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#baimudan twig and leaf... #whitetea #chinesetea #gongfuchaFinished off the last 12 grams of a 2012 Ba Da #shengpuerh in a 300 ml pot. A very nice way to lose an entire morning and a good bit of the early afternoon.... #tea #chineseteaware #chinesetea #teapot #gongfucha #rawpuerhLuckily the lid from a seldom used pot was a perfect fit for a favourite pot's broken one... #tea #chineseteaware #teapotAnother charity shop find...currently used for #japanesegreentea@white2tea 's #dailydrinker #rawpuerh worked superbly well as a pre-dinner party appetite whetter and mood setter... #tea #chinesetea #chineseteaware #gongfucha #gongdaobei #shengpuerh#genmaicha by @yamamotoyama_usa
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Monthly Archives: January 2016
Tea Haiku No. 1
Red tea, dragon blood, Beats back the worst of winter, Stored essence of spring.
Posted in tea thoughts
Tagged Chinese tea, Dragon, Haiku, Oolong, poem, poetry, tea, teaism
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Mint Tea!
In “The Tea Enthusiast’s Handbook“, by Mary Lou & Robert J. Heiss, the section on Green Gunpowder tea mentions the fact that Green Gunpowder is more often than not used as the starting point for North African mint teas.
Posted in tea making techniques, tea types
Tagged Green gunpowder, green tea, mint tea, Morocco, tea, tea and food pairing, tea culture, teaism
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Green Tea, Red Pill
Six a.m. I start my morning tea ritual, and as the well rehearsed movements begin the conscious mind is uncoupled, and decides to go off on a quick jaunt.
Posted in tea thoughts
Tagged Dao, Douglas Adams, James Norwood Pratt, Matrix, Morpheus, tea, teaism, The End Of Mr. Y, zen
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Put Some Pearls In Your Pot
It’s said that green gunpowder tea got its English name due to the fact that it resembled the explosive charge of the same name, both being small, round, darkly coloured pellets.
Posted in review, tea types
Tagged Chinese tea, Green gunpowder, green tea, tea and food pairing, teaism
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Paint Me A Pitcher
Serendipitea – a series of developments that leads, by chance, to the procurement of highly satisfactory teas and teaware.
Posted in teaware
Tagged Blue Willow pattern, Cha hai, Chinese tea, gaiwan, Gong dao bei, serendipity, tea, teaism
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Here Be Dragons!
Longjing, which means Dragon Well, is a pan-fired green tea, which comes from from the area around Longjing Village, near Hangzhou City in Zhejiang Province, China. The village itself is named after a well, the legendary home to “The Dragon … Continue reading
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Tagged Chinese tea, Dragon Well, green tea, Longjing, tea, teaism
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Everyday Oolong
Ever since the back-end of summer, when the days suddenly started getting noticeably shorter and cooler, this has been one of my go-to teas, one I drink on a daily basis.
Cups and Kites
I look at the pot and the cup in front of me. Their usefulness, their purpose, depends upon an essential emptiness that lies at the very centre of their existence.
Getting to Grips With Gaiwans
Introduction A gaiwan (“lidded bowl”) is a traditional piece of Chinese teaware, consisting of a saucer, bowl, and lid, which some believe represents the earth, one’s body, and heaven.
Posted in tea making techniques, teaware
Tagged Asian infusion, Chinese tea, gaiwan, gongfu tea, tea, tea culture, teaism
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