LA Times article featuring a couple of us on Teachat.
Posting this in the Pu-Erh forum because the article discusses mostly that...including my license plate!
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me ... 5451.story
Jan 12th, '12, 17:00
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Read the comments, fun stuff.
Nice plate mon.
Nice plate mon.
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That was a fun read, thanks for sharing!
Out of curiousity, how did the journalist pick up on the story? Is she part of the group?
Out of curiousity, how did the journalist pick up on the story? Is she part of the group?
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Always good to see yourself in the news
I was a bit surprised at how many negative comments and bickering an article written by one viewpoint can cause
r-e-s-p-e-c-t tell me what it means to me....
I was a bit surprised at how many negative comments and bickering an article written by one viewpoint can cause
r-e-s-p-e-c-t tell me what it means to me....
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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
For the record, I don't think the "dirty bandage" tea was a rare vintage pu'er.
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wyardley wrote:teaisme wrote:
For the record, I don't think the "dirty bandage" tea was a rare vintage pu'er.
seriously though how does she know what dirty bandage tastes like...
Jan 12th, '12, 18:03
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She found the group by finding my review on Yelp of a teashop she visited as part of her original story idea (Taiwanese tea culture in LA) and chatting me up online. The rest, I blame on wyardley.
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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".
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Very cool!
I had to laugh at that bit with "a TeaChat forum", wyardley...! Though I did so because she even spelled it "TeaChat"...
As for the comments... I rarely read comments anymore and I purposefully avoided them for this article in order to taint myself with the inevitable snideness.
I had to laugh at that bit with "a TeaChat forum", wyardley...! Though I did so because she even spelled it "TeaChat"...
As for the comments... I rarely read comments anymore and I purposefully avoided them for this article in order to taint myself with the inevitable snideness.
Jan 12th, '12, 19:18
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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!
....wait for it....
Teavana!
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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" 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!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".
Jan 12th, '12, 22:24
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Wow, that is great! Unfortunately you cannot control what is in the final article, but great job anyway. Thanks for sharing this with us.
I also saw the reporter sort of mentioned TeaChat ...
I also saw the reporter sort of mentioned TeaChat ...
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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 2009 ...high-end Dan Cong:debunix 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 Q )deciding 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 ...the wonders of online moderation(censorship)?
Jan 31st, '12, 10:34
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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 2009 ...high-end Dan Cong:debunix 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 Q )deciding 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 ...the wonders of online moderation(censorship)?
Huh???
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The subtext of the article seems to be "Isn't this bizarre!".
I guess any "obsession" outside of football is too fringe for 98% of Americans.
Handsome pic of you two though. Looks like you all were having fun.
I guess any "obsession" outside of football is too fringe for 98% of Americans.
Handsome pic of you two though. Looks like you all were having fun.