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3/29/05

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> Michael Plant wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Um, no unkindness intended... it's just the thought of a tea
>>> scientist.
>>>>> Are there tea colleges? Would there be a different course of
> study
>>> for
>>>>> Indian tea? <JK>
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm easily amused, does that make me insensitive?
>>>>
>>>> No, my friend. 'Twas a joke, alas. I thought you were being
> sarcastic
>>> and
>>>> facetious, at least I had hoped you were being.
>>>
>>> Maybe, a little. ;-)
>>>
>>>> I'm sorry to have to report that there are indeed tea colleges and
>>> courses
>>>> of study for the agriculture and production of tea in various
> places,
>>> among
>>>> them Japan, India, and China. (I'm not positive about India, but
> I've
>>> read
>>>> some pretty sophisticated papers from India on tea production, so
> I
>>> guess
>>>> so.)
>>>
>>> Well, how about that then; tea colleges, and Indian, Chinese and
>>> Japanese tea colleges! Please, excuse my mistakes, they enable me
> to
>>> learn.
>>>
>>> -elgoog
>>>
>>> "Mistakes are the portals of discovery." -- James Joyce
>>
>>
>> Sorry if I offended you. I certainly didn't mean to. BTW, Joyce is my
> number
>> one favorite author. Some say FW is a big mistake, but I think not.
> On the
>> topic at hand, I was trying to say that it is better to experience
> the tea
>> than to learn about it in an academic environment. But, I'm steeped
> myself
>> somewhat in academics, and I respect education. I'm just playing with
> words,
>> not necessarily appropriately. Sorry, again.
>>
>> Michael
>
> Please, no apologies! I wasn't offended in the slightest. I was having
> fun with the verbal word play, that is all.
>
> Certainly, anyone with half a brain who sits down to ponder the
> question would realize that the tea industry, like any other large
> agrarian industry, would have researchers dedicated to their product.
>
> This ng, like my tea, is something to be savored and enjoyed. For me,
> popping a pill would me removing the ritual from tea preparation, which
> I find beneficial and enjoyable in itself. Having tea calms the
> intellect, soothes the soul and leads one to a nearly meditative state,
> not only because of the properties of the tea; but, because of the
> anticipation and the quiet, yet purposeful steps in preparation. It's
> as if we are preparing our body and soul for the tea, and we would be
> unworthy if we simply popped a pill.
>
> Now, I sound like some kind of a nut tea worshipper. I'm just trying to
> express that I enjoy the entire experience.

Yup.

M
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