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Im allergic to Jasmine. The Chinese say I have a hot body type.

I buy the Fujian Tian Hu Shan tea factory brand in a Chinese store.
It comes in really nice 250/500g green tins.

Im sitting down at an expensive catered dinner the other night
wondering what I would get when I ordered tea. I got the proverbial
Lipton tea bag but at least the carafe contained steaming hot water.
Im at a loss, do I force the bag through the nozzle into the carafe
for brewing, or pour over the bag in the cup?

Jim

Square Peg wrote:
> On Thu, 9 Oct 2008 05:47:39 -0700 (PDT), Space Cowboy
> <netstuff@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
>
> >YinHao is one of my favorites. Make sure it is the YinHao without the
> >Jasmine flavor.
>
> That is probably one of the problems. This one definitely has the
> jasmine flavor. I think I may have some sort of adverse reaction to
> jasmine. I also bought a bag of Moli Huacha ("Fanciest Jasmine"),
> which I cannot tolerate. It makes me feel a little queasy.

> >I buy mine in 500g tins.
>
> Where do you buy your Yin Hao?

> It was a Christmas gift from my daughter, bless her heart. She's a
> good girl.
>
> She gave us a $150 gift certificate to an expensive restaurant. I am
> now thinking that forgoing three meals at a cheaper restaurant for one
> at this one might be something to think about. ;-)

Years ago we had a guy in here saying a degree of temperature, a gram
of weight, a second of time were his incremental variables for tea
taste differences. He got bored and went away after a myriad of such
posts. To parahrase you said in an earlier post "It is just me, Im
a tinkerer". I can live with that. I dont expect my next cup to
taste like the last. I like the occasional nonrepeatable ahh
moments. I enjoy YinHao even more when somebody brings it up. I send
everyone of my teas to the ER room with third degree burns when
somebody says I shouldnt be using boiling water. Thats just me.

Jim

PS Im looking at my Maeda-en tea packaging. Here is a new health
claim I hadnt heard before "Deter Food Poisoning".

Square Peg wrote:
> I love the advice. I love the personal experiences even more. I could
> do without the condescencion. ;-)

On Sat, 11 Oct 2008 07:17:12 -0700 (PDT), Space Cowboy
<netstuff@ix.netcom.com> wrote:

>Im allergic to Jasmine. The Chinese say I have a hot body type.

Perhaps you should post some photos... ;-)

>I buy the Fujian Tian Hu Shan tea factory brand in a Chinese store.
>It comes in really nice 250/500g green tins.

That's a great idea. We have a lot of Chinese shops in this area. I'll
stop by one and see what they have.

>Im sitting down at an expensive catered dinner the other night
>wondering what I would get when I ordered tea. I got the proverbial
>Lipton tea bag but at least the carafe contained steaming hot water.
>Im at a loss, do I force the bag through the nozzle into the carafe
>for brewing, or pour over the bag in the cup?

....and the answer is...?

>Jim
>
>Square Peg wrote:
>> On Thu, 9 Oct 2008 05:47:39 -0700 (PDT), Space Cowboy
>> <netstuff@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
>>
>> >YinHao is one of my favorites. Make sure it is the YinHao without the
>> >Jasmine flavor.
>>
>> That is probably one of the problems. This one definitely has the
>> jasmine flavor. I think I may have some sort of adverse reaction to
>> jasmine. I also bought a bag of Moli Huacha ("Fanciest Jasmine"),
>> which I cannot tolerate. It makes me feel a little queasy.
>
>> >I buy mine in 500g tins.
>>
>> Where do you buy your Yin Hao?
>
>> It was a Christmas gift from my daughter, bless her heart. She's a
>> good girl.
>>
>> She gave us a $150 gift certificate to an expensive restaurant. I am
>> now thinking that forgoing three meals at a cheaper restaurant for one
>> at this one might be something to think about. ;-)

On Oct 11, 9:17 am, Space Cowboy <netst...@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
> Im allergic to Jasmine.  The Chinese say I have a hot body type.
>
> I buy the Fujian Tian Hu Shan tea factory brand in a Chinese store.
> It comes in really nice 250/500g green tins.
>
> Im sitting down at an expensive catered dinner the other night
> wondering what I would get when I ordered tea.  I got the proverbial
> Lipton tea bag but at least the carafe contained steaming hot water.
> Im at a loss, do I force the bag through the nozzle into the carafe
> for brewing, or pour over the bag in the cup?
>
> Jim
>
>
>
> Square Peg wrote:
> > On Thu, 9 Oct 2008 05:47:39 -0700 (PDT), Space Cowboy
> > <netst...@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
>
> > >YinHao is one of my favorites.  Make sure it is the YinHao without the
> > >Jasmine flavor.
>
> > That is probably one of the problems. This one definitely has the
> > jasmine flavor. I think I may have some sort of adverse reaction to
> > jasmine. I also bought a bag of Moli Huacha ("Fanciest Jasmine"),
> > which I cannot tolerate. It makes me feel a little queasy.
> > >I buy mine in 500g tins.
>
> > Where do you buy your Yin Hao?
> > It was a Christmas gift from my daughter, bless her heart. She's a
> > good girl.
>
> > She gave us a $150 gift certificate to an expensive restaurant. I am
> > now thinking that forgoing three meals at a cheaper restaurant for one
> > at this one might be something to think about. ;-)- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

Pour over the bag in a cup. Isn't it refreshing to go back to basics
(Lipton's) every so often? Toci

"chance" <cinci_kr.kr> wrote

> Thanks.

Further to the preceding post, what descriptions do you think
there are to describe the characteristic tea taste or flavor of a tea-like tea?

One more thing, what significance do the colors of red, green, and yellow
used in the marks on the labels of puer teas have?

chance wrote:
> Further to the preceding post, what descriptions do you think
> there are to describe the characteristic tea taste or flavor of a
> tea-like tea?

Complete, perfect, overwhelming;-)

Honestly this question is quite difficult to answer only from memory
without having such a tea, but i would describe it as fruity with a
hint of grassy.

Have fun in Chinatown. The more you go the more you discover. Just
be aware every Chinatown is different.

I chose the bag in a cup. I realized the infused bag wouldnt come out
easily from the small neck carafe. I worked at a kitchen in college
and Im always sensitive to what the help has to deal with. I dont
know the correct Emily Post manner which occurred to me as I sat
there. Somebody else at the table stuffed theirs in the carafe.

Jim

Square Peg wrote:
> On Sat, 11 Oct 2008 07:17:12 -0700 (PDT), Space Cowboy
> <netstuff@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
> >I buy the Fujian Tian Hu Shan tea factory brand in a Chinese store.
> >It comes in really nice 250/500g green tins.
>
> That's a great idea. We have a lot of Chinese shops in this area. I'll
> stop by one and see what they have.

> >Im sitting down at an expensive catered dinner the other night
> >wondering what I would get when I ordered tea. I got the proverbial
> >Lipton tea bag but at least the carafe contained steaming hot water.
> >Im at a loss, do I force the bag through the nozzle into the carafe
> >for brewing, or pour over the bag in the cup?
>
> ...and the answer is...?

On Oct 13, 6:59 am, Square Peg <Square...@Round.Hole> wrote:
> Ok, I'm done now. I'm off to measure some parameters.  ;-)

Weren't you LISTENING?!?! <very big grin>

Alan

On Mon, 13 Oct 2008 12:31:25 -0700 (PDT), Alan <alan@alanandmike.com>
wrote:

>On Oct 13, 6:59 am, Square Peg <Square...@Round.Hole> wrote:
>> Ok, I'm done now. I'm off to measure some parameters.  ;-)
>
>Weren't you LISTENING?!?! <very big grin>

Yes, but I only hear what I want to. I learned that from my kids.

Square Peg wrote:
> I realize that the exact same parameters do not guarantee the exact
> same experience. That's not my intent.

Ok, so i misunderstood you there.


> But the parameters do have
> value.

At least to some extent. I do not pour boiling water over my Senchas and
some of them like lower temperatures than others. And before you ask,
from time to time i do measure the temperature with a thermometer;-)

To get a better understanding of what you do, can you tell how accurate
you measure your parameters and how strictly you follow your optimum
values?