Tea (rec.drink.tea) Discussion relating to tea, the world's second most consumed beverage (after water), made by infusing or boiling the leaves of the tea plant (C. sinensis or close relatives) in water.

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Well, as I was chipping off a chunk from my Pu Er cake today
for my morning tea, imagine my surprise and delight to find
a little curled white feather sticking out from deep inside
the cake!

I think it's a chicken feather.

Has anyone else found any "surprise bonus gifts" in thier Pu
Er before?

I'm keeping this one. Maybe there's a beak or a foot in
there somewhere! Exciting!

Thanks,
Troy
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Troy Howard wrote:
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> Has anyone else found any "surprise bonus gifts" in thier Pu Er
> before?


Some folks claim they've found "deliciousness" in Puerh. Miraculous.

--crymad
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How hot of water and how long a steep does one need to kill bird flu?

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In article >,
Troy Howard > wrote:

> Well, as I was chipping off a chunk from my Pu Er cake today
> for my morning tea, imagine my surprise and delight to find
> a little curled white feather sticking out from deep inside
> the cake!
>
> I think it's a chicken feather.


Well, look at it this way. Now, when you're enticing people
to try pu'erh for the first time, you can say it kinda tastes like
chicken!

Honestly though, I find it a little disturbing. What other body parts
might be lurking within? Hmmm..............................p*
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I found a little toy plastic car in mine. And in another I found a couple
of little press-on tattoos.




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i've never found anything quite so exotic, but i have found the odd
human hair on occasion...

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In article >,
Troy Howard > wrote:
>Well, as I was chipping off a chunk from my Pu Er cake today
>for my morning tea, imagine my surprise and delight to find
>a little curled white feather sticking out from deep inside
>the cake!
>
>I think it's a chicken feather.
>
>Has anyone else found any "surprise bonus gifts" in thier Pu
>Er before?


No, but once I found a very large and dessicated roach in a box of
Mumtaz tea. It had clearly been compressed in the block.
--scott

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"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."
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LOL!

Well.. I think this lends a definately exciting edge to the world of Pu
Er drinking. I'm really curious what kinds of critters I might find in
my next cake. In fact, I think I'll be disappointed if i don't find
something. Of course, I'm the sort of guy who willingly ate bugs,
lizards, snakes, and parts of animals usually discarded while I was in
China. Soo... Maybe I don't represent a typical reaction to this.

Thinking about it.. this probably lends creedence to the steam method
for breaking apart your cakes into loose leafs. This way, you'll have a
chance to pick through the whole cake, and find out what is, or is not,
in there. Not to mention just being a relaxing and nice smelling way to
spend 30 minutes or so.

-Troy Howard (aka Da Tong)

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The worst I've found was recently when I did my first steamed
dismantling of a cake (reported he
http://www.livejournal.com/community/puerh_tea). I found two camellia
seeds, one small and one large, and one (camellia>) flower.



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