My first genmaicha, from Upton. Love it!
GOTD- Green of the Day
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SpecialTeas is dead. Long live Upton!
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I had some Lu Shan Saturday night at the Steeping Room in Austin. It was decent.
IM back! i fianly got a new scale and celibrated it with some snow dragon 09 from steve. i even got grandma to have a few cups.
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Houji-kukicha from Den's. Dirt cheap and pretty nice for what it is.
The Steeping Room is right up the street from my house. What they have there is not the best of the best but it's all fairly good quality. They really come in handy when I,m running low on teas.
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That was pretty much my take as well. It was, however, pretty awesome to be able to run into a shop and leave with a decent to-go cup of tea.
Harney and Sons Hu Shan Yellow Buds
Another nice tea from Harney and Sons. The leaf sets are nice and complete and have a bit of fuziness on them. The color (very light yellow), flavor (mild w/ some slight sweetness), and aroma (light earthy mildly sweet smell) of this tea are very similar to a white tea, but the tea does have some vegetal notes characteristic of green tea. Along with the chatacteristics mentioned, this tea has some other unique flavors present that I'm still trying to figure out.
Another nice tea from Harney and Sons. The leaf sets are nice and complete and have a bit of fuziness on them. The color (very light yellow), flavor (mild w/ some slight sweetness), and aroma (light earthy mildly sweet smell) of this tea are very similar to a white tea, but the tea does have some vegetal notes characteristic of green tea. Along with the chatacteristics mentioned, this tea has some other unique flavors present that I'm still trying to figure out.
Harney and Sons Hu Shan Yellow Buds
Another nice tea from Harney and Sons. The leaf sets are nice and complete and have a bit of fuziness on them. The color (very light yellow), flavor (mild w/ some slight sweetness), and aroma (light earthy mildly sweet smell) of this tea are very similar to a white tea, but the tea does have some vegetal notes characteristic of green tea. Along with the chatacteristics mentioned, this tea has some other unique flavors present that I'm still trying to figure out.
i also had some hu shan but not by H&S its good good stuff i need better water though. i am getting the miniral taste coming through.
I battle with that as well...we have hard water here. Our fridge has a PUR 2 stage filter in it which helps tremendously with the water quality. It does not remove all the minerals though as evident by the white stuff left behind in my kettle, but I've found that by using the filtered water and regulary cleaning my pot with vinegar and water greatly diminishs the mineral taste.
Shizuoka Tea Genmaicha....everything you want in a good genmaicha...toastiness...vegitaliness...smooth and refreshing...what else can you ask for!
Went very well with tonights shashimi and seaweed salad dinner!
Went very well with tonights shashimi and seaweed salad dinner!
Enjoying some nice Hibiki-an house Matcha this morning.
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Some stale old Jasmine Pearls. I'm now bored but caffeinated.
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The last of this tea went down the hatch today.
Fuji sencha. 3.2 g into dayi gaiwan 70C water
first infusion (1m) verry light flavor no astringancy slightly grassy and a hint of almonds.
second infusion (30s) grassyness and a hint of astringancy have poked there way to to top the almonds gone this time around
third infusion (2m) 80c hint of astringancy on the sides of the tounge and slight grassy notes but mostly nutty verry enjoyable.
first infusion (1m) verry light flavor no astringancy slightly grassy and a hint of almonds.
second infusion (30s) grassyness and a hint of astringancy have poked there way to to top the almonds gone this time around
third infusion (2m) 80c hint of astringancy on the sides of the tounge and slight grassy notes but mostly nutty verry enjoyable.
Snow Dragon - Supreme Yunnan Pure Bud from Jas-eTea...nice stuff...
Yuuki-cha organic genmaicha is hitting the spot this morning.
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Houji-kukicha from Den's
Teavana Jasmine Dragon Phoenix Pearls. It's a wonderful way for a dad and his 17-yr old daughter to spend quality time on a Saturday morning. 
