Saturday TeaDay 9/05/09 Chinese tea discussion, really?

[gingkoseto]

Talking about tea discussion clicked, I went to a reunion of an online group which my husband belongs to. The meeting was nothing about tea. After the meeting we offered a guy ride home. The guy came from China to visit his daughter in Toronto. During the ride, we talked about traveling and then tea. Half an hour later when we arrived at his door, he insisted on giving me half a pound TGY he brought from China, for me to compare it with my collections. I thought it was too much to accept from a guy I had just met, but he insisted. I haven't got time to try the gift tea yet but I am deeply touched by his friendliness and generosity!

[entropyembrace]

Definitely not...actually my gf was talking to a Chinese guy a while ago and when she mentioned she liked oolong and puerh tea from China he said something like "sorry I have to go now"

[kasey]

I was in the tea department of Ming's Supermarket in Boston's Chinatown
a few months ago inspecting a tin of Long Jing produced by Foojoy Teas
when I was approached by a middle-aged couple about my age and the
gentleman was genuinely surprised and obviously pleased that I knew something about tea. This particular brand of Long Jing happened to be his favorite.

The younger generation of Chinese don't care about the traditions, or of
Communism, thanks, so they look at tea and herbs with the same eye.

If you are ever in Boston though, you must find Ming's Supermarket located on the outskirts of Chinatown. They have a HUGE selection of everything Asian, excepting Indian and Japanese. Their tea section is the size of a small bakery, prepare to spend at least a half hour there.

On the other hand, right down the street from me is a specialty tea shop
run by a Chinese guy about 30'ish who is very knowledgeable and open
yet he brews tea from a conventional water dispenser/heater at about
180 degrees and pours it over the leaves and hands it to you. Somehow
he stays in business!

[tea fish]

If you are ever in Boston though, you must find Ming's Supermarket located on the outskirts of Chinatown. They have a HUGE selection of everything Asian

Hey thanks for the lead, Kasey! There's a thread from earlier this year in which I was griping about the generally paltry tea options in Boston. I will definitely check out Ming's.

a specialty tea shop
run by a Chinese guy about 30'ish who is very knowledgeable and open
yet he brews tea from a conventional water dispenser/heater at about
180 degrees and pours it over the leaves and hands it to you. Somehow
he stays in business!

Is his tea any good, despite the less than ideal presentation (tho greens and whites need cooler temps, right?)?

In any case, I'm excited about checking out Ming's.

[depravitea]

I wish.

[kasey]

Is his tea any good, despite the less than ideal presentation (tho greens and whites need cooler temps, right?)?

In any case, I'm excited about checking out Ming's.

He has good tea, just nothing really exotic or high quality, except you
can buy a small sample of Guyokuru or Spider Sencha or White tea which
is a definite plus. No Formosa Oolong, unfortunately. The shop is called
Tea Zone. It's on Elm St., just down from Porter Square near Somerville Ave.

I was at Ming's yesterday; they are apparently cleaning the place up.
A lot of shelves are empty; maybe they'll replace them...but if you go there in the next week you may be disappointed.

I did notice that they made room for their flagship Foojoy teas in their
herbal section, where they have cough syrups and herbal teas.
Definitely check those out! They have quality Long Jing, Pi Lo Chun,
New Spring tea, nice Oolongs...check out Foojoy online, then buy at Ming's and save on shipping.