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by scruffmcgruff » Jul 16th, '08, 20:51
Mary R wrote:Riene wrote:The whole[/color] Greens-Oolongonians-Dark Siders thing amuses me.
You would not believe how much it amuses me, too.
Ditto. Some of my favorites are oolongs, but please don't call me an "oolongian," lol.
Ti wrote:The Renegades
Eh?
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by geeber1 » Jul 16th, '08, 20:51
Too bad the politicians can't get along as well as TeaChatters do!
I'm glad we can all have differences in taste and yet still be friendly and have fun.
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by Cinnamon Kitty » Jul 16th, '08, 20:59
Mary R wrote:Riene wrote:The whole[/color] Greens-Oolongonians-Dark Siders thing amuses me.
You would not believe how much it amuses me, too.
We need a better name for the Green Clan, though.
According to Chip, it seems like the Green Clan is the Borg in disguise.
Chip wrote:Suggestion four...hang out with the green tea collective, we would love to assimilate you!
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by kymidwife » Jul 16th, '08, 21:05
Cinnamon Kitty wrote:We need a better name for the Green Clan, though.
I was thinking
The WeedEaters
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by geeber1 » Jul 16th, '08, 21:25
Even though black tea drinkers seem to be the red-headed step children of this site, I think we deserve a name.
Oooohhh, red-headed to me means Irish. How about
Irish (Breakfast) (Golden) Monkeys? Actually, I like the Dark Side!
And what about the White Tea lovers? Maybe they enjoy their individuality and don't want to be part of a clique.
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by Chip » Jul 16th, '08, 21:41
tenuki wrote:Don't dispair, oolong was in this state not long ago and look at Chip's recent feeble attempts to dominate with green.
I missed all the fun today!!!
It is all in fun, of course. A little FRIENDLY rivalry/banter amoung tea friends. I love teas in all categories actually. Perhaps my "feeble attempts to dominate with greens" and downplay oolongs helped to elevate oolongs...there is no such thing as bad pubicity they say. And I am actually very excited to see the renewed enthusiasm for oolongs. It is amazing!
The Dark Side is catchy...now Pu-heads need to work on their image.
The Green Tea Collective seems to have stuck, maybe by default. Oolongians...Oolongonians...?
And now The Dark Side.
The white tea heads need to step up too.
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by scruffmcgruff » Jul 16th, '08, 21:41
geeber1 wrote:And what about the White Tea lovers? Maybe they enjoy their individuality and don't want to be part of a clique.
White tea lovers are just noobs who haven't discovered flavor yet.
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by Victoria » Jul 16th, '08, 22:03
Chip wrote: Perhaps my "feeble attempts to dominate with greens" and downplay oolongs helped to elevate oolongs...there is no such thing as bad pubicity they say.
Umm yeah that was it I'm sure.
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by Chip » Jul 16th, '08, 22:15
I stress the word HELPED...the banter did not hurt oolong populariTea. But we all know who elevated it to a whole new level.
blah blah blah SENCHA blah blah blah!!!
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by joelbct » Jul 17th, '08, 00:40
Chip wrote:I stress the word HELPED...the banter did not hurt oolong populariTea. But we all know who elevated it to a whole new level.
Yah fo sho, Oolong was a just a little-known, downtrodden shrub till Chip came along and bashed it. Really kick-started the whole Oolong industry, so they say
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by Salsero » Jul 17th, '08, 01:00
Well, the Pu-Heads have pretty much given up looking for a cool name. They have the bottom rung of that ladder, the pariahs of the tea-name world. We're never coming back from down there.
Is it hubris, or did I invent the term oolongians? It's really quite ugly enough to be my creation in the Pouchong Oolongians thread.
I like The Dark Side, but since so many of us started with black tea and then wandered away from it, the motto should really be Come Back Home to the Dark Side. Also should appeal to that old fart craving to be an adolescent bad boy/girl again.
Too bad Gladys Knight doesn't have one for black tea like she has that one for oolongs.
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by olivierco » Jul 17th, '08, 01:41
Victoria wrote:
I've got some Darjeeling samples coming and I am so excited!
I like darjeelings but I'm a newbie!! Wow all the estates and initials and flushes!
Not sure what it all means, but I'm having fun.
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Which one did you order?
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by chamekke » Jul 17th, '08, 01:44
Hee, hee. Looks like I coined a name.
{preens proudly}
Now, what do we call the aficionados of white tea? The Whiteheads?
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by Victoria » Jul 17th, '08, 02:41
chamekke wrote:Hee, hee. Looks like I coined a name.
{preens proudly}
Now, what do we call the aficionados of white tea? The Whiteheads?
Ewww No!! - How about - The Great White Way!!
Led by King Trey!!!
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by Victoria » Jul 17th, '08, 03:41
olivierco wrote:Victoria wrote:
I've got some Darjeeling samples coming and I am so excited!
I like darjeelings but I'm a newbie!! Wow all the estates and initials and flushes!
Not sure what it all means, but I'm having fun.
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Which one did you order?
I ordered from Tea Source:
1043 Glenburn Wiry Vintage
1047 Goomtee Estate, 2nd Flush, FTGFOP1
Oops!! Alert the White patrol!!!
8006 Assam White, A Leaf and a bud
