when it's dark outside and raining

[helvetius]

I meant to watch Wong Kar Wai's Days of Being Wild, but it seems my laptop has run out of space so all I get is jerky movements and strange sound effects.

On a brighter note, maternal unit gave me a canister of 铁观音 tea leaves in vacuum sealed packets. I don't know teas very well but I like my Chinese tea bland, delicate and dry*. 龙井 is one of my favourites. Maternal unit may call me a wuss for my taste in tea, but she gets me my supply anyway. This time round, I get tightly curled up balls of tea leaves that expand well over two inches when immersed in hot water. I'm probably going to be yelled at for this, because 铁观音 is meant to be immersed various times, but the leaves are proving to be very good as nibblebits.

*As opposed to English tea, which I like strong. Dilmah's good for that. They used to have the Rum tea, which seems to have disappeared off shelves here. Pity, I rather like it.

Comments

[tintenfic.livejournal.com]

I like 龙井 too, but 铁观音 is capable of being delicate (though never as delicate as say, white tea). Also, yanno, family business loyalty thing.

[helvetius.livejournal.com]

Family business loyalty thing?

I find that 铁观音 has a stronger taste. Then again, it might be because of the grade.

[tintenfic.livejournal.com]

Relatives on china side grow tea. This being the Fujian canton, grow mostly tie guan yin. Also, the tea I drink there is much more delicate than the overdried stuff we get here.