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by faj
Mon Jan 03, 2022 6:42 pm
Forum: Fermented Tea
Topic: What HeiCha are you drinking
Replies: 562
Views: 303043

Re: What HeiCha are you drinking

faj, what are HS codes? They are a customs classification system for goods. Here is an explanation : https://www.bdc.ca/en/articles-tools/entrepreneur-toolkit/templates-business-guides/glossary/hs-code Below, please find a link to a very useful page for finding codes (for Canada). You can find a mo...
by faj
Mon Jan 03, 2022 4:41 pm
Forum: Fermented Tea
Topic: What HeiCha are you drinking
Replies: 562
Views: 303043

Re: What HeiCha are you drinking

I've been dinged by DHL--duty and other charges. I don't recall ever paying duty (I'm in Canada) for China Post parcels. I am located in Canada too. DHL will charge a brokerage fee (20 CAD if I remember correctly), that part is hard to avoid. I have been hit once with sales tax, which was an error ...
by faj
Mon Dec 27, 2021 6:26 am
Forum: Feedback
Topic: Site Feedback & Discussion
Replies: 151
Views: 158524

Re: Site Feedback & Discussion

Finally, I wonder if vendor members should have a higher bar for being granted access to direct messaging than "normal" members. Here is another idea along the same line of thought: a vendor is allowed to send DM to a member only if that member has sent a DM to that vendor in the last 15 or 30 days...
by faj
Sat Dec 25, 2021 8:57 pm
Forum: Feedback
Topic: Site Feedback & Discussion
Replies: 151
Views: 158524

Re: Site Feedback & Discussion

as annoying as it is the current case has so far done nothing obviously malicious in public, apart from posting a lot Telemarketers do nothing malicious, they just call often. But now there are laws to limit that. At some point, a high volume of small annoyances triggers a response. Avoiding death ...
by faj
Sat Dec 25, 2021 3:56 pm
Forum: Feedback
Topic: Site Feedback & Discussion
Replies: 151
Views: 158524

Re: Taiwan Oolong tea whole seller and old master of Yixing tea pot

we try to have well-defined, consistently-enforced rules. and we try to ban based on them. as far as i know, he is not breaking any rules. In any community or society, it is good governance to enforce well-defined rules, as well-defined rules mean well-defined expectation and encourage participatio...
by faj
Tue Dec 21, 2021 9:16 am
Forum: China & Taiwan
Topic: Yixing tea pot,Hedaohong,Taiwan
Replies: 18
Views: 5600

Re: Yixing tea pot,Hedaohong,Taiwan

It seems to me there may be three explanations to the recent debate. Our new friend is right, and experienced forum members are fools arguing against the truth Our new friend is wrong, and unable to see the error in their ways Our new friend is trolling, and receiving attention I know very little ab...
by faj
Sat Dec 11, 2021 7:24 am
Forum: Fermented Tea
Topic: What Pu'er Are You Drinking
Replies: 2051
Views: 923804

Re: What Pu'er Are You Drinking

I’m pretty pessimistic that the current tea growing regions will be able to withstand climate change in the long run That is a real risk, for sure. It helps however that this happens gradually, and that at any point along this transition there is significant demand for tea, as well as people whose ...
by faj
Sat Dec 11, 2021 7:02 am
Forum: Fermented Tea
Topic: What Pu'er Are You Drinking
Replies: 2051
Views: 923804

Re: What Pu'er Are You Drinking

If I kept thinking about the prices at which I could have bought old puer a decade ago when I was first learning about tea, I'd be losing a lot of sleep (or, perhaps, losing a lot of sleep while trying to invent a time-travel machine). The true cost of drinking tea now is the amount you could sell ...
by faj
Thu Dec 09, 2021 1:41 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Tea when sick
Replies: 33
Views: 9365

Re: Tea when sick

Thanks! I am now sick every 2 weeks because my child brings back the viruses from daycare, hahaha. So I am still sick but at least this time, my sense of taste was spared. My kids are now all teenagers, and the last couple of months have reminded us of how things were when they were younger, so I s...
by faj
Mon Nov 29, 2021 11:50 pm
Forum: Green Tea
Topic: Hon Yama greens
Replies: 28
Views: 14384

Re: Hon Yama greens

Baisao wrote:
Mon Nov 29, 2021 11:42 pm
faj, I am thinking that the firing results in that peaty flavor. I think Mr Fox may be able to elaborate.
Yes, I think those were different words we used to express roughly the same aspect of that tea.
by faj
Mon Nov 29, 2021 10:20 pm
Forum: Green Tea
Topic: Hon Yama greens
Replies: 28
Views: 14384

Re: Hon Yama greens

I mentioned the Honyama, Takayama, yamakai cultivar sencha above. It was picked in late April of 2021 yet still has a lot of pectin in the liquor. Drops of tea form momentary beads above the surface of the cup. It’s peaty yet has a sweet berry flavor that lingers long after each session. It is a te...
by faj
Sun Nov 28, 2021 8:29 am
Forum: Green Tea
Topic: Hon Yama greens
Replies: 28
Views: 14384

Re: Hon Yama greens

It’s an older expression. Most people said fermentation but meant oxidation 15-20 years ago. And 15-20 years from now people might think it quaint that we say oxidation but mean enzymatic reactions. All these tea norms/conventions evolve over time. I imagine translations are last to catch up. I kno...
by faj
Tue Nov 02, 2021 1:11 pm
Forum: News, Publications, & Research
Topic: Getting scammed investing in tea
Replies: 16
Views: 6269

Re: Getting scammed investing in tea

i mean... the arrogance of this guy thinking he's some hotshot investor that can just jump into anything and make a quick buck without any research. without perseverance, either -- he self-imposes time constraints for each trade venture. of course this guy is getting ripped off. good thing this is ...
by faj
Tue Nov 02, 2021 6:08 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Your day in tea
Replies: 477
Views: 194310

Re: Your day in tea

At least they don't think you're doing drugs... Well, weed is legal here now, actually sold by state-owned shops. Getting bits of dried grass from the opposite side of the world is probably more suspect nowadays. :lol: Since I always looked so much happier and more awake (caffeine anyone?) after dr...
by faj
Tue Nov 02, 2021 2:09 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Your day in tea
Replies: 477
Views: 194310

Re: Your day in tea

You sound like a Taiwanese boss :) If not in the office, most companies will have at least one tea table somewhere on the immediate premises. And tea gift boxes ready somewhere in a cupboard. Here, people cannot recognize tea if it does not come in bags. My brother always jokingly refers to it as "...