Suggestions for a newbie

Mar 30, 2007 3 Replies

Hi guys, I've just recently started to approach tea drinking in a wiser and more informed way and would like to get suggestions of some kind of teas to buy.



I, like many others I guess, like very flavoursome and delicate teas, that hit the nose with scented flavours rather than the tongue with astringency or bitterness.



My recent two purchases have been:



- Jasmine Dragon Pearls, Dragon Phoenix Pearls (Moli Long Zhu)



- 2006 Mengku Lao Ban Zhang Pu-erh



I love the first one whilst waiting for the delivery of the second one.



What would you suggest me to try next?



Many thanks


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You have to experiment to some extent; your own taste must be the f Delicate, scented flavors, eh? How about some Oolong? There are many types of Oolong (semi-fermented) tea, and of Oolongs many brands of "Ti Kuan Yin" ("Iron Goddess of Mercy"), also acronymed "TGY" from a different transliteration.

A sampler might be good, so you can begin to know the tastes, as at (inpursuitoftea tends to be pricey, though I like their Nantou Oolong).

Or more reasonably, Upton Tea:

I am sure others much more expert can add to this list.

If you have access to a Chinatown, you might have luck getting this: . It's a reasonably priced good tea (IMO).

I'm still trying things myself. snipped-for-privacy@clubbity.com wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@y66g2000hsf.googlegroups.com: ...

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You have to experiment to some extent; your own taste must be the f Delicate, scented flavors, eh? How about some Oolong? There are many types of Oolong (semi-fermented) tea, and of Oolongs many brands of "Ti Kuan Yin" ("Iron Goddess of Mercy"), also acronymed "TGY" from a different transliteration.

A sampler might be good, so you can begin to know the tastes, as at (inpursuitoftea tends to be pricey, though I like their Nantou Oolong).

Or more reasonably, Upton Tea:

I am sure others much more expert can add to this list.

If you have access to a Chinatown, you might have luck getting this: . It's a reasonably priced good tea, IMO.

I'm still trying things myself -- there's an almost endless variety.

Hope this helps.

Ozzy

On Friday, March 30, 2007 at 1:53:36 PM UTC+5:30, snipped-for-privacy@clubbity.com wrote :

Hi, If you love delicate flavors, try Silver Needles tea, white tea, and oolong tea. I buy my tea from Halmari tea

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an d you will get all of the ones that I mentioned here at a very reasonable r ate. You can also try green tea with lemon. That will be a nice flavor and at the same time healthy too. No bitterness at all. :)

Regards, Lizzy

Your choice is good. Try some good Darjeeling teas which have good flavour given by mother nature. I am sure you will enjoy it. Sanwar Tea plantation in Rohini and Gopaldhara

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