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are enamel-on-steel kettles safe?
Hi, I recently bought an enamel-on-steel kettle to boil water (it is covered with black enamel on the inside). After i used it several times, i was cleaning the inside with a paper towel and i saw a...
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My idea of a good investment
I just purchased from Specialteas my idea of a good bulk buy of loose-leaf Chinese green tea: 2 lbs. 533 Lung Ching plus $4.95 s/h for $40.35, or $1.26 per oz. delivered. It isn't their best Dragon...
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Buying Fresh/Quality Darjeeling Tea
Hi all, Before I start, I'd like to say that I'm new to this community, so I apologize if I breach any rules of etiquette here. I've been searching for this information using Google Groups and it...
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what tea might this be ?
any ideas ?? - it's green/silver, whole leaf, needle/spear shaped, bought in Guangzhou in a supermarket (have thrown the wrapper away, couldn't read it) an almost aniseed taste and aroma... like the...
 
The Leaf, Issue 2
Issue #2 of the free online magazine "The Leaf" has been published. Hope you enjoy!
 
Oil on a new tea tray...identity?
I have just received a new bamboo tea tray from Dragon Tea House, it had a really strong smell out of the box and seems to have some type of light oil teatment on it. I am still waiting for an answer...
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Meghamalai - Eco Tourism / Tea Tourism / Farm tourism journey
Teabungalows Meghamalai is located in Tamil Nadu about 85 kilometers from Thekkadi in Kerala, 43 kms off Chinnamanoor, on the Thekkadi - Madurai Interstate Highway. Once the exclusive preserve of a...
 
Can you identify this tea?
It's a great tea I got from somebody else who bough it during a trip to China. However it's running out and I can't identify it to get more. There is Chinese writing on the packaging which I can't...
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Tracking the tea blanching issue
I've got an interest in the 30-second blanch issue, which has been questioned here as an old conundrum recently. But now, as I read more about water quality, customs, and practices, I'm picking up...
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Tea in Tianjin
Hi, A friend of mine will be working in Tianjin in the next couple of months. Can you recommend him some good places for buying teas? Thanks, Gyorgy
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article on tasting
Found an interesting article on tasting that I thought the group might find interesting. The article is on wine, but of course there are parallels: I personally am often confounded by trying to...
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Thunderbolt Tea?
On Mar 11, 8:26 pm, Mark Heller wrote: Takes a good month/six weeks/or a little longer - India and Customs and Homeland Security. Comes in wonderful hand-sewn white cloth package. Pretty good tea....
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Thunderbolt Tea
Has anybody ordered tea from Thunderbolt Tea lately? I placed an order on Jan 26 and have received nothing thus far and all my attempts to correspond with them have gone unanswered. I did use their...
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My first Pu Er
So I tried my first Pu Er (or what is sold as Pu Er) today. Very different. :-) The term earthy really does it justice. I think I am going to come to enjoy this particular tea, a lot.
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