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Tag Archives: Pu-erh
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.
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.
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Tagged Cha hai, Chinese tea, Gong dao bei, Oolong, Pu-erh, shou, tea, tea pitcher, teaism
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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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Tagged Chinese tea, Chinese teapot, Chinese teaware, mini beeng cha, Pu-erh, shou, tea, teaism
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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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Tagged Chinese tea, flavoured tea, mandarin peel, Pu-erh, shou, tea, teaism
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South of the Clouds
Today was all about two Pu-erh sessions.
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Tagged Chinese tea, Chinese teapot, Chinese teaware, Pu-erh, sheng, shou, tea, tea boat, teaism, Yunnan
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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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Tagged Chinese tea, chrysanthemum, flavoured tea, Pu-erh, shou, tea, teaism
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New Book, New Ideas
The money I invested in the book “Pu-erh Tea” is already yielding a dividend.
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
2012 Bu Lang Sheng Pu-erh
This was the second of the two teas I recently purchased from House of Tea, along with the Wu Yi Shan Qi Lan Oolong I wrote about earlier.
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Tagged Bu Lang Sheng, Chinese tea, Pu-erh, raw Pu-erh, sheng, tea, teaism
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Incoming!
My delivery from “House of Tea” arrived today!
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Tagged Chinese tea, House of Tea, internet shopping, Oolong, Pu-erh, tea, teaism
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