Who wants tea?

Andy said:

Makes me want to drink tea again. I've never used it.

I'm enjoying Twinings Prince of Wales loose tea these days. A wonderful
tea for the morning.

"Andy" <q> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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Makes me want to drink tea again. I've never used it.

A nice crystal teapot (Schott Verran). Easily the most delicate piece I
own.
Can't remember where I got it!?! From what I googled, it's pre-1950s.

http://www.tinypic.com/4dg9jy8.jpg

That's neat looking. I love making tea in my brown betty pot, and
iced tea always in a glass pitcher. I can pick up the taste of plastic
in tea right away and it ruins it for me.

You should get used to it again, especially iced! It's refreshing
and like "drinking your vegetables."

Red Zinger lightly sweetened and with a sprig of fresh mind reminds
me of those peppermint sticks in lemon halves they used to sell at
Spring Festivals at schools when I was a kid, do you remember them?
You use the peppermint stick like a straw. 🙂

Andy' q said:

Makes me want to drink tea again. I've never used it.

A nice crystal teapot (Schott Verran). Easily the most delicate piece I
own.
Can't remember where I got it!?! From what I googled, it's pre-1950s.

http://www.tinypic.com/4dg9jy8.jpg

I've got one very much like that, but made in the 1990s by Jenaer Glas,
which is a division of Schott Zweisel. I'm not sure how this Schott relates
to yours. Unfortunately I broke the infuser on mine, but a tea ball would
work. These days I'm using a pewter teapot made by Boardman that I got off
eBay cheap. When I got it, I realized why a lot of metal teapots have wood
handles. A metal handle sure does get hot, unlike wood or glass.

Here's my teapot... just the teapot, I don't have the rest of the set:
http://www.boardmansilversmiths.com/cat-306P-3.jpg

What's your favorite tea? Mine is Lapsang Souchong. I love the smokey aroma
and taste.

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wff_ng_7 said...

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What's your favorite tea? Mine is Lapsang Souchong. I love the smokey
aroma and taste.

When I was an espresso / tea / juice drink master back in the 70s I took a
liking to Earl Grey tea (Orange Pekoe on occasion). We probably had about
20 kinds, in the Twinnings tin boxes.

Now a days, I'm not allowed to have caffeine. Dr.'s orders. I don't even
drink TJ's decaffeinated green tea anymore.

Any idea how to use this teapot properly?

I'm guessing pour some "proper measure" of boiling water in the pot, put
the loose tea in the infuser, put the lid on it and rest it on the water
and let it sink under it's own weight, and when it stops, pour??

Thanks,

Andy

wff_ng_7 schrieb:

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What's your favorite tea? Mine is Lapsang Souchong. I love the smokey
aroma and taste.

Mine is redbush tea, flavoured or unflavoured.
I've tasted redbush with some spices lately, very yummy.
My everymorning tea is redbush with vanilla flavouring currently.

Gruß,
Sema

cyberFLOP said:

"Andy" <q> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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Makes me want to drink tea again. I've never used it.

A nice crystal teapot (Schott Verran). Easily the most delicate piece I
own.
Can't remember where I got it!?! From what I googled, it's pre-1950s.

http://www.tinypic.com/4dg9jy8.jpg

That's neat looking. I love making tea in my brown betty pot, and
iced tea always in a glass pitcher...

Ugh...

tea = "tastes like grass"

Quoted message said:

You should get used to it again, especially iced! It's refreshing
and like "drinking your vegetables."

There's V - 8 juice for that, stoopid...

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Red Zinger lightly sweetened and with a sprig of fresh mind reminds
me of those peppermint sticks in lemon halves they used to sell at
Spring Festivals at schools when I was a kid, do you remember them?
You use the peppermint stick like a straw. 🙂

At the ghet - toe skool you attended y'all used 'em for crack pipes...

--
Best
Greg

wff_ng_7 said:

Andy' q said:

Makes me want to drink tea again. I've never used it.

A nice crystal teapot (Schott Verran). Easily the most delicate piece I
own.
Can't remember where I got it!?! From what I googled, it's pre-1950s.

http://www.tinypic.com/4dg9jy8.jpg

I've got one very much like that, but made in the 1990s by Jenaer Glas,
which is a division of Schott Zweisel. I'm not sure how this Schott

relates

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to yours.

With the division of Germany after the war, there were two "Jena Glass"
concerns, one in the West in Mainz and the original in the East in Jena. Go
here:

http://www.teamuse.com/article_030801.html

A trademark dispute was finally settled in 1980...with reunification the two
firms merged into one.

Jena Glas was one of the few attractive things manufactured in the old East
Germany (another was Meissen china), much of it was reserved for export to
Western countries so as to earn much - needed hard currency...

--
Best
Greg

..

Andy' q said:

When I was an espresso / tea / juice drink master back in the 70s I took a
liking to Earl Grey tea (Orange Pekoe on occasion). We probably had about
20 kinds, in the Twinnings tin boxes.

Earl Grey is another of my favorites. There sure are a lot of teas out
there. There's a tea shop near me that has quite a selection for me to
experiment with (www.teaism.com). The supermarkets around me don't seem to
carry loose tea anymore.

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Any idea how to use this teapot properly?

I'm guessing pour some "proper measure" of boiling water in the pot, put
the loose tea in the infuser, put the lid on it and rest it on the water
and let it sink under it's own weight, and when it stops, pour??

It's more like put the loose tea (commonly one teaspoon per cup plus one for
the pot) into the infuser, put the infuser in the pot, then pour the boiling
water into it. There's a range of times used for brewing depending on the
tea, from about 3 to 7 minutes. Then remove the infuser and pour.

For something totally different in the tea world, there's tea bricks. I've
got one for decorative use, but they were used for brewing tea. Here's a
picture of one exactly like mine:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/5b/BlackTeaBrick.jpg

And here's a little blurb on tea bricks:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compressed_tea

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cyberFLOP said:

"Andy" <q> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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Makes me want to drink tea again. I've never used it.

A nice crystal teapot (Schott Verran). Easily the most delicate piece I
own.
Can't remember where I got it!?! From what I googled, it's pre-1950s.

http://www.tinypic.com/4dg9jy8.jpg

That's neat looking. I love making tea in my brown betty pot, and
iced tea always in a glass pitcher...

Ugh...

tea = "tastes like grass"

Quoted message said:

You should get used to it again, especially iced! It's refreshing
and like "drinking your vegetables."

There's V - 8 juice for that, stoopid...

Quoted message said:

Red Zinger lightly sweetened and with a sprig of fresh mind reminds
me of those peppermint sticks in lemon halves they used to sell at
Spring Festivals at schools when I was a kid, do you remember them?
You use the peppermint stick like a straw. 🙂

At the ghet - toe skool you attended y'all used 'em for crack pipes...

--

No humor, no wit, and no real flaming skills. How could I ever discredit you
more than you discredit yourself? Nobody could make you look like a bigger
ass than you do. In fact, it is the one thing demonstrated here that you
actually
*are* good at.

wff_ng_7 said...

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For something totally different in the tea world, there's tea bricks. I've
got one for decorative use, but they were used for brewing tea. Here's a
picture of one exactly like mine:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/5b/BlackTeaBrick.jpg

Kewl! I imagine those would give U.S. Customs agents fits!

What is the size of it? I can't tell.

Where'd you get yours?

Andy

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cyberFLOP said:

"Andy" <q> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...
> Makes me want to drink tea again. I've never used it.
>
> A nice crystal teapot (Schott Verran). Easily the most delicate piece

I

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> own.
> Can't remember where I got it!?! From what I googled, it's pre-1950s.
>
> http://www.tinypic.com/4dg9jy8.jpg
>

That's neat looking. I love making tea in my brown betty pot, and
iced tea always in a glass pitcher...

Ugh...

tea = "tastes like grass"

Quoted message said:

You should get used to it again, especially iced! It's refreshing
and like "drinking your vegetables."

There's V - 8 juice for that, stoopid...

Quoted message said:

Red Zinger lightly sweetened and with a sprig of fresh mind reminds
me of those peppermint sticks in lemon halves they used to sell at
Spring Festivals at schools when I was a kid, do you remember them?
You use the peppermint stick like a straw. 🙂

At the ghet - toe skool you attended y'all used 'em for crack pipes...

--

No humor, no wit, and no real flaming skills. How could I ever discredit

you

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more than you discredit yourself? Nobody could make you look like a bigger
ass than you do. In fact, it is the one thing demonstrated here that you
actually
*are* good at.

BWAHAHAHAAA...look who's talking, hussy...!!!

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Best
Greg

"Gregory Morrow" <[email hidden]> wrote

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BWAHAHAHAAA...look who's talking, hussy...!!!

Yes. Look who's talking, indeed.

Gregory Morrow said...

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wff_ng_7 said:

Andy' q said:

Makes me want to drink tea again. I've never used it.

A nice crystal teapot (Schott Verran). Easily the most delicate piece
I own.
Can't remember where I got it!?! From what I googled, it's pre-1950s.

http://www.tinypic.com/4dg9jy8.jpg

I've got one very much like that, but made in the 1990s by Jenaer Glas,
which is a division of Schott Zweisel. I'm not sure how this Schott

relates

Quoted message said:

to yours.

With the division of Germany after the war, there were two "Jena Glass"
concerns, one in the West in Mainz and the original in the East in Jena.
Go here:

http://www.teamuse.com/article_030801.html

A trademark dispute was finally settled in 1980...with reunification the
two firms merged into one.

Jena Glas was one of the few attractive things manufactured in the old
East Germany (another was Meissen china), much of it was reserved for
export to Western countries so as to earn much - needed hard currency...

Great info!

I wonder where the Schott Verran pieces fit into the mix?!

Thanks,

Andy
Thoughtfully decided not to use it for tea! Back to the curio.

Andy said:

Gregory Morrow said...

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Jena Glas was one of the few attractive things manufactured in the old
East Germany (another was Meissen china), much of it was reserved for
export to Western countries so as to earn much - needed hard currency...

Quoted message said:

Great info!

I wonder where the Schott Verran pieces fit into the mix?!
Thanks,
Andy
Thoughtfully decided not to use it for tea! Back to the curio.

It could also be used for cider or gluhwein and such if you wanted to
toss some spices into the infuser.

In article said:

Makes me want to drink tea again. I've never used it.

A nice crystal teapot (Schott Verran). Easily the most delicate piece I own.
Can't remember where I got it!?! From what I googled, it's pre-1950s.

http://www.tinypic.com/4dg9jy8.jpg

Andy

Oooh... very nice. I've seen glass ones like that but not crystal.
This is the teapot I use the most; my husband gave it to me as a gift:

<http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B0002KHG0U.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_AA280_.j
pg>

I get most of my teas from Upton...

<http://www.uptontea.com>

....and I tend to favor the Ceylons. Dunsandale organic and Dotel Oya
are two of my very favorites that I drink regularly. I just received a
shipment the other day of some new ones I'm anxious to try including
Lover's Leap (a Ceylon OP), Sumatra OP, Jun Chiyabari from Nepal, and a
few others. I usually try them out in 100-125g packages unless I'm
really unsure and then I'll get a 15g sample.

Lots of people are drinking Pu-Erh these days but I've never developed a
taste for it.

wff_ng_7 said:

For something totally different in the tea world, there's tea bricks. I've
got one for decorative use, but they were used for brewing tea. Here's a
picture of one exactly like mine:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/5b/BlackTeaBrick.jpg

And here's a little blurb on tea bricks:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compressed_tea

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wff_ng_7 (at) verizon (dot) net

Oh, thanks so much! I have that same one. I keep it in my dining
room for decorative use, too. I'd not seen previously the link you
sent; my appreciation!

Dee Dee

"Gregory Morrow" <[email hidden]> wrote in

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With the division of Germany after the war, there were two "Jena Glass"
concerns, one in the West in Mainz and the original in the East in Jena.
Go
here:

http://www.teamuse.com/article_030801.html

A trademark dispute was finally settled in 1980...with reunification the
two
firms merged into one.

Jena Glas was one of the few attractive things manufactured in the old
East
Germany (another was Meissen china), much of it was reserved for export to
Western countries so as to earn much - needed hard currency...

Oh now this is precious. The flabby old Queen collects glassware.

lol

cybercat said...

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"Gregory Morrow" <[email hidden]> wrote in

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With the division of Germany after the war, there were two "Jena Glass"
concerns, one in the West in Mainz and the original in the East in Jena.
Go
here:

http://www.teamuse.com/article_030801.html

A trademark dispute was finally settled in 1980...with reunification the
two
firms merged into one.

Jena Glas was one of the few attractive things manufactured in the old
East
Germany (another was Meissen china), much of it was reserved for export

to

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Western countries so as to earn much - needed hard currency...

Oh now this is precious. The flabby old Queen collects glassware.

lol

DO YOU MIND?!!!

ANDY

cyberSLOP said:

"Gregory Morrow" <[email hidden]> wrote in

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With the division of Germany after the war, there were two "Jena Glass"
concerns, one in the West in Mainz and the original in the East in Jena.
Go
here:

http://www.teamuse.com/article_030801.html

A trademark dispute was finally settled in 1980...with reunification the
two
firms merged into one.

Jena Glas was one of the few attractive things manufactured in the old
East
Germany (another was Meissen china), much of it was reserved for export

to

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Western countries so as to earn much - needed hard currency...

Oh now this is precious. The flabby old Queen collects glassware.

lol

lol back, cyberSLOP...I don't collect glassware, I collect airliner
models...

You need to take that cuke out of yer vagina, you are getting all
konfused...

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Best
Greg