Pardon the mess around the edges, but yes, today when brewing this morning I duel wielded ( pardon the video game reference). The pot on the left contains the second day of 2011 Mandarins Tea Room Tie Lou Han, which while longer steeps, was offering up a lovely woody spice, and dried fruit profile. The tea on the right, might raise a few eyebrows.
It was The Tea Galleries High Fire TGY. Yes I know they have been closed for several years, I just happened to have two 50g bags of the stuff in my possession that I have somehow always been overlooking when going for me High Fire Tie Guan Yin fix.
When I opened it I shot for the moon, using over 10 grams, possibly close to 15, smashing quite a bit in the bottom of the pot. It yielded an interesting brew, though the first 2-3 infusions were overly sour, a sign that it did not like to age well. But after those it turned into a rather interesting though mild brew.
Though after quite a few infusions, I had to eat a large chunk of Latvian rye bread to get my stomach to stop demanding food. Either way incredibly enjoyable, and I should attempt this more often.
1 comment:
Wow! You have a pretty awesome collection of ceramics there. Keep up the blog posts. :)
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