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  • Midnight tea

    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 bilu…

  • Dok tea

    I got a piece of tea in the mail a few weeks ago It came from Matt of Mattcha's blog. The tea was wrapped in some nice handmade (I think) paper, and has a sticker on it from the teashop -- a shop named Nok Ya Won (Gr…

  • Live from Japan

    Here I am, sitting in Narita waiting for my connection to Taiwan. After having sat through a 13 ride from Chicago (itself a good hour from Columbus, plus transfer), I now have another hour before my flight leaves and I …

  • The green peril

    I drank this today: This is the really really cheap cake I bought for Rosa. Her requirements for the purchase were twofold. 1) Really cheap 2) Really bitter. She made it pretty clear that's all she wanted. She thi…

  • An outdoor tea party

    Today was a very nice day, and I invited two friends to come to have tea with me. Since it was a warm but not too warm day, I thought it best to sit outside, next to the blooming roses... We started off with one of …

  • A local find

    Today on my way to the library, I noticed this little shop that is literally right next door. It's a 30 seconds walk from my house to this place, but since I haven't been in Shanghai that long, and since I just usually …

  • "Snow Monkey"

    Today ended up being green tea day, which is rare. It's mostly thanks to a teachat friend who sent me some tea in exchange for the loose aged puerh I sent him. The tea he sent me is called "Snow Monkey", which is proba…

  • Sick

    I came down with a fever today. 38 Celcius, yuck. The fever hasn't broke yet, and so I'm sitting in my bed typing this. Obviously, nothing elaborate for tea today, but my caffeine headache was getting a little unbeara…

  • Dragonwell

    Green tea is hard to brew. When you go out and buy tea, the better places always tell you to make it with water that's at about 180F. That's true, but it's hard to get water to 180F. How do you do it? You can boil it…

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