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Oh look. Another new person.

by pasttimes » Feb 25th, '09, 07:08

Hello all! Having lurked around here for a while, I figured it was about time to get this introduction business out of the way.

I’ve been drinking tea for the past 6 years, but have only just recently been bitten by the tea bug. (Despite what it sounds like, “the tea bug” is a greater enemy of my bank account than of camellia sinensis.) The only reason I can give as to why it took me so long to get hooked is that I mainly drank bagged tea before...and, well, it was just nothing to get excited about.

Anyway, I’m definitely still in first discovery phase and loving every minute of it. I’ve been sampling different teas from different vendors, and trying various brewing techniques. Right now, I’m working my way through some Adagio oolong samples and...I think I might very well be in love. Also, I got my first kyusu last week and have started to experiment with sencha.

Well, time to wrap this up. I've learned a great deal already from reading this board and I look forward to learning even more. Thanks!
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Re: Oh look. Another new person.

by Trey Winston » Feb 25th, '09, 07:20

pasttimes wrote:“the tea bug” is a greater enemy of my bank account than of camellia sinensis.
+1.

Welcome :D
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by Randoom » Feb 25th, '09, 09:01

Greetings, from an also new teachater!

I'm sure you will find much info here, I'm still reading through lots of interest threads. :)
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by Victoria » Feb 25th, '09, 09:03

Welcome! Glad you joined us!
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by olivierco » Feb 25th, '09, 09:35

Welcome!
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by disillusioned » Feb 25th, '09, 11:29

Welcome Welcome
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by geeber1 » Feb 25th, '09, 12:45

Hi pasttimes, glad you're here!
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by Chip » Feb 25th, '09, 22:15

Welcome to TeaChat!

Did you find a sencha?

I am looking forward to seeing you around the forum. :D
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by Beidao » Feb 26th, '09, 04:14

Välkommen!
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by pasttimes » Feb 26th, '09, 07:37

Thanks for the welcome, everyone!
Chip wrote:Welcome to TeaChat!

Did you find a sencha?
Well, I didn’t want to waste any good stuff right off the bat, so I ended up with some cheap, non-descript sencha for practice. It was absolutely awful the first time, but I’ve gotten a couple pretty good brews since. Meanwhile, my Den’s starter kit came in yesterday and there’s a sample of sencha in there that I’m looking forward to trying this afternoon. :D
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by reincarnate » Feb 26th, '09, 11:13

Welcome!
You're not the only one :) Tea eats up my wallet whole!
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by Shelob » Feb 27th, '09, 13:19

pasttimes wrote:Thanks for the welcome, everyone!
Chip wrote:Welcome to TeaChat!

Did you find a sencha?
Meanwhile, my Den’s starter kit came in yesterday and there’s a sample of sencha in there that I’m looking forward to trying this afternoon. :D
Ohhh, Den's! Did you get to try it yet, pastimes? Let us know how you make out when you do. Maybe you could post in TeaDay and tell us all about it :wink:

And welcome to TeaChat, enjoy your TeaJourney with us.
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Have a FAB TeaDay Everyone!
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by cherylopal » Feb 28th, '09, 07:43

Welcome! :)

and double ditto on that wallet thing!! :shock: :D
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by bsteele » Feb 28th, '09, 09:25

my wallet eats my tea for breakfast... wait... no... strike that....

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by sheila77551 » Mar 1st, '09, 00:00

Hello pasttimes,
Welcome to TeaChat
A woman is like a tea bag- you never know how strong she is until she gets in hot water.
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US diplomat & reformer (1884 - 1962)
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