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water quality.

firstly, i would like to say that i'm so enthralled to find people that are interested in Chinese tea like I am. I have been sitting around here trying to interest my friends and relatives basically in vain..i'm from the south (US), and the only sort of tea to them should be iced and sweet! heh. It's not so bad, but it's nothing like a good wulong.

To the question at hand. I spent a year in China and collected some fairly high quality teas that I was able to get out of the country without much trouble. I have been doing gongfu cha for all of my friends and I have been noticing that it doesn't taste quite as good as when I made the tea in China. Of course, I know you must find some good spring water high in mineral content, but I have been finding trouble finding such water. I buy some spring water from food lion that's supposed to be good...

What water do you guys use to drink your Chinese teas with?

one thing else about me. my favorite tea is longjing! who else?

Mydnight

-------------------- thus then i turn me from my countries light, to dwell in the solemn shades of an endless night.

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Mydnight
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I use a Brita filtration pitcher. Someone told me that it works better for tea than the Pur pitcher, because it leaves in some of the "good stuff". (Minerals, probably.)

I drink red tea (black tea) almost exclusively. Darjeeling is my favorite, as well as Assam and Ceylon. I also love lapsang souchong. I get a type called Black Dragon over at Upton's.

Ian

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Ian Rastall

I thought about getting one of those. I had tried Brita before and wasn't impressed, but I think they needed to change their filter. heh.

I'm going to India next month to Darjeeling to check out the tea plantations there with some friends. My pal Joe brought us some really good Darjeeling tea when he visited there, and I want to see it for myself. I'll be pretending to be Indian that day....don't want to get cheated too badly. heh.

Mydnight

-------------------- thus then i turn me from my countries light, to dwell in the solemn shades of an endless night.

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Mydnight

Don't forget to ride the train. They have one of those old steep railways there. It sounds like a great trip you'll be taking!

Ian

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Ian Rastall

oh yeah, i'm definitely going to be taking a train at least once...maybe only once, but at least once! heh.

Mydnight

-------------------- thus then i turn me from my countries light, to dwell in the solemn shades of an endless night.

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Mydnight

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