Another morning with Gyoku-Hou from O-Cha. So glad that a rummage through the tea chest last weekend (had to find space for a shipment from Yunnan Sourcing and to send a tea care package to my sister for her birthday) showed I have another package of this squirreled away for later in the year....there will be sweet and vegetal sparkling gyokuro when it gets hot enough again.
Meanwhile, it's a chilly morning (by local standards, at least), a big storm is on the way, and hot gyokuro is wonderfully warming.
What Green Are You Drinking
I've been drinking Chinese and USDA certified organic greens: one from Guangxi and one from Yunnan! Both picked a little over a week ago. Really enjoying fresh greens and Darjeeling right now!
In a departure from the usual, today I'm drinking some flavored "Pure Leaf" green tea from bags, a gift. This is 'citrus green', very little green and very much citrus. I'm enjoying this one although I'll be glad to get back to my usual unflavored soon enough.
Celebrating Spring with various very fresh greens:
- Kagoshima Sencha, shaded 2 weeks; lots of umami and very vegetal sweet peas profile. So excellent I could drink it everyday.
- TeaHabitat's 2018 Long Jing, picked 2 weeks ago; floral light and fresh. Gets bitter if over steeped though.
- Tea Dealers (via Shine Magical) Korean Woojeon organic; high effervescent minerality, very lively and fresh green. Tea champagne goodness to celebrate our meeting. Thank you Shine Magical.
Another round of Kagoshima Sencha Co. 2018 Kabuse (2 weeks shaded) Sencha. Oh so rich and full of umami.
Emu shudei pot is a perfect partner.
Emu shudei pot is a perfect partner.
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I live in a high fire hazard zone in my city, and I love annual wildflowers. So I am very careful to remove the drying stalks when the flowers are done, and some of the flowers, especially the Clarkia and Phacelia, seeded the paths where I'd be tossing the stalks and stems as they were pulled up, before gathering them to put in the yard waste bin.
With our month of frequent rain, these out-of-place flowers have been growing like crazy, and some of them were big enough to be damaged when the bins were shifted last night for weekly pickup. So....first annual wildflowers for the tea table this morning, with a session of O-Cha's Gyoku-Hou in a Le Seul yunomi.
With our month of frequent rain, these out-of-place flowers have been growing like crazy, and some of them were big enough to be damaged when the bins were shifted last night for weekly pickup. So....first annual wildflowers for the tea table this morning, with a session of O-Cha's Gyoku-Hou in a Le Seul yunomi.
Having 2016 Crystal White Longjing from Teahabitat. Victoria gave me some of her stash when I visited.
“Crystal” is a good name for this tea because it is crisp and a little dry. Later infusions remind me of lima bean. I am thinking of white quartz as I drink it. The leaves are very pale and have a white tint. They are from a mutated tea strain that grows white leaves which the farmer then started intentionally cultivating, which I find very interesting.
“Crystal” is a good name for this tea because it is crisp and a little dry. Later infusions remind me of lima bean. I am thinking of white quartz as I drink it. The leaves are very pale and have a white tint. They are from a mutated tea strain that grows white leaves which the farmer then started intentionally cultivating, which I find very interesting.
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Your composition is always great debunix. Another set of beautiful pictures.debunix wrote: ↑Thu Mar 29, 2018 11:00 amI live in a high fire hazard zone in my city, and I love annual wildflowers. So I am very careful to remove the drying stalks when the flowers are done, and some of the flowers, especially the Clarkia and Phacelia, seeded the paths where I'd be tossing the stalks and stems as they were pulled up, before gathering them to put in the yard waste bin.
With our month of frequent rain, these out-of-place flowers have been growing like crazy, and some of them were big enough to be damaged when the bins were shifted last night for weekly pickup. So....first annual wildflowers for the tea table this morning, with a session of O-Cha's Gyoku-Hou in a Le Seul yunomi.
Having Sumire Sencha from kettl. I tasted jackfruit in the first sip, and then some dried hay notes. Very fun and so lightly fruity, on the lighter steamed side, different from what I’ve been recently drinking. Reminds me of the beach.
The website says:
Sweet Grass / Cannabis / Wild Flower
A deeply fragranced tea from the famed Kirishima district of Kagoshima. This beautiful sencha boasts a deep jade hue, exotic floral overtone, and rich, silky mouthfeel.
The website says:
Sweet Grass / Cannabis / Wild Flower
A deeply fragranced tea from the famed Kirishima district of Kagoshima. This beautiful sencha boasts a deep jade hue, exotic floral overtone, and rich, silky mouthfeel.
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Sounds nice. I see they also have quite a few gyokuro. Have you tried any of those? Happy Easter.Shine Magical wrote: ↑Sun Apr 01, 2018 12:33 pmHaving Sumire Sencha from kettl. I tasted jackfruit in the first sip, and then some dried hay notes. Very fun and so lightly fruity, on the lighter steamed side, different from what I’ve been recently drinking. Reminds me of the beach.
The website says:
Sweet Grass / Cannabis / Wild Flower
A deeply fragranced tea from the famed Kirishima district of Kagoshima. This beautiful sencha boasts a deep jade hue, exotic floral overtone, and rich, silky mouthfeel.
Happy Easter Victoria!Victoria wrote: ↑Sun Apr 01, 2018 1:03 pmSounds nice. I see they also have quite a few gyokuro. Have you tried any of those? Happy Easter.Shine Magical wrote: ↑Sun Apr 01, 2018 12:33 pmHaving Sumire Sencha from kettl. I tasted jackfruit in the first sip, and then some dried hay notes. Very fun and so lightly fruity, on the lighter steamed side, different from what I’ve been recently drinking. Reminds me of the beach.
The website says:
Sweet Grass / Cannabis / Wild Flower
A deeply fragranced tea from the famed Kirishima district of Kagoshima. This beautiful sencha boasts a deep jade hue, exotic floral overtone, and rich, silky mouthfeel.
I haven't tried their gyokuro. I tried a few of their sencha while visiting the store and they were all pleasant and different. I would say overall kettl has a lighter flavor profile than Ippodo.