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- Tue Mar 26, 2019 5:40 am
- Forum: Oolong Tea
- Topic: Characteristics of good gaoshan?
- Replies: 59
- Views: 27602
Re: Characteristics of good gaoshan?
Pro-tasters also do not sip, but slurp the tea in with lots of air and then sort of gargle inside the mouth. No need to spit it out as with wine though! :mrgreen: This is a point I always found somewhat odd because in my own anecdotal experience slurping and over aerating tea in the mouth gives a s...
- Mon Mar 18, 2019 5:26 am
- Forum: Green Tea
- Topic: What Green Are You Drinking
- Replies: 1495
- Views: 707726
Re: What Green Are You Drinking
Drinking the Satsuma Sae Midori again. Enjoying it more this time around, probably because I was expecting the oceanic flavors this time, not so much of a shock. :D Its quite a shock if you aren't expecting it with those umami rich senchas, my mom always asks me if im drinking shrimp broth again wh...
- Thu Mar 07, 2019 12:36 pm
- Forum: Fermented Tea
- Topic: What Pu'er Are You Drinking
- Replies: 2052
- Views: 937855
Re: What Pu'er Are You Drinking
Having some 06 xiaguan T8653 from ktm, blind ordered a cake and Im pleasantly surprised with it, brews red and the smoke has dissipated making it quite sweet, still a bit punchy and doesnt like to be oversteeped but its very much drinkable at this point
- Thu Feb 28, 2019 10:00 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Water Water Everywhere... What’s Your Water?
- Replies: 471
- Views: 244776
Re: Water Water Everywhere... What’s Your Water?
Here are the specs of the water I use for tea, Serra da Estrela brand, its good if a bit flat, feels the most 'neutral' out of the ones I tried
- Fri Feb 15, 2019 4:04 am
- Forum: Green Tea
- Topic: What Green Are You Drinking
- Replies: 1495
- Views: 707726
Re: What Green Are You Drinking
Been drinking Ocha's Satsuma Sae Midori, getting a lot of umami and overally brothy flavours, it also seems very forgiving of parameters, I'm predicting I'll go through it very quickly
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- Wed Feb 06, 2019 4:35 pm
- Forum: Oolong Tea
- Topic: What Oolong Are You Drinking
- Replies: 2784
- Views: 1530745
Re: What Oolong Are You Drinking
Tried some of Tillerman's winter Lishan today, never had taiwan tea before so it was a treat, was surprised by the longevity, got quite a few steeps and put them in a bowl at the end to extract the last bits in there, beautifully floral and full.
- Wed Feb 06, 2019 12:50 pm
- Forum: Green Tea
- Topic: What Green Are You Drinking
- Replies: 1495
- Views: 707726
- Tue Feb 05, 2019 4:37 am
- Forum: China & Taiwan
- Topic: Yixing
- Replies: 5888
- Views: 1854987
Re: Yixing
What do y'all do for single hole pots? I'm having trouble with the hongni that I got a while back, I can't use it without the tea getting stuck in the hole. Is there some really easy solution that I don't know about? There are a few things that help, pouring a bit slower instead of tilting it verti...
- Sun Feb 03, 2019 7:29 am
- Forum: Additional Regions
- Topic: Korean Teaware Showcase
- Replies: 60
- Views: 69295
- Sat Feb 02, 2019 9:49 am
- Forum: Additional Regions
- Topic: Korean Teaware Showcase
- Replies: 60
- Views: 69295
Re: Korean Teaware Showcase
So here are the pics of the Hong Seong-il pot I got from the fundraiser, debunix's photos are much better but I thought I'd share anyway :lol: was surprised how thick the walls are, beautiful little pot Doesn't show up on camera but some of the dark specks have a sort of oily irridescence to them, r...
- Thu Jan 31, 2019 3:36 am
- Forum: Green Tea
- Topic: What Green Are You Drinking
- Replies: 1495
- Views: 707726
Re: What Green Are You Drinking
Yutaka Midori fukamushi while not a particularly difficult to brew sencha can still easily be messed up. Even after 1000s of sessions with this selection, I can still mess it up ... usually too much leaf ... after finishing off a bag of more forgiving Sae Midori. Then I remember to back off a bit i...
- Thu Jan 10, 2019 7:40 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: starting from scratch with a $450 tea budget?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 10090
Re: starting from scratch with a $450 tea budget?
then some taiwanese oolongs: $20 60g https://tillermantea.net/product/cuifeng-high-mountain-oolong-winter-2018/ $30 60g https://tillermantea.net/product/lishan-high-mountain-oolong-winter-2018/ $30 120g https://tillermantea.net/product/dong-ding-laoshi-winter-2018/ $24 60g https://tillermantea.net/...
- Sat Jan 05, 2019 6:33 am
- Forum: Fermented Tea
- Topic: Favourite vessel size for puerh?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 7712
Re: Favourite vessel size for puerh?
I too started using bigger vessels for puerh, nowadays 120ml but even that seems small at times, sometimes a 150ml gaiwan if I want no muting, for young sheng for example. One thing I notice in higher ratios though is that accentuates 'special characteristics' that a tea might have, be it a cooling ...
- Sat Dec 29, 2018 1:42 pm
- Forum: Fermented Tea
- Topic: What HeiCha are you drinking
- Replies: 564
- Views: 307895
Re: What HeiCha are you drinking
Having some 2012 cnnp fuzhuan I got from an ebay vendor I saw mentioned in a teachat discussion from 2 years ago, tea8hk Was still up at around the same price :D Very interesting flavour, sorta like those melon shaped bubble gums, which is odd since its been years since I had one of those. Seems to ...
- Fri Dec 21, 2018 4:32 pm
- Forum: Fermented Tea
- Topic: What Pu'er Are You Drinking
- Replies: 2052
- Views: 937855
Re: What Pu'er Are You Drinking
Having some 2004 nan jian phoenix aroma that was included as a sample in my teapals order.
Strong tea, dont want to imagine drinking it young, strong camphor and aged out smoke, very pleasant, think I'm going to do an overnight steep to finish the session.
Strong tea, dont want to imagine drinking it young, strong camphor and aged out smoke, very pleasant, think I'm going to do an overnight steep to finish the session.