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Tea Shopping In 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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Tea On The Train
When the dedicated tea lover is out travelling and suddenly finds themselves in need of a beverage he or she runs the risk of putting themselves at the mercy of fate’s own proverbial pot-luck tea caddy of mystery, which, more … Continue reading
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Tagged buffet car, Chinese tea, Green gunpowder, green tea, paper cup, tea, teaism, travelling
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Cold Brewed Green Tea – Getting Set For Summer
Seeing as our recent dusting of snow has melted, the bitter North wind retreated back to its Arctic lair, and temperatures finally nudged back above freezing, I’m starting to become slightly more optimistic regarding the eventual return of clement weather.
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Tagged Chinese tea, cold brewed tea, green tea, Maojian, summer drink, tea, teaism
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Saffron Tea – Moroccan Liquid Gold
After my recent post about mint tea, I checked our cookbook collection just out of curiosity, and to my surprise I discovered that we’d had a recipe for Moroccan Mint Tea all this time, hidden away in a Swedish language … Continue reading
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Tagged cashews, Green gunpowder, green tea, Medjool dates, Moroccan, Saffron tea, tea, teaism
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Chun Mee – Precious Eyebrows!
What’s in a name? “Plenty“, is often the case when it comes to the naming of Chinese teas.
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Tagged Chinese tea, Chun Mee, green tea, Hyson tea, Precious Eyebrow, tea, Young Hyson tea
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Maojian – The Darling Buds of Spring
The name of this tea translates as Downy or Furry (mao) Tip (jian). This refers to the appearance of the tea whilst still on the bush, describing the soft hairs on the unopened leaf bud.
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Tagged Chinese tea, green tea, Maojian, tea, tea and food pairing, teaism
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Tea Haiku No. 2
Green tea, sweet as hay, Leaves awaken, greet the dawn, Perfumed call to spring.
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Tagged Chinese tea, green tea, Haiku, poem, poetry, tea, teaism
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Biluochun – The Green Snail of Spring
Biluochun is yet another tea that invariably makes an appearance on any variant of the Famous Teas of China list, and as such is a tea well worth getting to know. The name of this tea translates as “Green … Continue reading
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Tagged Biluochun, Chinese tea, Green Snail Spring, green tea, tea, tea and food pairing, teaism
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Mint Tea!
In “The Tea Enthusiast’s Handbook“, by Mary Lou & Robert J. Heiss, the section on Green Gunpowder tea mentions the fact that Green Gunpowder is more often than not used as the starting point for North African mint teas.
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Tagged Green gunpowder, green tea, mint tea, Morocco, tea, tea and food pairing, tea culture, teaism
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Put Some Pearls In Your Pot
It’s said that green gunpowder tea got its English name due to the fact that it resembled the explosive charge of the same name, both being small, round, darkly coloured pellets.
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Tagged Chinese tea, Green gunpowder, green tea, tea and food pairing, teaism
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