I am somewhat surprised by the heat this topic has generated. I am confused as to whether it has to do with aversion to technical tools which are suppose to...

I'm thinking about writing a little tea database to keep track of what I buy, where I buy it, and what I like and don't like. I ran into a little snag. I am...

It is a green needle I got on one of my trips to SF chinatown. At the time I thought it looked sexy in the jar. It is all hairy bud. One infused end looks...

What type of tea is typically served in a good Chinese restaurant, a good Japanese restaurant, a good Thai restaurant, a good Vietnamese...

a small green tin with a bag inside and in _it_ was a bunch of little green rolled up tea leaves. "Hmmmm" says I, "where is the hoT wa-Ter" I said next, and...

non-blog entry { i've been drinking mostly senchas the past 6 months mornings afternoon and eves .... with minor interruptions of oolong, shu pu i'm out of any...

has anybody tried brewing tea with "cold" water? is it considered a bad practice? suitable with some kinds of tea? in korea i was once offered a glass of cold...

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Who is considered amongst the best purveyors of fine tea? I am pretty fond of Rishi and just got my order from Ten Ren that I tried as a result of seeing it...

we begin our story with a chance encounter in the kitchen cupboard; 'whats this?' is usually the way these things start out. I found a tin on Peet's Tea 'Yin...

Both are white bud teas from Fujian in the same area. If there is a difference it aint worth splitting except by price. The dry DP are smaller, PE bigger...

Which cities in the US would you rank as having a definite tea culture, worthy of a visit as a tourist?

Does anyone know of a good variable-temperature tea (or coffee) warmer? I'm mostly interested in something like an electric thermos with digital controls. I...

About green tea Today, scientific research in both Asia and the west is providing hard evidence for the health benefits long associated with drinking green...

Damn if I can smell or taste the difference after comparing it to a TOH Jasmine Blossom. If anything Magnolia is even more overpowering. So that would lead me...

btw- as in most things (esp food and drink) there are plateaus and ranges of quality. My goals is to experience some really good stuff along the way but find...

On Sep 1, 2:06*pm, Space Cowboy wrote: The taste of every black puer like this and every green puer is essentially more different...

(Subject line an homage to Larry Niven) I like the idea of glass teaware. Having spent a number of years in academic and industrial research labs, though, my...

Having just talked about some Jasmine tea on another thread I went and looked at Peet's website online; (Peet's Coffe is local to me and esp. in terms of not...

It's September with October weather and I'm suddenly drinking hot tea again. I'm fine on black tea with a couple of Nilgiris, my Java which is as good hot as...

This is a proprietary tea from Taylor of Harrogate. I accidently discovered this by running across a tea shoppe called House of Commons while biking through...

Recent research findings about the health benefits of tea shouldn't be surprising. A single tea leaf contains a wide variety of substances. The two substances...

Oolong makes me become very hot. I feel it as sweat in my back and heat in the face. I originally thought it was because of the hot water. It turned out that...

This is a misnomer. Identified as such by the Web it is actually a early season green tea. It is Tung Ting style with stem of two,three,four leaves. Three...

Reading tea leaves is easier than describing taste. Jim