half-dipper.blogspot — I'm drinking this tea at 4 a.m., following a brief awakening of Xiaohu. Pre-dawn drinking is about the only time that a father can squeeze a cup into a working week, but it's a good feeling. While having a baby does constrain your time, it is beneficial. I never object when...
teamasters.blogspot — Kenting, au sud de l'île, est plus qu'une simple station balnéaire. On y trouve toutes sortes d'hôtels et de chambres d'hôtes. Ainsi, le Kenting Youth Activity Center est construit selon les codes traditionnels de l'architecture du sud de la Chine. C'est ici que nous avons passé notre Nouvel An du...
puerh.blogspot — Reporting back on our first Southeast Tea Affair (SeTA: looking for extraterrestrial teas?), I am glad to say it was more than a success: it was a lot of fun!First of all, a big dose of my gratitude to Jess and Duane of Aristeacrats for agreeing to host us. They have a...
samovarlife — The best tasting water comes directly from a remote hole in the ground. Fresh from the earth. People often ask “How do I brew tea?” To answer that let’s first have answer the question of “Why should I brew tea?” The simple act of brewing, and sipping tea is a training ground for...
teamasters.blogspot — A childhood friend who became tour operator in Bali (Indonesia) once faced his biggest customer complaint after a week of continuous rain. Every little imperfection started to bother a group of tourists. The rain and lack of sun had a direct negative impact on the minds and feelings of his...
samovarlife — When you look just a bit deeper, and listen a little bit harder, reverence is there. It’s so much bigger than respect. Respect is nice, kind, and something you give to strangers and you’re supposed to give to your elders. It’s formal and it’s externally motivated by society and others. Reverence is...
half-dipper.blogspot — Following an excellent suggestion by Shah, I celebrated a lazy Sunday morning by revisiting one of my first cakes - a Xizihao that is now half a decade old. What makes this one interesting is that its spent that half-decade in English storage. I invite you to join me at the...
mattchasblog.blogspot — This Korean balhyocha is a unique one. It's name "Gaya Cha" is in reference to the one of the legends of how tea first arrived in Korea. As the story goes, a princess from India brought a tea plant that she had acquired in Southern China and offered it to...
half-dipper.blogspot — Germany. Land of the bratwurst, the bierfest, brilliant words such as "der Durchfall", and to my erstwhile teachum, Herr Dr. Kim, who continues to spoil Lei, Xiaohu, and I with Christmas packages of delicious stollen. Burp. Ever generous, the good doctor hacked away a chunk of this rather interesting "Blue Label"...
mattchasblog.blogspot — The use of charcoal to boil water for tea is quite different in each of the traditional tea drinking cultures of China, Japan, and Korea. To understand how these tea cultures use charcoal you must first know a bit about the tea cultures themselves and their style of drinking...
teamasters.blogspot — During the Qing dynasty, the Dragon was the symbol for the emperor. The Dragon represents more than just a very powerful, mythical animal. Very adaptable, the dragon can swim, walk and fly. And like the emperor, the dragon is a link between Earth and Heaven. He connects men with the...
teamasters.blogspot — Next week will mark the beginning of the Lunar New Year of the Dragon. Taiwan (and China) will have a whole week of holiday! (So, I won't be able to process your orders during that time.) In the middle of winter, we'll be celebrating the arrival of spring, happiness and...
half-dipper.blogspot — It must be said that I seldom drink dancong ["dan tsong"]. As with most Westerners, my primary introduction to this genre of Guangdong tea is via blogger-cum-teamerchant, Imen, at Tea Habitat. If you like light, fruity wulong, then I find them to good for a pleasant session. This sample, generously provided...
puerh.blogspot — Come celebrate Chinese New Year with some good pots of tea! Fans of Chinese tea in the Southeast, converge!Well, perhaps the reach won't be quite so far, but with a few passionate tea souls in Georgia, Alabama, North and South Carolina, and Tennessee, I am hoping we can take our love...
puerh.blogspot — The LA Times ran a little story the other day about the tea group that meets in Los Angeles, back when I was still living there. It's a good article, and I give my thanks to Rosanna Xia for doing her best to be true to our experiences drinking tea.The one...
half-dipper.blogspot — I arrived at work recently to find a surprise parcel waiting for me... I believe, if memory serves me correctly, that I let out a little girly yelp when I opened the box. Copious uberthanks to Apache for the lovely gift - you might recall that this is a cake I tried,...
teamasters.blogspot — Ses volutes quittent une famille de fleurs Sein Rauch verläßt eine familie von Blumen S'envolent vers les étoiles Steigt zu den Sternen empor De son nuage blanc, Léo Leo auf einer weißen Wolke goûte au paradis. genießt das Paradies.
half-dipper.blogspot — Hongcha is great. I don't drink much of it, but that's because time is limited, and pu'ercha is my favourite. If I were to drink every day, then hongcha would be one of my staples. You may, gentle Reader, recall my love of Yunnan Sourcing's recent 2011 Wuliangshan pu'ercha. This hongcha...
teamasters.blogspot — I kept this Cha Xi as simple as possible. A big black fabric is my Cha Bu and lets each accessory stand out. Everything is clean and has a purpose. In this time of New Year resolutions, we may wonder what new teas and tastes 2012 will bring us. My grandfather...
puerh.blogspot — The holidays for most Americans have finished, but for many Asian-Americans, they have yet to begin. Lunar New Year, aka Chinese New Year, aka Spring Festival (春节), aka Tet, aka Seollal (설날), begins on January 23 and lasts fifteen days. The upcoming lunisolar year is a dragon year, specifically water...
mattchasblog.blogspot — This tea comes care of Pedro of Dao Tea. It was sent to him by Kim Jeong Yeol of Korean tea producer Butea and was never intended to be for sale to the public. It is tea picked from his organic gardens in Hwagae Valley during the month of June,...
