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Discovering Wei Shan Mao Jian
Discovering Wei Shan Mao Jian
Hello,
Not easy to describe one's taste in general, much more when trying it
in a language not your own. Even worse when one knows of one's very
limited tea-knowledge.
Some weeks ago, I ordered some teas from Teaspring and put them on
reserve while finishing the Lochans.
So, yesterday morning, I opened the bag with: Wei Shan Mao Jian.
Smell? Uh? Oh, well, you probably are not awake yet and chinese teas
_do_ smell funny sometimes.
Not remembering neither description nor brewing recommendations I gave
it my usual "first try" 3 min.
After the first sip, smell was even more smoky, I can tell I was wide
awake!
Has anyone ever smelled a messy geese and duck yard on a humid
November morning when clouds hang low and the smoke of cheap brown
coal briquettes won't rise and keeps creeping over the soil?
Well. when a kid, we had such a place in the neighborhoods.
With a formidable impact, those, not so pleasant, memories came up
when tasting this tea. Funny, what our senses can do with us.
I could not finish my first cup and brew a Long Jing instead better
prepared to that one.
Of course, I had to try the Wei Shan Mao Jian again in further
brewings. What can I say? it's getting better, the geese and ducks
are still in the background though;-))
There are more bags waiting, so I better prepare for further trips on
Memory Lane ;-))
roland
------
I too am visited by angels and devils, but I get rid of them.
When it is an angel I pray an old prayer, and he is bored;
When it is a devil I commit an old sin, and he passes me by.
Khalil Gibran
Hello,
Not easy to describe one's taste in general, much more when trying it
in a language not your own. Even worse when one knows of one's very
limited tea-knowledge.
Some weeks ago, I ordered some teas from Teaspring and put them on
reserve while finishing the Lochans.
So, yesterday morning, I opened the bag with: Wei Shan Mao Jian.
Smell? Uh? Oh, well, you probably are not awake yet and chinese teas
_do_ smell funny sometimes.
Not remembering neither description nor brewing recommendations I gave
it my usual "first try" 3 min.
After the first sip, smell was even more smoky, I can tell I was wide
awake!
Has anyone ever smelled a messy geese and duck yard on a humid
November morning when clouds hang low and the smoke of cheap brown
coal briquettes won't rise and keeps creeping over the soil?
Well. when a kid, we had such a place in the neighborhoods.
With a formidable impact, those, not so pleasant, memories came up
when tasting this tea. Funny, what our senses can do with us.
I could not finish my first cup and brew a Long Jing instead better
prepared to that one.
Of course, I had to try the Wei Shan Mao Jian again in further
brewings. What can I say? it's getting better, the geese and ducks
are still in the background though;-))
There are more bags waiting, so I better prepare for further trips on
Memory Lane ;-))
roland
------
I too am visited by angels and devils, but I get rid of them.
When it is an angel I pray an old prayer, and he is bored;
When it is a devil I commit an old sin, and he passes me by.
Khalil Gibran
Re: Discovering Wei Shan Mao Jian
On Apr 20, 5:06 am, roland koch <orlan...@fantasymail.de> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Not easy to describe one's taste in general, much more when trying it
> in a language not your own. Even worse when one knows of one's very
> limited tea-knowledge.
>
> Some weeks ago, I ordered some teas from Teaspring and put them on
> reserve while finishing the Lochans.
>
> So, yesterday morning, I opened the bag with: Wei Shan Mao Jian.
>
> Smell? Uh? Oh, well, you probably are not awake yet and chinese teas
> do smell funny sometimes.
>
> Not remembering neither description nor brewing recommendations I gave
> it my usual "first try" 3 min.
>
> After the first sip, smell was even more smoky, I can tell I was wide
> awake!
>
> Has anyone ever smelled a messy geese and duck yard on a humid
> November morning when clouds hang low and the smoke of cheap brown
> coal briquettes won't rise and keeps creeping over the soil?
>
> Well. when a kid, we had such a place in the neighborhoods.
>
> With a formidable impact, those, not so pleasant, memories came up
> when tasting this tea. Funny, what our senses can do with us.
>
> I could not finish my first cup and brew a Long Jing instead better
> prepared to that one.
>
> Of course, I had to try the Wei Shan Mao Jian again in further
> brewings. What can I say? it's getting better, the geese and ducks
> are still in the background though;-))
>
> There are more bags waiting, so I better prepare for further trips on
> Memory Lane ;-))
>
> roland
> ------
> I too am visited by angels and devils, but I get rid of them.
> When it is an angel I pray an old prayer, and he is bored;
> When it is a devil I commit an old sin, and he passes me by.
>
> Khalil Gibran
I have a Xuan Yi that I'm afraid you have just described. The geese
and ducks are a block away in it, but I did smell the horse pasture I
used to live near by. I think I'll put it away for the summer now,
and see what a bit of aging does for it. Do you think I'll have
better luck ith a Chun Mee Dao Ming instead? Toci
On Apr 20, 5:06 am, roland koch <orlan...@fantasymail.de> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Not easy to describe one's taste in general, much more when trying it
> in a language not your own. Even worse when one knows of one's very
> limited tea-knowledge.
>
> Some weeks ago, I ordered some teas from Teaspring and put them on
> reserve while finishing the Lochans.
>
> So, yesterday morning, I opened the bag with: Wei Shan Mao Jian.
>
> Smell? Uh? Oh, well, you probably are not awake yet and chinese teas
> do smell funny sometimes.
>
> Not remembering neither description nor brewing recommendations I gave
> it my usual "first try" 3 min.
>
> After the first sip, smell was even more smoky, I can tell I was wide
> awake!
>
> Has anyone ever smelled a messy geese and duck yard on a humid
> November morning when clouds hang low and the smoke of cheap brown
> coal briquettes won't rise and keeps creeping over the soil?
>
> Well. when a kid, we had such a place in the neighborhoods.
>
> With a formidable impact, those, not so pleasant, memories came up
> when tasting this tea. Funny, what our senses can do with us.
>
> I could not finish my first cup and brew a Long Jing instead better
> prepared to that one.
>
> Of course, I had to try the Wei Shan Mao Jian again in further
> brewings. What can I say? it's getting better, the geese and ducks
> are still in the background though;-))
>
> There are more bags waiting, so I better prepare for further trips on
> Memory Lane ;-))
>
> roland
> ------
> I too am visited by angels and devils, but I get rid of them.
> When it is an angel I pray an old prayer, and he is bored;
> When it is a devil I commit an old sin, and he passes me by.
>
> Khalil Gibran
I have a Xuan Yi that I'm afraid you have just described. The geese
and ducks are a block away in it, but I did smell the horse pasture I
used to live near by. I think I'll put it away for the summer now,
and see what a bit of aging does for it. Do you think I'll have
better luck ith a Chun Mee Dao Ming instead? Toci
Re: Discovering Wei Shan Mao Jian
On Sun, 20 Apr 2008 03:44:20 -0700 (PDT), toci <gina39d@yahoo,com >
wrote:
>Do you think I'll have
>better luck ith a Chun Mee Dao Ming instead?
Heh! don't ask me;-)) I am certainly the last person to ask this kind
of question.
Two years ago all I knew about chinese teas was, well, Chun Mee and
Gunpowder. Could not understand what customers found in them.
It is only after reading this NG that my interest started ( and the
knowledge about my ignorance too).
roland
------
I too am visited by angels and devils, but I get rid of them.
When it is an angel I pray an old prayer, and he is bored;
When it is a devil I commit an old sin, and he passes me by.
Khalil Gibran
On Sun, 20 Apr 2008 03:44:20 -0700 (PDT), toci <gina39d@yahoo,com >
wrote:
>Do you think I'll have
>better luck ith a Chun Mee Dao Ming instead?
Heh! don't ask me;-)) I am certainly the last person to ask this kind
of question.
Two years ago all I knew about chinese teas was, well, Chun Mee and
Gunpowder. Could not understand what customers found in them.
It is only after reading this NG that my interest started ( and the
knowledge about my ignorance too).
roland
------
I too am visited by angels and devils, but I get rid of them.
When it is an angel I pray an old prayer, and he is bored;
When it is a devil I commit an old sin, and he passes me by.
Khalil Gibran
Re: Discovering Wei Shan Mao Jian
On Apr 20, 6:42 am, roland koch <orlan...@fantasymail.de> wrote:
> On Sun, 20 Apr 2008 03:44:20 -0700 (PDT), toci <gina...@yahoo,com >
> wrote:
>
> >Do you think I'll have
> >better luck ith a Chun Mee Dao Ming instead?
>
> Heh! don't ask me;-)) I am certainly the last person to ask this kind
> of question.
> Two years ago all I knew about chinese teas was, well, Chun Mee and
> Gunpowder. Could not understand what customers found in them.
>
> It is only after reading this NG that my interest started ( and the
> knowledge about my ignorance too).
>
> roland
> ------
> I too am visited by angels and devils, but I get rid of them.
> When it is an angel I pray an old prayer, and he is bored;
> When it is a devil I commit an old sin, and he passes me by.
>
> Khalil Gibran
I've tried my Chun Mee, and it is a nice mild green tea as a green
should be. Little challenge, but I often don't care for challenge in
a tea. It should take me through April nicely till I go into iced
teas for the warmer days. Toci
On Apr 20, 6:42 am, roland koch <orlan...@fantasymail.de> wrote:
> On Sun, 20 Apr 2008 03:44:20 -0700 (PDT), toci <gina...@yahoo,com >
> wrote:
>
> >Do you think I'll have
> >better luck ith a Chun Mee Dao Ming instead?
>
> Heh! don't ask me;-)) I am certainly the last person to ask this kind
> of question.
> Two years ago all I knew about chinese teas was, well, Chun Mee and
> Gunpowder. Could not understand what customers found in them.
>
> It is only after reading this NG that my interest started ( and the
> knowledge about my ignorance too).
>
> roland
> ------
> I too am visited by angels and devils, but I get rid of them.
> When it is an angel I pray an old prayer, and he is bored;
> When it is a devil I commit an old sin, and he passes me by.
>
> Khalil Gibran
I've tried my Chun Mee, and it is a nice mild green tea as a green
should be. Little challenge, but I often don't care for challenge in
a tea. It should take me through April nicely till I go into iced
teas for the warmer days. Toci
Re: Discovering Wei Shan Mao Jian
On Apr 20, 6:06 pm, roland koch <orlan...@fantasymail.de> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Not easy to describe one's taste in general, much more when trying it
> in a language not your own. Even worse when one knows of one's very
> limited tea-knowledge.
>
> Some weeks ago, I ordered some teas from Teaspring and put them on
> reserve while finishing the Lochans.
>
> So, yesterday morning, I opened the bag with: Wei Shan Mao Jian.
>
> Smell? Uh? Oh, well, you probably are not awake yet and chinese teas
> do smell funny sometimes.
>
> Not remembering neither description nor brewing recommendations I gave
> it my usual "first try" 3 min.
>
> After the first sip, smell was even more smoky, I can tell I was wide
> awake!
>
> Has anyone ever smelled a messy geese and duck yard on a humid
> November morning when clouds hang low and the smoke of cheap brown
> coal briquettes won't rise and keeps creeping over the soil?
>
> Well. when a kid, we had such a place in the neighborhoods.
>
> With a formidable impact, those, not so pleasant, memories came up
> when tasting this tea. Funny, what our senses can do with us.
>
> I could not finish my first cup and brew a Long Jing instead better
> prepared to that one.
>
> Of course, I had to try the Wei Shan Mao Jian again in further
> brewings. What can I say? it's getting better, the geese and ducks
> are still in the background though;-))
>
> There are more bags waiting, so I better prepare for further trips on
> Memory Lane ;-))
>
> roland
> ------
> I too am visited by angels and devils, but I get rid of them.
> When it is an angel I pray an old prayer, and he is bored;
> When it is a devil I commit an old sin, and he passes me by.
>
> Khalil Gibran
Isnt Wei Shan Mao Jian a yellow tea from Hunnan region? It is
especially smoky, not easily liked. It is basically similar 2 green
tea but treated through heat & then heavily smoked 2 dryness. This
method might take off the smokiness a little: fill a gaiwan half with
hot water, lay on the leaves, & top up with room temp water. Leave 4
1-3 min, put on the lid only when you want 2 pour the tea.
2nd round onward, use water at temp you would for Long Jing...
Kevo
On Apr 20, 6:06 pm, roland koch <orlan...@fantasymail.de> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Not easy to describe one's taste in general, much more when trying it
> in a language not your own. Even worse when one knows of one's very
> limited tea-knowledge.
>
> Some weeks ago, I ordered some teas from Teaspring and put them on
> reserve while finishing the Lochans.
>
> So, yesterday morning, I opened the bag with: Wei Shan Mao Jian.
>
> Smell? Uh? Oh, well, you probably are not awake yet and chinese teas
> do smell funny sometimes.
>
> Not remembering neither description nor brewing recommendations I gave
> it my usual "first try" 3 min.
>
> After the first sip, smell was even more smoky, I can tell I was wide
> awake!
>
> Has anyone ever smelled a messy geese and duck yard on a humid
> November morning when clouds hang low and the smoke of cheap brown
> coal briquettes won't rise and keeps creeping over the soil?
>
> Well. when a kid, we had such a place in the neighborhoods.
>
> With a formidable impact, those, not so pleasant, memories came up
> when tasting this tea. Funny, what our senses can do with us.
>
> I could not finish my first cup and brew a Long Jing instead better
> prepared to that one.
>
> Of course, I had to try the Wei Shan Mao Jian again in further
> brewings. What can I say? it's getting better, the geese and ducks
> are still in the background though;-))
>
> There are more bags waiting, so I better prepare for further trips on
> Memory Lane ;-))
>
> roland
> ------
> I too am visited by angels and devils, but I get rid of them.
> When it is an angel I pray an old prayer, and he is bored;
> When it is a devil I commit an old sin, and he passes me by.
>
> Khalil Gibran
Isnt Wei Shan Mao Jian a yellow tea from Hunnan region? It is
especially smoky, not easily liked. It is basically similar 2 green
tea but treated through heat & then heavily smoked 2 dryness. This
method might take off the smokiness a little: fill a gaiwan half with
hot water, lay on the leaves, & top up with room temp water. Leave 4
1-3 min, put on the lid only when you want 2 pour the tea.
2nd round onward, use water at temp you would for Long Jing...
Kevo
Re: Discovering Wei Shan Mao Jian
On Mon, 21 Apr 2008 02:30:28 -0700 (PDT), Kevo <Kelmo8818@gmail,com >
wrote:
>Isnt Wei Shan Mao Jian a yellow tea from Hunnan region? It is
>especially smoky, not easily liked. It is basically similar 2 green
>tea but treated through heat & then heavily smoked 2 dryness. This
>method might take off the smokiness a little: fill a gaiwan half with
>hot water, lay on the leaves, & top up with room temp water. Leave 4
>1-3 min, put on the lid only when you want 2 pour the tea.
>
>2nd round onward, use water at temp you would for Long Jing...
>
>Kevo
Thank you, will try.
roland
------
I too am visited by angels and devils, but I get rid of them.
When it is an angel I pray an old prayer, and he is bored;
When it is a devil I commit an old sin, and he passes me by.
Khalil Gibran
On Mon, 21 Apr 2008 02:30:28 -0700 (PDT), Kevo <Kelmo8818@gmail,com >
wrote:
>Isnt Wei Shan Mao Jian a yellow tea from Hunnan region? It is
>especially smoky, not easily liked. It is basically similar 2 green
>tea but treated through heat & then heavily smoked 2 dryness. This
>method might take off the smokiness a little: fill a gaiwan half with
>hot water, lay on the leaves, & top up with room temp water. Leave 4
>1-3 min, put on the lid only when you want 2 pour the tea.
>
>2nd round onward, use water at temp you would for Long Jing...
>
>Kevo
Thank you, will try.
roland
------
I too am visited by angels and devils, but I get rid of them.
When it is an angel I pray an old prayer, and he is bored;
When it is a devil I commit an old sin, and he passes me by.
Khalil Gibran
