When the temperature hits 35 Celsius, I still drink tea. I just switch out the kettle for ice cubes. Gyokuro, kukicha, and hojicha are particularly delicious brewed on ice. The cold water pulls out all the sweetness and there is almost no bitterness.

Pictured is some gyokuro on ice brewing in a shiboridashi. I like to put a ton of gyokuro (like... an obscene amount) and let the icecubes melt, and I'll add a tiny little bit of cold water periodically to tease out all the cold sweetness.

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Today's morning #tea practice: a brew of Yoshiharu (Uji, Japan) gyokuro in my #shiboridashi. I went all in on this one, about 10 grammes of tea per 90 mL of cool water (50-60 Celsius) in order to draw all the umami and sweet notes. Well-brewed gyokuro reminds me of the sea, and spring. It's a really enjoyable experience.

Notes on gyokuro: https://gersande.com/tea/gyokuro.html

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Photos from this morning's dawn #tea practice with my shiboridashi (it's kind of like a tea pot meets a gaiwan — very fun.)

Drinking a #gyokuro called Okabe (#yabukita cultivar — see more details on the tea here: https://gersande.com/tea/okabe-2023.html) which is one of my favourite gyokuros when I want something less on the marine side of gyokuros.

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My latest addition to my #TeaGarden:

https://gersande.com/tea/chashin-uji-2022.html

> This gyokuro reminds me (inexplicably) of a really good late summer squash. A very round, umami taste with absolutely no bitterness and only the lightest astringent-bordering-on-fruity notes that linger after each sip.

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Parce que j'ai laissé échapper ma théière gyokuro préférée et ça m’a vraiment déçu, j’ai décidé de m’acheter mon premier shiboridashi!

Le voici, je ne sais pas encore quel sera son nom, mais il est extrêmement bien fait, ne laissant échapper aucune goutte de thé.

Je l’ai utilisé pour préparer un gyokuro de Ujitawara, Japon, ce matin, qui est très bon. Pour environ 90 mL d’eau à 50-60 degrés Celsius, j'ai infusé entre 4 et 5 grammes de thé pendant 4 à 5 minutes. Le résultat est divin.

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