Tag Archives: shou

Chocolate Shou Pu-erh

Posted on March 29, 2017 by

The idea behind this experiment began to take shape after I read this article on Oolong Owl’s excellent blog about Tisano chocolate tea. Advertisements

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Danyun Fairtrade T-Project

Posted on March 12, 2017 by

The other week Mrs. Teaist came home with a present for me, a 100 gram packet of Pu-erh that she had picked up on her way home from work.

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What-cha 2016 Yong De Ripe

Posted on March 8, 2017 by

If you read enough tea blogs and keep up to date with developments on the tea scene via Steepster and the /r/tea subreddit then you could hardly fail to notice that UK based tea vendor What-cha has a growing reputation … Continue reading →

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You Don’t Know What You’ve Got Till It’s Gone

Posted on February 11, 2017 by

I had this post about 90-something percent written, but then **cue sound of brakes being applied, squeal of tyres** discovered that the tea in question, White2Tea’s house blend shou Pu-erh, known as “Old Reliable“, is now unavailable. Its thumbnail photo … Continue reading →

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This and That

Posted on January 18, 2017 by

I punched in my PIN, and hit OK. The ATM beeped angrily back at me. Huh?

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This and That

Posted on January 11, 2017 by

My intention to hold a blog birthday celebratory session on Sunday afternoon didn’t go according to plan.

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2012 Xiaguan 7663 Cooked Beeng Cha

Posted on December 11, 2016 by

One day I was tidying up my bookmarks – I had tea related bookmarks all over the place in various folders – when I came across the bookmark for Canton Tea Co.

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