Hi!

I've been following the postings for a few days, so it's now time to
post something about myself.

I've kinda-sorta been dabbling with the tea bags off and on for a while
and then went to San Francisco last month for a vacation and found
myself at a tea shop in Chinatown, as a part of a tour. I got to taste
many types of Chinese tea and wound up going home with a Chinese tea
set, some "blue tea" (an oolong), and a tea strainer. Once I got home,
I started investigating tea vendors, knowing that I wanted to try even
more tea; that's where I found Upton Tea and started ordering samples,
as well as a Chatsford teapot for brewing them in. Off of eBay came a
couple of larger gaiwan sets and a Bodum Chambord teapot/press that's
on the way. The money keeps running out, so I've had to slow down.

As for which teas I'm liking the most at this point, white tea seems to
be my favorite for hot tea and as for iced tea, Upton's No. 1 Tippy
Orthodox Darjeeling is impressive (markedly better than the iced tea
bags!) and I have some Extra Bergamont Earl Grey cold brewing in the
fridge now. I've got some samples of Adagio's flavored white teas on
the way that I'm looking forward to trying.

Besides all that, I'm a librarian who likes to cook, scrapbook, read,
and stay involved in church activities, among other things. I'm married
have a couple of 4-legged children of the feline persuasion.

My husband and I are opposites on a lot of things, so it doesn't
surprise me that I've taken to hot tea since he knows the location of
just about every Starbucks in our area and will not hesitate to stop at
one when he needs to.

Anyway, I'm glad to have found this group and look forward to more
reading and posting.

HeatherB