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White tea from Africa

Hi all yall out there, I would like to strt a discussion of african white tea. Nigel says its great and his daughter ha...

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posted by jefferysmom

1 comments posted 19yrs posted by jefferysmom

What the hell is Modern Zhuni

I have bought a teapot that a vendor told me is modern zhuni clay. How does this differ from hong ni clay or zisha, sin...

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posted by danicaradovanov

4 comments posted 19yrs posted by danicaradovanov

Gunpowder Tea

I purchased a small green box of gunpowder tea at the local asian grocer the other day, thinking that it would be simil...

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posted by alan.truism

0 comments posted 19yrs posted by alan.truism

Old Yixing teapots on Ebay

Does anyone have experience buying teapots from the ebay store http://stores.ebay.com/5000friend ? They have a large se...

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posted by wmjwolfe

32 comments posted 19yrs posted by wmjwolfe

foul-smelling Taiwan oolongs

I recently noticed something quite strange. I drink a lot of Taiwanese oolong, and the other day I was making some from...

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posted by alex.woods

14 comments posted 19yrs posted by alex.woods

Republic of Tea worth the price?

I recently received one of their catalogs and while I saw some things I liked, I thought they were a little pricey. Are...

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posted by ferrante276-ng

3 comments posted 19yrs posted by ferrante276-ng

Green tea with citrus, honey, and ginseng...

My favorite drink at work lately is hot green tea, and I make the perfect cup by brewing the tea bags and then adding a...

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posted by fart

5 comments posted 19yrs posted by fart

How do I move on?

For over two years I've been addicted to loose teas after discovering them in my years of college. As a matter of conve...

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posted by dynamis84

6 comments posted 19yrs posted by dynamis84

Pu-erh by Republic of Tea

I recently decided to try some pu-erh since everyone on the group was raving about it. I went down to a cute little loc...

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posted by ladygreyer

27 comments posted 19yrs posted by ladygreyer

My Millennia tuocha provenance

This was the green Xiaguan(left) tuocha I could buy locally till early 2005. Now no green tuocha since. Luckily I stock...

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posted by netstuff

11 comments posted 19yrs posted by netstuff

Finally a fishy green

My search has lasted over 6 months to try to find a solid "fishy" tasting green, and no matter how much money I've thro...

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posted by dominictiberio

15 comments posted 19yrs posted by dominictiberio

Gao ji pu er tuo tea

Came back from Beijing last week, having visited a tea shop, with a box of "Gao ji pu er tuo tea" The tea looks liked w...

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posted by winsegal

5 comments posted 19yrs posted by winsegal

One more Pu-Erh mistery

Just another thing I don´t understand about Pu-Erh lies right next to me in that storage box. It´s one of those Pu-Erh...

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posted by psyflake

24 comments posted 19yrs posted by psyflake

Kenyan Tea

Does anyone know of a US source (internet prefered) for a tea from Kenya called "Safari Pure?" Thanks.

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posted by lindaq49

11 comments posted 19yrs posted by lindaq49

Experimental Pu'ers

I recently had the pleasure of spending an afternoon drinking tea and talking with a friend who knows a lot about the P...

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posted by perin

15 comments posted 19yrs posted by perin