Thread: Tea anyone ??!!

Well well...it's that time of the month!

This is the latest order from Yuuki-Cha, which arrived today:



From left to right we have the 'traditional' Sayamamidori asamushi sencha from Kagoshima Prefecture—I'm looking forward to trying this but I still have the end of my last packet of sencha to finish first; next is the Houjicha, again from Kagoshima—this I was going to take to work, so I opened it to see what it was like...it will actually be staying at home, now, as you need more leaf than I expected (about 6g for a 6oz cup is recommended) and my infuser is going to be too small and badly shaped! Pics of this are below.

Carrying on...we have a packet of regular genmaicha made with sencha from Kyoto (also recommended to make with 10g of leaf, so this will also be staying at home!); finally we have the 'Kushime' fukamushi Tokoname kyusu, also shown below:





Now, while a fukamushi kyusu is designed specifically for brewing deep-steamed sencha, I actually bought it for my roasted teas (or at least teas with a more 'roasted' flavour. I'm really pleased with it and the size (about 280ml—enough for a couple of cups) is perfect.

So I figured I'd give it a test run and I opened the houjicha because, until I realised it wasn't really suitable for brewing without a teapot, I was going to take it to work tomorrow. Here are the photos:









I'm very pleased with this tea! It has a wonderful, deep, toasty flavour but it's not overpowering or smoky like a Chinese souchong. It also looks great in the pot!

I think it's going to totally change the way I drink Japanese tea. Up until now I've spent a fair amount on sencha, which I've drunk on a fairly regular basis—the packet above was about $15 but usually, take the Magokoro sencha that I bought last time, for example, I pay about $20 for 100g.

The houjicha, however, was $10 and is very very nice in its own right. Similarly, the genmaicha is $12 for 200g. I think from now on, I'll be buying more houji/genmai cha and drinking them more on a daily basis, while buying good quality sencha but keeping it as a nicer tea. I'm definitly looking forward to this year's shincha season, now, and I'm hoping to pick up a few packs of something really nice, and also, once I buy myself a shiboridashi, I'm very tempted to try a packet of gyokuro, as well.

Anyway, that's me for the night!

Enjoy!

Is nothing sacred anymore.........seriously now!Too Much Tea Causes Unusual Bone Disease

The good news is it's reverseable at least...........

Originally Posted by Nightblade

Is nothing sacred anymore.........seriously now!Too Much Tea Causes Unusual Bone Disease

"she drank a pitcher of tea made from at least 100 tea bags daily". Yeah, well then. I think this is more of a rarity than the norm. I mean, I like my tea strong, but 100 bags per pitcher seems like a bit too much. I think this boils down to moderation. Can one infuse that much tea into one pitcher of water? I mean, how would one do that? Ten bags at a time? Then add water to replace what was soaked up and repeat, like, nine more times??

Personally, I think they oughta check what's between this gal's ears as opposed to how thick her other bones are.

hey most of the old timers on this thread know i like strong tea, but that is above even my tastes..

Yeah...I know I overreacted on this,but...geeze...wish the media would just take a flyin leap off the pier.Leave my %$#%Tea alone !!

Havin some of the Alokozay black tea that Phil sent. Pretty good tea. I would make it comparable to the British tea I drink normally. Good stuff. Thank you Phil and Chad also for bringin it to my attention. Hope I don't get flouridis or whatever that stuff is called ha ha. Hey...least I know my teef won't fall out readily ! And I really do enjoy my tea in glass.I like to look at the color which adds to the experience. I do feel it somehow tastes better also but that I'm sure is just psychological.

YUNNAN MENGKU PU ERH

Well steph, just let me know when you want a box and well work something out

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