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CE - Curt E. wrote:
> Hey Melinda thanks. I am not looking for a quick learn. I have been
> homebrewing beer for 15 years and know how the knowledge comes with
> experience and time. I figure I have another 20 years or so to know what I
> want to know with that hobby of connoisseurship. Tea...A life
> time?....Great! I'll savor every moment! I have recently been getting into
> collecting fancy pipes and fancy pipe tobacco and from what I've read on
> those newsgroups good homeroast coffee and good "smokey" teas are good (even
> supposedly better than homebrew) to go with a bowl of fine tobacco...so I
> tried it with some Bigelow tea and could see that there might be something
> to this...so the interest. Also my wife drinks tea every night before bed
> and was recently inquiring about the finer aspects of teas and how it may be
> similar in genre to my recent tobacco and long time beer connoisseurship
> hobbies.
>
> I work allot and have two lovely little children (4g&9b) and live in a
> wonderfully old historic house (to work on). These culinary-ish hobbies are
> relatively cheap, have rich histories and involve somewhat technical (read
> here ...nerdy) processes that make them complex...yet...take relatively
> little time ...and half the fun is just reading about it all.
>
> FYI: The alt.smokers.pipes newsgroup has recently had it's fair share of
> marketeers in "sheep's clothing" here recently too.
>
> I'm sure I'll be posting with further questions as soon as I find some good
> info and some good teas to start to try.
>
> thanks again,
> Curt E.
>
>
> "Melinda" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Curt: there is no quick and easy way to learn everything there is to know
> > about tea. There MIGHT be a Tea for Dummies out there somewhere but it's
> > really not needed. (OK, that's a straight line, someone use it hmm?) If
> you
> > want information read the FAQ for this list at
> > http://pages.ripco.net/~c4ha2na9/tea/faq.html. Basically you have to read,
> > and if you choose to continue to learn about tea then it's going to be a
> > lifetime(s) process. Read the newsgroup. Look in your local library. Read
> > info pages from some of the major vendors. Drink a lot of tea. Though
> there
> > are vendors I could recommend to purchase from I'm not gonna right now
> > because I'm kinda fed up with shills and don't want to get into it.
> >
> > So: short hand. Read lots, drink lots of tea. Have fun!!! This isn't a
> > chemistry exam....yet (apologies to all the chemists out there)
> > Hope SOME of this helped...
> >
> > Melinda
> >
> > --
> > "I know. You know I know. I know you know I know. We know Henry knows,
> > and Henry knows we know it."
> > We're a knowledgeable family." ::smiles:: -Geoffrey, Lion in Winter
> >
> >
> > "CE - Curt E." > wrote in message
> > news:j7%Ze.28320$hp.5329@lakeread08...
> > >I know there are rich histories and complex processes of tea production
> and
> > > tea preparation. I realize there are many different teas and blends
> > > thereof. I want to learn all about it and where to get the freshest and
> > > best of it all.
> > >
> > > Where should I go...web...web store...real store/place...books? What
> > > should
> > > I do?
> > >
> > > Any help is greatly appreciated.
> > >
> > > Curt E.
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
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