Tea Knowledge & Friendship
Cannabis note is interesting. Not having tasted this tea, what would you say for that? Like lemongrass or a skunks rear end type of cannabis taste. Not that I would knowShine Magical wrote: ↑Sun Apr 01, 2018 12:33 pm
The website says:
Sweet Grass / Cannabis / Wild Flower
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I wouldn’t say I tasted cannabis enough to describe it that way. Maybe in the sense that it tasted like some hybrid plant matter that had more unique combinations of flavor.Manttea wrote: ↑Sun Apr 01, 2018 2:08 pmCannabis note is interesting. Not having tasted this tea, what would you say for that? Like lemongrass or a skunks rear end type of cannabis taste. Not that I would knowShine Magical wrote: ↑Sun Apr 01, 2018 12:33 pm
The website says:
Sweet Grass / Cannabis / Wild Flower
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That sounds like a great idea. When it gets warmer here I’ll give it a try. Just finished a super delishious kabusecha sencha from Kagoshima Seicha Co. Birouen. Sadly, this one is not for sale yet. The first time I tried it the vendor cold brewed it, wow super rich and full of umami.debunix wrote: ↑Sun Apr 15, 2018 4:00 pmSparkling sencha this afternoon. Inexpensive Maeda-en sencha, sparkling water, long time to chill& steep: drinking cold keeps the sparkle plus makes even the cheap sencha taste good. It is better with fancier tea, but that's not necessary when you want to gulp it down after some hot work outside.
It's such a lovely way to enjoy tea on a hot day.
And just for curiousity's sake, I went over to TeaChat and found a thread from 2009 and another starting 2015 that mention this combination, but it appears to have taken me until 2016 to get on the bandwagon.
I'd definitely try it with a lesser sencha first.....to get your brewing down pat. I've used a fine gyokuro for this once or twice and WOW! it is terrific, but not for everyday.
... Enjoying a few gifts from ferg; Tsuen Gyokuro Yume no Ukihashi and Tsuen Sencha Aoi vía O-Cha. Wow this Tsuen gyokuro is delicious, not top of the world great but still very nice; fresh, vegetal, smooth, warming, and sweet peas. I upped the steeping parameters from recommendation on package (1.2gr :1oz) 8gr/5oz/140f/2min. Much richer this way. Could go even slightly higher with needles, although it’s perfect right now. The Aoi though I’m still fine tuning, steeping it at 1gr:1oz/165f/1min, it’s a little thin and bitterness came out in second steep. I’ll try adding more leaf and backing off on time for second steep.
Interesting because I got lots of minerality and I think I steeped, as recommended on package, at 190f. I really liked this Korean green you shared with me. Minerality with nutty light roast, sounds perfect. Maybe try steeping at 183f to see if you get the best of bothShine Magical wrote: ↑Fri Apr 20, 2018 9:28 amToday I'm having the last batch of Woojeon (a Korean green) from Tea Dealers. This time, I decided not to brew at 190F for 30 seconds, but instead do 175F for 1 minute. There's a big change in taste, the minerality of the tea is much more apparent whereas the nutty/light roast of the tea is not discernible like it is at 190. I've enjoyed brewing this tea every time... only 4g left!!
I tried it at 185 and it ended up being seaweed/vegetal in a bad way. Ah well. Great tea.Victoria wrote: ↑Fri Apr 20, 2018 12:47 pmInteresting because I got lots of minerality and I think I steeped, as recommended on package, at 190f. I really liked this Korean green you shared with me. Minerality with nutty light roast, sounds perfect. Maybe try steeping at 183f to see if you get the best of bothShine Magical wrote: ↑Fri Apr 20, 2018 9:28 amToday I'm having the last batch of Woojeon (a Korean green) from Tea Dealers. This time, I decided not to brew at 190F for 30 seconds, but instead do 175F for 1 minute. There's a big change in taste, the minerality of the tea is much more apparent whereas the nutty/light roast of the tea is not discernible like it is at 190. I've enjoyed brewing this tea every time... only 4g left!!
