Monthly Archives: November 2016

White2Tea “Hot & Heavy”

Posted on November 30, 2016 by northernteaist

You have to love the fact that a tea named “Hot & Heavy” arrived just as our bit of the Scandinavian Peninsula experienced its first major snowfall of the year.

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Crunching the Numbers

Posted on November 27, 2016 by northernteaist

The other day I enjoyed a good, long Great Uncle style session with White2Tea’s Daily Drinker, and got to wondering how much the tea I had drunk had actually cost when compared to an average quality tea bag, such as … Continue reading →

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White2Tea Daily Drinker

Posted on November 23, 2016 by northernteaist

I’d been reading interesting things about White2Tea for quite a while, especially in the blogs of Char (Oolong Owl) and Cwyn (Death By Tea), and was keen to try them out.

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Great Uncle Style

Posted on November 20, 2016 by northernteaist

This is a tea making technique I like to call Great Uncle style.

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2016 Dong Fang Mei Ren

Posted on November 16, 2016 by northernteaist

Let’s not beat around the tea bush here – this tea enjoys legendary status, and quite rightly so.

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Lessons With a Master

Posted on November 13, 2016 by northernteaist

There’s a term in Chinese, Chá rén (茶人), literally “tea person“, that succinctly sums up someone who’s life seems to revolve around tea, and no-one better represents the concept than Master Lin Ping Xiang.

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Wuyi Shan Shui Hsien

Posted on November 9, 2016 by northernteaist

When it comes to the subject of Oolongs, this is the kind of tea that I simply adore – a well roasted strip Oolong from the famous Wuyi Shan mountain area in Fujian Province on the Chinese mainland.

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Teaware Hacking

Posted on November 5, 2016 by northernteaist

Although I’m very pleased with the performance of our Ikea Riklig teapot, it’s not perfect.

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2009 Liming Kong Que Zhi Xiang Shou

Posted on November 2, 2016 by northernteaist

My post evening meal pot of shou Pu-erh has become something of a tradition, and I was on the lookout for a new tea to take on this role.

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