Tea (rec.drink.tea) Discussion relating to tea, the world's second most consumed beverage (after water), made by infusing or boiling the leaves of the tea plant (C. sinensis or close relatives) in water.

 
 
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Alan Petrillo > writes:

> Scott Dorsey wrote:
> > Alan Petrillo > wrote:
> >> Space Cowboy wrote:
> >>> I wouldn't necessarily throw it out.
> >> Throw it out? Good grief no! It was nectar!

> > That same brand of keemun is still available today from the same
> > sources. Kam Man supermarket in NYC stocks it, for example.

>
> Well, if it's still available then it's findable. Since I work for an
> airline I get to travel free, so it might be worth a trip to NYC to
> find it, if need be.
>
> > But as with any
> > agricultural product, it will change from harvest to harvest.

>
> Indeed. This is the nature of truly natural products, and I wouldn't
> have it any other way.


Sure. But at the risk of saddening you, let me say that I live in New
York, and I have bought the very tea in Kam Man, though not for
several years now, and it's been nothing special for the last decade
or so.

/Lew
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