Comments for Teatrekker's Weblog http://teatrekker.wordpress.com Just another WordPress.com weblog Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:41:08 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Premium Tea is an Affordable Luxury by Jason Witt http://teatrekker.wordpress.com/2009/11/23/premium-tea-is-an-affordable-luxury/#comment-119 Jason Witt Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:41:08 +0000 http://teatrekker.wordpress.com/?p=700#comment-119 It's true that I could drink some really expensive Puerh for the price I'd pay for some middle-of-the-road wine. I'd have the luxury of some of the finest tea available in the US if I were willing to pay winelike prices. That's another thing I love about tea. It’s true that I could drink some really expensive Puerh for the price I’d pay for some middle-of-the-road wine. I’d have the luxury of some of the finest tea available in the US if I were willing to pay winelike prices. That’s another thing I love about tea.

]]> Comment on Pu-erh Envy by Jason Witt http://teatrekker.wordpress.com/2009/10/22/pu-erh-envy/#comment-118 Jason Witt Sun, 15 Nov 2009 21:35:09 +0000 http://teatrekker.wordpress.com/?p=689#comment-118 Yep, those stupas are a good buy because they're meant to be kept around for years as a proud display. And then they'll improve over that time so when their owner tires of them, they'll make quite a few pots of great tea. Yep, those stupas are a good buy because they’re meant to be kept around for years as a proud display. And then they’ll improve over that time so when their owner tires of them, they’ll make quite a few pots of great tea.

]]> Comment on Tea Trekker Tea-Shirts by Jason Witt http://teatrekker.wordpress.com/2009/09/18/tea-trekker-tea-shirts/#comment-111 Jason Witt Mon, 12 Oct 2009 21:11:37 +0000 http://teatrekker.wordpress.com/?p=635#comment-111 That's funny. Your clothes shrink. You don't get any bigger. Actually, the tea can help with that but you do have to eat less food. <a href="http://www.jasonwitt.org/teaternity.html" rel="nofollow">--Teaternity</a> That’s funny. Your clothes shrink. You don’t get any bigger. Actually, the tea can help with that but you do have to eat less food. –Teaternity

]]> Comment on More New 2009 Tea by Jason Witt http://teatrekker.wordpress.com/2009/09/22/668/#comment-110 Jason Witt Mon, 12 Oct 2009 21:08:48 +0000 http://teatrekker.wordpress.com/?p=668#comment-110 I'm partial to a good Bai Hao. But that green tea certainly does look fresh, like a wonderful vegetable in a salad. That I could go for. Tea leaves as salad greens? Why not? <a href="http://www.jasonwitt.org/teaternity.html" rel="nofollow">--Teaternity</a> I’m partial to a good Bai Hao. But that green tea certainly does look fresh, like a wonderful vegetable in a salad. That I could go for. Tea leaves as salad greens? Why not? –Teaternity

]]> Comment on 2009 Anxi Monkey-Picked Tieguanyin ( Wild-Grown ) by Jason Witt http://teatrekker.wordpress.com/2009/09/23/new-2009-anxi-wild-grown-monkey-picked-tieguanyin/#comment-109 Jason Witt Mon, 12 Oct 2009 21:03:04 +0000 http://teatrekker.wordpress.com/?p=649#comment-109 I too am glad there's no "duplicity" with tea. Of course a lot of major tea bag brands blend their teas to try to create uniformity in flavor from one batch to the next. What a waste of tasting talent! I'm probably going to end up doing nothing but sampling different kinds of raw Puerh from one season to the next. That's my fate with tea. And it'll always be new and exciting because there won't be any repeats. <a href="http://www.jasonwitt.org/teaternity.html" rel="nofollow">--Teaternity</a> I too am glad there’s no “duplicity” with tea. Of course a lot of major tea bag brands blend their teas to try to create uniformity in flavor from one batch to the next. What a waste of tasting talent! I’m probably going to end up doing nothing but sampling different kinds of raw Puerh from one season to the next. That’s my fate with tea. And it’ll always be new and exciting because there won’t be any repeats. –Teaternity

]]> Comment on About by teatrekker http://teatrekker.wordpress.com/about/#comment-106 teatrekker Sun, 27 Sep 2009 16:12:50 +0000 #comment-106 Hi Krystal, Excellent! There is always room for tea steeping improvement. I will be in touch about your idea. Mary Lou Hi Krystal,

Excellent! There is always room for tea steeping improvement. I will be in touch about your idea.

Mary Lou

]]> Comment on About by KPP http://teatrekker.wordpress.com/about/#comment-105 KPP Sun, 27 Sep 2009 03:23:41 +0000 #comment-105 Hi Tea trekkers, I am a designers currently working on a new product that will be able to steep tea more effectively than conventional tea balls or pinch tea steepers. Please contact me at www.theclosedloop.org. I would like to get some feedback from tea experts. Keep up your blog! Very interesting. Krystal Persaud Hi Tea trekkers,

I am a designers currently working on a new product that will be able to steep tea more effectively than conventional tea balls or pinch tea steepers.

Please contact me at http://www.theclosedloop.org. I would like to get some feedback from tea experts.

Keep up your blog! Very interesting.

Krystal Persaud

]]> Comment on He Became She and then Came Tea by teatrekker http://teatrekker.wordpress.com/2009/08/14/he-became-she-and-then-came-tea/#comment-104 teatrekker Fri, 18 Sep 2009 13:31:17 +0000 http://teatrekker.wordpress.com/?p=604#comment-104 Jason, You are right: of course these tales about tea bushes and gods (and monkeys ) are fable: China is a country of a great many colorful stories, legends and fables, which enrich the culture and give importance to everyday things. They bolster confidence in the past and offer reassurance to the future. These are not so different from religious parable which one must also read between the lines of. This is not to say that the tea bushes are not unique, they are. Why unique tea bushes grow in one region of China and not others is one of the many reasons why China's teas are so extraordinary. The sub-varieties of tea bushes that produce Tieguanyin ( there are three dominant varieties for authentic Tieguanyin ) might be indigenous species or bushes that have been propagated from plantings made by a humble farmer some centuries ago. But how much more appealing ( and how much more important ) they become when we are told that they were put there by a goddess. Jason,

You are right: of course these tales about tea bushes and gods (and monkeys ) are fable: China is a country of a great many colorful stories, legends and fables, which enrich the culture and give importance to everyday things. They bolster confidence in the past and offer reassurance to the future. These are not so different from religious parable which one must also read between the lines of. This is not to say that the tea bushes are not unique, they are. Why unique tea bushes grow in one region of China and not others is one of the many reasons why China’s teas are so extraordinary. The sub-varieties of tea bushes that produce Tieguanyin ( there are three dominant varieties for authentic Tieguanyin ) might be indigenous species or bushes that have been propagated from plantings made by a humble farmer some centuries ago. But how much more appealing ( and how much more important ) they become when we are told that they were put there by a goddess.

]]> Comment on He Became She and then Came Tea by Jason Witt http://teatrekker.wordpress.com/2009/08/14/he-became-she-and-then-came-tea/#comment-103 Jason Witt Mon, 14 Sep 2009 22:15:55 +0000 http://teatrekker.wordpress.com/?p=604#comment-103 Your studies here are quite believable. It makes sense that the god changed to fit people's needs, particularly that women were neglected in worship. But I must say that it's sad that the people didn't change for their God instead. <a href="http://www.jasonwitt.org/spirituality-of-tea.html" rel="nofollow">--Spirituality of Tea</a> Your studies here are quite believable. It makes sense that the god changed to fit people’s needs, particularly that women were neglected in worship. But I must say that it’s sad that the people didn’t change for their God instead. –Spirituality of Tea

]]> Comment on He Became She and then Came Tea by Jason Witt http://teatrekker.wordpress.com/2009/08/14/he-became-she-and-then-came-tea/#comment-101 Jason Witt Tue, 25 Aug 2009 09:16:56 +0000 http://teatrekker.wordpress.com/?p=604#comment-101 This is another one of those stories about the origin of tea that's hard to believe literally. The Chinese want to embellish their history with romantic tales but sometimes in the study of tea in the past it's hard to find the truth. I wouldn't be surprised if the transformation of this deity was indeed to serve the women who didn't have their own god. That would explain why they worship the same way to this day. But this is about the only accurate history in the whole matter. This is another one of those stories about the origin of tea that’s hard to believe literally. The Chinese want to embellish their history with romantic tales but sometimes in the study of tea in the past it’s hard to find the truth. I wouldn’t be surprised if the transformation of this deity was indeed to serve the women who didn’t have their own god. That would explain why they worship the same way to this day. But this is about the only accurate history in the whole matter.

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