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Author: Dominic T.Dominic T. Date: Jul 15, 2008 05:57
On Jul 14, 8:00Â pm, toci yahoo.com> wrote:> On Jul 14, 5:48Â pm, niisonge yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>> Which would you say is more cost-effective?
>
>> I will tell you a little secret. You put the rock in your Yixing,
>> steep the rock, and you got real rock tea.
>> Hahaha.
>
>> Anyone want to come over for some rock tea?
>
> Sort of like stone soup? Â Â Toci
Sorry to go more OT, but a funny story. Back in High School I had a
lab partner in a low level Chemistry class who wasn't the brightest
(no sharpener in his box of crayons) and the basic tests for things
are touch, smell, and taste. I had him convinced that he had to do all
of them on each thing we did for completeness. So routinely he would
touch metals that had just been over flame to see if they softened or
started to melt, or taste minerals and such. Watching the horror of
the teacher as he saw him popping different rocks/minerals in his
mouth was amazing. :) I particularly liked when he got to Sulfur, oh,
and BTW none of them were potentially deadly or harmful in the class
so at worst it was a slight branding from hot metal or a foul taste.
- Dominic
What is the steep time on a WuYi rock? I've tried multiple steeps but
it just isn't imparting any taste into my Yixing. :)
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