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syntheticpanda
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 Posted: Apr 22, 2007 12:30 am Post subject: Kabusecha Aging |
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| I remember reading that gyokuro is allowed to age/mature slightly before it is sold. Do shaded senchas go through the same aging process? |
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Chip
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| Posted: Apr 22, 2007 12:55 am Post subject: |
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..I have read, no. They are sold after harvesting like a regular sencha. That is assuming you are talking about kabuse cha.
I was just thinking about this a few days ago. So, Kevin, does this mean they are available as shincha??? |
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Kevangogh
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| Posted: Apr 22, 2007 2:23 am Post subject: |
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I've never seen kabusecha offered as shincha, but it doesn't mean it's not out there.
It's not aged, brew it like sencha. |
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Photiou
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| Posted: May 01, 2007 1:13 pm Post subject: |
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| One traditional tea shop listed their top grade sencha as "traditionally aged". They did not say if it was shaded though, probably not as kabuse-cha was listed with gyokuro. |
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Kevangogh
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| Posted: May 01, 2007 7:07 pm Post subject: |
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We will get the 2007 Kabusecha in around May 10th. I just got a small batch of 2006 kabusecha in today - it's still as good as it ever was.
Gyokuro is aged on purpose. Except for shincha, sencha is stored in refrigerated warehouses and pulled throughout the year as needed. I don't really consider that "aging" in the traditional sense of the word, but yeah, I guess since its older it's "aged." |
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Chip
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| Posted: May 02, 2007 4:45 am Post subject: |
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| admin wrote: | We will get the 2007 Kabusecha in around May 10th. I just got a small batch of 2006 kabusecha in today - it's still as good as it ever was.
Gyokuro is aged on purpose. Except for shincha, sencha is stored in refrigerated warehouses and pulled throughout the year as needed. I don't really consider that "aging" in the traditional sense of the word, but yeah, I guess since its older it's "aged." |
So Kevin, when you add the 2007 Kabuse cha around May 10th, will it be considered shincha? I noticed in your O-Cha blog, one of your most recent entries mentions the addition of Kabusecha as shincha in May. |
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Kevangogh
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| Posted: May 02, 2007 11:24 am Post subject: |
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| It will be considered shincha... |
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Chip
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| Posted: May 02, 2007 12:55 pm Post subject: |
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| admin wrote: | | It will be considered shincha... |
Very good, thanx.
So, next question...I have put off preordering the shincha Miyabi hoping to see the shincha Kabuse available for preorder also. I was hoping to order them together if they were both available for preorder.
Oh yeah, the question, any chance of adding the Kabuse cha to the shincha page as a preorder item? |
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