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While I would prefer sencha (Japanese green) all the time, I usually
treat it more like a rare dessert. Cinnamon is probably my second
favourite, but I haven't been drinking it this past year. This year's rotation, listed in order of frequency:

-green decaffeinated
-roasted buckwheat
-fennel, anise, caraway
-hojicha, aka roasted green. One of my favourites.
-kukicha, aka green twig tea. New to me, I dig it. Almost a sweet
flavour. Will get more for sure.

In the summer I also drank lots of a cold barley infusion. Another
infusion which is kind-of sweet.
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Feanor <houseof.usher715@silomails.com> wrote:

While I would prefer sencha (Japanese green) all the time, I usually
treat it more like a rare dessert. Cinnamon is probably my second
favourite, but I haven't been drinking it this past year. This year's >rotation, listed in order of frequency:

I have been drinking dahongpao!

https://www.panix.com/~kludge/rock-tea

More on this as it develops in the cup! Note that dahongpao also makes
an excellent ice cream flavouring.
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No drinks for me, but the rotation you've got seems to be centered around comforting roasted, lower caffeine teas, mainly hojicha, soba, and kukicha, with some herbal digestifs on the side.
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I have been drinking teas from Burma!

https://www.panix.com/~kludge/burmese-tea

They are all wild-grown and all very different than trad Chinese and
Indian teas.
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kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey) writes:

I have been drinking teas from Burma!

https://www.panix.com/~kludge/burmese-tea

They are all wild-grown and all very different than trad Chinese and
Indian teas.

Thanks for this! Myanmakers is a short subway trip from where I live.

/Lew
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Lewis Perin <perin@panix.com> wrote:

kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey) writes:

I have been drinking teas from Burma!

https://www.panix.com/~kludge/burmese-tea

They are all wild-grown and all very different than trad Chinese and
Indian teas.

Thanks for this! Myanmakers is a short subway trip from where I live.

Let me know if you visit! I don't think they are tea people and I am
curious how much they know about what they are selling.

You may not be THAT far from shanvalley.com in New Jersey either.
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kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey) writes:

Lewis Perin <perin@panix.com> wrote:

kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey) writes:

I have been drinking teas from Burma!

https://www.panix.com/~kludge/burmese-tea

They are all wild-grown and all very different than trad Chinese and >>>Indian teas.

Thanks for this! Myanmakers is a short subway trip from where I live.

Let me know if you visit! I don't think they are tea people and I am
curious how much they know about what they are selling.

I did visit their bricks and mortar location, and no, they arenrCOt tea
people. But I donrCOt regret having gone, as you can see in this Mastodon thread:

https://social.tchncs.de/@babelcarp/116626809012888098

Long story short: of the three teas I got, the really interesting one is
the Zayan Sour Tea.

/Lew
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Just to say: I can't help but hear W.C. Fields' mother in law when I read
that subject line. "Ambrose Wolfinger, just WHAT have you been drinking?"


Lewis Perin <perin@panix.com> wrote:

https://social.tchncs.de/@babelcarp/116626809012888098

Long story short: of the three teas I got, the really interesting one is
the Zayan Sour Tea.

I think the sour tea is fermented in bamboo, using a process sort of reminiscent of pu ehr, but I have never actually tried it. A sauerkraut flavour would be interesting.

I'd like to try it, but the three-tea sampler you got doesn't seem to be
listed on their website or available through their amazon store either!

Did you get any of that "wild tea" thing that is kind of like oak but not really?
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kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey) writes:

Just to say: I can't help but hear W.C. Fields' mother in law when I read >that subject line. "Ambrose Wolfinger, just WHAT have you been drinking?"

Lewis Perin <perin@panix.com> wrote:

https://social.tchncs.de/@babelcarp/116626809012888098

Long story short: of the three teas I got, the really interesting one is >>the Zayan Sour Tea.

I think the sour tea is fermented in bamboo, using a process sort of >reminiscent of pu ehr, but I have never actually tried it. A sauerkraut >flavour would be interesting.

I'd like to try it, but the three-tea sampler you got doesn't seem to be >listed on their website or available through their amazon store either!

Did you get any of that "wild tea" thing that is kind of like oak but not >really?

No, just the 3-pak. If you want to taste something very much like the
Zayan Sour Tea, you can find the same kind of tea made by the same
ethnic group (the DerCOang) across the border in China, where itrCOs known
as Suan Cha.

/Lew
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Lewis Perin <perin@panix.com> wrote:

kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey) writes:

Did you get any of that "wild tea" thing that is kind of like oak but not >>really?

No, just the 3-pak.

Sorry, I mean did you experience any of the "wild tea" flavour in any of
those three?
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kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey) writes:

Lewis Perin <perin@panix.com> wrote:

kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey) writes:

Did you get any of that "wild tea" thing that is kind of like oak but not >>>really?

No, just the 3-pak.

Sorry, I mean did you experience any of the "wild tea" flavour in any of >those three?

Hmm, rCLkind of like oakrCY isnrCOt really something IrCOm familiar with. Maybe
thatrCOs a rCLnorCY?

By the way, I *have* tasted tea manufactured from non-C. sinensis
leaves, most recently C. crassicolumna.

/Lew
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