Been drinking down at the pub tonight
A couple of regulars challenged me to introduce them to 'Real' Chinese Tea.
2 Heavy bags packed with 9 Teapots, 12 teas, countless accessories, Tea Boat, Kamjove and Brita Filter.
1st Hour
Wan Ling UK - Can Sai Jin Pin Guan Yin Wang (Spring 2009)
Rich Barbarian - Anxi TGY (Summer 2008 Supreme+)
2nd Hour
Imen's 2007 Por Tou
Imen's 2008 Jing Hua
3rd Hour
Bei Dou Yi Hao purchased in January from the Chinaman's Shop in Kuala Lumpur Chinatown
2010 Handmade Bai Ji Guan from Nada
3 Children said they had never had tea without sugar before
4 people moved away from the table after at first seeming interested in trying it
3 people changed their minds about trying it when I was explaining the effects of drinking a lot of caffeine late at night, or drinking a lot of tea on an empty stomach - not even 1 cup
That still left 8 seriously trying it
2 preferred the 2 (greener) TGY
3 preferred the fragrant DC
2 preferred the Yan Cha
1 LOVED them all, but especially the DC and Yan Cha
I learned during an interval that the shy 4 some were scared to try it when they saw the prices on Imen's packets - 1 for $48 for 1oz and the Jing Hua at $58 for 1oz
During a later interval, a 19 year old wanted me to do it again when his Mother could come - she runs an alternative therapy business from an extension they have had built and currently serves bagged 'holistic ayurvedic tea'
She does Shiatsu Massage
- Now if she can fix my shoulders in exchange for Chinese Tea
The 1 who loved them all - has received emails from me so that he can order some straight away - I pointed him at DTH and Zen8Tea to get him some basic teaware.
But he says money is no object So I sent him links to ChinesePottery and Shouzhen if he does not want to hang about before spending his money.
He is so eager he cannot wait for a shipment from China, or Los Angeles, so he is ordering from Jing UK and Nada - my last orders from each arrived next day
