I was looking around for a new infuser basket for my Chatsworth teapot
and found http://www.eteas.co.uk and found one ... looking around in
their premium tea selection they have this -

Gyokuru from Japan - Gyokuru means "Jewel Dew". This is a fine, rare
tea with fresh, sweet aroma and excellent flavour. It is very low in
tannins.

and the price?

£206.50 per 100 grams ... that is 457.78 Canadian ...

Pen

That's per 1000 grams, not 100...just FYI. And it's www.e-teas.co.uk I'm
not sure about anyone else, but I certainly won't be getting any, lol. Too
rich for my blood.


Melinda


"Pen" > wrote in message
...
>I was looking around for a new infuser basket for my Chatsworth teapot
> and found http://www.eteas.co.uk and found one ... looking around in
> their premium tea selection they have this -
>
> Gyokuru from Japan - Gyokuru means "Jewel Dew". This is a fine, rare
> tea with fresh, sweet aroma and excellent flavour. It is very low in
> tannins.
>
> and the price?
>
> £206.50 per 100 grams ... that is 457.78 Canadian ...
>
> Pen
>
>
>

I did a little figuring just for comparison...that's around $38.00 US for
100 grams. For comparison (and I'm not saying the teas are the same, since I
don't know that) Holy Mountain has a "1st grade Gyokuro" for $22 for a
quarter pound (very roughly 115 grams) and Gray and Seddon has a variety of
different gyokuros ranging anywhere from around $25 for 100 grams to $90 for
100 grams. Sooo....I guess the price spread as always depends on how fine
the tea is in the end and most of all how rare. Personally I wouldn't
necessarily balk at getting tea for $60 a 100 grams as long as I didn't have
to buy ten times that much at once...it changes the perspective I'd also
need to trust the company I was buying it from pretty strongly since I
wouldn't be able to test what I was getting as it were, unless they offered
smaller sample sizes. No affiliation with any of the vendors and no
experience with any of them pro or con, as a note...

Melinda

I did a little figuring just for comparison...that's around $38.00 US for
100 grams. For comparison (and I'm not saying the teas are the same, since I
don't know that) Holy Mountain has a "1st grade Gyokuro" for $22 for a
quarter pound (very roughly 115 grams) and Gray and Seddon has a variety of
different gyokuros ranging anywhere from around $25 for 100 grams to $90 for
100 grams. Sooo....I guess the price spread as always depends on how fine
the tea is in the end and most of all how rare. Personally I wouldn't
necessarily balk at getting tea for $60 a 100 grams as long as I didn't have
to buy ten times that much at once...it changes the perspective I'd also
need to trust the company I was buying it from pretty strongly since I
wouldn't be able to test what I was getting as it were, unless they offered
smaller sample sizes. No affiliation with any of the vendors and no
experience with any of them pro or con, as a note...

Melinda

Think of it as 100 quid a liang. Then be pleased with yourself that
you're not spending said amount on a jasmine.

Think of it as 100 quid a liang. Then be pleased with yourself that
you're not spending said amount on a jasmine.

"Melinda" > writes:

> "Pen" > wrote in message
> ...
> >[...Is this Gyokoru too expensive?...]
>
> That's per 1000 grams, not 100...just FYI. And it's www.e-teas.co.uk
> I'm not sure about anyone else, but I certainly won't be getting
> any, lol. Too rich for my blood.

Also, I find it hard to imagine, with a tea as fragile as Gyokoru,
drinking up 1000g while it's still fresh.

/Lew
---
Lew Perin /
http://www.panix.com/~perin/babelcarp.html

"Melinda" > writes:

> "Pen" > wrote in message
> ...
> >[...Is this Gyokoru too expensive?...]
>
> That's per 1000 grams, not 100...just FYI. And it's www.e-teas.co.uk
> I'm not sure about anyone else, but I certainly won't be getting
> any, lol. Too rich for my blood.

Also, I find it hard to imagine, with a tea as fragile as Gyokoru,
drinking up 1000g while it's still fresh.

/Lew
---
Lew Perin /
http://www.panix.com/~perin/babelcarp.html

In rec.food.drink.tea Lewis Perin wrote:

> Also, I find it hard to imagine, with a tea as fragile as
> Gyokoru, drinking up 1000g while it's still fresh.

I had some real nice gyokoru once, a 50g packet, split it up with a
friend, and drank the rest in one day. Man it was good.

Ian
--
I will not weary you with descriptions of quiet,
similar, uninteresting days,--days of sleep,
and pipes, and coffee. (Sir R.F. Burton)
http://www.bookstacks.org/

In rec.food.drink.tea Lewis Perin wrote:

> Also, I find it hard to imagine, with a tea as fragile as
> Gyokoru, drinking up 1000g while it's still fresh.

I had some real nice gyokoru once, a 50g packet, split it up with a
friend, and drank the rest in one day. Man it was good.

Ian
--
I will not weary you with descriptions of quiet,
similar, uninteresting days,--days of sleep,
and pipes, and coffee. (Sir R.F. Burton)
http://www.bookstacks.org/

TEN quid a liang?? That's a different matter.

Lewis Perin > wrote in message
> Also, I find it hard to imagine, with a tea as fragile as Gyokoru,
> drinking up 1000g while it's still fresh.

At this bargain basement price it's possibly sold to be eaten, Lew?


No affiliations, just apologies to vendor.

TEN quid a liang?? That's a different matter.

Lewis Perin > wrote in message
> Also, I find it hard to imagine, with a tea as fragile as Gyokoru,
> drinking up 1000g while it's still fresh.

At this bargain basement price it's possibly sold to be eaten, Lew?


No affiliations, just apologies to vendor.

Sorry, but this just begs for the punch line:

"That's a price for tea for *drinking* not smoking?

Warren

"Pen" > wrote in message
...
>I was looking around for a new infuser basket for my Chatsworth teapot
> and found http://www.eteas.co.uk and found one ... looking around in
> their premium tea selection they have this -
>
> Gyokuru from Japan - Gyokuru means "Jewel Dew". This is a fine, rare
> tea with fresh, sweet aroma and excellent flavour. It is very low in
> tannins.
>
> and the price?
>
> £206.50 per 100 grams ... that is 457.78 Canadian ...
>
> Pen
>
>
>

Sorry, but this just begs for the punch line:

"That's a price for tea for *drinking* not smoking?

Warren

"Pen" > wrote in message
...
>I was looking around for a new infuser basket for my Chatsworth teapot
> and found http://www.eteas.co.uk and found one ... looking around in
> their premium tea selection they have this -
>
> Gyokuru from Japan - Gyokuru means "Jewel Dew". This is a fine, rare
> tea with fresh, sweet aroma and excellent flavour. It is very low in
> tannins.
>
> and the price?
>
> £206.50 per 100 grams ... that is 457.78 Canadian ...
>
> Pen
>
>
>

On Fri, 26 Nov 2004 02:18:08 GMT, "Warren C. Liebold"
> wrote:



seems to me that most things Japanese end up being expensive even if
the quality isn't that good; Japan is in style here in the states, and
they know it.

dunno about the price of your tea and pot...i just felt like making an
editorial statement. OT, sorry. heh.

>Sorry, but this just begs for the punch line:
>
>"That's a price for tea for *drinking* not smoking?
>
>Warren
>
>"Pen" > wrote in message
.. .
>>I was looking around for a new infuser basket for my Chatsworth teapot
>> and found http://www.eteas.co.uk and found one ... looking around in
>> their premium tea selection they have this -
>>
>> Gyokuru from Japan - Gyokuru means "Jewel Dew". This is a fine, rare
>> tea with fresh, sweet aroma and excellent flavour. It is very low in
>> tannins.
>>
>> and the price?
>>
>> £206.50 per 100 grams ... that is 457.78 Canadian ...
>>
>> Pen
>>
>>
>>
>



Mydnight

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thus then i turn me from my countries light, to dwell in the solemn shades of an endless night.