Caffeine Clips: Show off your tea/coffee acquisitions

[Scotto]

Let's see those goodies as they come in!

Just got a box from China:
http://badgerandblade.com/gallery/files/1/8/IMG_4056_1_1.JPG

http://badgerandblade.com/gallery/files/1/8/IMG_4057_2_1.JPG

[Dinder1]

Cool! I picked this up over the weekend.

Sorry, I know that I already posted this in the Speakeasy...but what the hay!

[Scotto]

Cool vac pot. I haven't had a chance to try the glass rods yet - I just use the cloth filters on my Yama. I'll have to add them on my list of things to try.

[letterk]

I just got a Cory rod just like that one DJ. I'm hoping to try it out tomorrow morning.

[Dinder1]

Cool vac pot. I haven't had a chance to try the glass rods yet - I just use the cloth filters on my Yama. I'll have to add them on my list of things to try.

Scotto,
If you look on that popular auction site....they can be had for 6-8 bucks plus shipping. I do really like the coffee I brew better using the glass rods over the cloth filters.


I just got a Cory rod just like that one DJ. I'm hoping to try it out tomorrow morning.

John,
I'm not sure how fine a grind you are using with the cloth filters, but you may find that you need to go with a slightly coarser grind with the glass rods.

[expatCanuck]

http://badgerandblade.com/gallery/files/1/8/IMG_4057_2_1.JPG

Oh, no!! Tea porn.

[ouch]

Is that the green city peak?

[Suzuki]

Scotto,
If you look on that popular auction site....they can be had for 6-8 bucks plus shipping. I do really like the coffee I brew better using the glass rods over the cloth filters.



John,
I'm not sure how fine a grind you are using with the cloth filters, but you may find that you need to go with a slightly coarser grind with the glass rods.

DJ, can you use the glass rod in a Yama or does it just fit in the Cory pots?

[letterk]

DJ, can you use the glass rod in a Yama or does it just fit in the Cory pots?

You can use them in a Yama. That's what I'm doing.

[letterk]

John,
I'm not sure how fine a grind you are using with the cloth filters, but you may find that you need to go with a slightly coarser grind with the glass rods.

Will do. Thanks for the tip!

[TimmyBoston]

Just placed an order with the best coffee roaster in the country, Din Johnson!

Can't wait for my package from Ristretto Roasters to arrive. :smile:

[Scotto]

Is that the green city peak?

Sure is.

[Hobbesoxon]

I have a memory that the "Green City Peak (http://half-dipper.blogspot.com/2008/05/2005-mengku-chengguan.html)" was pretty good. For some reason, I have three cakes of it, so I guess it must have been!

I noted mushrooms, apparently. Let us know how you get on! Maybe I'll crack into it tomorrow.


Toodlepip,

Hobbes

[whodat]

If you ever visit Hong Kong, be sure to go into the "Best Tea House Company" store on Peking Road in Kowloon. The company is fairly new (1980s) but the owner Mr. Chan really embraced the traditions of good tea. His commitment to quality made the brand very popular in the short time they've been around. They host a tea seminar when the Semester at Sea ship comes to Hong Kong, and that's spread their popularity world-wide. They now have a few stores including a branch in Canada. They even have a website now. The tea is incredible.

My personal favorite is their oolong variety called "Golden Bush" (I know I know :rolleyes:).

Edit to add link to their English website!
http://www.besttea.com.hk/eng/eindex.htm

[Jim]

From Scott-

http://www.badgerandblade.com/gallery/displayimage.php?imageid=14316

[Scotto]

Nice! What samples did you get?

[R-James]

Guatemala Finca El Injerto
El Salvador El Bourbollon
Nicaragua Los Alto

All from has bean, all will be roasted just before being delivered, and ground for my french press.

[Jim]

Nice! What samples did you get?
I will list them, I would like some specific suggestions on water/tea ratios. :001_rolle

Edit> Scotts picks for me.

2008 YNS HAND BRAIDED WILD ARBOR RAW PU-ERH

2008 EARLY SPRING MELON OF DEHONG RAW PU-ERH


2008 HAI LANG HAO STAR OF BU LANG 3 YEAR AGED MAO CHA


2008 MENGHAI "BA DA RIPE 1KG BRICK'' BATCH 801


2007 HAIWAN LAO CHA TOU BRICK


2007 YONG ZHEN QIAO MU SHENG TAI


2006 SHUANGJIANG MENGKU-MU SHU CHA RAW PU-ERH


2001 CNNP JIXING BRAND RIPE PU ERH TEA BRICK


1998 LINCAHG CNNP GREEN WRAPPER RAW PU ERH

[TacoBell]

Now just waiting for my Puer to arrive from the mainland...

[Scotto]

Now just waiting for my Puer to arrive from the mainland...

Nice, but looks large. How many mL is it?

[TacoBell]

Nice, but looks large. How many mL is it?

Maybe it is the photo or maybe it is large. Filled to the brim it is 230 cc's

[Scotto]

Indeed a nice pot. That one could serve many people gongfu-style. Since I am the only pu'er drinker in the house ("stinky tea", my wife and kids call it), I stick with about 100mL. That is enough to keep things nice and hot between infusions, and not be too wasteful of leaf.

Enjoy it!

[ouch]

I have a cute Taiwanese dragon egg shaped pot that's ~250ml. I used to think it was too small to use, but now I find it's twice as big as it should be.

I think I've become physically addicted to pu'er.

[thirdeye]

Hunan mǐ zhūan chá Brick Tea

http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/ii279/thirdeye34/PICT0011-4.jpg

[R-James]

I have a cute Taiwanese dragon egg shaped pot that's ~250ml. I used to think it was too small to use, but now I find it's twice as big as it should be.

I think I've become physically addicted to pu'er.


I think that is quite the possibility!

[R-James]

My 1st proper coffee score. All of these are roasted yesterday, and are in sealed bags with a one way air valve to let it breathe, but not let air back in. Don't know which t o try 1st

Guatemala Finca El Injerto
El Salvador El Bourbollon
Nicaragua Los Alto

http://i37.tinypic.com/s2y24g.jpg

All bought from has bean cofee. Awesome service, sent my coffee special delivery at no extra cost and threw in a little hand written note. Very nice people indeed!

[ouch]

My 1st proper coffee score. All of these are roasted yesterday, and are in sealed bags with a one way air valve to let it breathe, but not let air back in. Don't know which t o try 1st

Guatemala Finca El Injerto
El Salvador El Bourbollon
Nicaragua Los Alto
All bought from has bean cofee. Awesome service, sent my coffee special delivery at no extra cost and threw in a little hand written note. Very nice people indeed!

Cool. You obviously weren't getting enough caffeine in your system. :lol:

How do you plan to brew those?

[R-James]

All 3 are ground for my bodum french press, I am enjoying some of the El Salvador El Bourbollon right now. 1st time in my life I have not wanted sugar in my coffee. This place is dangerous, it makes you appreciate things you never thought you needed to appreciate before! And of course spend the cash to go along with it!

[Monkeyboy]

New roaster replacing my Precision. I'm digging the larger 1 cup batch size. Haven't played around with the custom temp curve option yet.

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g295/pjonak/IMG_0822.jpg

[Scotto]

I roasted with an iRoast2 for some time before moving to my Gene Cafe. You can make some really good coffee with it. Enjoy!

[Monkeyboy]

I roasted with an iRoast2 for some time before moving to my Gene Cafe. You can make some really good coffee with it. Enjoy!

I was looking at the gene cafe. It looks like a neat machine and I like the controls but I was nervous about the chance of clogging up the chaff collector. I roast alot of chaff-heavy dry processed beans. Have you had any problems with this?

[Scotto]

I was looking at the gene cafe. It looks like a neat machine and I like the controls but I was nervous about the chance of clogging up the chaff collector. I roast alot of chaff-heavy dry processed beans. Have you had any problems with this?

The chaff collector is massive, especially if you get the one which you can vent outside. No worries.

[Scotto]

One of the cool things about pu'er is how darn big some of the leaves are, especially if you are careful about prying them off the cake:

[OldSaw]

This is my old vac pot. My new one is the same but the gasket is like new and it has a lid.
32486

[Jim]

http://www.badgerandblade.com/gallery/displayimage.php?imageid=14393

[mikegreen]

Let's see those goodies as they come in!

Just got a box from China:
http://badgerandblade.com/gallery/files/1/8/IMG_4056_1_1.JPG

http://badgerandblade.com/gallery/files/1/8/IMG_4057_2_1.JPG

Gulp! Were your goodies this expensive?!

[ouch]

Thanks a lot, guys. I needed this like a hole in the head. Having plenty of fun, though.

A few samples of unopened items, plus one of my favorite pu'er knives. No room to post the open cakes. :tongue_sm

[Suzuki]

Where'd you get the egg-shaped pot - and how bit is it?

Awesome (partial) stash!

[R-James]

Nice scores jay, I have been avoiding looking at kitchen knives deliberately as I am in need of one, and you have now made me consider my options again. Damnit man you are an enabler!! Western or Japanese... who knows

[ouch]

The dragon egg is a faux yixing from Taiwan (very well made, though). Got it at Ten for $38 about seven years ago. It's ~250ml, so it makes one nice sized cup, although I've been leaning (pushed?) towards the smaller ones recently. I have a bunch of larger yixings, ~350-400ml. Don't use them much anymore.

[ouch]

Nice scores jay, I have been avoiding looking at kitchen knives deliberately as I am in need of one, and you have now made me consider my options again. Damnit man you are an enabler!! Western or Japanese... who knows

I reduced the pic to 640x480 for the sake of bandwidth, so I'm not sure it captures the lovely tri-color look of the Hiromoto: polished edge, patina'd (not even going to guess how to spell that word) carbon core, and crappy stainless cladding. It's probably my favorite knife.

[R-James]

Right, I'm going kitchen knife shopping tomorrow, I have an ebay bid on a coffee grinder, 3 cakes from scott on the way and roasted beans coming out of my ears. This forum has a lot to answer for. I didn't know there was that much good stuff out there until I started sampling it all.

[Suzuki]

I reduced the pic to 640x480 for the sake of bandwidth, so I'm not sure it captures the lovely tri-color look of the Hiromoto: polished edge, patina'd (not even going to guess how to spell that word) carbon core, and crappy stainless cladding. It's probably my favorite knife.

Nice knife and you do get a sense of the patina from the picture.

Korin has a nice sale going on the western-style hammered Togiharus - any thoughts on these babies?

http://www.korin.com/models.php?cat=54&subcat=63&subsubcat=70&df=knife&catname=Western+Style&subcatname=Togiharu&subsubcatname=Togiharu+Hammered+Texture+Damascus+

[ouch]

Nice knife and you do get a sense of the patina from the picture.

Korin has a nice sale going on the western-style hammered Togiharus - any thoughts on these babies?

http://www.korin.com/models.php?cat=54&subcat=63&subsubcat=70&df=knife&catname=Western+Style&subcatname=Togiharu&subsubcatname=Togiharu+Hammered+Texture+Damascus+

I see the gyuto is the only one not on sale. Of the rest, the usuba seems the most appealing. The last time I was there, I saw some of them, and they looked pretty good. I'm not a big fan of the hand hammered look in general, but the Togis seem to have very good fit and finish.

[thirdeye]

http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/ii279/thirdeye34/PICT0002-10.jpg

[ouch]

If that's your idea of a starter kit, let me know when the master kit shows up. :eek:

Yowza.

[thirdeye]

If that's your idea of a starter kit, let me know when the master kit shows up. :eek:

Yowza.

With that pile there, it will be awhile...heck, I still need to figure out what to do with it....:blushing:

[DeaconKC]

My old drip coffee amker was on it's last legs so we were out today and my wife says"Take a look at this" It's a Cuisinart coffee maker with built in grinder, but the price can't be right. A hundred dollar maker for $29.99? Yup, it's righ, and SWMBO say she can tolerate in the kitchen! Yippee! It was even an extra 15% off if we used the Kohl's credit card. And is it ever sweet! The grinder will only be used when she's already awake, but I can sure live with that.
http://i241.photobucket.com/albums/ff303/Kevin-Andra/001-7.jpg

[TacoBell]

http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/ii279/thirdeye34/PICT0002-10.jpg

Nice score Ray. You ordered from Dragon Tea shop on ebay? So did I. Ordered about three weeks ago. How long did it take for yours to arrive?

How do you like the new tea pot?

[Limey]

Some coffee from Jittery Joe's locally...

[bones59]

http://i241.photobucket.com/albums/ff303/Kevin-Andra/001-7.jpg

Nice Jack-O-lantren effect on the pot. Is that for holoween? Or is there a gost living inside:eek: You must make your coffee like me, people tell me it can wake the dead:wink: