firstly, i would like to say that i'm so enthralled to find people
that are interested in Chinese tea like I am. I have been sitting
around here trying to interest my friends and relatives basically in
vain..i'm from the south (US), and the only sort of tea to them should
be iced and sweet! heh. It's not so bad, but it's nothing like a
good wulong.

To the question at hand. I spent a year in China and collected some
fairly high quality teas that I was able to get out of the country
without much trouble. I have been doing gongfu cha for all of my
friends and I have been noticing that it doesn't taste quite as good
as when I made the tea in China. Of course, I know you must find some
good spring water high in mineral content, but I have been finding
trouble finding such water. I buy some spring water from food lion
that's supposed to be good...

What water do you guys use to drink your Chinese teas with?


one thing else about me. my favorite tea is longjing! who else?


Mydnight

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thus then i turn me from my countries light, to dwell in the solemn shades of an endless night.

In rec.food.drink.tea Mydnight wrote:

What water do you guys use to drink your Chinese teas with?

I use a Brita filtration pitcher. Someone told me that it works
better for tea than the Pur pitcher, because it leaves in some of
the "good stuff". (Minerals, probably.)

one thing else about me. my favorite tea is longjing! who
else?

I drink red tea (black tea) almost exclusively. Darjeeling is my
favorite, as well as Assam and Ceylon. I also love lapsang
souchong. I get a type called Black Dragon over at Upton's.

Ian
--
I will not weary you with descriptions of quiet,
similar, uninteresting days,--days of sleep,
and pipes, and coffee. (Sir R.F. Burton)
http://www.bookstacks.org/

In rec.food.drink.tea Mydnight wrote:

What water do you guys use to drink your Chinese teas with?

I use a Brita filtration pitcher. Someone told me that it works
better for tea than the Pur pitcher, because it leaves in some of
the "good stuff". (Minerals, probably.)

one thing else about me. my favorite tea is longjing! who
else?

I drink red tea (black tea) almost exclusively. Darjeeling is my
favorite, as well as Assam and Ceylon. I also love lapsang
souchong. I get a type called Black Dragon over at Upton's.

Ian
--
I will not weary you with descriptions of quiet,
similar, uninteresting days,--days of sleep,
and pipes, and coffee. (Sir R.F. Burton)
http://www.bookstacks.org/

On 22 Nov 2004 02:54:04 GMT, Ian Rastall wrote:

In rec.food.drink.tea Mydnight wrote:

What water do you guys use to drink your Chinese teas with?

I use a Brita filtration pitcher. Someone told me that it works
better for tea than the Pur pitcher, because it leaves in some of
the "good stuff". (Minerals, probably.)

I thought about getting one of those. I had tried Brita before and
wasn't impressed, but I think they needed to change their filter.
heh.

one thing else about me. my favorite tea is longjing! who
else?

I drink red tea (black tea) almost exclusively. Darjeeling is my
favorite, as well as Assam and Ceylon. I also love lapsang
souchong. I get a type called Black Dragon over at Upton's.

I'm going to India next month to Darjeeling to check out the tea
plantations there with some friends. My pal Joe brought us some
really good Darjeeling tea when he visited there, and I want to see it
for myself. I'll be pretending to be Indian that day....don't want to
get cheated too badly. heh.

Ian



Mydnight

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thus then i turn me from my countries light, to dwell in the solemn shades of an endless night.

On 22 Nov 2004 02:54:04 GMT, Ian Rastall wrote:

In rec.food.drink.tea Mydnight wrote:

What water do you guys use to drink your Chinese teas with?

I use a Brita filtration pitcher. Someone told me that it works
better for tea than the Pur pitcher, because it leaves in some of
the "good stuff". (Minerals, probably.)

I thought about getting one of those. I had tried Brita before and
wasn't impressed, but I think they needed to change their filter.
heh.

one thing else about me. my favorite tea is longjing! who
else?

I drink red tea (black tea) almost exclusively. Darjeeling is my
favorite, as well as Assam and Ceylon. I also love lapsang
souchong. I get a type called Black Dragon over at Upton's.

I'm going to India next month to Darjeeling to check out the tea
plantations there with some friends. My pal Joe brought us some
really good Darjeeling tea when he visited there, and I want to see it
for myself. I'll be pretending to be Indian that day....don't want to
get cheated too badly. heh.

Ian



Mydnight

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thus then i turn me from my countries light, to dwell in the solemn shades of an endless night.

Hello there,

Please check out our blog regarding water for brewing tea at
http://teatalk101.blogspot.com/2004/...r-brewing.html

Linda
www.teahub.com

Hello there,

Please check out our blog regarding water for brewing tea at
http://teatalk101.blogspot.com/2004/...r-brewing.html

Linda
www.teahub.com

In rec.food.drink.tea Mydnight wrote:

I'm going to India next month to Darjeeling to check out the
tea plantations there with some friends.

Don't forget to ride the train. They have one of those old steep
railways there. It sounds like a great trip you'll be taking!

Ian
--
I will not weary you with descriptions of quiet,
similar, uninteresting days,--days of sleep,
and pipes, and coffee. (Sir R.F. Burton)
http://www.bookstacks.org/

In rec.food.drink.tea Mydnight wrote:

I'm going to India next month to Darjeeling to check out the
tea plantations there with some friends.

Don't forget to ride the train. They have one of those old steep
railways there. It sounds like a great trip you'll be taking!

Ian
--
I will not weary you with descriptions of quiet,
similar, uninteresting days,--days of sleep,
and pipes, and coffee. (Sir R.F. Burton)
http://www.bookstacks.org/

On 22 Nov 2004 03:33:47 GMT, Ian Rastall wrote:

In rec.food.drink.tea Mydnight wrote:

I'm going to India next month to Darjeeling to check out the
tea plantations there with some friends.


oh yeah, i'm definitely going to be taking a train at least
once...maybe only once, but at least once! heh.


Mydnight

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thus then i turn me from my countries light, to dwell in the solemn shades of an endless night.

On 22 Nov 2004 03:33:47 GMT, Ian Rastall wrote:

In rec.food.drink.tea Mydnight wrote:

I'm going to India next month to Darjeeling to check out the
tea plantations there with some friends.


oh yeah, i'm definitely going to be taking a train at least
once...maybe only once, but at least once! heh.


Mydnight

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thus then i turn me from my countries light, to dwell in the solemn shades of an endless night.