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Old 02-23-2011, 06:55 PM   #8523
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You ask how much I love you must I explain
I need you oh my darling like roses need rain
You ask how long I'll love you I'll tell you true
Until the 12th of Never I'll still be loving you
Hold me close never let me go hold me close melt my heart like April snow
I'll love you till the bluebells forget to bloom
I'll love you till the clover has lost it's perfume
I'll love you till the poets run out of rhymes
Until the 12th of Never and that's a long long time


Cloudy morning... a bit chilly. Hot mug of keemun (no name) to get me started. In fact, it's going to be a triple mug for breakfast as I have to go clear over to the other side of Osaka today. Not much chance for drinking good tea so I'll do it now. On the other hand, I'll be in a shopping area that I've never seen before so perhaps I'll get lucky and find some new tea gold mine!


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Hmm. I didn't feel flavour in this one. (Assam Moran) At all.
1 x BI02-1, Assam Moran BOP Sample
and ranked this one the lowest. It felt an ordinary albeit strong black tea.
I wonder what did I miss?
Probably didn't miss anything. This is a problem common to straight (not blended) teas. They often vary in taste from one batch to the next. This is especially true of the newer tea purveyors as they often buy from different estates. The older houses tend to only buy from their old established tea gardens, but still can be a slightly different taste from crop to crop. But Blends insure that you will always have exactly the same flavor, and is one of the reasons why I like them.

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Tomorrow is a tea day. We are going to visit Fortnum & Mason and East India Company shops. Then visit a tea pub for a masterclass session where they show how they brew teas and let us taste them
You can only imagine how jealous I am!
You are such a lucky fellow. I hope you enjoy it and give us a good report when you come back.

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A master class
Which means when you get back you must share everything that you learned with us. That is the duty of a Master...

Keemun #2 steeping....

P.S. By the way, my name is Longfellow, but you can call me Long for short.

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