Thread: Tea anyone ??!!

Originally Posted by wvloony

Hey steph, yeah ive been in my own little world as of late,,, it tends to be quieter there. That and work its kept me busy

I certainly can relate to that .But Like Mick said...sucks to lose people here. It's a little like losing "Fam" y'know ?

Long jing tea today, a lovely green tea perfect for a nice summers evening. This tea must be steeped at around 160f/70c to bring out it's best qualities and prevent it from going bitter, but when it is treated like this - what a joy!

Originally Posted by Nightblade

I certainly can relate to that .But Like Mick said...sucks to lose people here. It's a little like losing "Fam" y'know ?

I understand, ill try not to be to out there, I do check the thread when it comes up, and say hay to nosewarmer for me when you see him

Originally Posted by wvloony

I understand, ill try not to be to out there, I do check the thread when it comes up, and say hay to nosewarmer for me when you see him

I might have it, but in case I don't, does anyone have his address to send him a letter to check up on him? And would that person mind ever so much just to scrawl a line or two to him expressing our concern?


Mick

Originally Posted by MickR

I might have it, but in case I don't, does anyone have his address to send him a letter to check up on him? And would that person mind ever so much just to scrawl a line or two to him expressing our concern?


Mick

Mick...I may have it, I'll look. But, just in case "HEY NOSEY.....WE MISS YA MAN !!

If I get th chance, ill send him a text sometime soon

Tried this one today. It was very nice if not mild in taste. A couple stone fruit flavors in there.

TOTD 22/07/14

Hi tea people!
A nice sunny day today that reminded me that spring is not TOO far away...

This afternoon's tea was Calendula flowers, elderberry flowers, elderberries, hibiscus flowers, licorice root and Japanese Green Sencha; about equal amounts of each (a pinch or so).

The resulting brew (I did take a photo but it was poor quality) was nicely red in colour and invigorating; the Sencha just nicely adding some of that acidity to the palate, but the hibiscus offsetting that with some fruitiness, and the licorice adding sweetness.

BTW, what is the way I should refer to the 'Japanese Green Sencha'? Am I being 'too precise'? Should I just say Sencha? Or Japanese Sencha, or what? I don't want to look like a TOTAL newb...

Sencha is a green tea by definition. I hear that it's possible to buy sencha grown in Brazil, these days, but it's not really somewhere that I'd generally associate with that type of tea. Predominantly and traditionally it's a Japanese tea, of course.

Call it what people understand, I guess -- one man's redundant information is another man's um...gold?

And here's me just sucking back a tepid tin cup of black, unsweetened Tetley tea bag extra strong after getting caught up with other things, which is why it's tepid...I guess I might be the blue jeans, T-shirt and dirty bandanna amongst you tuxedo's .


Mick