Recently, there has been an outcry in the media about tea factories adding various chemicals to nearly every type of food that one can consume here in China. ...

On Sun, 21 Jan 2007 21:48:27 -0800, Mydnight wrote: Recently, there has been an outcry in the media about tea factories adding various chemicals to nearly...

I have some green tea called '3 cup fragrance' mentioned previously which I got from my local tea shoppe. It is also sold perse on websites. I assumed it...

I drink a lot of tea and need to sweeten with sugar. I am looking to eliminate sugar from my diet but am not interested in an artificial sweetener. Anyone...

I've really gone a little overboard with 2 oz of this, 4 oz of that and need an inexpensive source for storage. I'm a little afraid of glass - we have a bright...

These type of teas are called YunWu or Cloud and Mist which describes the mountain weather at the elevation of origin. Not much sunlight or rich soil. It...

Hi, all, Does anyone have a good source for this tea in a small amount? Thanks in advance. Shen

I've really gone a little overboard with 2 oz of this, 4 oz of that and need and expensive source for storage. I'm a little afraid of glass - we have a bright...

I need a recommendation for a good herbal tea. I really like real tea but I'm sensitive to caffeine. Even decaf Eng. Breakfast Tea still has caffeine, and a...

Hi, I bought recently a wonderful book, Jane Pettigrew's The Tealover's Companion, which has a directory of 80 major teas from around the world. In her book,...

Hello, everyone, Tea Chat has a new posting of a Chinese/Taiwanese tea dictionary. I found it very helpful on my excusion to Chinese groceries in...

Hi, I am a green tea lover, and thought I knew a little about it until I read your posts. I've been drinking it almost daily, especially jasmine tea, for...

Although not one that's readily available in restaurants, xylitol is good. It doesn't contribute to a rise in blood sugar, and is otherwise very safe and low...

Hi! I've got couple of questions. Should I use the leaves more than one time. What teas are best to use more than once? Can I use lets say Earl Gray more than...

Many oolongs and Pu'ers, especially aged Pu'ers, can be steeped many times, with late steeps yielding liquor as good, or even better than, early ones. This...

A friend recently gave me a couple of oz of each of these from ITC. I really enjoyed the Preferred Pu-erh in the "middle infusions" - robust, slightly smokey,...

I'm a visiting scholar in Harvard and a quasi-professional traditional tea ceremony practicer. I'm trying to find the similar fancier in great Boston. my most...

her is a picture (I hope it works) of Pu-erh taken at the forbidden palace in Tianmen square, beijing. If I remember right the plaque said early 1500's. For...

Hi, I would like to ask how do you prepare pu-erh ? In yixing ? How much leaves do you use for 150ml yixing, how much for 300 ml yixing, for green uncooked...

Greetings, My sample of Grand Red Label arrived the other day from Generation Teas. I also gratefully received a 7gram sample of 1980's Guang Yun. Now...

Does anyone know what Hwang tea is? I tried a sample of this, but couldn't find any good reference to it in a google search. Linda

Hi all, I am a fairly new RFTD poster, so I assume that the topic of flavored teas and tisanes has been discussed before here. Nevertheless, an interesting...

I have an immersion coil heater which is great for single cups. However, my Bodum travel press is 16 oz. Because it and my Nalgene bottle are tall, water gets...

Long story short: My mother has a friend whose friend visited Japan recently. She brought my mother's friend a tin of tea. She didn't really want the tea, so...

Why do they call it Chinese gunpowder green tea? I assume there really isn't gunpowder in the green tea.