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Originally Posted by Stitchawl

As long as it doesn't have a chocolate and tobacco flavor... I don't care for flavored teas.

No worries, we're talking notes in the aroma rather than in the taste. I don't care for flavoured teas either

Originally Posted by Stitchawl

Do you use the gaiwan as it's intended, using the lid to hold back the leaves, or do you use some sort of infuser?

Purely the former; I don't use infusers. (Although I understand that in China a lot of people drink straight out of the gaiwan, which I don't, so I suppose "intended" may be a judgement call!)

Originally Posted by Stitchawl

http://www.nbtea.co.uk/shop/section.php?xSec=37&xPage=1 has a nice grouping of samples. For less than 150 GBP ($250 Canadian) you can get all of them, and try out a lot of different tea. I'm sure you could find something new to please you!

Thanks, it's a tempting idea! Once I've worked through my backlog of old standards, I may just do exactly that.