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Michael Plant

7/24/06

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> "Dominic T." > wrote in message
> ups.com...
>>
>> Michael Plant wrote:
>>> I personally like those "fishy" Senchas. My
>>> theory is that they are not "fishy" at all, but
>>> rather impart the smell of the sea and the
>>> seaweed in and among which fish swim. It's
>>> the fish association, not the fish per se. Well,
>>> I could be wrong and probably am.
>>> Michael
>>
>> Nope, you are dead-on correct.
>
> Although our experiences are surely different, having grown up in Honolulu,
> I'm going to disagree at this point. The fishy oolong that I tried was
> distinctly, repulsively, fishy and didn't smell at all like the ocean or
> even like fresh or dried seaweed. Besides, fresh fish doesn't smell fishy.
> Dad taught me how to spearfish and Mom took me to the open air fish market
> in Chinatown and taught me how to buy fish. If it smelled fishy, it was old,
> not fresh.
>
> "Fish and houseguests stink after three days."
>
> That yours reminded you of the sea is something that I envy.

I have never drunk a sencha of a fishy nature such as you describe.
Your description is clear, although the brew you got undoubtedly
wasn't.
Michael