Saturday TeaRoom 11/08/08 Sun or snow?

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TeaRoom TeaDay! Let's talk weather. Winter is quickly approaching and you have a choice. Would you head for the sun and warmth or would you escape to the cold and snow?

I would run to the sun and warmth
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41%
I would run to the cold and snow
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Other
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Total votes: 51
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Saturday TeaRoom 11/08/08 Sun or snow?

by Chip » Nov 8th, '08, 02:09

Welcome to the virtual TeaRoom we call TeaDay. Please share what is in your cup today, all day.

Yesterday, responders who have started thinking about holiday shopping ... for themselves, chose tea more than anything else. You can still vote and discuss yesterday's topic.

Today's TeaRoom TeaPoll and discussion topic. Let's talk weather. Winter is quickly approaching and you have a choice. Would you head for the sun and warmth or would you escape to the cold and snow? Where? Why? How would your choice affect your tea enjoyment.

I am looking forward to sharing our virtual TeaRoom with everyone. Bottoms up.
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by Vulture » Nov 8th, '08, 02:20

Other - I live in San Diego, I don't run to the sun and warmth because its already here! :D

In my cup - Nothing! I will have something later though, at work right now.
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by leiche » Nov 8th, '08, 02:21

I'll take the sun and a slight chill.
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by Victoria » Nov 8th, '08, 02:52

I suppose I would choose the sun and warmth since I did, that's why I'm here.

But an occasional snow adventure would be fun.
I do miss the beauty of it.
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Fujian Baroque and tasting sets

by Salsero » Nov 8th, '08, 03:05

I would stay right where I am so I could meet up with Caligatia and Cinnabar Red on Tuesday at the Merlion Singapore Restaurant where we may even have some Fujian Baroque brewed in a competition style tasting set.

Fujian Baroque tea. The dry tea has a wonderful aroma (maybe dried cherries ?)

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Tasting cup sets are standard teaware used by tasters worldwide from open air competitions in tiny villages in Taiwan to enormous sencha processing facilities in Japan to the isolated estate farms in the highest elevations of Darjeeling.

Here’s a photo showing how you decant the tea liquor from the brewing cup into the tasting bowl.
http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u320 ... ue-LGE.jpg

Here’s another showing how you display the tea leaves on the upturned lid of the brewing cup next to the decanted liquor in the tasting bowl. You would then use a spoon to take a bit of brewed tea out of the bowl to actually taste.
http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u320 ... -2-LGE.jpg

Here is a photo that I lifted from the Manik Tea website and cleaned up a bit so you could see a South Asian tasting room set up for the tea master and his assistants to try the latest plucking.
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Tea is just so darn cool!
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by caligatia » Nov 8th, '08, 03:23

Snow is nice to visit, but I'll stick with my Florida winters. I chose "other" because I don't have to go anywhere for that.

See you Tuesday, Sal!

Just made a second steep of Ceylon sonata. Going to watch DH play Fallout 3 now.
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by Trioxin » Nov 8th, '08, 03:34

I would escape this damned cold in a second if I could.

Currently drinking a 2007 Fu Hai "Yi Wu Large Leaf" Ripe Pu-erh from a generous sample sent to me by Fatman2. Very nice and easy to drink.

As a bonus today I'm wearing L'Artisans Tea for Two.
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by omegapd » Nov 8th, '08, 03:39

I'm tired of the Georgia heat. I don't want real cold, but a nice 4 hour trip up to the mountains would be ideal for me...

Brought some iced Peach Cobbler (one of midwife's sig blends) with me tonight.
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by kongni » Nov 8th, '08, 06:21

As far as the changing weather is concerned, I do not run. I just embrace each change as it comes. The fall leaves were absolutely BEAutiful this year!

Farmers shincha right now :D
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by Trioxin » Nov 8th, '08, 07:19

kongni wrote:As far as the changing weather is concerned, I do not run. I just embrace each change as it comes. The fall leaves were absolutely BEAutiful this year!

Farmers shincha right now :D
The leaves were nice this year. Too bad they didn't last just a little bit longer though.
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by Selaphiel » Nov 8th, '08, 07:48

I would choose spring, that's my favorite time of the year. Next on the list would be early autumn. I'm no fan of high heat or extreme cold.

Gonna have some Kaoru supreme after my lunch.
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by Drax » Nov 8th, '08, 08:08

I'm w/ kongni -- enjoying the weather where you are, which happens to be all 4 seasons here (though not as wintery as Michigan, I'm sure :D).

Oolong #40 from Adagio today w/ breakfast. Beautiful color.
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by rheimbro » Nov 8th, '08, 09:20

I am with kongni on this one, Spring and Fall are definitely my favorites, but I tend to be happy throughout the year. I did just move back to the Cincinnati area from Los Angeles though, and among the reasons was the lack of very much seasonal change out in SoCal. So in a sense I guess I have already run for the cold and snow!

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by brandon » Nov 8th, '08, 09:41

Drinking Shui Xian, 2005.

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'Tis the season for Yancha.
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by Maitre_Tea » Nov 8th, '08, 10:11

I'm a little torn on this one...
I come from Taiwan and I live in CA, so I should love and embrace the sun and warmth
however, I go to school in CT and I'm in DC now, so I'm starting to appreciate the cold...I guess I would welcome the cold and snow, only because it offers something different in life, a kinda change in pace.
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