Tea #4: Kabusecha from Yamamasa Koyamaen.
Pleasant, but a little hollow. Closer to the classic kabusecha - lots of umami, but didn't taste as refined as the one from Marukyu.
I somehow forgot to take the photo of it brewed.
Post an album you have listened to 100 times.
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Tea #2: kabusecha "takamado" from Marukyu Koyamaen.
I fumbled this one and it came out bitter, but there was some nice umami underneath.
Tea #3: Fresh Lishan Oolong (Jin Xuan) from Yoshantea.
Oh. My. God.
I have no words for this tea. Perfection. It tasted like spring.
Streamlined, clear, deep and strong taste. Butter, white flowers, then grassy notes start to appear after 7th brew. It just keeps on giving.
Sunday morning = shincha time. Repeating tea #1 today, but brewing it in lower temperature: 4g, 55C, preheated teaware, 120s I 15s II 90s III.
Gosh the umami and the freshness.
America needs to secularise and de-normalise religion in public space. Otherwise there's no way out of the crisis it's in.
It's one of the biggest differences between the US and Europe. The stuff people say on TV, the way politicians talk - they sound like madmen to us. Shut up about the Lord.
the mind is more of a cage than the body could ever be
Religion is the personal space and it should stay personal. Religion should never had a say in steering the country, no matter which.
Speaking about God from the in public should trigger a wave or groans, at the very least.
Tea #1: shincha "gokujo" (this spring's new sencha) from Marukyu Koyamaen.
Fresh, oceanic, slightly grassy. Full body, tasty and rewarding.