2004 Jianshen Tuo

2004 Jianshen Tuo - wrapped

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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White2Tea “Hot & Heavy”

White2Tea Hot and Heavy - dry leaf

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.

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Crunching the Numbers

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The other day I enjoyed a good, long Great Uncle style session with White2Tea’s Daily Drinker, and got to wondering how much the tea I had drunk had actually cost when compared to an average quality tea bag, such as PG Tips.

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White2Tea Daily Drinker

White2Tea Daily Drinker - wrapper

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.

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Great Uncle Style

Chinese lidded tea mug - standard setup

This is a tea making technique I like to call Great Uncle style.

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2016 Dong Fang Mei Ren

oriental beauty dried leaf

Let’s not beat around the tea bush here – this tea enjoys legendary status, and quite rightly so.

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Lessons With a Master

There’s a term in Chinese, Chá rén (茶人), literally “tea person“, that succinctly sums up someone who’s life seems to revolve around tea, and no-one better represents the concept than Master Lin Ping Xiang.

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Wuyi Shan Shui Hsien

wuyi shan shui hsien - dry leaves

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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Teaware Hacking

Riklig teapot with French press lid

Although I’m very pleased with the performance of our Ikea Riklig teapot, it’s not perfect.

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2009 Liming Kong Que Zhi Xiang Shou

2009 Liming Kong Que Zhi Xiang Shou

My post evening meal pot of shou Pu-erh has become something of a tradition, and I was on the lookout for a new tea to take on this role.

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