TBD Tea » Green http://www.tbdtea.com We find the best loose leaf tea Wed, 02 Nov 2011 21:11:24 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Matcha in my cup http://www.tbdtea.com/2007/03/17/matcha-in-my-cup/ http://www.tbdtea.com/2007/03/17/matcha-in-my-cup/#comments Sat, 17 Mar 2007 13:22:36 +0000 Ben http://www.tbdtea.com/2007/03/17/matcha-in-my-cup/ I ran through my all the teas that I keep at my desk yesterday, except for this packet of matcha, a finely ground green tea from Japan. I had been putting off drinking it because the preparation is different from the teas that I normally prepare. I thought it would be difficult to get a good infusion because proper matcha preparation is at the heart of the elaborate Japanese Tea Ceremony. After poking around a little on the web, however, I found that like most tea you drink it as you like. The only hard and fast rule being that you not use boiling water in the preparation of matcha.

I put teaspoon or so of the fine powdered tea into the cup and wisked it up with a spoon (I did not have a regulation bamboo whisk with me). I am still playing around with the concentration of matcha to water. If you never have had tried this drink it is surprisingly thick and frothy because the tea powder is suspended in the cup.

]]> http://www.tbdtea.com/2007/03/17/matcha-in-my-cup/feed/ 0 David enters the TBD blogosphere http://www.tbdtea.com/2007/02/09/david-enters-the-tbd-blogosphere/ http://www.tbdtea.com/2007/02/09/david-enters-the-tbd-blogosphere/#comments Fri, 09 Feb 2007 18:44:41 +0000 David http://www.tbdtea.com/2007/02/09/david-enters-the-tbd-blogosphere/ I’m here at my new Synotac home, enjoying the last of a Mao Jian green. Robin Stevens, a contributor to Fresh Cup Magazine, sent some along with her last article. It was made the women of Nanchang Women’s College in Taiwan. The liquor is quite light in color and has a subtle flavor, a little astringent (or is leftover from my yogurt?). Anyway, it’s rolled into tiny strips, around half the length of a silver needle and looks a heck of a lot like it as well—lots of tips. It’s a nice retreat from the (I know, horror of horrors!) machiatto I had this morning. I’m going to try and get a few infusions out of it, as I steeped it for only about a minute—let’s see what it will hold. Glad to be a part of TBD. Thanks Cat and Ben for creating the site—it’s very nicely done. i’ll be back… David

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