Monday TeaDay 3/16/09 O-Oh say can you SEE?

[Chip]

Happy belated anniversary, dotKing! Glad to hear the finger is on the mend.

[brad4419]

I put 20% because I do love to see the leaves after they uncurl. Its fun to see how small the amount of leaf is before and after they infuse. Also When a tea looks too light I always want to leave it in longer.

[Intuit]

I'm mildly interested in the tea leaves. The shimmering liquor color can be gorgeous on a fine sunny afternoon. There is poetry in the moment, when a delicately steaming tea, made just so, cascades from a treasured teapot to its matching cup, on a well-appointed table, teacart or tray in a cozy corner: these are magical sensory inputs - linked sight, smell, sound of the pour and even touch of the hand to warmed fragile bone china.

Has not Sal presented us with many such lovely images?

Rank order is visual sense after taste and aroma.

[JP]

To me, half the enjoyment is seeing the setting for the tea, along with the equipment used and viewing the tea itself.

[silvermage2000]

I guess 10 percent.