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3g / 180ml Kobiwako kyusu.
Single infusion.
2m @ 100C

On the light side, next time ill do 2:30 or perhaps a short wash first.
Taste is the usual superb minty flavour.

4g / 200ml glaspot.
Single infusion. 4m @ 75C

Ah have to start checking my notes here on steepster. Should do 80C for 5m. Haha maybe next time. Been doing a darjeeling sunday, and this white tea is very special. The flacour is so incredibly mild and pure while still having a complex set of flavours. The texture and body is fairly thick for such a light cup. The color is very very pale yelllowish white. Vegetables and fresh nutty citrus maybe? hard to describe but fabulous! Will restock come spring since im almost out!

3.5g / 200ml glaspot. water from Kunzan tetsubin
single infusion.
2:30m @ 75C

Superb as always. Shockfull of exotic fruits with a bit of citrus. Feels clean and fresh. Among the best greens ivé tried. Arya hit spot on. Will be getting me some of the SF -13.

3g / 200ml glaspot
Single infusion 5m @ 100C

Glaspot worked well, produced a typical darjeeling. The kind of flavour one would expect at english teatime :) Just missing som nice fresh baked scones with salty butter and marmelade :)
Well balanced astringancy, fruit and herbs. I do think it had a bit more body in the ceramic pot. Taste is slightly lighter than i can recall.

Maybe i should learn how to bake scones.. or find a girlfriend ;)

5g / 90ml celadon gaiwan.
wash/15s/20s/30s/40s/3m/7m

Hm didn´t like this very much. Kinda bland. The texture was of. hm kinda hard to describe but the balance of the flavours wasn´t good. The rest will go straight in the bin. so guess this was a sipdown.

6g / 400ml ceramic pot, water from Kunzan tetsubin.
One infusion: 4m @ 90C

Ah this is my favorite breakfast tea. It manages a powerful cup of ripe fruit with the perfect balance of astringancy. Slightly sweet aftertaste. Jummy!

3tsp / 1cup water / 1 cup lowfat milk

My mother is visiting this weekend so i thought id treat her to some chai. My parents went to india in the late 70:s and my mother has lots of good memories from there. One of thoose is chai tea.

I used 3 tsp this time for a bit more “spice”. Unfortunatly i only had low fat milk 0,5% at home. Next time ill use 3% or more. The result is more creamy..
However the flavour was good and my mother very happy. :)

5g / 180ml Kobiwako kyusu
Three consecutive nfusions
1:10m/1:40m/2m @ 100C

This time i treied slightly longer infusions.
First two cups was powerful, the third was a bit weaker. I think ill try 1/1:30/2 next time or ill have to increase amount of leaf for 3 infusions.
Taste is the usual japanese black. Little astringancy full of cinnamon, mint and some spicy notes. Sweet.

5g / 200ml glaspot, water from Kunzan tetsubin
1m@ 90C
2m@ 95C

Tried this most exellent light oolong westernstyle. I found that it does infuse very quickly. the 1m infusion was a bit to long as i got some slight astringency. This tea was a whole lot better gong fu style. Will try one more time with shorter infusions.

8p / 220ml zhuni yixing
1:10m/1:40m/2:20m @ 100C

After a tough week with a cold and loads of work today on a saturday :/ i felt i needed a treat. So i brought out my favorite black.
Superb as always. Full of sweet honey and maltiness with a bit of chocolate and a wee hint of citrus. First infusion was pure magic! i did the three infusions in rapid succession. first in a cup the other two in a pitcher. Don´t want to let the leaves cool between infusions.

jummy!