Hi,
I'm looking for the name of a "strange" tea I purchased in Shanghai
some years ago. I've searched the Internet but can't find a tea that
looks like this one.
It seems to be a single big leaf of green tea, rolled to make a
cilinder of 0,5 cm of diameter, which is then bended to form a
spiral approx. 5 cm long and 1,5 cm thick. I think it was a green
tea, although the two leaves I still own have turned brownish. I was
told that this tea is usually reused at least two times.
Any idea?

Thanks in advance

- Claudio

On Feb 3, 8:29*am, Claudio Telmon wrote:
Hi,
I'm looking for the name of a "strange" tea I purchased in Shanghai
some years ago. I've searched the Internet but can't find a tea that
looks like this one.
It seems to be a single big leaf of green tea, rolled to make a
cilinder of 0,5 cm of diameter, which is then bended to form a
spiral approx. 5 cm long and 1,5 cm thick. I think it was a green
tea, although the two leaves I still own have turned brownish. I was
told that this tea is usually reused at least two times.
Any idea?

Thanks in advance

- Claudio

It's most likely Bi Luo Chun. If it is a longer leaf, it could be Jin
Si Luo or rolled into a ring, Nu Er Huan.
You can usually infuse a good green several times.
Shen

Shen wrote:

It's most likely Bi Luo Chun. If it is a longer leaf, it could be Jin
Si Luo or rolled into a ring, Nu Er Huan.
You can usually infuse a good green several times.
Shen

Thank You!
I've seen this picture http://www.teaspring.com/Jin-Si-Luo.asp and
it almost looks like that one.

- Claudio

On Feb 3, 12:31*pm, Shen wrote:
On Feb 3, 8:29*am, Claudio Telmon wrote:

Hi,
I'm looking for the name of a "strange" tea I purchased in Shanghai
some years ago. I've searched the Internet but can't find a tea that
looks like this one.
It seems to be a single big leaf of green tea, rolled to make a
cilinder of 0,5 cm of diameter, which is then bended to form a
spiral approx. 5 cm long and 1,5 cm thick. I think it was a green
tea, although the two leaves I still own have turned brownish. I was
told that this tea is usually reused at least two times.
Any idea?

Thanks in advance

- Claudio

It's most likely Bi Luo Chun. If it is a longer leaf, it could be Jin
Si Luo or rolled into a ring, Nu Er Huan.
You can usually infuse a good green several times.
Shen

You can also usually infuse a bad green several times, though you're
less likely to want to. Toci

On Feb 4, 2:26*am, Claudio Telmon wrote:
Shen wrote:
It's most likely Bi Luo Chun. If it is a longer leaf, it could be Jin
Si Luo or rolled into a ring, Nu Er Huan.
You can usually infuse a good green several times.
Shen

Thank You!
I've seen this picturehttp://www.teaspring.com/Jin-Si-Luo.aspand
it almost looks like that one.

- Claudio

If it's darker (nearly black), it could be Kudding ( a healing "tea")
- bitter.
Shen

Shen wrote:

If it's darker (nearly black), it could be Kudding ( a healing "tea")
- bitter.

Don't know, I've put a picture he
http://www.telmon.org/tea/IMG_1520.JPG
Remember it's an old leaf, I purchased it in 2001.

Thanks,

- Claudio

Claudio Telmon writes:

Shen wrote:

If it's darker (nearly black), it could be Kudding ( a healing "tea")
- bitter.

Don't know, I've put a picture he
http://www.telmon.org/tea/IMG_1520.JPG
Remember it's an old leaf, I purchased it in 2001.

I understand why Shen suggested Kudingcha, but this picture doesn't
resemble it. Besides, Kudingcha (which isn't a Camellia sinensis true
tea but rather a member of the holly family) tastes extremely bitter.
Does that characterize your tea?

/Lew
---
Lew Perin /
http://www.panix.com/~perin/babelcarp.html

that looks like it is knotted like in a braid,

maybe its a sort of display tea...

On Feb 5, 6:31*am, Lewis Perin wrote:
Claudio Telmon writes:
Shen wrote:

If it's darker (nearly black), it could be Kudding ( a healing "tea")
- bitter.

Don't know, I've put a picture he
http://www.telmon.org/tea/IMG_1520.JPG
Remember it's an old leaf, I purchased it in 2001.

I understand why Shen suggested Kudingcha, but this picture doesn't
resemble it. *Besides, Kudingcha (which isn't a Camellia sinensis true
tea but rather a member of the holly family) tastes extremely bitter.
Does that characterize your tea?

/Lew
---
Lew Perin /

Oh, yes. Lew, I suggested that before seeing a picture.
Not Kuding.
(I am surprised to hear it's of the holly family. I had always thought
holly toxic.)
Shen

On Feb 5, 6:41*am, SN wrote:
that looks like it is knotted like in a braid,

maybe its a sort of displaytea...

Found this: http://en.restoran.ru/msk/detailed/r...nu/?half=72044

A few of these teas are described as "braided".
Is this tea from China, by way of somewhere else??

"
ShenCurious and curiouser."

Shen writes:

On Feb 5, 6:31*am, Lewis Perin wrote:
[...]
I understand why Shen suggested Kudingcha, but this picture doesn't
resemble it. *Besides, Kudingcha (which isn't a Camellia sinensis true
tea but rather a member of the holly family) tastes extremely bitter.
Does that characterize your tea?

Oh, yes. Lew, I suggested that before seeing a picture.
Not Kuding.
(I am surprised to hear it's of the holly family. I had always thought
holly toxic.)

Holly (Ilex) is a big family. It includes maté, by the way.

/Lew
---
Lew Perin /
http://www.panix.com/~perin/babelcarp.html

On 02/05/2008 09:31:32 Lewis Perin wrote:

Shen wrote:

If it's darker (nearly black), it could be Kudding ( a healing "tea") -
bitter.

Don't know, I've put a picture he
http://www.telmon.org/tea/IMG_1520.JPG Remember it's an old leaf, I
purchased it in 2001.

I understand why Shen suggested Kudingcha, but this picture doesn't
resemble it. Besides, Kudingcha (which isn't a Camellia sinensis true tea
but rather a member of the holly family) tastes extremely bitter. Does
that characterize your tea?


Lew, I have drunk kundingcha not rolled leaf as you would expect, but in a very Bi Lo Chun like small snaily twist. It was properly bitter. Whether this is another form of processing the same plant or a different plant entirely I know not, but the taste was nearly identical. Having said that, I'll go look at the picture as science requires.
Michael

Michael Plant writes:

On 02/05/2008 09:31:32 Lewis Perin wrote:

Shen wrote:

If it's darker (nearly black), it could be Kudding ( a healing "tea") -
bitter.

Don't know, I've put a picture he
http://www.telmon.org/tea/IMG_1520.JPG Remember it's an old leaf, I
purchased it in 2001.

I understand why Shen suggested Kudingcha, but this picture doesn't
resemble it. Besides, Kudingcha (which isn't a Camellia sinensis true tea
but rather a member of the holly family) tastes extremely bitter. Does
that characterize your tea?


Lew, I have drunk kundingcha not rolled leaf as you would expect,
but in a very Bi Lo Chun like small snaily twist. It was properly
bitter. Whether this is another form of processing the same plant or
a different plant entirely I know not, but the taste was nearly
identical. Having said that, I'll go look at the picture as science
requires. Michael

Right, I've had it in this form too. I find it puzzling that
kudingcha exists in two such radically different configurations. But
real tea has lots of puzzlements too, and I suppose I prefer to spend
my attention on good old C. sinensis.

/Lew
---
Lew Perin /
http://www.panix.com/~perin/babelcarp.html

Shen wrote:
On Feb 5, 6:41 am, SN wrote:
that looks like it is knotted like in a braid,

maybe its a sort of displaytea...

Found this: http://en.restoran.ru/msk/detailed/r...nu/?half=72044

A few of these teas are described as "braided".
Is this tea from China, by way of somewhere else??

I've added some more picturese he
http://www.telmon.org/tea

As you can see, it's not a braid, the small piece is hollow. It is
as if the rolled leaf had been bended around a stick to form a
spiral, and then the stem is put in the hole that is left when the
stick is removed. No, the tea was not bitter at all, it tastes
like... well, like a good green tea, but I'm not an expert

I purchased the tea in Shanghai in 2001. I asked to my guide for a
place where I could see the "tea ceremony" (I knew about the
japanese tea ceremony, but I was told there was something "similar"
in China too), so we went to a tea shop, were I was shown how to
taste tea... you know better than me. There, I purchased this
strange tea and another one. I think I've found the original box,
I've put a picture of it too (the number on the box is 010-64295788).

Thanks again,

- Claudio

Lew, I have drunk kundingcha not rolled leaf as you would expect, but in
a very Bi Lo Chun like small snaily twist. It was properly bitter.
Whether this is another form of processing the same plant or a different
plant entirely I know not, but the taste was nearly identical. Having
said that, I'll go look at the picture as science requires. Michael

Right, I've had it in this form too. I find it puzzling that kudingcha
exists in two such radically different configurations. But real tea has
lots of puzzlements too, and I suppose I prefer to spend my attention on
good old C. sinensis.

Likwise. Agreed. I got it in a neighborhood teashop that didn't quite hit the mark, but deserved support nonetheless. Unfortunately, they quickly went out of business. Such is life in Brooklyn.
Michael