Issue #21 of JagaSpam: Adrian Eseau Live Jan 27!!! – Teabar is rockin the brewer

1. LIVE AT JAGASILK TEABAR: Adrian Esau: All proceeds to “Music for Youth Works”

Adrian Esau will be performing at the teabar.

We had to print 40 tickets and 30 have already sold!

30 seats – $10 ticket goes to “music for youth works”
- tickets available through Adrian or JagaSilk Teabar

* Live & Unmastered CD recorded earlier in the week will be released at show*

“Ever with a song in his head and music flowing from his fingertips,
whether it be through six strings or simply pots and pans, adrian’s love for music permeates all aspects of his life. with a barefoot in the sands of folk, a heavy boot in the muddy blues, and a mind for anything that makes noise, his style is raw and heartful to say the least.”

The Live CD recorded at JagaSilk is $10 and definitely worth every penny.

Come pick up a copy, support a very awesome local musician, and listen to some very good songs.

2. FINALLY!!!! – Mason Jar Brewer

The mason jar brewer is finally out. Our first round last week sold out almost instantly. We put 6 more out there. $20 with the locally made sleeve. A naked brewer? $10.

- Check them in action at Spiced Water

- Manufactured at JagaSilk! We simply replaced the inner lid of a wide mouth mason jar with a sieve

- Uses gravity to make one of the best cups of cofee or tea you ever saw!!!!

3. TEABAR IS OPEN

Snow and electrical outages caused by building maintenance had the teabar close a number of days in early January. We are open and the staff are rocking up a storm!

Tues-Sat 11am-6pm

Tea Academy & Wholesale: By appointment outside these hours

Issue #20 of JagaSpam: Join the JagaClan: 200 Lifetime memberships: 10% off for life!!!!!

1. JAGACLAN: Join the JagaClan: 200 Lifetime memberships: 10% off for life!!!!!

We have decided to sell a limited 200 JagaClan Memberships that give the owner 10% off everything Jaga for life.

Includes everything at the bar, maccha, tea, retail, food, AWESOME

Does not include Studio Yu purchases and is meant for one person, not pairs or groups.

2. THREE LIMITED OFFERINGS!!!! and other cool stuff

As many of you know, we are sold out of maccha at the teabar.

But loose tea is still our friend.

a) We have featured 3 different $25 Limited Offering sets this year that include 4 x 20g beautiful tea and 1 x select awesome tea tin.

b) Finally our Mason Jar Brewpots are nearing completion: Just picked up the equipment for their production today from a local metal worker!!!! If I can pull off a Dec 22 release, oh, baby!!!

c) New packaging for the loose teas – similar system to the maccha: buy a tea in a tube if you like (ex. $6.5) and get $3 off if you just want the refill pack. They look gorgeous for stocking stuffers!!!

3. HOLIDAY HOURS

The teabar holiday hours:

Tues-Fri 11am-6pm, Sat (Dec 24 and Dec 31) 11am-4pm

closed Sundays and Mondays as usual. (Just coincidentally worked out)

4. CINNAMON MILK TEA LATTE?

If you have not tried the Fresh-milled Cinnamon & Ceylon Royal Milk Tea Latte, it needs to happen.

Cinnamon & Royal Milk Tea Latte – $4

South Indian micro farmed cinnamon milled every 10-20 days fresh at jagaSilk blended with Uva est Blend Ceylon from Sri Lanka’s famed Uva growing region. Ever so sweet cinnamon in the nose followed by the malty rich notes of great Uva region tea.

5. SPICED WATER 

If you have not checked out our new sister cafe “Spiced Water” right nearby on Courtney St across from the Sticky Wicket, make sure you swing by.

Multi roaster coffee (Bows x Arrows Coffee Roasters today on espresso)

JagaSilk single estate teas and maccha

B-RED ridiculously awesome artisan DONUTS

House sweets made by JagaSilk (Creme caramel, epic double banana bread, organic shortbread)

If the teabar is our yin, Spiced Water is our yang.

6. STAFF

Some comings and goings.

Graham Bouvier… has moved on to run the show over at Fernwood Coffee on the weekends as their weekend supervisor, though he can still be scene at Spicey and Jaga with psycho high tech thermometers and fantastic samples of different coffees and teas

Brendon Ross… has joined us from the Stick in the Mud out in Sooke (though he can still be seen there Fridays as the Maestro of Espresso) for whom he competed for in the 2010 Western Regional Barista Championships. The guy is super high energy and is very skilled at his craft

Raven Bleskie… has joined us from Bubby Rose’s Bakery. She has almost 5 years under her belt as a barista and is super keen on learning the Jaga perspective on tea craftsmanship. She is one of those super nice people who just is way too hard on her self, even though she does everything awesome.

David Pedde… has joined us part time from Discovery Coffee with the intent of brushing up on his tea skills – Disco serves our loose tea – and he brings a frightening memory for detail and uncanny skill for being such a new barista. Smart guy.

ELI GEDDIS LIVE

Eli’s live show was pretty incredible. Not only were his tunes super well constructed and delivered, but the man is a great MC.

The Live CD recorded at JagaSilk is $10 and definitely worth every penny.

Come pick up a copy, support a very awesome local musician, and listen to some very good songs.

Live Music at JagaSilk: Eli Geddis at 7:30pm: Dec 09 (Fri): Live & Unmastered CD to be Released!

All ticket sales will go to the musicians.
A live & unmastered CD recorded a couple days previous will be released at the show.

Tell everyone you know!

ELI GEDDIS

“Eli Geddis is a restless Victoria-based musician whose folky blend of acoustic music mixes the suspiciously facetious with the endearingly sincere. Drawing inspiration from historical stories, imagined nostalgia, cold mountain weather and cultural oddities, Eli puts on a show that is intimate, funny and inclusive. Expect decent helpings of ukulele, harmonica, faux plastic tambourine, shouts and hum-alongs.”

Dec 09 (Fri)
7:30pm (Doors open at 7pm)
Live at JagaSilk Teabar

$10
(advance tickets can be purchased at JagaSilk teabar)

17A-633 Courtney St, Victoria BC (inside Nootka Court behind the bug zoo – buzzer entry only after 6pm)
tel. 778-430-5683

soundcloud.com/eligeddis
www.jagasilk.com

* Live & Unmastered CD recorded June 22 2011 to be released at the show *

Reserve your ticket now!   

Issue #19 of JagaSpam: SPICED WATER GRAND OPENING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

SPICED WATER GRAND OPENING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Our sister company, SPiced Water, will finally grand open tomorrow, Nov 10th!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

- Coffee & Gourmet Donut Pairings
- Tea and single-origin apple pairings
pairings at 10am, 12pm, 2pm, 4pm, 6pm

local, multi-roaster COFFEE by 2%, 49th, Discovery and Fernwood
organic, single-origin TEA & MACCHA by JagaSilk

727 Courtney St, Victoria BC Canada

7:30 ~ 7:30

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Issue #18 of JagaSpam: Book Launch on Friday at JagaSilk, Seating Area Reloaded, Hand-whipped Rooibos

BOOK LAUNCH ON FRIDAY AT JAGASILK 

This Friday, Oct 7, Vladimir and Solomon Flad (father and 11 yr old son) will be having their book launch at JagaSilk teabar.

Free admission, JagaSilk teas and Terrible Truffles chocolates will be paired.

The authors will be doing readings of the children’s book they wrote at 5, 6, 7 and 8pm

Come on out and support the literary arts and these two amazing people while chilling out at our teabar.

The bar will be open until nine and in full sevrice… Maybe even serving Miyu’s famous event soup…  :)

SEATING AREA RELOADED

We will be doing some pretty big changes at the teabar, bringing in a couch and comfy chairs, moving the bar back a bit, and creating more room to sit down on the floor and enjoy a cup of tea and a nice organic custard pudding!

The retail space will find a new home and the look and feel inside will be one step closer to the vision we have in mind.

HAND-WHIPPED ROOIBOS

For quite some time now at JagaSilk, we have looked at whisking as an “extraction method” rather than purely a method limited to maccha preparation. We have been making “hand-whipped” london fogs for over a year, and extracting quality coffee using this method and filtering through a micro-filter has proven delicious!

Last week we did some extremely successful experiments with rooibos. As a “latte”, it is very hard to do anything more than a “misto”-like texture, half intense infusion and half steamed milk.

When we whip the tea, not only do we increase the creaminess of this fusion drink, but we drop a 5 minute extraction time down to 20 seconds! And it even tastes better!!!!!!!

Next time you are at the teabar, have a “Hand-whipped Rooibos Latte” for $4.25

Very good times.

Peace and light,

–
Jared and Miyu Nyberg
JagaSilk

p. 1.778.430.5683
f. 1.778.430.5684
www.jagasilk.com

Issue #17 of JagaSpam: Maccha Has Arrived!, Fukamushi Sencha, Mason jar brewpot, Spiced Water, new JagaStaff

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MACCHA HAS ARRIVED

Our monthly replenishment of tea has arrived! This is the first of the 2011 maccha.

Initial cuppings have the organic single estates (Butterfly & Dragonfly) showcasing excellent nose and colour, but unfortunately lacklustre in body – a little thin and grassy. We would be scared if this wasn’t the case EVERY year… For some reason, giving the tencha until November to mature before milling always seems to do the trick. But you cannot beat the flowery and “embodiment of spring” factors at work here.

The estate blends (Nirvana & Crane) are, of course, perfect. Smooth, rich, creamy and sweet. Genius.

Remember, frequent flyers get an extra dollar off the refill packs…. And guaranteed stock…

FUKAMUSHI SENCHA

An old favourite is back: Harimaen estate’s Fukamushi Sencha. Deeply steamed and thus rich in body and sweetness, this tea requires  4g for every 8oz, making it slightly more economical than standard sencha that requires 8g per 8oz serving.

At JagaSilk we love the fast infusion sign, simplicity, and all around forgiving nature of this Sencha.

MASON JAR BREWPOT

A work in progress for over 2 years:

- We have replaced the inner lid of a mason jar with a locally produced stainless steel sieve disc.

- Victoria leather craftsman Vladamir Flad of Accentric Arts has produced a choice of simple leather wrap or thick canvas jacket to protect the fingers.

- All for the ever popular “wide-mouth mason jar”, meaning if this jar breaks, it’s easy to replace. Though mason jars are strong and made for the heat.

$21 with the wrap

$9 with out

SPICED WATER

95% complete. Stay tuned…  :)

TEABAR BARISTAS: COMINGS AND GOINGS

Kanae Morioka – Runner up in the 2009 Maccha Latte Art Competition and the one who poured the latte art on our cover webpage – will be joining us to make drinks at Spiced Water, strengthen the desserts and food at JagaSilk/Spiced Water, pack tea, and make the “merch” side of what we do rock.

Graham Bouvier – trained with the reigning Canadian Barista Champion the 2011 Western Regional Champion – will be joining us to rock the teabar, make the Spiced Water glow with awesomeness, spiff up the equipment, and cup a LOT of teas and coffees. He will be strengthening our training systems and our web presence.

Toni Hiatt – Joins us from a few seasons of treeplanting and experience at the esteemed A Ladybug Cafe – she will also be behind the bar at both locations, growing camellia sinensis, and otherwise whisking, brewing, and extracting yummy beverages…

NEW WHOLESALE CUSTOMERS

- In October, JagaSilk loose tea will be released at Fresh Cafe in the Selkirk development of Victoria BC.

Greg and his staff have a very high calibre of food and drinks and it is going to be really cool to be working with them above and beyond the current JagaSilk maccha menu! Awesome.

- James Bay Discovery Coffee will be opening very, very soon…. And it will have our loose teas (like the other two)

Peace and light,
–
Jared and Miyu Nyberg
JagaSilk

p. 1.778.430.5683
f. 1.778.430.5684
www.jagasilk.com

A17-633 Courtney St
Victoria, BC, V8W 1B9
Canada

–
Jared and Miyu Nyberg
JagaSilk

p. 1.778.430.5683
f. 1.778.430.5684
www.jagasilk.com

A17-633 Courtney St
Victoria, BC, V8W 1B9
Canada

Issue #16 of JagaSpam: New Teas, Teabar baristas, Adrian Bronson in CD, Maccha situation, Yuzu Soda

SPICED WATER 

JagaSilk will be partnering to open Spiced Water, a spiced water bar serving multi-roaster single origin coffee, JagaSilk maccha, our seasonal teas, and a brilliant food and dessert menu in an effort to manifest what we want to see in a flagship cafe.

Opening Sept 2011 (the goal) we will be closing the teabar for Sept 13-17 so we can focus on the last push of getting Spiced Water up and running and the new JagaSIlk staff members trained.

You will see a lot of crossover with staff and drink ideas. JagaSilk will remain the space to have a conversation about tea, while Spiced Water will be fast paced, open longer hours, and bring equal balance to tea and coffee.

MACCHA FRESH-IN

Our monthly order from Harimaen is in transit from Japan as we speak.

Nothing quite as gorgeous as freshly micro-milled maccha.

We are pumped to explore the new first flush flavour profiles this order is going to present!

NEW LOOSE TEAS

Today at JagaSilk, something wonderful occurred.

Our tea direct from India arrived via FedEx

We are rediculously excited about the line up of teas soon to be released at JagaSilk

The sneak preview…

1. Giddapahar Est SFTGFOP 1 CH SPL, Darjeeling region, 1st Flush 2011

2. Rani Est Assam CTC, Assam region, 2nd Flush 2011

3. Frans & Gerda’s Organic Rooibos, Cederberg region, Jan 2011 (FYI South African and unrelated to the FedEx package)

4. Rani Est Organic Earl Grey, Assam region, 2nd Flush 2011

(Earl Grey is simply black tea leaves rolled in the oil of bergamot – a citrus fruit – and we are now officially rolling our own at JagaSilk!)

There are many more that will slowly reveal themselves in our limited offering tea program…

We have been looking forward to receiving these teas for WAY too long. The Indian teas arrived Sept 7th at 1pm and we timed two of them in and started bar service previews at 4pm.

- The Giddapahar is the bomb. Probably the highest grade of tea we have yet to cup from the Darjeeling region.

$6.75 for a pot at the teabar.

- The Rani CTC is showcasing what we want to see in an Assam when we extract 4g via pour-over and a wine aerator. Gorgeous.

$3 for a pot at the teabar.

ADRIAN BRONSON IN RECITAL – THE CD

Available soon: Adrian Bronson’s CD from his fabulous show where we served iced tea cold brewed and bottled in wine bottles.

Tracks featured:

Bela Bartok’s “Romanian Folk Danses”
Richard Wagner’s “Wesendonck Lieder”
Beethoven’s “Violin & Piano Sonata” (Op. 24)

Available through Adrian, soon at JAGASILK inside of Nootka Court (Behind the bug zoo) at 17A-633 Courtney St, or by calling            778-679-2172      .

TEABAR BARISTAS: COMINGS AND GOINGS

Midori Higa (two time Maccha Latte art competition winner) and Ryan Schumm (sales assistant) left us for the island life off the coast of southern Japan. We may see them again in a year or two, but for now they are taking in the “inaka” experience and seeing what life throws their way.

Justin Coward (Maccha Journeyman) has left for a year long exchange to University in Morioka. He plans to return and join us at both JagaSilk teabar and Spiced Water

We have new baristas joining us that we will introduce in the next JagaSpam. Some powerful awesome people.

YUZU SODA

If you have not tried the Yuzu Soda at JagaSilk teabar this summer, you need to.

Beautiful citrus jam tea we learned in our travels in Japan can be blended with sparkling water to make quite the thirst quenching beverage. Delicious. $3.

Peace and light,
–
Jared and Miyu Nyberg
JagaSilk

Issue #15 of JagaSpam: Custard, Piano, Hazuki, Radiation, New Customers, & Fresh Cup Magazine

ORGANIC CUSTARD PUDDING MADE FRESH AT THE TEABAR

Every morning we have been perfecting the simple but beautiful art of good custard pudding.
Recent experiments have even found us creating a really nicely balanced black tea custard pudding.
Made with organic free range eggs, organic milk, organic & fair trade sugar from Paraguay, and organic whipped cream from Avalon dairy in Vancouver, we have had a fantastic response.

They are baked right into a little 4oz mason jar, allowing unfortunate souls that do not have the time to stick around the chance to enjoy one outside the teabar.

$2.25 ea at the teabar
$1 deposit to bring it home

Pairs beautifully with pour-over Rani Estate Assam 2nd Flush
ADRIAN BRONSON IN RECITAL – TEA BY JAGASILK AT INTERMISSION

Grab some tickets from the teabar to support the ever so talented Adrian Bronson.
Adrian has great skills on the piano and delivers a memorable classical recital with a solid balance of emotion and perfection on the keys.

Program includes:

Bela Bartok’s “Romanian Folk Danses”
Richard Wagner’s “Wesendonck Lieder”
Beethoven’s “Violin & Piano Sonata” (Op. 24)

We will be serving tea during the intermission, and an array of items will be up for grabs in our silent auction.

“Don’t miss this fabulous evening of entertainment, featuring some of Victoria’s brightest up-and-coming musicians.”

Tickets: $20
Available through the performers, at JAGASILK inside of Nootka Court (Behind the bug zoo) at 17A-633 Courtney St, or by calling 778-679-2172.

HAZUKI LIMITED OFFERING LOOSE TEA RELEASE

This month’s package:
- Yang Si’s Pu’erh 10g
- Assam & Cardamom 20g*
- Summer Breeze (Lavender, Peppermint & Chamomile) 20g*
- Harimaen Est Genmaicha 20g*
* Certified organic

$30 for all 4 teas and a non-leeching tin made in Japan.
Wrapped up nice with brewing instructions and information on each tea.

RADIATION ANALYSIS: JagaSilk believes in education, analysis and intuition

- When we first got the news about the tsunami, earthquake, and nuclear crisis, we were worried for family, friends, suppliers, the world. We spent many sleepless nights trying to understand what was and is occurring.
- We consider our business to be an extension of our selves. Therefore, we decided the most appropriate action to take in negotiating the impact of the nuclear crisis was to get educated and to get our product tested. After that, we would make some decisions.
- We buy our tea from Uji, Kyoto, Japan. It is over 700km away from Fukushima and tests from the Japanese government (below), the Canada Border Services Agency, the E.U., and a third party lab have confirmed that radiation is not detected in tea from Uji.
- We are getting our tea tested with every shipment.
- There was no graphite in the core at Fukushima and so it will not affect, for example, pasta made in Italy (in the Chernobyl tragedy, graphite was in the reaction and the subsequent explosion blew radiation up into the atmosphere, making the accident international).
- The accident is heavily localised (although the release into the ocean has affected coastal areas)
- Strangely enough (just to put things in context) it seems that radiation levels in New York, Singapore and Hong Kong are all higher than Tokyo. That was interesting to read.
- In the end, our research, analysis and intuition have us really enjoying the 2011 harvest from Uji

NEW WHOLESALE CUSTOMERS:

- 49th Parallel Roastery & Cafe (Vancouver BC – Kitsilano) http://www.49thparallelroasters.com/
- The Bubble Tea Place (Victoria BC – Chinatown) http://www.thebubbleteaplace.com/
- Gracious Goods Cafe (Edmonton AB – Near University of Alberta) http://www.graciousgoodscafe.com/
- T Fusion (Medison Hat AB – classes, wholesale, farmer’s market, etc)

FRESH CUP MAGAZINE

Check out this link to the most excellent article that features us in the industry magazine Fresh Cup (their July 2011 issue).
http://freshcup.epubxpress.com/wps/portal/cup/c0/04_SB8K8xLLM9MSSzPy8xBz9CP0os3iLkCAPEzcPIwOLMAtnA093L9dQHxcvQwMDA_1I_ShznPL-hvohIBMz9SMtLIxMQcxi_UgDEF2gH2lkol-QnZhUlRqpCAC3Zpn_/

Hope to see you soon!

Peace and light,
–
Jared and Miyu Nyberg
JagaSilk

p. 1.778.430.5683
f. 1.778.430.5684
www.jagasilk.com

A17-633 Courtney St
Victoria, BC, V8W 1B9
Canada

Live Music at JagaSilk: Huamali Tippet at 7:30pm: June 24 (Fri): Live & Unmastered CD to be Released!

All ticket sales will go to the musicians.

A live & unmastered CD recorded a couple days previous will be released at the show.

Tell everyone you know and let’s give Huamali Tippet – www.reverbnation.com/huamalitippet  – an audience that appreciates the quality a solo acoustic show like this can be.HUAMALI TIPPET

 

Inspiring and thoughtful, powerful and rhythmic, Huamali Tippet’s music is deceptive in its simplicity, beautiful in its lyrical meaning, and a driving force in the uncharted territory it so effortlessly owns. A poetic meeting of folk, blues, and something undefinable, his performances are always delivered with sincerity.

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June 24 (Fri)
7:30pm (Doors open at 7pm)
Live at JagaSilk Teabar

$10
(advance tickets can be purchased at JagaSilk teabar)

17A-633 Courtney St, Victoria BC (inside Nootka Court behind the bug zoo – buzzer entry only after 6pm)
tel. 778-430-5683

www.reverbnation.com/huamalitippet
www.jagasilk.com

* Live & Unmastered CD recorded June 22 2011 to be released at the show *

Reserve your ticket now!   
We will send out another email in the event that we sell out.