Steep Stories

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  • A Taste of Taiwan and a Teattle Trip

    Let’s talk about networking…or rather how much I hate doing it. Around this time last year, I was among the many underemployed folks out there. My mother – a former career counselor – always stressed that making contacts helps in the process. I knew she was right; she’s almost always right. That didn’t stop me…

  • Soba Up, Buckwheat! You’ve Had too Much Oolong Beer!

    Obviously, I’m still playing catch-up. This is a flashback to late-January. I assure you, though, it’s totally worth it. Well, if you like tea in your beer. Moving along… Tea and beer are my two favorite beverages in the world. Yes, the entire world. Both are also extremely habitual and have a lot of history…

  • You Think You Know Yunnan?

    Oh, hi. You’re still here. Damn…have you been waiting long? Two months? Really?! Ummm… Yeah, I had…uh…Carpal-depress-‘o-flu. It’s contagious. I’d stay back if I were you. Now where were we…January? Ah, yes. To say it’s been a rough Winter is an understatement. I spent three weeks of it on my second bout with “Le Plague”.…

  • The Tea Trolley

    “What is it?” asked a passerby. “What does it look like?” said a grizzly, overalled Brit sitting on a bench. “A train,” was the American’s curious response. “Not like any I’ve ever seen.” “That’s because it’s not a train,” the Brit said gruffly. “It’s a trolley.” And indeed it was. A curious contraption to boot;…

  • Lazy Tea Prep (with Video)

    The art of tea blending is one that has always eluded me. I know of people that consider themselves experts in the field, but I often wondered how much skill it really took to create a blend. Playing with different herbs and teas wasn’t a new thing to me. I did it all the time…

  • Tea Gift Gratitude

    It is technically the morning before the actual day that houses the night before Christmas. Or as I like to call it, “A work day”. I found a brief amount of time between family visits, pajama-ing, whiny cat-sitting, and getting-ready-for-work-‘er-ing to reflect on something I’ve been meaning to for some time. 2011 has had a…

  • Monday Morning Tea Errands

    Mondays – for me – usually go something like this: (1) Get off work at 7AM. (2) Head home. (3) Crawl out of work uniform and smother into pajamas. (4) Crank the electric blanket on high and fire up the ol’ Netflix…until I fall asleep. Pretty routine for a night-worker to not want the word…

  • Hark! I Herald Booze Blends

    I’ve noticed a particular trend lately – one that I fully encourage and support. Nay, I salute it! Tea and alcohol, while completely opposite beverages on the Sin-o-Meter, pair exceptionally well. Whether it be tea-infused alcohol or alcohol-scented tea, the combination of both bring an added dimension of badass that I fully back. The high-points…

  • In a Pickle

    A week and a half ago, my brother/roommate (bro-mate?) and I decided to grab happy hour and a movie. It was our typical Tuesday outing. The theater in our neck of the woods sold cheap tickets on that day. Cheap food and good microbrews seemed a perfect pre-funk. Even if the movie was bad, the…

  • State of the Minion Address

    [Tap-tap] Is this thing on? Okay… I started this Tea Trade blog in April of this year because of one occurrence – tea was dominating my writing website. My “Steep Stories” category – a section devoted to leafy wonderfulness – needed a new home, one with an appreciation from likeminded folks. The biggest problem it…

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