Or in my case: take a second to look at the leaves to see whether it’s young sheng/maocha instead of what the label said.
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- Thu May 07, 2020 8:55 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: How to treat unpleasant tea high?
- Replies: 20
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- Thu May 07, 2020 5:55 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Water Water Everywhere... What’s Your Water?
- Replies: 471
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Re: Water Water Everywhere... What’s Your Water?
Joking aside, that’s a great point, Rickpatbrown . Though it only purifies a liter at a time, I had good luck using a Steripen when our city water went bad last year for a week. I’ve used it camping two without issues. Back home I could drink from seeps and stumps without a problem. It would probabl...
- Thu May 07, 2020 5:53 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Water Water Everywhere... What’s Your Water?
- Replies: 471
- Views: 243140
Re: Water Water Everywhere... What’s Your Water?
I use the findaspring.com site to show me where to dump my car batteries.
- Thu May 07, 2020 1:33 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Water Water Everywhere... What’s Your Water?
- Replies: 471
- Views: 243140
Re: Water Water Everywhere... What’s Your Water?
The units used in water quality are the silliest, nonsensical thing I've ever seen. This! I only have a middle school understanding of chemistry and yet their units are worthless to me for measuring. It's been a while so I don't recall specifics but I remember it left me scratching my head. Looking...
- Thu May 07, 2020 1:15 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: How to treat unpleasant tea high?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 8197
Re: How to treat unpleasant tea high?
Thank you for all the suggestions. I think we are starting to see a pattern in what helps with tea that is too energetic. I am curious what people do for teas that are too dopey. Please keep the suggestions coming. One thought I had after this experience with maocha is that the feeling felt nearly i...
- Thu May 07, 2020 12:56 pm
- Forum: Japan
- Topic: Determining the right size kyusu pot
- Replies: 50
- Views: 22674
Re: Determining the right size kyusu pot
S_B Baisao I would love to hear more on your thoughts of brewing in larger Kyusu but using 70ml of water. I will of course try to do so myself, but I am curious if you think that there might still be a "sweet spot" kyusu size despite only partial-filling yourself to achieve those highly concentrate...
- Thu Apr 30, 2020 9:51 am
- Forum: Japan
- Topic: Ode to the Kyusu
- Replies: 634
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Re: Ode to the Kyusu
Baking soda is much cheaper than sodium percarbonate. Is that the case in the US? In Taiwan it is difficult to find, usually only for order in large quantities, but still very cheap! It’s definitely the case. We do more baking than cleaning here. ;-) I think the fizzy chemical reaction makes people...
- Wed Apr 29, 2020 12:48 pm
- Forum: Japan
- Topic: Ode to the Kyusu
- Replies: 634
- Views: 314051
Re: Ode to the Kyusu
twno1 - I chose it not to use every time I finish making a pot of tea but for resetting pots and cleaning porcelain. I get it on Amazon for pretty cheap. When added to water it breaks down into hydrogen peroxide and soda ash. It has a bubbling action that also aids in removing stains and stuck on g...
- Tue Apr 28, 2020 11:08 pm
- Forum: Green Tea
- Topic: Matcha Tea Newbie...
- Replies: 21
- Views: 15636
Re: Matcha Tea Newbie...
I’d consider drinking it immediately and warm. You might consider taking the spent leaves and cold steeping them overnight in a pitcher placed in the fridge. Yes, Southern iced tea is from Camillia sinensis-assamica, which give it a bitter and twangy/malty edge. Matcha, sencha, and oolong are made f...
- Tue Apr 28, 2020 7:07 pm
- Forum: Green Tea
- Topic: Matcha Tea Newbie...
- Replies: 21
- Views: 15636
Re: Matcha Tea Newbie...
I guess you can have however may infusions until the flavor runs out of the leaves or the time you have to steep them gets ridiculously long? So if I leave them in the kyusu for say a day...will they dry out or will they stay wet until I use them again the next day? We're happy to help. The leaves ...
- Tue Apr 28, 2020 4:39 pm
- Forum: Green Tea
- Topic: Matcha Tea Newbie...
- Replies: 21
- Views: 15636
Re: Matcha Tea Newbie...
Here are a couple of examples of the types of pocket scales some of us use. Ideally, the lid will serve as a “cup” to hold the tea leaves and the whole thing could fit in a pocket. I do not own either of these but they are similar to what I use.
- Tue Apr 28, 2020 4:29 pm
- Forum: Green Tea
- Topic: Matcha Tea Newbie...
- Replies: 21
- Views: 15636
Re: Matcha Tea Newbie...
TripleB67 , we generally re-steep loose leaf teas. How many infusions you get will depend upon the individual tea you are using. In the case of sencha, I’ll take 4 grams and steep it in 80-100 ml of water. The water will be around 165-180° F. I’ll steep that for about 1 min. That’s my first infusio...
- Sun Apr 26, 2020 3:21 pm
- Forum: Green Tea
- Topic: Matcha Tea Newbie...
- Replies: 21
- Views: 15636
Re: Matcha Tea Newbie...
This video from Thes-du-Japon was very helpful to me as a matcha beginner, originally posted by Baisao. I already owned a sifter, but since watching this video I’ve only used it for a tin of very “clumpy” matcha. https://youtu.be/c4sdaSQF4HM Janice , I am very happy to hear that the video helped. I...
- Sat Apr 25, 2020 2:22 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: How to treat unpleasant tea high?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 8197
- Fri Apr 24, 2020 11:45 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: How to treat unpleasant tea high?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 8197
Re: How to treat unpleasant tea high?
I was told tonight by someone who does marathon sessions of unaged sheng that I needed to drink lots of water, eat something (especially protein), shower, and then take a macro dose of vitamin C. In that order. I took their advice (also adding some roughage, Ethan Kurland ) and can say that it took ...