Tag Archives: Longjing

Bamboo Shoots Guildford

During our Easter 2018 trip to England we made a day trip to Guildford.

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Spring Has Sprung

May Day, widely recognised as the first proper day of spring hereabouts, dawned bright and somewhat breezy.

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A Green and a White Day

This morning the street-lights seemed almost embarrassed to be caught out still on when I got up.

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Westlake on Wednesday

It was the first really warm, sunny day of the year so far, and that put me in the mood for green or white tea.

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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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West Lake Longjing

  What’s in a name? When it comes to tea, that’s a very good question, Bill.

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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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Here Be Dragons!

Longjing, which means Dragon Well, is a pan-fired green tea, which comes from from the area around Longjing Village, near Hangzhou City in Zhejiang Province, China. The village itself is named after a well, the legendary home to “The Dragon … Continue reading

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