Comments on: Yum of the Week: All About the Perfect Japanese Green Tea http://www.bookofyum.com/blog/yum-of-the-week-all-about-the-perfect-japanese-green-tea-1222.html Yummy Adventures in Gluten Free Cuisine Thu, 02 May 2013 19:09:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Janice http://www.bookofyum.com/blog/yum-of-the-week-all-about-the-perfect-japanese-green-tea-1222.html/comment-page-1#comment-4915 Janice Sat, 17 Nov 2007 00:37:19 +0000 http://www.bookofyum.com/blog/?p=1222#comment-4915 Many thanks for this terrific post on tea. I adore tea and love sampling all kinds of new ones....so thanks for the info. Here in D.C. there is a fantastic place called Teaism, which I will be reviewing in the next coming weeks, (my blog is really about jewelry, but oh well!) but they have the BEST variety and selection of teas anywhere, along with a great location. Cheers! Janice Goddess Findings Many thanks for this terrific post on tea. I adore tea and love sampling all kinds of new ones….so thanks for the info. Here in D.C. there is a fantastic place called Teaism, which I will be reviewing in the next coming weeks, (my blog is really about jewelry, but oh well!) but they have the BEST variety and selection of teas anywhere, along with a great location. Cheers!
Janice
Goddess Findings

]]> By: yum http://www.bookofyum.com/blog/yum-of-the-week-all-about-the-perfect-japanese-green-tea-1222.html/comment-page-1#comment-4687 yum Tue, 13 Nov 2007 01:23:36 +0000 http://www.bookofyum.com/blog/?p=1222#comment-4687 Heya Veg-J, You're welcome. I quite enjoyed my little tea-break! The first video is a joke - not for informational purposes at all, just entertainment. They have videos on many aspects of Japanese culture- all completely (purposefully) ridiculous. My Japanese instructor showed us a few of them as a "see how many erroneous statements you can find" exercise. They often have english subtitles but in this case didn't... too bad. I think I'll switch them around so people see the "real" video first. Oh yes, and not only would there be no room for water, but the tea swells up. Can you imagine? Hope you're still enjoying your package! what was your favorite pasta? -Brenda Heya Veg-J,
You’re welcome. I quite enjoyed my little tea-break!
The first video is a joke – not for informational purposes at all, just entertainment. They have videos on many aspects of Japanese culture- all completely (purposefully) ridiculous. My Japanese instructor showed us a few of them as a “see how many erroneous statements you can find” exercise. They often have english subtitles but in this case didn’t… too bad. I think I’ll switch them around so people see the “real” video first. Oh yes, and not only would there be no room for water, but the tea swells up. Can you imagine?
Hope you’re still enjoying your package! what was your favorite pasta?

-Brenda

]]> By: vegetablej http://www.bookofyum.com/blog/yum-of-the-week-all-about-the-perfect-japanese-green-tea-1222.html/comment-page-1#comment-4686 vegetablej Tue, 13 Nov 2007 01:03:50 +0000 http://www.bookofyum.com/blog/?p=1222#comment-4686 Hi SS: Thanks for the link to my tea post and so glad to hear you had a nice moment with tea. Also glad you liked the Kagawa tea.:)As I say in my latest post, eating or drinking something can often carry us away to another place. A nice way to travel when you can't.:) The videos are interesting. The first one smacks of that fake "science-y" culture that is so prevalent here nowadays, with people making up senseless rules for doing things, which don't work and just look pretentious. The amount of tea she put in the cup was ridiculous, with it spilling all around, the direct antithesis of the gracefulness aimed at in tea. With a full pot of tea, there would be no room for water at all. Ridiculous! The second video was quite a bit better. I found it useful to see him pour a little in each cup, alternatively and immediately realized that his was so that the strength of the two cups of tea would be equalized, since the tea is weaker at the top of the pot(poured first) and stronger at the bottom. I'll try that from now on when I'm serving others. For one, it's sometimes nice to experience the tea changing in strength as you drink it. The small amount of tea he used is directly proportional to the small amount of water and the size of the small pot he was using. I have to say though that I think he was wrong to take the water form one of those standing water kettles.I find the water in them none too fresh. I think the water should be freshly boiled in a kettle for the best flavour. Thanks for the description of the different teas with the kanji; a very useful and interesting post about tea! :) Hi SS:

Thanks for the link to my tea post and so glad to hear you had a nice moment with tea. Also glad you liked the Kagawa tea.:)As I say in my latest post, eating or drinking something can often carry us away to another place. A nice way to travel when you can’t.:)

The videos are interesting. The first one smacks of that fake “science-y” culture that is so prevalent here nowadays, with people making up senseless rules for doing things, which don’t work and just look pretentious. The amount of tea she put in the cup was ridiculous, with it spilling all around, the direct antithesis of the gracefulness aimed at in tea. With a full pot of tea, there would be no room for water at all. Ridiculous!

The second video was quite a bit better. I found it useful to see him pour a little in each cup, alternatively and immediately realized that his was so that the strength of the two cups of tea would be equalized, since the tea is weaker at the top of the pot(poured first) and stronger at the bottom. I’ll try that from now on when I’m serving others. For one, it’s sometimes nice to experience the tea changing in strength as you drink it.

The small amount of tea he used is directly proportional to the small amount of water and the size of the small pot he was using. I have to say though that I think he was wrong to take the water form one of those standing water kettles.I find the water in them none too fresh. I think the water should be freshly boiled in a kettle for the best flavour.

Thanks for the description of the different teas with the kanji; a very useful and interesting post about tea!

:)

]]> By: Book of Yum - Blog http://www.bookofyum.com/blog/yum-of-the-week-all-about-the-perfect-japanese-green-tea-1222.html/comment-page-1#comment-4601 Book of Yum - Blog Sun, 11 Nov 2007 06:20:38 +0000 http://www.bookofyum.com/blog/?p=1222#comment-4601 [...] Baked Goods of the week: Yummy Four Flour Bean Bread, Cherry Cake and Cranberry Tarts OR Cranberry Scones (decisions, decisions) Posts on the Drawing Board: Virtual Memorial Booklet in honor of Bette Hagman Yum of the Week: Perfect Green Tea Gluten Free English Tea: Cranberry scones with Devonshire cream Gluten-Free Travel in Europe: Making Gluten-Free Plans in Switzerland, Germany, Italy, and Austria Gluten-Free Recipe Box: September-October Gluten-Free Chinese Food: Vegetarian Happy Ma Bo Dofu Tofu Recipe Eat your Veggies: New Roasted Broccoli Recipe and Delicious Chickpea salad Recipe [...] [...] Baked Goods of the week: Yummy Four Flour Bean Bread, Cherry Cake and Cranberry Tarts OR Cranberry Scones (decisions, decisions) Posts on the Drawing Board: Virtual Memorial Booklet in honor of Bette Hagman Yum of the Week: Perfect Green Tea Gluten Free English Tea: Cranberry scones with Devonshire cream Gluten-Free Travel in Europe: Making Gluten-Free Plans in Switzerland, Germany, Italy, and Austria Gluten-Free Recipe Box: September-October Gluten-Free Chinese Food: Vegetarian Happy Ma Bo Dofu Tofu Recipe Eat your Veggies: New Roasted Broccoli Recipe and Delicious Chickpea salad Recipe [...]

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