Author Archives: northernteaist

Lu An Gua Pian

I received this tea in the form of a free 4 gram sample that was included in a recent order I made over at House of Tea.

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2008 Jia Cang Shou

This is the third post in a series of four where I look at the shou pu-erhs I bought in late September over at Danish teahouse Simply Tea.

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2016 Five Doors to Heaven

This 200 gram beeng is the second of four lots of shou that made up my late September order over at Danish teahouse Simply tea.

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2010 Yi Wu Hai Lang Hao Wild Arbor Sheng

Funny little post, this one.

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Kuki Hojicha

Many teaheads don’t need much arm twisting in order to enter into a cash for leaves transaction at the best of times, and thanks to a fairly feeble excuse I hopped online and got busy buying.

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Rohini Enigma Gold SF

These leaves landed on my tea table in the form of a free 3 gram sample that was kindly included in a recent order I made over at House of Tea.

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Gothenburg

Just the other weekend we were spending a few days in Gothenburg, catching up with some old friends.

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2005 Wild Shou

These leaves formed part of my recent shou pu-erh haul from Danish teahouse Simply Tea.

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Simply Samples 2

So, it’s late September, and despite a brave rearguard action by the summer to hold back autumn’s advance, the days are getting shorter by 2 minutes at either end, and sliding temperatures have us rooting around cupboards and wardrobes for … Continue reading

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2014 Jing Gu Sheng Tou

This sweet little 100 gram tuo was part of my first order with Danish teahouse Simply Tea.

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