What is in your cup?

[beppe]

Originally Posted by astra

I would, to the point of it being unbearable.
Forget about the sale price. You pay once. You use it daily.

this is so wise. I learned it long time ago and I never regretted.
Once the money has been spent it is gone and you forget about it. But what you buy with it stays with you, and if to save a bit you got a bit less you have to scratch yourself with it for a long time.

Perishable is a different story.

[astra]

I will try one day these two:
Sencha Fukujyu
A-Grade Sencha Japanese Green Tea

I loved NBTea's Sencha, but I am curious.....

[astra]

Originally Posted by beppe

Once the money has been spent it is gone and you forget about it. But what you buy with it stays with you, and if to save a bit you got a bit less you have to scratch yourself with it for a long time.

Perishable is a different story.

You practically said here what I usually say word to word.

[beppe]

Originally Posted by kindlekitten

dead tree book

Thanks

[ProfCrash]

Originally Posted by Stitchawl

I find that the guides are always written for teeny tiny cups. I use a huge stein. The numbers never match up!



I wonder if they sell this one here?

Off to see the wizard...


Stitchawl

Most of my tea places recommend one teaspoon (3 grams) per 8 ounces (250 ml)of water.

[Stitchawl]

Bus stop, wet day, she's there I say
Please share my umbrella
Bus stop, bus go, she stays love grows
Under my umbrella
All that summer we enjoyed it
Wind and rain and shine
That umbrella we employed it
By August she was mine

Originally Posted by desertblues

I have no idea how much liters you all are drinking.....

At home I drink my tea from a large tankard/stein. It holds one liter. I usually drink three or four of these during a normal week day, more on the weekends. But that's at home... I also drink ice tea with my lunch outside and that's another liter or two, then two hours sitting and reading in Starbucks (in the middle of my outside chores) drinking their iced tea. Unfortunately, we never really get to 'keep' all this tea...

Originally Posted by Latinandgreek

I'm scared I'll miss the extra inch.

What ever happened to 'size doesn't matter?'

Originally Posted by beppe

BTW. after I had that gunpowder after lunch to day, about an hour after, i felt a nice tingling in my hands. So what? well I sort of remember old sensations ... than I had to go and get my train, and was very pleasantly surprised by my elastic steps, a new energy, like I felt quite well. Is gunpowder tea stimulating ?

Many years ago someone told me that Imperial Gunpowder would have hallucinogenic affects, so of course I brewed up several very strong mugs of the stuff. My whole body was buzzing most uncomfortably and it was an experiment I never repeated. No hallucinations... just a LOT of caffeine!

Originally Posted by ProfCrash

Most of my tea places recommend one teaspoon (3 grams) per 8 ounces (250 ml)of water.

That makes a very good starting place. I think we also need to take into account the leaf size too. Some teas are a rather fine, almost powder, while others have large chunky leaves. A teaspoon of the powder would be a LOT more tea than a teaspoon of large leaves.

Then we need to adjust for individual tastes too. I like to make a stronger cup than my wife does. Where she might use a teaspoon, I might use two. (This is per normal sized tea cup, not my regular tankard.)

When I sit down to fill my tea bags, I use a large soup spoon. As an average, 3/4 of a rounded soup spoon is my starting point. Fine leaves get a bit less, large leaves get a full spoon. Sometimes this actually works.


Stitchawl

[bjones6416]

Hello, my tea friends, I'm still here, just busy with company. Don't forget me, I'll be chatty again soon!

[kindlekitten]

Originally Posted by bjones6416

Hello, my tea friends, I'm still here, just busy with company. Don't forget me, I'll be chatty again soon!

I wish i were suffering your complaints

[OverTwo]

Water!

[Stitchawl]

Time for a mid-afternoon tea, ahhh me, what shall it be?

I think... that unbranded keemun with work just right!


Stitchawl

[beppe]

Originally Posted by bjones6416

Hello, my tea friends, I'm still here, just busy with company. Don't forget me, I'll be chatty again soon!

Unforgettable. Those earings, that line in your hand ... , now mysterious company, next ...

[Stitchawl]

Originally Posted by OverTwo

Water!

Go easy on that stuff. Too much can really put you up the creek!


Stitchawl

[beppe]

Originally Posted by Poppaea

@Beppe/desk

Good try! Try harder

thank you. i am almost there, the invisible man. the man with no shadow. at work i try to be as unnoticeable as it is possible. But a careful choice of clothes and a more than casual attitude help a bit. No waves, just the undisturbed flow of anonymity. It is not so easy as I am the boss.

I want my room to look like i was not there since few days, for unspecified and maybe mysterious reasons, vaguely unspeakable. A trip abroad, a post prandial walk, ...

when I am there and some body comes in my room i want to give the impression that I just arrived and that I am going to leave in few minutes ...

[Iridal]

Originally Posted by desertblues

I have no idea how much liters you all are drinking...

I drink about 2 liters of water every day, some orange juice in the morning, and 4 to 5 large mugs of tea. Then a cup of warm milk in the evening before bed. So that would be about 3 to 4 liters of 'fluids' every day. On the days I go jogging, I drink about 0.5 liters of water extra.

Originally Posted by Stitchawl

What ever happened to 'size doesn't matter?'

I had a discussion about this with a friend a while ago. Just the fact that women say: 'it's okay honey, size doesn't matter' is proof enough that size DOES matter. Wait, weren't we talking about tea ?

Fifth day without coffee, and still going strong. Cup of green tea orange. I'll have to go out to buy one of those breakfast teas you guys keep talking about.

[Poppaea]

Good Morning, America!
And Europe

Having a pot of Kashmir Chai enhanced with some Assam and Massala from TeeGschwendner, a drop of cream and some milk. Strong, dark 'n' dirty. Like me. OMG, I am tired, even this doesn't wake me up entirely...