Silent friends on a silent night--This season finds me drinking Sencha, Dancong, Wuyi, and--from the collection of tiny bits--Aged Sheng. I hope you are all...
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Michael Plant
mplant114104
Dec 25, 2011 1:00 pm
Michael is drinking a 2002 silver bud puer From David Hoffman which is hardly silver Anymore. This he drinks against a for him Unidentified -- it is hand...
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Michael Plant
mplant114104
Dec 25, 2011 1:03 pm
Sorry, guys. That post was meant for Another group more given to irony in The form of unvarnished truth. Very Sorry, and happy cheery holidays to All! Michael...
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anodyne@...
hollylhb
Dec 29, 2011 11:21 pm
In a message dated 12/25/2011 7:23:59 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, geraldo98765@... writes: Silent friends on a silent night--This season finds me...
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geraldo
geraldo98765
Jan 4, 2012 12:21 pm
Michael and Anodyne-- So good to hear your voices through your words! The new year finds me heading back to work. How fast I settle into laziness, my...
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dogma_i@...
dogma_i
Jan 7, 2012 4:06 pm
Happy Western and Chinese new years, all, as they nearly coincide this cycle. Like many of us cha-otaku, I've had the urge to grow my own, if only as a...
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bobblerft
Jun 9, 2012 3:19 pm
I believe it was jkandell? But it's been so long I can't remember. I saw 13 people waiting to join, going back months,, I approved one that looked legit.. My...
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Michael Plant
mplant114104
Jun 10, 2012 1:31 pm
Does that mean this moribund list is not quite dead? I'm drinking up my scores of little packets of un- named puerhs. It's a fun exercise trying to guess the...
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anodyne@...
hollylhb
Jun 10, 2012 2:09 pm
In a message dated 6/10/2012 9:31:04 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, mplant@... writes: Does that mean this moribund list is not quite dead? ... I think I...
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Bobbler
bobblerft
Jun 10, 2012 3:46 pm
I saw jk on there sat month.. Sent him an email.. I drink coffee these days.. Anyone else feel tea is hard on the stomach? I hope I am not sensitive to tea...
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Bobbler
bobblerft
Jun 10, 2012 3:53 pm
My fav tea were the senchas and gyokuros from japan. Today I am afraid to drink them for fear of radiation contamination from the nuclear reactor disaster.. I...
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AnneL
alogston
Jun 10, 2012 4:00 pm
I have finally found a new supplier of assam since specialteas went out of business. I now get my assam fix from Assam Tea Company. Anne...
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Michael Plant
mplant114104
Jun 10, 2012 4:16 pm
... I've heard there is more Japanese tea grown in Brazil than in Japan by a Japanese population there. Maybe they should advertise their non- Japan-ness more...
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dogma_i@...
dogma_i
Jun 10, 2012 4:21 pm
... I wouldn't be. The only reason I've mainly switched to China greens (which are, of course, pristine in every way) is because the dollar/yen rate has...
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Marlena Amalfitano
darstetten
Jun 10, 2012 5:06 pm
I have had some fine Assams from Assam Tea Company. Â http://teafortoday.blogspot.com ________________________________ From: AnneL <shadow484@...> To:...
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J Secrist
mydesertroses
Jun 10, 2012 5:12 pm
This Brazilian company sells online, might be worth trying. http://www.yamamotoyama.com/thecompany2.html ... From: Michael Plant To: tea-disc@yahoogroups.com ...
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angelicaceylon@...
angelicaceyl...
Jun 10, 2012 9:52 pm
I am glad you are keeping this alive....I am known in the tea circle as Lady Tea...John Harney called me it and it stuck...Please keep me on your email...
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Michael Plant
mplant114104
Jun 11, 2012 7:27 am
Aha! Years ago there was a little Japanese Shop and cafe in our neighborhood, and they Served up that very sencha. I used to drink It there in the heat of the...
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Diane B
stripes8622
Jun 11, 2012 4:21 pm
....and drinking as much or more tea than ever. Last year, I ordered some shincha from a japanese online retailer who decided, between the time I placed my...
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geraldo
geraldo98765
Jun 12, 2012 11:55 am
[Michael] Will be drinking tea with Geraldo in a couple of weeks, after a journey of 3000 miles traveled explicitly for that sole purpose. Come alive, O group!...
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Michael Plant
mplant114104
Jun 12, 2012 1:03 pm
... What kind of tea do they drink in Columbia? Tell TeaFluffy to sharpen her talons, lest she be deemed an unworthy opponent. Let the feathers fly. Speaking...
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geraldo
geraldo98765
Jun 13, 2012 11:33 am
Friends--Of the 2012 plucking thus far, my favorites have been Shincha from Ippodo, An Ji Bai Cha from TeaSpring, and ShiFeng Long Jing from Jing TeaShop....
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Michael Plant
mplant114104
Jun 13, 2012 11:38 am
... I have a soft spot this year for the An Ji Bai Cha you mention. It's excellent. I've been experimenting with brewing my greens stronger this year, using a...
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DBlakeRoss
Jun 13, 2012 4:47 pm
... Hi Everyone Nice to see the old gang rattling back to life! All we need is a update from Kevin and the nostalgIa will be complete. I appreciate the genrous...
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Michael Plant
mplant114104
Jun 13, 2012 5:33 pm
... For what it's worth, and if memory serves, Temi is (or was) the only tea company in Sikkim. It produces a tea of the Darjeeling type, very nice as I...
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DBlakeRoss
Jun 13, 2012 6:07 pm
... Hi Michael I am not aware of Sikkim tea garden's sketchy agro-chemical past, but I have no reason to doubt you. I started drinking Sikkim Temi in 2008,...
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anodyne@...
hollylhb
Jun 13, 2012 6:25 pm
I've yet to get into too many greens of the season though need to get there soon. So far have been enamored of the First Flush Puttabong Clonal Darjeeling...
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Michael Plant
mplant114104
Jun 13, 2012 9:25 pm
Never mind the rest. Tell us about The Silvertips lady! Michael...
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Michael Plant
mplant114104
Jun 14, 2012 11:09 am
And as we speak, I am drinking Rou Gui Xiang DC 2011 from Tea Habitat. The leaves look fairly roasted, dark and lined, a wee bit chubby, and long. This would...
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geraldo
geraldo98765
Jun 14, 2012 11:47 am
In my cup at work the last three days: 2002 Hai Lang Hao "Ai Lao Shan Mini Cake" Raw Pu-erh tea * 100 grams Aged enough to drink with some class appeal. Very...
