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Weird blends

Posted on April 18, 2018 by MarshalNApril 18, 2018
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When you’re here to eat dim sum, the first thing that happens is you sit down, and they ask you what tea you want. Usually, your choices are as follows: shoumei, shuixian, puerh, jasmine. Some places offer some low grade … Continue reading →

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Posted in Teas | Tagged traditional stored puerh | 2 Replies

Buy less, buy better

Posted on March 1, 2018 by MarshalNMarch 1, 2018
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These days I’m not doing much buying – there’s just no good reason to. Part of it, of course, is the slow realization that I no longer need anything. There’s only so much tea one can consume – assuming 10g … Continue reading →

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Posted in Teas | Tagged musings, shopping | 6 Replies

Tea service is hard

Posted on December 31, 2017 by MarshalNDecember 31, 2017
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Restaurant tea service is often bad, I think mostly because it’s difficult to get right. Of all the things that a server needs to do, making tea to serve a customer is probably one of the most time consuming. You … Continue reading →

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Posted in Teas | Tagged musings | 8 Replies

Objectively good tea

Posted on December 12, 2017 by MarshalNDecember 12, 2017
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A friend of mine had a grandma who loved drinking wine. However, she didn’t drink wine the normal way. She had nice red wines with ice. Yes, literal ice cubes inside the glass. That’s how she liked her wine, even … Continue reading →

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Posted in Teas | Tagged Chinese oolong, skills, Taiwan oolong | 18 Replies

Bottled teas

Posted on November 14, 2017 by MarshalNNovember 14, 2017
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In the years I’ve been drinking tea, every so often, usually on the road, I would resort to some kind of bottled tea for a quick caffeine fix when it’s not practical to do anything else. One of these occasions … Continue reading →

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Posted in Teas | Tagged Japanese tea, travel | Leave a reply

Gongfu is not always better

Posted on July 16, 2017 by MarshalNJuly 16, 2017
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Gongfu brewing is quite versatile – you can control all the variables, including the amount of tea, the amount of water, the timing of the infusions, etc. You can adjust infusions as you go to try to get the best … Continue reading →

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Posted in Teas | Tagged grandpa, musings, skills | 13 Replies

Caffeine detox

Posted on May 13, 2017 by MarshalNMay 13, 2017
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Once in a while, I’ll go through what is essentially a caffeine detox, or really, just a period of drinking less tea. What I notice is that consumption of tea over time trends up. This also means that I generally … Continue reading →

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Posted in Teas | Tagged health, musings | 9 Replies

Life and death of a tree

Posted on April 24, 2017 by MarshalNJuly 25, 2017
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This is a picture from my friend L, who is visiting Yiwu again this year. He’s been going for some years now, the first visit of his from 2007. He said when he first went to Yiwu, this tree was … Continue reading →

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Posted in Teas | Tagged history, travel, young puerh | 11 Replies

What’s a good tea?

Posted on March 31, 2017 by MarshalNMarch 31, 2017
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First, an important but unrelated point – as we move our discussions and conversations onto various social media platforms, those discussions are lost to those who are not privy to these conversations. Even if you are a member of those … Continue reading →

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Posted in Teas | Tagged musings, skills | 4 Replies

My tea got wet

Posted on January 6, 2017 by MarshalNJuly 25, 2017
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Well… that’s sort of the idea, isn’t it, getting your tea leaves wet? In case you can’t tell what’s going on – on a recent trip, I took some tea with me to drink, since I don’t like drinking whatever … Continue reading →

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Posted in Teas | Tagged skills, storage, travel, young puerh | 3 Replies

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