Cool, I just ordered the t-shirt!

I think it’s a cool T-shirt. Problem is I live outside the US : (

@lazyliteratus no, I haven’t tried that yet, it’s hard to do in my small apartment : )I just roast in a pan.

My guess is that Starbucks is doing what Coca Cola has done before, buy up companies that sell products that indirectly compete with them.I think that tea will become even more popular from now on : )

@xavier I think for the most part it’s exported to the US, though. I’ve tried yerba mate but I’m not a big fan of it.Here in Colombia there’s some tea plantations too, but the tea ends up as bottled and flavored […]

I agree with @jackie, better to have a tea bag than no tea at all.I live in Colombia were coffee is the national product. Almost nobody has heard about loose-leaf tea here, and my friends think that I’m just weird : )

Thanks @jackie, I haven’t checked G+ yet but will do so now.

I’m glad @lazyliteratus didn’t burn his kitchen down.I sometimes roast my own Houjicha, it’s very easy to do at home. Just put your bancha (or any other loose-leaf green tea) on a pan and roast until it gets […]

Oh, and about tenkaichi, from what I’ve seen it’s just a sencha blend. Not really a specific type of Japanese tea.I saw online that the company Kaburagien sells it, but I haven’t tried it yet.

@mbanu I’ll give you my two cents with the Japanese teas:Kamairicha is by definition made through panfrying (as opposed to steaming), and it further divides into two types of tea.Nikkan, or hiboshi (meaning sun […]

Thanks for the link, @peter. I hope that we all get access to the list of unethical tea plantations. It’s very sad that there’s still modern slavery in today’s world.

@seule771 I’m sorry to hear that. I think you’re probably depressed, it’s happened to me too. I wish you the best and that fortune may smile upon you in the near future.