Month: March 2019
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The White Teas of Araksa
The Araksa Tea Plantation is, by its own website’s declaration, one of the oldest in Chiang Mai province, Thailand. That’s not to say that it’s the oldest garden, or the oldest processor of teas. But by modern, Western-ish tea garden standards, that appears to be true. Araksa—which in Sanskrit means “Preserve”—was first plotted in 1939,…
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The Black and White of Benifuki
Benifuki is an interesting Japanese tea tree cultivar. For one, it’s a cross between a cultivar heralding from the assamica variety, and another cultivar of the sinensis variety. A cross-breeding of this sort was to create a high-yielding cultivar designed for black tea and oolong production. Back in the 1960s, and even further back, Japan…
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A Rohini White Tea Rumble
Sometimes, all it takes is a photograph to get me excited. This was posted back in November of 2017 by one Shiv Saria. The tea in question was a Darjeeling white tea hailing from the Rohini tea estate. In most cases, that would be where the story ends, but if you’ve frequented this blog enough,…
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Tea at Sea
I have a good reason for not updating this here blog in awhile, honest. For the last week or so, I was on vacation. As indicated by this dorky tourist capture. No regrets. Short summary: I was on a cruise with a gaggle of family members. All part of a makeshift family gathering that reunited…