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by Ethan Kurland
Mon Jan 25, 2021 11:09 pm
Forum: White Tea
Topic: White Tea Expiration?
Replies: 19
Views: 10322

Re: White Tea Expiration?

I am replying because you posted in the morning & no one else replied all day. I believe others here know a lot more about white tea than I do. If I am wrong, I trust they will correct me. 1. Tea waiting to be purchased does not = the aging of tea. Aging tea usually involves conditions aiming to giv...
by Ethan Kurland
Sun Jan 24, 2021 11:16 pm
Forum: Oolong Tea
Topic: Taiwan president tea
Replies: 45
Views: 20974

Re: Taiwan president tea

"President for Life" Foushoushan is worth the $ but very, very hard to find. It is so rare that even most experts don't know how the tins & labels look.
by Ethan Kurland
Fri Jan 22, 2021 9:17 am
Forum: Oolong Tea
Topic: Taiwan president tea
Replies: 45
Views: 20974

Re: Taiwan president tea

I can’t believe my eyes, the famous Fushoushan tea f i n a l l y available in my local sells-everything-corner shop!!! That's amazing. :lol: Next to the Abibas sneakers. Were you not in Taiwan, i would have a few doubts about that can. :lol: Those cans are easy to buy. Labels are the big deal! :D A...
by Ethan Kurland
Thu Jan 21, 2021 12:30 pm
Forum: Oolong Tea
Topic: The timing of drinking infusions
Replies: 4
Views: 2466

Re: The timing of drinking infusions

I should have been clearer: I my usually steep one round after another quickly, though I drink those rounds with lots of time between them. Most of what I drink has been prepared well before it is drunk. Little of what I drink is hot. I agree with major points brought up by both replies. One must co...
by Ethan Kurland
Wed Jan 20, 2021 7:38 pm
Forum: Oolong Tea
Topic: The timing of drinking infusions
Replies: 4
Views: 2466

The timing of drinking infusions

Recently I have found that the amount of time between drinking rounds of a tea session great effect enjoyment of some teas. For roasted oolong drinking one round quickly after another accentuates the power of the taste of roasting. It can make me feel a rough edge that is not there when drinking wit...
by Ethan Kurland
Tue Jan 12, 2021 7:48 pm
Forum: Kettles & Heating Elements
Topic: Electric Kettles
Replies: 163
Views: 124052

Re: Electric Kettles

.....almost done that so many times.. I've turned it on with no water in it and turned it off as fast as I could. That sucks my bonavita is still kicking which keeps me from getting complicated with a tetsu :P klepto, Have you tasted tea when the water was heated in a tetsubin? Maybe for your palat...
by Ethan Kurland
Mon Jan 11, 2021 2:44 pm
Forum: Kettles & Heating Elements
Topic: Electric Kettles
Replies: 163
Views: 124052

Re: Electric Kettles

kitchenj.com sells a base saying it is good for the l L & 1.7 L kettles but does not say how powerful the base is. It might be the power usually used for 1 L that works more slowly for the 1.7 L. I don't know. I doubt it is good for other bonavita kettles but again don't really know. It is interesti...
by Ethan Kurland
Mon Jan 11, 2021 10:00 am
Forum: Kettles & Heating Elements
Topic: Electric Kettles
Replies: 163
Views: 124052

Re: Electric Kettles

Old bonavita kettles may be useful. (Save them.) A week ago I had a "senior moment" during which I turned on my bonavita 1.7 L variable temperature kettle without putting water inside it. Soon there was an unfamiliar sound & a scent of burnt electric wiring. I had killed it. This led me to learn tha...
by Ethan Kurland
Sun Jan 10, 2021 9:23 pm
Forum: Oolong Tea
Topic: What Oolong Are You Drinking
Replies: 2785
Views: 1533768

Re: What Oolong Are You Drinking

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by Ethan Kurland
Thu Jan 07, 2021 9:00 pm
Forum: Miscellaneous
Topic: Teabag
Replies: 17
Views: 7235

Re: Teabag

So in this case dilmah loose = dilmah bag? Dilmah loose less bitter than debagged dilmah bag? Dilmah loose = debagged dilmah bag -dust? Loose & bag were almost exactly the same in what they do to water. No difference in bitterness between them. Loose tea makes a stronger brew (as we have guessed is...
by Ethan Kurland
Thu Jan 07, 2021 4:49 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: eudaemonic
Replies: 4
Views: 2046

eudaemonic

A tea session even alone is an eudaemonic experience. Would you agree to that? (I just went to the dictionary for a definition; so, if I had to do it, so should you. :P ) Anyway, discussion of politics & religion is discouraged here (rightfully so, I believe). Is gambling allowed? I'll bet recent ba...
by Ethan Kurland
Thu Jan 07, 2021 4:35 pm
Forum: Miscellaneous
Topic: Teabag
Replies: 17
Views: 7235

Re: Teabag

Leofox is correct that some huge companies selling inexpensive tea (let's call it commercial tea) sell various blends for different countries. (I know someone who goes through the trouble & expense of having Tetley teabags sent to him from New Zealand.) Long ago I compared a couple of such companies...
by Ethan Kurland
Thu Jan 07, 2021 1:27 pm
Forum: Black Tea
Topic: What Black Are You Drinking
Replies: 685
Views: 351384

Re: What Black Are You Drinking

Championship Black Tea: latest season from Taiwan: The last high-altitude tea leaves harvested to be processed as black tea by the same award-winning farmer/producer family that has made the best balck tea for many years, give a greater amount of tart, fruit flavors than usual. I love it. I did not ...
by Ethan Kurland
Wed Jan 06, 2021 3:44 pm
Forum: Oolong Tea
Topic: What Oolong Are You Drinking
Replies: 2785
Views: 1533768

Re: What Oolong Are You Drinking

Dayuling & Longfengxia etc.: So nice to see people enjoying that dayuling from Spring 2020. I also love it but never thought about eating the leaves. I still have a few packs of that DYL fortunately; (the DYL of this season did not seem as good as Spring's was.) For this season I chose to buy longfe...
by Ethan Kurland
Tue Jan 05, 2021 2:50 pm
Forum: Groups, Clubs, & Events
Topic: American tea-service and the home economics schools?
Replies: 17
Views: 8866

Re: American tea-service and the home economics schools?

...... Human ecology developed as a renaming option in the 60s after home economics started receiving criticism for its role in perpetuating negative gender stereotypes. For me, not a matter of perception, rather, a matter of control. Situations & people are often discouraging people from feeling f...