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Tea Scale
Your recommendations for a good digital/electronic scale for measuring tea, please. Also, recommendations for ordering teas online - upton tea?, stash tea?, ??? I am a newbie to green, assam,...
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Strange Harney Sencha Brewing Instructions
I have a package of Harney & Sons "Japanese Sencha Premium Green Tea" bags. The brewing instructions on the box clearly call for boiled water to be poured into a warmed pot or mug (containing the tea...
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3000 types of tea?
I went to brooklyn Ten Ren yesterday and bought some white tea and an oolong (that tastes more like gunpowder green). The nice lady gave me a scan of a ny times story about tea. It said there are 3000...
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Pu-erh tea preparation
Hello -- I've got hold of some 'pu-erh yunnan tea' - how does one infuse etc ? Presumably they can be steeped multiple times ?
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American Classic Tea
"The only American classic tea produced 20 miles south Charleston,South Carolina-deep in the SC lowcountry, on the subtropical sea island of Wadmalaw. American classic tea has been official White...
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Halloween and tea.
I'm just wondering- are there any teas that people would recommend in celebration of Halloween or Dia de los Muertes? I did make molasses spice cookies, and they went wonderfully with my extra-milky...
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Green tea suggestion
I am new to regular tea drinking. I have read about the qualities and virtues of green tea. Whether they are true or not is not important. What I am looking for is a green tea that has more flavor and...
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Water and your tea
Dear Tea lovers: I would like to know what kind of water do you use during your tea brewing. Spring water or mineral water? I use Evian or Mont Fleur(French Mineral water) or Pits( Austrilian spring...
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How many of us are really drinking pure Drajeeling tea?
Dear tea lovers: I will talk about something really more sensitive and more political matter about Darjeeling tea. We might all know one thing here is- the ratio between Darjeeling tea's demand/supply...
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Tea and brain
Hi, everyone! Does anyone know exactly what effect tea has on brain? I'm asking because I heard that tea is an addictive drug. Of course, its effects may be weak, but sometimes after drinking quite a...
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Used to drink store bought tea but now.....
Just joined buyers group and get tea direct from India. So I started my own little business. I love the stuff myself too. My favotite is Apple Tea, a blend of Apple flavour & Darjeeling leaf tea. Come...
 
what do you find thrilling about
As part of a larger project, I'm researching the thrill of food. I'm looking through all the sub groups in looking for answers. Have you had a thrill involving tea? I proudly drink Yorkshire Tea (a...
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Cooking with tea
Does anyone know a resource for tea recipes (that is, meals the preparation of which involves handling C. sinensis leaves)? I have some lapsang I'm wondering if I can do something with other than...
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Keemun
Tea lovers: How many kinds of Keemun are there? What's the differences are between Keemun Mao Feng, Keemun Hao Ya A and Keemun Hao Ya B? How is Keemun Mao Feng Green tea? I am a Keemun lover, just...
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Chilli Tea
Came across this in an e-mail newsletter; of course strictly speaking it's a tisane rather than a tea. He called it chilli tea (and he says this is a Commonwealth spelling of 'chile' something for...