Please, help me!
I had a normal life -> Silver Moon, school, home, Pi Lo Chun, homework,
Gunpowder, reading a book and some Dai Mutan Bambu before falling
asleep. Everything was OK, until... I decided to buy it. It took me a
while, because I couldn't find it in any tea shop in my city so I
decided to order it through Internet. Then, the postman arrived with my
parcel. As soon as he got out, I started unpacking it, stopped doing
anything, just brewed... I've fallen in love at the fist taste... with
my first cup of Gyokuro.

Now, one of the most prestigious types of tea, usually prepared for
special occasions, is the main tea I want to drink. When I get up, I
think about Gyokuro, when I am at school, I am thinking where I left the
thermometer, when I am going back, I am wondering if I have properly
cleared my teapot last time...

I have been reading this group for quite a long time and having so many
specialists around me, I hope you will be able to find some kind of
treatment or... just another kind of tea...

Greetings,
Theriel

At ten dollars an ounce, thirty cups to an ounce, plus seventy cups of
reinfusions-100 cups for ten dollars is ten cents a cup. Way cheaper
than soda pop. Even with no reinfusion, three cups for a dollar. How
poor are you? Go for it. Toci
Theriel wrote:
> Please, help me!
> I had a normal life -> Silver Moon, school, home, Pi Lo Chun, homework,
> Gunpowder, reading a book and some Dai Mutan Bambu before falling
> asleep. Everything was OK, until... I decided to buy it. It took me a
> while, because I couldn't find it in any tea shop in my city so I
> decided to order it through Internet. Then, the postman arrived with my
> parcel. As soon as he got out, I started unpacking it, stopped doing
> anything, just brewed... I've fallen in love at the fist taste... with
> my first cup of Gyokuro.
>
> Now, one of the most prestigious types of tea, usually prepared for
> special occasions, is the main tea I want to drink. When I get up, I
> think about Gyokuro, when I am at school, I am thinking where I left the
> thermometer, when I am going back, I am wondering if I have properly
> cleared my teapot last time...
>
> I have been reading this group for quite a long time and having so many
> specialists around me, I hope you will be able to find some kind of
> treatment or... just another kind of tea...
>
> Greetings,
> Theriel

I can't brew regular sencha to my satisfaction, let alone gyookuro, and
even long jing gives me trouble. Needle greens are so tough to brew!
So, what are your suggestions about brewing it?

I can't brew regular sencha to my satisfaction, let alone gyookuro, and
even long jing gives me trouble. Needle greens are so tough to brew!
So, what are your suggestions about brewing it?

Theriel wrote:
Please, help me!

blah blah blah I love gyokuro blah blah

Greetins, Theriel

Hi Teriel,

First, welcome to the group!

Now, about your Gyokuro obsession: Keep
on going! There are different Gyokuros
out there, designated by growing area, my
personal favorite of the moment being Yame,
but that could change tomorrow. They make
G by shading the leaf on the bush in order to
force the leaf to produce more clorophyll,
whence presumably the Gyokuro taste derives.
Personally, it *is* a special occasion tea for
me. It's a tea I want to "surprise" me when I
drink it; this has little to do with cost.

Anyway, good to hear about your enthusiastic
embracing of this most excellent tea! Now, let's
see how fickle you are, and what your next tea
love will be.

Michael


/4/06

> Please, help me!
> I had a normal life -> Silver Moon, school, home, Pi Lo Chun, homework,
> Gunpowder, reading a book and some Dai Mutan Bambu before falling
> asleep. Everything was OK, until... I decided to buy it. It took me a
> while, because I couldn't find it in any tea shop in my city so I
> decided to order it through Internet. Then, the postman arrived with my
> parcel. As soon as he got out, I started unpacking it, stopped doing
> anything, just brewed... I've fallen in love at the fist taste... with
> my first cup of Gyokuro.
>
> Now, one of the most prestigious types of tea, usually prepared for
> special occasions, is the main tea I want to drink. When I get up, I
> think about Gyokuro, when I am at school, I am thinking where I left the
> thermometer, when I am going back, I am wondering if I have properly
> cleared my teapot last time...
>
> I have been reading this group for quite a long time and having so many
> specialists around me, I hope you will be able to find some kind of
> treatment or... just another kind of tea...
>
> Greetings,
> Theriel

Hi,

Gyokuro is also one of my favorite tea. I don't drink it very often
because it's hard for me to find good Gyokuro.
Has anybody advices on good places where to buy gyokuro on the Internet ?

Valéry

Jason F in Los Angeles napisa³(a):
> I can't brew regular sencha to my satisfaction, let alone gyookuro, and
> even long jing gives me trouble. Needle greens are so tough to brew!
> So, what are your suggestions about brewing it?

I was following step by step the tutorial placed on
http://tinyurl.com/ngmzr . However, there isn't any precise temperature
given (only at the beginning and even wrong). Reading other websites, I
found out that it should be around 50-60 C. Remember that this is the
temperature of water which you should brew the tea with. So, first heat
teapot, second heat teacups and _after_ it make measurement.

Greetings,
Theriel

hi..
today ,, you must be careful purchasing japanese green tea, such as
Sencha or Gyokuro. most of them are imported from china.
you can visit www.jardinduthe.ca, this store sell high quality of japanese
green tea, all of them are imported from Japan and their prices are very
reasonable.


"Valery" > wrote in message
...
> Hi,
>
> Gyokuro is also one of my favorite tea. I don't drink it very often
> because it's hard for me to find good Gyokuro.
> Has anybody advices on good places where to buy gyokuro on the Internet ?
>
> Valéry

>Has anybody advices on good places where to buy gyokuro on the Internet ?

http://www.chajin.co.jp/

Site is in Japanese, run it through a translator. Manager is able to
communicate well enough, in somewhat broken English, to do business
via email. They take major USA Credit Cards. Prices are good and teas
are great.

No affiliation, just a very satisfied customer.

--
Mike Petro
http://www.pu-erh.net

howard napisa³(a):
[cut]
> you can visit www.jardinduthe.ca, this store sell high quality of japanese
> green tea, all of them are imported from Japan and their prices are very
> reasonable.
[cut]

If that shop really sells high quality tea.... the expression "very
reasonable" would be not enough. I have never seen such a cheap gyokuro.
Btw, Are you sure this shop is good? Because according to the
information on their site, they don't know too much about brewing (or
there is something I don't know -> e.g: 75C and *8* minutes for gyokuro !)

Do you know any other, good and checked shop but preferably placed in
Europe?

Greetings,
Theriel

Theriel wrote:
> howard napisa³(a):
> [cut]
> > you can visit www.jardinduthe.ca, this store sell high quality of japanese
> > green tea, all of them are imported from Japan and their prices are very
> > reasonable.
> [cut]
>
> If that shop really sells high quality tea.... the expression "very
> reasonable" would be not enough. I have never seen such a cheap gyokuro.
> Btw, Are you sure this shop is good?

I'm sure it's not, having looked at it. It's junk. Read its
pidgin-French descriptions of its products and it will become clear
that the owner doesn't know a thing and is just trying to make a buck.
Another thing I'm sure of is that Howard is its proprietor and an
obnoxious troll-advertiser. If you look at his previous posts, you'll
see that each one is like the one above, a lame ad for his lame site.
Howard, you don't even sell gyokuro on your crappy site - why are you
contributing to this post at all? Please go to hell.

To everyone else, especially Theriel, thanks for the info about
gyokuro, and your enthusiasm is inspiring. I've been meaning to try
some for a while, and I think I'll order some today, from an online
retailer who doesn't make himself a pain in my ass.

In the meantime, I think I'll start my day with some good sencha, which
is the closest I can get to gyojuro for the moment.

a

Theriel wrote:
> Do you know any other, good and checked shop but preferably placed in
> Europe?

Sorry, in my fury about Howard I completely forgot to make a
constructive contribution to the thread. I've ordered matcha and
accessories from www.o-cha.com. The service and quality were both
great, and I plan to get some gyokuro from them today. However they
are not in Europe and don't have a tremendous selection.

howard > wrote:
> hi..
> today ,, you must be careful purchasing japanese green tea, such as
> Sencha or Gyokuro. most of them are imported from china.
> you can visit www.ja ...etc.ca, this store sell high quality of japanese
> green tea, all of them are imported from Japan and their prices are very
> reasonable.

Since "he" is anonymous, using a hotmail account, and only posts to advertise
that one site, I take it that he thinks he is being clever in pretending to
be a customer. Given business practices like this, I would avoid this site.

I've tasted teas from the site which Mike Petro endorsed and found them to be
pretty good.

Rick.