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I'm no longer receiving email updates on threads I follow - I tried emailing the admin but I'm not sure that went through (or maybe I just didn't receive the response). In any case - it would be great to get emails when certain threads post again.

teatray Thanks! You're generally correct - my answer was only about perception and entirely ignores preference. Generally - bitterness (not astringency) has become an increasing preference amongst educated upper-class individuals with high levels of exposure to the contemporary shifts in culinary a...

This is a complicated question without a clear answer, because it depends on: The genetics of the Individual The Tea The Environment Astringency is a trigeminal sensation, which means it is perceived through a different nerve pathway from olfaction (aroma), gustation (flavor), and somatosensory attr...

Bok wrote: ↑

Thu Apr 22, 2021 7:10 pm

akedomakona it’s not the place here, but I find neither article convincing, the last one least...

Apologies; I understand this may not be the place,
but I do not understand your comment or reference to "the last one least" - perhaps there is a place we can clarify and discuss the critique...

For simplicity's sake here are Kenny's words: This looks super interesting - as a Westerner who is only a few years into drinking tea "seriously" I've heard and read a lot of different things about gongfucha, with a lot of sites claiming it to be the "traditional Chinese tea ceremony" while others ...