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brianlavelle
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| Chip wrote: | | BUT, shincha is in da house!!! |
And--drum roll, please--here in Scotland also: my (separate) orders of the Kirameki and the Hatsumi both arrived today. The Fukamushi is, I believe, en route as I type...
Unfortunately, owing to some rather poor planning on my part this evening, I've had no time to have a session with either. 
Tomorrow night, I have BIG (shincha) plans... 
[By the way, I got a rather fetching little green leaf spoon thingy with my Hatsumi. And the Kirameki came in a colourful package, in a purple card box. Is that the packaging people have been mentioning, or did I get the 'regular' packaging...?] |
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Ryan
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| Posted: May 07, 2008 7:37 am Post subject: |
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I still await my order  |
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Kevangogh
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| Posted: May 07, 2008 10:06 am Post subject: |
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| The Yutaka Midori came in a few days ago, so if you had that in your order (and no miyabi) then it was shipped 2 days ago. The only thing we are now waiting on is miyabi and also kabusecha. |
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Chip
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| Posted: May 07, 2008 11:17 am Post subject: |
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| brianlavelle wrote: | | Chip wrote: | | BUT, shincha is in da house!!! |
And--drum roll, please--here in Scotland also: my (separate) orders of the Kirameki and the Hatsumi both arrived today. The Fukamushi is, I believe, en route as I type...
Unfortunately, owing to some rather poor planning on my part this evening, I've had no time to have a session with either.
Tomorrow night, I have BIG (shincha) plans...
[By the way, I got a rather fetching little green leaf spoon thingy with my Hatsumi. And the Kirameki came in a colourful package, in a purple card box. Is that the packaging people have been mentioning, or did I get the 'regular' packaging...?] |
The packaging is on page 4 of this thread...I got the good one.
It is ashame the chat time is so late here, it would be cool to have a pot of shincha at the time. |
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greenisgood
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| Posted: May 07, 2008 11:56 am Post subject: |
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| Horrah! I'm excited for my first shincha. And I managed to save some of the normal yutaka for comparison purposes. |
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brianlavelle
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| Posted: May 08, 2008 7:15 am Post subject: |
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| Chip wrote: | | brianlavelle wrote: | | Chip wrote: | | BUT, shincha is in da house!!! |
And--drum roll, please--here in Scotland also: my (separate) orders of the Kirameki and the Hatsumi both arrived today. The Fukamushi is, I believe, en route as I type...
Unfortunately, owing to some rather poor planning on my part this evening, I've had no time to have a session with either.
Tomorrow night, I have BIG (shincha) plans...
[By the way, I got a rather fetching little green leaf spoon thingy with my Hatsumi. And the Kirameki came in a colourful package, in a purple card box. Is that the packaging people have been mentioning, or did I get the 'regular' packaging...?] |
The packaging is on page 4 of this thread...I got the good one.
It is ashame the chat time is so late here, it would be cool to have a pot of shincha at the time. |
Thanks for pointing me to the picture of the package, Chip; it seems I did get the good one after all! Very nice indeed.
I managed to have a session with the Kirameki this evening, which was rather wonderful and gave at least 5 decent offerings (and could probably have given more, had I not decided it was time for bed - which it really is now!). Anyway, for what they're worth, I've posted some lengthy ramblings on my blog. I'd be interested to hear what everyone else thinks of the Kirameki.
And yes I'd really like to set up a chat too about the various Shincha we've all ordered, but the timing is slightly problematic. Maybe this coming weekend, if we can co-ordinate. We're in British Summer Time at the moment, so GMT+1 I think... |
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RussianSoul
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| Posted: May 08, 2008 9:54 pm Post subject: My shincha order |
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I am still waiting for my shincha and got a question.
I ordered shincha that was all available for shipping about a week go. The next day I got an email saying that my order is complete. But this order does not show up on my order history list. What does it mean? Should I worry? |
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Kevangogh
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| Posted: May 08, 2008 10:24 pm Post subject: |
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| Probably, send me a PM or email with your details... |
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RussianSoul
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| Posted: May 08, 2008 10:34 pm Post subject: |
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| Kevin, I've sent you an email with the order number yesterday. Perhaps you haven't seen it yet. I will send a PM in a minute. |
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brianlavelle
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| Posted: May 09, 2008 1:53 am Post subject: |
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I've a query about the amount of leaf to use when brewing Shincha which I hope someone can help with.
A commentator on my blog has said that "[i]n Japan, a shincha is typically brewed with double the amount of tea", i.e. where I'd used 4g for my 200ml of water, I should have used 8g. I certainly followed Kevin's recommendation to brew for a shorter duration (1.5 minutes) and at a lower temperature but hadn't appreciated that the weight should also be altered.
Would that comment about leaf to water ratio be right? Obviously, I appreciate that brewing parameters are entirely subjective and personal, but I'd be curious to know if this is indeed how it would normally be done with Shincha.
As a first flush newbie, all assistance would be welcomed! |
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brianlavelle
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| Posted: May 09, 2008 1:58 am Post subject: |
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| brianlavelle wrote: | | A commentator on my blog |
And I should have said that the comment is here. |
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Kevangogh
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| Posted: May 09, 2008 2:27 am Post subject: |
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| I disagree with your poster, I don't know where they get that figure. 200ml is 6.7 ounces. They're suggesting you use 8 grams per 6.7 ounces? No, I don't thinks so. In fact, using 4 grams is quite a bit, perhaps over. Plus, their brew time is kind of short. I agree with the temperature they suggest, however. |
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brianlavelle
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| Posted: May 09, 2008 2:42 am Post subject: |
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Thanks Kevin - that's helpful. I thought 8 grams sounded a lot to use. I'll increase the temperature a bit and use slightly less leaf for my next session.
Still, even using the parameters I did, it tasted rather good! |
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Ryan
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| Posted: May 09, 2008 4:27 am Post subject: |
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It's been tough...
The Great Shincha crisis of 08 has finally come to an end. I want to give my thanks, to all of you who supported me through this rough time. Thankfully, the ending is a happy one.
I received my shincha today. I was wondering WHERE IT WAS. Took a bit longer than usual.
And, Kevin was very cooperative during this debacle. He realized just how enormous the scare was. But, we pulled through.
Thanks all... You can all now rest easy. Wipe those tears away you guys!!!! My tea finally came :] It's going to be a bright, bright, bright, sun shiny day......... |
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brianlavelle
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| Posted: May 09, 2008 4:33 am Post subject: |
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Glad you came through it in one piece, Ryan. Some of us were worried...
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