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Some autumn pick info.

Here's what a few sources have told me regarding the approximate dates of the Autumn pick. Be careful with vendors clai...
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posted by myseri
5 comments posted 21yrs posted by myseri

Teas for autumn

I have a bunch of samplers- Assam, English Breakfast, 2 green (sencha), 2 white (shou mei), tiquanyin, and tung ting. A...
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posted by gina39d
8 comments posted 21yrs posted by gina39d

White tea

Hi all, I would like to know if is true that white tea has more antioxidants on average than green tea. Which white teas...
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posted by bpanetta
28 comments posted 21yrs posted by bpanetta

Tea, dammit!

I've heard people say tea won WW2 for the Brits...here we go again. http://watleyreview.com/2005/072605-1.html (satire.....
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posted by Csinesis
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the perfect set of teapots, what do you think?

tools of the trade !the perfect set! for your greens and whites--use a guywan to keep temp down. oolongs -- use clay/yi...
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posted by sherdwen
2 comments posted 21yrs posted by sherdwen

Golden Assam FBOP tea

Hello. Does anyone know of a source for some Golden Assam FBOP tea that Twinnings had and was carried by the old Marsha...
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posted by rschi611
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Re: Lu Yu´s tomb

I know of a memorial pavillion in Tianmen county, Hunan province, but I have never heard of his tomb. I am just afraind...
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posted by lzanini
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Teapots

I'm interested in purchasing a starter teapot. Does anyone know what's the best type of pot to buy. I've found several...
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posted by etb52
21 comments posted 21yrs posted by etb52

Haichao Tea Blocks

Found a very interesting thing at a local Korean market.... I thought I was buying some very dense teabags, sold by the...
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posted by kludge
2 comments posted 21yrs posted by kludge

Calcium quantity in water?

Hi, I'm in Spain where the tap water is very chlorinated and has lots of calcium in it (and probably lots of other, les...
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posted by duncanmac
7 comments posted 21yrs posted by duncanmac

Another venture with tea

Well here I go again. The lady at our locale tea store gave me a sample of green tea. Her husband really likes it and s...
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posted by acarter
4 comments posted 21yrs posted by acarter

Re: Wu-Wo Tea Ceremony

Hi Steven aka icetea, Thanks for sharing the pictures. For those interested, the Wu Wo Tea Ceremony will be held this y...
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posted by samarkand
14 comments posted 21yrs posted by samarkand

more instant green tea

Hi I am a lurker here, and a green tea drinker. After following the ng for a few months (and orders from Upton tea) I h...
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posted by webemailREMOVE
7 comments posted 21yrs posted by webemailREMOVE

Twinings Ceylon Orange Pekoe

When I first began to look for better teas to drink than Lipton or Tetley, one of the very first I tried was Twinings O...
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posted by roberthorgan
0 comments posted 21yrs posted by roberthorgan

Grades of assam

I bought a hg of assam today. The shop had two kinds to choose from - FOP and TGFOP. The only difference seemed to be t...
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posted by f97mni
5 comments posted 21yrs posted by f97mni