Passion Fruit Iced Tea
February 27, 2009 at 3:21 am | In china | Leave a CommentA full-bodied iced tea. Naturally sweet tropical fruit flavor makes this one of our most popular iced teas.
Customer Review: Great Tea great price
I have drank this tea at several fine restaurants and establishements. It is perfect. I use the Hamilton Beach 2 quart Ice Tea Maker and brew about 4 quarts with two table spoons. One package of this tea makes about 12 quarts. Everyone who comes to visit loves the tea. When I finish with this box, I will try the other flavors.
Pinzon Wine Vacuum Pump with Stoppers
February 24, 2009 at 1:29 am | In china | Leave a CommentCustomer Review: No more cork bits
I think this is a much better way to reclose the wine as there are no cork bits to get into it. It fits perfectly in the neck and is easily removed at ones convenience.
Sony PSP Aluminum Case “Silver”
February 21, 2009 at 2:22 am | In china | Leave a CommentThis aluminum hard case is specially designed for you Sony PSP Handheld system. Aircraft grade aluminum is used to make this case strong yet light in weight. All our cases are finished and examined by hand before leaving. Neoprene lining is also added to make the cases unique, stylish, handy and innovative. PROTECT YOUR INVESTMENT.
Metrokane Rabbit 6-Piece Wine-Tool Kit, Black
February 18, 2009 at 2:24 am | In china | Leave a CommentReproduce flawless openings with multiple tools. The ultimate all-in-one wine corkscrew set for all your wine service needs. You get everything you need for wine bottle opening and service in this convenient and affordable Rabbit Corkscrew set from Metrokane. The 6-piece corkscrew kit includes the world-famous Rabbit Corkscrew, foil cutter, drip-stop drip ring, worm, wine/champagne sealer, and wax remover. The Rabbit Corkscrew was redesigned with an all new precision metal gear mechanism for even smoother and more reliable wine bottle opening. This corkscrew is synthetic cork friendly.
Customer Review: How to use the Metrokane Rabbit
From a design standpoint, this is a very good product. But the documentation is pathetic, and was clearly never tested with new / real users. There is no explanation of how it’s supposed to work. That understanding is very helpful: with it, you’ll never have trouble, and will marvel at the clever design. Let’s get started. Have a bottle of wine handy on which you’ve already used the supplied (and very good) little foil cutter to remove the foil over the cork. Take the unit in your hand and look at the movable parts. The overhead lever that swings outward / downward and then is reversed / brought back over the top – moves the spiral corkscrew up and down. To see this, operate the overhead lever with one hand while holding the clamping “side handles” with the other. When you move the overhead handle the corkscrew rotates. Why is the corkscrew turning? Because it’s forced to do that as it goes through a “guide” (the metal collar with gray plastic center). The gray plastic piece has an internal spiral track that forces the corkscrew to rotate as it passes through. Here’s the critical point: as long as the guide mechanism is locked in place and can’t move up or down, the guide forces the corkscrew to rotate when going through. What if this guide were locked in place on the `down-stroke,’ but could move vertically on the `up-stroke’? Then the guide would force the corkscrew to rotate on the way down (so the corkscrew would penetrate the cork), but the guide would stay attached to (and _not_ rotate) the corkscrew on the way up – thus pulling the cork. When the unit is operated correctly this is exactly what happens. But how? Look more closely: Before using the Rabbit’s `side-handles’ to hold the wine bottle neck, the guide is locked in place by two protruding spring-loaded latches and can’t move vertically. Try it: it won’t budge. (You can actually see these small latches projecting over the top of the guide and keeping it from moving – by looking in the area above and to the far rear of the guide, near the smooth rod.) On the other hand, when the clamping handles are squeezed onto the neck of a bottle, these latches above the guide _retract_, releasing their hold on the guide so it can move upward. Do this now: Take your bottle of wine and, with the overhead lever rotated to its fully outward / downward position, place the guide directly over the cork and grip the neck of the bottle _firmly_ with the clamping side handles. Look at the latches described above: they have retracted, and no longer restrain the guide from moving upward. This has no effect during the down-stroke / cork penetration phase, since the guide is already as low as it can go. Because the guide can’t move, it forces the corkscrew to rotate when you operate the overhead lever – thus penetrating the cork. Perform this down-stroke. Now watch what happens when the overhead lever is pulled back to withdraw the cork (while you at the same time continue to grip the bottle neck firmly with the side levers). Because the guide can now move vertically with the corkscrew, it imposes no rotation on the corkscrew. The corkscrew stays inside the cork as the overhead lever is moved outward / downward, and the cork is extracted. Do it. You now have the cork out of the bottle, suspended above the bottle neck, and are still gripping the side handles around the bottle neck. Release your hold on the side handles and move the Rabbit away from the bottle. The cork is still attached to the corkscrew. Re-grip the side handles with one hand and once again operate the overhead lever, bringing it all the way back to its fully closed position again (as if you were on the original down-stroke into the cork). As you get to the very end of the stroke, you will feel resistance and will hear a click: the latches have snapped back into place over the top of the guide, locking it in place. The guide is once again `captured’ – and cannot move vertically. The cork is still attached to the corkscrew. Finally, move the overhead lever back yet again to its fully open position (as if pulling the cork from the bottle). This time the latches _don’t_ retract (because you’re not using the side handles to grip the bottle neck) – so the latches again keep the guide from moving, and this forces the corkscrew to rotate `in reverse’ as it passes upward through the guide. The corkscrew backs out of the cork and the cork drops off. It takes all of a few seconds once you get the hang of it. Understanding the operating principles should help. None of this is well explained (or, indeed, explained at all) in the almost non-existent documentation. Steve Ferris
China Adapter Plug B, C and D
February 15, 2009 at 7:46 am | In china | Leave a CommentAdaptor plug changes your appliance plug to fit Chinese outlets…
Lonely Planet – South West China
February 11, 2009 at 1:51 am | In china | Leave a CommentRuntime 47 minutes
Customer Review: Incredible South West China
Lonely Planet host, Justine Shapiro, visits four provinces in South West China: Guangxi, Guizhou, Yunnan and Sichuan In recent times, China has only been to visitors since the 1980s, and this is an opportunity to see a part of the world that has been closed to most travelers. Justine begins in Guangxi and bicycles out to see Moon Hill — a place that the Chinese consider to be one of the most beautiful in the world. On her return to the city of Yangshuo, she ventured into local markets where dinner consists of snake & dog. Hopping a plane into Guizhou province, Justin visits with a tribe where the women wear ox horns in their hair to represent strength. Also while in Guizhou, she the wonder of Huangguoshu waterfall – the largest waterfall in Asia. Moving on to Chengdu, Justine isn’t feeling that great (hmmm, maybe it was the dog?) So she visits a local hospital for some acupuncture. Justine is very skeptical that this will work, but amazingly she does feel better after her treatment. While in Chengdu, Justine goes to the Giant Panda Research Center and even holds a baby panda. And Justine ends her trip to South West China with a horseback ride thru the Ximending mountain range. Also note that the VHS tapes of Lonely Planet episodes contain a couple more minutes of footage than the episodes that air on television.
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