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World Tea Championship

by Pentox » Jun 3rd, '08, 19:42

Does anyone know who won the assorted categories for the World Tea Championship at the world tea expo? I'm a bit curious to try out some of the teas that won.
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Re: World Tea Championship

by PolyhymnianMuse » Jun 3rd, '08, 23:10

TeaExpo.com wrote:Thank you to all participants of the 2008 World Tea Expo The event was a huge success. Details coming soon.

Congratulations to the winners of the hot & iced tea competition Winning teas will be published this week.
Keep checking back on the website, unless we have insider information from the mod squad :)
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by Chip » Jun 4th, '08, 04:03

Yeah, I only noticed the adagio winners...2 of them!!! Congrats adagio.

Blooming Tea

Bottled RTD black tea
blah blah blah SENCHA blah blah blah!!!
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by ThinkingOutLoud » Jun 4th, '08, 06:33

Mary R wrote:and there was this one sparking tea
A sparking tea? Seriously? Wow ... that would hurt .... :lol:
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by Aphroditea » Jun 4th, '08, 08:29

ThinkingOutLoud wrote:
Mary R wrote:and there was this one sparking tea
A sparking tea? Seriously? Wow ... that would hurt .... :lol:
Yes, in China (around 1000 AD), a tea merchant named Li Quong Du invented sparking tea to draw in more business. Much like a flaming shot today where alcohol is set on fire, so was this tea.

A cup of green tea was prepared and poured. Then a thin layer of gunpowder pellets (not the tea) was sprinkled on top. Then it was set on fire.

Li could never understand why he didn't have repeat business....

:lol:

Sorry, couldn't help myself.

I am not sure I would like a sparkling tea.....I am just having trouble wrapping my mind around that one, I guess.
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by ThinkingOutLoud » Jun 4th, '08, 08:42

Aphroditea wrote:Yes, in China (around 1000 AD), a tea merchant named Li Quong Du invented sparking tea to draw in more business. Much like a flaming shot today where alcohol is set on fire, so was this tea.

A cup of green tea was prepared and poured. Then a thin layer of gunpowder pellets (not the tea) was sprinkled on top. Then it was set on fire.

Li could never understand why he didn't have repeat business....

:lol:

Sorry, couldn't help myself.
Glad I'm not the only smart a*& around .... :twisted:
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by silverneedles » Jun 4th, '08, 09:28

not so hot off the press, may 12
WTE2008
Finalists for inaugural World Tea Championship™
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by witches brew » Jun 4th, '08, 09:43

silverneedles wrote:*** HOT OFF THE ePRESS ***
WTE2008
Finalists for inaugural World Tea Championship™
Am I missing something? These were the finalists going into the final competiton.
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by Victoria » Jun 4th, '08, 09:55

Yes, it's a bit confusing - does it mean the first tea listed was the winnerin the catagory, I wonder?

Yay for Adagio Oolong #18 (Jade Oolong)!!
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by henley » Jun 4th, '08, 10:17

Victoria wrote:Yes, it's a bit confusing - does it mean the first tea listed was the winnerin the catagory, I wonder?
Looks like the teas are listed in alphabetical order according to company name.
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by Pentox » Jun 4th, '08, 13:03

According to the mainpage for the world tea expo winners will be announced this week on the website.
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by insanitylater » Jun 4th, '08, 14:53

pu-erh gets left out
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by Mary R » Jun 4th, '08, 17:08

Puerh was totally left out. It was sort of sad, really...but then I found the tea chocolate and didn't care anymore. :)
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by Pentox » Jun 4th, '08, 17:29

Which is odd, because if you look at their original category list, Puerh is listed under the Hot Tea Categories to try out:

Shu Puer Compressed
Shu Puer Loose


Poking around I found that Sugimoto USA won Green Blend/Flavored with their genmaicha. (I've already ordered some to try it out. ) I'm a sucker
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by scruffmcgruff » Jun 4th, '08, 19:46

I'm really curious *who* judged these teas. I get the feeling the bunch of us could do much better, ha.
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