I decided to do a little experiment with this one today. Made by the recommended steeping parameters, it was a refined afternoon cup. I wanted to see if brutal western brewing would turn it into a hearty breakfast cup.
Last time: 194F and 2 1/2 minutes.
This time: 212F and 4 1/2 minutes.
This liquor is still very clean and clear and medium orange red, a tiny bit on the light side of color for a black tea. This is black tea as the Chinese enjoy it.
The test – did it bring out more cocoa, more smoke?
No, it brought out SWEET POTATO! BOOGIE BAM BAM! This is delicious! Seriously, I have Caramella Girls playing in my head from the first sip. Aromatic, steaming, freshly cut open baked sweet potato.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHBUcnIW_Oc
The resteep using these parameters is a bit weak for me, but more refined palates than mine won’t mind it.So this still isn’t what most people would consider a breakfast cup, but it is great tea! Some keemuns are a little rough around the edges for me. This one is incredibly refined.
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“SWEET POTATO! BOOGIE BAM BAM!” ROFL!
Here you go! I added a link to the video so you can LOL even harder! :)
Oh, My!
This little country bumpkin ain’t never seen anything like that before!
LOL! I had to check and make sure the right video had linked. It is a low res one since the originals have been pulled from YouTube. One of my kids likes to listen to K Pop and J Pop, and a bit of RomPop. I think this is actually Swedish with Japanese type animation. Did you know there is a J Pop artist who exists solely as a computer program, both the voice and body, yet tours as a holographic image! There are tons of translations and some truly terrible (to me) videos!
I might have to check out more of them, now that the initial shock has worn away;)
LOL! Well, if you really want to! It is mostly just silly fun, and sometimes my girls and I dance to it as we are exercising!
OMG I just got back here and saw the link.
^ ^ =0 o= !Hmm, that Ascii art didn’t come off quite right…
Let’s just say I am boggled.
:)
“SWEET POTATO! BOOGIE BAM BAM!” ROFL!
Here you go! I added a link to the video so you can LOL even harder! :)
Oh, My!
This little country bumpkin ain’t never seen anything like that before!
LOL! I had to check and make sure the right video had linked. It is a low res one since the originals have been pulled from YouTube. One of my kids likes to listen to K Pop and J Pop, and a bit of RomPop. I think this is actually Swedish with Japanese type animation. Did you know there is a J Pop artist who exists solely as a computer program, both the voice and body, yet tours as a holographic image! There are tons of translations and some truly terrible (to me) videos!
I might have to check out more of them, now that the initial shock has worn away;)
LOL! Well, if you really want to! It is mostly just silly fun, and sometimes my girls and I dance to it as we are exercising!
OMG I just got back here and saw the link.
^ ^ =0 o= !Hmm, that Ascii art didn’t come off quite right…
Let’s just say I am boggled.
:)