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Re: No tea threads? MAKE IT SO
« Reply #50 on: February 09, 2013, 07:24:38 PM »

Please explain that one. How are Starbucks endorsed Teas and Apple consumer products comparable?

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Re: No tea threads? MAKE IT SO
« Reply #51 on: February 09, 2013, 07:29:38 PM »

Does anyone find Tazo remotely palatable?  I'd rather boil my socks.  I simply don't get Tazo or how it could be so widely distributed by Starcrack.


Ohhh, now I know where my uncle in Taiwan ships all the little oolong tea bits that fall on the floor.
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Re: No tea threads? MAKE IT SO
« Reply #52 on: February 10, 2013, 10:39:06 AM »

I hope your uncle gets a decent pay. The hyped prices for a decent drink at Starbucks are even high compared to beverage prices in Amsterdam, I'm not kidding here...
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Re: No tea threads? MAKE IT SO
« Reply #53 on: February 12, 2013, 07:12:42 AM »

How is Stash tea? It was on sale at the store so I picked up a couple boxes for cheap. Got Orange Spice (black) and a green tea sampler including Chai Green, Fusion Breakfast, Fusion Green and White, Ginger Peach, Moroccan Mint, Organic Premium Green, Pomegrantate Raspberry, Premium Green and Decaf Premium Green. Just made a cup of the Orange Spice and wow it makes my whole room smell awesome. It's still cooling a bit before I take a sip.

Edit: So that Stash Orange Spice was good. Think I might have liked the Blackcurrant Twinnings better, but both were fine.
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Re: No tea threads? MAKE IT SO
« Reply #54 on: February 13, 2013, 04:54:56 AM »

Snagged a bag of Twinnings Jasmine Green from a co-worker today. It's.. weird. Not bad, just odd. First green tea so not sure if it's the green or the jasmine. I do like that the tea taste isn't as hard as the teas I have been drinking so far. I guess that's the green?
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Re: No tea threads? MAKE IT SO
« Reply #55 on: February 13, 2013, 06:18:14 AM »

Jasmine tea is often more delicate and floral.  Typically a green tea (or white/black) infused w/ the scent of Jasmine blossoms. 

Green tea is often more robust and earthy tasting by comparison but not as in your face as other hearty teas.  Green tea tends to settle on middle and back of your palate where Jasmine sort of evaporates off the palate more cleanly sometimes leaving a slight bitterness on the tip of your tongue.
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Re: No tea threads? MAKE IT SO
« Reply #56 on: February 13, 2013, 06:55:24 AM »

Trying one from that sampler pack. This is the Fusion Green and White. Sort of bland, but very smooth, not hard at all. Easy to drink. Think I might have let it brew too long. I let it go for near 3 minutes. The package said 2-3 minutes.
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Re: No tea threads? MAKE IT SO
« Reply #57 on: February 13, 2013, 07:41:43 AM »

I just got a gift of Tie Guan Yin, and it's just ever so delicate and floral.  One of the better ones I've tasted so far.  One thing that Tie Guan Yin drinkers might want to note is that the tea leaves should not be steeped too long or the tannin just ruins the taste of the tea...i.e. the tea should be light yellow in color, no darker
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Re: No tea threads? MAKE IT SO
« Reply #58 on: February 13, 2013, 12:55:42 PM »

Noted. Do you know where the tie guan yin (or ti kuan yin) came from?
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Re: No tea threads? MAKE IT SO
« Reply #59 on: February 13, 2013, 03:23:21 PM »

Yunling Tea (Apparently from ChongQing province?)
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