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Thoughts on Aging Tea 17 Jul 2013 | 02:25 am
I recently started drinking two charcoal-roasted dong ding oolongs I've been storing since mid 2010, both purchased from Shiuwen at Floating Leaves Tea. Though I tried both teas a few times during t...
Tea Urchin 27 May 2012 | 07:09 am
Today it's my pleasure to write about some samples I received from the generous hands of blog friends and operators of Tea Urchin, Eugene and Belle. They're currently based in Shanghai and from the i...
Calm 23 Feb 2012 | 12:36 pm
Not a lot of blog posting recently...as always, though, a lot of steady tea drinking. I've been thinking a lot recently about the phases we go through as tea aficionados. First, it's a lot of wide-e...
Once in a Blue Moon... 19 Jan 2012 | 08:08 am
we get some snow in Seattle. This cup of Tie Luo Han didn't stay hot very long! Happy tea-drinking; I'm off to seek out a winter wonderland in Discovery Park!
Yet More Teaware Sale Additions 22 Sep 2011 | 09:57 am
I just added two pin zi ni Yixing teapots to my seemingly never-ending teaware sale; an old 1980's ying hua and a newer xi shi (both sold), for anyone who's interested. Every addition reminds me just...
Roasted Dancong 20 Sep 2011 | 06:58 pm
This afternoon I've been enjoying some 11 year old Song Zhong dancong oolong from Jing Tea Shop in this tiny ROC pin zi ni pot originally from Hou De. The pot is probably one of my nicest pieces of te...
A Tea Video 9 Sep 2011 | 10:44 am
Just got the info on this video from a Facebook friend. It's a local newspaper profile of a professor at the school I attended (Whitman College in Walla Walla, WA) who practices the Japanese tea cere...
Experience 17 Aug 2011 | 11:59 am
Once I was a boy/An innocent to life and my role in it This piece has been bouncing around my brain for quite a while now; for better or worse, I think it's time. In general, the subject is a somewh...
It's Not A Competition 22 Jul 2011 | 10:25 am
As far as I can tell, a tea competition is an event designed to increase the amount of packaging and price of the teas involved. Joking apart, the actual role of tea competitions seems to be a little...
Black Butte Tea 17 Jul 2011 | 12:53 pm
Not the blackest butte I've ever seen. Please forgive the titular pun. Or, Tea on Vacation Part II. This past week I've again been fortunate enough to vacation away from home. This time I've retur...
