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The answer depends on asking the meta-question first, "Why am I doing this?" If the answer is related to chasing a Taiwanese tea-art aesthetic, then a person will want tea in that style. If it's related to memories of Hong Kong dimsum, then a person will want tea in that style. If it's related to up...

I’m not adverse to a sweetener like agave or honey, but I wonder if this would impact my ability to appreciate the tea. I realize I missed an important point! Tea is very versatile -- it can be processed for drinking on its own, but can also be processed to be used as a condiment. What I mean here ...

1. In terms of how I plan to drink my tea: I like to drink coffee blank. I don’t like too much sugar and I don’t do dairy. I’m not adverse to a sweetener like agave or honey, but I wonder if this would impact my ability to appreciate the tea. 2. While the individual cup steeping method seems to be ...

Looking for some tips. But some background as to what my situation is: - heavy coffee drinker, but not thinking that much caffeine is good for me and I want to cut back How do you drink your coffee? Cream and sugar? Plain? Light or dark roast? If you drink coffee with cream, a good place to start m...

It seems like the diet was largely a failure, as the fat in the milk simply migrated over to the biscuits. :lol: In the past, a person might have had strong tea with whole milk and sugar, and a light biscuit like a Rich Tea, while now the more popular choice is weak tea with semi-skimmed milk and no...

Some Yorkshire Red today. With CTC tea sometimes you are forced to follow the leader -- I don't like their internet advertising, but it's been successful enough that you aren't likely to get stuck with stale tea if you happen to buy it. When fresh, a fine choice for whole milk and sugar. (I'd put it...

The trick is to figure out what itch it is scratching. For some people, tea is a cheap trip overseas, so buying teas from several different countries is like a world tour. That isn't a terribly harmful urge, so then the trick is just to shrink it down, if you can. If you have a local teashop, buying...

Another interesting quote from Tea with Presidential Families by Beulah Munshower Sommer and Pearl Dexter, This time about a 1930s tea between President Roosevelt's wife Eleanor and Chiang Kai-shek's wife Soong Mei-ling. One of their first guests was Madame Chiang Kai-shek. Mrs. Roosevelt took great...

That's a good way to start a fight. :lol: The sort of transformation that happened to British tea, where a brew time was decided on through a collection of scientific-sounding experimental arguments related to extracted tannins and "theine" shaped by commercial market pressures, was only able to hap...

Had a chance to try some alfalfa-mint tea today -- maybe unsurprisingly, it tastes like vegetable broth.

Today it is a Taylors of Harrogate Earl Grey. Not bad! Based on broken Keemun, arrived in good shape, strong Bergamot but still English-style Earl Grey rather than Russian style. My first impression is that it is better than U.S. (Polish-packed) Twinings, at least to my tastes. Wish I'd saved some ...

Wasn't sure if it deserved its own thread, but I was reading Tea with Presidential Families by Beulah Munshower Sommer and Pearl Dexter, and they mention that Nixon received a Yixing teapot as a gift while visiting China. They also included a photo, making it more likely than the Nixon Da Hong Pao s...

bettys.jpg Today it's "Taylors Tea Room Blend" -- maybe re-branded Bettys Tea Room Blend? (Bettys gets the nice double-lid tins, it looks like, while Taylors has to make do with single-lid.) East-African/Assam CTC -- not a lot going on aroma-wise, "best-by" for this batch is the end of September, b...

Today it is a Taylors of Harrogate Earl Grey. Not bad! Based on broken Keemun, arrived in good shape, strong Bergamot but still English-style Earl Grey rather than Russian style. My first impression is that it is better than U.S. (Polish-packed) Twinings, at least to my tastes. Wish I'd saved some o...

Hi All, I am new on this forum. I recently broke my glass infuser, and need to replace it. The teapot that I have is 600ml, and at the bottom of the teapot it has the brand name of HongJian. I have search the Internet and unable to find this replacement part. I understand that a glass teapot with t...