I've never been any good with blogging and journaling. I now have an interest in knitting that is currently surpassing my interest in tea. (Although I still love tea, I have learned enough so that my thirst to acquire knowledge, and tea, rapidly is diminishing.)
I'm thinking about starting a separate blog for knitting, but I'm keeping track of most of that on Ravelry. So maybe this is going to become a universal blog, or maybe I'll quit blogging....who knows.
12.11.2008
Fruit-Flavored Tea
Just browsing around the tea-web and came across this from anotherteablog.blogspot.com.
Fruit Flavored Tea
Very entertaining, and true!
Fruit Flavored Tea
Very entertaining, and true!
12.09.2008
H2O
So I've been thinking a lot about water.
I think out of everything I've tried at home, the Brita probably makes the tastiest tea. The bottled water doesn't have enough minerals it seems, and is also expensive, and straight tap water is far too hard and will scale up my tea kettle in a week.
I'm probably fine with the Brita, but it's ugly and I don't like the fact that it's sitting in plastic. I did find this however:
Design Within Reach Water Pitcher
And as semi-impractical as it may be, I kind of really want one. It's $85 to start out, and $25 for the replacement charcoal and stones that you'd need to replace every 6 months, but it only holds 30oz, and should sit for an hour for perfect taste. We'll see.
I think out of everything I've tried at home, the Brita probably makes the tastiest tea. The bottled water doesn't have enough minerals it seems, and is also expensive, and straight tap water is far too hard and will scale up my tea kettle in a week.
I'm probably fine with the Brita, but it's ugly and I don't like the fact that it's sitting in plastic. I did find this however:
Design Within Reach Water Pitcher
And as semi-impractical as it may be, I kind of really want one. It's $85 to start out, and $25 for the replacement charcoal and stones that you'd need to replace every 6 months, but it only holds 30oz, and should sit for an hour for perfect taste. We'll see.
12.08.2008
2001 MenKu "Yuan Yieh Xian"
2001 MenKu "Yuan Yieh Xian" Meng Sa Mountain Iron Cake
from Hou De
I'm apparantly lazy with my tasting notes, so here's some observations and more pictures.
Dry leaf: Dark with silver/gold hairs on the buds
Rinse: Bamboo / Woodsy
Smells: like pu!
Taste: earthy, musky, deep mushroom taste (shitake)
from Hou De
I'm apparantly lazy with my tasting notes, so here's some observations and more pictures.
Dry leaf: Dark with silver/gold hairs on the buds
Rinse: Bamboo / Woodsy
Smells: like pu!
Taste: earthy, musky, deep mushroom taste (shitake)
11.05.2008
2001 Yiwu Zhengshan
2001 Yiwu Zhengshan from Nada
Very smooth. Quite drinkable. Enjoyed it so much I didn't actually analyze it. So here's a picture.
As you can see I got my new cups in from Dragon Tea House. Love them!
Very smooth. Quite drinkable. Enjoyed it so much I didn't actually analyze it. So here's a picture.
As you can see I got my new cups in from Dragon Tea House. Love them!
10.29.2008
2008 Nannuo
2008 Nannu 'Cha Chan Yi Wei' from Nada.
Very long leaves - army green - sinewy.
Dry Scent - apples, caramelized sugar
Brew:
Lid smell - fruit, leaf smell - collard greens
Taste - brothy, green. lacking woodsy, bitter
Brewing correctly? Doesn't taste like a young pu, more just like a green tea.
Trying iced pu with discarded infusions (I can't drink everything by myself.)
Very long leaves - army green - sinewy.
Dry Scent - apples, caramelized sugar
Brew:
Lid smell - fruit, leaf smell - collard greens
Taste - brothy, green. lacking woodsy, bitter
Brewing correctly? Doesn't taste like a young pu, more just like a green tea.
Trying iced pu with discarded infusions (I can't drink everything by myself.)
10.26.2008
1999 Da Du Gang
My first Hou De purchase I'm trying. 1999 Da Du Gang 'Yunnan Yuan Bao' Chi Tse Beeng. (I have no idea what any of that means except 1999 and Beeng.)
notes first...editing later
Dry leaf-dark forest green & brown; smells like leaves, wood, deeper than the last pu I tried
Liquor - pale caramel
Smell - leafy, woody
Taste - sweet, mushroom, floral
Later infusions - deeper taste, golden amber liquor
notes first...editing later
Dry leaf-dark forest green & brown; smells like leaves, wood, deeper than the last pu I tried
Liquor - pale caramel
Smell - leafy, woody
Taste - sweet, mushroom, floral
Later infusions - deeper taste, golden amber liquor
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