"Honey I shrunk the tea!"

I really did not shrink the tea, even though I wish I could do the opposite when I run low on tea I love or the vintage they don't sell any more. The taste of tiny tuo-chas are the best when am running to work or sometime, I am going to class like today. Tuo-chas come in all different sizes from your regular 100 grams (or greater) and as small as 3- 5 grams. They also come in different flavors (rose, chrysanthemum est..) and they come in raw too! The reason I'm writing this is because I was reading Emmett's blog the other day and he likes Xiaguan tuo-chas (regular size) over the cakes even though the quality of the leaf is not the best. The quality of the leaf do not always mean good or bad tea. I just drink what taste good to me and in these case tiny tuo-chas!

 The reason I  like tiny tuo-chas is because its  fast, convenient and tiny as you can see. Like I said before when I'm in a hurry, I like to throw in  a little 3-5 gram tuo-cha into my mug, infuse it for about a minute and then I'm ready to go!  I'll just take the little strainer with me to work  and infuse it 2 more times in my mug and I got my Cha fix at work. Or if I don't want to reach into my cabinet for my cakes, I'll just grab a little tuo-cha too and throw it in my pot and instant tea! Another idea from one of the venders from China town is to bring your favorite tuo-cha and drink it when your dinning out in China town or dinning some where else if they let you just buy the hot water (cup). 

 One more note, infusions aren't as long and the grade of leaves isn't the best (like I said before) but if you have been drinking tea as long as I have, you might notice by now it doesn't matter, as long as the tea tastes good to you (some of the good ones are made from lower grade tea like Emmett's preferring Xaiguan (big ones) tuo-chas over cakes )  enjoy!