Tea Connoisseur's Forum

One 3-min infusion vs 3 1-min infusions?

What's the difference between multiple infusions with the same leaves vs one infusion with the same amount of tea, the...

7 comments posted 17yrs

posted by SquarePeg

7 comments posted 17yrs posted by SquarePeg

Multiple infusions

I was given a bag of yin hao, a jasmine tea from Holy Mountain. The instructions say "multiple short steepings at 180-1...

6 comments posted 17yrs

posted by SquarePeg

6 comments posted 17yrs posted by SquarePeg

The longest tea leaf

Dan Cong Huang Zhi about an inch and half long. It is very stout twisted leaf almost like a twig ergo Zhi or Sprig. If...

4 comments posted 17yrs

posted by netstuff

4 comments posted 17yrs posted by netstuff

Kukicha iced tea

Of definite interest. One can taste the wood pulp of the twigs, and something that tastes like bark, also. This is a ve...

1 comments posted 18yrs

posted by gina39d

1 comments posted 18yrs posted by gina39d

FREE TEA TASTING - NORWICH CONNECTICUT

Free Tea Tasting Presented by George Constance of Indonique Tea and Chai Friday, September 5, 2008 - 6:30 pm Holy New M...

0 comments posted 18yrs

posted by pyotr

0 comments posted 18yrs posted by pyotr

My most expensive Chinese teas ever

These days I throw my bike on the light rail and get off at stops and explore areas of town by push pedal. I'm tooling...

1 comments posted 18yrs

posted by netstuff

1 comments posted 18yrs posted by netstuff

Ten Ren Pu-Erh

English?, yep. Why even the writing on the side of the box is too. ;]) It is in little individual separate pouches, sea...

3 comments posted 18yrs

posted by bayareaberk

3 comments posted 18yrs posted by bayareaberk

describing tea taste/flavor/aroma & maps

just found some nice/interesting flavor maps/wheels tea: http://www.teatalk.com/general/flavor2.htm coffee: http://www....

0 comments posted 18yrs

posted by SilverNeedles

0 comments posted 18yrs posted by SilverNeedles

A couple of brewing questions

I just bought some tea from Adagio and I am trying to see which ones I like. Being more or less a beginner at tea, I wa...

20 comments posted 18yrs

posted by SquarePeg

20 comments posted 18yrs posted by SquarePeg

Republic of Tea

I have just recently had a cup of the Republic of Tea's tung ting oolong, and it wasn't half bad. It certainly was in t...

0 comments posted 18yrs

posted by kludge

0 comments posted 18yrs posted by kludge

chamomile quality, question?

What is good quality chamomile? I'm trying to get the best bang for the buck (aren't we all). Is the chamomile tea that...

1 comments posted 18yrs

posted by alex.cordero

1 comments posted 18yrs posted by alex.cordero

Prancing tea kettles

I saw a segment on CCTV of a famous newly remodeled tea shoppe near the Forbidden City by a group pouring hot water int...

0 comments posted 18yrs

posted by netstuff

0 comments posted 18yrs posted by netstuff

Why it's worth learning Chinese

Sometimes, googling around to figure out a term I'm adding to the Babelcarp database, I come across a website that show...

12 comments posted 18yrs

posted by perin

12 comments posted 18yrs posted by perin

The Leaf, Issue 3

Just wanted you to know the third, free issue of The Leaf is up at www.the-leaf.org

0 comments posted 18yrs

posted by poopoopuerh

0 comments posted 18yrs posted by poopoopuerh

Any really good automatic tea makers?

I would like to get an automatic tea maker. My ideal product would be fully automatic, would make tea properly, and wou...

17 comments posted 18yrs

posted by SquarePeg

17 comments posted 18yrs posted by SquarePeg