thank-you group.

As I mentioned in a previous post, I've been lurking here for several
months, and a few flame wars aside, I've found this group to be helpful,
interesting and quite pleasant. But of course, that is inherent in tea
drinkers, isn't it?

I think I will go for a large nalgene bottle, many cold bottles of spring
water and my loose sencha, dragonwell, and some lu an from last year that
has lost some of its punch for my road trip. But its the ritual of tea
drinking at home that I will miss--putting water on to boil, my favorite tea
cup, a nice morning breeze on the deck . . . but I digress.

Perhaps I should take Rick up on the offer to toss the instant stuff in the
harbor, but then I don't know if I want to be involved with toxic waste
pollution. However, the instant tea and the harbor water probably don't
taste that much different.

Thank-you again. When I get back, I will have to start inquiring about
pu-er. Didn't know much about it, but all the posts have intrigued me.

Thanks again
LB

"Rick Chappell" > wrote in message
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> Lara Burton > wrote:
>
>> I like loose leaf greens, usually ordered from Adagio or Upton. But, I
>> am
>> going on a long road trip and for some reason, perhaps my head was not
>> too
>> clear because of this heat wave in the west, I purchased some instant
>> green
>> tea (unsweetened) made by Tea Tech. (they have a web site at
>> www.teatech.com) I am not advocating it or anything, the damn stuff
>> tastes
>> like swamp water and I don't care if it has 800% of polyphenols or
>> whatever.
>> I drink green tea because I like it (and a bit of caffeine is always
>> nice).
>
>> Anyone ever heard of this, have any experience with instant stuff? Or,
>> know
>> a good way to cold brew green tea?
>
> Dear Lara, I'll make you a deal. You are on the right path but just
> haven't taken the step of chucking the stuff down the toilet. If you
> promise to throw it out, I will send you the equivalent weight in
> decent quality fairly fresh Chinese green tea (Long-Jin). Just e-mail
> me your address (P.O. box, work or friend's address fine). Believe
> me, it's caffeinated. Alternatively, since I'm visiting Boston in a
> couple of weeks, you could send your instant green tea to me and I'll
> chuck it into the harbor. It will be patriotic.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Rick.
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