Poo Poo Puerh

ROFLOL! I like to think I'm fairly open minded, but moth larva poop! Eeeew!

Agalena

This is the Usenet so your Urls are trespassing.

Jim

I have absolutely no idea where that one is coming from. URLs are very common in Usenet and it's widely consider considerate to include them as pointers to resources.

-Doc

Once again that is total malarkey Jim! Show me where in the R.F.D.T Group Charter that it says no URLs, or for that matter show me any non-moderated group that doesn't allow URLs.

In all honesty the "spirit" of this Group's Charter appears to be about the act of discussing tea. Since the Usenet is an Internet based medium it is natural that Internet resources related to tea will pop up in tea related discussions. The charter does not prohibit it, if anything I suspect that most group members welcome it.

I know that this doesn't meet your own "personal" ideals, but try listening to the "Group's" conscience, and the Group Charter's spirit, before blasting people. The article I posted was clearly within the spirit of the Charter, after all it was about Tea! Nobody twisted your arm to follow any of the links, the choice was yours!

On 17 Feb 2004 05:16:27 -0800, snipped-for-privacy@ix.netcom.com (Space Cowboy) cast caution to the wind and posted:

Mike Petro snipped-for-privacy@pu-erh.net

Mike snipped-for-privacy@4ax.com/17/04

I have nothing but most profound respect for each and every one of you and now back to poo poo puerh.....

I have it on authority -- whether good remains to be seen and here I hope you will help -- that Bai Hao is produced with the assistance of a little leaf hopper (insect) that nibbles the fringes of the leaves and thereby contributes to the sweetness of the brew. Please advise. Thanks. BTW, Jim, can Bai Hao be gotten in any of the grocer's you frequent? I've looked in ours, but haven't seen it.

Michael

As some of you may know - and wish you didn't! - USDA publishes standards for allowable levels of filth in food. It includes things like exactly how many rat hairs are allowed in certain confections, how many beetle parts in various cereal grains, etc. etc. I wonder how they would deal with this delightful item?

-DM

Dog Ma 1jAJYb.15010$ snipped-for-privacy@bgtnsc04-news.ops.worldnet.att.net2/18/04

Can we be serious for just a little minute? Where do I get my copy of the FIF standards? (I see hours of fun ahead.)

Michael

Dog Ma 1jAJYb.15010$ snipped-for-privacy@bgtnsc04-news.ops.worldnet.att.net2/18/04

Just to set the record straight, I've no more problem with the acretions of leaf hopper than I do with trasi, for those who know. Although, I must admit that had I met the hopper before drinking the tea, it might've been different.

Durian eater!!

Michael

are a couple of examples. Read at your own risk!

Dog Ma 18pLYb.15350$ snipped-for-privacy@bgtnsc04-news.ops.worldnet.att.net2/18/04

That is like the coolest. No more peanut butter for me. I can't wait to share it with other friends.

Michael

BaiHao is White Down so I assume silver needles. It is 'easily' available under the government arm Fujian Tea Import and Export Corporation as Flowery Pekoe but as I said years ago it unstocks immediately. You can't miss it. The box shows a glass cup with the brewed bud forrest after a volcanic wind blowdown. The websites sex it up and cost you more by calling it Yenzhen (White Spires). Since we're talking about bud and not leaf there might be some attempt at pollination by insects or something looking for a easy lunch. Also I think the brewed bud would show signs of nibbling. I've got one for you. What I can't find in the stores is YinHao. A local shop sells it for $80/500g. That $80 price is more or less typical even at websites. I know a dealer in SF who will sell it to me in the original shipping Chinese 1/2 kilo packing tube for $18 and that's not wholesale. The taste is the same and the only difference is the Jasmine flower and leaf is bigger for $80 but the proportion of flower to leaf is the same. I don't think it is an argument of eliminate the middle man or markup for store cost and labor. It's just been my experience that YinHao is more expensive than even BaiHao. For those who don't like the restaurant Jasmine there is no comparison for YinHao.

Jim

Wrong -- Bai Hao (Oriental Beauty) or "White Tip" is a dark oolong with an oxidation of at list 60% This is the picture --

I could give you links to Bai Hao White Down but I'd have a feeling somebody would say gotcha. If you're curious plug in Yinzhen Bai Hao. I drink Formosa Champagne and never heard it called Bai Hao oolong. Just another marketing gimmick by disengenous websites fleecing the flock.

Jim

Mangren mo xiang! It is a Chinese provers that says: "Blind men touching different part of an elephant with their hands, everyone stating what an elephant is like"

"Space Cowboy" ha scritto nel messaggio news: snipped-for-privacy@posting.google.com...

This group was in existence for six years before somebody showed up wanting to sell us something by setting up camp. Previously others followed the occasional commercial post guideline. Your arguments are no different than hers back then. She claimed the right of free speech and using urls. It was deja-vu reviewing those posts with Candy aka Kandy in my posts. If your site doesn't have a discussion forum maybe the group would chip in to get one so all your adoration groupies would keep you busy doing other things than posting offsite urls for infomercials. I bet you're the corporation guy updating router lists for prohibited website browsing and adding rule sets for email spam. The last post to a ng before it becomes moderated is an url. Moderated groups didn't exist before the WWW.

Jim

Your free agricultural crop assay will give you a breakdown on fecal percentage by mammal and bird. From what I know mammals have a common enzyme and so do birds. Any new tea I get I check for contaminents in the first pot. For fines you can see the imperfections before brewing. For OP you examine the brewed leaves. From the recent posts on perfumes in tea you can see the oils on the surface of the brewed tea like a slick. So my cheap YinHao wasn't gassed and apparently so far a fantastic bargain. Leave the tepid brewing water to the courageous and always boil your water.

Jim

Come on guys. Step back and smell the elephant.

Livio Zaninik46Zb.18712$ snipped-for-privacy@twister1.libero.it2/19/04

Space snipped-for-privacy@posting.google.com2/19/04

Be courageous. Use tea friendly temperatures. Your tea will thank you. BTW, Jim. I downloaded DM's suggested government "filth in food" (FIF) site and will have many happy hours pulling it out to quote at just the "right" moments. How many rodent hairs are within accepted standards in a can of tuna? You'll have to read it yourself. Roach excretia? Look it up. Rotted vegetable matter? No unrealistic zero tolerance in our great nation where a most entertaining reality reigns.

Michael