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2013 Jing Mai Sheng Cha Gao
Having read about instant Pu-erh tea paste (Cha Gao) in a book I have, I thought it sounded like something that would be interesting to try.
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Tagged Cha Gao, Chinese tea, instant tea, Jing Mai, Pu-erh, raw Pu-erh, sheng, tea, tea paste, teaism, Yunnan Sourcing
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2012 Xiaguan 7663 Cooked Beeng Cha
One day I was tidying up my bookmarks – I had tea related bookmarks all over the place in various folders – when I came across the bookmark for Canton Tea Co.
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Tagged 7663, beeng cha, Canton Tea Co, Chinese tea, cooked Pu-erh, ripe Pu-erh, shou, tea, teaism, Xiaguan tea factory, Yunnan
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Goji Berry Shou Pu-erh
I happened across the idea behind this experiment when I was reading the Wikipedia Pu-erh page.
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Tagged Chinese tea, cooked Pu-erh, flavoured tea, goji berry, Golden Sail, Pu-erh, ripe Pu-erh, shou, tea, teaism, wolfberry
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2004 Jianshen Tuo
I spotted this tea while I was shopping at White2Tea‘s website. I’d just dropped a beeng of their Daily Drinker into my cart, and was browsing, seeing what else they had to tempt me with.
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Tagged Chinese tea, Lancang Tea Factory, Pu-erh, raw Pu-erh, sheng, tea, teaism, Tuo cha, White2Tea, Yunnan
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White2Tea “Hot & Heavy”
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.
White2Tea Daily Drinker
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.
Posted in review, tea diary
Tagged Chinese tea, Daily Drinker, Pu-erh, raw Pu-erh, sheng, tea, teaism, White2Tea, Yunnan
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2016 Dong Fang Mei Ren
Let’s not beat around the tea bush here – this tea enjoys legendary status, and quite rightly so.
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Tagged Dong Fang Mei Ren, Oolong, Oriental Beauty, Taiwanese tea, tea, teaism
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Wuyi Shan Shui Hsien
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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Tagged Chinese tea, Fujian, Oolong, Shui Hsien, tea, teaism, Wuyi Shan
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Teaware Hacking
Although I’m very pleased with the performance of our Ikea Riklig teapot, it’s not perfect.
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