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Not your average bottled tea

Posted on September 1, 2018 by MarshalNSeptember 1, 2018
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So, bottled teas are, of course, everywhere these days. Most of the time, they’re some cheap, crappy tea in a PET bottle. In a pinch, it’s good for a caffeine fix. That’s about it. Not this one I saw this … Continue reading →

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Posted in Teas | Tagged shopping, Taiwan oolong | 3 Replies

Changing modes of production

Posted on May 27, 2018 by MarshalNMay 27, 2018
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Back in the day, farmers in Taiwan all produced their own tea – up to the point where the tea is dried and technically drinkable. The teas would then be sold to tea buyers whose job was to go to … Continue reading →

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Posted in Teas | Tagged Taiwan oolong, travel | 3 Replies

Tea Geek Paradise

Posted on May 11, 2018 by MarshalNMay 11, 2018
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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 →

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Posted in Teas | Tagged black tea, history, Taiwan oolong, travel | 4 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

Mechanization, specialization, homogenization

Posted on June 7, 2016 by MarshalNAugust 28, 2017
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Forty years ago, almost everything related to tea production in a place like Taiwan was done by hand. Leaves were hand picked, they were withered by hand, kill green was done manually, and then rolled by hand and then dried … Continue reading →

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Competition trouble

Posted on May 27, 2016 by MarshalNAugust 28, 2017
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Many of you know that in Taiwan, they have tea competitions. The basic idea is that farmers would submit sample teas (ranging from 5 jin to 20 jin – one jin is 600g, depending on where, what, etc) for the … Continue reading →

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Posted in Teas | Tagged aged oolong, shopping, Taiwan oolong | 7 Replies

The original Oriental Beauty

Posted on April 9, 2014 by MarshalNSeptember 24, 2017
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As some of you know, I’m a historian in my day job, and my new project is working on the history of how ideas (drinking practice, health concerns, etc) and technologies (plantation methods, processing techniques, etc) pertaining to tea moved … Continue reading →

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Posted in Teas | Tagged history, Taiwan oolong | 6 Replies

Diversity

Posted on December 18, 2013 by MarshalNSeptember 24, 2017
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When I spend any amount of time in Taiwan, a lot of tea is almost inevitable. This is not only because I actively seek it out, which I definitely do, but also because even at places where you aren’t looking … Continue reading →

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Posted in Teas | Tagged Taiwan oolong, travel | 3 Replies

Back to the Island of Tea

Posted on December 12, 2013 by MarshalNSeptember 24, 2017
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How do you know you’re in the Island of Tea? Well, not immediately, but when you check in to your hotel, and you walk around a bit, and notice that less than a block away at the street corner, there’s … Continue reading →

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Posted in Teas | Tagged shopping, Taiwan oolong, travel, young puerh | 11 Replies

Ways to cheat in tea

Posted on December 20, 2012 by MarshalNDecember 20, 2012
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It’s been a busy few weeks, what with grading, trying to finish a few papers, so on so forth. One of the papers I was trying to write and still in pretty shambolic state is one on the Taiwanese industry. … Continue reading →

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Posted in Information | Tagged history, Taiwan oolong | 13 Replies

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