And when he does try it, he never seems to give it a good review.
To him:
Oolong Ti Kuan Yin: "Tastes like meat."
Genmai Cha: "Tastes like socks."
Honeybush Apricot: "Tastes like water."
Nothing seems to please this boy! Gaaah!
I always offer tea to my brother, and he usually turns me down.
And when he does try it, he never seems to give it a good review.
To him:
Oolong Ti Kuan Yin: "Tastes like meat."
Genmai Cha: "Tastes like socks."
Honeybush Apricot: "Tastes like water."
Nothing seems to please this boy! Gaaah!
And when he does try it, he never seems to give it a good review.
To him:
Oolong Ti Kuan Yin: "Tastes like meat."
Genmai Cha: "Tastes like socks."
Honeybush Apricot: "Tastes like water."
Nothing seems to please this boy! Gaaah!
I believe drinking tea makes me a better artist. But hey, I also believe I'm completely sane.
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If I remember correctly, that was one of his opening lines in the forum.orguz wrote: now his wife complains he is spending way too much on teas and teaware
My interested-but-uncommitted brother is visiting in a couple weeks and I have started a list of teas to feed him.
- Matcha
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aged sheng ... probably TeaMasters CNNP 1990
shu
...and moon cake.
Which tea does the moon cake go best with?
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Funny coz I have an identical twin bro who thinks me and my teas are from Mars!
Don't always believe what you think!
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imo, cooked pu.Salsero wrote:If I remember correctly, that was one of his opening lines in the forum.orguz wrote: now his wife complains he is spending way too much on teas and teaware
My interested-but-uncommitted brother is visiting in a couple weeks and I have started a list of teas to feed him.
- Matcha
Gyokuro
Aged Wenshan Baozhong
Da Hong Pao
young sheng TBD
aged sheng ... probably TeaMasters CNNP 1990
shu
...and moon cake.
Which tea does the moon cake go best with?
A quality Shu is usually what the moon cake afficianados drink along side. It really cuts down on the heaviness, better check if they are still palatable Sal. You don't want to put him off tea once and for all, in case you give him the runs and he associates tea with an unexpected experience.Salsero wrote:If I remember correctly, that was one of his opening lines in the forum.orguz wrote: now his wife complains he is spending way too much on teas and teaware
My interested-but-uncommitted brother is visiting in a couple weeks and I have started a list of teas to feed him.
- Matcha
Gyokuro
Aged Wenshan Baozhong
Da Hong Pao
young sheng TBD
aged sheng ... probably TeaMasters CNNP 1990
shu
...and moon cake.
Which tea does the moon cake go best with?
or that is your intention? Sibling pranks Nov 5th, '08, 22:16
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Mmm, I never thought about that. I kept one aside just for him, assuming they last forever. The tin says: "Keep Refrigeratory" (which I haven't done) and "Best Before:" followed by no date. The ingredients list doesn't include any preservatives, so it may have gone bad.orguz wrote: Sibling pranks
Oh well, he works for a food manufacturing company. I will let him make up his own mind and then join him in the risk. Thanks for the warning.
If we eat it, it will be with shu ... I have lots of good ones to choose from. If we don't, we can still drink the shu while we admire the visual feast of the moon cake.
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Anyway, sis is in from out of state. I had some sencha and genmaicha bags along with me for after supper tonight. She enjoyed genmaicha. She is heading west again tomorrow, I will have to home bag some tea for her to take along. I somehow do not see her enjoying the looseleaf thing, but will send an infuser and LL and let her make up her own mind.
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My brothers have no interest at all in tea. They laugh at me (isn't that what brothers and sisters are supposed to do, after all? 
)
Ah, but my sister. She and I have very similar tastes, almost freakishly similar tastes, in colors and style and entertainment, etc., even though there's such a big age difference that we didn't really grow up together and have lived at least 3 states apart for over 20 years.
A couple of years ago I attempted to gradually introduce her to tea by giving her one of my blends as a hostess gift along with some of the paper tea sacs Adagio sells. "Thank you, but I don't really like to drink hot things very much," she said. But being good midwesterners (as Victoria mentioned, we're very polite
), she had some during my stay.
Yep, I got her hooked. The next Christmas I gave her an IngenuiTea starter set and there was no turning back.
We're talking several months ago, and she had discovered Oolong. Oolong! TKY, Pouchong, etc. - from a woman who's never had much use for tea. We both love the very light, smooth, non-astringent oolongs and our taste for black tea has almost disappeared.
There's definitely something in the genes.
)Ah, but my sister. She and I have very similar tastes, almost freakishly similar tastes, in colors and style and entertainment, etc., even though there's such a big age difference that we didn't really grow up together and have lived at least 3 states apart for over 20 years.
A couple of years ago I attempted to gradually introduce her to tea by giving her one of my blends as a hostess gift along with some of the paper tea sacs Adagio sells. "Thank you, but I don't really like to drink hot things very much," she said. But being good midwesterners (as Victoria mentioned, we're very polite
), she had some during my stay. Yep, I got her hooked. The next Christmas I gave her an IngenuiTea starter set and there was no turning back.
We're talking several months ago, and she had discovered Oolong. Oolong! TKY, Pouchong, etc. - from a woman who's never had much use for tea. We both love the very light, smooth, non-astringent oolongs and our taste for black tea has almost disappeared.
There's definitely something in the genes.