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- Thu Jan 04, 2018 6:54 pm
- Forum: Green Tea
- Topic: Your ideal cup shape for green tea?
- Replies: 12
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Your ideal cup shape for green tea?
I've tried a few different cup shapes for drinking green tea, and the cylindrical type has been my favorite cup so far: Cylindrical + textured grains on the cup: http://www.korin.com/TEC-146_2 I also have this cup that flares outwards: http://www.kettl.co/teaware/ureshino And also this which is a mo...
- Sun Dec 31, 2017 12:25 pm
- Forum: Japan
- Topic: I don't think this is a patina
- Replies: 11
- Views: 6983
Re: I don't think this is a patina
The issue was NYC tap water. I've been using solely Poland Spring bottled water since then and the iron-smell problem went away and the teas even taste slightly better.
- Sat Dec 16, 2017 10:43 am
- Forum: Fermented Tea
- Topic: What Pu'er Are You Drinking
- Replies: 2052
- Views: 955477
Re: What Pu'er Are You Drinking
Warren you seem to have a pretty serious stash of tea
- Thu Dec 14, 2017 5:24 pm
- Forum: Fermented Tea
- Topic: What Pu'er Are You Drinking
- Replies: 2052
- Views: 955477
Re: What Pu'er Are You Drinking
Ugh, I'm drinking "Black Gold" from Crimson Lotus. This is my 3rd tasting and I'm still very disappointed. I don't think it's good... unpleasantly bitter and the ripening wasn't done in a way that's to my liking. The overarching flavor is... peppercorn? I regret buying 2 whole cakes of it. I've had...
- Thu Dec 14, 2017 3:38 pm
- Forum: Fermented Tea
- Topic: What Pu'er Are You Drinking
- Replies: 2052
- Views: 955477
Re: What Pu'er Are You Drinking
Ugh, I'm drinking "Black Gold" from Crimson Lotus. This is my 3rd tasting and I'm still very disappointed. I don't think it's good... unpleasantly bitter and the ripening wasn't done in a way that's to my liking. The overarching flavor is... peppercorn? I regret buying 2 whole cakes of it. I've had ...
- Sat Dec 09, 2017 9:35 pm
- Forum: Fermented Tea
- Topic: What Pu'er Are You Drinking
- Replies: 2052
- Views: 955477
Re: What Pu'er Are You Drinking
I posted this on steepster, but I want to post it here too since the user base doesn't overlap much: I’ve been testing shous with a newly bought (modern) zini pot, comparing it to my current (modern) aged duan ni pot that I’ve had devoted to shou for half a year. Here’s my analysis: The zini is good...
- Tue Nov 21, 2017 1:00 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: A Time for "Bad" Tea?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 5395
Re: A Time for "Bad" Tea?
I bring all of my bad teas to work so that I can double the torture.
- Tue Nov 21, 2017 11:06 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Downsides of using a very fine filter
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4917
Downsides of using a very fine filter
5D78A5C6-4E86-4B88-8241-73B67CE7BD29.jpeg I’ve been wondering if the tea particles circled in red would be beneficial to drink, which get caught in my very fine filter. The picture is after a session of a lower grade green oolong (it shed a lot of product), but I drink a good amount of green teas a...
- Fri Nov 03, 2017 10:40 pm
- Forum: Japan
- Topic: I don't think this is a patina
- Replies: 11
- Views: 6983
Re: I don't think this is a patina
Are you placing boiling water in pot before drying with soft cloth, and placing in a sunny area to completely dry over several days? p.s. I just looked inside my other two stoneware Hokujo pots that are dry. No purple found, but a slight iron scent. I wouldn’t worry about iron scent, it isn’t harmf...
- Wed Nov 01, 2017 4:15 pm
- Forum: Japan
- Topic: I don't think this is a patina
- Replies: 11
- Views: 6983
I don't think this is a patina
https://imgur.com/a/UmUSJ There was a green patina forming on the bottom of my pot, which is still visible in the pictures. However, what is concerning me is the purplish undertone that is starting to form both in the very center of the pot and streaks on the inner right of the pot as well. The insi...