Friday TeaDay 7/03/09 Tea and vacations?

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Today's TeaPoll and discussion topic. Many people are going on vacations. If you go on vacation, does tea travel with you? Or maybe you take a vacation from tea?

My tea travels with me, never vacation w/o it
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I wing it on vacation, whatever tea comes my way
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I vacation FROM tea
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by brad4419 » Jul 3rd, '09, 11:57

Its a bit of both for me. Sometimes I leave tea behind and other times I plan ahead and even ask others with me what kinds they would like me to bring so they can try some. On backpacking trips I always bring a few teabags along so I can make some old fashion tea over the fire, no lapsang needed for smokey smell here :wink:

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by geeber1 » Jul 3rd, '09, 12:02

depravitea wrote:I don't think I'll bring loose tea with me though, I'm pretty sure that would be difficult do make on a train.
Depravitea, you might try some t-sacs. They are filter bags that are fairly large (they actually sell different sizes) and you can put your loose leaf in them and use like a tea bag. Then you could get some hot water from the dining car to make your tea. I got mine from strandtea.com, but amazon.com and teasource.com sell them too.
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by chicagopotter » Jul 3rd, '09, 12:49

Got some tea specifically for vacation this year. Just need to figure out what kind of teaware to bring...

Keemun this am.
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by Mrs. Chip » Jul 3rd, '09, 12:59

I have not missed a single day of tea since September '08! That's when I jumped into a kyusu and haven't looked back. 8)

Tea travels with us wherever we go, even out to dinner... so obviously Tea + Teaware on vacation!

Delightful brew of YM ala O-Cha this am w/DH on our TeaRoom Lotus Pad Table. Awesome!!!

Next :arrow: Waiting on the decision maker. :roll:

Have a TEArrific TeaDay everyone and enjoy drinking tea this holiday weekend.
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by Intuit » Jul 3rd, '09, 13:05

My trip kit: unbreakable mug. Small, tightly-lidded tin plus scoop, Mini-Minute filters, pick. Small electric cup warmer.

You can buy 1000 mini-minute filters from CoffeeAM ($30) or 10 or 40-packs from other online vendors. Large box comes with oodles of picks (thread thru holes on filter top, lays across mug to support filter in teacup.

I used these at work when my teapot disappeared. Great for travel.

Four Seasons Oolong in my cup.
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by Chip » Jul 3rd, '09, 14:06

Mrs. Chip wrote:I have not missed a single day of tea since September '08! That's when I jumped into a kyusu and haven't looked back. 8)
I hardly ever miss a day of tea, In fact, I cannot remember the last day, but I think it has been years. Vacations always include bringing tea and some type of teaware. The biggest problem usually is the water, trying to get gooood and hot water in a setting conducive to enjoying tea. Not very easy.

I usually pack around 3-5 relatively easy brewing teas, and something to brew in. If I remember, a timer and thermometer. I try to do w/o a scale ... really roughing it. :lol:
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by olivierco » Jul 3rd, '09, 14:39

Keemun Mao Feng Imperial this evening, first day of my 9 week vacation.
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by geeber1 » Jul 3rd, '09, 14:46

olivierco wrote:Keemun Mao Feng Imperial this evening, first day of my 9 week vacation.
9 weeks? :shock:
Lucky you, hope it's enjoyable and relaxing. :)
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by olivierco » Jul 3rd, '09, 15:02

geeber1 wrote: 9 weeks? :shock:
Lucky you, hope it's enjoyable and relaxing. :)
Teacher is indeed an excellent job: very interesting work and long vacations.
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by MASALACHAAAAIIIIII » Jul 3rd, '09, 16:20

Depends on the length of the vacation. If I am gone more than a few days, THEN I WILL DEFINITELY BRING MY GEAR WITH ME!

Having the best cup of MASALAAAA CHAIIII of my LIFE!!!! OMG OMG OMGOMG SOOOOO GOOOD. ITS A FLAVOR EXPLOSION!!!!! I even gave my self a pat on the back. I will describe my experiment laters.

Had a cup of FF darjeeling risheehat 09 AGAIN this morning nummy in da tummy dudes. EVERYONE HAVE A HORRIBLE DAY!!!! jk ;)
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by Trey Winston » Jul 3rd, '09, 17:12

Taking a little trip to Prague later this month, not bringing tea. Taking a chance that they have booths with perfectly brewed Silver Needle on every streetcorner in the Czech Republic. I certainly can't think of any reason why they shouldn't.
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by Chip » Jul 3rd, '09, 17:16

olivierco wrote:Kirameki shincha this morning.
Sounds GOOD, I went for this on a short time ago. Brewed it a bit differently for some unknown reason, still came out very good. I don't think I had a bad steep out of this bag yet.
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by Dreamer » Jul 3rd, '09, 17:16

What fun!

I'm actually on vacation right now on my favorite island, Sanibel!

Yes, I brought tea! I brought my little Den's teapot and my O-cha fuka sincha.
And I brought a selection of black teas...I ordered a personaliTea teapot from Adagio before leaving to be delivered here (so I'm "making do till it gets here"). I bought a silver bullet thermos for taking tea with me to breakfast (it already got lost :( or as I prefer to think of it, some lucky person has a new thermos).
And I brought matcha and my travel whisk.

Today's tea so far...my own personal mix of Assam and Ceylon Lumbini...hot early and iced now.

To all the American Teachatters, Have a great 4th tomorrow. I'll be riding a Segway in the parade here. Stay cool!

Have fun, All,
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by depravitea » Jul 3rd, '09, 18:34

geeber1 wrote: Depravitea, you might try some t-sacs. They are filter bags that are fairly large (they actually sell different sizes) and you can put your loose leaf in them and use like a tea bag. Then you could get some hot water from the dining car to make your tea. I got mine from strandtea.com, but amazon.com and teasource.com sell them too.
I'll give that a shot, I was under the impression that tea couldn't expand well in those. I'll just look for some fairly large ones.
Thanks!
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by MASALACHAAAAIIIIII » Jul 3rd, '09, 20:32

ARGGGGGGGGG I'm so ready to open more shincha! Almost done with my sae midori, couple more sessions...Going to have some now.
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