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Going to Tokyo - where should I visit?
I'm going to Tokyo to visit my son in a few weeks. Does anyone have any recommendations for both tea houses (to drink tea) and tea shops (to buy tea)? Thanks, Dean
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Going to Taipei - where should I visit?
I would highly recommend a jaunt to Chiufen which is a lovely village on the coast, not too far from Taipei, and is situated on a mountainside facing the ocean. Tons of teahouses (and a wee bit...
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To gong-fu or not to gong-fu?
I usually make oolongs in a regular way, using a large 3-cup pot and 1-2 steeps, in fact, mostly just one steep, exactly like I prepare greens and whites. It's far more convenient for me because my...
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Twinings Weekly Blog Report: Rooibos: Some Health Information; Teaware: Chataku; Wakamatsu-no-Mukashi Matcha from Ippodo; Stringing Tea
This is a selection of recent popular blog articles from the Twinings Tea Blog, where you will find the best tea blogs by tea lovers from around the world. Rooibos: Some Health Information Elliot, at...
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Save the Tea: Tea Storage 101
There are several factors that contribute to a good cup of tea, but this can be a moot point if you haven't gone to the trouble of storing your tea properly. Tea is a somewhat delicate product. There...
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Need sencha edumacation
Hi all, I am not a knowledgeable sencha person and I know others on here are so I will ask you. I recently went to a local better-quality Asian store and bought a paper packet of sencha. The English...
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David Caminer, Computer Pioneer at Lyons dies
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Burn Fat With Unseen Tea
Dear members, My name is See and I have been doing a lot of research on internet home business, but never come across any thing like this before. A new tea industry has just launch and not yet nation...
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Source for Hight Mountain Oolong Teas directly from China/Taiwan?
Teaspring, Jings, and eBay tend to be my first stops when hunting... then from there I either rely on friends or luck. None of these are straight from the farm, but they are from in country. The bad...
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Tea and computers
Who knew that the first modern commercial computer was developed by the Lyons tea shops? Note well, it was developed not just *for* Lyons, but *by* them: /Lew
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Cosmetic advice (on-topic, I think)
I'm considering a small (amateur) cosmetics manufacturing project and looking for - no, not investors! - just advice. I'm asking for it here because I'm less likely to be laughed at on this newsgroup...
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5 star Upton teas
My choices-TC56 Koslanda Estate Organic BOP- TE15 Earl Grey- TN68 Iyerpadi Estate Organic OP. Toci
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The greening of gongfu
For quite a while I've noticed that for lots of teas (e.g. young raw Pu'er, most oolong, first flush Darjeeling) the color of the leaves changes radically over the course of multiple steeps. Leaves...
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Little help identifying Chinese noodles "Guobian flakes"
Hey all, I've come up short trying to find info on some Chinese rice noodles (flakes) that I have now become addicted to. There is precious little info on the bag but the only English mentions...
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Health Benefits of Tea: Studies Show That Tea Might Help Reduce Fatigue
It almost seems a bit redundant to point out that tea might have the ability to alleviate fatigue. After all, for many people who drink it (and coffee) that's one of tea's most appealing features....
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