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Tea pilgrimage: the tiffin

Well, I'm back from India with some stories to tell. I would've posted from there, but found it hard to muster the time...
0 comments posted 21yrs
posted by perin
0 comments posted 21yrs posted by perin

In Search of Mechanical Scales

Every so often, I get so dad-gummed annoyed with tea leaves falling/leaping out of my measuring spoon that I'll look ar...
29 comments posted 21yrs
posted by thisaddy
29 comments posted 21yrs posted by thisaddy

How should I store silver needle puerh?

Hi all; After a few years of thinking longingly of IPOT's silver needle puerh I decided to buy some. I have yet to make...
11 comments posted 21yrs
posted by _amaryllis
11 comments posted 21yrs posted by _amaryllis

DAMN!

Was using Foojoy's Monkey-Picked Ti Kuan Yin, but just bought some $100/lb. Ti Kuan Yin with nothing in English on the...
5 comments posted 21yrs
posted by db5151
5 comments posted 21yrs posted by db5151

New member intro and questions

Hi everyone, I've just joined the group yesterday and reading over the posts, I am amazed. Being a Chinese and suddenly...
15 comments posted 21yrs
posted by tamkate
15 comments posted 21yrs posted by tamkate

puer on ebay - can this be right?

Here's a pu gift brick on ebay. Only thing is, didn't the company making this particular type of pu change its logo fro...
6 comments posted 21yrs
posted by falkyfoo
6 comments posted 21yrs posted by falkyfoo

Tea Spammer

I bought something from Imperial Tea and now they are spamming me.
8 comments posted 21yrs
posted by adfien
8 comments posted 21yrs posted by adfien

How to Use a Tea-for-One?

What am I supposed to do with this set? It's a Brown Betty w/ Rockingham glaze so it's excellent in that I'll pro'lly n...
6 comments posted 21yrs
posted by thisaddy
6 comments posted 21yrs posted by thisaddy

First try at russian style brewing

after some of the advice given to me on my last post I read and printed the Russian Tea HOWTO from freshmeat.net. They...
3 comments posted 21yrs
posted by zorton
3 comments posted 21yrs posted by zorton

Review: Sample of Snowbud Finale from Adagio

This was done in two trials comparing it to Upton's ZW82. Adagio recommends 1-2 tsps. at 180°F for 7 mins. while Upton...
3 comments posted 21yrs
posted by thisaddy
3 comments posted 21yrs posted by thisaddy

Review: Samples of 3 Green Teas from Adagio

The samples are of Apricot Green, Earl Grey Green, and Choral Pi Lo Chun/Green Snail Spring. 1. Apricot Green - Steeped...
0 comments posted 21yrs
posted by thisaddy
0 comments posted 21yrs posted by thisaddy

Another day in Chinatown

Most gongfu sets are too expensive for my wallet but I found one for $15 that is slightly glazed red clay with tea boat...
5 comments posted 21yrs
posted by netstuff
5 comments posted 21yrs posted by netstuff

china tea (organic food)

The Oolong tea at the beginning of system craft is: The fresh leaf expose blue - cool blue - swing blue - fry blue - ru...
0 comments posted 21yrs
posted by yxtea.1livzy
0 comments posted 21yrs posted by yxtea.1livzy

weird mixture

I mixed chun mee and mao feng together tonight and the tea it produced and the wet leaves afterward smelled exactly like...
14 comments posted 21yrs
posted by falkyfoo
14 comments posted 21yrs posted by falkyfoo

Upton Baker Street Afternoon - Lapsang Souchong?

I know - this falls into one of those "you shouldn't be allowed to drink tea" questions, but I'm *trying* to learn. One...
18 comments posted 21yrs
posted by nospam
18 comments posted 21yrs posted by nospam