Being so close to the Canucks, here in Seattle, we just mosey on up
and visit Murchie's Tea Room. Vast walls and floor space jammed with
teas of all shades and flavors. Don't drink enough of the stuff to
make it worth hauling home, since it ages and loses the brightness of
flavour I prefer in my cup. So, just have it as a treat in Canuckland.
They have worldwide shipping and web presence.
http://www.murchies.com/
clay
On Jan 17, 2010, at 7:53 AM, Peter Frederick wrote:
Proper tea in the UK and American markets disappeared when TV
started running a couple short ads every half hour, and in the UK,
when there was a few minute gap between shows (as they don't have
ads like we do). You can make a cup of crappy tea-bag tea in a
couple minutes (boiling water on the bag, swish around a bit, toss
bag, sip tea) while making proper tea in a pot takes too long to get
back to the TV in time.
Rolled tea had completely vanished in the UK for a while -- don't
know if that is still true, but hopefully the internet has done for
tea what it has done for coffee, allowed small operations to sell
nationally or internationally -- and it was very scarce in the US.
We have always used "gunpowder" green tea in iced tea in the summer,
and while it used to be quite common, has almost vanished. Tea bag
tea is crumbs, as noted, or worse, low grade tea chopped. Mostly
twigs and veins, quite nasty. It has to chopped, as the leaves
cannot expand and unroll, certainly not in the minute or so most
people leave the bag in the water. Proper tea gets a quick wash
with boiling water to remove the bitterness and then a five minute
or so steep, quite different (and much stronger flavor) than the
cardboard in paper tea bags.
I prefer red teas myself (Irish Breakfast or Assam is the usual
labeling here) rather than blacks, and greens are always good if
somewhat less "tea" like for americans. I've been on a coffee kick
for the last few years since I found a supply of green coffee beans
to roast at home. Vastly better than store bought unless the store
is roasting in site.....
I need to get a supply of good tea. I have to look on eBay and
search the 'net, as I'm sure there are suppliers of good grade tea
at reasonable prices somewhere. I have no trouble buying
internationally via PayPal (I get lots of watches and fountain pens
this way) from reliable sellers.
Peter
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