Submitted for your consideration, a style of tea called Yueguangbai (Moonlight White). Every infusion, up to nine (so far), has tasted distinctly different, but each has had a very thick mouth feel. Also, the tea soup is quite clear, in spite of the presence of copious tea hairs. This is on the 'Do recommend' list, in the Shuriken Zone...
Witness a 200g cake of shou (cooked) pu'er, pressed in an interesting and convenient waffle pattern, as well as the exceptional clarity of the resulting tea liquid. Happy September, from the Shuriken Zone...
Submitted for your perusal, this Yunnan red tea (what we refer to as black tea, in the west), called Heilóng Zhū (Dark Dragon Pearl). These three pearls constitute a generous serving of 8.4g, and the resulting tea soup has a very unique and smooth flavor, perfect for a tranquil Sunday, in the Shuriken Zone.
When brewing tea gongfu style, one can extract five, ten, fifteen, or even 20 infusions from the same serving of leaves. The ideal infusion time and water temperature can vary, depending on how many previous infusions the leaves have had, so keeping track of the infusions is a good idea. As it turns out, a D20... dice with 20 sides, commonly used in the playing of Dungeons and Dragons... is the perfect tool for recording how many infusions you've done. I selected one that's a bit larger than the standard, and solid metal, to make it easy to manipulate and read, and more difficult to accidentally turn over. It's seen here, with a white tea (shou mei) from this Spring. Just a hack that has proven quite useful, in the Shuriken Zone.
Submitted for your consideration, an enigma- A tea ball that isn't exactly a white tea, and isn't quite a sheng pu'er, but, whatever its classification, is really something. From it, I drew 14 robust infusions and no regrets. Look for this one under T (for Tasty Tea), in the Shuriken Zone.
Got a big cake of white tea in, today; 350 grams of young shou mei from this spring. I split the cake with an uchibari, and brewed some, straight away. It was surprisingly tasty, but not as tasty as it should be, in five or ten years. This is one of the ways we train patience, in the Shuriken Zone.
Yin Zhen... "Silver Needle"... A white tea, comprised solely of the bud and its covering leaf, from the end of each shoot. The needle shaped leaves are covered in downy white 'tea hairs', which can be seen suspended in the tea soup. Silver Needle- A special treat, in the Shuriken Zone
Submitted for your consideration, a Chinese gongfu teapot with heavy Japanese influences in its styling, and a beautiful but mysterious sheng pu'er maocha (so called because the leaves have not been compressed into a cake).
The Shuriken Zone
The Shuriken Zone
Submitted for your consideration, a style of tea called Yueguangbai (Moonlight White). Every infusion, up to nine (so far), has tasted distinctly different, but each has had a very thick mouth feel. Also, the tea soup is quite clear, in spite of the presence of copious tea hairs. This is on the 'Do recommend' list, in the Shuriken Zone...
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The Shuriken Zone
Witness a 200g cake of shou (cooked) pu'er, pressed in an interesting and convenient waffle pattern, as well as the exceptional clarity of the resulting tea liquid. Happy September, from the Shuriken Zone...
4 days ago | [YT] | 14
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The Shuriken Zone
Submitted for your perusal, this Yunnan red tea (what we refer to as black tea, in the west), called Heilóng Zhū (Dark Dragon Pearl). These three pearls constitute a generous serving of 8.4g, and the resulting tea soup has a very unique and smooth flavor, perfect for a tranquil Sunday, in the Shuriken Zone.
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The Shuriken Zone
When brewing tea gongfu style, one can extract five, ten, fifteen, or even 20 infusions from the same serving of leaves. The ideal infusion time and water temperature can vary, depending on how many previous infusions the leaves have had, so keeping track of the infusions is a good idea. As it turns out, a D20... dice with 20 sides, commonly used in the playing of Dungeons and Dragons... is the perfect tool for recording how many infusions you've done. I selected one that's a bit larger than the standard, and solid metal, to make it easy to manipulate and read, and more difficult to accidentally turn over. It's seen here, with a white tea (shou mei) from this Spring. Just a hack that has proven quite useful, in the Shuriken Zone.
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The Shuriken Zone
Submitted without comment, this photograph (and the detail thereof) was taken in late November of 2013, on a lonely street, in the Shuriken Zone...
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The Shuriken Zone
Submitted for your consideration, an enigma- A tea ball that isn't exactly a white tea, and isn't quite a sheng pu'er, but, whatever its classification, is really something. From it, I drew 14 robust infusions and no regrets. Look for this one under T (for Tasty Tea), in the Shuriken Zone.
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The Shuriken Zone
Happy International Feline Day, from the Shuriken Zone...
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The Shuriken Zone
Got a big cake of white tea in, today; 350 grams of young shou mei from this spring. I split the cake with an uchibari, and brewed some, straight away. It was surprisingly tasty, but not as tasty as it should be, in five or ten years. This is one of the ways we train patience, in the Shuriken Zone.
1 month ago | [YT] | 12
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The Shuriken Zone
Yin Zhen... "Silver Needle"... A white tea, comprised solely of the bud and its covering leaf, from the end of each shoot. The needle shaped leaves are covered in downy white 'tea hairs', which can be seen suspended in the tea soup. Silver Needle- A special treat, in the Shuriken Zone
1 month ago | [YT] | 11
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The Shuriken Zone
Submitted for your consideration, a Chinese gongfu teapot with heavy Japanese influences in its styling, and a beautiful but mysterious sheng pu'er maocha (so called because the leaves have not been compressed into a cake).
1 month ago | [YT] | 15
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