On Sep 25, 1:09*pm, Prof Wonmug > wrote:
> On Sun, 20 Sep 2009 14:05:55 -0700 (PDT), Space Cowboy
>
> > wrote:
> >This is the best way to prove you dont like tea.
>
> Really? It sounds like you are saying that my way is invalid.
>
> >Forget the
> >spreadsheet and let your subconscious do the categorizing.
>
> I accept that this is what works for you. It doesn't work very well
> for me. I do better with hard data. Is it OK if we have different
> styles?
>
> >Youll find
> >for some reason youll like one tea over another. *
>
> And part of the enjoyment for me is trying to tease out what those
> reasons might be.
>
> >One day youll like a
> >tea you that you didnt before.
>
> Sure. I understand that there might not be any absolute answers and
> that they might change over time, but the exercise still has value for
> me.
>
> >Enjoying tea is independent of
> >determination.
>
> I accept that this is how you see it and what works for you. Can you
> accept that more of an engineering approach works better for me?
>
> I'm actually willing to try your way, especially if I am not put down
> for mine or told that it's invalid. Are you willing to try mine?
>
> >We have guys show up preaching the gospel of
> >differentiation then disappear when they get bored.
>
> Was I preaching? I intended to ask some questions. I feel like I got
> preached at. Projection?
>
> >The mental notes
> >come from experience. *You need to build an internal reference point.
>
> This is how I do that.
>
> >Trust your instinct, forget the database. *
>
> Goodness. Did you have a bad experience as a child with an abusive
> database?
>
> >I go to tea tastings
> >because they dont cost me anything extra. *I have more fun trying to
> >find one of my teas. * For a long time I had an organized cuppard. *I
> >still have one more or less.
>
> >Jim

Look, we all get your concept... tons of folks have made the exact
same claims and comments. It never works. It's fundamentally not how
tea works, and never has in it's entire history. You are not some new
exception that will crack the code. No one here is ****ing in your
cornflakes, it's just reality... and one we've all seen and been told
we are wrong about and that we'll surely be shown... it hasn't
happened.

There are too many variables in tea to do what you claim. To try to
claim otherwise is foolish. It isn't science, it isn't repeatable.
Each batch of tea is different, each growing season is too, harvest
days even are different. The water, the heating method and vessel and
cup, the list goes on and on. Best of luck in your endeavors, no one
here is interested in this approach (AFAIK) so you won't get much
guidance or help, but if it is a personal need then scratch it and
enjoy it. Just understand we aren't really interested in your results
or work. Most of us here enjoy tea. No more, no less.

- Dominic