How to Make Cold Brew Matcha - Naoki Ujitawara Special
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by Unknown
2y ago
Matcha! For those of you who are matcha shy because of bitter experiences, let me say that high quality will change your taste. A matcha company I am recommending is Naoki Matcha. I did a comparative review of two of their matchas here. Naoki sent me a ceremonial grade matcha, the Ujitawara Special from their Masters Collection. Instead of preparing the matcha hot which is my typical method, I used a cold brew method following the instructions provided by Naoki Matcha.     How to Make Cold Brew Matcha 1. Sift 1 teaspoon of matcha 2. Pour 1 cup of cold water into a bottle (my adv ..read more
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Naoki Matcha Ceremonial Grade v Limited Edition Chiran
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by Unknown
2y ago
Matcha from left to right: generic matcha; Naoki Fragrant Yame Blend Ceremonial Grade; Naoki Master's Collection Limited Edition Chiran Harvest Not all matcha is created equal and one way to distinguish quality is the color of the matcha powder. I received two matcha from Naoki Matcha for review. Here I contrast them with a matcha I ordered from a bulk nuts and seeds company. I have enjoyed many matcha lattes made from this bulk order company, by the way. Matcha is a Japanese green tea. Leaves destined to become green teas are not oxidized in order to maintain the leaves green color. Matcha ..read more
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Podcasts about Tea
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by Unknown
2y ago
I was not a regular podcast listener until the end of last year. Before then, I would listen to shows via their websites. Two good examples of this are This American Life (TAL) and Gastropod. I still listen to the TAL episodes on the show page instead of subscribing to the podcast. The first show I downloaded to the Podcasts app was Ken Cohen's Talking Tea to listen to the "Chemistry, Climate Change, Bugs & Tea" episode featuring Eric Scott aka "Leafy Eric." I had to re-install to app on my memory-strapped phone, so this endeavor was a big deal but worth it. I am not a climate scientist ..read more
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Cultivars in Taiwanese Black Tea Production
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by Unknown
2y ago
All tea is made from Camellia sinensis and its varieties (var. sinensis, var. assamica). One of the main differences among tea types--white, green, yellow, oolong, black, etc--is processing. White tea is the least processed tea with two steps from plucking to finish. Green tea undergoes the least oxidation thus maintaining the green color of the leaves. Chinese versus Japanese green teas differ in how they are withered; Chinese green teas are pan fried while Japanese green teas are steamed. Oolong runs the gamut of oxidation from minimally oxidized green oolongs to highy oxidized dark oolong ..read more
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Tea Shops in Greenwich Village, NYC
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by Unknown
2y ago
Thinking about the tea scene in New York reminds me of Frank Sinatra’s “New York, New York” song. Every type of tea is represented in NYC. Every type of tea has made it here. The NYC tea scene has something for every type of tea drinker. This walking tour of tea shops in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of Manhattan highlights the diversity within the major categories of tea and the breadth of tea cultures. Image: Tea and Sympathy c/o Oh, How Civilized Tea & Sympathy 108 Greenwich Avenue website: teaandsympathy.com Our walk starts with British tea culture at Tea & Sympa ..read more
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Camellia Sinensis Flower
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by Unknown
2y ago
Image: Camellia sinensis flower by Reji Jacob I am not a trained botanist but I am very interested in botany. I spend a lot of time looking at the flowers of trees. As a tea drinker based in the northeastern U.S., and one who hasn't traveled to see tea gardens or farms, I have not seen the Camellia sinensis flower IRL. Thankfully, I can access images of the flower on the internet. Image: Various types of tea leaves by Damitr Camellia sinensis is an evergreen plant. The plant is categorized as a shrub or small tree, though it's listed as a shrub in the Kew database. All tru ..read more
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Shincha Tea, Japan's First Flush Tea
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by Unknown
2y ago
Teas classified as "first flush" are those made from the buds and leaves plucked at the beginning of spring. The stress of winter weather contributes to high concentrations of flavor compounds in the new spring shoots. The most well-known first flush tea is Darjeeling First Flush, typically harvested between mid and late March. Other first flush or first harvest teas include Pre-Qing Ming Dragonwell and Silver Needle from China and the spring harvests of gaoshan teas in Taiwan. What is shincha? Shincha aka ichibancha is the first flush tea made from Sencha cultivars. Sencha is the most com ..read more
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The Scoop on Black Tea
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by Unknown
2y ago
While all black teas are made from the fully oxidized leaves of the Camellia sinensis plant, all black teas are not the same. There are many types of black tea. They look and taste different. If you read my Q&A with The Daily Tea you'd know that the first tea of my day is a black tea so I spend a lot of time thinking about this type of tea. Here I share my notes on black tea with you. How is black tea made? To make black tea, the tea leaves must be completely oxidized. The typical process includes the following steps: plucking, withering, rolling, oxidation, drying, and sorting. Rollin ..read more
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Zero Waste Lifestyle with Tea
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by Unknown
2y ago
Pickers on an organic tea plantation in Sri Lanka, photo by Dennis Keller This post was sparked by a few events. One, April is Earth Month so I've been thinking more about reducing my impact on the environment and nature. Two, I attended a film screening with a moderated panel that included Lauren Singer of Trash is for Tossers fame. Me and my family don't live a zero waste lifestyle but as Lauren encourages, zero waste living "doesn't happen overnight". I am inspired by her to start with one action and in my case, given the amount of tea I drink, it makes sense to reduce the footpri ..read more
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Gong Fu Tea
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by Anonymous
2y ago
Simplify your approach to the gong fu tea ceremony. Go with my streamlined flow and you'll be serving gong fu cha in under 10 steps. The Meaning of Gong Fu If gong fu sounds like kung fu that's because the terms are one and the same. Kung fu is the Wade Giles spelling and gong fu is the Pinyin spelling of a Chinese martial art. Gong fu/kung fu means to exhibit mastery through hard work. What does gong fu mean in the context of tea? Delmas and Minet say it is “infusing tea systematically and diligently.” The First Gong Fu Tea Ceremony The gong fu tea ceremony emerged in the Qing Dynasty ..read more
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