Month: April 2020
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Heralding the Rose of Wuyi
This is Dan. Dan’s a pretty solid dude, and a darn good friend. Dan is also married to my matcha dealer. Dan’s a lucky sonuva- . . . I’m getting off-topic already, aren’t I? Let’s start over.
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Tea Love in the Time of COVID
Strange times we’re living in, huh?
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The Fairhope Tea Plantation
As I’ve said many times, it often takes a mere photograph to grab my attention, and to remind me of something I’ve neglected. For instace, this one. This was posted in August by blogger compatriot (and all-around great guy) Eric of One Man’s Tea Journey. In the spring of 2019, he paid a visit to…
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The Age of Honey Orchid
If there’s one kind of oolong that has the most fantastical origin story, it’s Dan Cong. A name that translates as “single bush or tree”. The story of this tea has its roots in the last days of the Southern Song dynasty. Around 1279 C.E., Zhao Bing (or Song Di Bing)—the final child emperor—had fled…
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Why I Talk About Indian Teas . . . A Lot
There’s a question I always get from fellow tea heads, and it’s one that has increased in frequency over the last couple of years: “So, what’s the deal with Indian teas?” Or some permutation of that. I’m not sure when it happened, but I became known (peripherally) in a few tea circles as the “Indian…