Serendipity
Posted: Fri Oct 12, 2018 9:34 am
I'm preparing for a day in an office where I cannot brew my tea through the day, as I do not have any private office space available. So I am filling up two thermoses with tea, and at the same time, enjoying fresh infusions of Fu Ding Bai Hao Yin Zhen from Jing Tea Shop. Using a smallish kettle, I filled each 1L kettle not quite to the top, then heated yet another kettle full of water to boiling and topped them off--but I overfilled each just enough to make closing problematic.
So I poured a tiny bit of freshly infused 2008 Yi Wu bamboo-aged sheng puerh and 2009 Lao Cha Tou Shu (both from Norbu) each into my cup, just a little to let the thermoses seal. And then I poured more still very hot water into the silver needle leaves in the pot, and only then realized: very hot water, still early infusions for the silver needle, and it would need to be a short infusion, but my cup is full of traces of two puerhs. I said what the heck, poured out the silver needle into the cup, and drank the mix: magic! The puerhs give a little depth and a hint of herbaceous bite, the silver needle gives a little floral and fruity, and it is just LOVELY.
Sometimes a little sloppiness can lead to moments of wonder.
So I poured a tiny bit of freshly infused 2008 Yi Wu bamboo-aged sheng puerh and 2009 Lao Cha Tou Shu (both from Norbu) each into my cup, just a little to let the thermoses seal. And then I poured more still very hot water into the silver needle leaves in the pot, and only then realized: very hot water, still early infusions for the silver needle, and it would need to be a short infusion, but my cup is full of traces of two puerhs. I said what the heck, poured out the silver needle into the cup, and drank the mix: magic! The puerhs give a little depth and a hint of herbaceous bite, the silver needle gives a little floral and fruity, and it is just LOVELY.
Sometimes a little sloppiness can lead to moments of wonder.
