On Jul 12, 6:06 pm, DogMa wrote:
Might be a cross-culturing opportunity he aging young sheng cakes at
the edge of the Himalayas. "Six famous tea-curing mountains"?
-DM

Last year I collected some sheng mushrooms from tibetan stores, a few
of them showed spots of white mold while most of the older buildings
are partly covered with back mildew. It takes about 3 days up there
and my pipe stems start to loosen until after about one week they fall
of by themselves. I´ve never seen that to that extent anywhere else in
the world and after 150 years they still use those silly paper bags,
while dirt cheap, easily sealable aluminized PE or Mylar bags are
available all over the place.
I better stop it here and have another pot of that Twinings broken DJ,
nice batch indeed.
Anybody else ?

Karsten

On Jul 12, 3:47 pm, wrote:
On Jul 12, 6:06 pm, DogMa wrote:

Might be a cross-culturing opportunity he aging young sheng cakes at
the edge of the Himalayas. "Six famous tea-curing mountains"?
-DM

Last year I collected some sheng mushrooms from tibetan stores, a few
of them showed spots of white mold while most of the older buildings
are partly covered with back mildew. It takes about 3 days up there
and my pipe stems start to loosen until after about one week they fall
of by themselves. I´ve never seen that to that extent anywhere else in
the world and after 150 years they still use those silly paper bags,
while dirt cheap, easily sealable aluminized PE or Mylar bags are
available all over the place.
I better stop it here and have another pot of that Twinings broken DJ,
nice batch indeed.
Anybody else ?

Karsten

Humm......I think it's probably much better for your pu-erh to be in a
"silly paper bag", as pu really needs to breathe and actually, the
world can use a little less mylar and aluminum foil so that it
breathes, as well.
Shen

On Jul 13, 1:48 am, Shen wrote:
On Jul 12, 3:47 pm, wrote:



On Jul 12, 6:06 pm, DogMa wrote:

Might be a cross-culturing opportunity he aging young sheng cakes at
the edge of the Himalayas. "Six famous tea-curing mountains"?
-DM

Last year I collected some sheng mushrooms from tibetan stores, a few
of them showed spots of white mold while most of the older buildings
are partly covered with back mildew. It takes about 3 days up there
and my pipe stems start to loosen until after about one week they fall
of by themselves. I´ve never seen that to that extent anywhere else in
the world and after 150 years they still use those silly paper bags,
while dirt cheap, easily sealable aluminized PE or Mylar bags are
available all over the place.
I better stop it here and have another pot of that Twinings broken DJ,
nice batch indeed.
Anybody else ?

Karsten

Humm......I think it's probably much better for your pu-erh to be in a
"silly paper bag", as pu really needs to breathe and actually, the
world can use a little less mylar and aluminum foil so that it
breathes, as well.
Shen

Shen, I didn´t refer to Pu-Erhs or my private Pu-Erh stash which I
keep in a nice airy place, but somewhere above I mentioned the local
widespread practice of packing Darjeelings in those "silly paper bags"
- sorry for the confusion.
All Darjeelings I know of definetely prefer aluminized Mylar bags to
those made of paper, especially when they stay up there for an
extended period.
PS:I totally agree that this world slowly suffocates under a growing
layer of plastic waste but let me express my doubt that the production
of a paper bag "indian style" is environmentally less problematic.
BTW, Ankit, I like the way you pack your WuYi Mtn. teas. Great bags
indeed.

Karsten

On Jul 13, 1:48 am, Shen wrote:
On Jul 12, 3:47 pm, wrote:



On Jul 12, 6:06 pm, DogMa wrote:

Might be a cross-culturing opportunity he aging young sheng cakes at
the edge of the Himalayas. "Six famous tea-curing mountains"?
-DM

Last year I collected some sheng mushrooms from tibetan stores, a few
of them showed spots of white mold while most of the older buildings
are partly covered with back mildew. It takes about 3 days up there
and my pipe stems start to loosen until after about one week they fall
of by themselves. I´ve never seen that to that extent anywhere else in
the world and after 150 years they still use those silly paper bags,
while dirt cheap, easily sealable aluminized PE or Mylar bags are
available all over the place.
I better stop it here and have another pot of that Twinings broken DJ,
nice batch indeed.
Anybody else ?

Karsten

Humm......I think it's probably much better for your pu-erh to be in a
"silly paper bag", as pu really needs to breathe and actually, the
world can use a little less mylar and aluminum foil so that it
breathes, as well.
Shen

Shen, I didn´t refer to Pu-Erhs or my private Pu-Erh stash which I
keep in a nice airy place, but somewhere above I mentioned the local
widespread practice of packing Darjeelings in those "silly paper bags"
- sorry for the confusion.
All Darjeelings I know of definetely prefer aluminized Mylar bags to
those made of paper, especially when they stay up there for an
extended period.
PS:I totally agree that this world slowly suffocates under a growing
layer of plastic waste but let me express my doubt that the production
of a paper bag "indian style" is environmentally less problematic.
BTW, Ankit, I like the way you pack your WuYi Mtn. teas. Great bags
indeed.

Karsten

Here is an example:

http://tinyurl.com/2y4uqr

Jim

PS I learned it from this group. I also use the companion site
TinyPic when I show screen dumps of Chinese characters.

Shen wrote:
On Jul 12, 5:59 am, Space Cowboy wrote:
The accepted practice is use TinyUrl to keep it from breaking in some
newsreaders.

Jim

Shen wrote:

Some people emailed me stating that they were unable to travel from
the link I posted this sale.

- Show quoted text -

I may be one of the very few people on this list who is NOT an I.T.
person. I have not a single idea what "TinyUrl" is.............?
If it would help move things along if I used it, kindly fill me in.
Shen

On Jul 13, 1:01 am, wrote:
On Jul 13, 1:48 am, Shen wrote:





On Jul 12, 3:47 pm, wrote:

On Jul 12, 6:06 pm, DogMa wrote:

Might be a cross-culturing opportunity he aging young sheng cakes at
the edge of the Himalayas. "Six famous tea-curing mountains"?
-DM

Last year I collected some sheng mushrooms from tibetan stores, a few
of them showed spots of white mold while most of the older buildings
are partly covered with back mildew. It takes about 3 days up there
and my pipe stems start to loosen until after about one week they fall
of by themselves. I´ve never seen that to that extent anywhere else in
the world and after 150 years they still use those silly paper bags,
while dirt cheap, easily sealable aluminized PE or Mylar bags are
available all over the place.
I better stop it here and have another pot of that Twinings broken DJ,
nice batch indeed.
Anybody else ?

Karsten

Humm......I think it's probably much better for your pu-erh to be in a
"silly paper bag", as pu really needs to breathe and actually, the
world can use a little less mylar and aluminum foil so that it
breathes, as well.
Shen

Shen, I didn´t refer to Pu-Erhs or my private Pu-Erh stash which I
keep in a nice airy place, but somewhere above I mentioned the local
widespread practice of packing Darjeelings in those "silly paper bags"
- sorry for the confusion.
All Darjeelings I know of definetely prefer aluminized Mylar bags to
those made of paper, especially when they stay up there for an
extended period.
PS:I totally agree that this world slowly suffocates under a growing
layer of plastic waste but let me express my doubt that the production
of a paper bag "indian style" is environmentally less problematic.
BTW, Ankit, I like the way you pack your WuYi Mtn. teas. Great bags
indeed.

Karsten- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

So sorry, Karsten. I was not reading clearly............I need a good
strong, caffeine-laden pot of tea!
S

I need a good strong, caffeine-laden pot of tea!
S

Hehe, same here, I´m down to a mere 4 hours of sleep per night, wasted
some thoughts on gong-fu cha via I.V. drip.
Karsten [on Jasmin Dragon Pearls]

I need a good strong, caffeine-laden pot of tea!
S

Hehe, same here, I´m down to a mere 4 hours of sleep per night, wasted
some thoughts on gong-fu cha via I.V. drip.
Karsten [on Jasmin Dragon Pearls]

I have just sampled two teas from Thunderbolt Tea, a Thurbo 2nd Flush and a
Castleton Autumn Flush. The Thurbo is a very nice tea with a strong taste of
muscatel with hints of chocolate. It has a lingering, slightly bitter
aftertaste, reminiscent of fresh walnut. The Castleton is somewhat of a
disappointment, has some undefinable pale taste and definitely no
aftertaste.

Gyorgy

"Shen" skrev i en meddelelse
oups.com...
Hello, all,
Please don't consider this SPAM or even a recommendation (since I've
never actually had any of these teas).
I know some posters really do enjoy Darjeeling. The following was sent
to me through a reader list and I thought some of you may want to take
advantage of this particular sale.
I've heard some good things about this vendor (and no, I have no
vested interest).
Anyway, the sale items are being shipped FREE worldwide and this
includes the USA (which, apparently, this vendor does not always
include in the free shipping list).
So, if you want to take advantage of this, it's up to you.
If you do, please share your reviews.

http://www.thunderbolttea.com/pages/...ng_tea s.html

Shen