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Is this real tea?
Hi, I have a question to the helpful folks at I have received a nice gift from my sister: it is a piece of a compressed cake made of dry buds and leaves of some kind of dried herbs. She bought it from...
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2nd try with pu erh
ok i have two puerh bricksof 250g. i tried before and used what i thought was 3g. the result tasted strong and sent me into caffeine induced fits. i used about a quarter of what i tried before and it...
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Genmaicha as iced tea
Surprisingly potable. Liquid puffed rice, but good clear and cold. Toci
 
Ceylon Koslanda Estate CTC as iced tea
This is very good. It comes out as very light colored with a surprisingly strong flavor. The rose top note that was in the hot tea and disappeared has come back in the iced tea, but the white pepper...
 
Chinese 2008 green teas appearing everywhere!
Today Jing Tea (in the UK, not the China based Jing teashop) and the Imperial Tea Court put up the first flush Chinese greens. I placed an order for a few things from Imperial - will let you know how...
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Tea in Northern New mexico
Hello, all, We're heading back to Taos for a two weeks in late May. Does anyone know of any teahouses/vendors worth visiting in Santa Fe, Taos or Albuquerque area?......oh, not the frilly, white lace...
 
Tea In Northern New Mexico
Hello, all, We're heading back to Taos for a two weeks in Late May. Does anyone know of any teahouses/vendors worth visiting in Santa Fe, Taos Albuquerque area?......oh, not the frilly, white lace...
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Teahub.com - anyone tried them?
Hi. It looks like has a couple varieties of the spring '08 long jin (dragonwell) tea that I've been looking for. Their claims make it sound like top quality long jin, but I've never heard of them. Has...
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Talking Babelcarp ?
Just a thought... would any of the group (who do not speak Chinese) find a 'talking' bablecarp useful ? While I use Babelcarp extensively (and appreciatively) , I'm constantly wondering if I am...
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Malian Dao tea market
A couple of queries... Is it fair to assume that an English speaking vendor at this market will be hard to find ? I should take appropriately worded cue cards ?? Secondly ... I understand that...
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Discovering Wei Shan Mao Jian
Hello, Not easy to describe one's taste in general, much more when trying it in a language not your own. Even worse when one knows of one's very limited tea-knowledge. Some weeks ago, I ordered some...
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Tea in Barcelona?
I've got meetings there next month, and plan to arrive a couple of days early to deal with jet-lag and perhaps take a food tour. Any tea recommendations? TIA- DM
 
Anyone tried Spring '08 Dragonwell?
I see a few choices are available from both Jing Tea and TeaSpring. Has anyone tried either this year? I haven't ordered from either shop but from postings here, both seem good. Any recommendations...
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