tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1627730592572122595.post6534141307622843782..comments2023-10-26T03:49:58.545-07:00Comments on Cap & Kettle: Review: Adagio's Golden MonkeyCap & Kettlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15291688822763145509noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1627730592572122595.post-37954762451326160732009-01-04T13:07:00.000-08:002009-01-04T13:07:00.000-08:00Golden Monkey is one of my favorites as well. I go...Golden Monkey is one of my favorites as well. I got some from Peet's long ago. Recently I've had more time to enjoy tea in the afternoon and this particular tea stands out for me among others that are quite fine in their own right.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00064021788741350871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1627730592572122595.post-72023714938955979582008-02-23T17:58:00.000-08:002008-02-23T17:58:00.000-08:00Hello! I want to follow up on Jo's comment. Actu...Hello! I want to follow up on Jo's comment. Actually <I>congou</I> refers to black (red) tea in general. (It's a corruption of <I>gong fu</I>--same term as the martial arts--meaning "skill" or "effort" or "hard work".) <BR/><BR/>Golden Monkey's name in Chinese does indeed refer to monkeys--it's <I>jin hou</I> which means, literally, "gold monkey". So, this wonderful tea you've been drinking, <I>jin hou</I>, is one kind of <I>congou</I>.<BR/><BR/>Golden Monkey is, I agree, a great tea to introduce new tea lovers to the beverage. It's got a strong enough flavor for Western sensibilities, but enough complexity to wake people up and give them the "aha" moment... when they start doing what tea author James Norwood Pratt sometimes refers to as "thinking of tea in the plural." Tea isn't a single thing, it is many.Tea Geekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03300298431430664323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1627730592572122595.post-46719962314993613602008-01-21T16:20:00.000-08:002008-01-21T16:20:00.000-08:00Hi there,I enjoyed your writing style and can full...Hi there,<BR/>I enjoyed your writing style and can full-heartedly relate to your notion of "evangelizing" friends to tea.<BR/>I might have misunderstood you, but I think you implied that the Chinese name for the Golden Monkey is <I>Dan Cong</I>. This is not correct, Golden Monkey is a congu (black tea) from Fujian Province, while <I>Dan Cong</I> is an oolong tea produced in Guangdong Province. In flavor, the two couldn't be more different. As you say, the Golden Monkey is very robust and strong. A quality <I>Dan Cong</I> on the other hand is wonderfully floral/fruity and quite light, indeed.<BR/>BTW, beautiful pictures...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com