Recent Comments
onemansteajourney on A Change Of Style northernteaist on Ikea Riklig Teapot Leia on Ikea Riklig Teapot northernteaist on Ikea Vattentät Kettle Gayathri on Ikea Vattentät Kettle
Tag Archives: Chinese tea
Cold Brew, Mk. II
When the warm weather returned with a bang, I felt it was the perfect time to re-start Project Coldbrew, for what could be better than a glass of iced tea in your hand to accompany those mid-summery moments?
Posted in tea diary, tea making techniques
Tagged Chinese tea, cold brewed tea, Green gunpowder, green tea, organic tea, tea, teaism
4 Comments
A Mild Green
The green gunpowder I bought at Whittard’s in York finally ran out, so I was looking to replace it.
Posted in review, tea diary
Tagged Chinese tea, ecological tea, Green gunpowder, green tea, tea, teaism
1 Comment
Summer In The City
Summer arrived with a bit of a bang. It sneaked in through the back door, and caught us unawares, leaving many scrambling for sunglasses, shorts, and sandals.
Posted in tea diary
Tagged Chinese tea, Samadoyo, Silver Needle, summer, tea, tea on the balcony, teaism, white tea
4 Comments
Fujian Tulou Old Tea
Mrs. Teaist bought this tea for me during a recent trip to Stockholm. She found it at Grace Tea House’s “everything must go” closing down sale.
Posted in review, tea diary, tea types
Tagged aged tea, black tea, Chinese tea, Fujian, hei cha, lao cha, old tea, tea, teaism, Tulou, yellow tea
6 Comments
Sunday’s Session
My womenfolk had gone up to Stockholm on family business last weekend, and while they were there I asked a favour of them, to pop into Grace Tea House and buy me a glass gaiwan.
The Happy Wanderer Returns
Home again. I know it’s silly, but I always get nervous when crossing international borders with tea in my possession.
Notes From The Road – Two Jugs and a Spoon
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.
Posted in tea diary, tea making techniques, teaware
Tagged Cha hai, Chinese tea, Gong dao bei, Oolong, Pu-erh, shou, tea, tea pitcher, teaism
7 Comments
Spring Has Sprung
May Day, widely recognised as the first proper day of spring hereabouts, dawned bright and somewhat breezy.
Bonfires and Dragons
Last night, the 30th of April, Valborg, or Walpurgis Night as it is known in English, was celebrated here in Sweden.
Posted in tea diary
Tagged Chinese tea, Oolong, tea, teaism, Valborg, Walpurgis, Wu Yi Shan Qi Lan
2 Comments
Northern Teaist 