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I haven't reset them yet because I don't want to damage the exterior patina, which is like a map of my tea experiences. The fuller expression of top notes, that you allude to, is what I expect to be the largest difference. They are still present when expected but could, perhaps, have more definitio...

I preordered from o-cha an Aoi and a YM for sharing

first one at TDJ arrived: kondo-wase
http://www.thes-du-japon.com/index.php? ... cts_id=182
tempting

This seems the appropriate place to bring this up. But I've been having issues posting pictures taken with my phone using the attachments tab. i get this error message "It was not possible to determine the dimensions of the image. Please verify that the URL you entered is correct." This only happen...

nice pics. we will wait and see i guess...

haven't seen studies comparing the two, but this is why i think O 2 scavengers are better... Absorber technology of this type may reduce the oxygen level in the surrounding atmosphere to below 0.01%. they remove virtually all O 2 . you can't pull a super hard vacuum when packaging tea. even with bal...

Our packaging, as an example, does a decent job at #2 and #4, but we can't vacuum seal it without messing up the information (we use little oxygen absorber things instead to help, but not quite as good). and unfortunately, vac sealing isn't suitable for teas that are easily crushed. this leaves out...

I would generally agree with above comments; keep packaging simple and keep air out. Even though a ziplock is nice, as tea leaves are reduced I prefer using clips moving closer each time to the leaves to eliminate air pockets. Stand-up pouch I haven't found useful either because I tend to place ope...

It really depends on the type of tea and who the target consumer is. Since you specify serious tea drinkers, I don't think it's necessary to include brewing parameters. If you want, you can put them online. But I wouldn't bother with even that unless you have an out of the ordinary suggestion for a ...

the 'active topics' page is what i look at the most: https://www.teaforum.org/search.php?search_id=active_topics others prefer 'unread posts'. even though the heaviest users of the site probably use those a lot more than the forum index (since they're pretty familiar with the board and just want to ...

it reminds me of jiangponi

i do think there is probably something to the sencha+yancha combo. not really serendipitous in my case, but sencha+dancong can be good. i was playing around with it a couple of years ago but can't remember where i ended up on the sencha:dancong ratio and temp/time parameters. https://i.imgur.com/C1D...

here is florent of thés du japon's blog:
https://japaneseteasommelier.wordpress.com/

of course it largely serves as marketing, but there is interesting info about various cultivars and unusual japanese tea styles

scientific tea books can go here though. Research Corner is more for journal articles.

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Fri Apr 06, 2018 10:38 am

I got it with the help of a friend in Japan. Here is a shot of the base:

i can't see that google image. if you can see it, it's because you're logged into your google account.