Um...well, has this ever happened to you? I was using that tea "thermos"
thingie to take some green tea into an office with me today and the lady
behind the desk was like "What's THAT??" like it was incredibly weird or
something. And when I said tea, she says "Tea??" I say "Yes, tea. It's not
that weird." but then she asks (...blink...) "what's IN it?" And I say
"Green tea." And then she said something that explained apparently all the
previous astonishment.

"I've never seen green tea like that."

Which of course she probably hadn't since here in the US even the green tea
for health is coming in bags.....Plus it was Holy Mountain Snow Monkey which
looks pretty dramatic (as any full leaf green or even oolong does I suppose)
in a clear glass cup.

To the uninitiated I suppose my oolongs look something like a kelp in my
glass.

Anyway....I was beginnig to feel like a freak or something there for a
little bit....I suppose looking back it is funny but at the time I was a
little irritated since I didn't think it required all that drama ....

lol!

Melinda

--
"The country has entered an era in which
questions are not asked, for questions are
daughters of disquiet or arrogance, both
fruits of temptation and the food of sacrilege." Djaout

On Tue, 15 Mar 2005 19:39:51 -0800
"Melinda" > wrote:

> Anyway....I was beginnig to feel like a freak or something there for a
> little bit....I suppose looking back it is funny but at the time I was a
> little irritated since I didn't think it required all that drama ....


Every now and then i get a little self-conscious about making loose
broad-leaf black tea at my desk, and then i remind myself that the team
lead in my department has a yerba mate habit and buys that stuff in 1 kilo
bags, and the accoutrement's of THAT habit are FAR weirder.

"Melinda" > wrote in message
...
> Um...well, has this ever happened to you? I was using that tea "thermos"
> thingie to take some green tea into an office with me today and the lady
> behind the desk was like "What's THAT??" like it was incredibly weird or
> something. And when I said tea, she says "Tea??" I say "Yes, tea. It's not
> that weird." but then she asks (...blink...) "what's IN it?" And I say
> "Green tea." And then she said something that explained apparently all the
> previous astonishment.
>
> "I've never seen green tea like that."
>
> Which of course she probably hadn't since here in the US even the green
tea
> for health is coming in bags.....Plus it was Holy Mountain Snow Monkey
which
> looks pretty dramatic (as any full leaf green or even oolong does I
suppose)
> in a clear glass cup.
>
> To the uninitiated I suppose my oolongs look something like a kelp in my
> glass.
>
> Anyway....I was beginnig to feel like a freak or something there for a
> little bit....I suppose looking back it is funny but at the time I was a
> little irritated since I didn't think it required all that drama ....
>
> lol!

Yes, it's happened to me, but not with tea. It's as though I'm doing
something wrong and they've...it's always women, donchaknow, guys gotta be
kewl...got to make a big scene to ensure that everyone w/i listening range
knows [of their ignorance - except that's certainly not their intention].

Keep up the teavangelizing. That's another one you've borne witness to .

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"Eric Jorgensen" > wrote in message
news:20050315214320.299cf9fe@wafer...
>
> Every now and then i get a little self-conscious about making loose
> broad-leaf black tea at my desk, and then i remind myself that the team
> lead in my department has a yerba mate habit and buys that stuff in 1 kilo
> bags, and the accoutrement's of THAT habit are FAR weirder.

In an office of Coke-drinkers a few years ago, I got some looks for making
tea...with teabags!

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On Tue, 15 Mar 2005 22:57:42 -0600
"Bluesea" > wrote:

>
> "Eric Jorgensen" > wrote in message
> news:20050315214320.299cf9fe@wafer...
> >
> > Every now and then i get a little self-conscious about making loose
> > broad-leaf black tea at my desk, and then i remind myself that the team
> > lead in my department has a yerba mate habit and buys that stuff in 1
> > kilo bags, and the accoutrement's of THAT habit are FAR weirder.
>
> In an office of Coke-drinkers a few years ago, I got some looks for
> making tea...with teabags!


I keep seeing lipton yellow label tea bag wrappers in the garbage can
next to the water bottle, but i haven't figured out what poor soul is
swilling the stuff. and made with 175 degree water from the dispenser,
yech!

Happened to me in the US on countless occasions considering I come from
sweet iced tea country. What was even more startling was the first
time I did gongfu cha for some of my friends in which one remarked,
"Oh, it's like a tea party when I was a little girl." I replied with a
grin and then watched their eyes light up at the first taste of my A Li
Shan.

I have one of the transparent tea thermoses as well and I was walking
around in the mall with it one day looking at some clothes and a whole
group of people surrounded me and began a near interrogation.
Apparently my LongJing to them appeared to be pot....

My longjing is good....light green, few damaged leaves, picked in the
spring of last year...i would imagine them thinking it would cost a
pretty penny for a dime bag. heh.

On 3/15/2005 10:39 PM, Melinda wrote:

> Um...well, has this ever happened to you? I was using that tea "thermos"
> thingie to take some green tea into an office with me today and the lady
> behind the desk was like "What's THAT??" like it was incredibly weird or
> something. And when I said tea, she says "Tea??" I say "Yes, tea. It's not
> that weird." but then she asks (...blink...) "what's IN it?" And I say
> "Green tea." And then she said something that explained apparently all the
> previous astonishment.
>
> "I've never seen green tea like that."
>
> Which of course she probably hadn't since here in the US even the green tea
> for health is coming in bags.....Plus it was Holy Mountain Snow Monkey which
> looks pretty dramatic (as any full leaf green or even oolong does I suppose)
> in a clear glass cup.
>
> To the uninitiated I suppose my oolongs look something like a kelp in my
> glass.
>
> Anyway....I was beginnig to feel like a freak or something there for a
> little bit....I suppose looking back it is funny but at the time I was a
> little irritated since I didn't think it required all that drama ....
>
> lol!
>
> Melinda

I'm used to people thinking I'm weird when I pull out a fountain pen and
blotter when I write a check, etc. Or am waiting while the car is being
serviced, and have my tote bag filled with items to keep me entertained,
and pull out paper and FP, and get THAT look. (Unless there are much
older folks waiting, and then we have great conversations, and they
sometimes end up with my pen.)

But the following exchange stays in my mind:

I sent the link to the "thermos" to a tea friend, with a note about how
this is just what we were talking about, and look, here it is! His wife
looked at it, and said, "but aren't you going to get tired of people
asking you why you're carrying around a urine sample?"

Neither of us have ordered it, yet...

Resa

"Serendip" > wrote in message
...
> On 3/15/2005 10:39 PM, Melinda wrote:
> But the following exchange stays in my mind:
>
> I sent the link to the "thermos" to a tea friend, with a note about how
> this is just what we were talking about, and look, here it is! His wife
> looked at it, and said, "but aren't you going to get tired of people
> asking you why you're carrying around a urine sample?"
>
> Neither of us have ordered it, yet...
>
> Resa

I got that when I had some lemon ginger tea in a container. It was
funny. I work at a JC and it was a bio tech who said that. She
wanted some so that she could have the same tea the day the students
were testing urine samples for bacteria. Don't know if she ever did it,
but I think it's time to remind her.
--
Karen
"Life doesn't always parse."
Malachy McCormick, A Decent Cup of Tea

Oh geeze, how ya didn't haf ta share THAT did you?? Lol, wow, I really
didn't think of that......eww!

Melinda

--
"The country has entered an era in which
questions are not asked, for questions are
daughters of disquiet or arrogance, both
fruits of temptation and the food of sacrilege." Djaout
"Serendip" > wrote in message
...

snip

>
> But the following exchange stays in my mind:
>
> I sent the link to the "thermos" to a tea friend, with a note about how
> this is just what we were talking about, and look, here it is! His wife
> looked at it, and said, "but aren't you going to get tired of people
> asking you why you're carrying around a urine sample?"
>
> Neither of us have ordered it, yet...
>
> Resa

how = now

--
"The country has entered an era in which
questions are not asked, for questions are
daughters of disquiet or arrogance, both
fruits of temptation and the food of sacrilege." Djaout
"Melinda" > wrote in message
...
> Oh geeze, how ya didn't haf ta share THAT did you?? Lol, wow, I really
> didn't think of that......eww!
>
> Melinda
>
> --
> "The country has entered an era in which
> questions are not asked, for questions are
> daughters of disquiet or arrogance, both
> fruits of temptation and the food of sacrilege." Djaout
> "Serendip" > wrote in message
> ...
>
> snip
>
>>
>> But the following exchange stays in my mind:
>>
>> I sent the link to the "thermos" to a tea friend, with a note about how
>> this is just what we were talking about, and look, here it is! His wife
>> looked at it, and said, "but aren't you going to get tired of people
>> asking you why you're carrying around a urine sample?"
>>
>> Neither of us have ordered it, yet...
>>
>> Resa
>
>

Melinda wrote:

> Um...well, has this ever happened to you? I was using that tea "thermos"
> thingie to take some green tea into an office with me today and the lady
> behind the desk was like "What's THAT??" like it was incredibly weird or
> something. And when I said tea, she says "Tea??" I say "Yes, tea. It's not
> that weird." but then she asks (...blink...) "what's IN it?" And I say
> "Green tea." And then she said something that explained apparently all the
> previous astonishment.
>
> "I've never seen green tea like that."
>

I got a similar reaction not long ago when I brought the gizmo into
class with black tea (which I drink with milk). The kids had never
heard, apparently, of drinking hot tea, much less with milk.

dmh

On 3/16/2005 12:44 PM, Melinda wrote:
> Oh geeze, how ya didn't haf ta share THAT did you?? Lol, wow, I really
> didn't think of that......eww!
>
> Melinda
>

Sorry!!! LOL!

Resa

siDetRaked wrote:
>
> I also use fountain pens. I must have about 40 now. I really should
> get rid of some of them. Maybe fountain pens and tea drinking go
> together.

Apparently so. I just have one fountain pen (a Lamy Safari in hot orange
with turquoise ink) which I always carry with me. I also brew loose leaf
Darjeeling at work with one of those mesh basket things.

--
Michiel

Michiel van der Kraats > writes:

> siDetRaked wrote:
> >
> > I also use fountain pens. I must have about 40 now. I really should
> > get rid of some of them. Maybe fountain pens and tea drinking go
> > together.
>
> Apparently so. I just have one fountain pen (a Lamy Safari in hot
> orange with turquoise ink) which I always carry with me. I also brew
> loose leaf Darjeeling at work with one of those mesh basket things.

An old Pelikan here, but I probably write more with the stylus of my
Palm Pilot clone.

/Lew
---
Lew Perin /
http://www.panix.com/~perin/babelcarp.html

In article et>, "Frayed" > wrote:
>
>I got that when I had some lemon ginger tea in a container. It was
>funny. I work at a JC and it was a bio tech who said that. She
>wanted some so that she could have the same tea the day the students
>were testing urine samples for bacteria. Don't know if she ever did it,


you remind of a recent news in Taiwan. a middle school had a annual for all
students. after the test, the school was alarmed that few students have
"teminary diabetes" & wanted the students to go for advanced treatment.

it turned out some students sent in oolong tea as urine sample. :-)

regards,

Pam @ Home

Cort Furniture Rental and Honesty are two exclusive concepts.

Lewis 3/17/05

> Michiel van der Kraats > writes:
>
>> siDetRaked wrote:
>>>
>>> I also use fountain pens. I must have about 40 now. I really should
>>> get rid of some of them. Maybe fountain pens and tea drinking go
>>> together.
>>
>> Apparently so. I just have one fountain pen (a Lamy Safari in hot
>> orange with turquoise ink) which I always carry with me. I also brew
>> loose leaf Darjeeling at work with one of those mesh basket things.
>
> An old Pelikan here, but I probably write more with the stylus of my
> Palm Pilot clone.
>
> /Lew


Alright, alright, alright!!!! I've got a collection of Parkers starting from
the 1930's and going through the 1950's. I also have some turn of the
century pens made of gutta percha -- the kind you unscrew and use a dropper
to put the ink in the "reservoir." I admit it: I'm weird too. There. I feel
better.

I'm drinking Bao Zhong from Shan Shui which is lovely in the morning,
especially juxtaposed to Bach's Italian Concerto, but not the best I've ever
had. It's got that cucumber flower finish and that thickish mouth feel and
so on, and a pleasing opener. So, I'm not complaining.

Michael
(I'm not gonna try to spell gutta percha right. If you know how, tell me.)

PS: I never thought of you as an old pelican. Perhaps a young pelican, now
that I think of it. (3/27?)

M

In article >, Serendip > wrote:
>> but i _only_ have 7 fountain pens, not 40 (yet).
>>
>
>
>
>That so many are counting (and adding the "yet"!) is a very good sign!

hehehe. now i want an median oblique for my next pen. i have a waterman with
fine oblique cause they didn't have median oblique.

last weekend i walked by an art store, which carried bamboo dip pens for $3
each. very cute & quaint.
then later on, i saw those funky "fountain brush pen" & a cute miniature
stationary set (miniature brush pen, ink stone & ink stick) (i do Chinese
brush calligraphy sometimes albeit poorly.
so how could i resisit? LOL.

but i did practice "self control" so didn't get those quilts (cause i don't
know how to make pens out of them.

but i feel i need to improve my handwriting to be worth my collection. :-)
oh, well.

regards,


Pam @ Home

Cort Furniture Rental and Honesty are two exclusive concepts.

On 3/19/2005 2:39 AM, Dr. Gee wrote:
> In article >, Serendip > wrote:
>>> but i _only_ have 7 fountain pens, not 40 (yet).
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>>That so many are counting (and adding the "yet"!) is a very good sign!
>
> hehehe. now i want an median oblique for my next pen. i have a waterman with
> fine oblique cause they didn't have median oblique.
>
> last weekend i walked by an art store, which carried bamboo dip pens for $3
> each. very cute & quaint.
> then later on, i saw those funky "fountain brush pen" & a cute miniature
> stationary set (miniature brush pen, ink stone & ink stick) (i do Chinese
> brush calligraphy sometimes albeit poorly.
> so how could i resisit? LOL.
>
> but i did practice "self control" so didn't get those quilts (cause i don't
> know how to make pens out of them.
>
> but i feel i need to improve my handwriting to be worth my collection. :-)
> oh, well.
>
> regards,
>
>
> Pam @ Home

I know - I pull out all my handwriting exercise books and overlays and
start reading and practicing, and then decide I'd rather have a pot of
tea, and everything gets packed away again. One of these days... sigh...
(Congratulations on showing such great restraint!!)

Resa

In article >, Serendip > wrote:
>> [snip] but i did practice "self control" so didn't get those quilts (cause i don't
>> know how to make pens out of them.
>>
>> but i feel i need to improve my handwriting to be worth my collection. :-)
>> oh, well.
>>
>
>I know - I pull out all my handwriting exercise books and overlays and
>start reading and practicing, and then decide I'd rather have a pot of
>tea, and everything gets packed away again. One of these days... sigh...
> (Congratulations on showing such great restraint!!)

Resa,

sometimes, i'd make a pot of fine oolong in a small tea pot, before i take out
my brusheds & write on rice papers. othertimes, i feel like using a broad
italic nib for western calligraphy. then i'd drink & write. it puts me in a
zen-like state, very calm. it's also quite therapeutic. :-)

regards,



Pam @ Home

Cort Furniture Rental and Honesty are two exclusive concepts.

On Mon, 21 Mar 2005 22:25:07 -0600
"Bluesea" > wrote:


> When I worked in TX and was into drinking chamomile, a co-worker looked
> into my cup and said, "It looks like pee."


Really? That's what bugs me about oolong - same color going in as coming
out.

I'm told it doesn't bother Miller Lite drinkers - though it should.

On Mon, 21 Mar 2005 22:21:05 -0600
"Bluesea" > wrote:

>
> "Eric Jorgensen" > wrote in message
> news:20050315221949.29cdc4c2@wafer...
> >
> > I keep seeing lipton yellow label tea bag wrappers in the garbage
> > can
> > next to the water bottle, but i haven't figured out what poor soul is
> > swilling the stuff. and made with 175 degree water from the dispenser,
> > yech!
>
> At that temp, better off w/ green. You might have to set up a spycam to
> catch the poor misguided tea-drinker...except some people really don't
> care and are perfectly happy with inferior quality tea made with poor
> water at a less than optimal temp until the brew turns the right color.


You wouldn't believe the lengths i go to in order to avoid trying to
brew good tea with anything that comes out of that bottle. I sure don't
believe it . . . .

"Eric Jorgensen" > wrote in message
news:20050321222815.66561e5c@wafer...
> On Mon, 21 Mar 2005 22:21:05 -0600
> "Bluesea" > wrote:
> >
> > "Eric Jorgensen" > wrote in message
> > news:20050315221949.29cdc4c2@wafer...
> > >
> > > I keep seeing lipton yellow label tea bag wrappers in the garbage
> > > can
> > > next to the water bottle, but i haven't figured out what poor soul is
> > > swilling the stuff. and made with 175 degree water from the dispenser,
> > > yech!
> >
> > At that temp, better off w/ green. You might have to set up a spycam to
> > catch the poor misguided tea-drinker...except some people really don't
> > care and are perfectly happy with inferior quality tea made with poor
> > water at a less than optimal temp until the brew turns the right color.
>
> You wouldn't believe the lengths i go to in order to avoid trying to
> brew good tea with anything that comes out of that bottle. I sure don't
> believe it . . . .

Maybe I would - I used to take my own bottled water to the office.

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On Mon, 21 Mar 2005 23:28:52 -0600
"Bluesea" > wrote:


> > You wouldn't believe the lengths i go to in order to avoid trying to
> > brew good tea with anything that comes out of that bottle. I sure don't
> > believe it . . . .
>
> Maybe I would - I used to take my own bottled water to the office.


I've actually experimented with a variety of bottled waters at home. I
also have an electric kettle at my desk, which i'm descaling at the moment.