Monthly Archives: December 2018

Mystery Shou 199

I have a sort of sub-class of the “Daily Drinker” genre, a niche for “good but not great” shou pu-erh, usually loose leaf but occasionally beeng cha, that gets to strut its stuff after meals, acting as a combined palate … Continue reading

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Orange Shou, Part III

I was making up a batch of Masala Chai the other day, when inspiration struck.

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Still Ill

Just when I thought I was over the worst of it, the cold that refuses to die fought yet another rearguard action, a sneezing, coughing Battle of the Bulge, a temperature soaring, death-warmed-up counter-offensive.

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