http://blog.yayateahouse.co.nz/2008/07/16/arya-ruby-crown-jewel-of-darjeeling/ News from the Teahouse, about tea and more Tue, 07 Sep 2010 21:19:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 http://blog.yayateahouse.co.nz/2008/07/16/arya-ruby-crown-jewel-of-darjeeling/#comment-18582 Wed, 16 Jul 2008 02:37:58 +0000 http://blog.yayateahouse.co.nz/2008/07/16/arya-ruby-crown-jewel-of-darjeeling/#comment-18582 Hi Bamboo Forest, I sometimes brew Darjeelings gong fu. It's not my usual preparation for these teas and not all Darjeelings perform well this way. But I have gotten some amazing results from gong fu Darjeelings where I discovered subtleties I hadn't noticed before. On the other hand, some Darjeelings seem to require the space of a large amount of water to really unfold their character (from my experience, most second flush DJ behave that way). I think it depends a lot on the tea. We always encourage customers to experiment with the preparation. Sometimes, uncommon preparation for a certain type of tea can produce very interesting results. Hi Bamboo Forest,
I sometimes brew Darjeelings gong fu. It’s not my usual preparation for these teas and not all Darjeelings perform well this way. But I have gotten some amazing results from gong fu Darjeelings where I discovered subtleties I hadn’t noticed before. On the other hand, some Darjeelings seem to require the space of a large amount of water to really unfold their character (from my experience, most second flush DJ behave that way).
I think it depends a lot on the tea. We always encourage customers to experiment with the preparation. Sometimes, uncommon preparation for a certain type of tea can produce very interesting results.

]]> http://blog.yayateahouse.co.nz/2008/07/16/arya-ruby-crown-jewel-of-darjeeling/#comment-18576 Tue, 15 Jul 2008 23:36:47 +0000 http://blog.yayateahouse.co.nz/2008/07/16/arya-ruby-crown-jewel-of-darjeeling/#comment-18576 Curiously, do you gong fu your Darjeeling tea? I know that there are some tea connoisseur's that do, and apparently Darjeeling performs well this way. Curiously, do you gong fu your Darjeeling tea? I know that there are some tea connoisseur’s that do, and apparently Darjeeling performs well this way.

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