On my recent trip I got some tea described by the herbalist as 'forever young green tea'. He said it was similar to LongJing. The leaves are flat with...

I'm searching for a high quality Earl Grey, which is available in the States. I recently went to the market and picked up a box of Red Rose...terrible. Even...

In the thread on green and whites teas causing headaches, Mydnight wrote: For one thing, nobody that I know condones actually DRINKING tea balls;...

Yo-Yo Ma! I know it is getting late to bring this up, with the very last DVD box coming out soon. I have all (nearly), episodes on VHS since years, and have...

On my last trip to SF Chinatown I bought some Eastern Beauty from a well regarded Chinese vendor. I am happy to say it looks like and tastes like my only...

I've updated my blog with my notes from the last of the greens from my last order from teaspring, and as I promised, I'm posting them here as well. I realized...

Hi to you all, Some years back I remember a very nice tea that posters at that time got from Jings. Bian Cha. Everyone raved about it. I bought some and it was...

I'm looking for a small teapot that I can use at work. The teapot should have a built in/removable infuser, be relatively small (2 cups worth, preferably), and...

Any good Pu's out there for a reasonable price? Maybe like under $30 or so? Just picked up the IPOT Green Pu-erh brick. If its the same one I had there a...

Does anyone know which teas (other than Kenyan tea) hold milk well in a brew.I recently tried some of the brands found in my local grocery store but...

I'm new to newsgroups and wanted to know how other countries brewed their teas. If they used infusers, if they brew the tea right in their cup and drink it...

Here is my latest post on teaspring's Feng Huang Dan Cong: I have a love affair with the lychee, on par with my love of haw, and I have always been horribly...

Since a lot of the tea we drink comes from China and Indonesia, are you ever worried that the tea leaves were sprayed with pesticides such as DDT or other...

Green tea is packed full of a chemical called L-theanine (it constitutes half of tea's total amino acids). L-theanine has the benefit that within 20 minutes...

We are publishing a directory of free wifi hotspots that people can load on their PCs and PDAs for when they are offline trying to find a place to go...

Here's what I do now and I love it--and nothing's wasted. I put enough organic, white, loose-leaf tea to make a cup of tea in a microwave bowl with two cups of...

At work, I currently have two options for hot water for my tea: * Getting hot water directly from the side of the coffee maker. It is difficult to tell how...

This is my first trip to the Bay Area where I used the Bart to get to downtown SanFran in several trips. I rode the fartherest leg for $5 minus a nickel. I...

One more Dan Cong from Teaspring, next will be the last of this order (Shui Xian) and then I'll be off of teaspring and on to some other vendors. I've been...

Not just in South Carolina and Washington, tea is an upcoming crop in Hawaii too. For those interested I commend these...

I've been growing a lemon balm plant over the summer and was wondering how to best brew it. I've just been cutting sprigs off and putting them in boiling...

Hello, Does the tea leaf size after you steep the tea an indication of quality of the tea batch? I've noticed some greens I have have big full leaves. ...

When I was in Shanghai a couple years back I purchased a gung fu tea set from Ten Fu tea, which I believe is a nationwide chain. I've heard that some yixing...

More can be found about fluoride in tea at the following link http://www.fluoridealert.org/USDA-2005.tea.pdf

We often make green tea ice cream in our house. Actually, we make a lot of unusual ice creams, but my wife is always trying to get me to stop making basil...