omegapd wrote:I had no idea what Pu-erh was...and now it's my favorite. Thanks TeaChat!
It is amazing how the Pu-erh and Oolong forums have grown in just the short time that I've been here. In march us pu-heads where the outsiders. As much as it pains me to say it though, I have been discovering the wonders of Oolong lately and may start posting more frequently in the Oolong forum. Guess I'm becoming an Oo-pu-head.Victoria wrote:When I got here, no one was talking much about oolongs. The forum buzz was mostly about greens. The fact that you stated it is now about greens AND oolongs AND puerh, shows how much we have grown over this past year.Wosret wrote:TeaChat has been helpful to me, yes. I do find it difficult, sometimes, because it seems as though (and that recent poll confirmed it) that there's a heavy preference towards greens, oolongs, and pur-eh, which I'm not ready to explore yet. I love my black teas and my English teaware, so I don't think TeaChat has been as helpful for me as it might have been otherwise.
Not a criticism, just an observation.
You black tea lovers who want more - need to make it happen. Step out and do it. Start a black tea box pass, start posting in the black tea forum, if you want more English teaware pics, start posting your pics.
Related to this thought, listening to vendors brewing directions, etc can retard that growth considerably. As I read newbie, UncleIroh's post, it reminded me of my very first green from RoT I ever had. Sky Between the Branches. The directions on the label said boiling water. That was nasty brew. It is amazing how we seem to have more TeaSmarts here than the "pros."UncleIroh wrote: ... my first experience with sencha involved leaf from teavana (which may have been my first mistake right there), which i promptly boiled and steeped for five minutes ... if not for the brewing info on this forum, i might have concluded that i hated sencha and never come back to it. but i did, with techniques improved by the experience and knowledge shared here, and now it's a daily companion. so thank you, teachat!
You put it very well Chamekke - I had no idea how much I did not know until Ichamekke wrote:Yes, TeaChat helped tremendously when I joined back in April. It is still helping. I am amazed by how much I have learned on this terrific forum, and how much there is yet to be learned.
As someone else mentioned, I too don't have many friends locally that I can share my tea passion with. So I also deeply treasure TeaChat for the tea community and friendship found here - not just the wealth of information.
