I came home this evening to a request for "coffee tea with papa's coffee 'chine please". I thought why not, loaded a tea bag into the double PF basket, turned on the steam switch also and pulled a long 8 oz shot. It worked just fine, nice flavor. Penny piped up, heh, that smells good, can you do me one? Did it again and nice quick tea. Maybe I will try it again some time with loose tea. Has anyone else tried this? -- John Nanci AlChemist at large Zen Roasting and Blending by Gestalthttp://www.dreamsandbones.net/blog/ |
Since my wife is a tea junkie, I have often wondered what loose tea in the PF would be like. Would you tamp tea? |
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Sometime around 19:27 1/8/2004, alfred typed: <Snip> I will try tamping just to settle lightly since you (I at least do) want a lot of flow for tea. Then again, extra strength tea might be nice too. -- John Nanci AlChemist at large Zen Roasting and Blending by Gestalthttp://www.dreamsandbones.net/blog/ |
On Jan 8, 2004, at 8:25 PM, AlChemist John wrote: <Snip> Not me, I only use tea to keep mosquitos out of the horse water tank. Jim Gundlach |
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Sometime around 22:30 1/8/2004, miKe mcKoffee typed: <Snip> No, someone was a little gun shy about tea in his Miss Silvia. I need to try the cocoa again here now that I have whole beans. <Snip> -- John Nanci AlChemist at large Zen Roasting and Blending by Gestalthttp://www.dreamsandbones.net/blog/ |
If you or your wife already knows about this, my apologies. But in southern China the standard way to drink tea is what's called "Old Man's Tea." You use a small pot that you can find in most oriental groceries, fill it completely with _good_ tea (the good part is important), then fill it with not quite boiled water, let it steep briefly, then pour the resulting liquid into the sink (discard the first batch), then fill the tea pot again with not quite boiling water, and drink the resulting brew in small, almost thimble sized cups. With really good tea, you can repeat this process four or five times with the same tea leaves. It produces tea that initially tastes very bitter, but after that first bitterness has faded (and it fades rapidly), an incredibly delicious flavor then fills your mouth. I lived in Taiwan for a long time. I'll never forget the first time that I had very high quality tea fixed like this at a tea store in one of the main tea producing areas. Think of whatever mind-re-orienting experience you've had and you'll know what the experience was like for me. Stephen Jones |
No, I had never heard of that but it makes sense. I recall that is the way to make "good" chicken stock. Bring a chicken to boil, throw out the water and repeat, keeping this "good" stock. Sometime around 06:52 1/9/2004, Stephen Jones typed: <Snip> -- John Nanci AlChemist at large Zen Roasting and Blending by Gestalthttp://www.dreamsandbones.net/blog/ |
I had a great customer from Taiwan when we were back in Columbus...
Jarvi. He brought this incredible tea, basically $100+ per lb !
rolled whole leaf Taiwanese estate tea, and we would prepare it in
the traditional tea service you use their, as you describe. The key
was using the small wooden tools because you CANNOT touch the tea or
anything the tea comes into contact with, with your hands because
your finger oils will contaminate it! Many of the teas had an initial
kelpy-seaweedy flavor on the first cup, but floral notes quickly
emerge and by the 3rd or 4th infusion/cup (very tiny) it was
incredible! Your description brings it all back to me, and I have
that special teaset he gave me somewhere, as of yet unboxed from the
move to California. Then again, I dont have any of that estate tea to
make in it...
Tom
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Oh-oh.... Sweet Maria's tea room.... coming soon. Good beverages, are good,,, coffee, tea, beer, wine, etc... JR |
Sometime around 08:39 1/10/2004, john roberts typed: <Snip> Cocoa, sherry, scotch, just to add few.. <Snip> -- John Nanci AlChemist at large Zen Roasting and Blending by Gestalthttp://www.dreamsandbones.net/blog/ |