Notes From The Road – Two Jugs and a Spoon

2 jugs

A good tea person will always be ready to adapt his or her tea making technique as circumstances dictate, and this is never more true as when you’re away from home.

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Tea Break…

Teapot

Clan Teaist are hitting the road again.

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Quote of the Day

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Morning Decadence

a pot of Silver Needle tea

I woke up to a faultless blue sky, and a low blanket of sea mist carpeting the grassy area that sits behind the beach opposite our home.

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Spring Has Sprung

a gaiwan and longjing tea

May Day, widely recognised as the first proper day of spring hereabouts, dawned bright and somewhat breezy.

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Bonfires and Dragons

Oolong tea on Valborg

Last night, the 30th of April, Valborg, or Walpurgis Night as it is known in English, was celebrated here in Sweden.

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A Fair Crack of the Whip

clay teapot on a tea boat

I was drinking my early morning pot of green tea when a thought occurred – I’d only used the tea boat from the clay teaware collection I picked up in Stockholm last month. Continue reading

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Special Delivery

Tregothnan tea

Mrs. Teaist is away for the weekend, visiting an old friend.

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Mandarin Peel Shou Pu-erh, Take 1

dried Chinese mandarin peel

This was a follow on experiment from my earlier attempt to flavour loose leaf shou Pu-erh tea with dried chrysanthemum flowers.

The idea itself was inspired by the fact that it is possible to buy shou Pu-erh artfully wrapped in the complete peel of a mandarin.

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South of the Clouds

clay teapot on a tea boat

Today was all about two Pu-erh sessions.

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