Having my second infusion of sae midori, still not quite done!!!! ahh
Just having greens today, busy day of studying due to laziness yesterday afternoon!
Happy 4th!
Jul 4th, '09, 18:23
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Quiet day today. Four different teas so far, but only one has emitted any sparks. The other three were rather mediocre. I had found a tin of stale sencha that I had gotten from Adagio a while ago. While it is not in its prime for hot tea, it is excellent cold brewed. I am enjoying a glass of it at the moment in the company of my very purry Pixie lap cat.
Jul 4th, '09, 21:20
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The day started with the usual weekend breakfast Assam (Hattiala, I think). Tonight I snuck a well-brewed Wuyi Rock Oolong in on my wife and in-laws, who ordinarily swear by black tea. They were surprised by how doggone good it was; I was surprised by how well it went with brats and strawberry shortcake. The day is ending well.
Oh now I am sooooo jealous!!!GeekgirlUnveiled wrote: Then, on to oolong, because I had some iced oolong left - a cold-brewed bai hao that Shuiwen at Floating Leaves Tea roasted herself. Yummy!
I will make it up there to her shop one of these days!! That is soooo cool!Matcha this afternoon and resteeps of the Pomelo Oolong on ice after that.
Nice local fireworks show even with the beautiful full moon. I can still hear the sky thundering around in different directions from various cities near by.
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I had a long session with this (http://www.puerhshop.com/index.php?main ... cts_id=686) pu-erh. Nothing fancy, I'm still new to pu-erh, but it's crazy how one Yixing-full of the stuff will last me a good 10 infusions.
It was indeed green tea that was dumped in Boston Harbor, in revolt of the Tea Tax.
http://www.greenteas.com/history-of-green-tea.php
"In fact, tea was so popular in America that Great Britain imposed a Tea Tax in 1767 that infuriated the colonists and sparked the Boston Tea Party of 1773, where 45 tons of green tea (called "bullet" tea because of its shape during shipping) was dumped into the harbor."
Couldn't find anything on bullet tea. Hand-rolled to improve storage??
I didn't realize it was green tea until I saw xuancheng's post.
Fascinating!
http://www.greenteas.com/history-of-green-tea.php
"In fact, tea was so popular in America that Great Britain imposed a Tea Tax in 1767 that infuriated the colonists and sparked the Boston Tea Party of 1773, where 45 tons of green tea (called "bullet" tea because of its shape during shipping) was dumped into the harbor."
Couldn't find anything on bullet tea. Hand-rolled to improve storage??
I didn't realize it was green tea until I saw xuancheng's post.
Fascinating!
Jul 5th, '09, 14:46
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Most researchers believe that it was Bohea tea that was dumped into the harbor. Variant theories speculate that it was a ceylon or darjeeling blend from India, but this theory is not widely accepted, due to the trade in Chinese black tea during this time period.
The original tax was for Britain (25% import tax,) and by extension, the Colonies. When smuggling cut into legal tea trade, Britain rebated (later repealed entirely) the taxes for all tea sold in Britain, then created a new set of taxes under the Townshend Act, one of which was on tea. This was true taxation without representation, even though some of the funds were used for the policing of the colonies, it was without colonial consent, and the British were attempting to raise revenues to pay off a war by taxing the Colonies.
Most of the taxes were repealed, but the tea tax stayed in place leading to the Boston Tea Party. There were, of course, a number of other Revenue Acts, leading to the revolt, but the Tea Tax became symbolic for many reasons, not the least being having a tangible product that could be destroyed in demonstration. Interestingly, due to the convolutions of law and trade, Bohea tea was sold for less money in the Colonies, WITH the tax, than previously, without it.
The site referenced sells green tea. I suspect they have been... um... "selective," in their choice of "facts" for their website. Also "bullet" tea? I suspect they mean gunpowder tea, which was popular in Britain during that time period, but was significantly more expensive than Bohea or Ceylon.
The original tax was for Britain (25% import tax,) and by extension, the Colonies. When smuggling cut into legal tea trade, Britain rebated (later repealed entirely) the taxes for all tea sold in Britain, then created a new set of taxes under the Townshend Act, one of which was on tea. This was true taxation without representation, even though some of the funds were used for the policing of the colonies, it was without colonial consent, and the British were attempting to raise revenues to pay off a war by taxing the Colonies.
Most of the taxes were repealed, but the tea tax stayed in place leading to the Boston Tea Party. There were, of course, a number of other Revenue Acts, leading to the revolt, but the Tea Tax became symbolic for many reasons, not the least being having a tangible product that could be destroyed in demonstration. Interestingly, due to the convolutions of law and trade, Bohea tea was sold for less money in the Colonies, WITH the tax, than previously, without it.
The site referenced sells green tea. I suspect they have been... um... "selective," in their choice of "facts" for their website. Also "bullet" tea? I suspect they mean gunpowder tea, which was popular in Britain during that time period, but was significantly more expensive than Bohea or Ceylon.
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