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Poo Poo Puerh
The first time I ever heard of this tea was at the
Holy Mountain site (http://www.holymtn.com/tea/pu-erh.htm). It sounded so far fetched that I chalked it up as a myth! Then I was sent a sample of it by a Puerh Collector from Singapore whom I trust to be very knowledgeable. At this point I had to consider that it was indeed real and not a myth! The Collector gave me what little information he had but I wanted to know more so I asked a Puerh vendor over in China what he knew about it. Michael from M & J's Chinese Culture & Arts Store ( http://www.mandjs.com) laughed at me, thinking that I was full of s****, but he agreed to ask some of his contacts at the Puerh factories. He came back the next day with a wealth of information, complete with pictures, he was rather astonished to find out it was indeed legitimate. This prompted me to assemble the appropriate apparatus to test the tea myself, thanks to the sample from "WS" the collector. You will find that review at http:\\www.pu-erh.net\poopoopuerh.html If anyone else has any experience with this PLEASE post a follow up or email me. Cheers... Mike Petro http://www.pu-erh.net remove the "filter" in my email address to reply |
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Please update your virus guard protection rule set to identify any
URLs mentioned in this group as a potential source of commercial proselytizing expressly prohibited in this ng perse but circumvented by said creation of such websites and posted here to increase the traffic volume and accounts receivables of promoted companies while adding the website to their accounts payable. If you buy something after a redirection from this ng you are a potential victim and could be a violation of the FCC Communication Decency Act of 2002 prohibiting non disclosure of website objectionable material such as pornography or confidence schemes based on disinformation where Credit Card charges cannot be protested because of Buyer's remorse. Caveat Emptor never applies here because there is a price to pay for whatever everybody else is drinking while parsing the infamous word IS to mean buying and selling is a discussion about tea while learning nothing more than how much it cost and where it came from. Here comes the bad news (unluckily the website was entered with reverse \\ which didn't flag my virus protection software to enter it into my Browser's prohibited sites but is commonly used as a ruse from mass merchandizers to bypass email filters) the hoax (which is Cantonese for joke) is on you because the FTC(Customs) would quarantine or destroy any suspected shipments of agricultural products with pests or their larvae. All companies are required to report such infestations to the FTC. So if this moth ever becomes a problem in the country we know who to blame. If it were me I'd take a sample down to the agricultural extention service and ask for a second opinion which is what I very occasionally do for a report on debris in my tea because it is your tax dollars at work. Another tea tidbit because you read my posts since somebody else in the world knew this but didn't bother to tell you. So if it's esoteric and it walks like a duck somebody is selling you something from the mysterious East. I've made up my mind and updated my virus rule set for any reverse \\. For anybody who cares I hated doing this post because I can go into Chinatown tomorrow and get anything you want in illegal trade but I won't because I respect cultural differences and don't pander to Occidental self indulgance. Jim Mike Petro > wrote in message >. .. > The first time I ever heard of this tea was at the > Holy Mountain site (http://www.holymtn.com/tea/pu-erh.htm). It > sounded so far fetched that I chalked it up as a myth! Then I was sent > a sample of it by a Puerh Collector from Singapore whom I trust to be > very knowledgeable. At this point I had to consider that it was indeed > real and not a myth! The Collector gave me what little information he > had but I wanted to know more so I asked a Puerh vendor over in China > what he knew about it. Michael from M & J's Chinese Culture & Arts > Store ( http://www.mandjs.com) laughed at me, thinking that I was full > of s****, but he agreed to ask some of his contacts at the Puerh > factories. He came back the next day with a wealth of information, > complete with pictures, he was rather astonished to find out it was > indeed legitimate. This prompted me to assemble the appropriate > apparatus to test the tea myself, thanks to the sample from "WS" the > collector. You will find that review at > http:\\www.pu-erh.net\poopoopuerh.html > > If anyone else has any experience with this PLEASE post a follow up or > email me. > > Cheers... > > > > Mike Petro > http://www.pu-erh.net > remove the "filter" in my email address to reply |
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Poo Poo Puerh
"Mike Petro" > wrote in message ... > The first time I ever heard of this tea was at the > Holy Mountain site (http://www.holymtn.com/tea/pu-erh.htm). It > sounded so far fetched that I chalked it up as a myth! Then I was sent > a sample of it by a Puerh Collector from Singapore whom I trust to be > very knowledgeable. At this point I had to consider that it was indeed > real and not a myth! The Collector gave me what little information he > had but I wanted to know more so I asked a Puerh vendor over in China > what he knew about it. Michael from M & J's Chinese Culture & Arts > Store ( http://www.mandjs.com) laughed at me, thinking that I was full > of s****, but he agreed to ask some of his contacts at the Puerh > factories. He came back the next day with a wealth of information, > complete with pictures, he was rather astonished to find out it was > indeed legitimate. This prompted me to assemble the appropriate > apparatus to test the tea myself, thanks to the sample from "WS" the > collector. You will find that review at > http:\\www.pu-erh.net\poopoopuerh.html > > ROFLOL! I like to think I'm fairly open minded, but moth larva poop! Eeeew! Agalena |
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> You remind me of the television character named "Becker".<
Mike I think you meant to say Bunker as in Archie Bunker you know the grouchy old guy. As for the "pooh" who even said someone was selling it? I would not sell it for obvious reasons. Of course, at this point I think drinking some poo is a lot more appealing to me then reading your whining post. As for me paying anyone to market for me, I only pay e-bay and my web server and that is enough for me. As you can see to cut down the whining, I changed my e-mail address however, in your case I think you will never stop whining so it was not done for you. Try inputting something useful for a change. If you want to vent because you are alive you are more then welcome to e-mail me at and I will be easy to find your e-mail in the JUNK folder it will have some kind of Pessimistic Ambiance to it I am sure. |
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Mike Petro > wrote in message >. ..
> Jim, you cantankerous blowhard. This is the Usenet so your Urls are trespassing. Jim |
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I have absolutely no idea where that one is coming from. URLs are very
common in Usenet and it's widely consider considerate to include them as pointers to resources. -Doc -- --------- "...it's only the giving that makes you... what you are.." "Space Cowboy" > wrote in message om... > Mike Petro > wrote in message >. .. > > Jim, you cantankerous blowhard. > > This is the Usenet so your Urls are trespassing. > > Jim |
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Once again that is total malarkey Jim! Show me where in the R.F.D.T
Group Charter that it says no URLs, or for that matter show me any non-moderated group that doesn't allow URLs. In all honesty the "spirit" of this Group's Charter appears to be about the act of discussing tea. Since the Usenet is an Internet based medium it is natural that Internet resources related to tea will pop up in tea related discussions. The charter does not prohibit it, if anything I suspect that most group members welcome it. I know that this doesn't meet your own "personal" ideals, but try listening to the "Group's" conscience, and the Group Charter's spirit, before blasting people. The article I posted was clearly within the spirit of the Charter, after all it was about Tea! Nobody twisted your arm to follow any of the links, the choice was yours! On 17 Feb 2004 05:16:27 -0800, (Space Cowboy) cast caution to the wind and posted: >This is the Usenet so your Urls are trespassing. > >Jim Mike Petro http://www.pu-erh.net remove the "filter" in my email address to reply |
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"Michael Plant" > wrote in message ... > Mike 2/17/04 > > ... > I have it on authority -- whether good remains to be seen and here I hope > you will help -- that Bai Hao is produced with the assistance of a little > leaf hopper (insect) that nibbles the fringes of the leaves and thereby > contributes to the sweetness of the brew. As some of you may know - and wish you didn't! - USDA publishes standards for allowable levels of filth in food. It includes things like exactly how many rat hairs are allowed in certain confections, how many beetle parts in various cereal grains, etc. etc. I wonder how they would deal with this delightful item? -DM |
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Dog Ma /18/04
reply w/o spam > > "Michael Plant" > wrote in message > ... >> Mike 2/17/04 >> >> ... >> I have it on authority -- whether good remains to be seen and here I hope >> you will help -- that Bai Hao is produced with the assistance of a little >> leaf hopper (insect) that nibbles the fringes of the leaves and thereby >> contributes to the sweetness of the brew. > > As some of you may know - and wish you didn't! - USDA publishes standards > for allowable levels of filth in food. It includes things like exactly how > many rat hairs are allowed in certain confections, how many beetle parts in > various cereal grains, etc. etc. I wonder how they would deal with this > delightful item? > > -DM > > Can we be serious for just a little minute? Where do I get my copy of the FIF standards? (I see hours of fun ahead.) Michael |
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Dog Ma /18/04
reply w/o spam > > "Michael Plant" > wrote in message > ... >> Mike 2/17/04 >> >> ... >> I have it on authority -- whether good remains to be seen and here I hope >> you will help -- that Bai Hao is produced with the assistance of a little >> leaf hopper (insect) that nibbles the fringes of the leaves and thereby >> contributes to the sweetness of the brew. > > As some of you may know - and wish you didn't! - USDA publishes standards > for allowable levels of filth in food. It includes things like exactly how > many rat hairs are allowed in certain confections, how many beetle parts in > various cereal grains, etc. etc. I wonder how they would deal with this > delightful item? > > -DM > > Just to set the record straight, I've no more problem with the acretions of leaf hopper than I do with trasi, for those who know. Although, I must admit that had I met the hopper before drinking the tea, it might've been different. Durian eater!! Michael |
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"Michael Plant" > wrote in message
... > Where do I get my copy of the FIF standards? > (I see hours of fun ahead.) http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/dalbook.html http://www.oznet.ksu.edu/library/agec2/mf2119.pdf are a couple of examples. Read at your own risk! |
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Dog Ma /18/04
reply w/o spam > "Michael Plant" > wrote in message > ... > >> Where do I get my copy of the FIF standards? >> (I see hours of fun ahead.) > > > http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/dalbook.html > http://www.oznet.ksu.edu/library/agec2/mf2119.pdf > > are a couple of examples. Read at your own risk! That is like the coolest. No more peanut butter for me. I can't wait to share it with other friends. Michael |
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BaiHao is White Down so I assume silver needles. It is 'easily'
available under the government arm Fujian Tea Import and Export Corporation as Flowery Pekoe but as I said years ago it unstocks immediately. You can't miss it. The box shows a glass cup with the brewed bud forrest after a volcanic wind blowdown. The websites sex it up and cost you more by calling it Yenzhen (White Spires). Since we're talking about bud and not leaf there might be some attempt at pollination by insects or something looking for a easy lunch. Also I think the brewed bud would show signs of nibbling. I've got one for you. What I can't find in the stores is YinHao. A local shop sells it for $80/500g. That $80 price is more or less typical even at websites. I know a dealer in SF who will sell it to me in the original shipping Chinese 1/2 kilo packing tube for $18 and that's not wholesale. The taste is the same and the only difference is the Jasmine flower and leaf is bigger for $80 but the proportion of flower to leaf is the same. I don't think it is an argument of eliminate the middle man or markup for store cost and labor. It's just been my experience that YinHao is more expensive than even BaiHao. For those who don't like the restaurant Jasmine there is no comparison for YinHao. Jim Michael Plant > wrote in message >... > I have it on authority -- whether good remains to be seen and here I hope > you will help -- that Bai Hao is produced with the assistance of a little > leaf hopper (insect) that nibbles the fringes of the leaves and thereby > contributes to the sweetness of the brew. Please advise. Thanks. BTW, Jim, > can Bai Hao be gotten in any of the grocer's you frequent? I've looked in > ours, but haven't seen it. > > Michael > <www.stopmessinaround.com> |
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Usenet and email existed twenty years before the WWW. You wouldn't
tolerate pornographic urls even if a teapot was a sex toy. I put commercial urls in the same category. You can surf the web and find plenty of urls that talk about tea and aren't selling anything. Frankly I never came across a commercial url that had anything to say on the subject except how much it costs and they don't take American Express. The Charter made a stab at commercial posts and stop the ridiculous parsing that the spirit of the wording didn't include commercial urls. The real problem in this ng isn't the sellers but the buyers sucking like babies on their favorite website's tit. It's like an MTVxer saying their favorite cereal is Cocoa Puffs. Somewhere in their precognitive childhood they bought a commercial hook, line and sinker. So if your favorite website has a discussion forum join their adoration club. If it doesn't take your business to one that does and stop hounding us. Jim Mike Petro > wrote in message >. .. > Once again that is total malarkey Jim! Show me where in the R.F.D.T > Group Charter that it says no URLs, or for that matter show me any > non-moderated group that doesn't allow URLs. |
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Yes Jim, I too have been around longer than the winsock, but times
change and the web is now part of our society. You have no right to impose your URL phobia on me or anyone else in this group. Who died and made you Moderator? If you don't like websites don't follow the links, its that simple! Having a favorite website is no different than having a favorite brick and mortar store. I really do not understand your interpretation of the Charter either. Please Quote the parts that discourage URLs, I would like to see them. As for the last half of your post, it was just more of your typical drivel. Mike On 18 Feb 2004 09:25:08 -0800, (Space Cowboy) cast caution to the wind and posted: >Usenet and email existed twenty years before the WWW. You wouldn't >tolerate pornographic urls even if a teapot was a sex toy. I put >commercial urls in the same category. You can surf the web and find >plenty of urls that talk about tea and aren't selling anything. >Frankly I never came across a commercial url that had anything to say >on the subject except how much it costs and they don't take American >Express. The Charter made a stab at commercial posts and stop the >ridiculous parsing that the spirit of the wording didn't include >commercial urls. The real problem in this ng isn't the sellers but >the buyers sucking like babies on their favorite website's tit. It's >like an MTVxer saying their favorite cereal is Cocoa Puffs. Somewhere >in their precognitive childhood they bought a commercial hook, line >and sinker. So if your favorite website has a discussion forum join >their adoration club. If it doesn't take your business to one that >does and stop hounding us. |
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I could give you links to Bai Hao White Down but I'd have a feeling
somebody would say gotcha. If you're curious plug in Yinzhen Bai Hao. I drink Formosa Champagne and never heard it called Bai Hao oolong. Just another marketing gimmick by disengenous websites fleecing the flock. Jim (Yuriy Pragin) wrote in message . com>... > (Space Cowboy) wrote in message . com>... > > BaiHao is White Down so I assume silver needles. > > Wrong -- Bai Hao (Oriental Beauty) or "White Tip" is a dark oolong > with an oxidation of at list 60% > This is the picture -- > http://imagescommerce.bcentral.com/m...0_oriental.jpg |
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Mangren mo xiang! It is a Chinese provers that says: "Blind men touching
different part of an elephant with their hands, everyone stating what an elephant is like" "Space Cowboy" > ha scritto nel messaggio om... > I could give you links to Bai Hao White Down but I'd have a feeling > somebody would say gotcha. If you're curious plug in Yinzhen Bai Hao. > I drink Formosa Champagne and never heard it called Bai Hao oolong. > Just another marketing gimmick by disengenous websites fleecing the > flock. > > Jim > > (Yuriy Pragin) wrote in message . com>... > > (Space Cowboy) wrote in message . com>... > > > BaiHao is White Down so I assume silver needles. > > > > Wrong -- Bai Hao (Oriental Beauty) or "White Tip" is a dark oolong > > with an oxidation of at list 60% > > This is the picture -- > > http://imagescommerce.bcentral.com/m...0_oriental.jpg |
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This group was in existence for six years before somebody showed up
wanting to sell us something by setting up camp. Previously others followed the occasional commercial post guideline. Your arguments are no different than hers back then. She claimed the right of free speech and using urls. It was deja-vu reviewing those posts with Candy aka Kandy in my posts. If your site doesn't have a discussion forum maybe the group would chip in to get one so all your adoration groupies would keep you busy doing other things than posting offsite urls for infomercials. I bet you're the corporation guy updating router lists for prohibited website browsing and adding rule sets for email spam. The last post to a ng before it becomes moderated is an url. Moderated groups didn't exist before the WWW. Jim Mike Petro > wrote in message >. .. > Yes Jim, I too have been around longer than the winsock, but times > change and the web is now part of our society. You have no right to > impose your URL phobia on me or anyone else in this group. |
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Your free agricultural crop assay will give you a breakdown on fecal
percentage by mammal and bird. From what I know mammals have a common enzyme and so do birds. Any new tea I get I check for contaminents in the first pot. For fines you can see the imperfections before brewing. For OP you examine the brewed leaves. From the recent posts on perfumes in tea you can see the oils on the surface of the brewed tea like a slick. So my cheap YinHao wasn't gassed and apparently so far a fantastic bargain. Leave the tepid brewing water to the courageous and always boil your water. Jim Michael Plant > wrote in message >... > Dog Ma /18/04 > reply w/o spam > > > "Michael Plant" > wrote in message > > ... > > > >> Where do I get my copy of the FIF standards? > >> (I see hours of fun ahead.) > > > > > > http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/dalbook.html > > http://www.oznet.ksu.edu/library/agec2/mf2119.pdf > > > > are a couple of examples. Read at your own risk! > > That is like the coolest. No more peanut butter for me. > I can't wait to share it with other friends. > > Michael |
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Come on guys. Step back and smell the elephant.
Livio /19/04 > Mangren mo xiang! It is a Chinese provers that says: "Blind men touching > different part of an elephant with their hands, everyone stating what an > elephant is like" > > > "Space Cowboy" > ha scritto nel messaggio > om... >> I could give you links to Bai Hao White Down but I'd have a feeling >> somebody would say gotcha. If you're curious plug in Yinzhen Bai Hao. >> I drink Formosa Champagne and never heard it called Bai Hao oolong. >> Just another marketing gimmick by disengenous websites fleecing the >> flock. >> >> Jim >> >> (Yuriy Pragin) wrote in message > . com>... >>> (Space Cowboy) wrote in message > . com>... >>>> BaiHao is White Down so I assume silver needles. >>> >>> Wrong -- Bai Hao (Oriental Beauty) or "White Tip" is a dark oolong >>> with an oxidation of at list 60% >>> This is the picture -- >>> > http://imagescommerce.bcentral.com/m...0_oriental.jpg > > |
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Michael Plant > wrote in
: > Be courageous. Use tea friendly temperatures. Your tea will thank > you. BTW, Jim. I downloaded DM's suggested government "filth in food" > (FIF) site and will have many happy hours pulling it out to quote at > just the "right" moments. How many rodent hairs are within accepted > standards in a can of tuna? You'll have to read it yourself. Roach > excretia? Look it up. Rotted vegetable matter? No unrealistic zero > tolerance in our great nation where a most entertaining reality > reigns. I recall this issue being covered by a fine publication some years ago--ah, yes, it was Mad Magazine. There was a one-panel cartoon playing off the idea of X number of rat hairs (or some other, even more appetizing, rat goodie) being allowed in a can of chili. A lab-coated government inspector holds a clipboard with one too many hash-marks in one hand as he admonishes a rat with the other. The rat looks suitably abashed. -- fD |
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fLameDogg wrote: > > I recall this issue being covered by a fine publication some years ago--ah, > yes, it was Mad Magazine. There was a one-panel cartoon playing off the > idea of X number of rat hairs (or some other, even more appetizing, rat > goodie) being allowed in a can of chili. A lab-coated government inspector > holds a clipboard with one too many hash-marks in one hand as he admonishes > a rat with the other. The rat looks suitably abashed. Understandably so. Rats are smart, clean, affectionate pets. Rat hair finds its way into my mouth daily, after kissing the little loves. Catch rat scratch fever: http://www.rmca.org/ --crymad |
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On Thu, 19 Feb 2004 19:48:00 -0800, crymad >
tripped the light fantastic, then quipped: >Catch rat scratch fever: http://www.rmca.org/ > >--crymad Unfortunately, I do. I'm sorely allergic to them, but I miss the company of Miss Twinkie, Sweet Pea, Comet, and others. Even my dog and cats thought they were nice to have around as pals. Tee http://www.geocities.com/tee_king Remove -no-spam- to email me. |
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2/19/04
> > > fLameDogg wrote: >> >> I recall this issue being covered by a fine publication some years ago--ah, >> yes, it was Mad Magazine. There was a one-panel cartoon playing off the >> idea of X number of rat hairs (or some other, even more appetizing, rat >> goodie) being allowed in a can of chili. A lab-coated government inspector >> holds a clipboard with one too many hash-marks in one hand as he admonishes >> a rat with the other. The rat looks suitably abashed. > > Understandably so. Rats are smart, clean, affectionate pets. Rat hair > finds its way into my mouth daily, after kissing the little loves. > > Catch rat scratch fever: http://www.rmca.org/ > > --crymad Although I'm a mouse guy and have never owned a rat, I have struck up a friendship with the occasional rat and can vouch for the truth of crymad's pronouncement. I don't suppose many of you are much into hearing about mouse kissies, so I'll forgo further discussion at this time. Like rats, mice spend a good part of the day keeping themselves in perfect trim. And my mice were always happy to see me and goof around even when humans were not. Miss the little guys. Drinking Lin Yun White Down. Listening to Vivaldi picolo concerti. Unfortunately no mice in sight. Michael |
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On Fri, 20 Feb 2004 11:42:01 GMT, Michael Plant >
cast caution to the wind and posted: >Never fear the extraneous material you discover in your leaf and brew; fear >that which you don't find. No Lie, The one that really grossed me out was that a small can of mushrooms is allowed to contain up to 40 maggots.... And I love mushrooms...... Mike This email may contain up to 50 bytes worth of excretions... |
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Michael Plant > writes:
> Space 2/19/04 > > > > I could give you links to Bai Hao White Down but I'd have a feeling > > somebody would say gotcha. If you're curious plug in Yinzhen Bai Hao. > > I drink Formosa Champagne and never heard it called Bai Hao oolong. > > Just another marketing gimmick by disengenous websites fleecing the > > flock. > > > > Jim > > When you think about it, "Bai Hao" (white down) is descriptive. "Formosa > Champagne" is a marketing phrase. Not to mention *Oriental Beauty*. /Lew --- Lew Perin / http://www.panix.com/~perin/babelcarp.html |
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I worked at a canning factory every summer doing college. The stories
I could tell. I still don't eat canned vegetables. I'm going to insist my agricultural service update it assay profile for insect excretia. How do you know the websites aren't substituting snail sludge. My stomach trumps my palette. I only recommend taking a blow torch to the kettle. It wasn't always the case. If the elephant is still under the BigTop and since I found my contacts I did some more research and made a call. The Formosa oolong is called Bai Hai. My source said he got a call from Georgia once and the lady came back from Taiwan and wanted some BooHoo. This in response to my question why almost everybody seems to call it BaiHao. The real problem with transliteration nobody in Chinatown understands what you mean and we use it to confuse ourselves. I made a note to add the characters for BaiHao and BaiHai to my cheat sheet. The only way this works is find the rosetta can of tea in the store with Chinese and English and see what is inside. Or since I recently got my phone's company version of broadband high speed dsl I can go surfing for those UTF-8 webpages in Chinese. If it's 5 miles to the phone switch I'm sitting at mile marker 7 and not getting what I pay for with the babybell disclaimer your results will vary. Anyway better than 14.4. It's been too long since I've been to Chinatown. You'll get more hits on Lin Yun BaiHao. The rats are scurrying for cover since the Asian bird flu outbreak. Jim Michael Plant > wrote in message >... > Space 2/19/04 > > > > Your free agricultural crop assay will give you a breakdown on fecal > > percentage by mammal and bird. From what I know mammals have a common > > enzyme and so do birds. Any new tea I get I check for contaminents in > > the first pot. For fines you can see the imperfections before > > brewing. For OP you examine the brewed leaves. From the recent posts > > on perfumes in tea you can see the oils on the surface of the brewed > > tea like a slick. So my cheap YinHao wasn't gassed and apparently so > > far a fantastic bargain. Leave the tepid brewing water to the > > courageous and always boil your water. > > > > Jim > > > Jim, > > Never fear the extraneous material you discover in your leaf and brew; fear > that which you don't find. > > BTW, there is a good point to be had from your Bai Hao discussion: Many > Chinese descriptive phrases find their way to more than one type of tea. Bai > Hao describes a type of green tea as well as it describes a type of oolong > and is used to name both. Don't blame me though. > > Now, back to the rat goodie count. (Reminds me of a story about ants and > aphids....) > > Michael |
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On Thu, 19 Feb 2004 17:40:57 GMT, Michael Plant > wrote:
> Come on guys. Step back and smell the elephant. But how much elephant excreta is allowed in food? <grin> N. |
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Natarajan /20/04
> On Thu, 19 Feb 2004 17:40:57 GMT, Michael Plant > wrote: >> Come on guys. Step back and smell the elephant. > > But how much elephant excreta is allowed in food? <grin> > > > N. Funny you should ask. According to the lLaws of the United States of America, any amount. Elephant excreta is *not* specifically mentioned on the list. Well, mammal, I guess. Also, I suppose an elephant turd in a can of tuna could be considered unaesthetic by some. BTW, I have never seen chapati cooked on an elephant pie. Why? Michael |
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crymad > wrote in
: > > > fLameDogg wrote: >> >> A lab-coated government inspector holds a clipboard with one too >> many hash-marks in one hand as he admonishes a rat with the other. >> The rat looks suitably abashed. > > Understandably so. Rats are smart, clean, affectionate pets. Rat > hair finds its way into my mouth daily, after kissing the little > loves. I can relate. I once had a Japanese hooded rat, which I got from a pet store when barely weaned. She very much liked to kiss--the first time she snuffled between my lips to find my tongue, I was a bit afraid she would consider it a tasty treat, but it turned out to be just affection (or whatever animal impulse). She would chase my fingers much like a cat will do, and she liked to sit on my shoulder, my head, or best of all, my shirt pocket. That's where she was the day I learned that rats tend to urinate in much greater volume than, say, hamsters. On the other paw, I've never had a hamster want to sit in my pocket, so there you are. > Catch rat scratch fever: http://www.rmca.org/ Nice! I'm not *that* much of a fan, but glad to know it's there. -- fD |
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Poo Poo Puerh
> Not surprising. There is, in fact, a highly prized (or is that
> "priced") coffee produced from the beans that have passed through the > digestive tract of palm civets in Indonesia. And the best durians are reputed to be those that have passed through the innards of an non-chewing elephant. Of course, the concept of "best" with respect to durian is perhaps more subjective than usual. -DM |
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Poo Poo Puerh
While intrepidly exploring rec.food.drink.tea, Dog Ma 1 rolled
initiative and posted the following: >> Not surprising. There is, in fact, a highly prized (or is that >> "priced") coffee produced from the beans that have passed through >> the digestive tract of palm civets in Indonesia. > > > And the best durians are reputed to be those that have passed > through the innards of an non-chewing elephant. Of course, the > concept of "best" with respect to durian is perhaps more > subjective than usual. Ok, I had to go and look that one up. And now I'm not sure that "best" and "durian" can actually be used in the same sentence. -- Derek You know you're a nerd when you have to go and steal the herpes virus from a research laboratory rather than going out and catching it in the wild like everyone else. |
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Poo Poo Puerh
Recursive questions make my head hurt.
Jim Derek > wrote in message >... > While intrepidly exploring rec.food.drink.tea, Space Cowboy rolled > initiative and posted the following: > > > For anybody who cares I hated doing this post > > Have you figured out yet that you're the only one who cares? |
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