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Ineeka again

The latest on the stack this morning is the Inkeeka "Himalayan Blend" which seems like a sort of thing that's trying to...
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posted by kludge
1 comments posted 17yrs posted by kludge

Puer Pajama Party

I survived the Puer tasting. Half didnt have a clue and the other half thought they did myself included. I bought my se...
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posted by netstuff
1 comments posted 17yrs posted by netstuff

Help with Chinese character

Its blurry. You get the picture ;-). Its handwritten from one of my sheng boxes. http://i39.tinypic.com/10ojqzr.jpg TIA,...
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posted by netstuff
40 comments posted 17yrs posted by netstuff

Steaming Sheng

Ive watched my share of videos making sheng. The step that causes me to wonder is the steaming of the mao before the pr...
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posted by netstuff
0 comments posted 17yrs posted by netstuff

How to make your own Green Tea?

Finally you can make your own Green Tea at home. Are you trying to get healthy, increase your blood circulation, get yo...
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posted by gudrunlaras
6 comments posted 17yrs posted by gudrunlaras

A very good book

I am currently reading "The Old Tea Seller: Life and Zen Poetry in 18th Century Kyoto" by Baisao (the Tea Seller) and N...
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posted by ansonjae
4 comments posted 17yrs posted by ansonjae

Pyrex Kyusu teapots

I was in World Market yesterday and saw a couple of different gongfu sizes around $8. Imagine tapping one of those the...
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posted by netstuff
0 comments posted 17yrs posted by netstuff

Tea article of interest

On hucksterism and the collapse of the pu'er tea market: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/17/world/asia/17tea.html?_r=1&p...
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posted by qdenham
3 comments posted 17yrs posted by qdenham

Supertaster Discussion

In my other post (http://groups.google.com/group/rec.food.drink.tea/ browse_frm/thread/b019b33c6bd1f8a1/ae6c8795145c24e...
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posted by dominictiberio
10 comments posted 17yrs posted by dominictiberio

Teavana

A store named Teavana, part of a national chain, recently opened in a mall near me. I'm wondering if anyone here has bo...
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posted by kc1ih
5 comments posted 17yrs posted by kc1ih

TGY

I've finally opened a year-old packet. From Upton, it has the Ralston taste of the Ten-Ren TGY tea I had a few years ba...
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posted by gina39d
2 comments posted 17yrs posted by gina39d

Confused on identification of two teas

OK, so a while back I purchased a few Dan Congs from Teaspring, one I really like the other I don't care for... Here's...
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posted by dominictiberio
16 comments posted 17yrs posted by dominictiberio

anyone buy from Andao Tea?

Hi all, Has anyone done business with Andao Tea: http://www.andaotea.com/? If so, what did you think, etc.? Thanks. D.
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posted by nobody
0 comments posted 17yrs posted by nobody

Looking for a brazier/kettle (furo gama)

I've mentioned a few times in recent posts that I have been interested in obtaining a charcoal fired brazier and kettle...
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posted by dominictiberio
6 comments posted 17yrs posted by dominictiberio

Nilgiri tea, Craigmore estate organic OP

One reviewer said this tasted of rotton raisins (that would be wine, wouldn't it?) which added nothing good to the wate...
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posted by gina39d
0 comments posted 17yrs posted by gina39d