tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1126328127070543570.post919581866476378161..comments2023-09-23T03:28:26.141-05:00Comments on Tea Musings: White Peony Reduxcha senhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02661885162902335609noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1126328127070543570.post-42652779707476332342009-02-27T16:38:00.000-06:002009-02-27T16:38:00.000-06:00Your slight inclination in the tea drinking direct...Your slight inclination in the tea drinking direction heartens me to no end, Arachne Solitaire:) Perhaps the yearning may be whetted soon even more ...<BR/><BR/>I usually place the tea leaves in a metal infuser when brewing tea and remove the infuser with the leaves and just drink the liquor from a cup. But occasionally I would steep the loose leaves directly in the gaiwan, sans infuser (the Chinese teacup you seen in the photo) and that's when through not so adroit techniques, I get gulps of tea leaves in my mouth when drinking it.cha senhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02661885162902335609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1126328127070543570.post-92109734142076637622009-02-26T22:24:00.000-06:002009-02-26T22:24:00.000-06:00O.k., Cha Sen, I'll admit it--I've been following ...O.k., Cha Sen, I'll admit it--I've been following your blog throughout February, and I'm beginning to feel a small yearning, getting more insistent with each posting, to live the variegated life of a true tea lover. I am not promising that I WILL actually give up my coffee-drinking ways, but you have endowed all your teas with such personality that I can begin to imagine a place for tea at different hours in different places. And your teas seem always so lovely and warm and distincive that I can almost taste them. <BR/> Would it be alright if I ask you some questions. I'll only begin with one now: When you steep a tea made from loose leaves in your cup, do you sip through the leaves instead of straining the tea?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com