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It's a subliminal source of contention in the ng with yeah and nay potshots unless you knew that. I'm just waiting for the day some website puerh information appears in a book without credit or permission. What goes around comes around.

Jim

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I understand your second two sentences, but the meaning of the first one eludes me. Could you kindly explain?

Michael

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It would be interesting to know:

1. How much tea you drink on average daily?

--- 1- 4oz of dry leaf, liquor quantity is dependent upon brewing method

1. What type of teas you dring regularly (if there is a pattern in you tea consumption). Here you list not what you like, but what you actually drink.

--- (Espresso in the morning) Black Puer throughout the day, high end puer or other high end tea in the evening, Lapsang Souchong or Earl Grey on a cold weekend morning, mass market Southern iced tea when eating out.

1. List the types (chinese-japanese classification please (white, yellow green, oolong, red, green puerh, black puerh, matcha, sencha, etc.) of tea according to your taste (most favorite first)

--- aged green puerh, black puerh, young green puerh, golden tips Yunnan, lapsang souchong

1. List geographic regions of your preference (best first)

---Yunnan

1. Is there a type that you cannot stand?

---Moldy puer

6Your favorite 5 teas (best - first)

---qian liang cha, most any puer, Eastern Shore brand Earl Grey, iced tea made from Yunnan Gold and a sprig of fresh spearmint

1. Comments

--- Currently experimenting with high quality oolongs

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Mike, 1- 4 ounces of dry leaf PER DAY? Up to 1/4 pound of tea PER DAY? My, oh my! You certainly surprised me!

Sasha.

1-2 oz on a normal weekday. 3-4 oz would be when I spend the day at home on a weekend.

So, basically with a calculation of 1 g dry tea per two ounces of liquid is an equivalent of 2oz = 60g (say 50g) multiplied by 2 fl.oz = 100 fl.oz (i.e

3 litres) of first brews. If you only brew the same leaf 3 times its 10 liters which is more than 2 gallons of first-class tea. Moneywise 2oz by 365 = 730oz = 45 lb (say 50 lb). With an average price of good tea at Silk Road bought retail in small quantities say $50/oz ($750 per lb) its almost $4,000.00 a year. Business class ticket to China $2,500, daily stay in good hotel $50 for 10 days... yeah, with your rate of tea consuption you should buy your own. :)

Sasha.

Fifty dollars an *ounce*? Where'd that number come from?

/Lew

Actually I drink my Black puer a bit stronger, more like 1g-1oz, I take a 16oz coffee press type mug to work every day with a healthy handful of leaf. Weighed my handful and it comes out to 14g-16g. I will top it off with water a couple times through the day and sometimes refill it with leaf in the afternoon.

Greens will pretty much be the 1g-2oz ratio but they are usually a nights and weekends thing.

I have almost NEVER pay $50 oz. Usually I buy my puer directly from China for $10-$60 a pound including shipping. I usually buy 5-20 pounds at a time and stick some away to age.

Yes, I plan to do this anyway, but alas it will be economy class for $1400 (east coast)rather than business class. 3 star hotel next to Tea Mart in Kunming will run me $28 a day for 8 days. $250 for a translator for 5 days. How much for meals, I like to eat good? What other expenses? Will take 2 suitcases, 1 for cloths and an empty one to fill while I am there. ;-)

Mike

Mike, I on my way to San Francisco, will answer early next week. I think you can do much better on your airline ticket.

Sasha.