I wished by local tea shoppe would use glass instead of earthenware so
people could witness 'the agony of the leaves'. The owner just came
back from the Lost Wages Tea Convention with some DaHongPao. Its the
newer style of light roast which is going through the same evolution
of TGY from dark to light. Its not a grease cutter but could handle
sugary dessert. He also brought back Fujian Silver Sprouts. Its is
the green version of Silver Needles. Both sexy dry and infused leaf.

Jim

On Jun 29, 11:16 pm, TBerk > wrote:
> Thx folks. I was thinking of trying some of those other dried
> aromatics as suggested too.
>
> As a matter of fact, the best teas I've had to date have turned out to
> have been what I think are the pearl kind mentioned; tiny rolled up
> balls of leaves that expand when steeped. (Kind of fun watching the
> before and after.)
>
> TBerk