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Book review: Oolong Dead
A good title for a zombie or vampire book set in India but a tea shoppe owner called Theodosia in Charleston SC solves crimes of murder. This is the tenth in the Tea Shop Mystery series by Laura...
 
Upton catalogue
The summer Upton catalogue is out. They say it's been a bad year weather-wise for tea but they seem to have plenty. I'm overstocked right now, so I probably won't order till August. Toci
 
Da Guan King Hsuan
I was surprised to find Jin Xuan(King Hsuan) on the shelves. Commonly referred to as milk or silk tea. This is the natural flavor No.12 cultivar experiment 2027 printed on the package. I smelled an...
 
Ginseng coated tea
Ive been curious about this type of tea for a long time: I came across some in a Chinese store $16/8 oz. It was batched from a larger more expensive package which didnt specify the origin. Im sure it...
 
guqin
this site has tea also.
 
Official Yunnan Big Leaf Varietal Standard
And The 2008 People's Republic of China National Standard (GB/T 22111) winner is: Camellia sinensis var. assamica I first postulated this when I tasted a similar earthiness between a certain Arabic...
 
a beautiful name
"?????" I have seen some other translations for this, asian/ eastern...translating can be such a pain. How does the asian community think about the traditional english name "oriental beauty tea"?
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Just back from Charleston, SC
I ended up in Charleston on personal business. I woke up the second night with a start remembering that there should be oneplace in particular I would want to visit. Im getting together the pictures...
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Tea Horse Road in NGM
Nice article called "The Forgotten Road" in the May issue. Lovely "then and now" scenery, interesting discussion of old-time economics, and a nice shot of a basket of Yiwu maocha Available on-line at...
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3-ts
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Matcha tea
Hi Tea Experts :-) I recently bought some Matcha Green tea. Here is the complete set of instructions: "Insert tea bag, pour 80 deg C (176 deg F) hot water, steep 30 seconds, shake teabag and remove....
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rec.food.drink.tea group and members featured in Mashable.com contest
This group (and especially Dominic) are featured in this video I made about a tea vendor review website: Please check out the product at (full functionality requires a Google Wave account). And if you...
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Chai tea black pepper
Occasionally Ill pull out my commercial chai tea masala, add it equal strength to some oily crusted Assam, and let brew till it looks like it is ready to ignite, then mix it half and half with rich...
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Could this be a tea plant?
Any specialists here that could help me? could this by any chance be some rather crippled tea plants? I found two of these in a pot where i once threw tea seeds that i bought very cheaply from (i...
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