Green Tea Order
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.
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
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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.
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.
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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.Janice wrote: ↑Tue Oct 24, 2017 5:08 pmI’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.
140* +/-
I have an unopened bag of O-cha Kabusecha so maybe I’ll try that at a low temperature.Chip wrote: ↑Mon Dec 25, 2017 7:00 pmNot 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.Janice wrote: ↑Tue Oct 24, 2017 5:08 pmI’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.
140* +/-
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That would be good selection to attempt brewing at lower temps.Janice wrote: ↑Wed Dec 27, 2017 6:41 pmI have an unopened bag of O-cha Kabusecha so maybe I’ll try that at a low temperature.Chip wrote: ↑Mon Dec 25, 2017 7:00 pmNot 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.Janice wrote: ↑Tue Oct 24, 2017 5:08 pmI’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.
140* +/-
I think I was at around 140°.
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!
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!Shine Magical wrote: ↑Wed Mar 07, 2018 8:36 amCan'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 wrote: ↑Wed Mar 07, 2018 9:28 amlol my HK storage for sencha = unopened bags in the fridge.Shine Magical wrote: ↑Wed Mar 07, 2018 8:36 amCan'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.
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!