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Yunnan white tea
I previously mention the owner of my local tea shoppe unloading chinese teas that dont sell. If its on sale I dont even read the label. Ive been tasting one off and on for over a year. The big print...
 
Cheap but scented
My local tea shoppe is discontinuing its Taiwan TGY scented with dried pomengranate called pomoolong and Fujian BaiMuDan scented with exotic mangousteen. The price was right so I cant complain about...
 
Potters of Firsk
This is marginally on-topic, but a lot of people here seem to be interested in ceramics. There's a wonderfully twisted story by Jack Vance call The Potters of Firsk (mis-spelled in one of the URLs...
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Another grotty green
Ill add another one to the list, Xin Yang (Hunnan) Mao Jian. The dry aroma is like alcohol. The infused leaf is like sparrow tongue. Bud so small I cant imagine how hard it is to pick. The aroma...
 
Tea Snob Status
I thought it would never happen to me, but it has. I no longer can grin and bear a tepid cup of water with a Lipton or cut-rate tea bag plunked in. I politely decline, but my hosts know it is because...
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Summer Tea Suggestion
I stumbled onto a very nice and refreshing combination. Mixing hot mint tea with Lemonade. It has a very nice cool refreshing note to the mint taste and jazzes up the mint tea into a summer style...
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Everything is light roast
I learned something this weekend reviewing the teas at SevenCups. The latest craze are light roasts of traditional heavy roasts like Da Hong Pao and some Rock tea which I forget. This has already...
 
Is keemun being forgotten?
We are a chinese keemun producer in Qimen County,China. I was really annoyed when talking with a merchant ( to spare trouble,I don't say which country)online after he said that china only can produce...
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Tea Party at The Fowler, You're Invited!
Hello All! I?ve browsed around quite a bit and have found some very interesting and engrossing posts about everyone?s favorite?tea! And so, having witnessed firsthand your passion and seemingly...
 
Embarking on a new tea journey black/red
So I finally worked myself out of my latest tea rut (Huo Shan Huang Ya, Shui Xian, Song Zhong Dan Cong, BLC) and it has been quite a deep rut, I think almost two years now. They will still easily...
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12th International Wu-Wo Tea Ceremony Convention
On October 16-18, 2009 the "12th International Wu-Wo Tea Ceremony" convention will be held in San Francisco, and hosted by the American Tea Culture Assoication.
 
Finally mold
On a brick shu I got in SF earlier this year. There was just a smidge under the neifei. I already mentioned a very fragrant CNNP sheng bought at the same time drying up in my arid climate. I guess the...
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Bi Luo Chun
Hello all, this is the first time I have posted anything to the group. I was told to check here for a good bi luo chun vendor. Does anyone have any suggestions? Thanks! spot52
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Something from nothing
Ive mentioned in the past where I use a miniscule amount of green tea pellets and it ends up clogging my teacup. When I come across one I mention it. Id like to add Golden Buddha or YongChun FuSHou....
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