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Tag Archives: black tea
Kocha Benifuki
This is the first post about the four black teas (two from Japan, and two from Fuding in Fujian province of China) that I recently purchased over at House of Tea.
Back In Black
The other day I jemmied the padlock off the coffer housing the tea purchasing pennies, and had a peep inside.
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Tagged black tea, Chinese tea, hong cha, Japanese tea, Kocha, Oolong, Taiwanese tea, tea, tea order, tea samples, teaism
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Panyang Golden Needle
In this post I’ll be returning to the Lübeck Haul. This was another tea that Mrs. Teaist found in Lübecker Tee Kontor.
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Tagged black tea, Chinese tea, Fuding, Fujian, gong-fu cha, hong cha, tea, teaism
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Floral Guranse Handrolled First Flush
Yet another episode from the on-going saga of the Lübeck haul.
My Top 10 Teas For 2019
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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Tagged African tea, black tea, Chinese tea, Georgian tea, Oolong, red tea, sheng Pu-erh, shou Pu-erh, Taiwanese tea, tea, teaism, top 10, Tuo cha, white tea
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Yunnan Golden Downy Pekoe
This is the first review of one of the teas that made up the double digit haul that Mrs. Teaist brought back from the German city of Lübeck recently.
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Tagged black tea, Chinese tea, downy pekoe, gaiwan, gong-fu cha, hong cha, tea from Yunnan, teaism
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Expedition Lübeck
Whenever we’re out and about travelling, we always keep our eyes peeled for tea shops to pop into.
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Tagged black tea, Chinese tea, green tea, Indian tea, Lübeck, Nepalese tea, New Zealand tea, Oolong, sheng Pu-erh, shou Pu-erh, Tea shop, teaism, white tea
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Hong Ya
This was a free 3 gram sample that was kindly included in a recent purchase I made over at House of Tea.
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Tagged black tea, Chinese tea, Fuding, Fujian, hong cha, tea, tea samples, teaism
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Kenya Golden Needle
This tea, along with the Red Jade White I wrote about in my previous post, made up my late August order at House of Tea.
Kenya Rhino
This tea was ordered from House of Tea at the same time as the Georgian Gruzia Tjakvi I looked at in an earlier post, and for broadly the same reasons. I was in the middle of a black tea jag, … Continue reading
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