If it eases the pain at all gas, petrol to me, is currently around twice the price as the US. Electricity & household gas supplies are predicted to rise around 60%, we've just seen the first 20% this week.
Ouch.
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Just a note to say a big Thank You to Mary. The Georgian tea arrived this afternoon, along with two other tea-related goodies. A terrific end to the working week, let me tell you.
At the moment I'm content to sniff the tea rather than drink it. To me the scent is redolent of sweet hay, reminding me of childhood visits to my cousins' farm, jumping around in the hayloft, and so forth. Very bucolic. What a fantastic aroma!
At the moment I'm content to sniff the tea rather than drink it. To me the scent is redolent of sweet hay, reminding me of childhood visits to my cousins' farm, jumping around in the hayloft, and so forth. Very bucolic. What a fantastic aroma!
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I hear you, Proinsias. My in-laws in Devon are really feeling the pinch right now. It's quite worrisome... the price increases in the UK have been staggering.Proinsias wrote:If it eases the pain at all gas, petrol to me, is currently around twice the price as the US. Electricity & household gas supplies are predicted to rise around 60%, we've just seen the first 20% this week.
Ouch.
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I had no idea.chamekke wrote:I hear you, Proinsias. My in-laws in Devon are really feeling the pinch right now. It's quite worrisome... the price increases in the UK have been staggering.Proinsias wrote:If it eases the pain at all gas, petrol to me, is currently around twice the price as the US. Electricity & household gas supplies are predicted to rise around 60%, we've just seen the first 20% this week.
Ouch.
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I am having some of this stuff again this morning (thanks for the generous sample size, Mary!) and really enjoying it. I like the acidity (fruitiness) of it quite a bit. Really an exceptional black. I can't think of anything I have had that is quite the same. Again, it gives its heart and soul in the first infusion and the subsequent ones are a pale reflection.
... and of course, leave it to Mary to find tea in the war-torn, front page locations. I don't know what part of Georgia this tea comes from, but I'm sure the entire country is wracked by this war. So sad.
... and of course, leave it to Mary to find tea in the war-torn, front page locations. I don't know what part of Georgia this tea comes from, but I'm sure the entire country is wracked by this war. So sad.
So, in honor of Russia taking over the tea estates, I try the tea.
3 minutes, the liquor comes out a deep red-brown. The smell had that fruitiness and dryness that reminds me of an assam or ceylon. Having just ate sour rasberries, the tea seems very light in taste. There's the fruity flavor, some soil but different from pu-erh dirt taste. I hand my dad a cup and he says: "hmm, thats good oolong."
Unlike sallypoo, I did get a good second steep after 5.5 minutes.
Thanks Mary!
3 minutes, the liquor comes out a deep red-brown. The smell had that fruitiness and dryness that reminds me of an assam or ceylon. Having just ate sour rasberries, the tea seems very light in taste. There's the fruity flavor, some soil but different from pu-erh dirt taste. I hand my dad a cup and he says: "hmm, thats good oolong."
Unlike sallypoo, I did get a good second steep after 5.5 minutes.
Thanks Mary!
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I've been brewing it in a very samll white gaiwan, mainly visual reasons as the leaves look too good in a tiny white gaiwan.
Figured I should write something even at the risk of sounding the thread sounding like a broken record.
So,
Ceylon is the first thing that comes to mind and a little bit reminiscent of qimen, as this is my favoured red tea this is a good thing. When I first seen the leaf I was taken aback at the beauty of them, when I first tasted the tea I was a little let down. After a few sessions the tea is beginning to grow on me. There's an elusive, subtle fruitiness to the tea that keeps one's brain working as the tea is enjoyed. Endurance is rather good, better than most qimen or ceylon, maybe this is in part due to the lovely long leaf.
This is a good, solid, hearty red tea which I will definitely consider adding to my arsenal.
Thanks again Mary.
Figured I should write something even at the risk of sounding the thread sounding like a broken record.
So,
Ceylon is the first thing that comes to mind and a little bit reminiscent of qimen, as this is my favoured red tea this is a good thing. When I first seen the leaf I was taken aback at the beauty of them, when I first tasted the tea I was a little let down. After a few sessions the tea is beginning to grow on me. There's an elusive, subtle fruitiness to the tea that keeps one's brain working as the tea is enjoyed. Endurance is rather good, better than most qimen or ceylon, maybe this is in part due to the lovely long leaf.
This is a good, solid, hearty red tea which I will definitely consider adding to my arsenal.
Thanks again Mary.
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I just tried it last night (finally!), and I agree. I did taste some Ceylon too, after reading Salsero's and Proinsias' comments, but my first impression was that it tasted similar to a bai hao or Darjeeling. This really is a great tea, and I rarely drink blacks. This will probably become my morning brew of choice. Thanks Mary!Mary R wrote:Heh heh...in defense of the senior Mr. Crosswhite, I also found it more like an oolong than a typical black. There were things about it that reminded me of some of the darker northern Indian oolongs in particular.
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I rather liked this one as well. I'm not a big black tea fan, and I don't know that I'll buy this, but it is quite nice.
I was impressed with how smooth it was. Fairly round, sweet, fruity/floral in that black-tea kind of way, and without a lot of the acidity that is common to blacks (though it does have just a bit of that "bite" that lets you know it's a black tea). I agree that it's like a bai hao, but perhaps a bit more well-rounded.
I just brewed it in my infuser cup. I might try gongfu later, but I've generally found blacks to do best with semi-western style brewing.
I was impressed with how smooth it was. Fairly round, sweet, fruity/floral in that black-tea kind of way, and without a lot of the acidity that is common to blacks (though it does have just a bit of that "bite" that lets you know it's a black tea). I agree that it's like a bai hao, but perhaps a bit more well-rounded.
I just brewed it in my infuser cup. I might try gongfu later, but I've generally found blacks to do best with semi-western style brewing.
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