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Woeful Weekend Weather? Take Terrific Tea!
The weather can’t make its mind up. It’s oscillating wildly between prolonged bouts of rain and intermittent snow showers.
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Tagged black tea, Chinese tea, foul weather, green tea, Longjing, Oolong, Pu-erh, tarry souchong, tea, teaism, West Lake, winter, Yunnan Gold
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Boromir Says…
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Tagged Boromir, da hong pao, meme, one does not simply, tea, tea humour, teaism
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West Lake Longjing
West Lake Longjing tea leaves
What’s in a name? When it comes to tea, that’s a very good question, Bill.
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Tagged Chinese tea, green tea, Longjing, tea, teaism, West Lake
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The Tea Library – The Tea Enthusiast’s Handbook
The Tea Enthusiast’s Handbook
The Tea Enthusiast’s Handbook, by Mary Lou Heiss & Robert J. Heiss
This is what I like to refer to as my pocket tea encyclopedia. If I’m travelling and there’s even the merest possibility that tea will feature in my adventures, then this book is one of the first things in my bag.
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Tagged books about tea, Mary Lou Heiss, Robert J. Heiss, tea, teaism, The Tea Enthusiast's Handbook
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Ten O’clock Tea Break
Once upon a day shift, a distressing number of years ago, I worked as a vehicle body builder.
My place of employment was a railway carriage works, a sprawling complex of huge workshops built of Victorian red brick, safely located on the outskirts of a Northern town, comfortably away from all the nice medieval bits in order not to scare tourists of a delicate nature.
Cha Qi
In this post I’d like to talk about one of the more mystical aspects of the tea experience – Cha Qi.
New Toys!
Well, I’m back home again from my long weekend in Stockholm.
It’s nice to go away on a trip, especially when it’s to the bright lights of the Venice of the North, but it’s also just as nice to come home again. Home is where the gaiwans, variable temperature kettle, and tea stash is, that’s what I say.
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Tagged Blue Dragon motif, cebei, Cha hai, Chinese tea, fairness cup, gaiwan, Gong dao bei, justice cup, tea, tea sharing pitcher, teacup, teaism
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Tea Haiku No. 5
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Tagged Chinese tea, Green gunpowder, green tea, Haiku, poem, poetry, tea, teaism
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Tea Shopping In Stockholm
Stockholm!
After the tedium of a long and somewhat dull train journey the evening before, I was up early to plan the day’s fun and games.
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Tagged Chinese tea, Grace Tea House, Green gunpowder, green tea, Longjing, Pu-erh, Stockholm, tea, teaism
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Northern Teaist 