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I think part of that is just because of the slant / tone of the article. And some of it is just because extremes of anything are an easy thing to make fun of.teaisme wrote: I was a bit surprised at how many negative comments and bickering an article written by one viewpoint can cause
wyardley wrote:teaisme wrote:
For the record, I don't think the "dirty bandage" tea was a rare vintage pu'er.
I certainly noticed--I lived in the Echo Park area for many years before I moved to Silver Lake, which is just a hop, skip 'n jump away. Now I live atop Mt. Washington, so I don't get over that way much. We seem to do everything in South Pas and Pas now. I do miss it, though--it was a great little community back in the day (when I was in my 20's and 30's) before we all "grew up"wyardley wrote:If you all didn't notice, Teachat gets a mention too, though it's referred to as "a TeaChat forum" rather than "the TeaChat forum".
and went our separate ways. With folks like you there, I trust it still is, now you 'youngsters' are holding down the fort. It was nice to see the article and, along with your name, I even recognised your face, Yardley. It was neat, especially since I'm such a newbie on TeaChat. Like seeing friends in my morning paper (in a good way, of course). Cool! Not irony, just better Google ads placement savvy on the part of the low-end advertisers. Irony that an article on high-end tea drinking...using this other link to the story (w/o ad blocking gives you tons of Google ad placement by the lowest of the low-end and yet no Adagio ads), gives you sidebar 'FROM THE ARCHIVES' tea related stories, but missing is the one Thi did on Imen from 2009debunix wrote:Irony: the article, as I read it on a computer not tricked out with ad-blocking software, was accompanied by an ad for.....
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Teavana!
...high-end Dan Cong:What is medium-roast? (loaded Qdeciding on the perfect pot to use for the medium-roast Fujian tea he wanted to drink on a recent afternoon.
He packed 10 grams into a clay teapot smaller than his fist. The rare tea is a luxury that can cost $130 for just 25 grams. Called a "rock tea" in Chinese, the variety has a distinct taste because of the way it's grown in the cracks of Fujian province's steep cliffs.
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...the wonders of online moderation(censorship)?wh&yel-apprentice wrote:Not irony, just better Google ads placement savvy on the part of the low-end advertisers. Irony that an article on high-end tea drinking...using this other link to the story (w/o ad blocking gives you tons of Google ad placement by the lowest of the low-end and yet no Adagio ads), gives you sidebar 'FROM THE ARCHIVES' tea related stories, but missing is the one Thi did on Imen from 2009debunix wrote:Irony: the article, as I read it on a computer not tricked out with ad-blocking software, was accompanied by an ad for.....
....wait for it....
Teavana!
http://articles.latimes.com/2012/jan/12 ... a-20120112
Not a very well written article, but sadly such is the case with dime store (yeah, I'm ancient) journalism, or what passes for it in the LATimes these days.
yancha that costs $130/25gm...not 28g, but 25g ...so which is the particular tea in question, from what vendor???
What is medium-roast? (loaded Qdeciding on the perfect pot to use for the medium-roast Fujian tea he wanted to drink on a recent afternoon.
He packed 10 grams into a clay teapot smaller than his fist. The rare tea is a luxury that can cost $130 for just 25 grams. Called a "rock tea" in Chinese, the variety has a distinct taste because of the way it's grown in the cracks of Fujian province's steep cliffs.
"distinct taste because of the way it's grown[ in the cracks of Fujian province's steep cliffs.]" <<<we can debate that one too :p
*edit* link in OP, now shows no comments posted for the story