Hi all, What is the best proportion of twigtea to water? How long do I brew the twigs? How many times can you reinfuse Kuki-cha? Thanks

Can anyone tell me where I can actually buy one of these damn things in the UK? I thought it would be pretty easy. However, I've visited various likely shops...

Hey you guys, I came across a new tea forum in my unending hunt for a relatively active one. You can join the fun at www.teavilla.com/teachat. -mike

Here I sit with a steamy cup of pu.. one of my girlfriends calls it "that shitty poo tea" but I call it my sweet cup of pu. The super pu. Oh pu, I love you. ...

I got about 4 ounces of this in my order from Ten Ren. I drank it years ago, and I remember it was a strong tea... but at the time I wasn't aware it was...

I have a 357 gram pu-erh beeng cha which was given to me by a friend. It is encased in a nice cardboard presentation box, which says it was distributed by T.H....

Can you find an Asian buying gallons of Walgreen's green tea with ginseng and honey for $2.99 each. He told me he really liked the stuff. Honey isn't cheap...

(I have been posting a lot of newbie questions lately, I hope no one minds.) I am seeing Purple Clay being desirable, is it marketing or is there some truth...

I mean with puerhs, of course. So, I tried almost all the puerhs I bought. Puerh experience in general: In general: I did not fell in love at the first sight....

Following Mike's and Michael's advice I got the Silk Road catalog. I am interested in Puerhs. Can you guys share your experience with SR puerhs? My experience...

I am putting together a list of information about Assam tea estates mostly for my own amusement from online sources and I am wondering: could someone please...

it sometimes occurs that i will find a tea at my local vendor's shop the fragrance of which attracts me mightily. it likewise sometimes occurs that i am...

Michael Plant, who has enriched this group with a diversity of wit, wisdom and actual useful information that would do credit to Dr. Johnson, has admitted to...

I have graduated (over time- decades) from drinking instant coffee to grinding my own peaberry beans, from Red Rose tea bags (well, I still like the ceramic...

Only cows and goats like it!

I will be driving from Reno to Orange County and back next week. Anyone knows any good tea places along the 101 SF-LA route? Anything interesting in LA? Any...

I am going to give Pu-erh another try, and I was looking for a recommendation for a Pu-erh that did not have a sort of rubbery flavor to it. This is what...

Since that many readers on this group read Chinese, our house tea master, Di Liu's new book, Pu-erh Tea Ceremony, may be of interest to pu-erh drinkers. She...

When you just ask for tea in the UK you get black tea (bag) with milk, in Germany insipid tea (bag) with lemon or sugar, in India spiced tea, in southern US...

Anyone who has access to the New York Times online should check out the story about heavy pollution in China's Henan province in the Sept. 12th issue. It's...

Is there any unanimity on online tea sources? I'm recently re- turned to the tea world af- ter a lengthy side-lining, and am ready to place some orders. If...

More than a little odd IMO...(naming teas after stuff like this I mean) an article on the BBC about a tea product (supposedly non-alcoholic, though it's...

In recent posts, I've described the characteristics of 'agony of the leaf' witnessed in a glass pot. They either samba on the surface, tango in the middle of...

Recently, Mike Petro has dug up evidence that, over the last ten years or so, scientists have been devoting serious attention to Puerh. These scientists seem...

After a pot of tea has been brewed and the leaves removed, how long will the tea retain its orignal flavor if you continue to warm it over moderate heat (tea...