Midnight front porch gongfu! Tonight we are getting a break from the blasted miserable heat and I wanted to really enjoy it. It rained a little while, and when I opened the front door to see if it was still raining it was so cool. Only 65F! There were still raindrops dripping off the roof and crickets are chirping everywhere. The mosquitos have gone to bed apparently. So I suggested tea on the porch!
I used my yixing to prepare this and we each had a little white chocolate Godiva bonbon. I almost made a cheese plate, but the last time I did that it was a really strong cheese and it didn’t play nicely with the tea. My husband kept saying “perfect, perfect” when he had his bonbon. He loved the white chocolate with this tea.
Tonight it was extra floral and had really nice body with a lightly creamy mouthfeel. This tin is pretty fresh and I hope I have learned my lesson about letting really good tea sit around past its prime. No more. The first tin I ever bought sat around because I had way more tea than I could drink in a reasonable of time and it really lost its shine. It is worth every penny paid for it, as long as I drink it in a reasonable amount of time.
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I have trouble with this. I tend to hoard really good tea, perhaps long past its prime.
Same here, Leafhopper. I have a really good tea sitting in my kitchen right now that has lost everything that was nice about it. Trying to decide whether to toss it or ice it.
I love that your partner will drink tea with you. My husband refers to mine as “ruined water.” ;)
I also admit I tend to buy too many different teas, way more than what I can possibly drink! Have you already encountered a tea past its prime that is really worth it when iced then?
Super Starling: I am glad he drinks tea with me, too! He won’t choose. He used to say his review was, “It is hot and has tea like qualities.” But lately he has been saying how the tea FEELS to him, or what body it has, so he is coming along. Once when we were having a very expensive dragonwell, he said, “This is really good…it’s expensive, isn’t it?” Ha ha! He was right!
Ilse: I ice it because my husband will down a gallon in a single weekend. I don’t worry about how good it is! It is very hot here and he spends most of his time in his workshop or in the garden, so he consumes large amounts of iced tea and isn’t picky about it. I let a lovely watermelon oolong go past its freshest point and we are drinking that iced now. It is good, the melon flavor is much lighter than it was last year, but it is better than grocery store stuff.
I have trouble with this. I tend to hoard really good tea, perhaps long past its prime.
Same here, Leafhopper. I have a really good tea sitting in my kitchen right now that has lost everything that was nice about it. Trying to decide whether to toss it or ice it.
I love that your partner will drink tea with you. My husband refers to mine as “ruined water.” ;)
I also admit I tend to buy too many different teas, way more than what I can possibly drink! Have you already encountered a tea past its prime that is really worth it when iced then?
Super Starling: I am glad he drinks tea with me, too! He won’t choose. He used to say his review was, “It is hot and has tea like qualities.” But lately he has been saying how the tea FEELS to him, or what body it has, so he is coming along. Once when we were having a very expensive dragonwell, he said, “This is really good…it’s expensive, isn’t it?” Ha ha! He was right!
Ilse: I ice it because my husband will down a gallon in a single weekend. I don’t worry about how good it is! It is very hot here and he spends most of his time in his workshop or in the garden, so he consumes large amounts of iced tea and isn’t picky about it. I let a lovely watermelon oolong go past its freshest point and we are drinking that iced now. It is good, the melon flavor is much lighter than it was last year, but it is better than grocery store stuff.