Blog Profile / The SipTip
| URL : | http://thesiptip.blogspot.com | |
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| Filed Under: | Food & Drink / Tea | |
| Posts on Regator: | 228 | |
| Posts / Week: | 1.4 | |
| Archived Since: | April 24, 2010 | |
Blog Post Archive
Lazy Saturdays
I did not get nearly enough of these Saturdays this winter, and now the worst one happened to come when its nearly March. I would say for the first time in the past 48 hours or so here in West Michigan the snow has stopped falling, but I have no reason to go out side. Show More Summary
Big Cup of Sencha
Pictured above is a recent teaware acquisition, which has become my go to winter cup for a big cup of sencha. So much so a 70% full cup full pushes my little kyusu practically to the brim. I have learned to like going back to some of these full mugs of tea. Show More Summary
Trying to "get" Puerh
Puerh is just one of those teas that it seems you either get it or you do not. For awhile when I was starting out I thought I understood puerh, only to find out I really really did not. Since then I have drifted away from the cakes sold...Show More Summary
Korean Tea
I have grown incredibly fond of Korean tea ever since I first tried it. Although looking back some of the very first Korean teas I had were quite bad, since then I have found a few quality vendors of Korean Tea, but I will not list them as Mattcha has an amazing list of Korean Tea Vendors. Show More Summary
Gaoshan and other Green Oolongs
I know I was late to the Taiwanese Gaoshan party, but let me just say I am glad I found my way there eventually. While I have not fully explored Chinese Tie Guan Yin either, and the Gaoshan is different than the best Tie Guan Yin I have...Show More Summary
Tea helps...
Tea helps people in so many ways it is ridiculous. I won't touch upon any of the health ones in which a new and sometimes conflicting study seems to be released every month or so. I will talk about how with tea, its just that much easier...Show More Summary
Always Amazing
I had for the longest time thought that there were just some types of tea I was not that fond of, and I would never be able to like. One by one they are not only being deemed drinkable, but they are suddenly being catapulted onto the list of types of tea to always try and have on hand. Show More Summary
Get him on a Theanine Drip Pronto
Thursday night into Friday I did a bonehead move, I ordered Chinese food at 11pm, then felt so uncomfortable the rest of the night I didn't even consider going to bed until after 3 am. So Friday was not a fun day at all, and in general I felt sluggish, and overly tired. Show More Summary
Current thoughts on Tea Freshness
There are some large name Tea vendors in the united states, which I would encourage people new to tea to check out for pretty standard teas (red/ black teas, and perhaps some oolongs, and if I can't convince them otherwise flavored teas). Show More Summary
Cold days and hot kettles
My favorite part of winter, and least favorite part of summer, are the exact same thing. The heat that is generated while brewing tea. So as the weather really turns ugly outside, I am once again incredibly fond of turning on the kettle to do long marathon brewing sessions. Show More Summary
Hope for 2012
A bit late for a resolutions post, but some of these are already in action, so I am rigging the game slightly. In 2012 I hope to continue on with the Green Tea Challenge, most notably trying to hit a lot of the Chinese greens when they are fresh. Show More Summary
Celebrate 2012 like...
I'm celebrating 2012 like it's in the 1960's, with a tea from the Mandarin's Tea Room (their 1960's Shui Xian ) to be exact. I love tasting these tea's, even though I can not do it often it is always a surprise. Most surprising about this tea, it seemed to have been getting better each subsequent day (finished day 3 earlier today). Show More Summary
Tea and Sickness
Every time I get sick, I somehow always have one person mention to me "I am surprised you get sick at all, you certainly drink enough tea." I try not to let it get to me, but for some reason it does, everyone gets sick, its a fact of life. Show More Summary
No break is complete without tea
I have a confession to make. My readers are well aware that in late October, all of November, and early December, posts and photos were nearly nonexistent on my part. I have written a few posts alluding to reasons why, and in part it...Show More Summary
Small and Simple
While I am not one of the tea drinkers that usually spends an excessive length of time with tea setups, adding coasters, flowers, and mats to create a serene effect, I usually do have some what noisy set ups. By noisy I mean I could easily have 4 or more items on my tea table at a single time for use when brewing. Show More Summary
Happy Holidays
Wishing all my readers a happy holiday season, and hoping they have a chance to enjoy several great cups of tea. So I will give a little update on some recent thoughts I have had pertaining to tea. Tastes in tea have long since been documented as seasonal. Show More Summary
Caffeination Station
My regular readers of my blog may have noticed a sever drop off in frequency of posts lately. This is due to both a bad schedule for tea, and just in general being busy with school. While I could go on about that, the most shocking part is, it now makes it harder for me to enjoy tea when I do get a chance. Show More Summary
Missing Tea
Lately I have been missing tea, I still drink it but no where as much as usual. It is almost as though tea has been set aside for the weekends. My schedule this semester is really bringing me down especially now that daylight savings...Show More Summary
Thank goodness for my... corkscrew?
Of all the tools I ever thought I would use in making tea, one I never thought I would use, or be so eager to use given the situation as a corkscrew. A little bit of background, I have already talked about this tea, but it was frustrating to get at it at that time, and when I picked it up again, it frustrated me even further. Show More Summary
Brewing a Bike is just like Riding a Tea...
I mean brewing a tea is just like riding a bike. A long standing and overly used phrase in the United states for a skill that you do not easily forget is said to be just like riding a bike. So while I still brew regularly lately as the weather has started to greatly cool off recently its definitely time for gyokuro. Show More Summary