What Green Are You Drinking

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pepson
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Fri Jun 09, 2023 10:50 pm

Spring Snail Bi Luo Chun from YS.
Nice BiLuo for nice price ;) Worth of try certainly.
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Wed Jun 14, 2023 1:03 pm

SENCHA FROM KAWANE, SHIMONAGAO, KIRARI 31

Very delightful sencha. I had a bad bad gui feng oolong in the morning and I was not in the mood for another oolong type and this one hit the spot.
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Mon Jun 26, 2023 10:50 am

Tao of Tea "Organic Pearl Gunpowder Green Tea" according to the label.
I'm getting a kilo of "Temple of Heaven China Green Tea Special Gunpowder" next month ... and some different black teas ...
I am aware there are much better teas available out there than what Amazon sells. However, these are what I can afford ... and that will hopefully last a month (plus a week for the re-order to arrive).
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Mon Jun 26, 2023 12:32 pm

afishhunter wrote:
Mon Jun 26, 2023 10:50 am
Tao of Tea "Organic Pearl Gunpowder Green Tea" according to the label.
I'm getting a kilo of "Temple of Heaven China Green Tea Special Gunpowder" next month ... and some different black teas ...
I am aware there are much better teas available out there than what Amazon sells. However, these are what I can afford ... and that will hopefully last a month (plus a week for the re-order to arrive).
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Wow, you intend to finish 1 kilo of green tea within 5 weeks?! That is about 1 oz of tea per day!

Considering that a teabag is about 2-3g of tea, you would be drinking 9-14 bags worth of tea a day! At this amount, I would recommend consulting your doctor if this would be safe for you
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Mon Jun 26, 2023 2:14 pm

LeoFox wrote:
Mon Jun 26, 2023 12:32 pm
afishhunter wrote:
Mon Jun 26, 2023 10:50 am
Tao of Tea "Organic Pearl Gunpowder Green Tea" according to the label.
I'm getting a kilo of "Temple of Heaven China Green Tea Special Gunpowder" next month ... and some different black teas ...
I am aware there are much better teas available out there than what Amazon sells. However, these are what I can afford ... and that will hopefully last a month (plus a week for the re-order to arrive).
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(sorry. small desk tends to get cluttered. ☹️)
Wow, you intend to finish 1 kilo of green tea within 5 weeks?! That is about 1 oz of tea per day!

Considering that a teabag is about 2-3g of tea, you would be drinking 9-14 bags worth of tea a day! At this amount, I would recommend consulting your doctor if this would be safe for you
My average daily caffeine intake for the past 62 or 63 years is only 2,500 to 3,000 mg.
I figure tea will be better for me than Mountain Dew/Generic Mountain Dew. (4 or 5 liters a day, maybe a little more, when I can afford it.) plus a pot or two of strong coffee.
Any less, I get head hurts, shakes, and can't sleep. ☹️

I talked to my doc. A blood pressure log shows my blood pressure is "normal" to "optimal". She said I can drink as much mountain dew and/or tea and/or coffee as I want, but not to take over 8 of my vitamine caffeine tablets (only 200mg each) a day.
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Mon Jun 26, 2023 5:30 pm

afishhunter wrote:
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She said I can drink as much mountain dew and/or tea and/or coffee as I want, but not to take over 8 of my vitamine caffeine tablets (only 200mg each) a day.
I am calling bs on this and suggest you see another doctor. Those amounts are ridiculous. Irresponsible statements.

Blood pressure is not the only possible long term side effect of caffeine overconsumption and so it is generally wise to control the intake of caffeine. And as you have noted, it is certainly a good idea to avoid drinks like mountain dew, particularly at such quantities.

Your troubles from having any less than your stated amount of caffeinated drinks are clearly caffeine withdrawal symptoms. A course of action to consider here is to slowly lower your consumption, not keep consumption high to avoid these issues, since their presence alone lets you know that you are not doing yourself any favours with this habit.

Gradually reducing your intake will prevent strong withdrawal symptoms and get you to a healthier baseline in a comfortable way. Just reduce your caffeine intake bit by bit every day over a period of 3-4 weeks, replacing more and more of your fluid intake with water. Another benefit will be that you can then save money because you don't have to maintain an expensive high caffeine intake habit.
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Wed Jun 28, 2023 1:56 pm

Anji Bai Cha from Teavivre

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Wed Jul 05, 2023 10:44 am

Lovely session with a bright and delicious looking An Ji Bai Cha, and a very attractive cup. It reminds me of a gorgeous purple-hued crackly glazed beauty I admired some years ago, and it turned out that the I came here to post about a particularly fine session with Obubu's Gushing Brook sencha, where for the first time in a while I decided to preheat my kyusu. The scent of dry leaf in the preheated pot was so fine that I will be remembering to do this again for a while, until I again get in too much of a hurry to take the time for this and skip it once more.

And the tea liquor itself is also very satisfying, but there was a moment when a sip of sencha and a sense-memory of An Ji Bai Cha collided with a bit of cognitive dissonance that was....not flattering to the sencha.

Need to focus on this tea, this moment, and save the An Ji Bai Cha memory craving for later.....it's a nice sencha and deserves the attention.
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Thu Jul 20, 2023 9:42 am

2022 GYOKURO FROM ASAHINA, SAEMIDORI CULTIVAR  from tdj
https://www.thes-du-japon.com/index.php ... cts_id=636

Am quite enjoying the use of this old zini hohin to make concentrated greens





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Fri Aug 04, 2023 10:01 pm

A new one for me. Gui zhou mei tan cui ya green tea.
Very small buds - that take semi long infusions of boiling hot water to yield mildly sweet soup with a cooling characteristic

pepson
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Sat Aug 05, 2023 3:51 am

Finally Gyokuro Okumidori Haruto 2022.
Everything worked out succesfully, mood, taste, flavour...nice session :)

Inside glazed chamotte clay shibo and cup.
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Sat Aug 05, 2023 7:09 am

Very poor quality gift tea. Zhu ye Qing

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Sat Aug 05, 2023 11:55 pm

Liu An Gua Pian "Melon seed" from Anhui
Very pleasant and tasty green tea.
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Thu Aug 17, 2023 3:12 pm

Gyokuro Suimei from Den's Tea, cold brewed (parameters: 10g leaf to 500ml water, brewed in a large mason jar on the counter top for 3 hours, strained and refrigerated)

Absolutely lovely, less sharp than if I had brewed it hot, and sweeter too. Seaweed umami comes through very nicely, coats the tongue and lingers for a long time. This is my first experience with gyokuro and I very quickly became addicted.
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Thu Aug 17, 2023 4:09 pm

the_gyokuro_code wrote:
Thu Aug 17, 2023 3:12 pm
Gyokuro Suimei from Den's Tea, cold brewed (parameters: 10g leaf to 500ml water, brewed in a large mason jar on the counter top for 3 hours, strained and refrigerated)

Absolutely lovely, less sharp than if I had brewed it hot, and sweeter too. Seaweed umami comes through very nicely, coats the tongue and lingers for a long time. This is my first experience with gyokuro and I very quickly became addicted.
Thanks for the photo and prescription. Thus, today en route to 90 degrees is my next destination inspired!
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