Comments on: Tea Buying Tips: Brick & Mortar Tea Shops http://www.lainiesips.com/2009/11/tea-buying-tips-brick-mortar-tea-shops/ A Tea Blog Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:17:19 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Sonam P Lama http://www.lainiesips.com/2009/11/tea-buying-tips-brick-mortar-tea-shops/comment-page-1/#comment-961 Sonam P Lama Thu, 26 Nov 2009 04:43:08 +0000 http://www.lainiesips.com/?p=2172#comment-961 Lainie I completely agree with you...I am a tea vendor myself with a tea boutique in Goa, India and the theme of my store is Taste and Buy! We ask our customers to choose from white, green, Oolong and black. And then we make them taste until they are satisfied and make a choice.We've even had people sit for long hrs and try almost all our collection which is quite a small one. Quote-'teas do not improve with age' Thumbs up! My personal opinion about Puerh is divided, I admit i am a Darjeeling vendor-but also an avid tea lover i have tasted teas from all over the world and have visited China quite often, attended many ceremonial tea exhibitions and tasted alongside with tea masters. I have many Puerhs lying in my shelf but ...simply i don't enjoy it. I have always believed tea is a herb, for me Fresh Tea is Best Tea. Lainie I completely agree with you…I am a tea vendor myself with a tea boutique in Goa, India and the theme of my store is Taste and Buy!
We ask our customers to choose from white, green, Oolong and black. And then we make them taste until they are satisfied and make a choice.We’ve even had people sit for long hrs and try almost all our collection which is quite a small one.
Quote-’teas do not improve with age’ Thumbs up!
My personal opinion about Puerh is divided, I admit i am a Darjeeling vendor-but also an avid tea lover i have tasted teas from all over the world and have visited China quite often, attended many ceremonial tea exhibitions and tasted alongside with tea masters. I have many Puerhs lying in my shelf but …simply i don’t enjoy it.
I have always believed tea is a herb, for me Fresh Tea is Best Tea.

]]> By: admin http://www.lainiesips.com/2009/11/tea-buying-tips-brick-mortar-tea-shops/comment-page-1/#comment-960 admin Wed, 25 Nov 2009 22:17:26 +0000 http://www.lainiesips.com/?p=2172#comment-960 Arnold: Yunnan Sourcing has a great rep. Enjoy your teaware, and send me a picture when you get it! Arnold:

Yunnan Sourcing has a great rep. Enjoy your teaware, and send me a picture when you get it!

]]> By: Arnold Zeman http://www.lainiesips.com/2009/11/tea-buying-tips-brick-mortar-tea-shops/comment-page-1/#comment-959 Arnold Zeman Wed, 25 Nov 2009 21:49:21 +0000 http://www.lainiesips.com/?p=2172#comment-959 Yikes, hope what I recently ordered from Yunnan Sourcing is the real thing! .-= Arnold Zeman´s last blog ..<a href="http://dialogicmediation.com/2009/11/23/same-sex-couples-when-divorce-isnt-an-option/" rel="nofollow">Same-Sex Couples: When Divorce Isn’t An Option</a> =-. Yikes, hope what I recently ordered from Yunnan Sourcing is the real thing!
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]]> By: admin http://www.lainiesips.com/2009/11/tea-buying-tips-brick-mortar-tea-shops/comment-page-1/#comment-958 admin Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:02:18 +0000 http://www.lainiesips.com/?p=2172#comment-958 Arnold: You are absolutely right that the point of unglazed Yixing is to allow the pot to season with one kind of tea. However, if what is being called "Yixing" is an adulterated clay, this can give the tea a bad flavor. Good Yixing teaware won't do this. Arnold: You are absolutely right that the point of unglazed Yixing is to allow the pot to season with one kind of tea. However, if what is being called “Yixing” is an adulterated clay, this can give the tea a bad flavor. Good Yixing teaware won’t do this.

]]> By: Arnold Zeman http://www.lainiesips.com/2009/11/tea-buying-tips-brick-mortar-tea-shops/comment-page-1/#comment-957 Arnold Zeman Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:06:45 +0000 http://www.lainiesips.com/?p=2172#comment-957 Re unglazed Yixing pieces: I thought the whole point of unglazed was that the teapot became cured or seasoned with the one type of tea (Oolong or Pu'erh) that it was being used for. Is this just 'bad information in circulation'? .-= Arnold Zeman´s last blog ..<a href="http://dialogicmediation.com/2009/11/23/same-sex-couples-when-divorce-isnt-an-option/" rel="nofollow">Same-Sex Couples: When Divorce Isn’t An Option</a> =-. Re unglazed Yixing pieces: I thought the whole point of unglazed was that the teapot became cured or seasoned with the one type of tea (Oolong or Pu’erh) that it was being used for. Is this just ‘bad information in circulation’?
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]]> By: Jason Witt http://www.lainiesips.com/2009/11/tea-buying-tips-brick-mortar-tea-shops/comment-page-1/#comment-956 Jason Witt Wed, 25 Nov 2009 13:21:05 +0000 http://www.lainiesips.com/?p=2172#comment-956 I know how it goes with buying too much tea. I've overdone it for several months now. I ended up giving pounds of tea away to a local charity. But I've become devoted to Puerh, and that's a tea that does age well. So if I have extra these days I can just set it aside until my spending spree cools down a little. I know how it goes with buying too much tea. I’ve overdone it for several months now. I ended up giving pounds of tea away to a local charity. But I’ve become devoted to Puerh, and that’s a tea that does age well. So if I have extra these days I can just set it aside until my spending spree cools down a little.

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