Hi Guys! A friend of mine visited Mauritius and bought back some Bois Cheri tea, which was delicious! However, I've found that while I can find 10,000...

Hi Guys! A friend of mine visited Mauritius and bought back some Bois Cheri tea, which was delicious! However, I've found that while I can find 10,000...

Hey Guys! Just wondering if any of you gurus would know where I could buy some Bois Cheri Tea (short of going to Mauritius!) I've found about 10,000 sites...

Taiwan Green Jade Pouchong is one of my favorite teas which I've been buying at my local tea shoppe for several years. For comparison I recently ordered some...

Taiwan Green Jade Pouchong is one of my favorite teas which I've been buying at my local tea shoppe for several years. For comparison I recently ordered some...

Some of you may remember my post to the coffee groups a while back about my favorite way to make coffee. Well, I have since given up drinking coffee in favor...

Loose teas stay home. This is a beat Lipton/Rose thread. TBerk

Often, after making tea, I take a sip right away; burning my tounge. Is this harmful for my tastebuds? If tastebuds are burned, do they regenerate? Thank you...

The biggest event of our Calcutta stay was a party thrown for us at my inlaws' big apartment. Forty of our closest relatives showed up to meet us. Among the...

Hi all; I received as a gift a small cast iron tsetsubin. Any tips for use? It is heavy, I imagine it would hold heat very well. I am used to using a small...

Could someone who reads Chinese simplified contact me offlist please, I received some Chinese E-mail and it looks like a message, anyway I'm intrigued and I'd...

I've been looking at Chinese sites that have the decorative boxes with the cushion protecting the cake. They are quite varied and more than just advertising. ...

Kruger is the oldest, one of the largest and most protected national park in the world. South Africa is almost like a developed nation and they maintain this...

Hi Guys! Anyone know of anywhere I can buy Bois Cheri on the web? I can find 10,000 sites that cna give me a tour of the plantation, but none where I can...

Hi everyone, I'm trying to keep my 1 tea pot for Pu-er only, but I'm wondering if I can/ should brew Pu-er + rose with it? Would the roses have any negative...

I have a family member going to china for a little over a month, mainly shanghi, and beijing. What should I have her bring back? as in tea?

I was suppose to go to "Kruger national Park" this weekend but for some reason, I had to cancelled my trip for next week. I wasn't very happy about it so I...

In 1997, I worked as a facilitator(once in a while, I used to do this kind of job as hobby) for this International Election commissioner conference for how to...

Is there such a thing? I hate using a kleenex to clean my desk EVERY time I pour tea. It's frustrating, and certainly isn't keeping costs down. (Yes, I know...

I have been marinating ribs prior to 1st scorching and then low/slow cooking the rest of the way a lot lately. One dry rub type or even wet marinade I just...

OK, so I ordered some of the spring long jing from Teaspring and got it in 6 days, very quick but I live on the West coast (US) so that may have...

You gotta like that Chen term which you see on the the Google translated Chinese sites describing the age and taste of puer as it applies to a specific type of...

Just to entertain you all - here is how serious Russian tea-lovers are about water: http://t.volny.edu/water.xls This table is the chemical composition and...

Just back from London after my second Kyrgyzstan - Kazakhstan trip. Local tea was so-so, but I took with me my new portable bamboo gungfu tea box/table and...

This weekend I ventured to Chaozhou in the Chaoshan area of the Guangdong province and got to experience another portion of Chinese tea culture. This area is...