Hi,
I am new to this forum. I really started liking many teas after a recent trip to Taiwan. There, I was introduced to not only green and white teas, but red tea and even bubble tea!
I have found that I prefer my tea brewed from leaves. Isn't that the only way to have great tea?
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I hope you mean loose leaf as opposed to teabags! 
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Priceless.Jane wrote:I have found that I prefer my tea brewed from leaves.
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A preachin' to the choir on that one.tenuki wrote:Priceless.Jane wrote:I have found that I prefer my tea brewed from leaves.
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What kinda of leaves you brewin' up?
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You know what kind of weird looks you get when you say that? I tell people that they haven't had green tea until they brew it from leaves and they all look at me like I am crazy.Victoria wrote:A preachin' to the choir on that one.tenuki wrote:Priceless.Jane wrote:I have found that I prefer my tea brewed from leaves.
Welcome!
What kinda of leaves you brewin' up?
There are some that just arrived that I have not tried yet. The one that I brew the most is some green tea that I brought back from Taiwan in March that was grown on Alishan. Unfortunately, I can't tell what it is specifically as I don't read Mandarin! We tried several at this little tea stand and this is the one we liked the best. A bit of a sweet taste and is one of the ones rolled into balls. We tried one that was a bit on the bitter side and none of us liked it.
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Oh my!!! Sounds like you have an Ali Shan green oolong on your hands there missy!! <faints>Jane wrote:You know what kind of weird looks you get when you say that? I tell people that they haven't had green tea until they brew it from leaves and they all look at me like I am crazy.Victoria wrote:A preachin' to the choir on that one.tenuki wrote:Priceless.Jane wrote:I have found that I prefer my tea brewed from leaves.
Welcome!
What kinda of leaves you brewin' up?
There are some that just arrived that I have not tried yet. The one that I brew the most is some green tea that I brought back from Taiwan in March that was grown on Alishan. Unfortunately, I can't tell what it is specifically as I don't read Mandarin! We tried several at this little tea stand and this is the one we liked the best. A bit of a sweet taste and is one of the ones rolled into balls. We tried one that was a bit on the bitter side and none of us liked it.
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That is almost definitely a "green" oolong.
That is almost definitely a "green" oolong.
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Heh, I just got my hands on some too. Probably about half a pound. My BFF went to Taiwan with her boyfriend a while ago and she brought back a bunch of tea. She didn't know what it was and she said she would give me a bag. So I opened it up and checked it out. She found out later (from sites written in only Chinese) that it was from Ali Shan. I brewed some up yesterday and today and it is wonderful. She was saying she had it a few times in Taiwan and loved it the first time but they couldn't get the same buttery taste at other places. I told her about changing the brewing parameters and to see what makes it better. I have a ton of this stuff now and I am exited about it, even though we don't know *exactly* what it is (they didn't know the questions to ask).Victoria wrote: Oh my!!! Sounds like you have an Ali Shan green oolong on your hands there missy!! <faints>
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At the little tea stand we purchased our bags to bring home, this very cute young lady was more than happy to tell us about the teas. We tried another one that had a more bitter taste to it. We all decided we like the tad bit sweeter taste. We had a guy with us who was doing his best to interpret for us.
I found this site that helped me figure out what I think I have: http://www.teafromtaiwan.com/ Maybe it will help you figure out what you have.
I have the business card for the lady we were talking with, but I don't read Mandarin either. The site I posted, is in English.
I found this site that helped me figure out what I think I have: http://www.teafromtaiwan.com/ Maybe it will help you figure out what you have.
I have the business card for the lady we were talking with, but I don't read Mandarin either. The site I posted, is in English.