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Jasmine Dragon Phoenix Pearls with Rooibos Tropica from Teavana

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Gary drank Jasmine Dragon Phoenix Pearls with Rooibos Tropica by Teavana

Saturday June 18, 2011
Picked up a used Whittard 1886 Chelsea Tea Pot Today
And wanted to Steep a Special Tea to Try it Out.
Went with Teavana’a Jasmine Dragon Pearls with Tropica Rooibos
This was a Great Choice for the China White Tea Pot.
Color of the Liquor was Golden Brown
and the Wide Throat allowed the Smell of the STEEP to fill the ROOM
The Large Tea Pot Made 6 Cups of Great Tasting Mellow Tea. so I’ll
Keep on Steepin

2011-06-18 13:57:24 -0400

205 °F / 96 °C

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Long Time Tea Drinker,
Likes Flavored and Black Teas
Starting on Pu-er or Pu-erh Teas

Short time Steepster Poster.
Joined 11-5-2010
Great drinker interaction.
Good accurate tea information.
introducing new Brands and flavors

The Photo is My Favorite Yixing
(pronounced “ee” shing) Tea Pot
My Wife Got this for Me
from a 2nd Hand Thrift Shop
Brews Great Pot of Loose tea.
Especially Dr. Tea GingerBread Rooibos.

Check out this Audio Book. Great Listening
http://librivox.org/the-book-of-tea-by-okakura-kakuzo/
The Book of Tea Okakura Kakuzo

The Book of Tea was written by Okakura Kakuzo in the early 20th century. It was first published in 1906, and has since been republished many times. – In the book, Kakuzo introduces the term Teaism and how Tea has affected nearly every aspect of Japanese culture, thought, and life. The book is noted to be accessibile to Western audiences because though Kakuzo was born and raised Japanese, he was trained from a young age to speak English; and would speak it all his life, becoming proficient at communicating his thoughts in the Western Mind. In his book he elucidates such topics as Zen and Taoism, but also the secular aspects of Tea and Japanese life. The book emphasises how Teaism taught the Japanese many things; most importantly, simplicity. Kakuzo argues that this tea-induced simplicity affected art and architecture, and he was a long-time student of the visual arts. He ends the book with a chapter on Tea Masters, and spends some time talking about Sen no Rikyu and his contribution to the Japanese Tea Ceremony.
(Summary from Wikipedia)