[Photos]: New green teas ! ^-^

[chochajin]

Hey there! ^-^/

I´ve ordered some new green teas online.
I´ve never tried out these, so I was curious! :)



I´ve ordered 3 different Kabuse teas: Bancha, Hojicha, Kukicha. I´ve only tried Bancha up till now. I love it a lot, so I´ve ordered it again this time. And I´ve ordered one Sencha (second flush).
Here they are:



I´ve only tried the sencha so far. It´s not as good as I expected it to be. I´ve already drunk better senchas! But I guess I´ll have to vary the amount of tea leaves I use and the time I let the leaves in the water (^-^;)


One of my fav Japanese green teas is Genmaicha. It wasn´t in this package I ordered, this is an older photo:



It´s REALLY yummie!!!!! (*-*)b TRY IT! XD



For those of you that are interested in green tea in general, I´ve scanned s.th. in (it´s in different languages XD):



Whut? Not much caffeine? (T-T) ... OOiii~ I need caffeine!!!!! XD
Does somebody know what´s the Japanese tea with the most caffeine? Is it ma(t)cha?? ('-*)>




I wonder what the Japanese on the right side says ... XD .. I only can read Keiko and the Katakana XDDDDD *coughs*



I´m curious: If there are any (Japanese) green tea freaks fans out there could you tell me YOUR way of making green tea?
What is the best way in your opinion?
Some Japanese people seem to do it this way:
Put the leaves in a teapot, pour water on it, brew it and then LET THE LEAVES IN THE WATER IN THE TEAPOT! ... Use a filter while pouring the tea into your cup.
It´s not very good if you try this with high quality Japanese tea, because it becomes bitter very FAST!!!!
So my way is this:
I use a filter for the leaves right away. I put the filter into the teapot and pour water in it. I brew it, then I remove the filter with the leaves and that´s it!!!
I usually don´t make a second or third extraction(?), do you??

I´m looking forward to hearing your opinions and experiences about this!
Thanks a lot in advance *bows* XD

Comments

[kare-chan.livejournal.com]

Acutally at the moment I am pretty much into Chai, and since I am to lazy to go through that procedure every single time I love to drink black tea.
But this far no one told me that there is such a big difference between brewing black and green tea since both can become bitter or lose their effect if you do it wrong.... I think. o_O''

Anyway:
There is a really usefull invention, the so called "Tee-Ei"
http://www.moebelix.at/moebelix/img/dyn/41241590-F012.jpg
I rarely drink loose tea at all, but when I do I am really fond of these things. *g*

By the way:
You acually order your tea online? o_O
We have at least 5 of these alternative stores in our town, which at one point or the other tried to sell "Öko-Fashion". Two of them turned into "tea only" shops.
I would not even think about ordering tea online since I love the smell in these shops all to much o_O And with 5 different stores you are kinda safe to assume that you will find what you search for. And if everything else fails: Müller has a number of teas in it's assortment. *tries desperately not to grin*
Is it a special web side or did you find a "dealer" on Ebay you trust? ^_^;;

[chochajin.livejournal.com]

Oh, sind wir wieder bei Englisch? ^-^ Auch gut! :)

I don´t like black tea .. or let´s say I haven´t found one that tastes good ;)
I really like green tea, especially Japanese and Chinese ones :) ... from time to time I also drink flavorede green teas, but they are NOT as good as the "original" ones ^-^

*lol* Tee-Ei XD ... I´m using a filter like this *points to the thing IN the teapot*

That was actually (<- rah XD) the first time I ordered my tea online, because (dont´laugh!) I right now don´t have time to leave the house and buy it at my usual dealer´s shop XDDDDD *coughs*
Oh there are a lot of good tea online shops out there. I can give you some addresses if you want :)
YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEES!!!!! I also looooooooooove to smell the different types of tea!! ABSOLUTELY *freak* XDDD ... but as I told you above .. that´s the reason why *sigh* (T-T) .... also it gives me the chance to try out stuff that my local tea dealer *lol* doesn´t have ! ^-^

[kare-chan.livejournal.com]

Wir können das ganze auch gern auf Deutsch weiter führen. XD

Also. Ich mag den Tee in unserer Mensa. Die haben den von... vergessen. Irgend eine dieser an sich total überteuerten Teemarken. Muß ich beim nächsten Mal wieder mal drauf achten. XD Aber mit 50 oder 60 Cent die Tasse sind das noch mit die billigsten Getränke in der Mensa und im Winter ist das klasse. ^^ Und es gibt eine wundervolle Sorte von Teekanne: Garten des Sultans. Wie mir von einigen Leuten bestätigt wurde: etwas zu viel von allen möglichen anderen Aromen mit drin, aber mit ein wenig Kandis ist der einfach herrlich. *_*
Und Chai hat ja glaube ich auch irgendwie Coffein oder Teein oder so was...

Hey, diese Teeei Dinger sind praktisch ^_~
Ich nutz sie nur nicht sehr oft. Bin halt doch ein faules Teebeutel-Kind. XD

Und diese Teeläden sind echt klasse.
Früher gab es ja noch Gewürzläden. Wie die Stände die du heute noch manchmal auf den Wochenmärkten findest. Nur in einem festen Geschäft. Das war auch immer herrlich. *verträumt drein schau*

Und so lange wie die Marken schmecken hat sich der Kauf doch gelohnt. ^^

[chochajin.livejournal.com]

Oder auf Japanisch *träum* *seufz* (T-T) XDDDD

Aii~ ja, schau mal nach, was das für ein Tee in eurer Mensa ist, bitte! (*-*) *neugierig*
Chai?! ... Ist das Schwarztee? ('-';)

Ich würde DAUERpleite sein, wenn es hier gleich FÜNF Teeläden gäbe! XD
Oh ja Gewürzstände/-läden sind was Tolles!!! (*____*) *high* XD

Na ja, ich hab auch schon den ein oder anderen Fehlkauf getätigt, aber meist besorg ich mir nur 50g Packungen, da kann man nicht sooo viel falsch machen und ich will eben (fast) alles mal probiert haben ;)

[kare-chan.livejournal.com]

Ich schau nach, aber ich glaube es ist Meßmer. ^_^;;

Und Chai... *_*
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chai
Ist ein heiden Aufwand, aber an sich sehr starker Gewürztee (Schwarztee), der eine Weile zieht und etwa im Verhältnis 1:1 mit aufgeschäumter Milch aufgegossen wird. Das kannst du noch mit allem möglichen Nachwürzen und abschmecken.
Ich hab so eine Packung von Milford "myChai sweet". Es dauert zwar immer etwa eine Viertelstunde bis der mit allem drum und dran fertig ist, aber... *_*
Wenn ihr einen CoffeeCulture-Laden oder so was in eurer Stadt habt kannst du das einfach mal kosten, auch wenn ich den von der CoffeeCompany leckerer finde... den gibt es mittlerweile sogar als Fertiggetränk von... ich glaube der ist von Mövenpick. Ich liebe das Zeug einfach. *_*

Und wie gesagt: ich bin Teebeutel-Junkie. Ich werd auch im Edeka um die Ecke glücklich. XD Es gab von Teekanne auch eine Weile lang mal Grapefruit-Tee und Limetten-Tee... und ich liebe Blutorange... *mich mal vorsichtig von dannen schleich Tee zu machen* Oder Kirsch... *_*

Und die 50 Gramm Packungen sind wirklich nützlich. ^^
Und wenn es dann einmal schmeckt kann man ja mehr von holen. *g*

[apis-cerana.livejournal.com]

I do the let-the-leaves-in-the-teapot thing, but the teapot has a filter where it pours, so only the small leaves get past. :) We always make Maeda-en, since that's what we have lying around...

[chochajin.livejournal.com]

Ah, I see. But doesn´t the tea taste bitter after a while?? I mean Maeda-en is a sencha, too, so it should taste bitter if you brew it for more than 5 minutes?! (^^)

[apis-cerana.livejournal.com]

We don't brew for more than 5, usually, and we add on more water to lighten it up a little bit. :)

[chochajin.livejournal.com]

Ah, I see! I´ve heard of that method :)
Perhaps I should try it, but it´s really hard if you´re alone XD You have to drink the tea fast then ;)

[tsukikage85.livejournal.com]

I set up a filter with the tea in it, heat the water to somewhere between 165 and 180, pour some in the pot to heat it, dump out the water from the pot, put the filter in the pot, brew it for 3-3.5 minutes, and remove the filter. Mainly because I'm a poor college student and I tend to make A LOT of tea I make a second extraction, but not a third.

[tsukikage85.livejournal.com]

Also, the "darker" the tea, the more caffeine it has, so yeah, green tea's pretty low on the caffeine. Matcha does have more if only because you essentially drink the whole leaf. If you really need the caffeine, you're better off with an oolong or black tea, which are still relatively low in caffeine compared to coffee.

[chochajin.livejournal.com]

Mm yes. I don´t like black tea that much :/ ... I have an Oolong tea at home as well (pear flavored XD) ... but I´m not fond of this as well (^^;)

[chochajin.livejournal.com]

I see!
Well I´ve only made a second extraction once and it wasn´t really different from the first one plus I´ve read that all the healthy active substances of green tea are gone in the second extraction.
I´ve also heard that some teas taste MUCH better with the 2nd or 3rd extraction. Guess I´ll have to try it out and see for myself ;)

[rebeccafrog.livejournal.com]

Actually, for a lot of green teas, the second infusion is better than the first! For most green teas, I'll do the first infusion around 175°F for 2 minutes, the second for 3 minutes, and the third for 4-5 minutes. I use the same kind of filter as you do. I've found that flavored teas (green or black) don't tend to rebrew terribly well, so for flavored green teas, I do one infusion at 3 minutes.

As for the caffeine issue, I really don't know which green has the most. Though if you're interested in experimenting with black teas, you might find flavored black tea to be more palatable at first.

[chochajin.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I´ve read about that! At least that it tastes better! But all the healthy active substances of the tea are obviously gone with the 2nd/3rd infusion.
But this is really interesting! I´ll give it a try and make 2nd infusions for some of my teas :) and then I´ll see ^-^

I haven´t found a black tea I like (T__T) Perhapse I really should try a flavored one at first :)

[moon-bunny735.livejournal.com]

I'm actually not very fond of tea. Bad memories of it as a child. I tasted some of it from my mom's cup and since she doesn't put any sugar in it, it tasted nasty...and I've avoided tea since then. Like mustard. Thought it was honey and squirted a bunch of it onto my tongue and *barf*...Lol...

But I've really wanted to try Green Tea...since like...forever! XD;;; Even though one of my friends did say it tasted like grass...but I think they were talking about the cheap ones you get at like Tim Hortans or something...teehee! My teacher actually told me about the really expensive one she bought...I think it was a pound for $100 and supposedly it tasted really good so I realllyyy wanna try it. XDv You make it sound so yummy too.

You know the only tea I think I can actually stand so far has been Bubble Tea. Probably cause it has the word Bubble in it so it sounds less evil...but I love it. And since I live in Canada and it's really popular here, I can get it from anywhere. Yayz~ XD

[chochajin.livejournal.com]

I see. I think I understand ;)

Oh I´ve read about bubble tea just a while ago and it sounds pretty interesting. I´ve never tried it though~ ^-^

Uh yeah, there are REALLY expensive Japanese green teas! Especially Gyokuro!

[moon-bunny735.livejournal.com]

You should definately put Bubble Tea on your things to try list! XDv I recommend the Mango Flavoured Bubble Tea. I think they have Green Tea flavour too...;)

What's the most expensive one you've bought so far?

[chochajin.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I think I shoul. At least it sounds yummie ^-^b

Um~ it was a Gyokuro ... let´s see .. 50g for 6€. (I´m too lazy to convert the values XD)

[kare-chan.livejournal.com]

Ah, und ein Freund hat mir was erklärt was vielleicht hilft dein Aufbrüh-Problem zu lösen. ^^
Er meinte dass man in Japan den ersten Aufguß zumeist wegschüttet, zum einen weil sich in dem die ganzen schadstoffe lösen (schadstoffe im tee? o_O) und zum anderen weil da halt auch die ganzen Bitterstoffe drin sind. (warum es auch als unhöflich gilt einem Gast den ersten Aufguß anzubieten)
Und der zweite Aufguß ist dann eben sehr mild. Anscheined ist es dann auch in Ordnung wenn der länger zieht... oder so... ^_^;;

[chochajin.livejournal.com]

Schadstoffe? In Biotee?? .... Das hör ich zum ersten Mal!
Ich weiß nur, dass der zweite oder dritte Aufguss nochmal ein Geschmackserlebnis sein KANN ... aber die gesunden Wirkstoffe des Grünen Tees sind nach dem ersten Aufguss weg!!
Vermutlich gibt es da aber auch von Tee zu Tee Unterschiede ('-')> ...
Also gerade die Teesorten, die ich jetzt bestellt hatte, sind soooooooo mild (für meinen Geschmack zu mild) ... da tu ich mir keinen Gefallen, wenn ich versuche, die Bitterstoffe wegzukriegen XDDD ... Aber trotzdem danke!! Wenn ich mal mehr Zeit habe, muss ich mich da wohl mal GANZ genau einlesen .. hoffe es gibt irgendwelche schlauen Internetseiten dazu XD

[supajo.livejournal.com]

WAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

You ordered green tea? o_o
It isn't available in your country? >___<;; Was it expensive though? :o hehehe. i love drinking green tea too though i'm not that particular on how you brew it and the suchs. Most of the time the ones i drink are from the satchets. Haha, not really tea leaves and the such. :)

[chochajin.livejournal.com]

I see (x___X) .. XDDD Well if you like it, it´s okay I guess :)

Well, I still have problems with Japanese tea on my own, so it´s hard to tell which tea might be best. Perhaps you should start with a Chinese green tea like Gunpowder? It´s yummie and I never had problems with it so far :)