An unexplained teabag turned up at the bottom of my "current teas" cannister. It says "Pearson" on the tag. From color and fragrance, I think it may be a tung ting that I bought from Ten Ren a number of years ago. I boiled the water, thinking it was a black tea. It tastes a bit flatter than its fragrance, but it,s an interesting difference that I will not get again. Toci
Unexplained teabag
Dec 31, 2008
Last reply: 17 years ago
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Forgive me, but when I saw the subject header I thought: "Unexploded teabag?!" Farewell 2008!
/Lew
I kind of liked their tung ting. I bought I think second to most expensive one and of course it's costlier than a similar tea from a good online vendor but, hey.
I still have some left but I have no idea which is tung ting and which, TGY. They seemed fairly similar to me and I'm not sure I'll be able to tell by taste (and I never drank much of either of them).
I should try to gong fu them with my newfound wisdom re: electric kettle / gas stove heated water.
On second taste, I think I had a Jade Oolong which was somewhere in the middle. Your TGY should be darker leaf and your Tung Ting should be greener leaf? Toci
There's a life lesson here, I should label teas after I get them.. The lighter one says 'T-40' on the paper bag. I'm not even sure one of them is TGY anymore, only sure about Tung Ting. One is very very slightly lighter, but both are pretty dark.
Call them Oolong, and don't worry about it. Toci
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