>It is one of my stream of consciousness tea rants
>brought on by lonely bloggers,webmasters,portals looking to generate
>traffic for their own special interest.

I see nothing wrong with folks using this forum to spread information
or resources that people might find useful. I have found many such
resources through RFDT. It is, after all, fairly difficult just to find
a good online tea vendor, because there are so many mediocre ones (by
mediocre I mean overpriced, uninformed and carrying teas of lower
quality).

I also see no reason why RFDT needs to have a monopoly on all online
tea info. This is A forum, and forums have never been intended to be
isolated.

Regards,
Nico