Saturday TeaRoom Teaday 7/26/08 What book genre?

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TeaRoom type discussions this weekend. When you pick up a book for pleasure, what genre do you choose? (I had to do some "interesting combining.")

Arts/Photography/crafts/collectibles/hobbies/garden
2
4%
Biography/autobiography
2
4%
Children's
0
No votes
Classics/anthology/poetry
4
9%
Diet/exercise/sports/self help
0
No votes
Fiction/romance
5
11%
Food/cooking/beverage/Tea
1
2%
New Age/occult/supernatural
1
2%
Philosophy/religion/history
5
11%
Science/technology/Computers
2
4%
SciFi/fantasy/Horror/mystery/manga/graphic novels
16
34%
True Crime/Sociology
0
No votes
Other
9
19%
 
Total votes: 47

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by Victoria » Jul 26th, '08, 22:28

Finishing up this low tea day with my second steep
of this morning's Boazhong.

My goal tomorrow, MMT.
MUCH MORE TEA

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by Rainy » Jul 26th, '08, 23:16

Buddha's Eyebrow & Oleander

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I was able to get 3 good steeps- wow wow wow I really like this tea.

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by Geekgirl » Jul 26th, '08, 23:40

Rainy wrote:Buddha's Eyebrow & Oleander

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I was able to get 3 good steeps- wow wow wow I really like this tea.
Love this but need to see it BIGGER! :lol:

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by Salsero » Jul 26th, '08, 23:46

GeekgirlUnveiled wrote: Love this but need to see it BIGGER!
Big tea taste better to eye.

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by Rainy » Jul 27th, '08, 00:02

Too funny- I tried sooo hard to make it small :lol:

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Thanks for liking it.

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by Chip » Jul 27th, '08, 00:06

Wow, Rainy...I really like this tea too! Thanx for sharing it with us!

5th steep of the Wenshan is still really nice.

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by Victoria » Jul 27th, '08, 00:22

Gorgeous!

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by Salsero » Jul 27th, '08, 00:44

Rainy wrote:Too funny- I tried sooo hard to make it small Thanks for liking it.
Very nice ... tea and glassware as well. Where does your lovely tea tray come from?

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by Geekgirl » Jul 27th, '08, 00:49

That's a gorgeous shot, thanks for sharing it!

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by Rainy » Jul 27th, '08, 01:19

Thank you- you guys are too kind. :o

Salsero- I purchased it today at the thrift store for $1.00. It is monkey pod wood and made in Hawaii.
I also tried the puer I got today. Not exactly sure how it was- I did not really care for it but that could have been my brewing.

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by Salsero » Jul 27th, '08, 02:17

Rainy wrote: I purchased it today at the thrift store for $1.00.
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by Beidao » Jul 27th, '08, 04:39

Chip wrote:And collection photos would be great to share! :idea:
http://tekoppenstankar.blogspot.com/200 ... tenar.html

Here's a few of my approximetly 500 books. These are poetry. I have a small collection of old Bibles too and some art stuff. Plus my schoolbooks and 200 novels. But I aint got nothing like our French friend!
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by Victoria » Jul 27th, '08, 11:42

Nice, thanks for sharing!

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by Cinnamon Kitty » Jul 27th, '08, 16:54

My first choice for a book is science fiction or fantasy followed by mystery, general fiction, historical fiction, and cook books. I was always an avid reader growing up. By second grade, I was reading the adult versions of the James Harriot stories, starting with Dog Stories. A few years later, my father gifted me with a box of his favorite books from when he was younger. The box contained novels by Alan Dean Foster, Anne McCaffery, Robert Heinlein, and C.S. Lewis and I fell in love with the sci-fi fantasy genre. My current book is Utopia by Lincoln Child.

Saturday's tea day was little bit lacking. I began my day with Lesla Estate Kenyan Black tea, which turned out to be very good. The first taste that I got from it was strong and malty, like an assam, but then it mellowed out towards the end of the sip to be sweeter and smoother. It lasted through the car trip to Rochester, NY where I spent some time with my cousin until today. We got to visit the original Wegmans grocery store, which has a tea bar with a very large selection of teas. I had a cup of Wuyi and my cousin had some rose oolong. I asked the lady at the counter where they got their teas from and she said Rishi. The teas were good and brewed correctly in an infuser basket and even timed, so I was happy with it.

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