I used to follow this group years ago, and forgot about it until recently.
I am growing two varieties of tea plant in San Francisco proper - an Indian varietal (var Assamica, three years old) and a younger plant from Guangzhou (two years old). Both flowered well in the late Fall through the first weeks of Winter; now I have some new leaves and buds showing.
This is my first year growing them - does anybody have advice on pinching the buds or other husbandry? I'd like to be able to harvest enough for a small stash of homegrown tea, probably trying to do a mix of white/green/oolong/black if I have enough to harvest and brew :-)
Side note: I couldn't find the newsgroup rec.food.grow.tea :-)