Hello, teachatters! I am new to this forum, but it's better than that. I'm new to tea altogether. But after looking all over the internet for a relatively definitive answer to an important question, I know that I found the right place.
I have never liked tea. Not even iced tea, and that's saying a lot from The South (I was born and raised in Tampa, Florida). But then something happened ... I grew up. That is to say, I've grown to like many things that as a child or adolescent I didn't like ... dare I say, even hated. But I've always been an amateur chef. Over the many years of loving good food, I wanted to learn how to pair wines. And so I have become a wine enthusiast. I have become one of those dreaded foodies, "ugh, can you believe they served that with that?" I hang my head in shame. But, my favorite program on tv is Good Eats with Alton Brown, and after watching his True Brew episode on Tea, I suddenly found myself interested in trying it again. Yummy! So that's why I liked hot tea at the chinese restaurants when i was a kid.
I went to a food experience of a lifetime at Victoria and Albert's, a 5 diamond 4 star blah blah blah restaurant at the Grand Floridian Hotel in Walt Disney World. I mention that because it was a 6 course meal with wine pairing that we ate excruciatingly slow to savor every moment. When it came time for dessert, my friend and I normally order coffee, but we experimented by having tea with the fruity desserts (I think it was oolong). Man oh man!! Tea goes GREAT with fruit desserts.
Alas, I need to post in the teaware and accessories section so I can start off with the right teapot. God bless you all, and I look forward to joining you in poo poohing the non-tea drinking heathens.
Re: New to tea ... completely
Welcome,
Wine and food also developed my palate for fine tea.
Also the fact I'd never had quality loose leaf.
Wine and food also developed my palate for fine tea.
Also the fact I'd never had quality loose leaf.
Re: New to tea ... completely
Welcome! Start slowly. Buy a gaiwan for brewing. Sample lots of stuff. This is what I'd do if I had it all to do again, but if you're like me, just buy 500 pots you'll never use again. Obsession is my game. 
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Re: New to tea ... completely
Welcome paisan to the forum, look forward to seeing you around here.
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