... I enthusiastic endorse and second Ariel's comments about your book, Danny. Were you the guy who was writing a book of Chinese poetry, or was that somebody...
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Michael Plant
mplant114104
Mar 1, 2005 2:17 pm
Hi guys, Well, I've given them fair play and here are my notes, for what they are worth. Suffice it to say, I enjoyed these teas, but, like most middle aged ...
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Warren Peltier
niisonge
Mar 1, 2005 3:20 pm
... Hi, I was the one writing the book on Chinese tea poems, among other tea books. There is quite a lot of information on tea in Chinese that is not...
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Michael Plant
mplant114104
Mar 1, 2005 4:13 pm
... Warren, Sorry for my forgetfulness. You have perhaps read some of Thomas Cleary's translations of Chinese texts. Leaving feelings about his translations...
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samarkand
westwoode
Mar 1, 2005 4:32 pm
Hi Warran, Hope your books are coming along fine. I am my own harshest critic, so I can never find satisfaction in the things I write or translate. So the...
7618
samarkand
westwoode
Mar 1, 2005 4:32 pm
Hi Michael, Thanks! Warran says he's on to translate the tea poems. ... Danny I enthusiastic endorse and second Ariel's comments about your book, Danny. Were...
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samarkand
westwoode
Mar 1, 2005 4:32 pm
Hi Blake, I wouldn't fret over it. Our samplings, to begin with, is not conducted under controlled variables (is there such a phrase? oh well...). Our ...
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samarkand
westwoode
Mar 1, 2005 4:32 pm
Hi Ariel, Thanks for the encouragement! I do agree that there are many lame books on tea written in English, most of them inadequate. And if the book ever...
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Warren Peltier
niisonge
Mar 1, 2005 5:23 pm
Hi Michael, Yes, you are right, it's important to translate the entire work. But for now, it would be beyond the scope of the kind of book I would want to...
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Michael Plant
mplant114104
Mar 1, 2005 5:40 pm
Warren, All points well taken. What tea was, how it tasted, how it felt, clearly changed from epoch to epoch. It would be fun to get the feel for these tea ...
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Warren Peltier
niisonge
Mar 1, 2005 6:02 pm
Hi Danny, Yes, you are right. Without an understanding of ancient Chinese philosophy, you would be far from understanding what tea was about then. But, I have ...
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map@...
mr_mike_petro
Mar 1, 2005 6:07 pm
Wow, that is EXACTLY what I have been wanting for years. I would pay GOOD money for such a work. It would be worthy of a Coffee Table edition. Any interest in...
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Warren Peltier
niisonge
Mar 1, 2005 6:20 pm
... Yes, but that would have to be another book - just on Puer alone. And it would take some time. I would say about 1 year to do all the research and write a ...
7626
Michael Plant
mplant114104
Mar 1, 2005 6:24 pm
on 3/1/05 13:07, map@... at map@... wrote: I couldn't have said it better than Mike did. What you are describing sounds like good...
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Warren Peltier
niisonge
Mar 1, 2005 6:30 pm
... Yes, this is precisely the kind of book I want to write - tea customs from the various times: Pre-Tang, Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming, Qing, Modern era Chadao: -...
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Blake Ross
DBlakeRoss
Mar 1, 2005 6:51 pm
All true Danny, which leads me to question the relative nature of the Tea master as reference and connoisseur. If some like, some don't like, some can't stand...
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Michael Plant
mplant114104
Mar 2, 2005 10:44 am
... Warren, Excellent. Are you now publishing under your own name? Are you published in English? Anyway, I'm looking forward to the books. Awhile back we...
7630
Warren Peltier
niisonge
Mar 2, 2005 2:59 pm
... Hi. So far, I have nothing published yet. But that will happen this year. In a few months, I can send a manuscript to the publishers. And I will announce...
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Leonard Young
lglyoung
Mar 3, 2005 1:09 am
Aloha, Along with tea, I ramble about with coffee. books and audio equipment. Have been tied up with trying to fix audio equipment that never seems to...
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samarkand
westwoode
Mar 3, 2005 4:20 pm
Hi Warren, I agree with Leonard, work at your pace, and we are still looking forward to the discount...haha! ... From: "Warren Peltier" <niisonge@...> ...
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samarkand
westwoode
Mar 3, 2005 4:20 pm
Hi Warren, Where did you find those references about Luyu's lost books? I think there's a mis-translation somehwere...Luyu didn't write 3 books on tea, he...
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samarkand
westwoode
Mar 3, 2005 4:20 pm
Very true, Blake, now you know why I detest the title tea master... ... From: "Blake Ross" <dblakeross@...> To: <tea-disc@yahoogroups.com> Sent:...
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Warren Peltier
niisonge
Mar 3, 2005 5:41 pm
... Lu Yu was known to have authored a number of books - not just tea books. But of tea books, it's said he wrote three: In the year 760, he wrote Cha Ji on 1...
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samarkand
westwoode
Mar 3, 2005 6:14 pm
Hi Mike, I've got the paper for you, will send it out early next week or so... ... Danny ... From: <map@...> To: <tea-disc@yahoogroups.com> Sent:...
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samarkand
westwoode
Mar 4, 2005 1:37 am
Resend... ... From: "samarkand" <samarkand@...> To: <tea-disc@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Friday, March 04, 2005 2:49 AM Subject: Re: [tea-disc] Re: book ... --...
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Jonathan Kandell
jmkandell
Mar 4, 2005 3:34 am
Does anyone else crave massive quantities of tea when sick or wounded? Some years ago, when I had a bad concussion and was out of commission for many months,...
7639
XChaosDrgn@...
ImperialFlame
Mar 4, 2005 4:26 am
... None useful from me -- the most I can say on this is that I definitely crave certain kinds of tea for distinct periods of time, though what causes the ...
7640
dawna
dlbonhomme
Mar 4, 2005 5:37 am
I heard of a tea from the amazons that has healing properties in it to rid cancer in your body. Has anyone ever heard of it or know what this tea might be?...
7641
Michael Plant
mplant114104
Mar 4, 2005 12:41 pm
... No, I don't have any idea, but I will be spending some of the Summer in Bolivia, and at least a week in Peru on my way to Ecuador, so I'll investigate...
7642
Amy
barefootgodd...
Mar 4, 2005 1:36 pm
Tea is comforting; when you aren't well, you want comfort. ... -- We had a kettle; we let it leak: Our not repairing made it worse. We haven't had any tea for...
