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- Sun Dec 10, 2023 8:55 pm
- Forum: Fermented Tea
- Topic: What Pu'er Are You Drinking
- Replies: 2051
- Views: 924899
Re: What Pu'er Are You Drinking
Ketlee '2020 Indian Gushu Sheng Coin'. I bought this with an order of mostly samples about a year ago, and this is the first of these 'coins' that I have opened. It looked like more leaf than I wanted for a shorter evening session, and I was pondering breaking it up anyway when I realized the disk w...
- Sun Dec 10, 2023 3:39 pm
- Forum: Green Tea
- Topic: What Green Are You Drinking
- Replies: 1494
- Views: 695671
- Sun Dec 10, 2023 1:10 am
- Forum: Black Tea
- Topic: What Black Are You Drinking
- Replies: 680
- Views: 343037
Re: What Black Are You Drinking
it certainly is very distinctive from the more curly leaf black teas… Makes sense.
- Sat Dec 09, 2023 10:45 pm
- Forum: Oolong Tea
- Topic: What Oolong Are You Drinking
- Replies: 2779
- Views: 1514203
Re: What Oolong Are You Drinking
That sounds lovely. I had a very fine triple-Rou Gui tasting myself a year or two ago, a delicious experience. Did you have a favorite?
- Sat Dec 09, 2023 10:44 pm
- Forum: Black Tea
- Topic: What Black Are You Drinking
- Replies: 680
- Views: 343037
Re: What Black Are You Drinking
Now I'm wondering: is it a common thing for black tea to be called after pine needles, like the 'Pine Needle Wazuoka black tea from Obubu? Does it denote a style of black tea?
- Sat Dec 09, 2023 6:45 pm
- Forum: Black Tea
- Topic: What Black Are You Drinking
- Replies: 680
- Views: 343037
Re: What Black Are You Drinking
Hope your days are getting shorter, and not just in the astronomical sense of solstice coming soon. Today I opened a sample of Goomtee Estate Darjeeling form Yatra, from a sample set purchased close to the start of the pandemic, and much too long neglected. Even in late 2023, this 2019 harvest is a ...
- Sat Dec 09, 2023 6:31 pm
- Forum: Announcements & Guides
- Topic: Introduce Yourself
- Replies: 1433
- Views: 560912
Re: Introduce Yourself
However I have been brewing the second infusions for way too long (1+ minutes). A good deal of the time during that first infusion is simply wetting the leaf so the various compounds can begin to be extracted through the water. For the second infusion, the wetting is more nearly complete, but there...
- Sat Dec 09, 2023 2:21 pm
- Forum: Green Tea
- Topic: What Green Are You Drinking
- Replies: 1494
- Views: 695671
Re: What Green Are You Drinking
i've enjoyed multiple tease from them over more than a few years now, and they are my go to for Japanese greens when I have a craving for something that is not part of my Obubu Tea Farm subscription. I particularly like that they have some Tsuen teas that are otherwise very hard to get, because Tsue...
- Sat Dec 09, 2023 2:15 pm
- Forum: Announcements & Guides
- Topic: Introduce Yourself
- Replies: 1433
- Views: 560912
Re: Introduce Yourself
welcome to Tea Forum! Many different things happen to bring us here but friendly conversation and knowledgeable discussion about teas and teawares keeps us here. And it sounds like your journey has been quite similar in some ways to mine: I started out drinking one tea that was recommended and share...
- Sat Dec 09, 2023 10:40 am
- Forum: Green Tea
- Topic: What Green Are You Drinking
- Replies: 1494
- Views: 695671
Re: What Green Are You Drinking
today I'm starting with some organic kabusecha from O-cha: it's my first time with this one in quite a while, and I haven't got it dialed in yet for time and temps. still, pleasingly vegetal, a hint of astringency, and taste buds are pleased.
- Wed Dec 06, 2023 8:31 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Your day in tea
- Replies: 479
- Views: 194669
Re: Your day in tea
I have a few Daxue Jiadao hongcha samples waiting to go... I'm better at estimating the amount of green oolong than black tea. Green oolong is also a lot more forgiving than black tea. But still, starting with a little bit and adjusting either your infusion volume or infusion time may still give yo...
- Wed Dec 06, 2023 5:23 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Your day in tea
- Replies: 479
- Views: 194669
Re: Your day in tea
While I have often weighed in in favor of use of scales, timers, and thermometers as something like training wheels for the new tea drinker who does not have an experienced person at their elbow guiding them, this is exactly the situation where I would encourage you to go ahead with whichever teas y...
- Wed Dec 06, 2023 9:59 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Your day in tea
- Replies: 479
- Views: 194669
Re: Your day in tea
It took a little while, but these posts prompted an order of Meng Ding Huang Ya yellow tea from JingTeaShop.com, since I recently used up the last of their ' Fruity Rou Gui ', and was due for an order anyway. I am glad to see that the yellow tea was available, because it had been sold out several ti...
- Sat Dec 02, 2023 4:10 pm
- Forum: Green Tea
- Topic: What Green Are You Drinking
- Replies: 1494
- Views: 695671
Re: What Green Are You Drinking
Just had one of those, "wow, you're so nice, why have you been sitting in the back of the cupboard?" sessions with some Gogucha from Kim Se Jin via Morning Crane's Tea Buy Korea. So floral, delicate, sweet at first, and with later infusions, still just a wonderful delicacy and very subtle bitterness...
- Fri Dec 01, 2023 2:37 pm
- Forum: Fermented Tea
- Topic: What HeiCha are you drinking
- Replies: 562
- Views: 303366
Re: What HeiCha are you drinking
not many stems in that one, looks like the leaf is nicer quality then most of those that I have.