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Top 10 favorite tea
Dear Tea lovers:
What is your top ten favorite tea? Mine a 1) Yunnan Imperial 2) Keemun Hao Ya A 3) Sichuan Black 4) Lapsang Souchong 5) Darjeeling 6) Assam & Bangladeshi CTC tea 7) Sencha 8) Hojicha 9) Dragon well (Lung Ching) 10) Fujian Ming Xiang Oolong Thanks, Ripon (From Bangladesh) |
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Top 10 favorite tea
On Thu, 13 Nov 2003 02:23:23 -0600, Ripon wrote:
> Dear Tea lovers: > > What is your top ten favorite tea? Mine a > > 1) Yunnan Imperial > 2) Keemun Hao Ya A > 3) Sichuan Black > 4) Lapsang Souchong > 5) Darjeeling > 6) Assam & Bangladeshi CTC tea > 7) Sencha > 8) Hojicha > 9) Dragon well (Lung Ching) > 10) Fujian Ming Xiang Oolong > > Thanks, > > Ripon > (From Bangladesh) In no particular order, various grades of Lung Ching, various grades of Sencha, Gyokuro, Konacha, lightly oxidized Oolongs, various Keemuns, cheap Assam, & SpecialTeas loose-leaf Pu-erh (particularly with heavy or greasy food). J |
Top 10 favorite tea
On Fri, 14 Nov 2003 10:24:02 -0600, John wrote:
> On Thu, 13 Nov 2003 02:23:23 -0600, Ripon wrote: > >> Dear Tea lovers: >> >> What is your top ten favorite tea? Mine a >> >> 1) Yunnan Imperial >> 2) Keemun Hao Ya A >> 3) Sichuan Black >> 4) Lapsang Souchong >> 5) Darjeeling >> 6) Assam & Bangladeshi CTC tea >> 7) Sencha >> 8) Hojicha >> 9) Dragon well (Lung Ching) >> 10) Fujian Ming Xiang Oolong >> >> Thanks, >> >> Ripon >> (From Bangladesh) > > In no particular order, various grades of Lung Ching, various grades of > Sencha, Gyokuro, Konacha, lightly oxidized Oolongs, various Keemuns, > cheap Assam, & SpecialTeas loose-leaf Pu-erh (particularly with heavy or > greasy food). Forgot to add, Shincha (probably Number 1 if I'd made a list but it is a sencha from what I understand). J |
Top 10 favorite tea
.net11/14/03
> On Fri, 14 Nov 2003 10:24:02 -0600, John wrote: > >> On Thu, 13 Nov 2003 02:23:23 -0600, Ripon wrote: >> >>> Dear Tea lovers: >>> >>> What is your top ten favorite tea? Mine a >>> >>> 1) Yunnan Imperial >>> 2) Keemun Hao Ya A >>> 3) Sichuan Black >>> 4) Lapsang Souchong >>> 5) Darjeeling >>> 6) Assam & Bangladeshi CTC tea >>> 7) Sencha >>> 8) Hojicha >>> 9) Dragon well (Lung Ching) >>> 10) Fujian Ming Xiang Oolong >>> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> Ripon >>> (From Bangladesh) >> >> In no particular order, various grades of Lung Ching, various grades of >> Sencha, Gyokuro, Konacha, lightly oxidized Oolongs, various Keemuns, >> cheap Assam, & SpecialTeas loose-leaf Pu-erh (particularly with heavy or >> greasy food). > > Forgot to add, Shincha (probably Number 1 if I'd made a list but it is a > sencha from what I understand). What exactly is this "Shincha"? I was browsing through Gray and Seddon's site and saw mention of it. Very curious. Michael |
Top 10 favorite tea
On Fri, 14 Nov 2003 11:36:31 -0600, Michael Plant wrote:
<snip> >> >> Forgot to add, Shincha (probably Number 1 if I'd made a list but it is >> a sencha from what I understand). > > > What exactly is this "Shincha"? I was browsing through Gray and > Seddon's site and saw mention of it. Very curious. In my understanding, it is 'first flush' Sencha picked in early May. I've seen reference that it is always picked on the eighty-eighth day after the spring planting but I'm not sure if this is true or not. Anyway, the flavor is light and very clean, a definite sensory delight. > Michael J |
Top 10 favorite tea
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> On Fri, 14 Nov 2003 11:36:31 -0600, Michael Plant wrote: > > <snip> > >>> >>> Forgot to add, Shincha (probably Number 1 if I'd made a list but it is >>> a sencha from what I understand). >> >> >> What exactly is this "Shincha"? I was browsing through Gray and >> Seddon's site and saw mention of it. Very curious. > > In my understanding, it is 'first flush' Sencha picked in early May. > I've seen reference that it is always picked on the eighty-eighth day > after the spring planting but I'm not sure if this is true or not. > Anyway, the flavor is light and very clean, a definite sensory delight. > >> Michael > > J Thanks, John. I'm going to go for it at the first opportunity -- which I suspect will be next spring. Michael |
Top 10 favorite tea
Wow, only 10 favorites?
1. Qi Jing Bian Zhen 2. One of the melony Baozhongs 3. Luguanyin 4. Phoenix oolong (Fenghuang, etc.) 5. Fruity, not-too-astringent second flush Darjeeling 6. Tippy Yunnan black redolent of maple 7. Silver Needles Puerh bingcha 8. Dai bamboo Puerh 9. Uji Gyokuro 10. Yong Xi Huo Qing /Lew --- Lew Perin / http://www.panix.com/~perin/babelcarp.html |
Top 10 favorite tea
On Fri, 14 Nov 2003 13:09:44 -0600, Michael Plant wrote:
> . net11/14/03 > > >> On Fri, 14 Nov 2003 11:36:31 -0600, Michael Plant wrote: >> >> <snip> >> >> >>>> Forgot to add, Shincha (probably Number 1 if I'd made a list but it >>>> is a sencha from what I understand). >>> >>> >>> What exactly is this "Shincha"? I was browsing through Gray and >>> Seddon's site and saw mention of it. Very curious. >> >> In my understanding, it is 'first flush' Sencha picked in early May. >> I've seen reference that it is always picked on the eighty-eighth day >> after the spring planting but I'm not sure if this is true or not. >> Anyway, the flavor is light and very clean, a definite sensory delight. >> >>> Michael >> >> J > > Thanks, John. I'm going to go for it at the first opportunity -- which I > suspect will be next spring. Hope you like it, I know I did. On my first sip of it, I thought it was the best green tea I'd ever tasted and I still do. It is a taste delight I hoard all summer/early fall (usually my stash runs out early to mid-October). > Michael J |
Top 10 favorite tea
John wrote: > > On Fri, 14 Nov 2003 11:36:31 -0600, Michael Plant wrote: > > <snip> > > >> > >> Forgot to add, Shincha (probably Number 1 if I'd made a list but it is > >> a sencha from what I understand). > > > > > > What exactly is this "Shincha"? I was browsing through Gray and > > Seddon's site and saw mention of it. Very curious. > > In my understanding, it is 'first flush' Sencha picked in early May. Yes, this is right. "Shin" means "fresh, new", and we all know what "cha" is. First harvest rice is labeled similarly, with bags proudly proclaiming they are "Shinmai", "mai" being "rice". > I've seen reference that it is always picked on the eighty-eighth day > after the spring planting but I'm not sure if this is true or not. Can't vouch for this, but regardless, Shincha should be the first Sencha offering of the new season. Naturally, bags of tea marked "Shincha" are truly fresh and bright only if bought in the Spring. --crymad |
Top 10 favorite tea
The next ten cups I drink.
Jim > > Dear Tea lovers: > > What is your top ten favorite tea |
Guangxi Greens (was: Top 10 favorite tea)
Michael Plant > writes:
> [...] > Please enlighten me regarding the Guangxi tea story, whatever that means. > (We can count Guangxi as SE China, can we not?) Well, it's been a while and nobody's tried to answer this, so ... Guangxi is certainly southern, but it's west of Guangdong, which is on the South China Sea. Guangxi actually *means* something like Wide West. /Lew --- Lew Perin / http://www.panix.com/~perin/babelcarp.html |
Guangxi Greens (was: Top 10 favorite tea)
Lewis Perin > wrote in message >...
> Michael Plant > writes: > > > [...] > > Please enlighten me regarding the Guangxi tea story, whatever that means. > > (We can count Guangxi as SE China, can we not?) > > Well, it's been a while and nobody's tried to answer this, so ... > > Guangxi is certainly southern, but it's west of Guangdong, which is on > the South China Sea. Guangxi actually *means* something like Wide West. > > /Lew > --- > Lew Perin / > http://www.panix.com/~perin/babelcarp.html GuangXi is famous for it's Gui Flower type tea and Look Bow/ Liu Bao. Look Bow's taste is similar to Shu Puerh. Most people cannot tell whether it is Look Bow or Sook Pau Leh / Shu Puerh. |
Guangxi Greens (was: Top 10 favorite tea)
11/17/03
> Lewis Perin > wrote in message > >... >> Michael Plant > writes: >> >>> [...] >>> Please enlighten me regarding the Guangxi tea story, whatever that means. >>> (We can count Guangxi as SE China, can we not?) >> >> Well, it's been a while and nobody's tried to answer this, so ... >> >> Guangxi is certainly southern, but it's west of Guangdong, which is on >> the South China Sea. Guangxi actually *means* something like Wide West. >> >> /Lew >> --- >> Lew Perin / >> http://www.panix.com/~perin/babelcarp.html > > GuangXi is famous for it's Gui Flower type tea and Look Bow/ Liu Bao. > Look Bow's taste is similar to Shu Puerh. Most people cannot tell > whether it is Look Bow or Sook Pau Leh / Shu Puerh. Aha. I'm going to do a little search for these. Meanwhile, could you kindly describe their tastes a little bit. Thanks. Michael |
Guangxi Greens (was: Top 10 favorite tea)
Michael Plant > wrote :
> >>> Please enlighten me regarding the Guangxi tea story, whatever that means. > >>> (We can count Guangxi as SE China, can we not?) Sorry, Michael, I take it this was aimed at me? There's been a couple of times in the past that the subject of "horrible yunnan greens" has come up and I've chimed in and said I've in the past found some (exquisite) green and white teas in Yunnan and no place else ... on the other hand, cheap bulk standard Yunnan green can be rough and only eclipsed in horridness by the "across the county line" guangxi greens. It amazes me how much of this stuff is drank in China when all around manage to produce really great green tea. > >> Guangxi is certainly southern, but it's west of Guangdong, which is on > >> the South China Sea. Guangxi actually *means* something like Wide West. Ha ha, Lew ... which means that Guangdong means something like Wide East? > > GuangXi is famous for it's Gui Flower type tea and Look Bow/ Liu Bao. > > Look Bow's taste is similar to Shu Puerh. Most people cannot tell > > whether it is Look Bow or Sook Pau Leh / Shu Puerh. > > Aha. I'm going to do a little search for these. Meanwhile, could you kindly > describe their tastes a little bit. Cigarettes, soil, straw, ... |
Guangxi Greens (was: Top 10 favorite tea)
(The Immoral Mr Teas) writes:
> [...Guangxi teas...] > > >> Guangxi is certainly southern, but it's west of Guangdong, which is on > > >> the South China Sea. Guangxi actually *means* something like Wide West. > > Ha ha, Lew ... which means that Guangdong means something like Wide > East? Yes. I've seen the Chinese characters and looked them up. /Lew --- Lew Perin / http://www.panix.com/~perin/babelcarp.html |
Guangxi Greens (was: Top 10 favorite tea)
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Guangxi Greens (was: Top 10 favorite tea)
I was hoping for something a little more historic and/or poetic, Lew.
Alas, my dream is ruined. How about East and West Factories? |
Guangxi Greens (was: Top 10 favorite tea)
(The Immoral Mr Teas) writes:
> I was hoping for something a little more historic and/or poetic, Lew. > Alas, my dream is ruined. > > How about East and West Factories? You know a lot more Chinese than I do, but I get the impression that "Factory No. 1" and "Factory No. 2" would be more idiomatic. Maybe "East Wind" and "West Wind" would do, but wait, that sounds too much like the Cultural Revolution, doesn't it? /Lew --- Lew Perin / http://www.panix.com/~perin/babelcarp.html |
Guangxi Greens (was: Top 10 favorite tea)
Hey Groupo,
Any ideas regarding teas (and tea-likes) that can reduce hypertension? Ku-ding's been suggested. Thanks. Michael |
Tea and Hypertension
Hey Groupo,
Any ideas regarding teas (and tea-likes) that can reduce hypertension? Ku-ding's been suggested. Thanks. Michael I'm reposting with a proper subject line. Sorry. |
Guangxi Greens (was: Top 10 favorite tea)
Lewis Perin > wrote in message
> You know a lot more Chinese than I do, but I get the impression that > "Factory No. 1" and "Factory No. 2" would be more idiomatic. realised just after posting that I was thinking of the chang radical (with its modern meaning of factory, old meaning of slope) actually, I haven't a clue about guang, except that its now a simplified form (so might not carry the same meaning of the guang radical with its various meanings of 'expanse' 'vast' and also 'roof' and all the connotations that go with that .... no, looking in the dictionary, these meanings are under the same character in its trad form : guang radical with huang phonetic... or whatever.) now I'm really confused > Maybe "East Wind" and "West Wind" would do, but wait, > that sounds too much like the Cultural Revolution, doesn't it? and now really really confused ! oo ~ |
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