Tag: bourbon
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AKA Spike My Ceylons with Jessica Jones
NaNoTeaMo, Day 22: “AKA Spike My Ceylons with Jessica Jones” Before reading the ramblings below, it’ll probably help you to visualize it being read by Humphrey Bogart. To set the proper mood. If that’s too difficult, or way to serious a voice . . . then picture Garrison Keillor as Guy Noir reading this aloud.…
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The Making of Misty “Peat” Puerh, Part 1
NaNoTeaMo, Day 18: “The Making of Misty ‘Peat’ Puerh, Part 1” In the Fall of 2014, I did a write-up about Misty Peak Teas, and a tea session I had with its head cheerleader, Nicholas Lozito, in his backyard. I had a lot of tea that day, and some of the thoughts swirling in my…
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Booze Teas for Boob Teapots
Booze Tea for Boob Teapots – The Tea-Totaler Trilogy, Part 2 Around the year, 490 BCE, in the ancient Chinese kingdom of Yue, there was once a beautiful woman who was offered as tribute to an invading king. The woman was so marveled for her beauty, it was said that fish would forget how to…
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Cheating at Tea-Totaling
Cheating at Tea-Totaling – The Tea-Totaler Trilogy, Part 1 In December of last year, I gave up drinking. The reason? A missing hubcap. I hit a curb while driving a wee bit sauced. No idea where said hubcap went. My theory’s Narnia. My poor car was the impetus for what (originally) began as a year-long…
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Gongfooling Around with Charcoal and Bourbon
Imagine my [NOT] surprise when I saw this on J-TEA’s Facebook one day a couple of months back. A brand-spankin’ new Buffalo Trace bourbon barrel from Kentucky. Okay, perhaps a little background is in order. Back in December, I wrote about a new bourbon barrel-aged pu-erh put out by Eugene-based tea company – J-Tea International.…