Tag: I Heart Teas
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Niu-Gu, FaceTubes, and Matcha Wrestling
A month ago, during a tea-‘n-matcha-fueled dinner pairing, a university educator asked me this: “What do you do?” “I’m just a tea blogger,” I replied. She sort of tilted her head, confusedly—like a Saint Bernard. Then asked, “Why?” The follow-up question caught me off-guard. I was both hurt and offended by it. Not because she…
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Tea-Fueled Las Vegas Tourism
I needed a vacation. And I needed it as soon as possible. That was probably why—when I planned it—I decided to leave for Las Vegas four days earlier than I really needed to. The original intent was to go down just for the days of World Tea Expo. Well, I decided to tack on a few…
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A Bourbon-Scented, Tea Seeding Saga
Back in June, one of the many wonderful things I came back with from World Tea Expo…was tea plant seeds. The Camellia Forest Nursery in North Carolina had donated some to the Tealet booth as gifts for passersby. Of course, I was one of those who jumped at the chance. Who wouldn’t want to grow…
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A “Potential” Story
The last two weeks were a busy time. Yes, tea was included in the list of activities, but it wasn’t the central occurrence. Instead, the most common element in everything that happened can be summed up in one word: “Potential”. I’ll try to explain… A Teaneer Tandem Tasting At the start of January, I “attended”…
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Moonlight Tandemonium!
It all seems to come back to World Tea Expo, doesn’t it? Well, here’s another one. But let’s start from the beginning before the beginning – i.e. pre-Expo. Several months ago, the follicly-blessed Jo Johnson talked about a tea from a company called Wild Tea Qi. I’d never heard of them, or their wares, but…
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Golden Fleece Feast Fest, A Taste of Eugene, and Tea from Neighbors
I might sound like a broken record here, but the last couple of weeks or so have been insane. Moments of import at casa de chaos are innumerable and frustrating…and totally not worth reflecting upon. Instead, I want to pay homage to the good things – the tea trifecta, if you will – that have…