"Bluesea" > wrote in message
...
> Inspired by what Lew said, this pop survey is to see how much tea we have
> on
> hand.
>
> 1. How many teas do you currently like to purchase in amounts of 1/4 lb
> (100-125g) or more?

How often? I have around four or five blacks, three greens, no whites, no
oolongs (unfortunately) maybe one or two herbals and three or four puers of
various provenances....
>
>
> 2. How many tea samples, amounts of 1 oz (~28g) or less, do you currently
> have on hand?
>
Oh geeze...one white...probably around 10 greens, 2 blacks, three puers,
three oolongs, and around 4 herbals.

>
>
> 3. How many teas do you have that don't fit in either of the above weight
> categories (multiple samples of a single tea from a single vendor,
> tins/packages that are >1oz and <1/4 lb, etc.)?
>

no idea. I have bits and pieces around, mostly flavored rooiboos that were
VERY artificial tasting that have been sitting in my cupboard for around a
year. I think of them when I am tempted to be carried away by someone else's
idea of a good flavored tea...

Holes in my current collection: a good keemun (I love it...it's
expensive...I love it...but it's expensive...) a fresher green, a good
Darjeeling, a Sikkim anything, CTC assam for chai...

I can buy less of greens and oolongs because I steep them more than twice at
least. I don't do that with blacks. I don't do it with darjeelings (yet)
either, which is unfortunate since they're more expensive on average than,
say, an assam.

Melinda

Melinda