[masraum]

I love Asian styles of tea. I used to drink only Japanese style teas. I branched out to oolong, darjeeling and pu-erh. Darjeeling was good. Oolong is a favorite, but the pu-erh was really good. THe place that I got it last time doesn't seem to have any right now which is unfortunate. If you find a good supply, post it here.

What I've found is important is that teas are brewed correctly. That means that the water temp is right and the amount of time is also correct. Doing it wrong can result in nasty tea (usually it becomes bitter).

I think pu erh has a somewhat unusual process. I think you run hot water over the tea, dump it and then steep it after the first rinse or something like that.

It seems like every time I find a place that's got tea that I like, they either stop selling that tea or go out of business.

I suspect I could get some good Chinese tea in Houston if I went to the Asian part of town, but I'd have no idea what was good.