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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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Grandpa style in action: G20 Hangzhou

Posted on September 8, 2016 by MarshalNSeptember 8, 2016
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Xi Jinping showing Obama how it’s done – use the lid to push away the leaves and then sipping from the gaiwan. Apparently nobody briefed Obama on what to do with a gaiwan with green tea in it, so he … Continue reading →

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The drinkability test

Posted on October 22, 2015 by MarshalNOctober 22, 2015
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As I mentioned last time, I’ve mostly been reduced to drinking tea grandpa style, and have no real prospects of doing a lot of gongfu in the near future. This, however, has proven to be a pretty interesting experiment, because … Continue reading →

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Posted in Teas | Tagged grandpa, green tea | 13 Replies

Grandpa style in action

Posted on June 3, 2015 by MarshalNAugust 28, 2017
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A grandpa with sencha in a bottle, note the high leaf to water ratio. … Continue reading →

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Posted in Teas | Tagged grandpa, green tea, Japanese tea | 5 Replies

Adventures with a thermos

Posted on January 29, 2015 by MarshalNJanuary 29, 2015
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So I’m currently in Shanghai doing some research, which means being in a library all day. This being China, you can bring a thermos into the library, and each reading room has a table for you to put your thermos … Continue reading →

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Childproofing

Posted on December 3, 2014 by MarshalNDecember 3, 2014
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One of the consequences of having a child who is physically mobile is that having tea the usual way, which means with a piping hot stove, with various breakable teaware, is becoming a bit less practical. I could close the … Continue reading →

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Posted in Teas | Tagged aged puerh, grandpa, musings, young puerh | 11 Replies

Grandpa style tip

Posted on July 31, 2013 by MarshalNNovember 14, 2017
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See all the flaoting leaves? This is a sign that your water wasn’t hot enough, and the only way to remedy it is to drink this as fast as possible and reinfuse with hotter water. Although, in actuality, this is … Continue reading →

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Posted in Teas | Tagged aged oolong, grandpa, skills | 1 Reply

Grandpa style in action

Posted on June 2, 2012 by MarshalNJune 2, 2012
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See it? The little bottle with leaves in it. Some kind of roasted oolong – probably shuixian. Taken on the street in Mongkok … Continue reading →

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2006 Jasmine sheng minituo

Posted on April 18, 2012 by MarshalNApril 18, 2012
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No, the title is not a joke. I got this bag of minituo from a friend back in 2006 while I was doing research in Beijing. The friend is not a tea drinking friend, but I appreciated the gift nonetheless. … Continue reading →

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The best tea-at-work companion

Posted on April 3, 2012 by MarshalNApril 3, 2012
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I think it is safe to say that, us being all tea addicts of some sort or another, that we have to drink tea every day. The result of no tea can be quite painful, literally, and going anything longer … Continue reading →

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