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conaughtyco drank Uji Kabuse by Ito En

Picked this up at Wegmans in Penfield, NY. Stored properly in a large, airtight metal bin. Labeled as a Wegmans brand yet Ito En’s products match word-for-word every tea on the shelf in the store. Strange.

Listening to Bon Iver, thinking about a girl who probably isn’t thinking about me. It’s ok. It happens. Tea to the rescue.

Mildly grassy but not “liquified grass clippings”. Minimal vegetal tone at first but it disappears. The mouthfeel is light and the lingering but subtle creaminess that rests on the pallet is quiet and calming. It’s like the volume for the taste is set at 4 and the aftertaste slowly turns the dial back down to 1. A relaxed, midday tea, possibly a good choice for those trying green tea for the first time who want a little smoother endnote. Me? I’m just happy to sit here and let this nice and subdued tea do it’s quiet little thing that it does so well.

2012-09-27 19:31:46 -0400

175 °F / 79 °C

1 min 45 sec

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Tea has changed my life. First it was Lipton green tea at work. That evolved into Stash, to Tazo, then to Steve Smith teas. I started wandering down the tea aisle in Wegman’s and started picking things off the shelf. Went to my local Teavana and talked with a very nice girl who answered all my (probably stupid) questions and then picked up Silver Needle and Dragonwell teas. Bought a book called “The Tea Drinker’s Handbook” and started looking at various tea distributor websites. Found Steepster. Life altered.

I bring tea to parties for a nice drink before a beer or two. I drink it with breakfast and in the late hours of the night. It wakes me up and calms me down. It feels like a friend who I want to tell everyone about yet keep them all to myself. I love the history of it, the intimacy of it, the entire world of it.

Favs: Love me some white tea. Blends are okay when sharing with people but when I’m alone or have the late night blues, then Silver Needle it is. Matcha for when I need to calm down while making it and to refocus after I drink it. I like more delicate green teas rather than the potent and grassy ones. Until I find a black tea that blows me out of the water, I’m not really focused on them right now. I’m still learning about oolongs and pu’erh’s.

About me: I have two Masters degrees (Education and creative writing), write short stories, draw a comic strip and have ridden my bicycle across the country alone.