Tea! I don't understand it! Please Help!

"Zephyrus" <zephyrus20@m> wrote in message
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> Neal, I really can't figure out whom you're addressing! :-) Maybe this
> thread has raged itself to death.
>
> If you were talking to me, I've tried a sencha, some random cheap
> greens I really can't remember, several gunpowders, a tongyu mountain
> green, and one lung ching (& maybe more that I've forgot). While I do
> like them, I so prefer Oolongs and pu-erhs that I can never keep up a
> green habit long enough to develop a "taste".
>
> Maybe someday.
>
> Z

Yes, this thread has gotten a little ragged. But I was addressing you. I'd
say stick with the finer Japanese greens (sencha and gyokuro or even a good
bancha); they have the purest 'green' tea flavor I've found in any tea so
far. Many of the Chinese greens tend to have brothy or smoky or murky
overtones -- many.. but not all, of course. But with a fine quality
Japanese green tea, you just can't go wrong. I'm very biased, of course.
;)

N.

crymad wrote:

> This urge to "broaden one's horizons" seems an
> American affliction.

This is one of the saddest thing I ever read. I hope you don't really
mean it. Because, what you call an affliction, this urge to broaden
one's horizons, is the main characterisc of the inquiring mind. It has
nothing to do with Americans in particular. It's very human. It's the
willingness to undertake new ventures and it's called curiosity,
inquisitiveness, mental acquisitiveness, enterprise, initiative, an open
mind, a free spirit. All signs of the awaken mind. Or in other words,
intelligence.

If you forbidden yourself to be amazed by all the possibilities waiting
to be discovered, then, in my sense, you are missing the point of
living. Life is too vast, diverse, and short to be wasted on an ethnic
origin. We don't choose to be born Japanese, American, Caucasian, Asian,
or from whatever other origin. So, why add to this by being
segregationist with yourself?

Don't be a vegetable. Explore. Be free.

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By the way, since my short stay in Japan I like to drink a Japanese
green tea, now and then, just to remind me of this wonderfull country
and to break the monotony. I never got used to Chinese tea. In my
opinion, Japanese teas are far more purer ans tastier.

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If you agree the world cultures have been reduced to a shopping mall then LV
is as good as any to visit for shopping and dining. You can rightfully
complain about our abuse of power and it will come back to haunt us but I
can also claim beyond the rhetoric we are truly the world's melting pot.
Beyond the tourist sites I don't have to go to Vietnam Russia or Middle East
to learn from those cultures locally. If I wasn't way past my learning
curve I'd take more advantage of the language exposure. One of the
strangest cultural milieu experiences in town is a library used by Russian
immigrants to learn English. The local cultures offer a much more low key
exposure than some geographical country. If you need an interpreter you're
a tourist. Anyway you can learn more from the Travel Channel in 24 hours
than around the world in 80 days. Travel has nothing to do with cultural
understanding.

Jim

"Julie C." <my@> wrote in message
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> Space Cowboy wrote:
> You are the first American I've heard trying to justify his fear of
> traveling abroad by making himself believe Las Vegas is good substitute
> for the real world.
>
> By the way, eating is not traveling.

Unlike Colonialism we didn't give anything back.

Jim

> We're hardly the only ones who did this, not that that makes it any less
> odious. Look at the history of South Africa or the Congo, to name but a
> couple.
>
> N.

Michael Plant wrote:

> But, there is the larger issue of trying every tea in the world vs becoming
> intimate with a small number, if you will.

This is not an issue. You can try every tea in the world and still be
intimate with a small number. You can drink only a few and still know
next to nothing about tea. You can sample every tea in the world without
gaining an understanding of tea. Etc.

My point wasn't about choosing between "trying every tea in the world"
or "trully knowing only a few".

My point was "Don't drink only Martian tea because you happen to be Martian"

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Michael Plant wrote:
> Sorry. Wrong.
> [...]
> Anyway, for what it's worth, that's my opinion.

Basically you're saying : "I don't care. My opinions have priority over
any argument"

Instead, explain why it's especially desirable to drink only teas from
the same ethnic background as yours.

"Julie C." <my@> wrote in message
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> Michael Plant wrote:
> > Sorry. Wrong.
> > [...]
> > Anyway, for what it's worth, that's my opinion.
>
> Basically you're saying : "I don't care. My opinions have priority over
> any argument"
>
> Instead, explain why it's especially desirable to drink only teas from
> the same ethnic background as yours.

I'm confused- I didn't realize Michael was from South Africa, Brazil,
India, Pakistan, Malawi, Madagascar, Japan, China, Vietnam, or any other tea
growing country. The last time I heard, he was American.
>

Her Serene Highness wrote:
> The last time I heard, he was American.

Then, with his logic, he should especially drink Coca Cola and tells us
the deep meaning of this beverage deeply rooted in American history. :P

Her Serene Highness wrote:

> The last time I heard, he was American.

Then, to not contradict himself, he should not waste his American
heritage on tea. He should drink only Coca Cola and tell us about the
deep meaning of this all American beverage.

Julie C.c2yVa.2505$Gf3.11685@tor-nn1.netcom.ca7/29/03 13:21my@

> Her Serene Highness wrote:
>> The last time I heard, he was American.
>
> Then, with his logic, he should especially drink Coca Cola and tells us
> the deep meaning of this beverage deeply rooted in American history. :P
>

Couldn't we talk about bourbon? Now, there's an American drink worthy of
discussion.

Michael