Cheap'n'cheerful green tea?

heh, i saw those, but as my only experience with a tub of teabags @ costco was not pleasant in 2005 i didnt really want to try again, thanks for the info :)

Why not, when you know you're going to want green tea on the run, fill a couple of T-Sac or other brand of make-your-own-teabag? That way you're brewing your favorite tea.

/Lew

Heh, I can't remember a post I've found as amusing for quite some time... thanks. I say this as I sit in my living room with my laptop, feet up, munching on Haribo Gold-Bear gummi bears (my personal favorite). I had initially set out from work to enjoy an awesome bowl of Pho from Tram's Kitchen, but alas forgot they are closed on Monday so I ended up with two double cheeseburgers and medium fry from Dairy Queen which was a very poor substitution for Pho.

I'm really not an Ito-En fan, it is decent enough tea but I just can't help always going for something equal or better from elsewhere. I have no idea why I'm so anti-Ito. Now Yamamotoyama is a great emergency tea to have on hand, still one of the only teabags I'm happy to see when out and about.

Congrats on the Husky too, they make great chainsaws. I recently bought my father a 345 and he loves it.

- Dominic

I tried your method, and while I'm not sure it improved my prose it sure was fun.

in supermarkets have you noticed that they don't put the Yamamotoyama boxes with the tea? they usually put it in the asian food section next to soysauce and noodles...

I'm right with you on principle, but travel randomly and often on short notice (ahead of the revenooers). Better grades of YMY are good enough, and their packaging is excellent. I have bags banging around in my briefcase half a dozen years old that are still *much* better than anything generally available at restaurants and hotels.

If I have time to plan, I use a cute little zip-cased gaiwan/fair-pot/cup set (available at Yunnan Sourcing, though this one a generous gift from a venerable crow) and pack five or six assorted teas to share with clients and friends. Makes quite an impression in business meetings.

Truthfully, I usually drink the bags by cold-brewing overnight in the hotel room to have a suitably bittersweet libation to greet the dawn. Loose tea works too, but messier.

-DM

Well, the catchphrase on their website

(Just kidding, unless they put nori in teabags nowadays ;-))

Stefan

Actually I love Yamamotoyama tea because it has that fishy (kelpy:) flavor I crave sometimes. I do also like their nori when I can't get better stuff or don't have the time to go to a real market for the good stuff. I've never thought to try to brew some nori, but I may now... not the salty stuff but some of the finer sushi grade nori. Kinda like a wakame miso soup without the miso.

- Dominic

have not seen YMY nori before ! but now i'll look ! their website also shows they make bottled tea, wonder if those make their way over here

haven't had seaweed in a while.... mmm, crisp, "lightly" salted...

i'd be surprised if seaweed "tea" hasn't been produced