What is in your cup?

[ProfCrash]

Teavana has a Cocoa Mint Black tea that tastes like a Thin Mint and Tea Gschwendner has a Chile Chocolate Black tea that is good. I am certain both websites have additional chocolate teas but those are the two that I have tried.

[maianhvk]

Originally Posted by Iridal

There is: this is just an example.

Originally Posted by kindlekitten

plenty of chocolate teas here, and those are ones I will never review... sorry

thanks a ton!

er... my credit card were lost a couple of weeks ago and there is no place selling tea like the ones you guys have overseas, so I have to buy tea from a supermarket and I don't think they have any kind of chocolate tea...

[ProfCrash]

Trying the Ginger Pu-Erh from Rishi. My first few sips were meh but as I dink more of it I am liking it more. The ginger is not overwhelming and the Pu-Erh tastes good. I'll finish off the sample sent and see how I feel about ordering it then but right now it is not high on my list of teas to reorder.

Do you have a friend in the US or Europe that might be able to buy the goodies for you and send them to you?

[GeoffC]

Tea - Green powdered ....

[maianhvk]

I have some friends, but don't feel like asking them to go buy it for me, because I know they won't deny - that would be irritating if you can't deny something you don't want to do, right? So I don't put them in those situations.

okay, I'll go to the supermarket tomorrow to see if they have any fancy tea out there, and get me a new glass. I want a bigger one to reduce the time I have to get out of the bed, go downstairs, boil water and wait for 3 mins each.

[GeoffC]

Originally Posted by maianhvk

I have some friends, but don't feel like asking them to go buy it for me, because I know they won't deny - that would be irritating if you can't deny something you don't want to do, right? So I don't put them in those situations.

okay, I'll go to the supermarket tomorrow to see if they have any fancy tea out there, and get me a new glass. I want a bigger one to reduce the time I have to get out of the bed, go downstairs, boil water and wait for 3 mins each.

Th problem with a bigger cup is that one imbibes more liquid which means .....

[maianhvk]

Originally Posted by GeoffC

Th problem with a bigger cup is that one imbibes more liquid which means .....

at least the WC is much closer than the kitchen

[GeoffC]

[desertblues]

Originally Posted by MrPLD

Absolutely nothing at the moment - but I'm about to go conjure some Chamomile tea

Well, I don't know you from earlier times: but welcome back as well and as a die-hard cold Arabica-coffee drinker, it is nice to read a different view on tea and its workings.

[beppe]

I haven't tried my new teapot yet. I have been drinking gunpowder all day, I changed the leaves just once. I am using this tremendous Japanese cup.

Well, against all my prejudices, I do have more pleasure drinking from that cup.

Will I get involved in tea ceremonies?
Will the demons of tea take over my simple me?

What next?

I know. The new teapot. I hope she is resting well besides the spaghetti strainer. I have to find a good place for her. Luckily the kitchen is mine. Ah. the duties and the pleasures of a cooking husband and father.

[ProfCrash]

Originally Posted by maianhvk

I have some friends, but don't feel like asking them to go buy it for me, because I know they won't deny - that would be irritating if you can't deny something you don't want to do, right? So I don't put them in those situations.

okay, I'll go to the supermarket tomorrow to see if they have any fancy tea out there, and get me a new glass. I want a bigger one to reduce the time I have to get out of the bed, go downstairs, boil water and wait for 3 mins each.

What about ordering it online and having it shipped to their house. Then they can ship it to you. You can send them a check to cover the costs.

It is just a thought. I know plenty of folks living over seas who have systems like these worked out. Heck, I had my best friend carry two giant jars worth of peanut butter to me when I was studying in Milan for 6 months.

[ProfCrash]

Originally Posted by beppe

I haven't tried my new teapot yet. I have been drinking gunpowder all day, I changed the leaves just once. I am using this tremendous Japanese cup.
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Well, against all my prejudices, I do have more pleasure drinking from that cup.

Will I get involved in tea ceremonies?
Will the demons of tea take over my simple me?

What next?

I know. The new teapot. I hope she is resting well besides the spaghetti strainer. I have to find a good place for her. Luckily the kitchen is mine. Ah. the duties and the pleasures of a cooking husband and father.

You know that you can buy tea strainers right? They are easy to use and clean and would work great for the type of pot that you have.

[beppe]

Originally Posted by ProfCrash

You know that you can buy tea strainers right? They are easy to use and clean and would work great for the type of pot that you have.

Yes, i know. That little pot I got, she has a fine iron mesh iron to stop the leafs just before the entrance to the spout. The lady explained to me that it is so fine a mesh to stop the smaller leafs of the Japanese tea (I will use it for Sencha).
In her shop I saw beautiful steel tea strainers that I could use with my other porcelain teapot that I will use for black teas and larger quantities when I am not by myself.

thank you kindly

[ProfCrash]

Cool. I remember reading a post about cheese cloth or something for straining which made me ask.

I am trying the Rishi Pu-Erh Vanilla Mint. I will not be buying this particular tea again. I have come to the realization that I am not a huge fan of mint in tea unless I have a very specific need or I am sick. So I will take it home and the next time I have to stay home from work I will have a nice comforting tea.

[beppe]

Originally Posted by ProfCrash

What about ordering it online and having it shipped to their house. Then they can ship it to you. You can send them a check to cover the costs.

I did and do this with friends in Austin TX. They got me a nice red wagon for little daughter which is not so small an object. Than I get pills and books and funny things from my friends in Montreal, and stuff from Israel, from Trondheim, from Paris, from Italy even.