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- Fri Sep 18, 2020 6:56 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Favorite Teas for Grandpa Style?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 7605
Re: Favorite Teas for Grandpa Style?
The teas I go grandpa style with the most are chinese greens and ball rolled oolongs. There is nothing like warming up next to a campfire with nice roasted dong ding.
- Tue Sep 15, 2020 6:01 pm
- Forum: Oolong Tea
- Topic: What Oolong Are You Drinking
- Replies: 2785
- Views: 1536117
Re: What Oolong Are You Drinking
Finishing up some Farmer's Choice Baozhong from Floating Leaves. Nice floral green oolong profile with a bit of fruity sweetness. The fruit flavor sort of reminds me of dried pineapple. Really refreshing and nice on a dreary, overcast day.
- Tue Sep 01, 2020 12:47 am
- Forum: Repair & Cleaning
- Topic: Tea Stains On Porcelain
- Replies: 8
- Views: 5564
Re: Tea Stains On Porcelain:
you both are using baking soda and citric acid at the same time? if so, why? Most cleaning products are made of "surfactants" and "builders". Surfactants reduce the surface tension between the liquid and the object being cleaned. Citric acid is one such surfactant. On the other hand, builders enhan...
- Sun Aug 30, 2020 10:58 pm
- Forum: Repair & Cleaning
- Topic: Tea Stains On Porcelain
- Replies: 8
- Views: 5564
Re: Tea Stains On Porcelain:
A hot water bath of citric acid (same kind used for canning) and baking soda always seems to do the trick for me. Stains just melt away.
- Sun Aug 30, 2020 10:55 pm
- Forum: Black Tea
- Topic: What Black Are You Drinking
- Replies: 685
- Views: 352672
Re: What Black Are You Drinking
Started the day with some Wu Liang mountain Yunnan black. Sweet and malty with an underlying floral/fruity flavor that I just can't put my finger on.
- Sun Aug 30, 2020 10:10 pm
- Forum: Miscellaneous
- Topic: The Porcelain Thread
- Replies: 311
- Views: 223075
Re: The Porcelain Thread
Bought these off of ebay around 10 years ago. It's a matching set of 5. Don't know much about them. Anyone have any info?
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- Tue Aug 18, 2020 1:23 pm
- Forum: Announcements & Guides
- Topic: Introduce Yourself
- Replies: 1435
- Views: 575559
Re: Introduce Yourself
Hi everyone. Just joined the forum and wanted to introduce myself. I live in New Orleans and have been drinking tea for MANY years, though only recently have I been exploring deeper. I am mostly a green tea drinker, though I sometimes have white and am interested in trying pu-erh. Hoping to learn a...
- Thu Jul 16, 2020 1:45 pm
- Forum: News, Publications, & Research
- Topic: Adagio overtakes Steepster ?
- Replies: 49
- Views: 21461
Re: Adagio overtakes Steepster ?
Well said Chip . I, for one was outraged when the OTTI came down. We as members spent our own money to purchase teas, post comparative reviews, and broaden our knowledge and appreciation for tea. Add to this monumental task that you took on coordinating participants, acquiring product, packing count...
- Sat Jul 11, 2020 4:32 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Daily Tea Routines
- Replies: 15
- Views: 6849
Re: Daily Tea Routines
I'm a bit all over the place these days to be honest. The one thing that I still keep consistent is that if I am trying a tea for the first time, or trying to go really in depth with a tea, I always do it in the morning as that is when our palette is the most sensitive. A little trick I picked up fr...
- Sat Jul 11, 2020 4:26 am
- Forum: Oolong Tea
- Topic: What Oolong Are You Drinking
- Replies: 2785
- Views: 1536117
Re: What Oolong Are You Drinking
Just finishing up some Summer 2016 Bai Hao that I got from from Tillerman last year. Twas some really nice stuff. Sad to see it go.
- Sat Jul 04, 2020 10:05 pm
- Forum: Fermented Tea
- Topic: What HeiCha are you drinking
- Replies: 564
- Views: 309636
Re: What HeiCha are you drinking
Have not broken into it yet, but I just received my 2017 Gao Jia Shan "Hui Gui" Fu Brick. Right now I am going through a sample of the 2016 Cha Yu Lin basket-aged wild tian jian.
- Sat Jul 04, 2020 10:02 pm
- Forum: Fermented Tea
- Topic: What Pu'er Are You Drinking
- Replies: 2052
- Views: 942008
Re: What Pu'er Are You Drinking
Been working my way through a 2014 Menghai V93 tuo for the last few days. Nothing earth shattering but still a nice solid dailly brew. Smooth and clean with no wo dui whatsoever.
- Fri Aug 02, 2019 7:56 pm
- Forum: Vendor Discussion & Recommendation
- Topic: Black Tea Vendor Topic
- Replies: 37
- Views: 37841
Re: Black Tea Vendor Topic
Can anyone recommend a Ceylon tea specialist? I wouldn't say they are a specialist but I have had good results with the Ceylon from TeaTrekker. My favorites tend to come from either the Kenilworth Garden in the Kandy region or Lover’s Leap Estate in Nuwara Eliya. I have thought about trying out htt...
- Thu Jul 25, 2019 1:10 pm
- Forum: Announcements & Guides
- Topic: Introduce Yourself
- Replies: 1435
- Views: 575559
- Thu Jul 25, 2019 1:01 pm
- Forum: Green Tea
- Topic: Umami in Matcha
- Replies: 18
- Views: 9522
Re: Umami in Matcha
I've always thought of it as "meaty". Kind of like that meaty, full mouthfeel/taste when eating a mushroom.