Wednesday, April 02, 2008
Tough Questions
Last weekend I did a tea tasting in Bend, OR. After the tasting, my partner stated that I was only providing about 40% of the information when answering questions. I thought that this was an interesting observation. It also reminded me of my friend in Taiwan that used to ask me, "Have you learned all there is to know about tea yet?" to which I would always answer, "no". Most people think that tea is not complicated, and it is true. Tea is not complicated, but it is not easily understood. Often times, people in my shop will say, "Puer, what is that?" My answer to this question takes about 5 to 15 minutes. There are so many ways to answer this question. My answer usually starts like, "Puer is its own category of tea..."
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When people ask me that question I just answer by saying "your not going to like it" Then when they show interest in trying it I invariably say "see I told ya" I think Puerh is a tea that you learn to appreciate, not one single time have I ever heard a person say Oh, that is good! Where can I get some of that?
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