{"id":11,"date":"2021-01-06T18:18:12","date_gmt":"2021-01-06T18:18:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.evergreen.edu\/wintertastingswithnakiah2021\/?p=11"},"modified":"2021-03-10T01:04:10","modified_gmt":"2021-03-10T01:04:10","slug":"3-5-tea-and-lunar-new-year2-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.evergreen.edu\/wintertastingswithnakiah2021\/2021\/01\/06\/3-5-tea-and-lunar-new-year2-12\/","title":{"rendered":"#3.5: Tea and Lunar New Year(2.12)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

RECORDING OF THE LUNAR NEW YEAR OOLONG TEA TASTING:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Passcode: W@9U#Yua<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Background reading:<\/strong>\nMcGee, On Food and Cooking. <\/em>pp434-441<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Have prepared: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Water at 190\u00b0F temperature in\nkettle that can be kept at constant temperature or a thermos
\nThree 1 c canning jars from kit
\nTea strainer from kit
\n1 c measuring cup for pouring
\n3 small plates for wet tea leaves
\n4 g of each tea (half the amount in each sample; can be weighed out on\nscale from kit)
\nTimer or watch
\nTea flavor wheel from folder in kit or in electronic form below
\nTasting grid below<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Descriptors of aromas\nand flavors for tea: <\/strong>see flavor wheel on back or printed out in color as a\nhandout in your lab kit
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Tea:<\/strong> Camellia sinensis<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n  <\/strong>\n Tea\n type<\/strong>\n <\/td>\n  <\/strong>\n Aroma<\/strong>\n <\/td>\n  <\/strong>\n Color<\/strong>\n <\/td>\n  <\/strong>\n Flavor<\/strong>\n <\/td>\n  <\/strong>\n Body\/Briskness<\/strong>\n <\/td><\/tr>
\n  <\/strong>\n Green-\n \u2018TeiGuanYin\u2019<\/strong>\n  <\/strong>\n  <\/strong>\n  <\/strong>\n <\/td>  <\/strong> fresh, floral,vegetal<\/td>  <\/strong> light brown, greenish <\/td>  <\/strong> vegetal, floral(rose), mossy <\/td>  <\/strong> it being a green tea its not thick at all in the mouth<\/td><\/tr>
\n  <\/strong>\n \u2018Qilan\n Wuyi\u2019<\/strong>\n  <\/strong>\n  <\/strong>\n  <\/strong>\n  <\/strong>\n <\/td>  <\/strong> earthy,mineral,almost coffee smell<\/td>  <\/strong> darker earthy brown<\/td>  <\/strong> mossy,earthy, wet earth<\/td>  <\/strong> definitely heavier than the green<\/td><\/tr>
\n Oolong-\n <\/strong>\n \u2018Bao\n Jao\u2019 or \u2018Oriental Beauty\u2019<\/strong>\n –<\/strong>leafhopper bitten\n  <\/strong>\n  <\/strong>\n <\/td>  <\/strong> floral,vegetal,earthy,honeysuckle<\/td>lighter brown  <\/strong> <\/td>  <\/strong> a little nutty and earthy <\/td>  <\/strong> kind of a mix between the green tea and the Qilan Wuyi tea<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Tea Resources:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n