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Pu-Erh: what's really in it

Aparently, it's made from green tea which has been moulded with Aspergillus niger, which is a common mold, for about 3...
71 comments posted 22yrs
posted by magnulus
71 comments posted 22yrs posted by magnulus

online merchants-

Is there any unanimity on online tea sources? I'm recently re- turned to the tea world af- ter a lengthy side-lining, a...
5 comments posted 22yrs
posted by solovar
5 comments posted 22yrs posted by solovar

IS Gunpowder real green tea?

I got about 4 ounces of this in my order from Ten Ren. I drank it years ago, and I remember it was a strong tea... but...
8 comments posted 22yrs
posted by magnulus
8 comments posted 22yrs posted by magnulus

the nose knows...

it sometimes occurs that i will find a tea at my local vendor's shop the fragrance of which attracts me mightily. it li...
16 comments posted 22yrs
posted by tvine
16 comments posted 22yrs posted by tvine

BBC article "Al Qaeda" tea

More than a little odd IMO...(naming teas after stuff like this I mean) an article on the BBC about a tea product (supp...
1 comments posted 22yrs
posted by csinesis
1 comments posted 22yrs posted by csinesis

Leapfrog gong-fu

Michael Plant, who has enriched this group with a diversity of wit, wisdom and actual useful information that would do...
4 comments posted 22yrs
posted by spamdogma_I
4 comments posted 22yrs posted by spamdogma_I

digital scale

I got one of these digital scales today at a kitchen store. I don't know how accurate the scale is- I drop a writing pe...
2 comments posted 22yrs
posted by magnulus
2 comments posted 22yrs posted by magnulus

Sippin' the pu

Here I sit with a steamy cup of pu.. one of my girlfriends calls it "that s***ty poo tea" but I call it my sweet cup of...
8 comments posted 22yrs
posted by falkyfoo
8 comments posted 22yrs posted by falkyfoo

Tea leaf volume

In recent posts, I've described the characteristics of 'agony of the leaf' witnessed in a glass pot. They either samba...
4 comments posted 22yrs
posted by netstuff
4 comments posted 22yrs posted by netstuff

Green tea helps protects the liver

Roman Bystrianyk, "Green tea helps protects the liver", Health Sentinel, September 29, 2004, A new study finds that gre...
0 comments posted 22yrs
posted by rbystrianyk
0 comments posted 22yrs posted by rbystrianyk

Automatic Tea Brewing Machines

Is anyone aware of an automatic tea brewing machine on the market today other than the TeaMate? The TeaMate has been dis...
19 comments posted 22yrs
posted by cwahl2
19 comments posted 22yrs posted by cwahl2

tea me-

Having recently returned to the wide and wonderful world of tea after a 4-year hia- tus, I find myself once again in a...
2 comments posted 22yrs
posted by seeyou
2 comments posted 22yrs posted by seeyou

how to brew loose tea?

I am somewhat new to brewing loose leaf tea. I bought some loose tea months ago and I could never get the steep right....
9 comments posted 22yrs
posted by magnulus
9 comments posted 22yrs posted by magnulus

Uses for spent tea leaves?

I hate throwing away all these spent tea leaves and not doing anything useful with them..anyone know how to, or if, you...
1 comments posted 22yrs
posted by csinesis
1 comments posted 22yrs posted by csinesis

Musings On My Tea

I'm Drinking (and loving) an organic yunan green from Rishi that was plucked from "ancient" tea trees. It reminds me so...
3 comments posted 22yrs
posted by bruce_thousand
3 comments posted 22yrs posted by bruce_thousand