Green Tea Order

[Jo]

Chip just placed an order from O-Cha ...
Aoi
Yutaka Midori
Sae Midori
Kabusa
Asatsuya
2 Gyokuro

We are running very low on our sencha

[Janice]

I’m jealous of your order. I have difficulty drinking sencha because I’m overly sensitive to the bitter taste note and it overwhelms the other flavors. I learned about O-Cha from Chip on teachat and they’ve been my favorite source of Karigane and Gyokuro ever since. They’re both less bitter than sencha.

[Victoria]

I still have shincha, sencha, hojicha from 2013 and 2016 in the refrigerator, so have a self imposed moratorium on buying any more - except gyokuro

[Jo]

Our tea arrived safe and sound. Update to follow. My sister fell and broke her hip, having surgery now. Tea has to wait.

[mukti]

The Sae Midori and Yutaka Midori are some of my favorites from o-cha! I think the Sae Midori is my most purchased tea ever

[Chip]

Need to reorder ASAP, just opened my last bag of sencha, Sae Midori. All the O-Cha selections were quite good as usual.

This was the first time I ordered the Kabusecha in years, it was the sleeper of the order ... turned out exceptionally well.
Yutaka Midori, awesome ... the particles were not nearly as fine this year. I think it was a more interesting selection than years past.
Aoi. This is simply my go to asamushi. I enjoy it very much every year and this year is incredibly good.
Asatsuya. Interesting, but not as "corny" as I recall. Not sure I will reorder it this time around.

[Chip]

I’m jealous of your order. I have difficulty drinking sencha because I’m overly sensitive to the bitter taste note and it overwhelms the other flavors. I learned about O-Cha from Chip on teachat and they’ve been my favorite source of Karigane and Gyokuro ever since. They’re both less bitter than sencha.

Not sure I ever suggested that you try brewing with cooler temps. I accidently brewed Aoi rather cool and was astounded how sweet it turned out.

140* +/-

[O-Cha.com]

I know it's winter and all but if you want something special, brew the Aoi with ice...

[Janice]

I’m jealous of your order. I have difficulty drinking sencha because I’m overly sensitive to the bitter taste note and it overwhelms the other flavors. I learned about O-Cha from Chip on teachat and they’ve been my favorite source of Karigane and Gyokuro ever since. They’re both less bitter than sencha.

Not sure I ever suggested that you try brewing with cooler temps. I accidently brewed Aoi rather cool and was astounded how sweet it turned out.

140* +/-

I have an unopened bag of O-cha Kabusecha so maybe I’ll try that at a low temperature.

[Chip]

I’m jealous of your order. I have difficulty drinking sencha because I’m overly sensitive to the bitter taste note and it overwhelms the other flavors. I learned about O-Cha from Chip on teachat and they’ve been my favorite source of Karigane and Gyokuro ever since. They’re both less bitter than sencha.

Not sure I ever suggested that you try brewing with cooler temps. I accidently brewed Aoi rather cool and was astounded how sweet it turned out.

140* +/-

I have an unopened bag of O-cha Kabusecha so maybe I’ll try that at a low temperature.

That would be good selection to attempt brewing at lower temps.

I think I was at around 140°.

[Jo]

Another sencha order arrived today from O-Cha, just in time before the Nor'easter hits!

Lots of goodies, AOI at the TeaTable tomorrow morning.
WooHoo.

[tealifehk]

When does shincha hit the market? I never thought I'd say this, but sencha has become the tea I want to consume most often!

[d.manuk]

Can't wait to try your HK stored sencha.
Last year pre-orders for shincha from O-cha started mid-April, and I think it was delivered towards the end of May.

[tealifehk]

Can't wait to try your HK stored sencha.
Last year pre-orders for shincha from O-cha started mid-April, and I think it was delivered towards the end of May.

lol my HK storage for sencha = unopened bags in the fridge. Cool, I don't want to pay the ridiculous prices for Chinese greens so I'll wait for sencha. Cheaper and safer IMO!

[tealifehk]

Can't wait to try your HK stored sencha.
Last year pre-orders for shincha from O-cha started mid-April, and I think it was delivered towards the end of May.

lol my HK storage for sencha = unopened bags in the fridge.

Cool, I don't want to pay the ridiculous prices for Chinese greens so I'll wait for sencha. Cheaper and safer IMO! I may look into getting the Zhejiang government-certified ShiFeng longjing we get down here in sealed containers once it hits the market! There's a lot of pre-order madness for longjing right now. Prices are nuts and you have no idea what quality will be like. No thanks!