{"id":49,"date":"2007-11-04T21:22:19","date_gmt":"2007-11-05T07:22:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ahualoa.net\/eggsntea\/?p=51"},"modified":"2010-10-25T19:56:56","modified_gmt":"2010-10-26T05:56:56","slug":"hamakua-alive-and-onomea-tea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ahualoa.net\/eggsntea\/2007\/11\/hamakua-alive-and-onomea-tea\/","title":{"rendered":"Hamakua Alive! and Onomea Tea"},"content":{"rendered":"

A week ago, i went to a local event celebrating local agriculture, called “Hamakua Alive!” All the prominent local farms were there – the goat cheese<\/a>, mushrooms<\/a>, hearts of palm, honey<\/a>, vanilla<\/a>, coffee <\/a>– and two tea growers, Takahiro and Kimberly’s Mauna Kea Tea<\/a>, and Mike and Rob’s Onomea Tea Company<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Mike and Rob started back in 2002 so they have actually have tea available for sale, five kinds, in nice packaging. I tasted two samples and picked out a ‘Roasted Black’ tea to take home. There are so many factors on brewing fine tea, including water, temperature, time, and the individual taste of the drinker. The included instructions suggest 1-2 teaspoons per 4-5 cup pot. That sounded fairly dilute to me, my own tastes run to stronger tea, so i put 2 teaspoons in 2 cups of water. The result was, a bit subtle. The next time, i tried 2 teaspoons in 3\/4 cup water, and was sure to let it steep for many minutes. Now, i got a cup of nice tea:<\/p>\n

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YMMV.\u00a0 This tea is really unique.\u00a0 There is no comparison to normal black tea like ‘english breakfast’.\u00a0 For one thing, the flavors are subtle and complex, so you wouldn’t want to add cream and sugar.\u00a0 I tried, and it overpowered the tea (just the ‘roasted’ flavor hit remains.)\u00a0 I also tried a second steeping, which is not usually done with black tea, but in this case it came out quite nice, the tannins a bit more prominent but that’s expected for a second pour.<\/p>\n

It’s going to be fascinating when we finally have some tea to harvest and process ourselves, someday!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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