Tea Connoisseur's Forum

What's been in your cup lately?

Activity has been a bit low lately 'round here, so in hopes of both livening up the joint as well as maybe seeing a tea...

38 comments posted 19yrs

posted by dominictiberio

38 comments posted 19yrs posted by dominictiberio

Cloudy Misty tea in my pot

These type of teas are called YunWu or Cloud and Mist which describes the mountain weather at the elevation of origin....

6 comments posted 19yrs

posted by netstuff

6 comments posted 19yrs posted by netstuff

Inexpensive tins, cans, canisters etc. for oolongs, keemuns, and reds.....

I've really gone a little overboard with 2 oz of this, 4 oz of that and need an inexpensive source for storage. I'm a l...

5 comments posted 19yrs

posted by shenoa

5 comments posted 19yrs posted by shenoa

Inexpensive tins, cans, canisters etc. for oolongs, keemuns, and reds.....

I've really gone a little overboard with 2 oz of this, 4 oz of that and need and expensive source for storage. I'm a li...

2 comments posted 19yrs

posted by shenoa

2 comments posted 19yrs posted by shenoa

Searching for a "tea" book.....

Does anyone know where I can get a copy of "All Teas Are Not Created Equal" by Leo Kwan (in English)? Published by MingC...

3 comments posted 19yrs

posted by shenoa

3 comments posted 19yrs posted by shenoa

How much sencha (grams) do you use?

Hi, I bought recently a wonderful book, Jane Pettigrew's The Tealover's Companion, which has a directory of 80 major te...

1 comments posted 19yrs

posted by taigu1173

1 comments posted 19yrs posted by taigu1173

Sweeteners

Although not one that's readily available in restaurants, xylitol is good. It doesn't contribute to a rise in blood suga...

0 comments posted 19yrs

posted by gyoki

0 comments posted 19yrs posted by gyoki

Sweeteners

I drink a lot of tea and need to sweeten with sugar. I am looking to eliminate sugar from my diet but am not interested...

19 comments posted 19yrs

posted by alex

19 comments posted 19yrs posted by alex

Chinese /Taiwan Dictionary posted on TeaChat

Hello, everyone, Tea Chat has a new posting of a Chinese/Taiwanese tea dictionary. I found it very helpful on my excusi...

5 comments posted 19yrs

posted by shenoa

5 comments posted 19yrs posted by shenoa

recommendation for herbal tea??

I need a recommendation for a good herbal tea. I really like real tea but I'm sensitive to caffeine. Even decaf Eng. Br...

4 comments posted 19yrs

posted by Mmm

4 comments posted 19yrs posted by Mmm

Tea infusion

Hi! I've got couple of questions. Should I use the leaves more than one time. What teas are best to use more than once?...

2 comments posted 19yrs

posted by kramari

2 comments posted 19yrs posted by kramari

Infusing Green Tea

I use about one teaspoon of green tea leaves for every cup of tea I make and infuse for 3 minutes with water at a tempe...

2 comments posted 19yrs

posted by alex

2 comments posted 19yrs posted by alex

How do you prepare pu-erh ?

Hi, I would like to ask how do you prepare pu-erh ? In yixing ? How much leaves do you use for 150ml yixing, how much f...

3 comments posted 19yrs

posted by tomas.arva

3 comments posted 19yrs posted by tomas.arva

Cancer causing teas.

Recently, there has been an outcry in the media about tea factories adding various chemicals to nearly every type of fo...

20 comments posted 19yrs

posted by myseri

20 comments posted 19yrs posted by myseri

Preferred Pu-erh and Superior Pu-erh Imperial Tea Court?

A friend recently gave me a couple of oz of each of these from ITC. I really enjoyed the Preferred Pu-erh in the "middl...

14 comments posted 19yrs

posted by shenoa

14 comments posted 19yrs posted by shenoa