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Taste testing strategies

I would be interested in any opinions on the most effective ways, or at least the tradeoffs of various ways, to test ne...
5 comments posted 16yrs
posted by wonmug
5 comments posted 16yrs posted by wonmug

Yixing teapot year made? Authenticity?

Hello all, It's been quite a while since I've posted anything, but I had an experience recently with a Chinese gentlema...
1 comments posted 16yrs
posted by graydelotte
1 comments posted 16yrs posted by graydelotte

Hello Everyone!

So hello everyone! Just to let you know that i've joined this group :) Really looking forward to hear about tea culture...
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posted by sansiel192
5 comments posted 16yrs posted by sansiel192

Japanese Green Tea Stores In Chicago

Hello all, I am visiting Chicago for a couple of days and wanted to pick up some Gyokoru. Does anyone know of tea store...
3 comments posted 16yrs
posted by vinyladdict
3 comments posted 16yrs posted by vinyladdict

Hunter/Gatherer or Capitalist

I spend my share of moolah on tea. Not all at once but I do spend too many nickels and dimes for what I drink. Just lik...
2 comments posted 16yrs
posted by netstuff
2 comments posted 16yrs posted by netstuff

Tea from Non Traditional Tea Producing Countries

I am a new member to this group and am looking forward to lots of conversations regarding tea. For now, I was wondering...
6 comments posted 16yrs
posted by bcpdsfinest
6 comments posted 16yrs posted by bcpdsfinest

Leafy taste in a cup

My recent GuangDong black tea wont infuse properly till after several infusions ie the leaves float in the cup and you...
2 comments posted 16yrs
posted by netstuff
2 comments posted 16yrs posted by netstuff

Teavana Tung Ting

Another one of those slight of hand teas ie something from nothing. This is a better Tung Ting than any I got from TenR...
0 comments posted 16yrs
posted by netstuff
0 comments posted 16yrs posted by netstuff

Reading tea leaves in a movie

Recently I saw They Died With Their Boots On with Errol Flynn from 1941. Of all the Custer movies I liked this one the...
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posted by netstuff
0 comments posted 16yrs posted by netstuff

The new tea smell

One of our Chinese knick knack shops carries a good selection of teas. They are those ubiquitous Chinese only large car...
4 comments posted 16yrs
posted by netstuff
4 comments posted 16yrs posted by netstuff

Fermented tea by the pound

This $10/5lb bag tea comes from Xing Hua Food, Xin Xui District, Jiang Men City, GuangDong. http://i37.tinypic.com/zjxx...
0 comments posted 16yrs
posted by netstuff
0 comments posted 16yrs posted by netstuff