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Teapot Designer Rally

It's time to start looking at your diary and clearing a space for June 11th, which is when the Teapot Designer Rally wi...
4 comments posted 21yrs
posted by andy.titcomb
4 comments posted 21yrs posted by andy.titcomb

Strange question

Hi Is it safe to eat tea leaves? On a regular basis? I'm not trolling, its a for real question. I presume its not a prob...
15 comments posted 21yrs
posted by bigcat
15 comments posted 21yrs posted by bigcat

Teaspring

I'm thinking of ordering some new greens and oolongs from Teaspring. What's the general consensus: are their teas, which...
6 comments posted 21yrs
posted by dm
6 comments posted 21yrs posted by dm

Twinings to close US plant

http://www.news-record.com/news/now/twinings_041305.htm
0 comments posted 21yrs
posted by roberthorgan
0 comments posted 21yrs posted by roberthorgan

Pronouncing Rooibos

What is the correct pronunciation of "Rooibos" (including accent and inflection)? Are there both Anglicized and African...
7 comments posted 21yrs
posted by daviddiamond.remove-if-not-spa
7 comments posted 21yrs posted by daviddiamond.remove-if-not-spa

Bai vs Mao Chinese tea terms

For those who speak Chinese or who can tell me...both of these are sort of roughly translated as "white" or "downy"...c...
154 comments posted 21yrs
posted by Csinesis
154 comments posted 21yrs posted by Csinesis

"the tao of tea" ::TUOCHA :: Pu-er

For a tea newbie, who wanted to check out some Pu-Er, how would this fare? Is it representative of Pu-er or is it crap?...
11 comments posted 21yrs
posted by ted.jones
11 comments posted 21yrs posted by ted.jones

Blue Pu

I'm sniffing around on TaoBao and came across a 2000 Menghai ripe grade-a tuocha which was blue! So do they oxygen depr...
3 comments posted 21yrs
posted by netstuff
3 comments posted 21yrs posted by netstuff

Amaretto Tea

Wednesday night is always "dart game" night for me. I am also getting addicted with dart now a days. I go to this inter...
1 comments posted 21yrs
posted by nstextil
1 comments posted 21yrs posted by nstextil

Guangxi pu'er?

My friend gave me this bing (round cake) of shu pu that was made in Wuzhou, Guangxi his hometown. The factory's name Gu...
16 comments posted 21yrs
posted by myseri
16 comments posted 21yrs posted by myseri

Pu'er is not black tea.

It definitely ain't red either. The literature that I've looked at has stated that pu'er is indeed not black tea but a...
52 comments posted 21yrs
posted by myseri
52 comments posted 21yrs posted by myseri

looking for artists for cybercafe

HI Everyone! My name is Erica Fettig, and I am in the process of developing a new site that is a "virtual cafe." Along...
1 comments posted 21yrs
posted by efettig
1 comments posted 21yrs posted by efettig

TeaLuxe in Cambridge, MA?

It looks like I may be outside of Boston in a couple of weeks, with precious little time for tea searching. Sniffle. Qu...
7 comments posted 21yrs
posted by NewsPosts
7 comments posted 21yrs posted by NewsPosts

Shelf life of loose teas?

Greetings, all, I was wondering how long tinned or bagged teas will last once the seals are broken. I have some old Dar...
25 comments posted 21yrs
posted by nor_bu
25 comments posted 21yrs posted by nor_bu

Traditional Thai Iced tea recipe

This afternoon, I was swimming in the Hotel Polana and suddenly heard some people were speaking in Thai. I was in Thail...
9 comments posted 21yrs
posted by nstextil
9 comments posted 21yrs posted by nstextil