In my cup

In my cup this morning is the third infusion of a 50gm tuo that came as a sample from Jing tea shop. It is showing a sweetness and fullness in the mouth I have heard described. This in a mini Yin Hao Tuo 2005. And here is a link -

I brewed this a few times and then I steamed the tuo to take it apart and get larger pieces of leaf as this is very hard and compressed. Steamed apart 50gm fills a pint jar halfway.

I am brewing it with water cooler than boiling but showing "crab eyes" on the pot bottom in a bone china cup with a strainer. Using larger pieces of leaf from this small tuo made a big difference. I don't have an estimate of the weight used but for a 12 oz mug the expanded leaves are about the volume of a golf ball and it has gone 5-6 infusions with the #6 being near the end. In any case I liked this enough to order a kilo. And I am slowly gaining a sense of how leaf size and infusion time change the character of the brew.

How you guys manage to actually store teas that you like right now escapes me.

I am in over my head and I am loving every minute of it. A yixing pot and cups have arrived today.

Hehehe, another convert... Enjoy the journey, it never ends...

-- Mike Petro