Behind the Great Firewall of China, there’s not much you can do, blogging wise, unless you happen to use Sina.net as your platform or you find a proxy. So now, jet lagged and hovering somewhere (time wise) in the middle … Continue reading
Tag Archives: white tea
I’m quite jet-lagged, so I’ll keep this one simple. In the 48 hours since I got here, Taiwan has had two typhoons pass through it. This morning when I was brewing the Meghma oolong again after reading Mary R’s notes … Continue reading
I brewed the T Ching samples I drank a few days ago again. The oolong I brewed on the plane. The white tea I brewed here at home. Both were made in the “grandpa” style. The oolong tastes, again, remarkably … Continue reading
Today’s tea is also another sample from T Ching, just as yesterday’s. This one is a white tea, rather than an oolong. The leaves looks somewhat similar to some yinzhen one might find. I asked Mr. Lochan yesterday how I … Continue reading
Yes… aged white tea. My girlfriend asked for white tea a few days ago, so I dug into my containers of tea looking for something. I found it… a canister of tea that has been sitting around since 2005. Conventional … Continue reading
Yesterday I had a black and a white tea, which made for an interesting contrast, I suppose, although really, they are all just shades of brown. The black is an assam given to me by Mr. Lochan of Lochantea. It … Continue reading