I was trying to go down to NY to meet Michael, Lew and some other tea
mailer friends but somehow it was not working for me. At last Michael
came to visit me and we had a whole day long tea tasting session. It
was an honor and great pleasure for me to meet an experience, gentle,
knowledgeable tea person, such as- Michael. We exchanged a lot of tea
information and had great time together. I was so impressed to see
Michael's mobile tea accessory box(Sort of a small biological weapon
career- just kidding. We had tasted:

1)Pi Lo chun- Michael collected from a vendor from NY, very pricy 50g
$50. Excellent green tea. We used Gai Bei pot and had five infusion.

2)Wu Xi Hao cha-Very rare kind of green tea-a gift from China. I was
happy to see, Michael enjoyed it. We had three infusion with Gai Bei
pot.

3)Darjeeling first flush- This black tea was from a German
vendor(Teekampagne), we just had a cup of infusion with bone China
English tea set. I need to try couple more times to talk about this
tea's quality. It was black Darjeeling from Ambootia tea estate 2003.

4)Phoenix Oolong-Michael brought this Oolong plucked from 700 years
old tea tree. A great tea, we used a Taiwanese made Yixing looking
pot. We had six infusion. Michael told me, with this great kind of
Oolong- we could have gone for 15 multiple infusion. I liked this
Oolong a lot.

5)Green processed Pu-Erh(1996):I had a long break with good Pu-erh for
last couple of years. I really appreciate Michael again brought me
back with this excellent aged green processed Pu-erh. It was from
silk road. We really enjoyed this tea with our 6-7 multiple infusion.
Michael was very kind to share some of this with me. I am so excited
to try this tomorrow with his gift-a Yixing pot.

Practically the whole day, except launch-we just drank teas and talk a
lot about tea. I always miss my tea friends from Bangladesh but
meeting Michael was an different excitement. Michael made my week so
meaningful by sharing his great teas and valuable time with me. Thank
you Michael for coming down here from far away and sharing the whole
wonderful Sunday with me.

Ripon
(Vienna,VA)