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Let’s face it, a Darjeeling teabag from Dammann Freres is never going to be that great, nor is it remotely worth the price of admission. I had some Dongding in my backpack that I would infinitely prefer to drink instead, … Continue reading
Tag Archives: black tea
Every tea farmer’s association in Taiwan holds competition. Some of these are huge – the Lugu one, for example, attracts over 6,000 samples per competition (twice a year). Smaller ones get hundreds or a thousand entry. Every member of the … Continue reading
I spent the past three days in central Taiwan doing fieldwork visiting tea farms and such. Once you’ve seen a few tea farms, they all start to blend in – farms on their own are not particularly interesting unless the … Continue reading
A few days ago a group of Korean students came as a delegation, and during lunch we somehow got on the topic of tea, and specifically, where one could buy some Chinese black tea in Hong Kong. Funny enough, after … Continue reading
While I was doing research and waiting for my books at the Urasenke School‘s library, I discovered that there was, that day, a tea fair across town at the Yoshida shrine near Kyoto University. Since the library closed at 3 … Continue reading
A few years ago, Mr. Rajiv Lochan of Lochan Tea sent me a few really big bags of samples. I’ve had some in the intervening years, but never quite finished any of them despite my best attempt, mostly because I … Continue reading
I had some keemun yesterday in a mug. Nothing harmful, I thought, but at the end of that, I could start to feel a little of that same headache creeping in. It was not yet a major concern, nor the … Continue reading
It’s odd. I had some Yunnan gold today, and a slight headache showed up a little after I drank the stuff. That is, in and of itself, not too interesting. Afterall, there are lots of things that can cause a … Continue reading
I’ve had caffeine overdose exactly once in my life. I remember it was early in my college years, and I was staying up writing some paper. I had some rather nasty jasmine pearls, and…. well, long story short, I woke … Continue reading
I have, with me, a 10 years old tin of Darjeeling I bought this quite some years ago in New York city, some first flush stuff that I never really drank much of. I carried it with me to many … Continue reading