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Burning Question about Yixing brewing...

I have a feeling my last post was ignored... I cut down to the chase with this question. I'm wondering if it is feasibl...
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posted by dmorlanderschpammtrapp
6 comments posted 20yrs posted by dmorlanderschpammtrapp

Tea history this day

Hiya, Everyone, On the evening of December 16, 1773, a band of colonists garbed as Mohawk Indians led by Samuel Adams h...
0 comments posted 20yrs
posted by nor_bu
0 comments posted 20yrs posted by nor_bu

Judging water temp...thermometer?

How accurately do you brew your tea.....do you just estimate the temp or do you actually use a thermometer...if so, wha...
7 comments posted 20yrs
posted by ostazz
7 comments posted 20yrs posted by ostazz

Westernized Yixing Brewing...

When I drink my green tea, what I typically do, is fill a swissgold 1/2 the way with the tea. I bring water to a near-b...
0 comments posted 20yrs
posted by dmorlanderschpammtrapp
0 comments posted 20yrs posted by dmorlanderschpammtrapp

Yunnan Mo Zhen Black Needle

Has anyone tried this? I can get Chinese website hits on Google using the characters for Mo Zhen. Mo is Ink and Zhen is...
20 comments posted 20yrs
posted by netstuff
20 comments posted 20yrs posted by netstuff

Can a Yixing teapot be used in a microwave?

I am considering trying brewing with a yixing to see what all the rave is about. I think I need to go through the archi...
28 comments posted 20yrs
posted by dmorlanderschpammtrapp
28 comments posted 20yrs posted by dmorlanderschpammtrapp

My first mini beengs

I just got a bundle of eight 125g mini beengs making an even kilo. Normally beengs are larger 357g+. I like this compac...
0 comments posted 20yrs
posted by netstuff
0 comments posted 20yrs posted by netstuff

Water Temp

Pardon me if this has been done to death but... I use a coffee maker to heat the water in my office for tea. I'm guessi...
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posted by jwh999
17 comments posted 20yrs posted by jwh999

tea shops in Tampa Bay?

Hello, I'm wondering where to find specialty teas in the Tampa Bay area? (I'm in Largo/Pinellas Park) I'm looking for a...
2 comments posted 20yrs
posted by perlhaq
2 comments posted 20yrs posted by perlhaq

News Item: Tea and Cancer

Hi, Everyone, This is a good spotlight on tea-drinking... Carl (tooo many 'o's in yahoo ;P) ***************************...
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posted by nor_bu
0 comments posted 20yrs posted by nor_bu

looking for tea

Hi, we have tea store in canada, we are looking for tea supplier ..
2 comments posted 20yrs
posted by ch383
2 comments posted 20yrs posted by ch383

Question for the long-time tea experts...

Firstly... My favorite, ultimately always-drank tea is Sencha Green. It is a stapel. I do sweeten it with a sugar subst...
2 comments posted 20yrs
posted by dmorlanderschpammtrapp
2 comments posted 20yrs posted by dmorlanderschpammtrapp

High Tea Outrage!

What an affront to civilization! What sort of underhanded writer could even think that high tea was served at four 'o c...
2 comments posted 20yrs
posted by NOSPAMergoyoga
2 comments posted 20yrs posted by NOSPAMergoyoga

Pool: How may of us would actualy eat at this place?

Hello All, Here is a bizzare place to eat: http://www.igman.com/misc/japanese-restaurant/ a Taipei restaurant (this lin...
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posted by vasilijepetkovic
9 comments posted 20yrs posted by vasilijepetkovic

Puerh steeping time.

Hi. I just purchased some Puerh at a local teastore, without any mentioning of which blend or origin it was. I don't th...
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posted by ole.kvaal
4 comments posted 20yrs posted by ole.kvaal