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Greetings from HOJO!! Always feels good gulping down some cuppas with like minded tea friends!! Cheers!! That's a big kettle! Coming to Penang in early June. Are you in Geogetown? We are thinking of staying by the Heritage section. Hope to drink some tea w/ you etc. Before that I'd like to ask you ...

Thank you Bourder & Victoria. Your posts helped to make a decision that I have put off for about a year. My last Bonavita stopped working about a year ago after 7 years of service. I've been using a stove-top gooseneck kettle that a neighbor was throwing away. It is ugly from abuse but has a goosene...

The greatest shortcut is a vendor who understands what a particular customer wants to taste. ..the biggest responsibility ( pressure on vendor ) , in my opinion. Thanks for sharing. I don' trust my memory of customers' preferences. I always refer to what they tell me when they are thinking about ne...

One can try drinking other things to perk up. I drink soda water w/ a teaspoon or 2 of vinegar. For a soothing effect of a hot drink w/o caffeine I drink Brasa (a powder from Portugal, now a Nestle product) made from cereals (grains) & chicory. One can add sugar, molasses, milk, a bit of brew made f...

Darrel wrote: ↑

Sat Dec 30, 2023 3:30 pm

. I am in Quincy. Where are you located? Is it ok if I send you a message?

I am in Charlestown, close to USS Constitution & Bunker Hill Monument. Sure, you can send message. Cheers

filipes, fWelcome to the forum. So, do you think the leaves would give you the same, if they had not been smoked, even though you cannot taste the smokiness directly? I ask because I have enjoyed lightly roasted teas that do not allow a drinker to directly taste the roasting, but definitely helped m...

Darrel,

Where are you in Mass.? Welcome to teaforum.

TEAS FOR SALE (through May 2, 2024): I. New Teas from Taiwan: I. A. Black tea of Summer 2023: (Leaves harvested late Summer that were always intended to be black tea): I. A.1. Yingxiang: High quality: Delicious, dynamic flavors; smooth, & durable. Some blacks may be "better", but when drinking this,...

I am in the USA offering some excellent tea, most of it totally new. List is next post.

Selling tea again. Scroll down for list of teas.

Winter melon, white sugar, dextrose, maltose, wheat flour, wheat flour, peanut oil, egg yolks to make a wonderful mooncake, enjoyed best taking big bites that always include some of the 2 yolks in the middle of each large mooncake. I started pairing w/ Dong Pian from last winter. This was a mistake ...

DigitalSparks,

You did not say how that tea tastes, but your photography strongly implies it is delicious & special. Cheers

LeoFox wrote: ↑

Fri Sep 29, 2023 7:36 am

Also, it paired very well with mooncake.

Happy lunar festival!

Yes, happy lunar festival! (I like mooncakes. Interesting, varied, unusual combinations of flavors.)

Teafortea wrote: ↑

Sun Sep 24, 2023 4:53 am

..... fig jam and fresh goat cheese is a match of perfection.....

Yummy!

Randy, It is so good of you to post about your return to this tea & the session that you enjoyed so much (in stark contrast to one that was not enjoyable). You give us a great example of one session not being enough to judge a tea. Different moods, parameters,.... whatever, give us a different sessi...