On Mar 30, 4:15 pm, "Melinda" > wrote:
> For those of you who have taken part in a lengthy gungfu session with
> friends (or wthout I suppose)...what are some of the teas (and in what
> order) that you've done a session with? Will you, say, sit down with
> multiple oolongs for a few hours? Go from lighter-oxidized oolongs to the
> darker ones? Just do sheng puerh? Or do one of each catagory (that's a lot
> of tea)? Or even jsut do one tea for a few hours? I'm talking the intensive
> sessions here, the ones where you're seriously JUST drinking tea.

It's usually up to your specific tastes, but it's best not to mix too
many different teas together because it can cause a stomach ache. I
haven't really figured out why, but it does occur. You also have to
make sure the participants begin to drink after a meal or after eating
something. Drinking a bunch of different types of teas can cause you
to feel "tea drunk" which is basically a condition that comes from low
sugar in the blood or caffeine overload.

Order depends on what you are trying to showcase. I usually tend to
save the better teas for the latter tasting. Just make sure you serve
water or maybe some little cakes between teas to help cleanse the
palate; sorta to reset your tastebuds to get ready for another
flavor.

If you are just there to drink, it's best to save the very strong
flavored, lingering teas to later. Like, I never serve flower tea (I
hardly ever drink the stuff...actually) last because it is so unlike
most 'real' teas and the flavor stains your tastebuds so it's hard to
taste other things.

Anyway, no real order. Just enjoy your teas.