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Originally Posted by aceflor
(the other one is clafoutis)
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Clafoutis
The description is fantastic. I love cherries in almost any way possible.
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Originally Posted by beppe
my km of swim went like a marvel
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Originally Posted by aceflor
swam 1 km this morning
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Is it a new trend?
I mean swimming? or doing anything measured by 1?
If it is swimming then I am out of my league here.
However, if it is 1, then I am in. I just run/jogged/trudged? 1 mile.
A bit of aloe vera after that (this time the real one, about 30ml, which was
not as bad as
Stitchawl made me believe it should be
)
Now the one before the last cup of The East India Company's Emperors Yunnan.
I tried today two new Chinese green teas.
Good? Bad? - Chinese green tea
I think both were box standard China Green. Not bad but nothing outstanding.
Mao Feng, Yellow Mountain Green Tea and Liu An Gua Pian.
Both were steeped as was suggested by Chah: 2 tsp per cup; 75°C, 3 minutes for first brew and then add 30 seconds for each subsequent infusion.
I didn't reinfuse Mao Feng, Yellow Mountain Green Tea but I reinfused twice Liu An Gua Pian. Reinfused cups were OKeish. The flavour as good as the first.
I think I am too demanding to Chinese green tea. I became a bit spoiled and need something special, more than standard green tea flavour. Like Dragon Well. Although, I didn't drink the latter for 7 or 8 months. My palate has significantly changed since then when it comes to judging teas. Maybe I would change my opinion about Dragon Well now.
Anyway, back to Chah and their cooked Pu-Erh instead of green Pu-Erh.
I received today a reply. Probably the most astounding reply, I ever received in my life as a result of a complaint.
Spoiler:
Dear Axxx,
I understand your disappointment. I’d like to apologise, and also to explain - due the sheer weight of customer demand, we have moved to cooked pu-erh.
The situation on the naming we have is a tricky one; Imagine 9 out of 10 customers call a sparkling Californian white wine a “champagne”. In order to successfully sell your sparkling wine, you would have to call it champagne too, knowing it wasn’t totally accurate.
We have some reserves in stock and I will see to it that you are sent some of the tea you received in the past. Unfortunately, we shall not be importing any more uncooked pu-erh for now and I may not be able to supply this tea in the future, even by request.
I know this is unusually candid for a customer service email but I felt total honesty was best in this situation.
Again, accept our apologies. As far as taste goes, I’m with you on this one hence us originally stocking true uncooked. Sadly we’re outvoted.
Sincerely,
XXX
Director
Chah Online
It left me speechless for a while.
I always appreciate honesty, but receiving such a "candid" reply from a Director? Well done Chah....to a certain degree?
Anyway, I go to find another source of green Pu-Erh in the UK.