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New Tea Site Directory

Hey all, I am part of a team building a new web directory for tea related sites at thebestoftea.com. While there are ot...

0 comments posted 19yrs

posted by seancrystal

0 comments posted 19yrs posted by seancrystal

How do you store/age pu-erh

Hi, to pu-erh lovers/collectors I have a question How do you store your pu-erh ? Where ? I live in a block of flats, so...

12 comments posted 19yrs

posted by tomas.arva

12 comments posted 19yrs posted by tomas.arva

Antiquarianism squared

Here's a question for the scholars among us: When was the first documented reference to tea being intentionally aged? N...

0 comments posted 19yrs

posted by perin

0 comments posted 19yrs posted by perin

SMALL electric tea kettle

I'm looking for a source for a small (< 1L) (cordless, though not necessary) electric tea kettle. Size is the most impo...

8 comments posted 19yrs

posted by rexkerr

8 comments posted 19yrs posted by rexkerr

What is supermarket teabag tea?

The packaging script of popular teabags are long on praise and hype, but contain no real information about the provenan...

8 comments posted 19yrs

posted by joshew

8 comments posted 19yrs posted by joshew

my first taste of puerh

hello teaples (tea people), my friend went to china and gave me a small container of puerh tuochas. this is my very fir...

4 comments posted 19yrs

posted by impained

4 comments posted 19yrs posted by impained

in cup infusions

I'm not too much of a tea drinker (yet!), but I've taken a liking to doing several infusions of the same pinch of loose...

10 comments posted 19yrs

posted by adremeaux

10 comments posted 19yrs posted by adremeaux

where to buy loose tea locally

I'm a tea newb, who wants to get into the game a bit more. I'm expecting some samplers from online places for christmas...

7 comments posted 19yrs

posted by adremeaux

7 comments posted 19yrs posted by adremeaux

Tasting techniques.

How does everyone taste their tea? For the first infusion I will sip the tea after inhaling a little air and then exhal...

45 comments posted 19yrs

posted by xcasper54x

45 comments posted 19yrs posted by xcasper54x

Looking for a Disposable Tea Cup Lids....

I was searching around the net, and found a company that produced a disposable tea cup lid that you could pull the tea...

8 comments posted 19yrs

posted by mel

8 comments posted 19yrs posted by mel

Da Hong Pao

Looking for high grade Da Hong Pao. My trip to HK recently introduced us to this wonderful (boldly understated) Oolong....

19 comments posted 19yrs

posted by draconust

19 comments posted 19yrs posted by draconust

tea ware Question

Hello, I have a tea ware question. I was looking at these 'beautiful Tenmoku's on the teaspring.com website (found here...

19 comments posted 19yrs

posted by Chris.Reath

19 comments posted 19yrs posted by Chris.Reath

Electric Kettle good idea?

I was thinking of getting an electric kettle so that I don't have to keep reheating my tea kettle on the stove. Good id...

14 comments posted 19yrs

posted by ferrante276-ng

14 comments posted 19yrs posted by ferrante276-ng

Some really lovely teas in Chicago

Had a brief Chicago visit and spendt quite a while at "I Dream of Tea" in Evanston, owned by a charming, knowlegeable y...

1 comments posted 19yrs

posted by shenoa

1 comments posted 19yrs posted by shenoa

What is qi men ( I assume Keemun) red tea?

Hi, all! In a recent recent to Monterey Park Wing Hop Fung, I bought a bit of "Qi Men Red Tea" #1187, $45.99 a pound. V...

4 comments posted 19yrs

posted by shenoa

4 comments posted 19yrs posted by shenoa