Thursday TeaDay 11/3/11 Tea of the Month October?

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What was your tea(s) of the month for October? Please share details.

It was Black
4
8%
Darjeelimg
0
No votes
Green
8
16%
Oolong
12
24%
Pu-erh
3
6%
White
1
2%
Yellow
1
2%
Other
1
2%
Bonus, from China
12
24%
Bonus, from India
0
No votes
Bonus, from Japan
5
10%
Bonus, from Korea
0
No votes
Bonus, from Taiwan
2
4%
Bonus, other
0
No votes
 
Total votes: 49

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Thursday TeaDay 11/3/11 Tea of the Month October?

by Chip » Nov 2nd, '11, 21:20

Greetings TeaFans, welcome to a new TeaDay. Finally I am back on line and up and running with all of our utilites restored. Sorry for the brief hiatus.

Please stop by and share what is in your cup with us throughout the day. Also discuss the topic of the day. I am really looking forward to reading about everyone's Tea of the Month for October!

Today's TeaPoll and discussion topic. What was your tea(s) of the month for October? Please share details.

We are looking forward to sharing this TeaDay with everyone. Bottoms up.

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Re: Thursday TeaDay 11/3/11 Tea of the Month October?

by boywoodhe » Nov 3rd, '11, 06:00

I voted for china and oolong.
Iam drinking a nice hot cuppa of Yunnan Black Needle on this cool florida morning. :D
cheers!
woodie

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Re: Thursday TeaDay 11/3/11 Tea of the Month October?

by JRS22 » Nov 3rd, '11, 08:35

While I'm trying to decide on my tea of the month for October I'm thinking that the tea of the month for November will be puerh. I've been following the discussion "Yixing Prices and Online Places" and I ended up purchasing an apprentice pot from Red Blossom that tingjunkie recommended. It's functional, attractive and a pleasure to use. Today is day two of my first session with this pot with 1990's (late) Grand Yellow Label sheng from Essence of Tea. My first time with this tea - I only purchased a sample large enough for two session - so I can't comment on the effect of the pot on taste.
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Re: Thursday TeaDay 11/3/11 Tea of the Month October?

by brlarson » Nov 3rd, '11, 08:39

Easy choice for October: the new temomicha from Kaburagien http://www.kaburagien.co.jp/english/sp_1110/index.php

Haven't had tea yet this morning.

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Re: Thursday TeaDay 11/3/11 Tea of the Month October?

by AdamMY » Nov 3rd, '11, 11:30

Surprizingly not much tea, but I did have an awesome tea in October. Mandarins Tea Room Single Bush Dan Cong Shui Xian.....

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Re: Thursday TeaDay 11/3/11 Tea of the Month October?

by Chip » Nov 3rd, '11, 12:19

Don't forget ... 2 votes today!

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Re: Thursday TeaDay 11/3/11 Tea of the Month October?

by Pawel » Nov 3rd, '11, 12:38

I chose:
1) Black tea - Sikkim Temi First Flush from TWG Teas - I enjoy this most at present. The Temi is my favorite FF recently.

2) oolong - Saphir Himalaya ( First Flush) from Mariage Freres - I tried a few oolongs from vendors of my country and got discouraged altogether for a long time. Now can't wait trying more oolong when getting tea next time





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Re: Thursday TeaDay 11/3/11 Tea of the Month October?

by FlyedPiper » Nov 3rd, '11, 13:12

SuiMei gyokuro from Den's and Chiran sencha from O-cha were the go-to teas of October. A nice yin and yang effect :D .

Today trying the Takumi from Zencha. Very nice.

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Re: Thursday TeaDay 11/3/11 Tea of the Month October?

by msurads06 » Nov 3rd, '11, 18:54

Dens fukamushi sencha definately favorite tea for october, sometimes added a little matcha to the brew for extra kick.

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Re: Thursday TeaDay 11/3/11 Tea of the Month October?

by nrstooge » Nov 3rd, '11, 19:22

I voted just black. It was a toss up between Earl Gray, English Breakfast, and Irish Breakfast.

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Re: Thursday TeaDay 11/3/11 Tea of the Month October?

by Jspigs » Nov 3rd, '11, 19:58

I got a good deal on a bunch of Chinese green tea (Lu An Gua Pian to be exact) so I drank a lot of that in October. I voted accordingly.

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Re: Thursday TeaDay 11/3/11 Tea of the Month October?

by Proinsias » Nov 3rd, '11, 22:41

Not a very good tea month.

Was going to put in an order online and instead picked up a few teas from a tea shop I passed whilst visiting Edinburgh. Nothing ventured, nothing gained. The dao hong pao was reasonable.

That makes the pu-erh stocks tea of the month!

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Re: Thursday TeaDay 11/3/11 Tea of the Month October?

by entropyembrace » Nov 5th, '11, 21:51

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I was looking through my unsorted photos and found this....it´s a pot from pre-hispanic Mexico...it sure looks like a tea pot, though they used it for something else obviously....I wish I knew what :?

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Re: Thursday TeaDay 11/3/11 Tea of the Month October?

by SlientSipper » Nov 6th, '11, 00:22

entropyembrace wrote:Image

I was looking through my unsorted photos and found this....it´s a pot from pre-hispanic Mexico...it sure looks like a tea pot, though they used it for something else obviously....I wish I knew what :?

I think it could have be one of those old old fashioned Hot Chocolate makers that the Mayans used?

The Mayans (or Aztecs) used Vessels like this to drink a whiskey like drink out of.
Or maybe they had pots like that for medicine.

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Re: Thursday TeaDay 11/3/11 Tea of the Month October?

by artmom » Nov 6th, '11, 10:33

Can't remember what was the Tea of the Month for my October. I went in hospital on November 2 and just got out last night. Not a good time. :(

Glad to hear from our members about surviving that terrible storm ya'll had last week.

Lyn

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