I’m looking for a tea with a sweet but strong, long lasting taste. Green and white are out of the question, but after tasting the Yellow Gold and the Da Hong Bao last week, I thought I’ve narrowed down my…
Wednesday 29/04 extra
Category: Savory
Wednesday 29/04 – Taiwanese oolong
Last week we had 3 kinds of Chinese oolongs. This week is 3 kinds of Taiwainese oolong. The difference between Chinese and Taiwanese teas? The region in which they were grown, which includes the soil, the climate, the biodiversity, etc.…
Genmaicha
Green tea mixed with roasted brown rice (genmai). Of the 6-7 types of tea offered at Ippuku, except for sencha and matcha, I had no idea what is what, so I just randomly pointed at genmaicha. Its color: a beautiful…
Wednesday 22/02 – Oolong teas
Today we did three kinds of Chinese oolong, all of which are rinsed and steeped in 205F water. A little bit of background on oolong: they are 20-80% oxidized (as compared to green tea which is not oxidized at all,…
Wednesday 15/02 – Green tea
My second meeting with TeaCal. Today we try 3 kinds of green tea, none of which require washing because they are too sensitive, the steeping time is also much shorter than for white tea. 1. Bi Luo Chun (“green snail…