Tag Archives: tea

2013 Jingmai Mountain Shou

This is the penultimate post about the teas that make up the Lübeck Haul. This 357 gram beeng was spotted by Mrs. Teaist in Lübecker Tee Kontor.

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Panyang Golden Needle

In this post I’ll be returning to the Lübeck Haul. This was another tea that Mrs. Teaist found in Lübecker Tee Kontor.

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Sipdown Challenge – The Zombie Vampire Tea Nugget

Bit of a weird one, this.

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2019 House Of Tea Lincang Old Tree Shou

In this post I’ll be taking a short interlude from the saga of the Lübeck Haul, and concentrate instead on the other half of my November 2019 order with House of Tea.

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Zealong Origins – Pure Oolong

Out of all the teas that make up the Lübeck Haul, this was the one I was most pleased to get my mitts on, after wondering about it for quite some time.

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Ronnefeldt Gu Zhang Mao Jian

This post is episode 6 in the Lübeck Haul series.

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Scratching An Itch – A Home Brewed Tea Timer

There’s an old saying that goes something like this – “an awful lot of computer programs are written by someone with an itch they needed to scratch.”

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Singbulli Black Thunder

This is yet another of the Lübeck haul, and a very interesting tea, too. Mrs. Teaist scored for these leaves during her raid on Lübecker Teekontor.

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My Top 10 Teas For 2019

This is yet another post inspired by Eric’s blog One Man’s Tea Journey (if I’m not careful he’s going to start charging consultancy fees), which was in turn inspired by Marco’s blog Steap’d.

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In-between Days

Greetings from the in-between days, what we hereabouts call the relatively quiet period between Christmas and New Year, the calm eye of the festive storm.

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