Comments on: US Tea Rooms Go For Trendy https://helloteacup.com/2013/10/03/us-tea-rooms-go-for-trendy/ A Tea Blog, Expert Tea Guides Thu, 03 Oct 2013 04:35:29 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 By: Buri-chan https://helloteacup.com/2013/10/03/us-tea-rooms-go-for-trendy/#comment-34 Thu, 03 Oct 2013 04:35:29 +0000 http://helloteacup.com/?p=1100#comment-34 I find it heartening that the US is coming around to loose leaf tea culture, as I didn’t like tea until I had it in Asia! That said, I appreciate the wide array of choices that you now come to expect at tea retailers and local coffee shops, and I love opening the glass jars and smelling them before deciding what fruity or flowery blend to drink there or take home with me.

Sadly, some knowledge of Asian tea still seems to be lacking. At my favorite tea retailer back home, they were very knowledgable about and well-equip to serve European tea, and they had shelves and shelves worth of creative blends, but when I asked whether their only bag of matcha was thick matcha or thin matcha, they didn’t seem to know there was a difference. Not to mention they told me to prepare it with a regular cooking whisk…

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