what tea did you buy today?

I just placed an order with The Real Tea Company who are in Wales. Anyone ever use them?

I ordered -

some of their chai some genmaicha after reading about it in The Telegraph this past week-end kaimosi from Kenya Inverness OP1 from Ceylon

looking forward to receiving these ...

Pen

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Lipton tea

What is genmaicha? Where is that from? Also, I would like to try chai some day. How is it? I want to learn more of the kaimosi, and Inverness OPI. Never heard of them Susan

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Pen wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@4ax.com:

I didn't order any tea today, but last week I got my order from Holy Mountain tea. It consisted of another 1/4 pound of their wakamidori sencha that I enjoyed so much about a year ago, a 1/4 pound of their jo genmai cha (very nice to drink in the middle of the day, and low in caffeine), and a pu-ehr sampler (8 different kinds, yum). So far I've tried the pu-ehr golden melon. My current standard pu-ehr is the organic pu-ehr from Rishi. I like it. It is mellow and warm with no rough edges. Compared with that, the golden melon is not as mellow or lasting in the mouth, and has sort of a gray, almost metallic note to it. If I had to choose between the two, I'd stay with the Rishi. I plan to go through the samples and see how they relate to each other and to the pu-ehr I have from Rishi. Exploring is fun!

Debbie

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Debbie Deutsch

Debbie,

I just purchased China Pu-Erh Tuo Cha, Size 1 from UptonTea Importers. I will let the Group know how it brews.

Mark

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mark rupp

i received on wednesday an order of sample size oolong teas from upton- floral tie-guan-yin i was disappointed with this one-not very floral-light in color jade oolong imperial terrific-worth the money! rebrewed 2 times-fragrant and green ali shan oolong not as good as previous ones i have had but decent formosa oolong tung-ting not tried as yet

today-friday i received order from kyela teas- namring upper -ftgfop-

2003 seeyok silver pearls first flush 2003 singell-ftgfop-first flush 2003 avongrove-ftgfop-first flush 2003 samabeong-ftgfop-clonal-first flush 2003

i will be making the upper namring this evening

joanne

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Joanne Rosen

I recently made my annual trip to Harney & Sons' tasting room last weekend,, and picked up some:

Goomtee FTGFOP1 (2nd Flush) Darjeeling Harishpur FTGFOP1 (Full-Leaf) Assam Organic Rooibos Hand-rolled Sencha (Uji) Organic Pussimbing Silver Marbles (white Darjeeling)

The Goomtee Darjeeling is really fruity, with the gingerbread spiciness I expect. Not too astringent, with a pleasant lingering sweetness/bitterness.

The Harishpur Assam is delicious, but I haven't made any in a few days (when I oversteeped it :-P), so I can't really describe it fairly just now. As I recall, it withstood the oversteeping admirably, though. ;-)

This is the first time I've tried Rooibos. It had none of the tea-like body or astringency I was expecting from descriptions. It has a markedly tobacco/vanilla/cherry/spice nose, and is surprisingly sweet. It probably would ice well, but is so delicious hot that I doubt I'll try it.

I haven't made the white or greens yet, since I caught a cold right around the same time I bought them, and don't want to waste them before my sense of smell returns to its full acuity.

N.

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Natarajan Krishnaswami

Gunpowder and one "Indian spicy chai". Quite enjoyable, with a lot of herbs in it - a christmas tea.

Regards, Nils

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Nils Schoener

I'm a big fan of rooibos -- and yes, I understand that it isn't truly tea. But I can't have any caffeine after noon, and rooibos is a lovely caffeine free alternative. I can also steep it very strong, with no bitterness. As you suspect, it is also delicious iced, and I always have a pitcher of peachy green rooibos in my refrigerator during hot weather. My hot tea preference is chai rooibos, and the best version of that I've found is at

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-- though I've yet to have a bad one.

Karen

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Karen

I came across a tea site on the web (The Fragrant Leaf;

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) and purchased sample sizes of: Kukicha Special Harvest - very flavorful and aromatic. Yunnan Gold Buds - a bit expensive but very smooth with honey-like flavor. Keemun Maofeng - really like this one, a bit more delicate flavor than some of the Keemuns I've had. The aroma is really special. Bi Luo Chun - found this somewhat bitter but I'm new to green tea so will try rebrewing another cup.. Mountain Spirit - a chinese green tea. Haven't tried this one yet.

Wendi

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Wendi

I just ordered this tea from Imperial tea court. But it will take 3 to

5 days to come to Bangladesh fron US by UPS:-

Imperial Golden Yunnan 100g Red Peony 100g Keemun Mao Feng 125g Lapsang Souchong 125g Sichuan Black 100g

I will start describing this tea once I start drinking them.

Ripon. (From Bangladesh)

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Ripon

Their Keemun Mao Feng is divine. Enjoy!

Agalena

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Agalena

I just ordered 3 organic green teas to try from Special Teas - Chun Mee, Green Clouds and Mist, and Jiu Hua Mao Feng. I also ordered some samples of a few of their decafs and flavored versions of rooibos since I have to watch my caffeine. I'll let you all know if any of these is exceptional.

Agalena

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Agalena

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