Tag Archives: Chinese tea

A Fair Crack of the Whip

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.

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Mandarin Peel Shou Pu-erh, Take 1

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 … Continue reading

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South of the Clouds

Today was all about two Pu-erh sessions.

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Start As You Mean To Go On

In his classic novella “The Langoliers” Stephen King describes the usually unseen world that exists either side of the present moment.

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Chrysanthemum Flavoured Shou Pu-erh

I got the idea for this experiment when reading my recently purchased book “Pu-erh Tea”, by Wang Jidong.

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New Book, New Ideas

The money I invested in the book “Pu-erh Tea” is already yielding a dividend.

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The Tea Library – “Pu-erh Tea”

In this post I’ll be looking at “Pu-erh Tea“, by Wang Jidong (translated by Chen Zhufen and Liu Qingling). I was initially drawn to this book as it is one of the very few books in English about Pu-erh. That it … Continue reading

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The Blue Bowl of Happiness

Sometimes, even the less glamorous of teas drunk in the most everyday of settings can work magic.

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Bai Sha Lu

This tea was part of my second round of purchases from House of Tea. I was after a green tea to take the place of the green gunpowder I’ve been drinking at breakfast for quite some time now. I think … Continue reading

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