"stePH" wrote in message
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Today after work I stopped at the "Ranch 99 Market" (an Asian
supermarket on Hwy 99 north of Seattle) and picked up a 7oz bag of
sencha for $3, and a 7.4oz jar (with a glass-and-plastic stopper) of a
very green Ti Kuan Yin for $10.

The jar has a mostly yellow label that appears to be branded "ASIAN
TASTE (R)" and the tea itself is described as "Xue Feng Ti Kuan Yin"
... and some Japanese katakana above it reads something like
"tekkanmen" (more precisely, "te-small tsu, ka-n, me-n") and I've just
noticed a gold "ASIAN TASTE" label on the bottom of the jar as well.

Now having a third infusion -- this stuff is absolutely delicious, and
easily stands up to the "Monkey Picked Tiguanyin" that Michael Plant
sent me a sample of last month (for all I know, it's the same stuff).

I must return to that store soon and try the same brand's Dragonwell;
there's also some green tea there that strongly resembles the "Green
Pekoe Blues" that I got a sample of from Adagio last Christmas. Lots
of other interesting-looking stuff there, too, but I didn't want to go
on a crazy buying spree just yet.

damn, I just love green oolongs,
stePH
in cup: see post :-)


Hi stePH,

I picked this up yesterday...it's not as good to me as some of the A Li
Shan's I've gotten from Hou De, but it's OK. I did NOT like that it came in
a clear glass jar, let's the light in and is bad for tea. But I'm going to
spend some time with it, if you're interested in further comments later from
me I'll oblige. It is a greener TGY than I've had before, and that's kind of
a relief...I used to like the really roasted ones and now I've gotten away
from those more. I can't compare it to another green TGY though, so you'd
have the advantage there of having something similar with which to compare
it.

While I was there I picked up a cardboard canister of pouchong, it's a
broken leaf and so far has proved to be very astringent in a way I haven't
had to deal with in a long time in an oolong but I have a feeling it's
because it IS broken and I bet I steeped it too long. Again, I'll have to
experiment more. I just wanted some because it's a type of oolong I haven't
had before. Can anyone recommend a fairly inexpensive basic pouchong that
might be available to me? Whole leaf preferred.

Melinda