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by debunix
Sat Apr 18, 2020 6:17 pm
Forum: Japan
Topic: Hagi
Replies: 144
Views: 136933

Re: Hagi

Many guinomi are sized like gong fu cups....just right.
by debunix
Thu Apr 16, 2020 9:50 am
Forum: Additional Regions
Topic: Greatwheel / Greenwoodstudio
Replies: 21
Views: 18461

Re: Greatwheel//Greenwoodstudio

New items up on Shawn's Etsy right now, including some like this translucent porecelain gem, with the handy flared lower rim that is finger-sparing with very hot teas! https://photos.smugmug.com/Tea/Greenwood-Studios-Wares/i-ZhzvkSJ/0/d2075084/L/Steam-L.jpg If I didn't already have my little gem abo...
by debunix
Wed Apr 15, 2020 10:22 am
Forum: Storage & Organization
Topic: Is Refrigeration for Japanese Green Tea Necessary?
Replies: 24
Views: 13082

Re: Is refrigeration for Japanese green tea necessary?

I am content with the quality of my sencha and gyokuro packs that are kept continuously at room temp once the bag is open, except for very limited circumstances. Yes, it may take more energy to heat the water than to reseal a canning jar with tea in it, but one is a necessary act if I am going to en...
by debunix
Tue Apr 14, 2020 2:39 pm
Forum: Storage & Organization
Topic: Is Refrigeration for Japanese Green Tea Necessary?
Replies: 24
Views: 13082

Re: Is refrigeration for Japanese green tea necessary?

I can only tell you what I do with my tea, which is leave one package at a time out and open, a quantity that I can finish in 2-3 weeks max. I only resorted to the canning jar because necessity for comparison tasting required multiple packages to be open at once. I have vacuum-sealed portions of tea...
by debunix
Sun Apr 12, 2020 6:21 pm
Forum: Green Tea
Topic: What Green Are You Drinking
Replies: 1494
Views: 694564

Re: What Green Are You Drinking

In contrast, while I can appreciate my gyokuro concentrated, I like it better brewed closer to sencha, but in smaller vessels and quantities and savored with fine chocolate
by debunix
Sat Apr 11, 2020 8:06 pm
Forum: Storage & Organization
Topic: Is Refrigeration for Japanese Green Tea Necessary?
Replies: 24
Views: 13082

Re: Is refrigeration for Japanese green tea necessary?

A while ago, I kept a few empty bags and tested them on a vacuum sealer, without any content, just to see if they would seal. They are thicker than the bags typically used for vacuum sealing, and it took longer for a good seal to be achieved, but it was otherwise successful. I wonder how vacuum sea...
by debunix
Sat Apr 11, 2020 8:04 pm
Forum: Oolong Tea
Topic: What Oolong Are You Drinking
Replies: 2775
Views: 1512631

Re: What Oolong Are You Drinking

Best infusion yet with 2014 Phoenix Village light roast Shui Xian Oolong from you non-sourcing. This is a tricky tea that is taken a while to understand. It is responding best with strong floral notes when infused briefly and fairly dilute a bit like a Dan Cong; treating it more like a typical high ...
by debunix
Fri Apr 10, 2020 4:14 pm
Forum: Storage & Organization
Topic: Is Refrigeration for Japanese Green Tea Necessary?
Replies: 24
Views: 13082

Re: Is refrigeration for Japanese green tea necessary?

I trust the bags they are in when still sealed/unopened to be fridge-odor-proof. I refrigerate and remove at least 8 if not 24 hour before opening, and only open what I will use next, one sencha or gyokuro at a time. When I made an exception for our recent gyokuro tasting, I put the remainder of eac...
by debunix
Thu Apr 09, 2020 10:34 am
Forum: White Tea
Topic: What White Are You Drinking
Replies: 173
Views: 151545

Re: What White Are You Drinking

Fuding Bai Mu Dan from Yunnan Sourcing, floral, fruity (peachy), delicious.
by debunix
Sat Apr 04, 2020 7:54 pm
Forum: Oolong Tea
Topic: What Oolong Are You Drinking
Replies: 2775
Views: 1512631

Re: What Oolong Are You Drinking

(Tray above is also Mirka Randova's, like the larger one at home.
by debunix
Fri Apr 03, 2020 12:06 am
Forum: Teaware Artisans
Topic: New Work from Shy Rabbit
Replies: 19
Views: 14685

Re: New Work from Shy Rabbit

Like all of my ShyRabbit yunomi and chawan it’s even more beautiful in person than online. It is quite lovely, and I had a hard time deciding between that and one other in my most recent purchase from him. I have (or have had, sigh) a couple of Shyrabbit pieces whose drama in his Etsy shop photos w...
by debunix
Thu Apr 02, 2020 11:55 pm
Forum: Fermented Tea
Topic: What Pu'er Are You Drinking
Replies: 2051
Views: 923763

Re: What Pu'er Are You Drinking

2006 Yong De sheng from Lincang, from a beautiful braided cake. Anise, smoke, earth, sharpness. Fast infusions, slurped quickly. Mmm. Grounding.
by debunix
Wed Apr 01, 2020 5:06 pm
Forum: Oolong Tea
Topic: What Oolong Are You Drinking
Replies: 2775
Views: 1512631

Re: What Oolong Are You Drinking

09 Zhong Ping Village Zhi Lan Xiang Dan Cong from Tea Habitat. This is the tail end of a batch that has been sitting in a nearly airtight container in the desk in my office for quite a while. I'm infusing it in a fully glazed tiny Petr Novak pot and enjoying it from a Greenwood/Great Wheel snowflake...
by debunix
Tue Mar 31, 2020 9:14 pm
Forum: Fermented Tea
Topic: Refrigerating brewed puerh tea
Replies: 4
Views: 2958

Re: Refrigerating brewed puerh tea

There is a flattening of some flavors as the tea liquor sits in contact with air after brewing, that is not kind to aggressive younger shengs. I've enjoyed some shu pu, like the fine plummy Lao Cha Tou I get from Norbu, cooled and even chilled, but it has mostly been because I didn't finished it whi...