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Connecting tea drinkers in New Zealand

A place to meet fellow tea lovers from New Zealand and beyond to exchange experiences & tips, arrange tea meetings and discuss tea

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Jo replied to Rory's discussion 'What do you brew your Darjeelings in?'

Alex, Michael, these are good points, but there is 1 disadvantage of basket infusers: they're generally made of metal. Especially with higher end teas, metal should be avoided in tea preparation since it 'taints' the flavour. This makes no or little…

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Michael replied to Rory's discussion 'What do you brew your Darjeelings in?'

Hi Alex, I tend to agree with your comments on basket infusers for a single cup. Recently I bought a large basket infuser that sits inside the cup itself (fits all the cups I've used). It's very convenient indeed and it's deep so it lets the tealeav…

July 4

Alex Zorach replied to Rory's discussion 'What do you brew your Darjeelings in?'

I find basket infusers to be miles ahead of tea balls. I'd recommend trying one if you want to use an infuser. You can also find ceramic teapots with ceramic strainers that sit inside the pot--I've found these work much better than sitting a mesh i…

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Multiple Infusions

New Kettle

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What's in my cup today?

Christmas tea from the Tea Ce…

Christmas tea from the Tea Centre here in Sydney, a chai masala which tastes like iced christmas cake. So delicious that it almost makes me forget the childhood trauma of having to politely eat dried out pieces of the Cake of Christmas Past when visiting grandma's house, almost. Four stars. :)

Feeling rather drab this morn…

Feeling rather drab this morning after a revoltingly hot day yesterday here in Sydney, fortunately it's nowhere near at hot today so perked myself up with a blend of black tea and cocoa nibs with soy milk.

Oh! I can't wait to taste the…

Oh! I can't wait to taste the new Keemun!

Thanks for rubbing in the loss of our Yunnan ;-)

Blog Posts

On the move

We're relocating permanently to North Carolina. En route we've stopped in the Bay Area and have had the pleasure of visiting a couple of teahouses. One is Far Leaves in Berkeley. This was our first experience at a teahouse and was so much fun. After two hours of drinking us tea lovers could have gone on for another two hours, but others in the family who had been very patient, I admit, were ready to go. We tried a white peony, wuyi cliff oolong and a 15 year old pu-erh. Our favourite was the ool… Continue

Posted by Esther Belikoff on November 25, 2009 at 5:15am — 4 Comments

Redruth Tea Party

Just after mentioning the need for a tea tasting a couple of days ago on our blog, I got a call from a couple of old friends with the invitation to a tea party.
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Posted by Jo on November 8, 2009 at 11:57pm

Yunnan Golden Bud!!!!

I just had my first cup of Yunnan Golden Bud!!!!!!!!!! I had no idea black tea could be so nice, delicious, perfect!!! Yes, I know I'm overexcited but I really didn't know a black tea so nice existed.

Posted by Emily on October 31, 2009 at 10:54am — 2 Comments