John,
When I first "got back" into teas I began looking for a China Black since
that had been my first love as a college student in the 70's...What I found
was Specialteas Emperors Red (593), and Golden Monkey (510) and Yunnan
golden royal (509) AND more recently Keemun Hao-Ya A (503) ...those are just
the Blacks (red).

Doug

"John F" > wrote in message
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>I picked up my first tea yesterday Temple of Heaven Gunpowder at a
> local shop. I followed the instructions that came with the tea to use
> one tablespoon of tea for 10oz of water and steeped for 4 min. While I
> was drinking it I read the FAQ's and a few posts here and have a few
> comments and questions.
>
> First off I think I used too much tea and steeped for too long on the
> first cup. I read here that you can use the same tea a second time so I
> made a second cup with slightly lower temp water and steeped for 3 min.
> The second cup was better and makes me wonder a few things.
>
> If I had used more like 1-2 teaspoons of tea for the first cup and
> steeped for 3 min. I wonder if it would have been as good as my second
> cup? I don't' see anything here recommending using a tablespoon per
> 10oz it looks more like 1.5 teaspoons or so.
>
> I made tow cups "back to back" with the tea and the second cup was
> really good but can you make a second cup 24 hours later, or is it an
> immediate use thing?
>
> This tea is better than any I've had from teabags but looks to get a
> fairly bad rap here as lower quality. Can anybody recommend me a couple
> of good green and a couple of good black teas I can order from Upton or
> Special teas?
>
> Any other general "newbie" advice you can give me?
>
> Thanks
>
> John F
>