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I had a break yesterday between all the museum hopping and eating around, and my girlfriend and I sat down at a cafe to get a drink. I saw a lapsang souchong on the menu, so I decided to try … Continue reading
Category Archives: Teas
Well…. teas today consisted of bad sencha at a Japanese restaurant, and then I drank the Lapsang Souchong I got in Beijing here. The bad sencha was bad because it was kind of stale. The Lapsang Souchong is this: I … Continue reading
I realized I’ve had puerh for many days in a row now, so today I opted for something else. I got a small packet of tieguanyin from the guy who sold me two cakes of those ok Yiwu. He claimed … Continue reading
I should really be quite happy that I am in China. Despite the nasty air, bad water, horrible traffic, terrible food, awful service attitude, there’s lots of tea. If I were in Shanghai, life might be a bit more interesting, … Continue reading
I’m a bit worried. Both Blogspot and Livejournal seem to be blocked off. I hope Xanga won’t get the same treatment. If it does…. I might ask my girlfriend to post updates for me. Anyway, I went back to Maliandao … Continue reading
Maliandao today. The usual wandering — I went into a store that had some stuff that I’ve never seen before. And I ended up with one cake: Yup…. Burma. Now, the owner claims that this is actually not a Burma … Continue reading
Today I drank a rather odd tea. This is a sample I just bought from an online vendor in China. Paying for stuff online here involves going to the bank and putting the money directly in that person’s account, unless … Continue reading
More puerh research today. I’ve been a bit baffled and confused by all that I’ve been reading these days. The concensus on Sanzui seems to be that a cake is bad for aging if either 1) it has gone through … Continue reading
The first thing I did was go to a store that I’ve read about on Sanzui, where they sell a Yiwu tea from a somewhat famous boutique producer. When I got there, however, there was only one storekeep there, and … Continue reading
A tea meeting in LA. On my way back from Palm Springs, I met up with two tea friends, Phyll and Bearsbearsbears from the LJ Puerh Community for some tea (scroll down the link for pictures). We had tea at … Continue reading