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by John_B
Wed Nov 24, 2021 2:45 am
Forum: Blogs, Podcasts, & Vlogs
Topic: Between Two Teapots podcast
Replies: 12
Views: 6853

Re: Between Two Teapots podcast

It was interesting reading that summary, thanks. I saw that podcast then, so I vaguely remember it, but details about what someone said 9 months ago don't stick with me. It was especially interesting hearing comments on how it was portrayed, or if setting up and comparing an old school and new schoo...
by John_B
Mon Nov 22, 2021 8:29 pm
Forum: Herbal Tea
Topic: What Herbal Are You Drinking
Replies: 78
Views: 71611

Re: What Herbal Are You Drinking

Steepster has been pretty dead for a few years. I would check it once in awhile up to a year or so ago, less this year, and there were still people lurking around, but minimal discussion activity. It's hard to say how many people were still using it for reviews; maybe a good number, or maybe not man...
by John_B
Mon Nov 22, 2021 2:18 am
Forum: Herbal Tea
Topic: What Herbal Are You Drinking
Replies: 78
Views: 71611

Re: What Herbal Are You Drinking

It's funny looking back at this last comment I made, mentioning David's Tea and Adagio, about how I've seen relatively disturbing allegations about both owners in the last week. The issue with the "David" guy--who probably already sold his David's shares--stemmed from claims his new tea business was...
by John_B
Wed Sep 29, 2021 4:10 am
Forum: Herbal Tea
Topic: What Herbal Are You Drinking
Replies: 78
Views: 71611

Re: What Herbal Are You Drinking

In the name of more complete conversation it will work to go further here, and consider what I'm talking about related to standard blends and health claims. These are going to be random selections, but it should make some point: https://www.davidstea.com/us_en/tea/pomegranate-echinacea/10898US01VAR0...
by John_B
Tue Sep 28, 2021 4:36 am
Forum: Herbal Tea
Topic: What Herbal Are You Drinking
Replies: 78
Views: 71611

Re: What Herbal Are You Drinking

At the risk of pointing out the obvious, eating dried cranberries would seem the most direct path. No matter how those are prepared they won't infuse properly. That said I do like the idea of resurrecting tisane blends for health purposes. I wouldn't trust anyone to have put in enough research and d...
by John_B
Wed Aug 18, 2021 3:03 am
Forum: Blogs, Podcasts, & Vlogs
Topic: Can a GABA tea be an oolong?
Replies: 10
Views: 6205

Re: Can a GABA tea be an oolong?

They process the tea in a nitrogen environment so the normal reactions associated with oxygen, oxidation, don't occur. According to a comment on Tillerman Tea's post the equivalent chemical reaction of nitrogen with enzymes can still be called oxidation, since it relates to a comparable chemical rea...
by John_B
Tue Aug 17, 2021 5:39 am
Forum: Blogs, Podcasts, & Vlogs
Topic: Can a GABA tea be an oolong?
Replies: 10
Views: 6205

Re: Can a GABA tea be an oolong?

I was looking for something else and came across this. Even back when this was posted, in 2018, gaba black teas were around, and they seem to be more common now. It's the same question, if gaba black teas can be considered the same thing and the same category as the rest of black teas. I'm not so in...
by John_B
Thu Aug 12, 2021 11:16 pm
Forum: Herbal Tea
Topic: What Herbal Are You Drinking
Replies: 78
Views: 71611

Re: What Herbal Are You Drinking

I tried a couple of commercial blend compressed bars of tisanes from Moychay recently. I'll not mention more about the details or the post here (in Tea in the Ancient World), since part of the idea of mentioning this here instead of the blogger corner is to pass on that. https://imgur.com/IgsoZpS To...
by John_B
Thu Aug 12, 2021 6:07 am
Forum: Blogs, Podcasts, & Vlogs
Topic: US tea production, the Great Mississippi Tea Company
Replies: 9
Views: 5478

Re: US tea production, the Great Mississippi Tea Company

About combining two threads with overlapping but separate themes, I don't get that part. No tea version really justifies itself for anyone to clearly need to buy it. I can think of examples of what I see as the best value per type for experienced aspect range in vendor sources, but someone else coul...
by John_B
Wed Aug 11, 2021 12:05 am
Forum: Groups, Clubs, & Events
Topic: Filipino tea culture?
Replies: 8
Views: 10542

Re: Filipino tea culture?

Kind of slow to be checking in on this. One of my earliest online tea contacts was a woman in the Philippines who was into better tea. It was too early; others just weren't on that page. Later I talked regularly with one of the main vendors promoting specialty tea there (the Teavolution founder, if ...
by John_B
Sun Aug 08, 2021 9:38 pm
Forum: Blogs, Podcasts, & Vlogs
Topic: US tea production, the Great Mississippi Tea Company
Replies: 9
Views: 5478

American tea, Great Mississippi Tea Company versions

American tea, Great Mississippi Tea Company versions: I just tried the first American tea I've had. Both versions were pretty good, and interesting for being novel. The oolong was made in a Taiwan style, except for not being ball-rolled, and they matched the main flavor range in that unusually well,...
by John_B
Wed Jul 21, 2021 11:00 pm
Forum: Fermented Tea
Topic: Sheng puerh taste slightly sour-sweet ok to drink?
Replies: 5
Views: 2763

Re: Sheng puerh taste slightly sour-sweet ok to drink?

This reminds me of a friend who reviews teas describing a lot of sheng as sour, seemingly either meaning something different than I would mean by that, or related to "picking up" something I'm missing. We don't drink identical teas all that much; I mean that if he notices it in one third of all the ...
by John_B
Tue Jun 29, 2021 8:59 pm
Forum: Blogs, Podcasts, & Vlogs
Topic: Tea evaluation template
Replies: 3
Views: 3393

Re: Tea evaluation template

That post is familiar. Mouthfeel and aftertaste / finish are on the table, but balance and complexity are not. Complexity would indirectly come up in describing aspects but balance is something else; that would be a good addition, even if listed in with intensity so that notes could address one or b...
by John_B
Tue Jun 29, 2021 2:00 am
Forum: Blogs, Podcasts, & Vlogs
Topic: Tea evaluation template
Replies: 3
Views: 3393

Tea evaluation template

I wrote a blog post about creating an evaluation template for tea. I don't use that for writing reviews, but I've ran across versions of that type of thing before, and helped a friend by creating this version for their business purpose evaluation. It's essentially the same types of content I conside...
by John_B
Fri May 28, 2021 3:24 am
Forum: Blogs, Podcasts, & Vlogs
Topic: US tea production, the Great Mississippi Tea Company
Replies: 9
Views: 5478

Re: US tea production, the Great Mississippi Tea Company

Has anyone tried these teas? I've not, but Jason is sending me some to try for review. They are using consultant support to grow, harvest, and process the teas, but still it seems problematic for them to reach the same standard final quality as Chinese teas within 6 or 8 years of the plants first g...