Greetings TeaChatters and welcome to our TeaRoom. Please come in and share what is in your cup today.
Yesterday responders offered a lot of interesting replies regarding whether they have already had the ultimate cup of tea. You can still vote and discuss yesterday's topic.
Today's "TeaRoom" poll and discussion topic. Hypothetically speaking, there is a great authentic internet TeaRoom just down the street specializing in your fave teas. Do you drink there or right at your own TeaTable?
I am looking forward to sharing TeaDay in our TeaRoom. Bottoms up.
May 16th, '09, 01:50
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I also chose at my own teatable, but my reasons are different. I am a too cheap to pay the higher price to drink at their tables. But it would be a great source for testing new teas and buying in bulk.
Sunday Afternoon in me cup,
A smooth black tea with bourbon vanilla and chrysanthemum flowers. (the flowers are supposed to have detox properties.
Sunday Afternoon in me cup,
A smooth black tea with bourbon vanilla and chrysanthemum flowers. (the flowers are supposed to have detox properties.
May 16th, '09, 08:15
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Where is everyone today? I am likely to find the value of drinking at home too inviting, but I am sure I would visit such a tearoom periodically. I have never been to such a tearoom, it would be very alien to me. The only tearooms anywhere around here serve some kind of teabag.
Began the TeaDay with a new shincha, Houryoku from Den's. I am working on the parameters a bit. I think I could have brewed it a bit longer. SweeTea had some of the new shincha, Pyrit, Wulong and the Lil Bit just took up a lot of space at the TeaTable, hmmm, maybe the TeaRoom is not such a bad idea.
1/2 and 1/2.
I am an hour from Harney's,
My intro to loosey.
It is fun to go midweek on an afternoon.
I've tasted so many teas in one afternoon I had palate fatigue.
No charge. We also met Mike Harney.
I am an hour from Harney's,
My intro to loosey.
It is fun to go midweek on an afternoon.
I've tasted so many teas in one afternoon I had palate fatigue.
No charge. We also met Mike Harney.
“Take some more tea,” the March Hare said to Alice, very earnestly.
“I’ve had nothing yet,” Alice replied in an offended tone: “so I ca’n’t take more.”
“You mean you ca’n’t take less,” said the Hatter: “it’s very easy to take more than nothing.”
“I’ve had nothing yet,” Alice replied in an offended tone: “so I ca’n’t take more.”
“You mean you ca’n’t take less,” said the Hatter: “it’s very easy to take more than nothing.”
Mostly at my tea table.... BUT... if the TeaRoom had quality teas and if the price was not prohibitive, I am sure I would find myself visiting very very often to taste, learn, and buy. I drink too much tea to think I could spend 50% of my tea time at a tea house... that would be a LOT of time.
Balasun FF Darjeeling this morning (from Tea Emporium)... a very very nice FF darjeeling for a bargain price, IMO.
Sarah
Balasun FF Darjeeling this morning (from Tea Emporium)... a very very nice FF darjeeling for a bargain price, IMO.
Sarah
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Chip, that is sad. My favorite around here is a Japanese tea house; it is quite cool. It has light colored hardwood floors. It has some bamboo growing. They educate you about the tea you are thinking about or have chosen. They bring a tea set that is most suited for your tea and teach you how to use it. It is one of my favorite places to go. They also have stretched out into food and it is delectable. Here is a poor pic of the place.Chip wrote:
I have never been to such a tearoom, it would be very alien to me. The only tearooms anywhere around here serve some kind of teabag.
Anyhoo...
only teabags...tragic.
What tearooms?
The last time I had tea in a 'tea room' here in the US was many moons ago, on business travel. There are tea vendors that sell tea and have a small area set aside for serving tea, but they don't qualify as 'tearooms'. There are fancy-dance restaurants in a few cities that bill themselves as 'tearooms' but their business isn't centered on provision of fine-quality teas. For a real tearoom experience, nearly all of us have to travel and it's unlikely to be the sole reason for the time and expense.
In the US, high-quality tea rooms that feature teas worthy of regular visits are a rarity if you live outside of certain metropolitan centers. Longtime tea enthusiasts in the US are dashed relieved (after years of having our teas shipped from the UK or Canada) to have access to better quality teas via the Web. We are also happy to be able to purchase quality that are new to us - also thanks to Bubble Economy-induced commercialization of the Internet, a booming Asian tea-economy of the last decade and to enthusiastic interest in 'health' aspects of green tea that has boosted retail trade in green, white and pur'erh teas in North America.
We make do with tea at home, Chip - out of necessity, not preference. TeaChat is our virtual tearoom, were we may dally with our tealoving friends.
For TC, we are also supremely grateful!
Making do with my Scots Breakfast in the cup.
PS: if you find my analytic posts tiresome, you will soon find reason to be glad of this irritating trait. ;-)
In the US, high-quality tea rooms that feature teas worthy of regular visits are a rarity if you live outside of certain metropolitan centers. Longtime tea enthusiasts in the US are dashed relieved (after years of having our teas shipped from the UK or Canada) to have access to better quality teas via the Web. We are also happy to be able to purchase quality that are new to us - also thanks to Bubble Economy-induced commercialization of the Internet, a booming Asian tea-economy of the last decade and to enthusiastic interest in 'health' aspects of green tea that has boosted retail trade in green, white and pur'erh teas in North America.
We make do with tea at home, Chip - out of necessity, not preference. TeaChat is our virtual tearoom, were we may dally with our tealoving friends.
For TC, we are also supremely grateful!
Making do with my Scots Breakfast in the cup.
PS: if you find my analytic posts tiresome, you will soon find reason to be glad of this irritating trait. ;-)
Re: What tearooms?
Well, I can't speak for everyone, but I was lazy this morning and am just getting up and goingChip wrote:
I usually wake up at the same time whether it's a workday or weekend, but not today for some reason!Intuit, you have piqued my curiosity!Intuit wrote:PS: if you find my analytic posts tiresome, you will soon find reason to be glad of this irritating trait.
I voted with the majority and said 'mostly at my own TeaTable.' I would definitely check out any local teahouse but don't think I'd be a regular customer.
Keemun in my cup this morning. It's a nice day here so the rest of the day will probably be spent doing yard work and drinking lots of iced tea.
I have two nice tea rooms near me. Each one is quite different. One is owned by a couple from Taiwan, the other by an upwardly mobile white couple. The former is intimate and quite and the owners are always there and join in coversations and games of mahjong and sometimes the owner sings traditional Chinese ballads. She also has tea ceremonies and teaches people to gongfu. The other is very modern and upscale and pretty much the polar opposite of the first, tending more toward Beehouse pots and black teas and British-inspired tea foods. But, I enjoy going to both and I enjoy going more than I enjoy having tea in my own space.
The biggest reason behind this is that I am a very social person and I get more joy and pleasure being with others than I do on my own. So, even if I had a fabulous teatable at home and an awesome set up there, I would still enjoy going to a tearoom with friends - or is the case of the first, named Formosa, by myself.
Well, that was a long way around to the answer.
This morning: CHAI!
The biggest reason behind this is that I am a very social person and I get more joy and pleasure being with others than I do on my own. So, even if I had a fabulous teatable at home and an awesome set up there, I would still enjoy going to a tearoom with friends - or is the case of the first, named Formosa, by myself.
Well, that was a long way around to the answer.
This morning: CHAI!
May 16th, '09, 11:54
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Since Internet is a prominent part of the question I focused on that for my answer. My experience with public places that offer Internet has not been all that great. Trying to find a table with an outlet is one problem. Speed is another, along with the connection regularly dropping in all the stores of a national chain that I have visited.
There is a nice tearoom about 5 minutes away from me but I'm not tempted to spend time there because it has free Internet. It is mostly a local source for purchasing quality tea to brew at home.
There is a nice tearoom about 5 minutes away from me but I'm not tempted to spend time there because it has free Internet. It is mostly a local source for purchasing quality tea to brew at home.
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