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Sencha Overture from Adagio Teas
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Just sitting here waiting for the pathologist to show up, so I figured I might as well start telling you about my morning travel-cup tea today. Because you know how it is. Start doing something else, and they’ll show up. Quite surprised he isn’t here already, actually.

Anyway, I was feeling lazy this morning but I wanted to bring some tea along. I don’t always, it depends on what I feel like and how (yup, there he was, and now he’s run off again) sleepy I’m feeling. This morning I wondered whether or not to brew up a batch something or other inconsequential, but I couldn’t be bothered and the leaves from last night were right there

I have to say though that third steep wasn’t as successful as the first two. Very little flavour to speak of. So either it can only do two proper good steeps that I can be bothered to drink or it’s just not suited for travelling. I tried drinking some of it with the lid off too, but I didn’t really get much out of it. It wasn’t that it just tasted like warm water, but it wasn’t the same thing as last night either. Thinner maybe. A bit more… generic, sort of.

It’s difficult to explain, but it’s not really something I think I’ll do again. I’d probably try a third steep at home in my proper porcelain teapot and see how that goes, but not for travelling. Definitely not for travelling.

And the pathologist left again… We’ll never get done.

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EvaPeva
EvaPeva 2010-03-02 09:40:22 -0500

I feel that it’s hard to travel with Japanese teas in general. . . unless it’s in RTD form to begin with (ready-to-drink)…..the consistency of most Japanese tea (mainly matcha) is very thick, and the liquid thickens as the temperature goes down. I can understand what happened with your cup today. . . although, i’ve heard of Japanese tea being brewed in Luke Warm water BECAUSE of its buttery consistency which one can love or hate.

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Okay. Ang prefers black teas and the darker sorts of oolongs. She has to be in the mood for green and white and she enjoys, but knows little to nothing about, pu-erh.

Her preferences with black teas are the Chinese ones, particularly from Fujian, but also Keemun and just about anything smoky. She occasionally enjoys Yunnans but they’re not favourites.

She is sceptical about Indian blacks as she generally finds them too astringent and too easy to get wrong. She doesn’t really care for Darjeelings at all.

She likes flavoured teas as well, particularly fruit flavoured ones, but also has an obsession with finding the Perfect Vanilla Flavoured Black.

However, she thinks Earl Grey is generally kind of boring. Cinnamon and ginger are also not really a hit, and she’s not very fond of chais. Evil hibiscus is evil. Even in small amounts, and yes, Ang can usually detect hibiscus, mostly by way of the metallic flavour of blood it has.

Ang is not super impressed with rooibos or honeybush. She doesn’t care for either, really, but when they are flavoured, there have been known to be surprising exceptions to this rule.

Ang has a number of teas that she regards her Standard Panel and will always try to have on hand.
-Lapsang Souchong, any brand really, but preferably AC Perchs.
-Blackberry flavoured black or similar, any brand.
-Late Summer Blend, AC Perchs
-Raspberry Oolong, AC Perchs OR Red Fruits Oolong, Le Palais des Thes
-Caramel, Kusmi OR Toffee, Le Palais des Thes
-Something orange flavoured, black or pu-erh, any brand.
-Tan Yang Te Ji, Teaspring OR Bai Lin Gongfu, Teavivre
-A good Keemun, any brand.
-The Perfect Vanilla Black if and when she ever finds it…

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