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tea in plungerSo, when you work from your home, you have to provide your own tea.

This has had the unfortunate side effect of turning me into a bit of a tea snob.

So while we were in Melbourne, we went to visit Tea Party (who have a website now, yay!), which is located in the Queen Victoria markets. We went around smelling teas with the help of Jonathan (who works there) and in the end left with a tube of mango sencha and something experimental, Australian Rainforest (which I think is similar to their Rainforest Delight, but also includes lemon myrtle). We could have bought more, but we already have at least 4 other open packets of tea at the moment (from diverse vendors).

It's really nice though (mango in tea: brilliant! Why had I never thought about it before?); so if you're a tea snob too, check it out!
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Posted 27/3/09 14:49 — 15 comments

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From:[info]the_riviera_kid
Date:2009-03-27 06:36 (UTC)

One of us

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Thanks for recommending Tea Party. I feel further investigation is warranted.
From:(Anonymous)
Date:2009-03-27 06:55 (UTC)
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Davyd, I don't want to quash your enthusiasm, as I'm sure "Australian Rainforest" is really good stuff, but I don't thing that real tea-snobs drink flavoured teas.
From:[info]dannipenguin
Date:2009-03-27 07:00 (UTC)
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What's the difference between dried tea leaves, dried mango or dried chrysanthemums?

It can still be good quality tea, but have additional flavours in it.

P.S. sign your name.
From:[info]david.kagedal.org
Date:2009-03-27 08:15 (UTC)
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I'm not him/her, but I was going to make the same comment :-)

The difference between dried tea leafs and dried mango is that the former is tea, while the latter is sweets.

Next time, you should try some high-quality "pure" tea, like a Yunnan or an Assam. Or am Oolong, which is one of my favourites.

If you're ever in Stockholm, I can recommend In The Mood For Tea on Norrtullsgatan.
From:[info]dannipenguin
Date:2009-03-27 08:22 (UTC)
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I drink straight tea too, but I do enjoy it with additional dried plant matter.

I don't think that's a bad thing, it doesn't stop you enjoying nice tea. It's like people who add milk or sugar.
From:[info]dannipenguin
Date:2009-03-27 08:33 (UTC)
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In fact, you have inspired me to make some Oolong right now.
From:[info]eeanm
Date:2009-03-30 14:42 (UTC)

bergamot is like traditional though

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for Earl Gray. And its some sort of green citrus fruit according to Wikipedia.

So I lose my tea snob credentials for loving this stuff? :P
From:[info]dannipenguin
Date:2009-03-31 00:23 (UTC)

Re: bergamot is like traditional though

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I have a ceylon with bergamot that is quite nice.
From:[info]nixwilliams
Date:2009-03-27 07:25 (UTC)
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om nom nom teeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeea! imma make me some now!
From:(Anonymous)
Date:2009-03-27 11:40 (UTC)

Mango tea?

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Mango tea? That sounds even more outrageous then Mango Lassi.
From:[info]dannipenguin
Date:2009-03-27 12:06 (UTC)

Re: Mango tea?

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There's no such thing? Only Mango and Lassi?
From:(Anonymous)
Date:2009-03-28 02:21 (UTC)

Scree-fice

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At least you'll be safe from the scree-fice. http://tripatlas.com/Scree-Fice
From:[info]eeanm
Date:2009-03-30 14:37 (UTC)

fellow tea snob

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I'm also a tea snob.

My place for tea is way cheaper. www.theteatable.com, where an oz of tea is about 1.5-2 dollars (and an oz is 28g).

I guess that doesn't help you much though in Australia. :) But you might look out for a similar online-only establishment. Retail for loose leaf always seems to incur a 100% price increase.

Like I found a little tea place in the mall this last week, and tried some of their tea. It was great... but it was like $18 an oz! Similar tea is on theteatable for about $7/oz.

Ian Monroe
From:[info]dannipenguin
Date:2009-03-31 00:17 (UTC)

Re: fellow tea snob

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Yeah Quarantine would likely not accept tea ordered over the Internet from outside Australia. That is the sort of thing that gets destroyed and you instead receive a polite letter inside an empty box.

Did you remember to compensate for AUD vs USD? For Ceylon tea 50g is about USD$5.
From:[info]eeanm
Date:2009-03-31 01:20 (UTC)

Re: fellow tea snob

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Ok, I guess thats not so much more expensive.

And yea I wasn't saying to use them... but maybe there is an up-side-down equivalent. ;)

Ian
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