11/30/07

Keemun Concerto...I must have made it strong enough, because I feel the jitters a bit from the tea. But it doesn't have much flavor, though it is a bit cooling, and very smokey. I got a tea booklet in Missouri over the summer, and I was reading through it the other day. Very interesting...I'll have to remember to comment about in more detail later. Meanwhile, not much to say.

11/27/07

Today's tea was Yunnan Jig. Not sure what happened today, but the tea tasted good, yet there was a metallic flavor in there. I'm not a fan of my teapot, nor the infuser, since it doesn't go deep enough in the teapot, which doesn't allow for the tea leaves to expand right, and the lid doesn't go on with the infuser in there...When I do drink the tea, it is faster, because it cools in the cup quicker since I brew in the teapot, and I drink it faster since I can just pour another cup, rather than have to go through the brew in the cup process all over again.

And let's talk about stimulation! With me drinking the tea faster, I've gotten quite a boost! Sometimes I'm just jittery, though yesterday I felt extremely alert and aware of what was going on around me, almost like someone had lifted some kind of veil. Today I'm not so "extra aware"...maybe because I didn't sleep that much last night.

I'm not sure why it's so hard to get a decent teapot/infuser combo, either. I've done some looking, and can't seem to find anything. I wonder if there's any philosophy on this that I'm missing. Maybe someone can get me a book on tea for Christmas.