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Tea and the subconscious
I woke up this morning and finally smelled and tasted the Dragonwell. Ive been working on this tea for a couple of years trying to find something I like. I assumed it was my preference of drinking...
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Chai thread!
Milk or half and half? What's your favorite recipe? Does it matter much if spices are cheap or expensive? What's your favorite source for spices? What is the best sweetener - brown sugar, turbinado...
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grr... none of my GG replies are showing up
I'm not sure what the deal is but the last three replies I posted have not appeared... this is mainly a test to see if new posts go through. Welp, looks like I'm silenced... a good thing to many I'm...
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Tea Teatters #51
A decent cup of tea is good enough. Jim
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The old standby
Styrofoam. This morning I got up late, and was faced with a whiteout getting to mass transit. The buses were already caught in the traffic jam getting to us. I know the backway to lightrail which has...
 
Gaiwans have won
I've been an on-again-off-again user of various gaiwans and while I really enjoy them I go back to my Bodum Yo-Yo mug/infusers more often than I care to admit. Other times it is a Taiwanese tea...
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Cracking the vase
Spring has arrived in Boston, and with it (if you'll forgive a little synaesthesia) a refulgence of aroma in the larder where most of my Pu-erh lives. Appropriate technology department...Lots of talk...
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The Leaf, Issue 5
Issue 5 of the free, online magazine The Leaf has been published at: Enjoy! May you have a thousand, thousand cups Each one the Morning Dew
 
The True History of Tea-- a new book
I have just received a new book that should be of wide interest: "The True Story of Tea" by Victor H. Mair & Erling Hoh, published by Thames and Hudson, ISBN 978 0500251461 It covers the whole history...
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Tea Teatters #50
A solitary tea drinker is not alone unfortunately. Jim
 
Snow shoveling teas
I thought Id start off today with two estate teas from Assam Halmari and Fatichera for the first foot of snow. Tomorrow for the second foot of snow Ill try two estate teas from Nilgiri Korakundah and...
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Tea shoppes and customers
I stopped by my local tea shoppe yesterday after dropping off the I Dont Work For The Obama Administration tax forms yesterday at the PO. I wanted to make sure there was no problem with the Forever...
 
Nilgiri
I've broken my Lenten tea fast (only drinking opened teas) with a couple of Nigiris- Poabs Estate FOP and Iyerpadi Estate BOP. The Poabs is a perfectly good tea, but has an off taste to me of...
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