world of beer, this article could prove very useful.
https://www.brewersfriend.com/2018/02/1 ... -together/
For further info, this video is good. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJj__jEkFUE
https://www.brewersfriend.com/2018/02/1 ... -together/
For further info, this video is good. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJj__jEkFUE