Hello, all, I just found this very flowery list of descriptive vocabulary used to describe French teas on Dammann's site. It certainly mad me chuckle because many years ago some wine-making friends of ours distributed a very similar adjective list to their Sonoma vineyard visitors.
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As an aside, does anyone have any French teas to recommend? I know this is probably an obscure question since this list seems less interested in non-Asian teas; but, my sister just came back from Paris and adored Mariage Freres and I'd like to get her something. Shenoa
As a shop for loose teas I'll always recommend Le Palais des Thes in Paris - I'll be in there tomorrow or Monday to pick up some bits and bobs before my return to England on tuesday. I particularly like their range of CHEAP BLACK teas - the lower assams, malasian, georgian, and 'Carrington' - since I drink mostly chinese greens and greens I can get in china. But if packaging is yr criteria, they do that as well as any, with boxes of tubes of various sorts - ie selections of 12 in black teas, greens, scented etc. And nice metal 100g cans - Carrington, Yunnan etc.
Y'll find them on the web, www palaisdesthes com , or something
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