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by Elise
Sun Dec 17, 2017 7:22 am
Forum: Green Tea
Topic: What Green Are You Drinking
Replies: 1494
Views: 694834

Re: What Green Are You Drinking

Green trilogy this morning:
- San bai ye (Mengding shan, Sichuan)
- Musashi kaori, fukamushi sencha
- Taiping houkui
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by Elise
Sun Dec 17, 2017 7:06 am
Forum: Fermented Tea
Topic: What Pu'er Are You Drinking
Replies: 2051
Views: 924014

Re: What Pu'er Are You Drinking

Dayi 7592 Beijing storage. Sweet, flavored and well balanced with a quite dark liquor. We took out the old good teaware for the session.
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by Elise
Sun Dec 17, 2017 12:56 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: soapy bubbles on brewing tea?
Replies: 14
Views: 9517

Re: soapy bubbles on brewing tea?

What type of tea is it?
by Elise
Sat Dec 16, 2017 12:55 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: soapy bubbles on brewing tea?
Replies: 14
Views: 9517

Re: soapy bubbles on brewing tea?

kirkoneill1988 wrote:
Fri Dec 15, 2017 5:07 pm
Some say "saponins". Others also say (the tea may be "low quality or a little dirty."

This is what I've been told.
This is also
My point of view. I only noticed it with worldwide large distribution teabags. Never happened with the tea from the vendors I buy from now.
by Elise
Thu Dec 14, 2017 11:36 am
Forum: Oolong Tea
Topic: gaiwan or teapot?
Replies: 64
Views: 38986

Re: gaiwan or teapot?

Started with a gaiwan, moved into a crazy amount of teapots over the years just to end up reselling them and going back to a simple gaiwan again. There’s just something special about their simplicity that I enjoy and the fact it’s all about the leaf and not what the pot is doing to it is nice too. ...
by Elise
Thu Dec 14, 2017 11:20 am
Forum: China & Taiwan
Topic: Tea pot spout dripping
Replies: 14
Views: 7481

Re: Tea pot spout dripping.

I personally do not feel very comfortable with that kind of products. And if you have to reapply, it means to me that the grease goes somewhere (in the tea you drink) :|
by Elise
Wed Dec 13, 2017 1:30 pm
Forum: Vendor Discussion & Recommendation
Topic: Puerh Vendor Topic
Replies: 64
Views: 67241

Re: Puerh vendor topic

One vendor that I would recommend is Farmerleaf (former Bannacha.com). Based in Jingmai, they run a family business producing Jingmai puerh with natural farming processes. They can be followed on YouTube with informative videos in English about their processes.
by Elise
Wed Dec 13, 2017 12:26 pm
Forum: Vendor Discussion & Recommendation
Topic: Taiwan Tea Crafts?
Replies: 30
Views: 15743

Re: Taiwan Tea Crafts?

I don’t know about the consensus here but on the French speaking side of tea lovers TTC is very recommended for tea quality.
by Elise
Wed Dec 13, 2017 8:22 am
Forum: Green Tea
Topic: What Green Are You Drinking
Replies: 1494
Views: 694834

Re: What Green Are You Drinking

Drinking now delicious Taishō sencha from Hiruma-en, Saitama.
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by Elise
Wed Dec 13, 2017 3:52 am
Forum: Announcements & Guides
Topic: Introduce Yourself
Replies: 1433
Views: 560239

Re: Introduce Yourself

Hi TeaForum members, I live in Geneva, Switzerland and my mother tongue is French and not English, so please excuse my mistakes. Active member of the french Forum des Amateurs de Thé for almost 2 years now, I am also a longtime tea drinker (impossible to remember when it all started :? ). Trained as...