I’ve used the bitter melon in stir fries. It’s interesting.

Is your tea a mix of regular tea and bitter melon, or 100% bitter melon? Either way, I’ll email you!

I was offered a Tregothnan at Fortnum and Mason’s in London for 1600 pounds per kilo. I declined.But any tea you buy and don’t like is expensive. Any one you do like is good value.The most I have ever spent on […]

*At the last Tea Salon, one of the tea nerd types – they are all interchangeable, can’t remember which one – was banging on about this, but I was distracted by a new site featuring funny pictures of cats and can’t […]

There are plenty of blends with oolong in them. Plenty!Blending oolongs together is not unknown, as suggested above.Some oolongs are blended in groups with flavour profiles like honey, almond etc.

A perfectly innocent comment, @jackie, describing my preferred way of enjoying bubble tea. I am aware that many tea Traders have less balls than I.

 I love bubble tea when it is made from great quality tea. And I have plenty of balls.

And of course, most of what is being discussed is still Japanese tea. i.e. Lipstick on a pig.

 I think @riccaiceddo is 100% right if what he/she/them/gender-neutral-pronoun-of-your-choice says is correct. If matcha specifically means one type of tea, powdered, and there is a perfectly good word for all […]

Even though I’m the guest speaker next week, and as usual, it will be all about me, I won’t be slipping on a  dress.

Around $300 per kilo is the most I’ve paid in a retail situation. I’m not sure how much those little artistic flower tea creations weight but they can be quite expensive of you buy them retail.To put that in […]

@joshua11 Start by adding an actual picture of yourself and some more detail. And I can attest to @peter ‘s skills with regard to setting up your shop. Look at one of mine http://www.the-devotea.com for starters. Pete […]

I’m far to diplomatic to say what I think of the question. So ponder this:A comedy radio show once announced they were broadcasting a condensed version of War and Peace. After a 2 minute intro with music and […]

*Forgive me for asking, Joshua, are you involved with this company? This reads like some spam comments that get appended to our blogs.If so, there is a promotions section. The mention of T2 makes no sense. They […]

*I missed all this. But I will now be squinting suspiciously at @xavier and @lazyliteratus

I like reading blogs by nutters.

batrachoidboggle said: Is there tea grown in Australia? Interesting.

Yes, by Nerada, Madura, Daintree and some crazy guys growing Japanese style in the colder bits

Ok, you asked for it. My opinion is that the question is nonsense. If it was something like: “What is the best country for tea that tastes like lawn clippings” then you might have a fair chance of an answer.
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And you left Australia off the list entirely. And Indonesia.