David Hoffman book

that book has been 'forthcoming' for literally years. it will either be one tremendous book or it won't appear at all.....p*

Well you have to hand it to him for generating pre-publishing buzz, lol. :) I'll certainly check it out when it comes out.

Melinda

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Melinda,

"Forthcoming" is the operable word. David's book is indeed forthcoming, but in order to appreciate the subtle meaning here, it is necessary to view it through the eye of God.

Hope this helps.

Michael

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Melinda,

Forgot to add in previous post that, although he might not be traveling at

Michael

Speaking of his teas, does it usually take a long time to get a catalog from him? I called and requested one quite a while ago and haven't received it yet. Don't want to bug him if that's standard procedure.

Blues

In honor of Michael I'll say that I'm drinking Aged Green Puerh Tuo Cha from ITC and listening to Taraf de Haidouks - Romanian Gypsy music.

speaking of catalogs, what's david's biz number? i seem to have misplaced it....p*

It always seems to take a much longer time than necessary. It may be taking longer this time because they just printed their new Dec. catalog, which I just got a couple days ago. It is definitely worth waiting for, however.

The SR number is 415-458-8624.

Doug

hmm..someone just emailed me (415) 488-9017

Thanks Doug

Blues

Well, that may work too, but I not only copied the 8624 number from the bottom of their new Dec. catalog, I just called it a few minutes ago, and spoke to someone who claimed it was SRT. ;-)

Doug

I also requested a catalog some time ago..they actually called me the other day to get my info again (to me that's pretty nice customer service) and the woman on the line said something about them just having been through a warehouse renovation or something. Plus it's the busy season.

I do tend to cut retailers/sellers a bit more slack this time of year. If just going out shopping for a hour or two drives ME up the wall with the people I can only imagine what it does to businesspeople..:(

Not a personal criticism of you Blues and Doug, by the way.

No worries, I understand the December mad house. Just didn't know if this was usual or if I should call again. Don't want to bug them needlessly. This month is hard enough for us all.

Blues

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Blues,

By all means bug him. Your request is probably on a little slip of paper dropped on the floor of his Pu'erh cave. He won't mind, I'm sure.

Regardng the tea and the music, are you really drinking and listening thus, or just saying that to please me? I'm drinking Fragrant Plum Oolong and listening to Lester Young playing in the Count Bassie Sextet, but I'll put on some Django Reinhardt in a few minutes. He's as Gypsy as I've got here.

Michael

Thanks Michael, and yes that is what I was really listening to. My wife has some Romanian Gypsy blood in her and we started exploring the music of her roots. We listen to quite a variety in our house. My little two year old often asks for Gypsy music or Latin jazz, but he also likes Coltrane, Hendrix and Muddy Waters.

Unfortunately I'm not drinking any tea at the moment. Better go remedy that.

Blues

supid questions, but what is a link to his site and what is this book? when is it coming out...so forth? heh.

i may know a bit about chinese tea, but the rest of the scene i'm new to.

Mydnight

-------------------- thus then i turn me from my countries light, to dwell in the solemn shades of an endless night.

Quite reasonable questions.

The alleged book is allegedly called something like "Teas of the Silk Road" and will allegedly be out something this century. It was most recently allegedly to be out this year, but I don't think it's going to make it. I believe the publisher is allegedly Ten Speed Press, but they don't list the book or the author, that I can find.

Since it's by David Lee Hoffman of Silk Road Teas, there is no website, believe it or not.

Doug