Thread: Tea anyone ??!!

Originally Posted by Slur

I missed your Japanese gear PigHog

Cheers. I'll try being not so lazy...

Originally Posted by JOB15

I have never tried the tea. My girlfriend has some she uses in face masks . She tells me it is bitter and I wouldn't like it.
Maybe because she wants it all for her cosmetics ? haha

I love Matcha cake and get some when ever I can.. there is a place in Covent Garden that sells it..

The low grade that she applies to her face probably would be pretty nasty, I'd imagine. Any decent every-day drinking to ceremonial grade of matcha won't be bitter at all. A good matcha should be sweet and delicate.

What is this fine purveyor of matcha-based dessert?

I have to pick a suit up from Piccadilly Circus tomorrow lunch. I might venture into the Japan centre and grab some mochi goodies!

As you insist, this is just genmaicha accompanying tonight's pasta alla puttanesca, cos multicultural yo!

I got distracted and over stewed it a bit. I've done better...

I was given the list of what to bring for next weeks camping/fishing trip. On that list is tea.

Any recommendations for breakfast or other times around and boiled on the campfire?

Originally Posted by 32t

I was given the list of what to bring for next weeks camping/fishing trip. On that list is tea.

Any recommendations for breakfast or other times around and boiled on the campfire?

A good Oolong of course ....plenty of flavor and no need to bring sugar. can be steeped multiple times as well. best to use bags for camping. and tea cannot be boiled like coffee. add boiling water and steep first time for 5 min off the fire. each steeping afterwards add a minute and do not let the tea just sit forever in the water. If you over steep you will leech out tannin's and end up with bitter tea. once you have brewed your tea and took out the bags, then you can keep the pot by the fire to stay hot.


for breakfast you can use a good English breakfast tea(bags) and add suger and powdered creamer for a camping version of English tea. Works real well. brew about 3-5 minute. do not resteep used bags . Doesn't work like Oolong.

Yes if you want you can add sugar to Oolong and it won't hurt anything but,it's good without .

Originally Posted by PigHog

As you insist, this is just genmaicha accompanying tonight's pasta alla puttanesca, cos multicultural yo!

I got distracted and over stewed it a bit. I've done better...

I was never tempted to try macha before until last week when I saw a video on youtube about Genmaicha.
I am planning to include some Genmaicha from Mei Leaf next time I order tea and I would very much appreciate your opinion about this particular tea

Post a link?

Genmaicha you can't go too far wrong with. It's generally considered a low grade of tea but I guess you can still get good and bad examples.

Personally I'd always recommend buying Japanese tea from a Japanese tea specialist, rather than a general tea shop but wherever you go, it'll be a good base to compare to later on.

Poor quality genmaicha can be quite astringent sometime, especially if brewed too long. No more than 30 seconds should be enough but play around—you know how this works.

Genmaicha can be pretty flexible with temperature but I do find that higher quality tea does prefer 70-80°C (sencha temps) rather than off-the-boil 80-90 type temps or it gets bitter again.

Thank you for the information. Very useful to me.
I was thinking of buying this one. They say it is made with ceremonial grade matcha

Matchairi genmaicha is nice. More mellow than standard.

If you're already making an order then go for it but if you're only buying genmaicha, I would honestly suggest you can get better and cheaper elsewhere.




Although these aren't too dissimilar, note how course the leaves are in Mei Leaf's tea, compared to Yuuki-Cha's. I've seen much lower quality tea around, don't get me wrong, but also note the price difference...

http://www.yuuki-cha.com/organic-gre...-iri-genmaicha

Yuuki-Cha sells 200g packets for 1000JPY / £7, compared to ML's 60g for £10 and 60g won't last you very long.

Considering yuuki-cha are currently out of stock, o-cha.com, Maiko Tea, Hibiki-An, are otherwise all good and reliable sources for Japanese Tea, which I would recommend.

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Originally Posted by PigHog

Cheers. I'll try being not so lazy...



The low grade that she applies to her face probably would be pretty nasty, I'd imagine. Any decent every-day drinking to ceremonial grade of matcha won't be bitter at all. A good matcha should be sweet and delicate.

What is this fine purveyor of matcha-based dessert?

I have to pick a suit up from Piccadilly Circus tomorrow lunch. I might venture into the Japan centre and grab some mochi goodies!

It is not low grade tea. She now says it is sweet but you have to whisk it and drink it fast .. I will get her to make me a cup today .
I really don't like Sencha tea , hopefully its different to that?
The only green tea I like is Jasmine pearls the rest has to be White Tea.

That shop is called Pan De Vie , check out the Sencha cakes if you get a chance, they go really well with a cup of white tea
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/...264165!6m1!1e1