Still a bit tired, a bit hungover, recovering from a cold, I had a cup
of Maijian Assam and now I'm drinking Feng Shan Nuer Hong, a Dianhong.
I'll probably move on to puer in a while, with maybe a small beer.
Happy Chritmas everybody.

wrote:

> Still a bit tired, a bit hungover, recovering from a cold, I
> had a cup of Maijian Assam and now I'm drinking Feng Shan Nuer
> Hong, a Dianhong. I'll probably move on to puer in a while,
> with maybe a small beer. Happy Chritmas everybody.

Arabia coffee sweetened with Stevia.

Merry Christmas,

// Klaus

--
Klaus Alexander Seistrup
Magnetic Ink, Copenhagen, Denmark
http://magnetic-ink.dk/

On 25 Dec 2005 04:56:30 -0800, wrote:

>Still a bit tired, a bit hungover, recovering from a cold, I had a cup
>of Maijian Assam and now I'm drinking Feng Shan Nuer Hong, a Dianhong.
>I'll probably move on to puer in a while, with maybe a small beer.
>Happy Chritmas everybody.

I am drinking an "Ise Kabusecha" Shincha and will switch to a 1970s
small yellow label puerh later on.

I raise my cup and toast a Merry Christmas to all.

Mike Petro
http://www.pu-erh.net

wrote in news:1135515390.160683.64910
@g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com:

Da Hong Pao or Ti Kaun Yin to start, followed by a Yunnan "Black Gold" when
I actually begin the day. Merry Christmas and a few Happy Hanukkahs (which
is tomorrow) to the group.

Ozzy

writes:

> Still a bit tired, a bit hungover, recovering from a cold, I had a cup
> of Maijian Assam and now I'm drinking Feng Shan Nuer Hong, a Dianhong.
> I'll probably move on to puer in a while, with maybe a small beer.
> Happy Chritmas everybody.

A mug of Yingde Hong bought in a Chinatown grocery store opened my
eyes to an amazingly warm Christmas morning here in New York. Now I'm
sipping the third steep of a gaiwan of November 2004 Gopaldhara Silver
Blossom, which I'd have to call an oolong. Merry Christmas Mr. Teas,
SMC, and everybody else!

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

Just finished a cup of Georgian Tea (a black tea) that I got from the
House of Tea in Toronto. An interesting profile, quite unlike the
Chinese black teas that I usually drink, but also unlike Indian and
Ceylon teas.

Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah!

Maxim

In article . com>,
wrote:


A 'private estate' green, from d. hoffman. will likely
move to my usual afternoon oolong eventually, which
is currently a delightful one called kali cha, from tao
of tea.

happy holidays
all............................................... ........p*

Coffee, I'm afraid, with my once-a-year breakfast eggs. Gypsy tea chai
later. Tomorrow I open a new sencha. Toci
wrote:
> Still a bit tired, a bit hungover, recovering from a cold, I had a cup
> of Maijian Assam and now I'm drinking Feng Shan Nuer Hong, a Dianhong.
> I'll probably move on to puer in a while, with maybe a small beer.
> Happy Chritmas everybody.

I drank Turkish CayKur Rize this morning, and am about to try a new
Bancha I recieved as a gift today

> wrote in message
ups.com...
> Still a bit tired, a bit hungover, recovering from a cold, I had a cup
> of Maijian Assam and now I'm drinking Feng Shan Nuer Hong, a Dianhong.
> I'll probably move on to puer in a while, with maybe a small beer.
> Happy Chritmas everybody.
>

Had Boh tea this morning, some CTC Assam mid day, some Malawi black tea
later and finished off with HouDe Teas 2005 Spring Li-Shan "Ma-Le-Pa" Tribe
premium oolong.

Melinda

wrote:
> Still a bit tired, a bit hungover, recovering from a cold, I had a cup
> of Maijian Assam and now I'm drinking Feng Shan Nuer Hong, a Dianhong.
> I'll probably move on to puer in a while, with maybe a small beer.
> Happy Chritmas everybody.
>

I was drinking fresh ground Dunkin' Donuts coffee with cream. It isn't
as bad as you might think.

Steve

Steve HaydeSrf.2348$X86.1217@trnddc0412/26/05


> wrote:
>> Still a bit tired, a bit hungover, recovering from a cold, I had a cup
>> of Maijian Assam and now I'm drinking Feng Shan Nuer Hong, a Dianhong.
>> I'll probably move on to puer in a while, with maybe a small beer.
>> Happy Chritmas everybody.
>>
>
> I was drinking fresh ground Dunkin' Donuts coffee with cream. It isn't
> as bad as you might think.

Steve, it's not possible -- trust me on this -- for it to be as bad as I
might think.

Michael

It was the warmest Christmas on record so I made it White with some
Yinzhen. My wife gave me a tin from London Cuppa. I hadn't seen that
commercial brand before.

Jim

wrote:
> Still a bit tired, a bit hungover, recovering from a cold, I had a cup
> of Maijian Assam and now I'm drinking Feng Shan Nuer Hong, a Dianhong.
> I'll probably move on to puer in a while, with maybe a small beer.
> Happy Chritmas everybody.

A fuzzy navel, and a pomegranite martini
marlene

I read fresh ground Dunkin' Donuts------a step beyond that gingerbread
milkshake another place offers. After I reoriented, yes, I did hear
their that their coffee was good, Toci
Steve Hay wrote:
> wrote:
> > Still a bit tired, a bit hungover, recovering from a cold, I had a cup
> > of Maijian Assam and now I'm drinking Feng Shan Nuer Hong, a Dianhong.
> > I'll probably move on to puer in a while, with maybe a small beer.
> > Happy Chritmas everybody.
> >
>
> I was drinking fresh ground Dunkin' Donuts coffee with cream. It isn't
> as bad as you might think.
>
> Steve

Christmas morning, I had a few cups of Sharzad gulabi tea. Sort of a low
grade Assam... not a first flush, not a single estate, but one of those
teas that is just picked and picked continuously. And it was just fine,
and certainly much better than whatever tisane my mother was encouraging
us to try.
--scott
--
"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

Brunswick BOP (Ceylon) to start, a nice Uji Sencha a bit later and a
nice FF Darjeeling mid-day. Merry and Happy to all.

Richard

I shared three different teas with my sister and her husband
on Christmas morning.

We started with Ye Sheng Pu Er 2004 (Wild Green Pu Er). It
has a very smokey and spicey flavour. It creates a nice
reddish liquor and the vibrant multi-coloured leaves
produced pot after pot of tastey strong infusions.

Then we switched to Jin Gua Gong Cha a 2003 Pu Er (literal
translation of the name is "Golden Offering for the King").
They are the smaller sized cakes formed in melon rinds, so
you can see the shape of the lobes of the fruit on the
outside of the cake. The flavour of this tea is quite
remarkable. It's a very dark fermented tea with a strong
flavour and smell that reminds one of autumn leaves and
rainy days. It also had a hint of spicyness with a very
earthy base flavour. A very distinctive Pu Er.

We drank those as an appetizer and accompaniment to a
wonderful roasted Muscovy dinner my brother-in-law prepared.
After dinner, we decided to swithc to a "Dessert Tea" and
brewed up some Tie Guan Yin Gui Hua Wu Long (Iron Goddess
Oolong, scented with Sweet Osmanthus Flower). The strong
sweet and fruity aroma of the osmanthus flowers was nicely
offset by the delicate mid-grade Tie Guan Yin that forms
it's base. This tea caused my sister to exclaim "It's
phenomenal!!" and run around very excitedly. Richard, my
brother-in-law, was less enthused, however he liked it very
much. He accurately noted with his "professional chef's
palate", that the first infusion had a soapiness to it, that
he didn't like very much, but the second, third and fourth
infusions we much more mellow and smooth and he drank those
eagerly. The tea has a wonderful peachy flavour, and is rich
enough to be sipped as a dessert. We drank it while watching
a movie about penguins, and nibbled some dark chocolate with
it.

It was really nice.

Merry Christmas!

-Troy

..

Troy Howard > writes:

> [...]
>
> Then we switched to Jin Gua Gong Cha a 2003 Pu Er (literal
> translation of the name is "Golden Offering for the King").

At the risk of nitpicking, I think you forgot the melon. You might
translate this as Golden Melon Tribute Tea.

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

hehe.. yes. Sorry I was typing too fast. I also left out the
"duck" when I said "roasted Muscovy dinner".. (:

The translation you provided is the commonly known one. Jin
Gua refers to the shape and packaging, and "Gong" literally
means "hanging offering of tribute to the king", and refers
to a wide range of gifts and valuables that people would
hang at the temples.

Thanks,
Troy

..

Steve Hay wrote:

> I was drinking fresh ground Dunkin' Donuts coffee with cream. It isn't
> as bad as you might think.
>
> Steve

Hi Steve,
DD coffee was the best in town for a long time because they freshground
it for every pot. Now i think they fresh grind it for each day, but
still a good thing. I hate starbucks coffee, Hope Dunkin Donuts never
moves over to the burnt is better side of coffee sales.
Kitty