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Every year, we host an International student who comes to attend our
local university. They stay with us for a few days until their dorm
rooms open or their apartments are ready. We have a lot of Asian
international students which, when they learn of my deep and abiding
love of green tea, results in them exposing me to their area’s best
teas.
This year, we hosted Alex from Beijing. He surprised me about a
week after he moved into his own apartment with a special package of
green tea he’d asked his Mom to send. Part of the fun was figuring out
what the tea was. Alex isn’t a big tea drinker, and it’s all written in
kanji. I could tell the Dragon’s Well tea simply by the scent and cut
of the leaves. The other tea was more of a mystery. There were only two
kanji I could recognize on the container, three and mountain. Alex
translated the rest of the kanji, but it was a proper name, the
company. He couldn’t figure out what kind of tea it was. So, it was up
to me to experiment.
I’m happy to announce, I’ve finally cracked the
code of how to brew it. I still don’t know what it is, yet I can tell
you what it isn’t. I can actually eliminate a whole slew of tea types
and still have too many left to make an ID. Many Chinese greens are
best in a 90 degree C steep, this one had no taste at that temperature.
I reduced it to 85 degrees and hit it’s flavor point. It also likes a
2-minute steep on the first pour. The only other Chinese tea I know
that likes 85 degrees is Dragon’s Well, so I’m wondering if it is a
breed of this.
Breathe deeply,
Laugh with abandon,
Love wholly,
Eat well.
MiLady Carol
www.miladycarol.com
Dazzling jewelry that reflects sparkling personalities!
Every year, we host an International student who comes to attend our
local university. They stay with us for a few days until their dorm
rooms open or their apartments are ready. We have a lot of Asian
international students which, when they learn of my deep and abiding
love of green tea, results in them exposing me to their area’s best
teas.
This year, we hosted Alex from Beijing. He surprised me about a
week after he moved into his own apartment with a special package of
green tea he’d asked his Mom to send. Part of the fun was figuring out
what the tea was. Alex isn’t a big tea drinker, and it’s all written in
kanji. I could tell the Dragon’s Well tea simply by the scent and cut
of the leaves. The other tea was more of a mystery. There were only two
kanji I could recognize on the container, three and mountain. Alex
translated the rest of the kanji, but it was a proper name, the
company. He couldn’t figure out what kind of tea it was. So, it was up
to me to experiment.
I’m happy to announce, I’ve finally cracked the
code of how to brew it. I still don’t know what it is, yet I can tell
you what it isn’t. I can actually eliminate a whole slew of tea types
and still have too many left to make an ID. Many Chinese greens are
best in a 90 degree C steep, this one had no taste at that temperature.
I reduced it to 85 degrees and hit it’s flavor point. It also likes a
2-minute steep on the first pour. The only other Chinese tea I know
that likes 85 degrees is Dragon’s Well, so I’m wondering if it is a
breed of this.
Breathe deeply,
Laugh with abandon,
Love wholly,
Eat well.
MiLady Carol
www.miladycarol.com
Dazzling jewelry that reflects sparkling personalities!
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