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Newguest Posted 12 years ago
Vocabulary

Require a special pick for removing

Although you can order Puerh teas by the cup or pot in most tearooms, it is sold in cakes that require a special pick for removing what is brewed.

--- I'm not sure what the last part of this sentence means? You need a special Toothpick to remove it from the cup???
  

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I find it a bit confusing. org/wiki/Pu-erh_tea#Preparation ). It seems strange that the customer would do this in a tearoom though, so perhaps "sold" in the second part refers to buying the tea in an ordinary store and not in a tearoom.

— GPY

  • I find it a bit confusing.
  • org/wiki/Pu-erh_tea#Preparation ).
  • It seems strange that the customer would do this in a tearoom though, so perhaps "sold" in the second part refers to buying the tea in an ordinary store and not in a tearoom.
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I find it a bit confusing. It seems that you use the pick to flake the tea leaves off the cake, and then you brew the leaves that you have flaked off (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pu-erh_tea#Preparation). It seems strange that the customer would do this in a tearoom though, so perhaps "sold" in the
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Hi.

I take it to mean that they are sold in bricks (cakes). And when you brew it you then remove this brick with a pick (or toothpick - I don't know if it's the same)
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NewguestHi.I take it to mean that they are sold in bricks (cakes). And when you brew it you then remove this brick with a pick (or toothpick - I don't know if it's the same)
I am happy to be corrected if you definitely know otherwise, but as far as I can tell, you don't brew the whole brick. I think "for removing what is brewed" is confusing wording and means
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