LL-L "Delectables" 2003.10.01 (02) [E]

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From: Theo Homan <theohoman at yahoo.com>
Subject: LL-L "Delectables" 2003.09.30 (01) [E]

> From: R. F. Hahn <sassisch at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Delectables
>
> Hi, Andrys, Lowlanders!
>
> > Here in Australia Ostfriesland Broken Tea is
> readily available at most
> > tea shops.
>
> That's great!  I've not found any in Seattle so far.
>  I haven't tried the
> Internet yet.
>
> > I have often wondered  why it is broken - could it
> be a
> > mistranslation?
>
> I don't think so.  I think it refers to broken
> pieces of dried leafs, as
> opposed to more carefully prefered or sifted whole
> leaf tea.  At home we
> have broken and whole Frisian and Darjeeling tea,
> and I find that they need
> slightly different brewing times, or that they brew
> differently.  [....]

Traditionally, the tea-brands used to sell different
teas to the Frisians, although you could not see any
difference at the outside of the packages.

The Frisians used to have the tea-pot on the fire
{small flame, I guess}, and so a lot of tannine came
into the tea. And so they put a substantial part
'Orange Pekoe' {Dutch spelling} in the tea.
Orange Pekoe is rather poor of tannine.
This blending could easily be done as traditonal
'breakfast-teas' contain 80 till 120 different kinds,
so through all the years the tea in the shops alwaus
would taste the same.

vr.gr.
Theo Homan

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From: R. F. Hahn <sassisch at yahoo.com>
Subject: Delectables

Thanks a lot for the explanation (above), Theo.

I wrote:

> I don't think so.  I think it refers to broken
> pieces of dried leafs, as
> opposed to more carefully prefered or sifted whole
> leaf tea.

Obviously "prefered" was supposed to be "prepared."

Regards,
Reinhard/Ron

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