The Tea Catcher

Tag: tea notes

  • Chinese Tea tasting…first cab off the ranks..

    Chinese Tea tasting…first cab off the ranks.. September 27, 2013 …is a 2013 Yunnan Hong Mao Jian.. a Chinese red tea (what we would usually call black but i s’pose you can see it in the leaf and brew i reckon.. an April (spring) harvest red tea from the Fengqing area of Lincang, Yunnan, China…

  • keemun time

    keemun time September 27, 2013 next up a 2013 keemun- a Chinese tea classic…a quite broken dark leaf, deep and warm in tone, fresh taste and clean finish…hmmm (hey fine folk @ThreeDRadio listeners down south, send me yr deets, i will send of a sample and you can tell me if it’s up to chop…..?) 2013…

  • night cap- head down, bum up

    night cap- head down, bum up September 27, 2013 and finally as a nightcap i couldn’t resist sticking this little fellas nose in a cup… 2012 spring anxi light roast “yan cha” oolong…yum yum yum… i will be getting more of this to share…yep, that good i reckon.. how many more pots before sleep i wonder….?…

  • as the sun sets over the Norfolk pines and the beach…

    as the sun sets over the Norfolk pines and the beach… September 28, 2013 …the regime begins again….2013 Bai Mu Dan “white peony” white tea from the Fujian province, China the next step with this one is to line it up against the beautiful Nepali Arya Tara silver needles currently in the shop- should be interesting..maybe…

  • got a tea table…and more late night oolong

    got a tea table…and more late night oolong September 28, 2013 with new a new tea table plumbed up water was tossed around again and again…fun So begin your own tea experiments and enter the wonderful world of taste, experience and learning…! buy now at the shop…!

  • New to The Tea Catcher Quiver

    New to The Tea Catcher Quiver June 7, 2013 “A man without tea in him is incapable of understanding truth and beauty.” Okakura Kakuzo, The Book of Tea (1906) Tasting cup and Gaiwan One of a new pair of Japanese Gaiwan; great for making Green, White and Oolong Teas. for more information on teas, preparation, prices…

  • Afternoon Tea

    Afternoon Tea May 29, 2013 “…meanwhile let us have a cup of tea. The afternoon glow is brightening the bamboos, the fountains are bubbling with delight, the soughing(sighing?) of the pines is heard in our kettle. Let us dream of evanescence and linger in the beautiful foolishness of things.” Kakuzo Okakura, The Book of Tea,[wiki]1906 for…

  • Tea Labeling Nomenclature

    Tea Labeling Nomenclature April 24, 2013 SFTGFOP S-super SFTGFOP(1)—sometimes used to indicate the very finest F-finest Finest TGF OP—highest quality grade (Note: “Special” is occasionally substituted for “Finest”, with a number 1 at the end to indicate the very finest), often hand processed and produced at only the best plantations, roughly one quarter tips. T-tippy Tippy…