The plight of a tea drinker visiting home.

Mydnight wrote:
> ...
> The only variable in this that I cannot control for is the water.
> I've tried several brands of spring water including Evian with little
> use. Maybe down here in NC, the water is too nuked for its own good?
> I will go back to China on the 30th, and I'm hoping I can enjoy one
> good cup of tea with my brother before I go. What brands do you guys
> use? Any other ideas?

Hello Mydnight,

Perhaps VOLVIC water, imported from France.
Whole Foods, and some Health Food stores sell it.

> Always use Poland spring, like it very much; do you shake
> your water to aerate it? What do you use to boil the water?
> I can tell the difference between electric range,
> slow dispenser pot, fast electric kettle and gas range kettle.- Hide quoted text -

I didn't try shaking the water but I don't really see how that would
help. I'll give it a shot, though. I'm using the same Kamjove water
boiler that I use in China so that shouldn't be much of a factor. To
Lurker (on a really slow box and it's annoying), I didn't try Volvic;
that's worth a shot.

Any other ideas, tea drinking vets in the USA?

Mydnight wrote:
> > Always use Poland spring, like it very much; do you shake
> > your water to aerate it? What do you use to boil the water?
> > I can tell the difference between electric range,
> > slow dispenser pot, fast electric kettle and gas range kettle.- Hide quoted text -
>
> I didn't try shaking the water but I don't really see how that would
> help.

Recently I forgot to aerate water when making one of
my favorite, reliably-excellent teas, silver needles from
hou de, and it came out flat, boring, you name it. I
had no idea it makes such a difference. Maybe for
some teas it matters more than for others..

I'll give it a shot, though. I'm using the same Kamjove water
> boiler that I use in China so that shouldn't be much of a factor. To
> Lurker (on a really slow box and it's annoying), I didn't try Volvic;
> that's worth a shot.
>
>
> Any other ideas, tea drinking vets in the USA?