I am very sorry Dominic, but I was kinda talking to Cowboy. I also have no
idea what you are talking about when you say "fawning over your tea". I
doubt that you do, either, like with that yixing clay thread.
Why don't we stick to the subject? The subject each of us knows, that is.
BTW, what's yours?
Sasha.
"Dominic T." > wrote in message
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>
> Alex Chaihorsky wrote:
>> The usage of term Fo Shou in this particular tea is due to the variety of
>> tea bush with round plump leaf, as it is explicitly said on Sergey's
>> English
>> site (again: http://www.goodtea.ru/eng/l14.shtml )
>> It seem bizarre to me why wouldn't you trust the guy who sells it and
>> rather
>> discuss the "crazy citrus fruit" story.
>> BTW, Buddha hand citrus IS edible and is very tasty if you like me like
>> raw
>> lemon and things acid. It is also used in condiments and sweet pastes.
>> It is called "puerh" in Taiwan, but only in the same sense as all
>> bingchas
>> may be called puerhs. It is in the class of its own and the manufacturer
>> also puts it into heicha (black tea) category (not red tea).
>>
>> Sasha.
>
> Aww... is someone's feelings hurt that we dared talk about citrus
> instead of fawning over your tea? My bad. There's this thing called
> "loosening up" well worth a try sometime. No one said anything about
> not trusting anybody, and I never said it *wasn't* edible, I said "not
> really edible" meaning you aren't going to sit down and chomp happily
> into a Buddha's hand like an orange. Sure it can be eaten, and used in
> a number of ways (remember, I linked to the semi-silly article on it
> above which described a few uses)
>
> Sasha, no personal offense, but you really don't need to be "on" all
> the time, switch 'er off awhile and relax a tad bit.
>
> - Dominic
>