Since I'm on a kick of Assams I figured I could start another thread. Join me!
Today, Organic Emperor's Gold
Today, Organic Emperor's Gold
2009 Yunnan Pure Small Bud "Gold Tips" for me tonight. Amazing stuff! Super thick, smooth, honey-like brew. Very delicious. One of the best teas I'd ever had was an 06 of pure bud dian hong. Can't wait until this stuff gets a few years on it.
Hopefully, this thread will pick up steam now.
Yunnan Black Gold "Simao Black" brewed English style. Not too shabby.
arghblech, What exactly do you mean by "english style"? i wasn't aware we had a style.
Over the past week i've been experimenting with Yorkshire red label tea with a small ammount of lapsang souchong to give a hint of smoke. drinking it with milk, very satisfying.
when my Nilgiri arrives next week i shall try the same blend, replacing the yorkshire tea with the Nilgiri.
You very much have a style Comparatively long steeps in large volumes of water with a relatively small amount of tea. The tea is normally steep just once.
I tend to brew gong fu style which is lots of leaf (between 5-8g leaf) in a very small (100-120mL) pot for a really short (10-30s) amount of time. In extreme cases I have resteeped the same leaves more than 20 times... mostly I stop around 12 or 15 steeps.
Oh i see, i guess you're right then if that's not the done thing elsewhere. As a tea nut, I quickly learn which is the best way to brew all of my teas, some with more leaves and a shorter brew, some with fewer and longer. some with few leaves and a short, agitated brew (such as the brew described above)
Yunnan Black Gold "Simao Black" brewed English style. Not too shabby.