"Michael Plant" > wrote in message
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> Mike 1/16/07
>
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> There are all kinds of balances to be struck.
> Perhaps Oz is heading swiftly toward a
> full Gung Fu frenzy. Personally, I don't see
> demand for more Pu-erh leaf as a palate
> development unless he were using too little
> leaf to begin with.
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.... was quite possibly using less leaf than I ought to when we first
started - the concept of 'keep trying the tea till I got it right' was still
a little hard to swallow (no pun intended) when we looked at the money we
had initially spent on the stuff. Now of course with our slightly more
mature palates, this is no longer an issue.
I do prefer using my pots rather than the Gaiwan - I seem to be able to get
a better balance compared with my Gaiwan. The wife is the totally opposite.
She can brew a mean 30 year pu-erh in her gaiwan ! I use a Gaiwan at work
and even now struggle to get the same taste from a tea two days in a row - I
think I'm rushing the process while working.
Did any of you use scales to initially determine the correct amount of
leaf - or did you just wing it ? I don't think I want to start using a
scale all the time, but am wondering if I used one for a short period to
show me what 5g of leaf (for example) looks like, I might be a little more
consistent. Brewing time is consistent as I used a simple timer.
Cheers
Mal
Oz (sunny Perth actually)
1993 Menghai 7542 tonight after tea....