In their 1897 catalog, that is. "Japan -- Sun Dried, Green. For purity and
richness of flavor, they are unexcelled." Kind of a long shot, I know, but
has anyone reading tried this?...

50 cents/lb, but only 43 cents/lb if you buy a 35lb half chest. They also
offer a "Basket-fired, Black" from Japan. The Japan teas are cheaper than
the other styles offered, including Ceylon Pekoe, Moning Congou, Gunpowder
Moyune, Formosa Oolong, English Breakfast, and assorted Indias.

"Order 10 or 20 pounds -- order enough to last six months."

--crymad

1/29/04

In their 1897 catalog, that is. "Japan -- Sun Dried, Green. For purity and
richness of flavor, they are unexcelled." Kind of a long shot, I know, but
has anyone reading tried this?...

50 cents/lb, but only 43 cents/lb if you buy a 35lb half chest. They also
offer a "Basket-fired, Black" from Japan. The Japan teas are cheaper than
the other styles offered, including Ceylon Pekoe, Moning Congou, Gunpowder
Moyune, Formosa Oolong, English Breakfast, and assorted Indias.

"Order 10 or 20 pounds -- order enough to last six months."

--crymad




I'm inspired.

I just did a little simple arithmetic and found that I use between 20 and 25
pounds of dry leaf per year. This includes tea I consume myself and tea
drunk together with others. It does not include any tea I drink out in
restaurants or friend's places.

Curious to know how that compares.

Michael

"Michael Plant" wrote in message
...
1/29/04
"Order 10 or 20 pounds -- order enough to last six months."

I'm inspired.

I just did a little simple arithmetic and found that I use between 20 and
25
pounds of dry leaf per year. This includes tea I consume myself and tea
drunk together with others. It does not include any tea I drink out in
restaurants or friend's places.

Curious to know how that compares.

I figure me to be a little below 20lb a year. I'm certainly not going
through 2lbs in a month.

--crymad

1/29/04


"Michael Plant" wrote in message
...
1/29/04
"Order 10 or 20 pounds -- order enough to last six months."

I'm inspired.

I just did a little simple arithmetic and found that I use between 20 and
25
pounds of dry leaf per year. This includes tea I consume myself and tea
drunk together with others. It does not include any tea I drink out in
restaurants or friend's places.

Curious to know how that compares.

I figure me to be a little below 20lb a year. I'm certainly not going
through 2lbs in a month.

--crymad




I could actually come up with something a bit more definitive and empirical,
given the fact that I have *never* thrown away an empty tea package. My
numbers are based on my newly acquired habit of drinking lots of oolongs in
a gung fu pot, into which goes lots of leaf. Skimping on the leaf ruins
gungfu IMHO. More accurately, looking backward, 5 grams of green tea as
opposed to 12ish grams of oolong yield the same amount of liquor, more or
less. Likewise, reds. So, my loosey goosey numbers are based on two gungfu
setups sometime during the day plus one green later. Whatever. It's not
rocket science. If it were, I wouldn't be in it.

Michael

crymad wrote:
I figure me to be a little below 20lb a year. I'm certainly not going
through 2lbs in a month.

20 lb = about 9 kg = 9000 g = about 4500 cups = 12-13 cups per day.

--Blair
"Your dentist must be furious."

"Blair P. Houghton" wrote:

crymad wrote:
I figure me to be a little below 20lb a year. I'm certainly not going
through 2lbs in a month.

20 lb = about 9 kg = 9000 g = about 4500 cups = 12-13 cups per day.

Don't take these figures out of context and assume I alone am doing all
that drinking. My response comes after Michael Plant had written:

I just did a little simple arithmetic and found that I use between 20 and 25
pounds of dry leaf per year. This includes tea I consume myself and tea
drunk together with others. It does not include any tea I drink out in
restaurants or friend's places.

In other words, household tea consumption. Factor in my wife and the
occasional guest, and my unexceptional daily habit of 5-6 cups of tea a
day fits into the above calculations nicely.

--crymad

crymad wrote:


"Blair P. Houghton" wrote:

crymad wrote:
I figure me to be a little below 20lb a year. I'm certainly not going
through 2lbs in a month.

20 lb = about 9 kg = 9000 g = about 4500 cups = 12-13 cups per day.

Don't take these figures out of context and assume I alone am doing all
that drinking. My response comes after Michael Plant had written:

I just did a little simple arithmetic and found that I use between 20 and 25
pounds of dry leaf per year. This includes tea I consume myself and tea
drunk together with others. It does not include any tea I drink out in
restaurants or friend's places.

In other words, household tea consumption. Factor in my wife and the
occasional guest, and my unexceptional daily habit of 5-6 cups of tea a
day fits into the above calculations nicely.

As Daffy Duck once put it: "Aha! Pronoun trouble."

--Blair
"Ever heard of 'plural'?"

"Blair P. Houghton" wrote:

crymad wrote:

In other words, household tea consumption. Factor in my wife and the
occasional guest, and my unexceptional daily habit of 5-6 cups of tea a
day fits into the above calculations nicely.

As Daffy Duck once put it: "Aha! Pronoun trouble."

No, more like comprehension trouble. As Bugs Bunny once put it, "What a
maroon, what an ignoranimus."


--Blair
"Ever heard of 'plural'?"

Ever heard of "get bent"?

--crymad

On Sun, 14 Mar 2004 00:22:35 -0800, Blair P. Houghton wrote:

crymad wrote:


"Blair P. Houghton" wrote:

crymad wrote:
I figure me to be a little below 20lb a year. I'm certainly not
going through 2lbs in a month.

20 lb = about 9 kg = 9000 g = about 4500 cups = 12-13 cups per day.

Don't take these figures out of context and assume I alone am doing all
that drinking. My response comes after Michael Plant had written:

I just did a little simple arithmetic and found that I use between 20
and 25 pounds of dry leaf per year. This includes tea I consume
myself and tea drunk together with others. It does not include any
tea I drink out in restaurants or friend's places.

In other words, household tea consumption. Factor in my wife and the
occasional guest, and my unexceptional daily habit of 5-6 cups of tea a
day fits into the above calculations nicely.

As Daffy Duck once put it: "Aha! Pronoun trouble."

--Blair
"Ever heard of 'plural'?"

Can you be more specific? Is this a grammar flame?

crymad wrote:


"Blair P. Houghton" wrote:

crymad wrote:

In other words, household tea consumption. Factor in my wife and the
occasional guest, and my unexceptional daily habit of 5-6 cups of tea a
day fits into the above calculations nicely.

As Daffy Duck once put it: "Aha! Pronoun trouble."

No, more like comprehension trouble. As Bugs Bunny once put it, "What a
maroon, what an ignoranimus."


--Blair
"Ever heard of 'plural'?"

Ever heard of "get bent"?

--crymad

When you say "I", I read "I".

Comprehension 100%.

--Blair
"You might want to look up 'mendacity'."