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Breakfast tea

Posted on February 14, 2015 by MarshalNSeptember 24, 2017
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On my recent trip to Shanghai I made a stop in my hometown. I stayed the night, and the next morning my hosts brought me to a teahouse to have something very local – breakfast tea, with noodles The noodles … Continue reading →

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Posted in Teas | Tagged green tea, travel | 8 Replies

Don’t drink shincha

Posted on September 25, 2014 by MarshalNSeptember 25, 2014
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Well, I didn’t say that. Longtime readers may know that I am generally not a drinker of green teas, and especially Japanese greens, which tend to make me dizzy or feeling uncomfortable. The idea that shincha shouldn’t be drunk, though, … Continue reading →

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Posted in Teas | Tagged green tea, Japanese tea | 30 Replies

Loot from Kyoto

Posted on April 8, 2012 by MarshalNApril 8, 2012
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Kyoto is really a lovely town, and is one of my favourite places on the planet. They are filled with tourists, yes, and they live, more or less, off the tourists, but it is because of their charm that cities … Continue reading →

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Posted in Objects | Tagged green tea, Japanese tea, shopping, teaware, travel, yixing | 6 Replies

Grandpa style in action

Posted on December 22, 2011 by MarshalNDecember 22, 2011
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Taken at the local canteen. Note that it is green tea, and the high level of leaves to water ratio. From what I could see, this was some type of green tea. … Continue reading →

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Posted in Teas | Tagged grandpa, green tea | 1 Reply

What others drink

Posted on November 9, 2011 by MarshalNNovember 9, 2011
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The office I’m in right now has an interesting policy – spent tea leaves, along with other things solid but wet, are discarded in a little sieve that sits in the communal sink. So, whenever I clean out my cup … Continue reading →

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Posted in Teas | Tagged green tea | 4 Replies

Aged matcha

Posted on January 28, 2011 by MarshalNApril 11, 2011
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One of the great advantages of drinking matcha, as opposed to leaf tea of all sorts, is that it is faster, much faster.  From start to finish, you’re done in at most half an hour, and quicker if you want … Continue reading →

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Posted in Objects, Teas | Tagged chawan, green tea, Japanese tea, teaware | 9 Replies

Korean and New Zealand teas

Posted on August 14, 2010 by MarshalNFebruary 10, 2011
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I just went to the Hong Kong International Tea Fair yesterday.  It’s been a few years since I’ve been to a tea expo, and this one was a bit different from when I went to the one in Shanghai during … Continue reading →

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Posted in Old Xanga posts, Teas | Tagged green tea, shopping, Taiwan oolong, travel, young puerh | 5 Replies

Mandarin’s Tearoom 2010 Mingqian Shifeng longjing

Posted on June 21, 2010 by MarshalNFebruary 10, 2011
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Longjing is my first love.  I’ve talked about longjing a long time ago.  It was the tea that got me into tea drinking.  It’s the tea that my grandpa likes to drink a lot (yes, in grandpa style), and it’s … Continue reading →

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Posted in Old Xanga posts, Teas | Tagged friends, grandpa, green tea | 3 Replies

Midnight tea

Posted on April 22, 2009 by MarshalNJanuary 21, 2011
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Salsero on Teachat gave me some tea recently, two greens, to be precise (and one darjeeling). I drink greens fairly casually. My family, being from the Shanghai region, mostly drink green teas, usually longjing or biluochun. My grandfather drinks nothing … Continue reading →

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Posted in Old Xanga posts | Tagged gaiwan, green tea | 4 Replies

Biluochun

Posted on September 28, 2008 by MarshalNJanuary 22, 2011
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On the rocky cliff of the Jade Snail Peak of the East Mountain in Dongting, there are a few wild tea trees. Every year, locals would carry bamboo baskets to pick the leaves for daily use, and have done so … Continue reading →

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Posted in Old Xanga posts | Tagged green tea, history | 3 Replies

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