Tag Archives: shou
Chocolate Shou Pu-erh
The idea behind this experiment began to take shape after I read this article on Oolong Owl’s excellent blog about Tisano chocolate tea.
Danyun Fairtrade T-Project
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.
What-cha 2016 Yong De Ripe
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
You Don’t Know What You’ve Got Till It’s Gone
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
This and That
I punched in my PIN, and hit OK. The ATM beeped angrily back at me. Huh?
This and That
My intention to hold a blog birthday celebratory session on Sunday afternoon didn’t go according to plan.
2012 Xiaguan 7663 Cooked Beeng Cha
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.
Goji Berry Shou Pu-erh
I happened across the idea behind this experiment when I was reading the Wikipedia Pu-erh page.
2009 Liming Kong Que Zhi Xiang Shou
My post evening meal pot of shou Pu-erh has become something of a tradition, and I was on the lookout for a new tea to take on this role.
This and That
The spoon scraped hard against the bottom of the caddy. The “cheap but good enough as a palate cleanser and general digestive system degreasant” Golden Sail brand shou Pu-erh was all gone. Oh.
