Category Archives: tea thoughts

Out With The Old, In With The New

Posted on February 11, 2021 by northernteaist

Well, my sipdown project has rolled over into 2021, with the on-going objective of freeing up space in my tea cupboards to accommodate newer, fresher teas.

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2020 – My Year In Tea

Posted on December 29, 2020 by northernteaist

So, here we are again, the end of another year.

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A Book And A Brew

Posted on December 23, 2020 by northernteaist

I think the time’s about right for this one now, a full year after it happened.

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Wuhan Jiarun Huiming Organic Sheng

Posted on July 6, 2020 by northernteaist

As the name suggests, this tea is a product of the Wuhan Jiarun Tea Co. Ltd., who are based in Wuhan, Hubei Province.

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Strange Days – This and That

Posted on April 16, 2020 by northernteaist

Deja Pu The other day I had what I can only describe as some kind of a tea flashback.

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Strange Days

Posted on April 10, 2020 by northernteaist

Just a quick update with regard to everything going on right now…

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My Top 10 Teas For 2019

Posted on December 30, 2019 by northernteaist

This is yet another post inspired by Eric’s blog One Man’s Tea Journey (if I’m not careful he’s going to start charging consultancy fees), which was in turn inspired by Marco’s blog Steap’d.

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A Day In The Life of an Incorrigible Tea Fiend

Posted on December 20, 2019 by northernteaist

This post was inspired by a similar one over at Eric’s blog One Man’s Tea Journey.

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End Of A Tuo

Posted on November 7, 2019 by northernteaist

7:45 am. Early November. The day was flat and motionless, in that peculiar late Autumn way. You could just sense that the season was running out of energy, like a child’s spinning top when it starts to wobble crazily before … Continue reading →

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The Four Long Lost Samples

Posted on January 11, 2019 by northernteaist

I was doing a bit of digital tidying up the other day, when I found a folder buried several levels down in my file system tree labelled “Samples – To Do“.

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