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Entry: Chinese tea - A879005
Author: Connie L. - U201558

I just finished writing this entry, which is my very first on h2g2. A few researchers talked me into writing it after a conversation we had on the subject of Green Tea.
My entry seems to fill in the gap between that one (A379433) and another Tea entry (A61345, on Black tea, a.k.a. English tea).
I am not a native English speaker, so my spelling and choice of certain words might need a little editing. Appologies for that.

Hi again...

An honour to be the first to comment. Very well done, I must say. Can't find any faults with the language, but then again I'm not a native speaker. For my taste the entry contains rather a lot of '!', but that's my taste.
One thing, though: in the Tools section it's not always clear from the headlines whether you are talking abot the tea (as in dry leafes) or the tea (as in the wet drink).

Great intro, BTW.

Off into the Guide I say!

This is almost ready for the edited guide. I'll make a few suggestions;
* use 'its', not 'it's'
* 'cheese and wine' not 'Cheese and Wine'
* 'complex', not 'complexe'
* 'a wide diversity of races': I'd use the word 'varieties', it's what's generally used horticulturally
* 'In between lay the different types of Chinese tea.'. Use 'lie', not 'lay' (wrong tense).
* 'dear's antlers': 'deer'

I'm sure there's more here, but I've got to be going now.

A good entry.
FM

Hello, and thanks !

For the '!', I see what you mean... But then again, the subject is a passion for me... And I am a very passionate person...
I'll see if there are other comments in that direction.

About the distinction between "dry tea leaves", "tea leaves" and "liquid tea", I'll try to edit it and make it clearer, without too much repetitions. I usually deal with it in Chinese, where there are specific words for each...
Does anybody have suggestions of words I could use for "liquid tea" ?
Is "brew" a appropriate noun ? "Beverage" sounds a bit too general...

Thanks again !

Thanks for the spelling and vocabulary check ! This really helps !

About "dried tea leaves" vs. "wet tea drink", I think I found the problem : it is mainly between "tea leaves container" and "tea container", isn't it ?
I just shanged the latter into "A pot for the tea" (not to be confused with the teapot, but the paragraphs explains it well, I think).
Everywhere else, I used "tea leaves" for the solid stuff, and "tea" for the drink. Unless it did not matter (like in "good quality tea", or "how to prepare Chinese tea"), where I just used "tea".

I hope it is clear enough.

Cheers !

I'll have another look at this later. It looks good and reminds me it is ages since I drank Pu'er (always served at my t'ai chi classes).

A few spelling mistakes - my favourite was 'wheese and wine', which should be 'cheese and wine'.

"Wheese & wine"... Woops !

Hmmm, pu'er, very good.
Many people say pu'er is the Chinese tea that is the mildest to your stomach (probably becasue of it's degree of fermentation), on the other hand, drinking too much Green tea might be a little harmfull.

But also, many regular pu'er drinkers can't go back to lighter (Oolong or PuChong) teas, that taste too "flat" to them...

A trick to keep your pu'er fresh and fragrant : store it, in an air-tight container, in your freezer.

Have you ever tried to drop a rose bud or a small dried chrysanthemum in your pu'er teapot ?

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Well done

Yeah, thumbs up!
That was easy, eh? One slightly off topic question out of interest...
You mention the green tea to be 'cold' and best to be drunk in the afternoon. I finsd that interesting and would like to know what are the suggested teas for mornings/nights so that I experiment on myself a little (I'm already drinking green tea in the afternoon an realised that it helps me concentrate ).

Congratulations again!

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You're right, the best is to try for yourself.
My favorite for early morning, or for cold rainy afternoons, is still black tea (Earl Grey, or my granny's Kousmitchoff Darjeeling #37), or pu'er.
In the evening, when going out, Oolong is still on, but on school nights, if I don't want to find myself walking around till 3 o'clock in the morning, I turn to black tea after 18:00...

Give it a try !
I might depend on the season, or on your genral health at that moment.

(I once was offered a pack of tea leaves from Korea, green tea : after drinking a few cups, I always found myself shivering and looking for sunlight... Scary !)

Well, I was just about to make a cup of coffee, then I read this and was inspired to spend a few minutes with my teapot! I'm glad I did - thanks!