Well, I just read through the faq at http://www.intlctc.org/faq2.htm
and I found it to be an enthusiasm buster. It reads to me that without buying a high quality brewer,
using someone else’s ‘high quality’ compost, it’s a waste of time, or harmful
to my plants and potentially my family (human pathogens / root nematodes)?? Being that
it appears that most of our home-created composts are mediocre at best, I feel it
important for encouraging more interest in tea brewing, to spend more time explaining
how folks can create higher quality composts. I didn’t see any of that on the site. Its too
early for all of this to become so industrialized. Reading that site, it seemed as if it were somewhat written
by tea brewer manufacturers to promote brewers. I think its great if you have a brewer that does a great job
– those that want to spend the money can do so. But, I’m still feeling that if we don’t buy one of these
brewers, and use better compost than we make ourselves, we might as well go
back to chemical fertilizers. Ack! Well, here’s
to hoping I don’t get flamed for these comments – but I think its an important note
to express, otherwise we’re nothing but ‘tree hugging salmon savers’ to the
outside world – and unfortunately, no body listens to those types anymore. They’re considered just an annoyance, a
loophole to get over. I’d rather
see teas break into the Ag and garden world in a way that people listen to, can
see and don’t figure for marketing hype. Ok, swing
away, I’ve ducked behind my yet untested nor tried homemade brewing barrel. -Mike
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