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[Richard Kilgore]

I am going to make two jugs of iced tea for the weekend later today, but I have been drinking an Anxi Oolong - a Shui Xian from Hou de, gong fu style. More on that in the Oolong topic.

What's in your teacup (or glass) today?

[Jossa]

Wow and I thought we were a nation of tea drinkers!!

I'm a Tetley girl myself, sometimes like a raspberry and echinacea or ginger tea but mostly for medicinal purposes!! Tetley wins out for me every time.

[Richard Kilgore]

Up late watching the Tour de France and drinking a white peony from The Cultured Cup - a Grand Pai Mu Tan that I have had around much too long. Enjoying it gong fu style, sweeter as the infusions progress.

So what tea are you drinking in your part of the world?

[Naftal]

Hello-I recently had a really amazingly wonderful Lapsang Souchong from Zhi Tea. I really cannot say enough about this tea. It has all the smokey elements one would expect, plus other undertones (fruit?) as well.Check out their site-Zhi Tea. Lastly,is anyone else familiar with this company?

[Richard Kilgore]

Started out today with an Assam Napuk from The Cultured Cup. A pleasant, smooth cup with a hint of astringency.

Now continuing to gongfu brew a 1999 CNNP "Old Tree" Ripe Pu-erh brick sample I started brewing yesterday and kept in the fridge over night. I ordered this small sample from Scott at Yunnan Sourcing in my last order, and have liked this aged ripe pu well enough that a 250 gram brick is on my current order.

So what are you all brewing today in your part of the world?

[Richard Kilgore]

Yesterday evening I experimented with an organic Sencha I received recently from Yuuki-cha.com in Japan. More on this later in the Japanese Green Tea topic as I learn how to brew it.

This morning I am enjoying again the MF Assam Napuk from The Cultured Cup.


So what teas are you all drinking today?

[Richard Kilgore]

Drinking tea today? What's in your cup?

Yesterday it was the Nilgiri Glendale Estate, Handmade from Tea Source that will be the focus of a Tea Tasting Discussion in the forum soon.

Today, I'm starting out with a 1999 Shu Pu-erh "Old Tree" Ripe brick from Yunnan Sourcing on eBay. I like this sample a lot and am waiting for a brick to arrive from China anytime in the next couple of weeks. More on this in the Pu-erh topic once I have played with it a little more.

[jpr54_]

I just received from www.shanshuiteas.com this tea-i will brew a cup later this evening

baozhong spring 2009
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[Richard Kilgore]

Today I have been drinking a shu pu-ehr, a 2008 Nian Jian Tulin 803. An inexpensive, inoffensive everyday pu that has improved since I got it.

[Richard Kilgore]

Yesterday, it was the organic Sencha from Yuuki-cha.com and the Kukicha Fukamushi from The Cultured Cup that we're discussing in a Tea Tasting Discussion here in the forums. I'm having inconistent results with this unusual, but interesting, Sencha and will sum that up in a few days in the Green Tea topic.

Late last night prepared a pot of the Hojicha from the ongoing Tasting Discussion and tried it iced as well as hot. Like it both ways.

Today I am enjoying a TGY, Spring 2009 Harvest from Norbutea.com that I got yesterday. Wow! Intensely floral aroma and honey liquor. I'll post more in the Oolong topic after a couple of sessions with it.


So, what teas are you all drinking in your part of the world?

[Richard Kilgore]

Yesterday, it was the organic Sencha from Yuuki-cha.com and the Kukicha Fukamushi from The Cultured Cup that we're discussing in a Tea Tasting Discussion here in the forums. I'm having inconistent results with this unusual, but interesting, Sencha and will sum that up in a few days in the Green Tea topic.

Late last night prepared a pot of the Hojicha from the ongoing Tasting Discussion and tried it iced as well as hot. Like it both ways.

Today I am enjoying a TGY, Spring 2009 Harvest from Norbutea.com that I got yesterday. Wow! Intensely floral aroma and honey liquor. I'll post more in the Oolong topic after a couple of sessions with it.


So, what teas are you all drinking in your part of the world?

I have had six infusions of this tgy, each one a little different, but it still has aroma and an intoxicating floral-honey taste, and there is more left in the leaves. And the after-taste lingers for hours, overcoming even toothpaste and a pretty awful cup of decafe in a store today. More later in the Oolong topic.

[cdh]

A friend recently brought back some ginseng oolong and green oolong from China for me, and I'm playing with them right now. They're both very nice, but labelled entirely in chinese, so I can't determine what they are with any more detail.

[Wholemeal Crank]

Today, Pouchong from Ten Ren teas, a not-too-fancy grade (from the website, it looks like it is a '3rd grade').

Trying to think of how to describe it. I've been loving this tea for some weeks now, drinking a lot of it when I'm not drinking pu-erh. It's like a green tea that has been tamed a bit, without the bitterness that so often lurks in wait behind the sweet front of a green tea.

Edited by Wholemeal Crank, 24 July 2009 - 08:10 PM.

[Richard Kilgore]

This morning it's a Da Hong Pao from jingteashop.com. I love higher quality DHP and got this one last year as a candidate for a less expensive everyday version. I brewed it western style today and it's pretty good and improving with each sip, but I'll have to give it a try gong fu style soon.

So, what in your tea cup today?

[Yajna Patni]

I am about to brew up a pot of either Russian caravan or lapsang souchong, before i go out and brave the heat in a 10 mile run. And yes. If i had got up when the alarm went off at 6, it would all be over by now, and it would not have been so hot.

[Richard Kilgore]

It's unusual for me to drink a Dan Cong and a Da Hong Pao on the same day, but I am experimenting with a new Yixing teapot to see what type of tea works best with it. The Dan Cong was okay, but the Wuyi Seasonal Da Hong Pao from jingteashop.com is working better. (This is the 2008; I have not tried the 2009 yet.) This DHP is inexpensive, but not the flat shadow of a DHP that comes with some lower-priced DHPs. More on this later in the Oolong topic and the Yixing topic.

So what are you all drinking today?

[Richard Kilgore]

This morning I am enjoying the Assam Panitola Estate, Whole Leaf from TeaSource.com that baroness mentioned in the recent Tea Tasting Discussion on another Assam from Tea Source.

So, what teas are you all drinking in your part of the world?

[Richard Kilgore]

This evening it's an Aged Late 1990's Tie Guan Yin Oolong from Norbutea.com, brewed gong fu style. I have brewed it before in a gaiwan, but I think it's noticeably better in this Yixing I am trying out on several teas in order to decide what to dedicate it to. Could be I am just brewing it a little better with experience. At any rate, a very nice tea. I'll post more on this tea in the Oolong topic after getting to know it a little better.

[Beebs]

With the heatwave here in Vancouver, it's iced tea for me. Tonight I will be making iced lapsang souchong, with lemon & a bit of sugar. Sounds bizarre, but it's astonishingly tasty!

[Richard Kilgore]

With the heatwave here in Vancouver, it's iced tea for me.  Tonight I will be making iced lapsang souchong, with lemon & a bit of sugar.  Sounds bizarre, but it's astonishingly tasty!

Thanks for the tip, Beebs. I have two iced teas in the frig, but I'll try your iced LS today.

Started the day with a Makaibari 2nd flush Darjeeling. Like it.

So what teas are you all drinking in your part of the world today?

[Richard Kilgore]

I am doing a session with the 2009 Norbu Lao Mansa Sheng Pu-erh from Norbutea.com. Wow! I don't really care to drink most young sheng, except to try to get some sense of what it may be like when it has aged. But this is delicious. More on this later in the Pu-erh topic.


So what's in your tea cup, or glass, or yunomi today?

[Yajna Patni]

Lapsang Souchong with milk. Strong and hot. Probably wrong for the hot steamy weather we are having here, but it works for me!

[Richard Kilgore]

With the heatwave here in Vancouver, it's iced tea for me.  Tonight I will be making iced lapsang souchong, with lemon & a bit of sugar.  Sounds bizarre, but it's astonishingly tasty!

Lapsang Souchong with milk. Strong and hot. Probably wrong for the hot steamy weather we are having here, but it works for me!

Lots of Lapsang Souchong going on today! But I did not get around to it.

Instead I ended up spending time again with the Organic Sencha from Kuuki-cha I mentioned up-topic. More in the Japanesee Green Tea topic.

[Yajna Patni]

More Lapsang for me. Not a really good one. I got it in a local tea store, and it is very mild/tasteless. My guess is it had sat there for years and gone stale. Very frustrating as it was a splurge for me.
It still hits the spot in the morning though.
I am interested in the idea of it iced.... I have a hard time with iced tea. Iced lapsang is an interesting concept.

[Richard Kilgore]

I am on the LS band wagon today, with a Zheng Shan Xiao Zhong from jingteashop.com. This is an elegant Lapsang Souchong, and I'll post more on it later in the Black/Red Tea topic after I have gotten to know it a little better.

So, what's in your tea cup/glass/thermos/mug today?

[Richard Kilgore]

Today so far it's the Assam Sree Sibari Estate from Tea Source that was featured in a recent Tea Tasting Discussion. What a wonderful Assam it is!


So, what teas are you drinking in your part of the world?

[Richard Kilgore]

Today so far it's the Assam Sree Sibari Estate from Tea Source that was featured in a recent Tea Tasting Discussion. What a wonderful Assam it is!


So, what teas are you drinking in your part of the world?

I have opened a bag of early harvest 2009 Huang Jin Gui oolong - Anxi county, Fujian Province from Norbutea.com. Very much similar to TGY, and also known as Royal Golden Turtle and Golden Osmanthus. I am two infusions into it gong fu style and like it. I'll post more in the Oolong topic after I have brewed it a few times.

[Richard Kilgore]

Late night and it's the Houjicha Select from The Cultured Cup featured in a recent Tea Tasting Discussion. It's very low caffeine, easy to brew and tasty - this is competing with my tisanes for evenings.

[Richard Kilgore]

Today so far it's an Anxi Ba Xian (2008) from jingteashop.com, brewed gongfu style in a gaiwan. A good, tasty everyday tea that I got last year, but it's no longer on their site.


So what teas are you drinking today?

[Richard Kilgore]

First today it was Mariage Freres Nil Rouge, a robois based tisane from The Cultured Cup.

Then I dipped into a very good young Pu-erh sample from Yunnan Sourcing: a 2008 Hai Lang Hao, Lao Ban Zhang & Man'E cake. This cake has a future.