RE: OT - Tea

2010-03-02 Thread Bob W
> Bob W wrote: > > [...] > >> I'm asking my friend what size package it was that she > had, because > >> I've never actually bought loose tea before and have no > idea how much > >> I should get. [...] > > > One teaspoon (theres a clue in the name!) per person, and > one for the pot. > > Mul

Re: OT - Tea

2010-03-02 Thread Keith Whaley
Bob W wrote: [...] I'm asking my friend what size package it was that she had, because I've never actually bought loose tea before and have no idea how much I should get. [...] One teaspoon (theres a clue in the name!) per person, and one for the pot. Multiply by the number of pots of tea y

Re: OT - Tea

2010-03-02 Thread eckinator
also read this: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090222144538AANpafR that answer is somewhat correct - cheap crapola tea tends to be little bits and pieces of leftover/broken so it has higher density and weighs more to the teaspoon, the more expensive it gets the less weight per teaspo

RE: OT - Tea

2010-03-02 Thread Bob W
[...] > > I'm asking my friend what size package it was that she had, > because I've never actually bought loose tea before and have > no idea how much I should get. [...] One teaspoon (theres a clue in the name!) per person, and one for the pot. Multiply by the number of pots of tea you want

Re: OT - Tea

2010-03-01 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
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Re: OT - Tea

2010-03-01 Thread Sandy Harris
I'm in China. It's not what you want, but here's something about tea that I sent to friends in Canada a while back: Sean says you would like some tea. OK, but there are questions. One is what type of tea. Apart from jasmine tea, chrysanthemum tea, and what the Chinese call hong cha (red tea) whic

Re: OT - Tea

2010-03-01 Thread John Celio
2) A way to order the tea from Germany. This may be too expensive for me, but I'd like to find out for sure. OK found the shop that makes and sells it. Have a relative in that town, too. Postage goes by weight and whether or not you want insured or registered shipment on top. So let me know how

Re: OT - Tea

2010-03-01 Thread Christian
On 3/1/2010 4:59 PM, eckinator wrote: 2010/3/1 eckinator: 2) A way to order the tea from Germany. This may be too expensive for me, but I'd like to find out for sure. OK found the shop that makes and sells it. Have a relative in that town, too. Postage goes by weight and whether or not you wa

Re: OT - Tea

2010-03-01 Thread eckinator
2010/3/1 eckinator : >> >> 2) A way to order the tea from Germany. This may be too expensive for >> me, but I'd like to find out for sure. OK found the shop that makes and sells it. Have a relative in that town, too. Postage goes by weight and whether or not you want insured or registered shipment

Re: OT - Tea

2010-03-01 Thread eckinator
2010/3/1 John Celio : > > 2) A way to order the tea from Germany. This may be too expensive for > me, but I'd like to find out for sure. I'm in Germany; I'll see what I can do for you Please let me know all you found out offlist Cheers Ecke -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://p

OT - Tea

2010-03-01 Thread John Celio
So I've been asking everyone I can think of who might know something about tea and have been coming up emptea. My friend in Connecticut introduced me to a German tea, called Braunschweiger Löwentee, that she got during her last trip there. It was a really good blend of oolong and black teas with