Comments on A Taste for Good Life 生活的艺术: The Art of Tea Tasting

Hi,Thanks for visiting my blog. There is another p...

2006-10-16T17:32:00.000-07:00

Hi,

Thanks for visiting my blog. There is another place in Palo Alto called Tea Time. It’s also very good. Are you writing a book about tea?

How wonderful for Palo Alto! I was there a couple ...

2006-10-16T14:32:00.000-07:00

How wonderful for Palo Alto! I was there a couple of years ago to visit my brother and thought that a tea bar would do well in this university town.

I checked out their website - Neotte sounds like a wonderful place, and anyone who takes the time to conduct a tea tasting session is a-ok in my book!

Thanks for the informative post.

Beryl, you can buy eight babe tea at Ten Ren tea s...

2006-08-24T10:53:00.000-07:00

Beryl, you can buy eight babe tea at Ten Ren tea store. It's also available online: http://www.tentea.com/eigtreastea.html

Lea and Steve, thank you for stopping by!

Shiva, I will take a look of the website. I am still having tea everyday even living in a city.

bellovoce, Yes, there are more tea bars in northern Califorenia. Although still not mainstream, it's getting more and more popular.

I actually had been working on a post on the excel...

2006-08-23T17:39:00.000-07:00

I actually had been working on a post on the excellent health and mental benefits of Green Tea, funny coincidence. Green Tea is most definitely my favorite of all teas to enjoy every morning; my morning muse.
Are the tea-tastings common to Northern California or is it becoming a wider trend? I would love to look into it. I used to work at Starbucks and one of the requirements to work was to continually taste and describe the coffees. One could become a "Coffee Master." Unfortunately, I don't enjoy unaltered coffee. But just as I left the company, they began a new program for Tazo tea tastings. I was bummed!

In china and Japan, I understand that Tea is consi...

2006-08-06T11:24:00.000-07:00

In china and Japan, I understand that Tea is considered to be a meditative ceremony to be performed. After seeing the variety of tea you have quoted, I uinderstand its importance. I also love making herbal tea, but have missed it after having come to live ina city. Have a look at http://kodaihills.blogspot.com/2006/06/mark-antrobus.html

Good article Helen. While I tend to drink coffee p...

2006-07-10T09:02:00.000-07:00

Good article Helen. While I tend to drink coffee primarily, tea is a wonderfully relaxing drink. I especially like the ritual of preparation. I tend toward the stronger flavored teas. In fact, lapsang souchong is my favorite. Well done.

What a great and informative article! Thanks so mu...

2006-07-04T10:08:00.000-07:00

What a great and informative article! Thanks so much Helen.

Beryl, Eight Babes tea is special blend of herbs. ...

2006-06-20T16:35:00.001-07:00

Beryl, Eight Babes tea is special blend of herbs. At this time, I am not aware any place that actually sells it (it's a shame - perhaps someone should start a business to sell Eight Babes tea :-)). I guess it's NEOTTE's house special.

Fascinating. I've had to skip the comments because...

2006-06-20T16:35:00.000-07:00

Fascinating. I've had to skip the comments because of time strictures Helen, so you might have already anwered this, but how can one get "Eight Babes" tea?

Stanley, I think it's fine to ask cream and sugar ...

2006-06-20T16:34:00.001-07:00

Stanley, I think it's fine to ask cream and sugar in English tea. For Chinese tea, we drink without cream and sugar :-).

Is it in bad taste to ask for cream and sugar in y...

2006-06-20T16:34:00.000-07:00

Is it in bad taste to ask for cream and sugar in your hot tea? I cant drink hot tea without cream and sugar, I love coffe with cream and sugar, I love sodas with sugar, maybe I just have a killer sugar habit. I think I will go make some tea.

Anonymous, thank you for all your comments on my b...

2006-06-16T10:37:00.000-07:00

Anonymous, thank you for all your comments on my blog. I really enjoy them. Please come back often

Mary, thank you! Yes, the loose tea has much better flavor. Now it's spring, and I am asking my sister in China to send me more green tea.......

Helen, This is a very informative article. I would...

2006-06-16T10:35:00.000-07:00

Helen, This is a very informative article. I would rather use loose tea than tea bags. It gives a much better flavor to the tea. Both my parents and grandparents used loose tea when I was growing up. I do drink coffee first thing in the morning, but enjoy several cups of tea during the rest of the day. Enjoyed the increment on tea tasting. I learned something new today. Thanks.

I enjoyed your blog. It was a great idea for an in...

2006-06-14T12:30:00.000-07:00

I enjoyed your blog. It was a great idea for an introduction of various teas and had great insight especially since I also love tea. Ive heard that teas had healing powers and some have special meanings but this definitely proves that there are many distinctive flavors, chacteristics, and cultural meanings to behold.

Maya,I just saw an Indian movie "Water" this past ...

2006-06-12T22:40:00.000-07:00

Maya,

I just saw an Indian movie "Water" this past weekend. Have you seen the movie? It's about the lives of widows in India in 1930s. It's a very good movie, but a little depressing. I didn't realize the lives of Indian widows can be so horrible. But the end of movie is very encouraging and inspiring. The movies says even today many widows are living a life of segregation without dignity. Is it true?

Mathan, thank you for stopping by. Sure please visit NEOTTE when you are in the area.

Helen,That was quite infomative, Need to visit Neo...

2006-06-12T21:03:00.000-07:00

Helen,

That was quite infomative, Need to visit Neotte one of these days

hmmm it came in some british medical journal.I'll ...

2006-06-12T04:56:00.000-07:00

hmmm it came in some british medical journal.I'll have to source it out

Heather, glad you have so much tea to acompanying ...

2006-06-11T21:55:00.000-07:00

Heather, glad you have so much tea to acompanying you for your disertation! I bet it helps a lot.

Annina, you are absolutely right. One aspect of art of tea tasting I didn't talk about is the company of drinking tea. In addition to tea, water, tea cups, one very important element of the tea drinking is the company. That's where the friendship is so important.

Breanne, green tea is my personal favorite too....

JaneDoe, yes, have your 4pm cup of sanity. Drinking tea helps me to clear up my mind and uplift my spirit.

Max, we are all customed to different taste of tea. Unfortunately, a lot of teas on the market has chemicals in them. It's really hard to find good tea in this country. Enjoy your tea milky and strong! Cheers!

Hogan, thanks for letting me know about the effect the tea has for anti brusing and muscle regeneration. It's new to me. Are you sure it's not commercial? LOL.

I love tea too. I don't know where I would be with...

2006-06-11T21:42:00.001-07:00

I love tea too. I don't know where I would be without my 4pm cup of sanity!

Great article! Thanks for all of the links. Green ...

2006-06-11T21:42:00.000-07:00

Great article! Thanks for all of the links. Green tea is my personal favorite...

Tea is so much more than a beverage. Sharing tea w...

2006-06-11T21:41:00.001-07:00

Tea is so much more than a beverage. Sharing tea with friends is such a warm way to extend a friendship. The flavors of the various teas are so different and sometimes subtle that I enjoy trying different ones. Most Americans don't know that there are stories which accompany some teas such as Imperial Gunpowder and Lapsang Souchong, two of my favorites.

Thank you for this fine article and for the links as well.

Yes, you can buy English breakfast tea most places...

2006-06-11T21:41:00.000-07:00

Yes, you can buy English breakfast tea most places.... but there's where my tea-snobbiness comes in. I won't drink just any tea. Thankfully my friends in London stopped at the British equivalent of Costco and bought me 5 kilos of PG tips (it says on the bag: approx. 1150 bags. what, they don't want to count?) That should last me until I finish writing my dissertation....

Thanks, everyone, for your comments!Jake, it's won...

2006-06-11T21:40:00.000-07:00

Thanks, everyone, for your comments!

Jake, it's wonderful you love tea. I love your newest icon!

Deborah, thanks for stopping by and for your encouragement.

Kathryn, TY for your very kind words. Enjoy your jasmine and green tea!

Joshua, it's great your provide the link for more resources for tea. I will take a look.

Ed, it's fine having English tea. I like Earl Gray too!

John, when are you going to have a poem for tea? :-)

Angela, thank you for stoppping by and sharing your interest in Jasmine tea.

Hooray, Carl, for different taste. Sure, I'd love to go to the Napa valley, even not for tea tasting! Should go back this fall.

Don, when are you going to sharing tea tasting in Russia with us? Look forward to it!

Heather, thank you for the comment. Again, I like Englsih tea very much, and you can get it pretty much everywhere.

Topher, thank you for sharing so many more benefits about teas. They are indeed amazing, aren't they?

I've heard many good things about the health benef...

2006-06-11T21:39:00.000-07:00

I've heard many good things about the health benefits of regularly drinking tea. I've also heard of preparing certain teas to apply to bruises and sores on the skin - and even one used in Mexico to wash out one's eyes and clear up any eye soreness or infection!

Amon kaj gxojon -

Great article, Helen! Even though I'm not a big Gr...

2006-06-11T21:38:00.000-07:00

Great article, Helen! Even though I'm not a big Green Tea fan.... my tea snobbiness has more of a taste for English breakfast tea and others blended via England (clearly not native to that region of the world).

One of the great things about Canada is that, as a member of the Commonwealth, they are far more into tea than in the US, so it's not as hard to buy decent tea, especially in Toronto.

I've found an awesome tea pot/infuser here in Europe by Bodum, and after quite a bit of time online, I've found that their products (well, some of them at least) aren't too expensive and can be bought at some of the major chains (BB&B, etc) in the US. So for those of you with loose tea....