Nov 13th, '08, 14:57
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Re: Hibiscus calyces
Oy!! I'm ill a few days and boy I missed alot!Salsero wrote: I declare a day of high honor to Chip who has whipped up out of thin air a different and interesting poll for us to answer and talk about every day since before my aging brain can even remember. Thanks, Chip, and kudos on an amazing feat of persistence and imagination. I think we can safely blame it on the enormous quantities of Japanese green tea that he consumes.
KUDOS to Honor Chip Day...Great idea Sal and BTW your photo's a BEAUT as usual
Chip, you are a great mod
thanks for all the help you gave to me in my short tenure on TeaChat; and for putting up with my seemingly endless info seeking PMs. Your 'Tea Knowledge' is overwhelming to a tea feeble - minded newbie. Yet your information is always expressed & imparted to us in a very humble manner and backed with *years of experience. {*according to you anyway 
} And your exuberant friendliness is refreshing as well!+2 on Your Honorary Day
Nilgiri in my cup thanks to Victoria.
I voted "accept". I have the reputation of being a "foodie", always cooking and/or eating something considered "weird" by the fast food nation that surrounds me. If I bring seaweed salad or tabuleh, they all wanna see/smell, a few will taste, and probably a couple do the eye-roll thing behind my back.
Its the same with my tea. They know I am obsessive about it, they are used to it, and they accept it. They like to look at my assortment of tins, smell the dry leaf and the brewed tea, and sometimes will taste what I fix. I have a couple of coworkers who will join me for a cup, and my best friend is slowly being converted, now buying her own tea and brewing it at home to share with her husband. Naturally some of them wonder why I don't just use teabags.
I got one of the girls who verges on "eye-roll" to try some cold mugicha a few weeks ago, and she said "hey, that's good!"
I figure it's my lot in life to try to broaden their horizons, one step at a time.
I was up most of the night... got home and did garden work, and then came in to enjoy tea and have a melt-down on the couch. Now I have a headache, and I'm not sure if it's from lack of sleep or too much tea too fast. I came home and had about 4 or 5 infusions of gyokuro imperial (from Teavana, and not half bad at all)... and then followed with 2 big cups of Wuyi Ensemble because I was craving "toasty". I'll have some darjeeling later.
Have a great tea day everyone. And +1 to the kudos for Chip, and Victoria too... you both maintain a very nice, visible, active presence here, and your ongoing work to keep the forum lively is much appreciated.
Sarah
Its the same with my tea. They know I am obsessive about it, they are used to it, and they accept it. They like to look at my assortment of tins, smell the dry leaf and the brewed tea, and sometimes will taste what I fix. I have a couple of coworkers who will join me for a cup, and my best friend is slowly being converted, now buying her own tea and brewing it at home to share with her husband. Naturally some of them wonder why I don't just use teabags.
I got one of the girls who verges on "eye-roll" to try some cold mugicha a few weeks ago, and she said "hey, that's good!"
I figure it's my lot in life to try to broaden their horizons, one step at a time.
I was up most of the night... got home and did garden work, and then came in to enjoy tea and have a melt-down on the couch. Now I have a headache, and I'm not sure if it's from lack of sleep or too much tea too fast. I came home and had about 4 or 5 infusions of gyokuro imperial (from Teavana, and not half bad at all)... and then followed with 2 big cups of Wuyi Ensemble because I was craving "toasty". I'll have some darjeeling later.
Have a great tea day everyone.
And +1 to the kudos for Chip, and Victoria too... you both maintain a very nice, visible, active presence here, and your ongoing work to keep the forum lively is much appreciated.Sarah
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Nov 13th, '08, 15:18
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Nov 13th, '08, 15:55
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Welcome, Bob, it's good to meet you. You're right. I feel like there is a poll topic lurking in your statement, but I can't quite figure out what it is.Bob M. wrote: The poor newbie here, who's been itching to come out of lurkdom, is wondering why there's been a string of office/school questions that leave him out of the mix because he works at home!?
They really do look just that weird. My first thought was "alien life form alert" and I was afraid to touch them. They are a powerful red coloring agent. Love The Little Shop of Horrors, an all time comedy fav.geeber1 wrote: Sal, those flowers of yours are intriguing, but I almost expect something to pop out and try to swallow me (Think Audrey in Little Shop of Horrors)
Your 2007 Xiaguan "Holy Flame" photo is so lovely it bears repeating. Thanks for sharing your cup ... and wrapper ... and fair cup. Is that a YSLLC Hei Nei pot?Goose wrote:
OMG, I've created a monster habit!caligatia wrote: I also owe Sal one for getting me into pu-erh. Wow is that stuff good. I did a session last night and still wanted more. I went to bed craving the taste of the 2007 Guoyan Youle Mt. Wild Arbor Raw I'd been drinking.
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Nov 13th, '08, 17:03
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WOW, thanks everyone. I am humbled. Thank you all most kindly!!!
I have gotten the whole range of reactions. On the negative, eye rolls to (excuse me for saying) "WTF is that." On the positives, many people curious about tea, lol and they never saw the radioctive green sencha brew before. So many people have had no exposure to GOOD tea.
The funniest one was a coworker whose typical response to my wordy explanations would be, "blah blah blah oolong blah blah blah." But she really liked the aroma and her kidding was good natured and a good memory.
On the good side of their ignorance being a good thing, I had a recruitor job for a school. I had to supply X number of referrals each week. I was short one week, and made up a referral named "Wuyi Oolong." Mr. Wuyi Oolong would show up on recruitment reports for months. I got a chuckle each time.
Organic Sencha from Kagoshima started the day. Sweetie was right there, predictably. Wulong was shoulder top, predictably.
I also had Adagio Gyokuro. I have finally figured this gyokuro out, treat it English style and brew it at 170* in a preheated kyusu. This is a casual everyday gyokuro brewed this way and quite nice!
I have gotten the whole range of reactions. On the negative, eye rolls to (excuse me for saying) "WTF is that." On the positives, many people curious about tea, lol and they never saw the radioctive green sencha brew before. So many people have had no exposure to GOOD tea.
The funniest one was a coworker whose typical response to my wordy explanations would be, "blah blah blah oolong blah blah blah." But she really liked the aroma and her kidding was good natured and a good memory.
On the good side of their ignorance being a good thing, I had a recruitor job for a school. I had to supply X number of referrals each week. I was short one week, and made up a referral named "Wuyi Oolong." Mr. Wuyi Oolong would show up on recruitment reports for months. I got a chuckle each time.
Organic Sencha from Kagoshima started the day. Sweetie was right there, predictably. Wulong was shoulder top, predictably.
I also had Adagio Gyokuro. I have finally figured this gyokuro out, treat it English style and brew it at 170* in a preheated kyusu. This is a casual everyday gyokuro brewed this way and quite nice!
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Goose, your photo is beautiful.
I work for myself, and by myself, although I do sublease a couple of days/week to a colleague. He is also a tea drinker, although his tea of choice is a very solid "darjeeling." (I'm trying to be a bad influence.)
Some of my clients are amused by my tea obsession. Evidence abounds in my office. Some clients are quite intrigued by the tea possibilities. So I've had a solid mix of enthusiasm and eye rolling. My husband has really developed an interest in tea, if not in teaware. He often hunts for new varieties of iced tea to try, and picks his tea preference in the morning.
Chip, it's funny that you wrote about the "radioactive" sencha. I just shot a pitcher of such a few minutes ago. I call it: Kryptonite.
I work for myself, and by myself, although I do sublease a couple of days/week to a colleague. He is also a tea drinker, although his tea of choice is a very solid "darjeeling." (I'm trying to be a bad influence.)
Some of my clients are amused by my tea obsession. Evidence abounds in my office. Some clients are quite intrigued by the tea possibilities. So I've had a solid mix of enthusiasm and eye rolling. My husband has really developed an interest in tea, if not in teaware. He often hunts for new varieties of iced tea to try, and picks his tea preference in the morning.
Chip, it's funny that you wrote about the "radioactive" sencha. I just shot a pitcher of such a few minutes ago. I call it: Kryptonite.
Last semester, I had a water kettle that would cause a power outage in my room and the room next door every few weeks. I used to get laughed at so much for that. Now things are slightly better and people accept my ever-present tea, though I definitely get some eye rolling in my general direction.Smari wrote:People here make fun of me for drinking tea
I'll give a +1 to Chip too. Thanks for being a great and creative mod.
GGU: that is an awesome picture!
I've been drinking the last bits of my tin of Casablanca Twist all day. It is sad to be out of it, but it tasted good and really hit the spot today.
Nov 13th, '08, 18:10
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