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personal knowledge of the subject and I rarely find others to talk tea
with, even being a IT guy by trade it never "clicked" to turn to the
internet to have some discussion about tea.

I think the existence of good conversation on Usenet these days is
nothing short of a miracle.

For me, I don't mind Lipton's iced. I've not really tried much else,
although I've been meaning to try a higher-grade tea in iced tea. As
for hot, I don't like it as much. This sweeping thing seems to be
largely a myth. Maybe its grounded in something that used to be true
and over time it has been exaggerated. Smaller leaf being faster and
possibly more efficient is consistent with what happens if coffee is
ground more quickly. I do wonder if tea dust can easily become bitter
without shortening the extraction time. I've found that many people let
their tea bags sit around in the cup far too long...

Steve