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by pedant
Tue Sep 29, 2020 10:45 am
Forum: Announcements & Guides
Topic: Introduce Yourself
Replies: 1435
Views: 567417

Re: Introduce Yourself

@pase22 & @faj,
i thought the recent discussion here about teabags vs loose leaf was interesting, so i moved it to a relevant, recently active topic for organizational purposes: viewtopic.php?p=29417#p29417

sorry for the trouble
by pedant
Mon Sep 28, 2020 1:20 pm
Forum: Announcements & Guides
Topic: Introduce Yourself
Replies: 1435
Views: 567417

Re: Introduce Yourself

welcome, pase22 :mrgreen: i'm glad you found something that works for you, but i'm curious about why coffee isn't OK anymore but tea is? i do occasionally enjoy black with milk and a touch of sugar (particularly "builder's" style), but i usually drink tea plain. just infused with plain water. as you...
by pedant
Sat Sep 26, 2020 11:30 pm
Forum: Tea Swap
Topic: FS: Aged Darjeeling from 1994
Replies: 7
Views: 3176

Re: FS: Aged Darjeeling from 1994

this is an incredible find. an item of Epic rarity.

thanks for offering this.

to whoever snags this: imo it's best brewed as an intact unit without unwrapping. kind of like how people add pieces of aged bamboo wrapper/basket to the pot.
by pedant
Sat Sep 26, 2020 11:07 am
Forum: News, Publications, & Research
Topic: Tea Recipe Books?
Replies: 5
Views: 2608

Re: Tea Recipe Books?

hi @Starinmyeyes,

welcome to Tea Forum. :mrgreen:

i moved your thread to the News, Publications, & Research area.

what kind of recipes do you mean?
by pedant
Sun Sep 13, 2020 11:08 pm
Forum: Storage & Organization
Topic: Aging oolong? How to do it?
Replies: 82
Views: 62963

Re: Aging oolong? How to do it?

ok, i have to ask.. does anyone have any anecdotal evidence about tea stored in aluminized mylar bags (or similar) long term? because that's how most of my oolong tea is being "aged" right now. some has 5 years or more on it. i'm guilty of buying tea and just letting it sit unopened. some of it has ...
by pedant
Sun Sep 13, 2020 11:00 pm
Forum: Storage & Organization
Topic: Aging oolong? How to do it?
Replies: 82
Views: 62963

Re: Aging oolong? How to do it?

not to mention that over 20-30 years, there is a lot of opportunity for the tea to get contaminated by its surroundings (either liquid or vapor contamination).

dish washing liquid smell? maybe it was actually contaminated with a cleaning product or something, hah.
by pedant
Sun Sep 13, 2020 7:30 pm
Forum: Storage & Organization
Topic: Aging oolong? How to do it?
Replies: 82
Views: 62963

Re: Aging oolong? How to do it?

it makes sense that improperly processed (insufficient killgreen) tea may be set aside and forgotten about, and therefore a lot of it ends up as aged tea.

but does aging decent (or good) tea really give an inferior result??
by pedant
Sun Sep 13, 2020 12:21 pm
Forum: China & Taiwan
Topic: Nixing, Jianshui, etc
Replies: 48
Views: 18436

Re: Nixing, Jianshui, etc

faj wrote:
Sun Sep 13, 2020 10:36 am
When it come to teaware, less is more... Less money, more teaware. ;)
haha. i love it
by pedant
Sun Sep 13, 2020 1:06 am
Forum: Oolong Tea
Topic: Poetry and science in describing the taste of Oolong...
Replies: 7
Views: 3447

Re: Poetry and science in describing the taste of Oolong...

last year, i had the pleasure of meeting the guy behind teajourney.pub (Dan Bolton) and also the author of the article you linked to (Virginia Utermohlen Lovelace). if you liked that article, her new book is well worth a read: https://www.amazon.com/dp/107770870X/ also, Tillerman wrote a blog post a...
by pedant
Sat Sep 12, 2020 2:57 pm
Forum: Announcements & Guides
Topic: Introduce Yourself
Replies: 1435
Views: 567417

Re: Introduce Yourself

welcome, @LeoFox :mrgreen:
by pedant
Sat Sep 12, 2020 1:15 pm
Forum: Tea Swap
Topic: FS: Various teapots and kyusu
Replies: 15
Views: 9240

Re: [WTS] Various teapots and kyusu

nice stuff 👍
by pedant
Fri Sep 11, 2020 3:23 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Favorite Teas for Grandpa Style?
Replies: 17
Views: 7542

Re: Favorite Teas for Grandpa Style?

pretty much the only requirement for me is that most of the leaves sink.
by pedant
Wed Sep 09, 2020 10:37 am
Forum: Kettles & Heating Elements
Topic: Making fake tetsubin water for cheap - just add iron egg!
Replies: 23
Views: 12672

Re: Making fake tetsubin water for cheap - just add iron egg!

Also, that iron egg is probably messing up the plastic kettle because it's sitting on the heating element. It's conducting heat from the element to the plastic wall.
by pedant
Wed Sep 09, 2020 10:32 am
Forum: Kettles & Heating Elements
Topic: Making fake tetsubin water for cheap - just add iron egg!
Replies: 23
Views: 12672

Re: Making fake tetsubin water for cheap - just add iron egg!

To those asking about stainless steel rusting... Yes, it can happen, and it's a common problem. Stainless can be very easily contaminated with "free iron" (either iron or non-stainless steel). It's as easy as touching or rubbing a piece of normal steel on a stainless surface. It can also happen from...
by pedant
Tue Sep 08, 2020 10:05 am
Forum: Announcements & Guides
Topic: Introduce Yourself
Replies: 1435
Views: 567417

Re: Introduce Yourself

hi @TastyOregano, great to have you here