Good evening!
It has been a busy week. One more week before half term
Just finished a cup of Uji Sencha Miyabi directly from
Japan. Nice cuppa.
I have also reconsidered my opinion on Kagoshima Sencha Sae Midori from the same source.
I have decided to bypass their brewing advice and steeped Sencha my way (the way I steep Sencha Uji from NBTea). The result was much better. The
grassy flavour was considerably reduced and I liked both of Sencha. Any better/similar/worse than NBTea's Sencha Uji? Cannot answer on this question yet. I was planning to try one of grassy and Uji today but ...didn't get a chance. Next weekend.
All work days I jogged 1mile every evening. Each time I enjoyed a cup of Pi Lo Chun "Green Snail Spring", Chinese green tea. For some reason, after jogging I wanted a cup of Chinese green tea as the first cup and no other tea. No explanation. My stomach refused to submit a full report.
Yesterday, I opened a tin of
Keemun. I loved it. Predictable, isn't it?
Was is better/worse/the same as The East India Company's Keemun Downy Bud grade A? Tough question. I am afraid I cannot answer because I don't have the latter any more
and my memory doesn't serve me anymore so, I cannot compare them side by side. I am sure it is the second Keemun that I really like. The first one was The East India Company's.
Over the half term I am going to London to visit
The Chinese Tea Company London. Juyan will do a tea tasting only for two of us, because we can't come on Friday (the tea tasting ceremony usual day).
We can try any 4 tea. We have chosen Raw Pu-erh, Ripened Pu-Erh (she has such a good but unfortunately very expensive range! We want to try something good, only to know what we miss
) Then
Keemun and finish with
Lapsang Souchong. Both are too expensive for me to buy but I am very curious about their flavour. Again it would be interesting to compare with what I have tried so far.
Re:
beppe's post about Assam and Ceylon.
Stitchawl
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Go for the Keemun in the morning. Assam is more of an afternoon tea
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The opposite for me. The first cuppa in the morning must be either good quality Assam or Blend (Assam and Ceylon). A desire to drink a cup of Keemun comes later.