Today is warm, and I sit outside drinking tea from the fantastic Tea Gallery. It is very nice to finally have some natural light for photographing. I don’t have much to say about this tea that Brent hasn’t already written.
I am using more leaf than him (half a stick in a tiny 60cc gaiwan), so the mineral-y-ness is very intense. This subsides after 4 or 5 intense steepings.
If candy bars tasted this good, I would be a very fat man. Luckily, I have this tea instead.
For some reason this photo reminds me of the work of Alex. May he soon capture some light of his own and return to the fray.
I have conducted a few experiments today that may warrant a separate post at a later date. Tasting the same steeping from both celadon and porcelain have produced slightly unwelcome results. Celadon has rounded out (or perhaps just stolen from) the tea several characteristics like the intense mineral profile mentioned above.
This is especially apparent in the new cups in my last post, but also in a celadon faircup. Perhaps the cups need to season a bit? Am using porcelain and glass for the rest of the day.
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Toodlepip,
Hobbes
Thanks! Nice to see you around these parts.
I just ordered the last one of those celadon cups. Thanks for the heads up–I will have to do some taste experiments, and if nothing else at least it should make for pretty pictures.
Hi Lewis, please tell me your results.
I had Ed K perform the experiment without telling him my results. He described a similar phenomenon, but found the rounding to be pleasant and desirable.
That looks intimidating to try, but Im sure the tea is very tasty. Ill take your word for it.