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Category Archives: tea making techniques
Chocolate Shou Pu-erh
The idea behind this experiment began to take shape after I read this article on Oolong Owl’s excellent blog about Tisano chocolate tea. Advertisements
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Tagged cacao nibs, Chinese tea, chocolate, cooked Pu-erh, flavoured tea, Pu-erh, ripe Pu-erh, shou, tea, teaism
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Ikea Upphetta French Press
We were at Ikea the other weekend, and I happened to notice that the blue and yellow gargantuan now labels their “Upphetta” cafetières as both a coffee and a tea press.
Posted in review, tea diary, tea making techniques, teaware
Tagged cafetière, French press, Ikea, tea, teaism, teaware, Upphetta
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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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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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Great Uncle Style
This is a tea making technique I like to call Great Uncle style.
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Tagged Chinese tea, Great Uncle style, tea, teaism
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Cardamom Tea
Once upon a time clan Teaist were visiting a shop that specialises in foodstuffs from the Middle East and North Africa.
Grandpa Style
If the gong-fu style of tea preparation, with its elaborate equipment, detailed methodology, and precise amounts and temperature control represents yin, then its yang can be thought of to be the “Grandpa style” method of steeping tea leaves.
