Anyone grow C. sinensis plants?

[Salsero]

Shall we?

Yes, I am ready to get that initiate in here. Hey, somebody wake Mary up!

[Mary R]

Gak! Sorry about that! I rely on the "View New Posts" button so much, I often forget about those threads. Invitations shall be delivered posthaste.

[Salsero]

It seems to me that we had some special intro material for ... was it Pentox and Olivierco ... including, if I remember correctly, a little orientation by me and another by someone else.

I was thinking of resurrecting that since both Chamekke and Bi Lew Chump (or is it Chimp?) got the hazing but not the disclaimers. Can anyone else find that thread, or was it removed for safe keeping?

[Mary R]

Victoria set up the intro threads for Pentox and Olivier...I basically copied her intro for Chamekke and Lew. Just put up a new one of my own for Geekgirl...refresh thine browser.

[hop_goblin]

Grow your own, right? J/K, I wouldn't expect anything drinkable out of it, but it would be cool to have some in the garden. Nice flowers, too...

Guang of HouDe grows an oolong variety. Though he is located in Houston where it is hot and balmy.

[Geekgirl]

Wait... you people were talking about me in here, and MARY IS MOVING TO OREGON??? Well, of course you feel sorry for me.

Seriously, yeah I had a weird upbringing, but I thought it was pretty normal at the time. Chalk one up for the effectiveness of brainwashing. Ha! El Padre, we should compare notes sometime. I couldn't watch any shows that weren't aired on Public Television. Amazingly, since Dr. Who aired on PBS I was allowed to watch it until one day it scared the crap out of my little brother and it was banned. Ha!

I think tea plants would grow quite well in NW Oregon. In fact, I think I may have unwittingly uprooted one a few years ago and given it to the neighbor. The flowers look just like that, and the leaves are slightly different than our typical ornamental camellias around here.

Maybe if I sneak out there with a flashlight late tonight I can steal all the leaves?

[Angela Justice]

Hi Tea Chatters,

I live in East Bay of San Francisco. We have a wonderful horticulture center called Berkeley Hort that sells tea plants (camellia sinensis). These grow very well in the East Bay hills because we have temperate climate with lots of drip from the fog which is very similar to pockets of Fujian province and Taiwan. They tend to have them for sale only for brief periods of the year, but the plants are beautiful. Flowers are much smaller than traditional camellias. I have not yet tried to grow my own tea. But if you decide to give it a go, please send me a note. Tea plants take 3 - 5 years before they are ready to harvest leaves for tea.

Yours in tea,
Angela Justice

[hop_goblin]

Hi Tea Chatters,

I live in East Bay of San Francisco. We have a wonderful horticulture center called Berkeley Hort that sells tea plants (camellia sinensis). These grow very well in the East Bay hills because we have temperate climate with lots of drip from the fog which is very similar to pockets of Fujian province and Taiwan. They tend to have them for sale only for brief periods of the year, but the plants are beautiful. Flowers are much smaller than traditional camellias. I have not yet tried to grow my own tea. But if you decide to give it a go, please send me a note. Tea plants take 3 - 5 years before they are ready to harvest leaves for tea.

Yours in tea,
Angela Justice

Hi Angela,

Say, did you have a brief cameo in the "All in this Tea" Documentory? You look strangely familar.

[Chip]

Hi Angela, long time no see. Thanx for sharing with us.

I had not heard of the San Fran tea project. So, this is 3 "official tea projects" that I know of in the USA. I wonder, has anyone heard of others?

[CynTEAa]

Hi Tea Chatters,

I live in East Bay of San Francisco. We have a wonderful horticulture center called Berkeley Hort that sells tea plants (camellia sinensis). These grow very well in the East Bay hills because we have temperate climate with lots of drip from the fog which is very similar to pockets of Fujian province and Taiwan. They tend to have them for sale only for brief periods of the year, but the plants are beautiful. Flowers are much smaller than traditional camellias. I have not yet tried to grow my own tea. But if you decide to give it a go, please send me a note. Tea plants take 3 - 5 years before they are ready to harvest leaves for tea.

Yours in tea,
Angela Justice

Hi Angela,

Say, did you have a brief cameo in the "All in this Tea" Documentory? You look strangely familar.

Yes, she's our celebritea

[Proinsias]

We need some warning of new admins, I like to look busy.

[joelbct]

Seriously, yeah I had a weird upbringing, but I thought it was pretty normal at the time. Chalk one up for the effectiveness of brainwashing. Ha!

Anyone read Fahrenheit 451? Actually in your parents defense I think your 'rents had good sense to encourage 'classics' (depending on what they thought were classics), tho not at the expense of contemporary fiction.

And Angela, I remember the Berkeley fog vividly, spent the first 6 years of my life out there... nice temperate climate... must save a lot on heating and air conditioning bills!

[Mary R]

Fahrenheit 451, 1984, Brave New World, and We should be required reading for everyone.

Woo dystopian novels! And where is Angela in the All This in Tea documentary?!

[scruffmcgruff]

Yes, she's our celebritea

Wait, where in the film did she show up?

[Geekgirl]

Seriously, yeah I had a weird upbringing, but I thought it was pretty normal at the time. Chalk one up for the effectiveness of brainwashing. Ha!

Anyone read Fahrenheit 451? Actually in your parents defense I think your 'rents had good sense to encourage 'classics' (depending on what they thought were classics), tho not at the expense of contemporary fiction.

One of my favorite books, and I have several "special edition" copies. I read that as a "classic" when I was 12-13? My parents did not "encourage" classics, they "allowed" them. Big difference, but a very important one for me. Since classics were allowed, but they did not read much, (thus did not recognize the names of many authors or novels,) I usually carefully chose editions that had plain or classic style covers. Many contemporary novels were still published in linen HC editions in the 70s and 80s. A saving grace for kids like me.