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Revisiting the freshness issue
Yes, I know this issue must come up regularly -- I'd welocme some specific guidelines. When I wander into any tea seller -- whether Teavana, the rare specialty store, Tokyo airport in transit (plenty...
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A waste of Citron flowers
Origin China because of some jasmine flowers and rose bud not shown. whole leaf with some broken. It wouldnt be too bad if any of this caught on. It doesnt so the knowledgeable tea drinker pays more...
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A waste of a better Jasmine
In this case a Magnolia scented whole leaf green tea from China. wonder I cant buy a decent nonscented cheap whole leaf green tea without pounding the pavement. It is siphoned off into there is a...
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A waste of Pomegranite
Why would you want to scent these Tawian leaves probably TGY with Pomegranite or anything else. cant stand the taste of tea except if something added which they also must like. It doesnt show up here...
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Tippy Orthodox Assam GFOP
I bought a 125g sample of Tippy Orthodox Assam GFOP (TA40) from Upton tea. I can't seem to find any good brewing parameters. My 1st pot was at the vendor recs: 2.25g/cup, 212°, 5:00. This was like...
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Dolphin tea
It is a green needle I got on one of my trips to SF chinatown. At the time I thought it looked sexy in the jar. It is all hairy bud. One infused end looks singed. Whatever it makes the bud stand on...
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Gospel of Differentiation
I am somewhat surprised by the heat this topic has generated. I am confused as to whether it has to do with aversion to technical tools which are suppose to work miracles (databases, ick!), or...
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First snowflakes of the season
I decided to try some Shui Hsien from my local tea shoppe over a commercial brand from Chinatown when I saw snowflakes yesterday. I drink my share of Chinese black teas like liubao,liuan,shu and one...
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Restaurant tea
What type of tea is typically served in a good Chinese restaurant, a good Japanese restaurant, a good Thai restaurant, a good Vietnamese restaurant, a good Indian restaurant? ...and are they brewed in...
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How to catalog or classify tea?
I'm thinking about writing a little tea database to keep track of what I buy, where I buy it, and what I like and don't like. I ran into a little snag. I am not sure how best to categorize the various...
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Scrounging the cabinets and I found...
a small green tin with a bag inside and in _it_ was a bunch of little green rolled up tea leaves. "Hmmmm" says I, "where is the hoT wa-Ter" I said next, and lo and behold I was brewing in no time....
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cold brewing
has anybody tried brewing tea with "cold" water? is it considered a bad practice? suitable with some kinds of tea? in korea i was once offered a glass of cold water with a tea bag and i was quite...
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Purveyors of Fine Tea?
Who is considered amongst the best purveyors of fine tea? I am pretty fond of Rishi and just got my order from Ten Ren that I tried as a result of seeing it on the group. So am I wondering if there is...
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STARBUCKS NOT TEA
STARBUCKS NOT TEA
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Dragon Pearls v Phoenix Eyes
Both are white bud teas from Fujian in the same area. If there is a difference it aint worth splitting except by price. The dry DP are smaller, PE bigger consequently the infused DP are shorter bud,...
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