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Tea Quest: January 2012
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Friday, January 27, 2012. So, the seeds are harder to germinate than lima beans. Research suggests cuttings are how most people get plants. If anyone in Madison, WI or the surrounding Central Wiscsonsin area wants to share cuttings, please let me know. If I acquire cuttings, I will post and be open for cutting distribution myself. Tea, the gift of mindfulness. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). View my complete profile. Ancient Tea Horse Road. The Green Tea Review. A Tea Addict's Journal.
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Tea Quest: August 2008
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Thursday, August 28, 2008. Bai Cha Tang 3rd Generation Iron Cake. The first smell of the beeng, and smell from my sniffer cup both heightened my anticipation for the brew to come. I was, genuinely amazed. The taste was, so smooth, rich and dense without astringency or bitterness. The aftertaste was quite happy, penetrating every available surface in my mouth and nose. The liquor consistently brews up a golden color, which can be obtained at least a dozen times when brewed gong fu stlye.
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Tea Quest: When the Time is Right, is it Time?
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Monday, March 9, 2009. When the Time is Right, is it Time? Let you and your body decide. I also tested my kombucha with some pH paper. I have congo red pH paper which I found on eBay. It reads from 3-5 which is what the range of Kombucha tea should be around. The pH indicated it was around 4, as the paper was partially activated. Update: I bottled one jug, the white tea, at 12 days. The green tea I let go to two weeks, as it seemed to be fermenting slower. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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Tea Quest: June 2009
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Sunday, June 7, 2009. To health, friendship, and the leaf. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). View my complete profile. Ancient Tea Horse Road. The Green Tea Review. A Tea Addict's Journal.
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Tea Quest: Remembering Fall
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Sunday, March 8, 2009. Last Autumn, I went for a hike in a small park near my place. I took some pictures, enjoyed the afternoon exploring. I remember why I set out that afternoon. I thought it was going to be the last decent day of Fall, and so I meant to soak up the elements. It wasn't the last nice day, but it was one of the last few. With Winter waning and rainy, dreary days to come, I look back until Spring wakes up. Autumn always makes me think of the smell of dead leaves baking in the sun.
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Tea Quest: February 2009
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Sunday, February 22, 2009. Why I love Craigslist. Periodically I browse Craigslist. Sometimes the musical instruments, sometimes the free stuff- even found an apartment on there for next year. Following in suit of my last post, while browsing the free stuff section, I found a kindly women 'giving' away kombucha mushrooms. There was a donation of $5 per mushroom, and I was more than happy to oblige. The second is all the same except about 8-10 teaspoons of Long Jing, Dragonwell. Let the good times roll.
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Tea Quest: January 2009
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Friday, January 30, 2009. Considered the most labor intensive tea to produce, oolong. Tea is arguably the most diverse tea category. A few terms which can dictate how oolong. Turns out are: fermentation or oxidation, roasting, man/machine ratio, cultivar. Shape, and climate. I don't know much about this topic, however different cultivars. Express different characteristics. China and Taiwan produce some of the best oolongs. In the world, and the variations of cultivar. Tend to be hand-harvested. Oolon...
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Tea Quest: Bubbles You Say?
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Thursday, March 5, 2009. Bloop, bloop bloop. Only five days into brewing, there is some serious bubbling going on. I have more green tea brewing in the foreground, and a mostly white tea brewing in the background (had black tea starter). The white tea is really chugging up a storm. There is a mother of size in there, and the bubbles have forced it from the bottom up to the top. The more you do something, the easier it gets. That means me brewing kombucha, and the mothers' laborious duty of converting...
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Tea Quest: March 2009
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Tuesday, March 31, 2009. Well it's safe to say that brewing kombucha tea at home is very rewarding. Not only is KT simple to prepare, but it's quite inexpensive. Each bottle costs less than $.50 cents to make. I've also found kombucha brewed at home tastes better than store bought KT. I like to make my tea solution a little stronger to increase the residual tea taste in the final product. My favorite cup. I drink KT and wine from this guy, sometimes aqua. Monday, March 9, 2009. I'm guessing 10 days until...
