I hope the 1st flush will be better then last year's. How are things in
DJ this year?

On Mar 6, 2:45 pm, Aloke Prasad
wrote:
I hope the 1st flush will be better then last year's. How are things in
DJ this year?

Hi Aloke, rfdters,
good news.
From what I´ve heard from my friends up there the conditions are
pretty nice and the harvest is in full swing. Quite the opposite to
the situation last year. Sheesh, how I wish I were there, but if
everything falls in place over here, I´ll be back for the second flush
and some "live reports".
Anyway, I could forward some of the 2007 FF grapevine, I just need to
spend some more time on the phone and wait for the first samples.

Best wishes,
Karsten

I have started ordering Makaibari products on faith every year. It is
too risky to try out the so many different products from different
gardens without prior knowledge on how their individual products have
turned out to be.

I am the only one in my family using single-brew DJ's. Others in my
house blend a bit of Lipton's Red and Green Labels and boil the tea for
a traditional Indian tea. So my total purchase of high quality tea is
not that high to begin with.

I wish someone from this newsgroup would maintain a web page with
people's reports and opinions on what teas they have tried out in the
current production year ....

wrote:
On Mar 6, 2:45 pm, Aloke Prasad
wrote:
I hope the 1st flush will be better then last year's. How are things in
DJ this year?

Hi Aloke, rfdters,
good news.
From what I´ve heard from my friends up there the conditions are
pretty nice and the harvest is in full swing. Quite the opposite to
the situation last year. Sheesh, how I wish I were there, but if
everything falls in place over here, I´ll be back for the second flush
and some "live reports".
Anyway, I could forward some of the 2007 FF grapevine, I just need to
spend some more time on the phone and wait for the first samples.

Best wishes,
Karsten

Aloke,

I totally agree on Makaibari, apart from their cheaper greens I can´t
remember a single pack I didn´t enjoy.
IMO each year their teas are getting better and better, Mak is among
my alltime top five DJ estates.
Like every year I can´t wait for the first samples to come in, I´ll
certainly post some lines.

I wish someone from this newsgroup would maintain a web page with
people's reports and opinions on what teas they have tried out in the
current production year ....

Thought about that myself, but wasn´t too sure about how much sense it
would make.
Just think of the list of problems involved apart from the time and
effort to set up such a site.
Problems with availability, especially of certain invoices. The tea you
´re raving about could have been sold out without further notice and
so forth. How much sense would that make. For years I´ve been dreaming
to start an international forum on teas but there were just too many
arguments that kept me away from doing it.
I remember a website with tons of reviews but where have I seen
it ???
In the end there´s good old rfdt.
How about an "official" rfdt homepage of some sort [FAQ, reviews,
news, user bios, ...] ?
Would such a site make sense ? At least we could post some pics that
way.
Anyone interested ? The seniors ?

Best, Karsten

writes:

[...]
I wish someone from this newsgroup would maintain a web page with
people's reports and opinions on what teas they have tried out in the
current production year ....

Thought about that myself, but wasn´t too sure about how much sense it
would make.
Just think of the list of problems involved apart from the time and
effort to set up such a site.
Problems with availability, especially of certain invoices. The tea you
´re raving about could have been sold out without further notice and
so forth. How much sense would that make.

That's what keeps me from getting excited about reviewing most kinds
of tea, especially small-invoice Darjeelings.

/Lew
---
Lew Perin /
http://www.panix.com/~perin/babelcarp.html
recent addition: maoye cha

Aloke,

I totally agree on Makaibari, apart from their cheaper greens I can´t
remember a single pack I didn´t enjoy.
IMO each year their teas are getting better and better, Mak is among
my alltime top five DJ estates.
Like every year I can´t wait for the first samples to come in, I´ll
certainly post some lines.

I wish someone from this newsgroup would maintain a web page with
people's reports and opinions on what teas they have tried out in the
current production year ....

Thought about that myself, but wasn´t too sure about how much sense it
would make.
Just think of the list of problems involved apart from the time and
effort to set up such a site.
Problems with availability, especially of certain invoices. The tea you
´re raving about could have been sold out without further notice and
so forth. How much sense would that make. For years I´ve been dreaming
to start an international forum on teas but there were just too many
arguments that kept me away from doing it.
I remember a website with tons of reviews but where have I seen
it ???
In the end there´s good old rfdt.
How about an "official" rfdt homepage of some sort [FAQ, reviews,
news, user bios, ...] ?
Would such a site make sense ? At least we could post some pics that
way.
Anyone interested ? The seniors ?

Best, Karsten

Lewis Perin wrote:
writes:

[...]
I wish someone from this newsgroup would maintain a web page with
people's reports and opinions on what teas they have tried out in the
current production year ....
Thought about that myself, but wasn´t too sure about how much sense it
would make.
Just think of the list of problems involved apart from the time and
effort to set up such a site.
Problems with availability, especially of certain invoices. The tea you
´re raving about could have been sold out without further notice and
so forth. How much sense would that make.

That's what keeps me from getting excited about reviewing most kinds
of tea, especially small-invoice Darjeelings.

Yeah, all true. However, if most reviews came from readers.. almost
like a BBS

"Hey I just bought XYZ from abc and it was great/terrible". One could
use this sort of information.

I need to buy 2-3 lbs of tea a year at the most. I could order sample
sizes from numerous dealers, and then order most of the supplies from 1
or 2. But it is too much work. And I feel that I am missing out on
un-discovered great DJ's out there :-(

I need to buy 2-3 lbs of tea a year at the most. I could order sample
sizes from numerous dealers, and then order most of the supplies from 1
or 2. But it is too much work. And I feel that I am missing out on
un-discovered great DJ's out there :-(

Up in Darjeeling I always enjoyed those numerous samples I´was able to
collect, not from a cheapskate perspective but as a way to broaden my
DJ horizon that would otherwise still be pretty much keyhole shaped.
But however many DJs [and tobaccos] I´was lucky to taste over the last
x years, I can´t help but feel exactly the same Darn gazillons of
invoices, again I´m most probably missing out on the best there is, my
dream DJ. Sometimes you just can´t win

I need to buy 2-3 lbs of tea a year at the most. I could order sample
sizes from numerous dealers, and then order most of the supplies from 1
or 2. But it is too much work. And I feel that I am missing out on
un-discovered great DJ's out there :-(

Up in Darjeeling I always enjoyed those numerous samples I´was able to
collect, not from a cheapskate perspective but as a way to broaden my
DJ horizon that would otherwise still be pretty much keyhole shaped.
But however many DJs [and tobaccos] I´was lucky to taste over the last
x years, I can´t help but feel exactly the same Darn gazillons of
invoices, again I´m most probably missing out on the best there is, my
dream DJ. Sometimes you just can´t win

I need to buy 2-3 lbs of tea a year at the most. I could order sample
sizes from numerous dealers, and then order most of the supplies from 1
or 2. But it is too much work. And I feel that I am missing out on
un-discovered great DJ's out there :-(

Up in Darjeeling I always enjoyed those numerous samples I´was able to
collect, not from a cheapskate perspective but as a way to broaden my
DJ horizon that would otherwise still be pretty much keyhole shaped.
But however many DJs [and tobaccos] I´was lucky to taste over the last
x years, I can´t help but feel exactly the same Darn gazillons of
invoices, again I´m most probably missing out on the best there is, my
dream DJ. Sometimes you just can´t win

On 2007-03-13, wrote:
But however many DJs [and tobaccos] I´was lucky to taste over the last
x years, I can´t help but feel exactly the same Darn gazillons of
invoices, again I´m most probably missing out on the best there is, my
dream DJ. Sometimes you just can´t win

Actually, I think that's exactly how you win.

N.

TeaWiki anyone?

I think a wiki might work, it could serve as a centralized
encyclopedia about tea, and articles on individual teas could include
user reviews...