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by Chip » Jan 2nd, '09, 00:26
Happy January 2nd. 
Welcome to TeaDay. Please share what is in your cup today.
Yesterday responders indicated a wide range of activities for the New Years Day. You can still vote and discuss yesterday's topic.
Today's TeaPoll and discussion topic is from Pentox. What was your first tea of the new year. Please share specifically what is was, and what was the significance if any of the choice.
As always, I am looking forward to sharing TeaDay with everyone. Bottoms up.
Jan 2nd, '09, 00:38
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by Vulture » Jan 2nd, '09, 00:38
My first tea was a Green: Pi Lo Chun from Adagio
I got my UtiliTEA kettle for christmas so now its easy for me to make greens and whites. To play with it more I felt like trying to brew a green from my 'to try' box. No special 'I want this to be my first tea of the year'. Just one more new tea to take out of the 'to try' box.
Woo first post
Jan 2nd, '09, 00:38
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by Salsero » Jan 2nd, '09, 00:38
I
continued drinking pu as we crossed the line into the new year last night ... but the first that I
started in the new year was
Huang Jin Gui,
Golden Osmanthus, an Anxi Oolong, and here it is with an Oriental Magnolia winter bloom.
Congrats on first post, Vulture!
Jan 2nd, '09, 00:44
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by Victoria » Jan 2nd, '09, 00:44
My first tea was a black - Adagio's keemun rhapsody
Had I known ....
Jan 2nd, '09, 00:51
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by geeber1 » Jan 2nd, '09, 00:51
Victoria ... was it bad?
My first tea of the year was a black also, an organic Nilgiri from TeaSource. It was only so-so. Hopefully things will improve as the year goes on!
Jan 2nd, '09, 00:54
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by Victoria » Jan 2nd, '09, 00:54
No, not bad. Just not significant as my first tea of 2009.
Gotta watch out for those milestones. Kinda hard to do
when you're not a morning person.
Geesh good thing it wasn't coffee.
Jan 2nd, '09, 01:44
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by omegapd » Jan 2nd, '09, 01:44
A pear flavored White tea with breakfast this morning. Like V, if I had known I was going to get asked about it, I would have picked something more exciting. In reality, I just wanted to use up the one and only teabag that was left of it.
EW
Jan 2nd, '09, 01:46
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by Geekgirl » Jan 2nd, '09, 01:46
I had the last of my Ito-en matcha. It was yummy.
Jan 2nd, '09, 02:29
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by Maitre_Tea » Jan 2nd, '09, 02:29
I never really thought of a specific tea to drink for the new year. I ended up trying a Yunnan Gold because I haven't had it in a while.
Jan 2nd, '09, 04:25
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by olivierco » Jan 2nd, '09, 04:25
My first tea of the year was a karigane sencha.
Keemun this morning to start the day.
Jan 2nd, '09, 06:05
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by Jack_teachat » Jan 2nd, '09, 06:05
I will have my first "new" tea of the new year later on today when I open a bag of fukamushi sencha superior from Hibiki-an.
Yunnan Gold this morning.
Happy Friday everyone!
Jack
Jan 2nd, '09, 06:55
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by Drax » Jan 2nd, '09, 06:55
Any day drinking tea is special....! I say that because I, too, wasn't thinking about making it milestone-y in any way. I stuck with pu-erh yesterday. A shu.
This morning, however, I'm trying out Adagio's fujian baroque. It's got an interesting flavor behind the "black" that my tongue can't seem to identify. . .
Jan 2nd, '09, 08:29
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by toastedtoads » Jan 2nd, '09, 08:29
As I've been sick the past few days I haven't really had any tea in the technical sense, although I've been drinking Throat Coat a few times a day. Licorice is so soothing sometimes.
I plan on drinking actual tea today, maybe a Keemun...or a Mangalam Assam...sooo good!
Jan 2nd, '09, 09:02
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by chad » Jan 2nd, '09, 09:02
First tea, yesterday, was a chai blend!
Today I've got Lover's Leap estate pekoe in the mug.
Jan 2nd, '09, 09:10
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by olivierco » Jan 2nd, '09, 09:10
Lu an gua pian this afternoon.
