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bloehard

On 2 May 2006 11:53:09 -0400, (Scott Dorsey) wrote:

>Space Cowboy > wrote:
>>I like TenRen loose teas. AFAIK their commercial loose teas aren't for
>>export. Their export teabags don't compare. I recently paid $7/150g
>>for bags of Green and TungTing. Another very good commercial brand
>>from Taiwan is Good Young. Again buy their loose teas and not teabags.
>> I've never had a bad Pouchong from Taiwan from anybody. So to wrap
>>it up, I like commercial loose teas from Taiwan.
>
>Most of the teabags of theirs I have tried were very stale, even ones
>purchased at the Ten Ren stores.
>
>The Ten Ren stores have a wide variety of loose teas, although for the
>most part the more expensive ones and the oddities aren't stocked very
>conistently. For example, the NYC store has lapsang souchong, which
>the Rockville store does not... but Rockville has two grades of the
>Oriental Beauty tea while the NYC store has only one.
>
>Ten Ren usually has five or six grades of each variety, but the stores
>don't stock all of them. For the most part, they get more fragrant as
>you go up in price. The cheap teas are very inexpensive, and the high
>end teas are very expensive although many of the stores only stock the
>stuff in the middle.
>
>The second-to-lowest grade tung ting is pretty good, and reasonably
>priced. I love the oriental beauty teas. The king's tea and the
>lapsang are both kind of nasty.
>
>Oh yes, and their osmanthus teas are interesting. As you go up in
>price, the teas have less osmanthus and more tea flavour.
>--scott

It seemed pretty good, but I have not had alot of oolongs that compare
with it. It was loose and seems to be what the Asians buy around here.
There are just so many behind the counter, and the price goes up from
there. Wondered if I was barking up the right bush.