Thursday TeaDay 10/22/09 Teaware phobe?

[Victoria]

Enjoying my afternoon favorite, this week anyway;
Iron Goddess King.

[CynTEAa]

Space and price are the issues for me. When we finish reorganizing I'd like to add a few more pieces.

Just cupped a Bolivian whole leaf black tea. Must say, I'm pleasantly surprised. It falls somewhere between a bright, spunky Ceylon and a citrusy Nilgiri. The cup went cold when I was distracted - and my, what a nice chilled tea! Grown in the misty Andes mountains. Interesting....

[leiche2]

When it comes to teaware, price is the only deterrent. I figure I can always find space for the things I want.

In my cup: Den's Houji-genmaicha.

[Intuit]

I'd give the Bolivian tea a go here at Adagio - it's getting great reviews.

Tea culture is a logical sustainable agriculture alternative to cocao cropping for the indigenous Indian farmers, solving a troubling issue of drug-trade in South America.

It's similar to the newer oolong tea plantations at the China/Laos/Thailand borders introduced by China. It is also part of growing push by Western NGOs for Afghanistan to re-enter the tea trade, as it used to be a major tea supplier to the Middle East. Tea in place of opium or cocaine would be very wise economic support policy for Europe and North America.

See the description of range of Bolivian teas (green and black), paragraph that starts with "Range of teas" midpage:
http://www.worldteanews.com/PassportToT ... o-bolivia/

[woozl]

Yeah, I too find Yzing confusing with little transparency.
I am also a fan of aesthetics, I think we can all agree
a first growth wine will be more enjoyable from nice stemware at at La Cirque.
But I bet ya it's better in a Styrofoam cup on top of Denali, sunrise.
So did the Styrofoam improve the flavor???

Breaking in the new hagi, with Lu Shan.
For Herb Master, cold mums, last Friday.

[Herb_Master]

we are not that cold here yet, in fact early september started the Autumn but late September showed in an 'Indian Summer'. Worryingly a lot of my Maples, Camelia etc started new buds, and now it has gone cool again. I hope they are not too tired to start again in February.

[murrius]

Price is the only factor that defines my comfort zone for tea ware

This topic reminds me of an ebay listing I watched last week. Obviously, some people have very large price comfort zone
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... K:MEWAX:IT

Whoa! Big dollars to spend on a tea pot. I would definitely be afraid to lay out that kind of money on an ebay purchase.

[CynTEAa]

I'd give the Bolivian tea a go here at Adagio - it's getting great reviews.

See the description of range of Bolivian teas (green and black), paragraph that starts with "Range of teas" midpage:
http://www.worldteanews.com/PassportToT ... o-bolivia/

Thanks for the info and feedback, Intuit. I'll cup the green later today!

[brad4419]

Yes most definatly,

I don't have any testubin, they don't interest me at all. Also brewing in a glass just doesn't seem right to me. Also anything "technical" that I would have to rely on its accuracy such as a water heater where I can't even see the water, just a gauge that says its the right temperature. Oh yea and anything plastic.