Comments on: The never ending search for a decent cup of tea http://www.gongfugirl.com/2008/04/the-never-ending-search-for-a-decent-cup-of-tea/ Discovering the way of tea, one cup at a time. Tue, 24 Jan 2012 16:34:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Cinnabar http://www.gongfugirl.com/2008/04/the-never-ending-search-for-a-decent-cup-of-tea/comment-page-1/#comment-669 Cinnabar Tue, 22 Apr 2008 18:52:42 +0000 http://www.gongfugirl.com/?p=289#comment-669 So the ridiculously high lime content in the water supply is the reason that the English are called Limeys? (I'm joking - The slang actually comes out of the practice of British sailors eating limes to ward off scurvy.) So the ridiculously high lime content in the water supply is the reason that the English are called Limeys?

(I’m joking – The slang actually comes out of the practice of British sailors eating limes to ward off scurvy.)

]]> By: Tonnvane http://www.gongfugirl.com/2008/04/the-never-ending-search-for-a-decent-cup-of-tea/comment-page-1/#comment-665 Tonnvane Tue, 22 Apr 2008 06:53:15 +0000 http://www.gongfugirl.com/?p=289#comment-665 I found the tap water in Seattle and Arizona both quite good, but I've never been somewhere that has so much dissolved lime in the water. Supposedly the water tastes different in other parts of England but I feel that just buying bottled is the best way to go here. even though the "reduce carbon emissions" people are very anti-bottled water these days. I haven't actually done any mail order here except to get stuff from some folks in the states - I should write about the nice company (Silk Road Teas) I got a fun sampler from last summer. I found the tap water in Seattle and Arizona both quite good, but I’ve never been somewhere that has so much dissolved lime in the water. Supposedly the water tastes different in other parts of England but I feel that just buying bottled is the best way to go here. even though the “reduce carbon emissions” people are very anti-bottled water these days.

I haven’t actually done any mail order here except to get stuff from some folks in the states – I should write about the nice company (Silk Road Teas) I got a fun sampler from last summer.

]]> By: Cinnabar http://www.gongfugirl.com/2008/04/the-never-ending-search-for-a-decent-cup-of-tea/comment-page-1/#comment-656 Cinnabar Sun, 20 Apr 2008 23:23:55 +0000 http://www.gongfugirl.com/?p=289#comment-656 I'm surprised at how little attention is paid to water quality. The tap water here in Seattle is theoretically not bad, but I sure wouldn't ever use it for brewing tea. But the combination of low quality tea, poor quality water plus milk and sugar sounds pretty unbearable. Thank goodness you have found some respectable local sellers! And thank goodness it is so much easier to obtain exactly what you want by mail order than it used to be. I’m surprised at how little attention is paid to water quality. The tap water here in Seattle is theoretically not bad, but I sure wouldn’t ever use it for brewing tea. But the combination of low quality tea, poor quality water plus milk and sugar sounds pretty unbearable. Thank goodness you have found some respectable local sellers! And thank goodness it is so much easier to obtain exactly what you want by mail order than it used to be.

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