A Change Of Style

a new style - pot and bowl

My tea drinking habits have definitely changed over the past year.

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Moychay Mi Huan Gaba

Moychay Mi Huan GABA - dry leaf

This is the final post in a series of four where I take a look at the 5 gram free samples that came with my first Moychay order.

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Moychay Alishan Qing Xiang Gaba

Moychay Alishan Qing Xiang Gaba - dry leaf

This is the third of four posts where I look at the free 5 gram samples that were included in my first order with Moychay, placed through their newly opened Amsterdam boutique.

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Moychay Taiwanese Earl Grey

Moychay Taiwanese Earl Grey - dry leaf

This is the second post in a series of four about the free tea samples I received with my first order from Moychay in Amsterdam.

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Moychay Lugu Dung Ding

Moychay Lugu Dong Ding - dry leaf

Well, my first order from Moychay well and truly surprised me, and made it to the Southern bit of The North from Amsterdam in a very respectable 4 days.

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Out With The Old, In With The New

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Well, my sipdown project has rolled over into 2021, with the on-going objective of freeing up space in my tea cupboards to accommodate newer, fresher teas.

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Lapsang Taiwan

Lapsang Taiwan - dry leaf

I bought this tea from House of Tea way back in mid-October 2020, as part of the “Three Taiwanese Black Teas” order that also saw Yu Chi Hong Yun, and Assam Taiwan drop onto my tea table.

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Home Roasted Gyokuro

roasted gyokuro - dry leaf before
Before roasting

This mini-project started out as an idea I had after reading a post over at Eustea Reads, where Eustacia, the owner of the blog, talked about her experiences making her own Hojicha, by home roasting a past-its-best Sencha.

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Chá Camélia Nosso Chá

Cha Camelia Nosso Cha - dry leaf

This interesting green tea was one of my Christmas pressies the other month.

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2017 Ancient Empress Mountain

2017 Ancient Empress Mountain - wrapped

In this post I’ll be taking a look at a beeng of sheng I bought back in mid-September.

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